keremeos review, march 19, 2015

Tara Bowie Review Staff

Concerns about patient care and funding are among reasons for the sudden closure of a teen addiction rehabilitation centre near Keremeos.

Operators of the facility called The Crossing run by Portage British Columbia abruptly halted operations on March 5 laying off 30 staff members including full time, part time and seasonal work-ers. Since October no new clients had been accepted into the residen-tial addictions facility because of ongoing issues relating to level of care, Dr. Connie Coniglio, provin-cial executive-director of Children and Women’s Mental Health and Substance Use Programs said.

The program is an agency under the Provincial Health Services Authority.

“A ministry and health authority review of the facility found issues with the model of care provided, including inadequate staff train-ing and access to community ser-vices post-discharge,” an emailed statement from Provincial Health Services Authority stated.

“A subsequent inspection by Interior Health Licensing found issues of non-compliance with the

residential and community care leg-islation, including failing to have a full-time manager on site and reports of misconduct between a staff member and client.”

Concerns have surfaced regard-ing how Portage spent the $2.5 mil-lion it received from the province annually to operate the facility.

“We had some concerns with some of the spending and asked for an external audit on how they were using funds,” she said.

It’s unclear if an external audit will be completed since Portage is no longer operating the facility.

Coniglio said PHSA is currently in talks to determine what the future of teen addictions rehabilitation will include in the future.

“It’s too early to say what will happen at the site,” she said.

Roger Parsonage, regional direc-tor of health protection for Interior Health wouldn’t comment specifi-cally about the alleged misconduct between a staff member and client.

“I’m not going to comment any further recognizing that this facility served a highly vulnerable group of clients,” he said.

Interior Health was tasked with completing reviews and inspections at the facility periodically as it falls in the regional health authority’s

geographical jurisdiction. Parsonage, who has worked

for Interior Health since the late 1990s, said he wasn’t aware of any concerns at The Crossing prior to spring/fall 2014.

“There was inadequate and absent policies and procedures, gaps in staff records, and staff qualifications and conditions in the

facility that potentially posed a risk to the youth that were in care so that prompted us to advise them they were in non-compliance,” he said.

Both PHSA, Interior Health and Portage spokespersons have said they’ve been working for a long-time to find a solution.

The issues surrounding licensing were addressed and in January the

facility could have started taking new patients.

Seychelle Harding, communica-tion director for Portage said talks have been ongoing with province for about two years.

The facility had been running

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Addictions facility property not changing ownershipTara Bowie

Review Staff The organization that owns the

58-acre property outside Keremeos where a teen addictions facility was operating has no plans to divest the property.

Jennifer Johnstone, pres-ident and CEO of Central City Foundation said the facility known as The Crossing is currently under lease to the province and that there are no plans to develop it any dif-ferently.

“We still have a lease with the Provincial Health Services Authority and I’m still hopeful and

feel pretty confident they are work-ing on a solution to find another operator to open The Crossing and provide longterm treatment for youth,” she said during a telephone interview.

The Central City Foundation is a Vancouver based foundation that dates back over 100 years and focussed on issues surrounding poverty. Central City Foundation partnered with From Grief to Action, a parent support and advo-cacy group, to renovate existing buildings on the property and open The Crossing.

The Crossing opened its doors

in 2009. Central City Foundation continues to maintain the building and offer a free lease to the prov-ince for use of the property and its amenities.

The province is just in its first-year of a five-year lease that can be extended multiple times with the foundation for the property.

Linda Larson, MLA Boundary-Similkameen said the Provincial Health Services Authority along with the Minister of Health, and regional health authorities are working on a sustainable plan for the future delivery of specialized residential treatment for youth with

severe substance abuse issues.She has hope that the Keremeos

facility will be used as rehabilita-tion centre for addicted youth again.

“PHSA is maintaining the Crossing while developing an enhanced Tier 4 model of care for high risk youth.

Personally I will continue to work with health to try to re-estab-lish a program at the Crossing. I know how valuable the jobs are to the Keremeos area and I believe the location of the Crossing helped with the healing process of the youth being treated there,” she wrote in an email to the Review.

Keremeos Mayor Manfred Bauer said losing jobs in the area is always a concern and that he believes the facility is the perfect setting for youth battling addic-tions.

He has already written a letter to the Minister of Health Terry Lake voicing his concerns.

“I encourage him to engage in negotiations and to get the facility going ASAP,” he said. “I am in contact with responsible authorities that are engaged in the decision process that will lead to reopening the facility,” he said.

Province speaks on teen drug rehab closure

Tara Bowie The gate is locked at the former site of The Crossing once operated by Portage British Columbia. The cen-tre closed abruptly March 5.

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OKANAGAN FALLSSECOND MON: Communities for Kids OKFalls Table Mtg., 2:45 pm at StrongStart Early Learning Ctr. at OK Falls Elementary, 250-498-8433 for more info.TUESDAY: South Okanagan Toastmasters 7 - 9 p.m. at Best Western in Osoyoos. Call 498-4412, 499-2144.TUESDAY: Bingo at the Senior Citizenís Centre on Willow St. 1p.m. (except last Tues.).EVERY 3RD TUESDAY: Legion Branch #227 Gen Meeting 7 p.m. Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.WED. & SAT.: Carpet Bowling 1 p.m. Seniorís Centre.WEDNESDAY: Join the Stroke Recovery Club for stroke survivors and caregivers, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society offi ce, #2-996 Main Street, Penticton..Call Tina at 490-0613. FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting 1:00 p.m., Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.THIRD WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Womens Institute meeting at the Falls Community Centre busi-ness at 7, entertainment at 8 p.m. Call Betty for more info - 497-6665.THURSDAY: Bridge 1 p.m. Seniors Centre.THURSDAY: Crib 7 p.m. Seniors Centre.THURSDAY: Computer classes 9 a.m. Seniorís Centre.FRIDAY: Arts group painting 1- 3 p.m.FRIDAY: Whist 7 p.m. 2ND & 4TH FRIDAY: A Wellness Clinic is held at the Seniors Centre, on Willow Street, 9 to 11 a.m. Have your blood pressure, heart and weight checked by a retired registered nurse. Open to everyone.FIRST FRIDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary Dinner and Entertainment 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.THIRD FRIDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion Ladies Auxiliary Steak Fry Dinner 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: The Okanagan Falls Legion Branch #227 has meat draws from 5:00 p.m.SATURDAY: OK Falls Legion Branch #227, Dinner and Dance 6:00 pm.FIRST SATURDAY: Ladies Auxiliary Branch #227. Drop in Bingo 1-4 p.m. Jack Hill Room. OK Falls.THIRD SATURDAY OF MONTH: Drop in bingo at OK Falls Senior Centre. 1128 Willow St.

KEREMEOSMONDAY: N.A. meets at 8 p.m. at the South Similkameen Health Centre.MONDAY: Keremeos Bellringers, 7:30 pm, Cawston United Church, for info call Herma @ 499-5292, Joan @ 499-2450. 2nd MONDAY: Similkameen COPS, 7 p.m., Upstairs at the Legion (Legion Hall). Ben Gumm for info 499-02164th MONDAY: Orchard Haven - Friends and family council monthly meetings. Making a difference to residen-tial care.MON, WED, FRI: Boot Camp 6 - 7 am, Sim. Rec. Centre. For more info call Annette 499-2238TUESDAY: Tumble Bumble, 10:00 - 11:30 am upstairs at the Legion Hall. AGes 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. TUESDAY: Every 2nd, Caregiver Group, Activity Room, Orchard Haven 1:30 - 3 p.m. For info 499-3020TUESDAY: AA Meetings, 7:30 p.m., in the Health Center Activity Room, info call Diane 499-1177TUESDAY: Handguns 5:30 pm Fly Tying/22 Shoot, 7 pm, KCSA (Keremeos Cawston Sportsmans Association) Club House. More info call 250-499-7027.WEDNESDAY: Mother Goose 10:00-11:30 am, Strong Start at Cawston Primary. Ages 0-6. For info 499-2352 ext. 106. WEDNESDAY: Qigong exercise 9 a.m. Cawston Church Hall. 499-7852 for information.WEDNESDAY: Kyokushin Karate at Legion Hall from 5 - 7 p.m. Phone Lyle for info 292-8565.

WEDNESDAY: Diabetes Clinic, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Similkameen Health Centre. RN & Reg. Dietitian in at-tendance. Dr. referrals or self referral. Appts. necessary. Phone 1-800-707-8550.WEDNESDAY: Yoga at Cawston Hall, 6 - 7:30 pmWEDNESDAY: Keremeos Search & Rescue meetings, 7 pm, little brown building behind the Village Offi ce.1st THURSDAY: South Similkameen Museum Society Meeting, 7 pm, at the Ecumenical Church in KeremeosTHURSDAY: Tumble Bumble, 3:00 - 4:30 pm upstairs at the Legion. Ages 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: Positively Pregnant, 10:00 - 11:30 am at the Family Centre. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: AA meetings at 7:30 pm Health Centre activity room. Info. call Eleanor 499-5982.THURSDAY: KCSA Monthly meetings the last Thursday of each month at clubhouse 7:30 p.m.THURSDAY: Afternoon dances at the Keremeos Seniors Centre from 1:30 - 4 p.m. Whist 6:30 pm to 9:00 pmTHURSDAY: Similkameen Adult Badminton Club, Oct. 16th to Dec. 18th, 7 pm to 9 pm, For more info call Manfred at 499-5290.THURSDAY: Weight Watchers, 5 pm, Elks Hall. More info call Sarah at 250-499-2878.FRIDAY: Keremeos TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 9:00 a.m. at the Health Centre. Visitors & new members are welcome. Call Georgina at 499-0202 for more info.FRIDAY: Elks and Royal Purple bingo. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Keremeos Seniors Centre Bingo, 1:00 pm.SUNDAY: KCSA Trap Shooting, 11:00 am to ?, Weather permitting.SUNDAY: AA Meeting at 10:00 am in the Health Center Activity Room. Info call Eleanor at 499-5982.3RD SUNDAY: Legion General Meeting. 2:00 p.m. Keremeos Legion Hall. 3rd MONDAY: Kars Under the K Meeting, 7:00 pm, Meeting Room at Health Center, Call Marcel Morin for info 499-7775.2nd TUESDAY: Can-Do General Meetings. Everyone Welcome. Phone 499-2420 for more information. 1ST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: Regular meeting of the Keremeos Seniors Centre, at 2 p.m. Keremeos.1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY: Search & Rescue meet 7-9 p.m., 8th Ave. & 4th St. Call 499-6067 or 499-5429.2ND WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: The Similkameen Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Keremeos Seniors Centre, 2ND AND 4TH THURSDAY: The Royal Purple Lodge meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Info: 499-7073.LAST THURSDAY OF MONTH: KCSA Club meeting.EVERY 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAY: The Keremeos Elks meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. 1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH: Jam Session. Keremeos Seniors Centre. 1 p.m. Everyone Welcome. 499-0112.1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH: Friends of Olalla, 4 pm, contact 250-599-9090.

HEDLEYTUESDAY: Once a month Soup and Sandwich - watch for posters.Hedley Seniors’ Center on Scott Ave.THURSDAY: Library 2 pm - 7 pm Hedley Seniors’ Center, free computer use.1ST MONDAY: Hedley Heritage Museum meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Museum, Everyone welcome to attend.2ND SUNDAY: Pancake Breakfast, Hedley Seniors’ Center, 8:00 am to 10:00 am.3RD MONDAY: Monthly meeting at Seniors’ Center, 2 pm.3RD MONDAY: Community Club meeting at 7 pm at the Club.DAILY: Coffee & good conversation at the Seniors’ Center 6:30 am - 8 am. Every Mon./Wed./Sat. Exercise at 9 am. EVERY SUNDAY: Church Service at 9:30 am, Hedley Grace Church. EVERY SUNDAY: Hedley Farmers Market 9-1, July - Oct. DAILY: Hedley Heritage Museum open daily 9am - 4pm, Daly Ave.EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY: Exercise at 9:00 am.

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January 16 at 11:15 am. Come and enjoy this free

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Easter SundayApril 5 at 10:30 am to 12 noon

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In a short nine years of international and domes-tic wine competitions, Forbidden Fruit Winery has garnered almost 200 awards for their wines both in the fruit and grape category.

The winery has received specific attention for the quality of their tree fruit wines.

Last month, Forbidden Fruit Winery was the only winery to receive a Double Gold, Best of Show, at the Savor Northwest Wine Competition held in Mount Hood Oregon, in the fruit wine category.

The award winning wine, Pearsuasion, an off dry Asian pear table wine, is uniquely made from these exotic pears.

The pears are grown on Ven’Amour Organic Farms and the Nelson Family Farm, longtime Cawston organic growers. The variety used in the

wine is the Chinese ‘Shinseiki’ pear, a large round pale yellow sweet fruit. The gentle processing and attention to temperature control fermentation enhance the unique qualities of the fruit in this wine.

The other wines to receive medals on behalf of the winery were: Gold for the Earth Series Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2010, Silver for the Earth Series Sauvignon Blanc, silver for the Adam’s Apple off dry table wine and Bronze for the Plum Noir dry table plum wine.

Overall, Steve Venables, the owner and wine-maker for Forbidden FruitWinery, believes, “these awards

are a direct reflection of the incredible qual-ity of the organic fruit being grown here in the Similkameen

Valley and we are proud to be able to showcase them in the B.C. tree fruit wine industry!”

Gold rush for Forbidden Fruit

Tara Bowie Review Staff

Pesticide poisoning, cramped living conditions, illegal working requests, and language barriers are all reasons why directors of El Faro Service Society for Migrant Workers continue their work.

It’s anticipated that almost double the number of migrant workers than previous years are expected at farms across the Similkameen Valley this year.

“We have five directors. Every director has their area of expertise. We’re sharing the load. We need to do everything from teach English to give the guy’s their rights in their own language, hold special events so they can have a bit of a social life,” Sandy Diaz-Hart said one of El Faro’s directors.

As many migrant workers arrive to the area one of their first calls is to Diaz-Hart in search of help.

“They come here they don’t know the language so all the things we do like get a phone or start a bank account is really difficult for them,” she said. “There’s a language barrier between them and the farmer and so they need other help.”

At the end of the last season directors were kept busy with a rash of problems including pesticide poisonings of five workers and housing that had no heat.

“The weather changed so drastically and some of these places don’t have heat. We’re asking that if farmers are keeping guys late into the season that they have some heat supplied for them,” she said.

Over the winter the society has been incorporated and is hoping to receive charitable status soon.

“We’ve been functioning as a group of volunteer people for many years for six or seven years. We decide to do this mainly to have more credibility

when we are applying for loan or grant. There are a lot of programs that we put on that we do basically out of our pockets,” she said.

The society puts on Spanish and English classes each week at Elim Tabernacle church on Tuesdays 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and in Cawston Irrigation House starting in April.

The society is always looking for bicycles to loan out to migrant workers so they have a mode of trans-portation to get in and out of town when they want.

The society also holds monthly social nights so everyone can just have fun, Diaz-Hart said.

“We’re always looking for drivers to go and pick up the guys and have fun,” she said.

Anyone wanting to donate to the society can do so through its new website www.elfaro4u.org or at Valley First.

Tax receipts will be available soon.

El Faro Migrant worker society continuing to grow

An area educator who died earlier this year is being remembered this Friday with a Memorial Hockey game in Oliver.

Barton Tumlinson died suddenly in January, leav-ing a big hole in the hearts of his current students at Oliver Elementary School, where he was a principal and at Similkameen Elementary-Secondary School where he served as a vice-principal for several years.

Admission to the game will be by donation. Hockey players will be teachers, students and par-ents from Keremeos, Oliver and Osoyoos who knew Tumlinson and respected everything he did for area schools and children.

It is a family event with a concession, chuck-a-duck and a 50/50. All money raised will go towards buying a memorial bench to be placed at the Oliver school playground. The game takes place Friday, March 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Memorial hockey game scheduled for area educator

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VICTORIA – March has been a good month for the B.C. NDP, and it’s been a while since I’ve been able to say that.

Opposition critics fired a shot amidships at the B.C. Liberal government when they began ques-tioning the lack of progress by the new Auditor General for Local Government.

This experimental vessel was launched in Premier Christy Clark’s leadership campaign, and two years after it set sail, it is listing, taking on water and in danger of sinking.

The original idea was to expand the B.C. Auditor General’s office so it could check the financial performance of local governments too. Business groups were concerned about municipal taxes going up too quickly, with staff growing even as the province grappled with a hiring freeze.

Mayors and councillors began to talk of mutiny over that plan, protesting that their budgets are already required to balance and are subject to annual audits.

But this will be “performance auditing,” Clark insisted, not just making sure the figures add up. It will determine the public is receiving “value for money” on projects like arenas and services like police, by comparing different communities’ results. A new AGLG office opened in Surrey.

The “value for money” promise is on the rocks. The govern-ment appointed a quasi-independent board (hello, BC Ferries and TransLink) that hired chartered accountant Basia Ruta, a veteran of the federal Auditor General office who had also served as chief financial officer at Environment Canada and had done local gov-ernment audits in private practice.

NDP local government critic Selina Robinson started asking why this office has spent $5.2 million and produced only one audit out of a promised 18. Community Minister Coralee Oakes, a former Quesnel councillor in her first cabinet post, allowed that there had been some rough water but there is smooth sailing ahead.

Then came a big leak, in the form of a “work environment review” of the good ship AGLG that was given to the NDP by a seasick crew member.

It described chaos below decks, with “shift-ing priorities and unclear direction,” as well as “wasted time and work” and “inefficient use of consultant and staff resources.”

Worse, the review noted a human resources monitor had been stationed at the office for most of January to maintain a “respectful workplace for all employees.”

“A peacekeeper,” as NDP leader John Horgan described the grim scene. “This is like we’re in Cyprus.”

Then it was confirmed that when the AGLG board tried to con-duct a performance review, Ruta’s response was to hire a lawyer. Ruta seems to be decisive when protecting her job, if not when hiring, running the office or meeting her own work targets.

Whatever goodwill had been restored with local governments over this experiment is likely gone. Municipal staffers have been dealing with new auditor demands as their councils grind away at their own budgets, and now they see signs that what they have contributed may well have been swept overboard.

Oakes remains on deck, eyes fixed on the horizon. An audit of capital procurement in Rossland is finally scheduled to be done by the end of March, she said. Similar reports on Delta and Sechelt are due in April. The latest revision of that schedule is underway, no doubt in another series of long, acrimonious meetings.

Clark addressed the situation in her last question period before the legislature’s spring break this week. She didn’t have a lot to say about the AGLG’s voyage of the damned, mostly familiar rhetoric about “lower taxes, less red tape” and so on.

“Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]”

Auditor leak has B.C. Liberals bailing

BC ViewsTOM FLETCHER

Kick the kids with crappy parents out

There is much support from, well, sane people surrounding new tougher rules being proposed by a BC minor hockey association to deal with parents who abuse coaches, referees and other children at the rink.

The Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association has begun banning parents from games for inappropriate behavior, and is hoping to require all hockey parents to take a mandatory on-line course offered by Hockey Canada and the Respect Group.

The best idea put forth by the association, howev-er, to deal with repeat offenses of yelling, bullying, profanity and even physically attacking opposing parents and sometimes opposing players, is to just cut the kids.

Rink rage, as its commonly known, is toxic at every level of the game. It creates an unsafe work place for officials, many of whom are young people. It interferes with normal enjoyment of the sport for kids, their families, and eventually someone is going to get seriously injured or killed over a perceived bad call on the part of a referee or a coach.

Many feel rink rage is perpetuated by parents who believe their sons are naturally destined for NHL glory and everyone at the arena from the woman driving the Zamboni to the young boy behind the concession stand is standing in the way.

It’s probably more complicated than that.However the idea that hockey development could

be taken away from a future superstar should be enough to get the worse offenders to calm down.

It might be seen as punishing a child for a par-ent’s crime. But those kids probably aren’t having much fun in hockey anyways.

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on a month by month contract with the province for more than a year, she said.

“(We were going) back and forth with PHSA almost for two years now. There were some good discussions. They loved the Portage model of care. We worked on an enhanced model of care together,” she said. “In the end we didn’t have an agreement and we didn’t have the budget we agree on. After two years what else are we to do?”

Harding said accusations made that there was an act of misconduct between a patient and staff member were “hurtful”.

“Throughout the process I haven’t put anybody down. There were budget issues and we couldn’t come to an agreement and that’s basically what it boils down to. The other side decided to make their own allega-tions,” she said. “That’s one of the accusa-tions that hurt us the most.”

Harding said the organization was also hurt by spending concerns voiced by PHSA

spokespersons. “We were always very transparent with

them they have all the financials,” she said. The Crossing, a 42-bed facility opened

its doors in 2009 and about 400 youth have successfully completed programming. The PHSA became involved in overseeing the operation of The Crossing in April 2014 taking over from Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regional health authorities.

On average the facility has received about $2.5 million annu-ally to operate from different lev-els of provincial government.

At the time of its opening licensing required under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act was issued to Coastal Health as one of the funders of the facility.

In the spring Portage was made to apply for the licensing which triggered a more in depth

review of operations at the facility. The shift was a request from the Ministry

of Health brought on by ongoing issues and a desire to make the facility’s reach prov-ince wide.

With the closing of the The Crossing there are only two residential addictions recovery programs left operating in the province.

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I used to believe happy, successful individuals must have received more lucky breaks than the rest of us. Anyone who thinks as I did needs to have a conversation with Ruth Woodin, Hedley’s congenial, upbeat postmaster.

Most people would not guess that she has experienced traumatic, unnerving moments and days that could have pulled apart the seams of her life. An early tough break came at age 12 when her father unexpectedly walked away from the fam-ily, leaving her mother with five children to feed and raise. For Ruth the parting was not pleasant and it created memories and emotions that troubled her well into adulthood.

Her dream was to teach elementary school, but when she graduated, there was no money for university.

“My mom pulled out a newspaper and circled several help wanted ads,” she remembers. “There was one for a time keeper/clerk with a forestry company. I told her I didn’t even know what that was.”

“You’re smart,” her mom said. “You can learn.”

Ruth had little confidence, but she applied. After writing the company’s test she was told no one had ever completed it as quickly and accurately.

The company flew her to Pt. Alice on Vancouver Island. “The last lap was in a Beaver with pontoons,” she said. “I was so scared I thought I would die. An elderly Chinese man reached out his hand. I grabbed it and hung on until we landed.” She laughed heartily at the memory.

Initially Ruth didn’t know how to oper-ate any of the office machines. However, she quickly learned to keep time and pre-

pare paycheques for a lot of workers. On an excursion to Penticton she met

Dwayne and fell in love. They got married in 1972 and in time adopted two children. When they moved to Hedley for employ-ment reasons, Ruth considered the com-munity small and isolated. The marriage ended unexpectedly in 1991. She had not seen the end coming, and was still bear-ing the scars from her father’s desertion. The experience threatened to unravel her emotionally.

“My life descended into chaos,” she said. “I was divorced. My daughter and I moved. During that time my mother committed suicide. Also, I still missed my mother-in-law who had recently died.”

Ruth considers it fortunate she was working for the One Way Adventure Foundation. “Jean Roberts (co-founder with husband Len) held my hand through this time. We cried together and prayed. I didn’t pray but she did. The people in the foundation were wonderful. They sent me encouraging notes.” With the undergirding of her two children, friends and co-work-ers, she experienced inner healing. When the Foundation began downsizing, she found part-time work with the post office.

One day a call came from Canada Post. “You are now Hedley’s Acting Postmaster,” she was told. This was the beginning of a new adventure that delights her to this day. “I love my job,” she said, smiling broadly. “People talk to me, sometimes about their heartaches.”

One day a young man told her she was fortunate to have a wonderful family. He felt unworthy because he and his wife were unable to have children. “My children are adopted,” Ruth told him. “You can adopt too. Just do something.” He and his wife now have three children.

I’ve had my share of hard knocks,” she said, growing serious. “This helps me understand when people are feeling down. I’ve received a lot of love from people in Hedley. I want to give something to others. Love comes back.”

Over the years Ruth has given gener-ously of her time and energy. She belongs to the Community Club, the Seniors’ Centre, is a director at the Hedley Museum and is a trustee of the Hedley Improvement District.

Recently Ruth’s financial advisor told her he’d like to help her retire early. “I’m not ready,” she said. “I love my job.” She let it slip that if she stays another four years, she will exceed the longevity record of war hero and iconic postmaster, TC Knowles (1937- 1959).

Often when people come in to access their mail box, Ruth can be heard singing on the other side of the wall. She has a pleasing voice and a positive spirit. In most places going to the post office isn’t an uplifting experience. In Hedley, it often is.

Postmaster with a past brightens the village of Hedley

Ruth Woodin

Crossman on top at alleyBruce Crossman found himself on top again this

week earning him the coveted bowler of the week title. Crossman bowled a 201, 221, 218- 640 in Monday evening’s Alley Oops league action.

Other top bowlers for Alley Oops were Pam Irwin, 236 and Helen Witter, 204. In Mens’ action Harold Desjardins bowled 239, 214 – 623. Wayne Ritchie bowled 216.

In Wednesday morning Goldenagers bowl-ing Ruby Cavenaille bowled 209. In mens’ Bruce Crossman bowled 208 and 204. Clyde Morris bowled 209.

In Thursday Swingers league Bonnie McConnell bowled 208, Wayne Ritchie, 235 and Ron Blackmore, 235. During the week of March 2 to 5 the top bowl-er was Wayne Ritchie bowling an impressive 229, 225, 220 – 674.

Alley Oops top bowlers during that time period were Bundie Page, 229, 211 – 611; Madeleine Pruden, 217, and Helen Witter, 203. In mens’ action top bowler was Harold Desjardins, 289 – 661, Jack Popovich, 209, and Wayne Ritchie 202.

In Goldenagers action Pam Irwin bowled 214, 211. In mens’ Bruce Crossman bowled 200, 203 and Clyde Morris, 201.

In Thursday morning Swingers action Paul Meikle bowled 263, Clyde Morris, 240 and Ron Blackmore 203.

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Last week a $50 million lottery jackpot was claimed in British Columbia, with a ticket purchased in Langley, just days before big prize was set to turn into a pumpkin.

Lottery corporation officials are still trying to authenticate ownership of the winning ticket, and the story reminds me of a lottery drama from my old hometown.

It centered on what was, at the time, the largest lottery prize in the country – $30 million. The winning ticket was sold in Burford, Ontario, at the variety store one block down the street from the DeMeer home. That’s the store where we always bought our own lottery tickets.

The prize went unclaimed for nearly a year, and as the deadline for laying a stake to the jackpot approached there was considerable media coverage and speculation about where the lucky winner might be hiding.

As the clock ticked the tiny village of Burford had the best swept houses in all of Canada.

We looked everywhere for that lottery ticket, deluding our-selves we might have purchased and forgotten it, tucked it away

somewhere. We crawled under beds, shook out books and felt through pockets of jeans and jackets we hadn’t worn in years. We looked in the same impos-sible places, over and over and over.

Mr. DeMeer opined that while we might never be mil-lionaires, it was sure nice to see the floor for a change.

An old high school class-mate, who lived in a nearby town, went to the papers and the lottery corporation and tried to put evidence together prov-ing he had purchased the ticket and just couldn’t find it. I knew how the poor jerk felt because I couldn’t find the ticket either.

Just a couple of days before the deadline a local man came forward with the legitimate win-ning ticket, which he had sat on quietly for almost a year while he tried to divorce his wife.

So much for winners.Approximately one quarter

of Canadian adults play the lot-tery despite the overwhelming odds against experiencing a life-changing win. When you purchase a Lotto Max ticket for $5, for example, you have less than a one in 28 million chance

of winning at least $15 million. On the bright side you are 418 times more likely to be struck and killed by lightening.

The village of Burford, Ontario - which is about half the size of Princeton BC - pro-duced three million dollar-plus lottery winners during the time the DeMeers lived there. It’s a cluster phenomenon that still has people driving miles every week to buy their lottery tick-ets at that variety store down the street. Burford also had a couple that got lucky to the tune of $2,203.

Winning that money was one of the most disappointing things that ever happened to our fam-ily.

Imagine you are sitting by the fireplace drinking coffee and sharing the newspaper on a Sunday morning when you real-ize you have five of the six win-ning Lotto 649 numbers from the previous night’s draw.

To his credit, Mr. DeMeer didn’t even think about hiding the ticket and calling his lawyer. Of course I was in the room when he stood up clutching the paper and shrieking.

For approximately 90 sec

onds we were rich in our own minds. While not knowing exactly how much we won the paper indicated the top prize of the night - the prize for six out of six numbers - was $18 million. Surely five numbers was worth at least a vacation home and a couple of luxury cars.

Had someone walked into the house that Sunday morn-ing and handed us a couple of thousand dollars we would have been thrilled, and felt pretty lucky. Given that for a few moments we imagined we were honest-to-goodness rich the $2,203 was nothing short of insulting.

It’s one thing to not win the lottery. But to actually lose the lottery - now that really hurts.

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THE FUTURE OF THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Despite all the lost knowledge and suffering and adversity these people have endured, the alternative/traditional healthcare industry impressively still stands. And why does it still stand? Because of the tangible results it provides to the people who need it. If the methods didn’t produce results, the practices would have died out centuries ago. And that is a fact. The indus-try’s difference is in providing a more holistic approach to life, taking the whole picture into account of what causing illness. Holistic practitioners don’t just chase and treat the most acute symptoms around the body like the modern medical approach does. The holistic approach attempts to unearth the root cause of the symptoms by taking the whole body-mind-spirit com-plex into consideration.As it stands right now, the North American modern medical system is hand-cuffed by two major influences that keep it from being able to practice holistically. The first set of hand cuffs on the system is the “for profit” structure of the monetary trade system the 21st century currently employs. “There is no profit in a cure” is a scary, but apt, description of the reality of the mentality of the healthcare industry on Earth. It’s a sad fact that in so many places on our planet, whether a person lives or dies is directly determined by their contribution to their local monetary system. Almost all doctors are aware of this prob-lem, but it’s important to remember, “for profit” mentality is not exclusive to the healthcare field. “There is no profit in free energy.” is another example of an industry’s technological progress being hindered by the monetary system. There are many other examples of the problems “for profit” mentality creates that plague other industries, but this article is about healthcare.The second set of hand-cuffs on the today’s modern medical system is more of a philosophical one and is the same prob-lem that the traditional healthcare system ran into between the 6th-13th centuries, the European Dark Age. “Science” was oppressed during that time as well and in fact, not much progress was made nor records kept that survived that period. It is a well known fact however, that the modern understanding of human anatomy is only about 500 years old. Leonardo Da Vinci, in the 15th century, was one of the first to record human anatomy but had to study it in strict secrecy, for to desecrate human remains at that time in Europe was punishable sacrilege. In fact, there is such a rich history of conflict between the scientific community and organized religion, that it has left both sides of the conflict so bitter that, at one point, it was actually written into the US constitution that citizens must have religious freedom of choice and that a policy of separation between the church and the state in governance is mandatory... Today’s modern medical system is just a reflection of that mental seg-regation we see between scientific and religious communities. That fracture between body and spirit has manifested itself in the noticeable contrast when comparing a shaman and a doctor. Today’s modern medical sys-tem equips doctors with more medical knowledge of the physical system than ever before, but there still is an element of care a shaman understands that a doctor still does not yet: that being the role that consciousness plays in lasting physical, mental and spiritual health and well being.So where does this leave the future of the role of the alternative healthcare field?This article is of the copyright of OK in Health and the author; any reproduction, duplication and transmission of the article are to have prior written approval by OK in Health or the authorThese articles are provided by OK In Health eMagazine. To sign up for your free eMagazine go to www.OKin-Health.com for more great articles, events, recipes, and more. This column and articles are provided by OK In Health. Come visit HYPERLINK “http://www.OKinHealth.com” www.OKinHealth.com Your on-line community events and wellness magazineGet Connected! Sign up for your FREE monthly OK In Health’s E-Magazine.OK In Health - Your Wellness Community at Your Finger-Tips!

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And we aren’t the only ones bask-ing in the unseasonable warmth. The change in weather also brings out ticks – small bugs that feed on the blood of humans and animals and can sometimes transmit disease.

“Ticks are most often found in tall grass and wooded areas, so covering up before you head outdoors and checking for ticks on yourself, your children, and your pets after being outdoors are simple things that go a long way to prevent tick bites,” said Gwen Barker, communicable disease specialist with Interior Health.

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Some ticks also have toxins that can cause temporary muscle weak-ness and paralysis if attached for several days, but the symptoms fade once the tick is removed.

Signs of many tick-borne infec-tions can be quite similar and include fever, headache, muscle pain, and rash.

The tick species that carries Lyme disease (Ixodes pacificus) is more common in the coastal areas of B.C., but may also be present in low num-bers in the Interior region. Less than one per cent of Ixodes ticks in B.C. carry Lyme disease.

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REGULAR SHOWTIMESSunday, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 7:30 p.m.

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Join us for a celebration of the Similkameen Valley tourism industry and unveiling of the

2015 Travel Experiences Guide!

Main Event: Riverside Centre, 148 Old Hedley Rd, Princeton 5-6:30 p.m.

Networking, refreshments, business showcase exhibits, presentation and marketing projects for 2015/16.

Afternoon session for tourism operators:

Riverside Centre, 148 Old Hedley Rd., Princeton 1:30-4:30 p.m. Professional development workshop with Jody Wall on ‘Google my Business.” Workshop Q&A and

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Submitted photo The Similkameen Sparks Senior Girls Basketball team placed fourth in the Senior Girls Single A Basketball Provincial Championship Tournament. Back row, left to right, Coach Marshal Winser, Jorie Bishop, Sarah Vriends, Madison Terbasket-Winser, Parveen Lidhar, Sierra Yamamoto, Kisa Minshull, assistant coach Celia Brouwer. Middle row, Emerveer Khosa, Jyoti Boparai, Neve Dhaliwal. Front row, Savannah Yamamoto, Taya Vissia, Taylor Thompson and Cedar Carter.

Sparks ranked fourth in provinceChantal Winser

Submitted The Similkameen Sparks

Senior Girls Basketball team headed to Lumby March 3 to participate in the Senior Girls Single A Basketball Provincial Championship Tournament.

The girls played a tournament that they are very proud of, plac-ing 4th in the province.

They played teams from Bulkley Valley Christian, St. Anne’s Academy, Mulgrave

Academy and Heritage Christian, with the end result being the #1 public school in the province.

Coach Marshal Winser and Assistant Coach Celia Brouwer were extremely proud of the girls.

Their work ethic and team-work got them the 4th place fin-ish. Players of the game were awarded to Madison Terbasket-Winser against Bulkley Valley Christian, Cedar Carter against St. Anne’s Academy, Jyoti Boparai

against Mulgrave Academy and Sarah Vriends against Heritage Christian. Madison Terbasket-Winser was also named to the second Allstar Team.

We would like to thank our sponsors: the SESS PAC, The Royal Canadian Legion,

The Hilltop Esso and Barry Beecroft Fuel Distributors. We would also like to thank the par-ents that have supported the girls all year long.

The Wildfire Management Branch urges the pub-lic to be cautious with any open burning due to the increased wildfire risk.

The grass and small shrub layer is unseasonably dry and the Kamloops Fire Centre is already expe-riencing fire behaviour and conditions normally not seen until April. Dead grasses have dried out quickly due to the lack of snow cover, increased tempera-tures and wind.

Anyone wishing to light an open fire must pay attention to changing weather conditions and follow all burning regulations in order to reduce the number of preventable wildfires.

Homeowners and industry personnel are encour-aged to visit the Wildfire Management Branch website − www.bcwildfire.ca/Prevention − consult the B.C. FireSmart manual and take the following precautions:

* Ensure that enough people, water and tools are on hand to control the fire and prevent the fire from escaping.

* Do not burn during windy conditions. Weather conditions can change quickly and the wind may carry embers to other combustible material and start new fires.

* Create a fireguard at least one metre around the planned fire site by clearing away twigs, grass, leaves and other combustible material.

* If you are planning a large burn, consider conducting smaller burns around the perimeter beforehand to create a fuel break and help stop the fire from spreading beyond its intended size. Each of these fires should be kept small and must be completely extinguished before starting a new fire.

* Never leave a fire unattended.* Make sure that your fire is completely extin-

guished and the ashes are cold to the touch before you leave the area.

Before conducting a burn, check with your local fire department, municipality and regional district to

check if there are any open burning restrictions or bylaws in effect.

If you are planning to do any large-scale indus-trial burning or conduct a grass burn over 0.2 hectares (Category 3 fires), you must obtain a burn registration number ahead of time by calling 1 888 797-1717.

Always check the venting conditions before con-ducting an open burn. If venting conditions are rated “Poor” or “Fair”, open burning is restricted. The venting index can be found at:

http://www.bcairquality.ca/readings/ventilation-index.html

In British Columbia, the Wildfire Act specifies a person’s legal obligations when using fire in or within one kilometre of forest land or grassland. If an outdoor burn escapes and causes a wildfire, the person responsible may be held accountable for damages and fire suppression costs.

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