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Basketball playoffs
A Summerland basketball team will compete in the upcoming Valley playoffs.
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Chamber board Chamber mem-
bers will vote to elect three members to the board of dir-ectors.
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Memorial raceThe Giant’s Head
Grind was organ-ized in memory of a Summerland man and his battle with colon cancer.
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Karate athletesThree karate ath-
letes from Summer-land will be among the competitors at the B.C. Winter Games this week-end.
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Writer’s legacyA festival, to be
held in early Sep-tember, will com-memorate the works of George Ryga.
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At the netCalvin Hadley of the Summerland Steams breaks out of his end during Sunday’s final game of the Kootenay International Hockey League regular sea-son in Summerland. The Steam defeated the North Okanagan Knights 4-1. Both teams open the conference playoff schedule Feb. 23 with the Knights meeting the Osoyoos Coyotes in Osoyoos and Summerland hosting the Kelowna Chiefs. See related story Page 3.
Mark Brett Black Press
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Providing supportNesters Market in Summerland provided $8,320 in gift cards to community organizations. In the back row from left are John Bubb and Tara Hollas of the Summerland Food Bank and Resource Centre, Nesters manager Leanne Sieben, Denise Whittaker of The One Person Project, Tammy Carter of the Summerland Middle School Breakfast Club, Alyson Lindsay of the Summerland Asset Development Initiative and Val Wright of the Giant’s Head School Breakfast Club. In front from left are Nesters Market employees Neisje Werden, Alex Fenning and Spencer Boerboom.
Members of the Summer-land Chamber of Commerce will elect or re-elect members to fill three positions on the board of directors.
The elections, for two-year terms, will be held at the chamber’s annual general meeting next month.
Christine Petkau, executive director of the chamber, said board members must be busi-ness licence holders in Sum-merland.
The role involves repre-senting the entire business community and working on behalf of the more than 700 businesses in Summerland.
All business licence holders in Summerland are members of the chamber.
The Summerland chamber is the third largest chamber of commerce in the region, behind Kelowna and Kam-loops, and one of the 25 larg-est in British Columbia.
While the work is not always highly visible, it is important in creating and maintaining a good environ-ment for business.
“What the chamber does in the way of advocacy is hid-den for a lot of people,” she said.
The board meets once a
month. In addition, members attend other events and func-tions on behalf of the cham-ber.
Those interested in a board position are asked to down-load a nomination form from the chamber’s website at summerlandchamber.com or pick up a form from the chamber office at 15600 Hwy. 97.
Nominations close Mon-day, Feb. 29 at 4 p.m.
The board elections will be held at the annual general meeting on Tuesday, March 15 at 5 p.m. at the Summer-land Waterfront Resort.
Chamber will elect three board members
Support the food bankYour contributions will make a difference in our community.
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If schools have to close in the Okanagan-Skaha School District, there are groups eager to take over some of the facilities.
According to information given at a pub-lic meeting Monday, offers were made for
McNicoll Park Mid-dle School as well as Carmi and West-bench Elementary Schools.
In Summerland, Giant’s Head School and Trout Creek School are each under consideration for closure.
Over the last few months, the school board has been seek-ing input from par-ents and the com-munity about which schools in the district should close or not close.
But for this meet-ing, they were seek-ing input on what to do with whatever
facilities they eventually choose to close.Many of the suggestions brought forward
suggested empty schools could be converted to some form of housing, whether for low-income housing or seniors, as has been done in other jurisdictions, like Sudbury, Toronto and New Jersey, where a private firm, Conifer Living, is converting heritage schools into seniors’ housing.
Penticton Mayor Andrew Jakubeit con-veyed the city’s stance that school sports fields are valued assets they would like to preserve, possibly by subdividing the fields from the school property.
Bill Bidlake, school board vice-chair, said it’s unlikely the board could choose to stay with the status quo and not close any schools.
“Realistically, we have to help the budget process, so we are definitely looking at the possibility of school closures,” said Bidlake. He and board chair Linda Van Alphen agreed that working with the city to continue use of school fields was an option.
Van Alphen said the board hadn’t intended to discuss alternate uses until after they had decided which schools were closed.
However, she explained, that the Ministry of Education had mandated that a meeting col-lecting alternative community uses be part of the process they follow when evaluating closures.
Board hears offers for closed schools
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Summerland’s Junior B hockey team ends regular season in second place
John Arendt
After a strong regular sea-son, the Summerland Steam Junior B hockey team are facing the Kelowna Chiefs in division semifinal action.
At the end of regular season play on Sunday, the Steam had secured the second place spot in the Okanagan/Shuswap Con-ference: Okanagan Division in the Kootenay International Jun-ior Hockey League.
The team finished with 34 wins, 16 losses and two over-time losses.
The Chiefs had a record of 24 wins, 23 losses, two ties, two draws and one overtime loss.
Last year, the two teams fin-ished in the same order amd faced each other in playoff action.
Summerland won that ser-ies in seven games and went on to face the top ranked Osoyoos Coyotes, losing in six games.
John DePourcq, coach of the team, said the competition at the playoffs will be intense.
“The playoffs are like a whole new season,” he said.
Gregg Wilson, owner and general manager of the team, said playoff action is unpredictable, especially between Summerland and Kelowna.
“It’s going to be a hard fight,” he said. “Those teams don’t like each other.”
He added that the two teams are closely matched.Wilson said the schedule for the end of the regular sea-
son of play had been hectic.On the weekend, Summerland played the
last three regular season games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with the playoffs begin-ning on Tuesday.
Three more games are scheduled for this evening in Summerland at 7:30 p.m., Friday in Kelowna at 7 p.m. and Saturday in Kelowna at 7 p.m.
If necessary, a fifth game in Summerland will be held Monday, Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. The sixth game, if required, will be on Tuesday, March 1 at 7 p.m. in Kelowna and the seventh game, if required, will be in Summerland on Thursday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m.
The winner of this series will face the win-ner of the match between the Osoyoos Coy-otes and the North Okanagan Knights.
The Coyotes are the top ranked team in the division, while the Knights are ranked fourth.
Last year in the division finals, the Steam lost to Osoyoos after six games.
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Final hockey gameNorth Okanagan Knights forward Mitchell Cobbitt watches as Summerland Steam net-minder Matthew Huber reaches out to pick this shot out of the air during the final game of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League regular season Sunday in Summerland. The hosts won the game 4-1 and both teams opened the conference playoff schedule Feb. 23. With the Knights meeting the Osoyoos Coyotes in Osoyoos and Summerland hosting the Kelowna Chiefs.
Steam face Chiefs in semifinals
Mark Brett Black Press
Blossom candidatesCandidates in the Blossom Pageant gave their sponsor speeches on Sunday afternoon at the Summerland Waterfront Resort. In the back row from left are Brianna Smith, Miss Rotary and Victoria Teo, Miss Shoppers Drug Mart. In the middle row from left are Aleah Nesdoly, Miss Zias; Sydnee Chick, Miss Summerset Massage Therapy and Chloe Collins, Miss Kiwanis. In front from left are Ericka Bidwell, Miss SADI; Sara Gottwald, Miss Avery Law Office; Summer Scott, Miss Action Festival and Khush Saran, Miss IGA.
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I tend to be cau-tious — perhaps overly cautious — when it comes to computer security and for this reason, I’m impressed with the Apple iPhone and iPad.
A secured device requires a password to unlock and after 10 unsuccessful attempts, all informa-tion is wiped from the device.
This auto-erase fea-ture has come under fire in recent days.
Because of this fea-ture, law enforcement officials in the United States are unable to gain access to the data on the iPhone used by Syed Farook, a shooter in the Dec. 2, 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernadino, California. The attack killed 14 people and left 22 seriously injured.
A court order, issued by the U.S. Justice Department, is ordering Apple to change its operating system and bypass or disable this feature.
Officials at Apple are fighting this
demand, citing con-cerns for the privacy of those who use their devices.
Is Apple’s position unreasonable?
If I am doing noth-ing illegal, immoral or shameful, why should I care if others see what’s on my electronic devices?
If I insist on a high level of protection for my mobile devices, am I telling the fam-ilies of the San Ber-nadino victims that I care more about the privacy of my self-ies or text messages than about the lives of their loved ones?
The questions sur-rounding security are not quite that simple.
Many users also have health informa-tion, banking and credit card particu-lars or other sensitive information stored on their devices.
Once the security of this information has been comprom-ised, it may be diffi-cult to undo the dam-age. Identity theft is a serious problem.
Supporters of the U.S. government’s demands will point
out that the court order would not force Apple to remove all security measures from its devices.
Rather, the chan-ges would give law enforcement offi-cials a way to access information on these devices in order to investigate terror-ism.
Still, the end result would weaken the overall security of the mobile devices. If security agencies
are able to access the information on a device, the same method could be used by tech-savvy criminals.
It is equally important to consider other implications of disabling the auto-erase feature.
A Supreme Court of Canada ruling from December, 2014 allows police in this country to make war-rantless searches of
cell phones under certain conditions.
As concerns about the threat of terror-ism increase, it is possible that the par-ameters for warrant-less searches could expand.
Several decades ago, in the early 1950s, the anti-communist panic of the time resulted in widespread investi-gations and security checks.
During that time,
in one year alone, Canadian authorities conducted checks of 70,000 people includ-ing civil servants, scientists, university professors and trade unionists.
Today, the Red Scare of the early 1950s is over, but the threat of terrorism is a serious concern.
Could we enter into another era of widespread security checks, allegations and accusations as a result of providing law enforcement offi-cials with a way of accessing data on an iPhone?
Not necessarily. However, the need for caution remains.
The growing con-cerns about poten-tial terrorist attacks have led to a spirit of fear similar to what existed in the past.
Against such a backdrop, any tool offering access to per-sonal data is some-thing which must be used carefully and sparingly.
John Arendt is the editor of the Sum-merland Review.
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For the second year in a row, the Summerland Steam Junior B hockey team are facing the Kelowna Chiefs in the division semifinals.
The best of seven division semifinal series, which began on Tuesday even-ing, will continue at least until the week-end.
The two teams, ranked second and third respectively in their division, have been tough competition for each other during the regular season. As a result, the semifinals are providing fans with a strong, exciting level of hockey action.
When the two teams faced each other last year, Summerland won the division semifinals in seven games and advanced to face the Osoyoos Coyotes, losing that series in six games.
One of the games against Osoyoos went into triple overtime.
For the players, Junior B hockey pro-vides an opportunity for development and advancement and preparation for playing on Junior A teams and beyond.
For younger aspiring hockey players, the players are examples of dedication to their sport.
But the league and the Summerland Steam are about far more than on-ice performance.
While those on the team improve their skills as hockey players, they are also developing skills in teamwork and pres-entation — skills which will serve them well off the ice as well as during their games.
During the semifinals, the players will put those skills into action. The result is high quality, intense hockey.
While the team has provided fans with a consistently strong level of hockey, attendance at the games has been low.
The games during the semifinal ser-ies are an opportunity for long-time fans to keep up with the game as well as an opportunity for casual watchers to check out the excitement that comes with play-off hockey action.
EDITORIALDeveloping
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If I am doing nothing illegal, immoral or shameful, why should I care if others see what’s on my electronic devices?
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Just add icePerforming a spiral or a sit spin in this outfit may have been a challenge for Mary Blewett, pictured here dressed for the 1924 Ice Carni-val. The Summerland Review, Jan. 24, 1924 reported: “Exciting Speed Events and Revels of Masqueraders Greatly Enjoyed; With the moon high in the heavens and a clear frosty night Nature gave of her best towards making the ice carnival last Friday the great success that it was. Messrs. Howland and Wharton, proprietors, had prepared a perfect sheet of ice and had kept the snow from overcrowding the edges.” Apparently over 200 spectators braved the cold to take in the event. In 2016 we can enjoy the great skating and wonderful costumes of an ice carnival in more comfort. On Feb. 28, don’t miss the Summerland Skat-ing Club’s presentation, Ships Ahoy! Choose the 1 p.m. or 6 p.m. performance, find a good spot in the bleachers and prepare to be entertained.
THE EARLY YEARS
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Dear Editor:Premier Clark’s decision to
award several of the few licenses to sell wines to the Jimmy Patti-son Food Group defies logic.
Those licences should be available to all B.C. food retail-ers, regardless of political asso-ciations, and other biases, and those retailers should be able to buy and sell any wines of their choice, from anywhere in the world.
The government should also cease to sell wines at the same time, to make sure the transition from public to private market-ing is as seamless as possible, not like the Alberta government that randomly allowed retailers to sell beer and wine, in competi-
tion with the government, only to see many of them go broke in the process.
As an occasional consumer of wines I am looking forward to the day when I can buy a wine of my choice at my favourite store, not a wine selected and promoted by some insignificant politician, who is abusing her political status to reward her corporate sponsors.
I am patient – and I will wait, and continue to support local businesses that have worked very hard to earn my loyalty.
Christy Clark can tax me to death, but she will never dictate where I buy my wine.
Andy ThomsenPeachland
Better uses for funds spent on crosswalks
Dear Editor,Well, it is almost spring and
the rainbow crosswalks are no longer.
At least the crosswalks in Kelowna were painted with a much brighter paint than our dull looking ones.
My question is will the muni-cipality want to repaint them now that they have disappeared?
After all, according to Coun. Erin Trainer it won’t cost very much.
The cost of almost $4,000 for two crosswalks may not mean much to Erin, but that’s a lot of money to many people living on a budget.
That money could have been given to the food bank where it would have benefited many more citizens of Summerland.
Next time council, try to put our hard-earned taxpayers’ money to better use.
Dianne HillSummerland
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Notes from toyokoro
Allyssa Hooper
I’m finally back in Japan after my two week visit to Sum-merland and Mont-real.
It was great to be home to see all my friends and family, but the best part was eating all the western food that I had been
craving for the past seven months!
I arrived in Toyokoro on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day is a little different here in Japan, but at this point I’m no longer surprised at the way Japanese people cele-
brate holidays. This holiday is
kind of split between two days in Japan, one being Feb. 14, which they call Val-entine’s Day, and the other being March 14, which they call White Day.
On Valentine’s Day, it is only the women who present gifts to men.
These gifts are typ-ically chocolate, but there are two differ-ent types of choco-late that a woman can give to a man.
There is “Giri-choco,” which is given to friends and colleagues and then there is “Honmei-choco,” which is
given to a boyfriend or husband.
Typically Japanese women will make the Honmei-choco them-selves because they believe that it is not true love if they just buy the ready made chocolates at the store. So essentially, Valentine’s Day is a day that women get to show their love and appreciation for all the men in their lives.
What is more interesting than Valentine’s Day, is White Day, a holi-day that is unique to Japan. White Day is the day that men give gifts in return to the women that
gave them gifts on Valentine’s Day.
Typically, the choc-olate that the men give to the women is white, hence the name White Day. Unlike Valentines Day, the men can give a variety of gifts aside from just choco-late such as flowers, candies, jewelry, and marshmallows.
This year Valen-tine’s Day was on a Sunday and I didn’t see any of my co-workers, so I didn’t give anyone choco-late.
However, because I am the foreigner, I will most likely be showered in gifts on White Day from my
male coworkers. I’m pretty excited because you can never real-ly have enough free chocolate in life.
One thing I won-der about Valentine’s Day/White Day in Japan is what hap-pens if your girlfriend gives you chocolate
on Valentine’s Day, but then you break up with her before White Day.
Is the man still obligated to give her chocolate on White Day as a thank you for her gift on Valen-tine’s Day? Or is the man thinking, “Woo, free chocolate, I’m out” and he doesn’t give her any gifts in return?
These are the burn-ing questions in my life here in Japan. If I find out the answer, I’ll let you know!
Allyssa Hooper is in Summerland’s sis-ter city of Toyokoro, Japan as the assistant English teacher.
Two celebrations of love in Toyokoro
I’m the type of per-son that doesn’t like being told what to do or how to do it, which means it really annoys me that books are still being chal-lenged and banned today.
My personal belief is that every-one should be able to have control over what they surround themselves with,
whether it’s people, media or books.
I feel as though, some books have been challenged because some-one was bored and needed something to complain about. In 2014 for example, the classic Dr. Seuss book “Hop on Pop” was challenged for encouraging violence towards father fig-
ures. When I hear about
a situation like that, it blows me away. Really? Has any violent criminal out there ever said “Oh yes, the reason I assaulted that man was because I was taught to act in vio-lence from ‘Hop on Pop’ by the beloved Dr. Seuss.”
Another book that surprisingly has been banned is the ever so popular “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green.
The reason for this ban is due to the fact that the book is intended for pre-teens and teens and it involves death, which may cause young people to face the reality that they will in fact die one day.
How can we cen-sor something that will happen to every single one of us?
How does that make sense? You can’t censor life.
Not all books are banned or challenged for seemingly ridicu-lous reasons.
Some are tried for valid reasons, such as
racist or derogatory remarks, and I can understand where people are coming from in these situa-tions especially when dealing with chil-dren’s literature.
But, what if we looked at it from a different perspec-tive?
We can use this as a learning opportun-ity to teach children about differing per-spectives and how things 50 years ago were much different from the world we live in today.
Then, there is merit to the challenge and resulting discussion.
I think that turn-ing negatives into positives is neces-sary in today’s soci-ety because, we
can’t go around cen-soring and banning everything that we don’t like. Instead, we should learn to embrace it or if you really just don’t like it, you always have the choice to just not participate in it, but don’t ruin it for someone who could end up enjoying or learning a lot from it.
Every February, for a week we take the time to celebrate our right to read and write as we please.
This year, from Feb. 23 to 27 you will find many of the banned and challenged books from over the years displayed at the library.
One book is “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie.
This book won the National Book Award, yet it is still a book that has been banned due to offen-sive language, vio-lence and realistic depictions of bully-ing, among other rea-sons.
Take the time to put aside judgements and pick up a banned book. You just might discover something incredible!
Kayley Robb is an Assistant Commun-ity Librarian at the Summerland Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library and prefers to choose her own reading material.
Don’t tell me what to readeat, sleep,
read
Kayley Robb
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Parker KarnishSpecial to the Review
Wednesday Feb. 24 was Pink Shirt Day, but this day was not just about wearing a pink shirt.
It was about supporting people
who have been bullied and raising awareness to address the issue of bullying.
Recently the Summerland Asset Development Initiative has partnered with Summerland Bully Free to raise awareness on this issue.
When asked why pink shirt day and anti-bullying campaigns are important Alyson Lindsay, administrative coordin-ator at SADI said, “It’s important on many levels. It’s not just for addressing how to deal with a bully and learning conflict resolution. Its about building
resilience and knowing when to step in to help others.”
One of the members of SADI, Alex-ander Vaneherwaarden said, “This is a problem that can’t be fixed by just one or two people. It has to be a group effort.”
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More than 100 members of the busi-ness community have cast their ballots for this year’s Busi-ness and Community Awards Gala.
The gala, near the end of February, will recognize excellence in 10 business cat-egories. In addition, the community has been given the oppor-tunity to vote for the Citizen/Volunteer of the Year Award.
The Mayor ’s Award of Excellence, presented at the mayor’s discretion, will recognize a local organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the community.
The nominations were submitted in January.
A committee then narrowed down the finalists to two in each category.
From Feb. 3 to 18, members of the business community had the opportun-ity to vote for their choices.
Christine Petkau, executive director of the chamber, said around 170 votes were cast, with more than 100 coming from the business community.
While the number of business members remained the same as last year’s participa-tion, more from the community cast their votes for the Citizen/Volunteer of the Year Award.
She added that in some of the categor-ies, the votes were close, with as few as five votes separating the winner from the runner-up.
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Giant’s Head Grind an annual fundraiser for colon cancer
Carla McLeodSpecial to the Review
She used to often say, “I can live through thick and thin, but if anything ever happens to Chris, all bets are off.”
Now, not only has Ellen Walker-Matthews lived through the loss of her son, to colon cancer, but she has also found the strength to create a memorial race in his name.
Walker-Matthews and her eight-year-old son, Christo-pher moved to Summerland in 1992. She married Tom Matthews when Chris was 14.
“Moving here was the best thing that could have hap-pened,” explained Walker-Matthews. “It was a great life for us.”
Chris played hockey. He ran marathons, was very ath-letic and very fit.
He graduated from Sum-merland Secondary School, and then attended the Uni-versity of B.C.
He was a first year law-yer working for a Vancouver law firm, when he was diag-nosed with Stage 4 colon cancer.
He had no symptoms other than looking a little pale and thinking he might be lactose intolerant.
He died 11 months later at the age of 29.
“It’s been a pretty devastat-ing ride to be truthful,” said Walker-Matthews. “Chris was a great guy…he truly was. The sense of loss that ripped through the family was immense.”
What has motivated Walk-er-Matthews to go on and make the most of her own life is her belief that her son is still close by and that she will see him again one day.
“He would not be at all pleased for me to waste my life when he so desperately
wanted to continue living his,” she said.
Due to this attitude, when Walker-Matthews met a Rotary Club member, who expressed his desire to raise money to fix the trails on Giants Head Mountain she blurted out “I’ll do a race.” Thus was born the Giant’s Head Grind — Christopher Walker Memorial Race.
While 50 per cent of the funds raised from the race do go to fixing up trails on the mountain, the other 50 per cent of the funds go to the early diagnostics and testing of colon cancer.
“What we’re working on, lobbying and funding, is more access to colon cancer test-ing. It’s very easy and it’s not readily a v a i l a b l e , ” e x p l a i n e d Walker-Mat-thews. “It is the number two killer from cancer in the country and it is 90 per cent curable if it is caught in Stage 1 or 2. By the time you are pre-senting symptoms and go and get the testing, you are very likely not going to live through it.”
Years before his diagnosis, Chris had asked his doctor for a colonoscopy because he knew that two of his mother’s uncles had died from colon cancer.
He was told he was not eligible because the family members who had died were not his immediate family, either his mother, father or grandparents.
At the time he also had no symptoms of the disease.
“When we ended up in the system, the geneticists and the oncologist said ‘Why hasn’t this young man ever been tested?’ Yet on the med-ical side there was a dis-connect,” said Walker-Mat-thews.
“If I look at the money that was spent on him over the 11 months, over the last three weeks and over the last five days of his life…how many people could have been saved with the money that was spent on him once he got sick, if that money had been put into early diagnostics and detection?”
Walker-Matthews also said that colon cancer is not widely talked about because it makes people uncomfort-able. “It involves poop” she said.
She intends to continue to speak out about it and to fight for early testing for anyone who wants it, so that no other
family has to experience the pain that her family has.
Fortunately for Walker-Matthews she comes from the hospitality industry and has planned many events in her life, so planning the race was doable for her.
She has received over-whelming support from her family and friends and the community of Summerland.
The countdown to the third annual memorial race for her son is now underway.
“I live and breathe it from now until the week after,” she said.
“It gives me incredible joy. It is my way of keeping Chris close in a very positive way.”
For more information go to www.giantsheadgrind.ca.
If you know a positive story about someone in our community, contact Carla McLeod at [email protected] or contact the Sum-merland Review newsroom at 250-494-5406.
Race organized in Walker’s memory
“He would not be at all pleased for me to waste my life when he so desperately wanted to continue living his.”
Ellen Walker-Matthews
Stepping outEllen Walker-Matthews, right, and her friend Janice Agur participated in the first Giants Head Grind in 2014.
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Spring is probably my favourite time of year.
It’s a time when the days get longer, the sun comes out more and, more import-antly, it’s a time for spring cleaning. I’m not talking about that one or two Saturdays you’re going to spend cleaning out the gar-
age and putting all the winter related gear away, although that does happen.
What I’m talking about is more of a mental spring clean-ing, than a physical one, although the two go hand in hand sometimes.
Like a lot of people, I tend to find a nice
warm spot and stay there for the majority of the winter. I usu-ally find a good book and pick a project I’ve been meaning to work on for a while now and just ham-mer away at it.
Things usually run pretty smoothly until mid-winter, when the lack of sunlight and
venturing outside finally clouds things up to the point where I need the change that comes with spring.
Much like a bear lumbering its way out of its den in search of food, my tired and groggy mind needs a serious change of scenery to get things going again and, for-
tunately that is what spring is.
That little creative voice that had been (not so) politely tell-ing me to go away and let it sleep sud-denly bursts up and is ready to get back to work.
Even though I can’t really work much with so much
as the curtains open — the outside world is far too interesting and distracting — I’m driven outside to explore the world a little while and take in the everything that is coming back to life.
Being out and sur-rounded by all the renewal is quite pos-sibly one of the best ways to get things started again and, even though I tend to do some of my best work in the win-ter time, that work almost always gets finished in the spring — conveniently leav-ing me free to day-dream my summer away in anticipation of the project.
If you’ve been experiencing the same thing lately, now is the time to shake off the cobwebs and let that spring renewal wash over you.
Get outside and take a walk. Change your colour palette from those darker winter colours to more vibrant spring ones.
Stop reading that heavy, but inter-
esting, book about building churches and read something that you might read while you’re on vaca-tion — and hey, if that happens to be that book about building churches, then you’re already on your way.
Do whatever it is you like to do when you’re recharging your batteries after a long winter’s nap and then sit back down and start creat-ing.
Douglas Paton is a Summerland writer and musician. If you know of a local arts and culture event, contact him at [email protected].
Art exhibitAli Unruh, a volunteer with the Summerland Community Arts Council, shows some of the works on display in the gallery. Out of the Vault: Our Permanent Collection, features art the gallery has collected over the years. The piece to the left of Unruh is by Michael Hermesh, while the piece to the right is by Bill Hibberd. The show opened on Feb. 18 and continues until March 12.
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Three karate athletes from Summerland will compete in the B.C. Winter Games on the weekend.
Steven Taylor, an orange belt; Jacob Slizek, a blue belt and Caitlyn Riddle, a green belt, will attend the games in Penticton.
In addition, Declan Riddle, who competed last time the
games were held, will return as a junior coach.
Michelle (Hoffman) Cowan of Taneda Karate said the kar-ate competition at the B.C. Winter Games is for athletes 12 and 13 years of age.
Participants tried out in November and since then have been practicing three to four times a week, two to
three hours a day, as well as taking part in some weekend training. “They’re giving up their time and they’re putting in a huge amount of effort,” Cowan said.
Cowan, originally from Summerland, will be a coach. She was a participant and gold medalist the last time the games were held in Penticton.
Karate athletes compete at games
The Summerland Dental Centre Bantam Jets are on their way to the league finals on the weekend.
The Jets bested Kelowna #4 in the first round of playoffs by taking the first two games of the series.
They won the first game 7-3. Jason Scherban had three goals.
Ty Sideroff added two goals and an assist. Spencer Bitte had a goal. Connor Aitcheson
had a goal and an assist. Reilly Noble and Kaeden Seiter each had two assists. Natalie Tremblay, Kayden Cave and Nick Bidwell each had one assist.
The Jets won the second game of the series 9-3. Bitte and Scherban each had three goals and an assist.
Lyndsy Acheson and Rylan Campbell each added a goal and two assists. Sideroff had one goal.
Aitcheson, Seiter and Noble had one assist each.
The Jets went on to win the first two games against Penticton #1 to advance to the third round of the playoffs.
They outscored their opponent, 6-2 in the first game. Acheson had a goal and two assists. Sideroff had two goals. Scherban had two goals and an assist. Seiter had a goal and an assist. Campbell, Noble and Cave each had an assist.
The score in the second game was also 6-2 in the Jets’ favour. Bitte, Sideroff, Scherban, Aitcheson and Cam Budney each contributed a goal. Duncan Robinson added a goal and an assist. Bidwell had an assist.
The Jets had to go the distance, three games against West Kelowna #1, to earn their spot in the finals. West Kelowna would win the first game 5-1. Scherban got the lone goal assisted by Acheson.
The Jets won the second game 2-1. Bitte and Sideroff each had one goal with Aitcheson adding an assist.
The Jets would be victors in the third game in triple over-time, 5-4. Bitte and Acheson each tallied a goal. Sideroff added a goal and an assist. Scherban had two goals and an assist. Campbell and Budney each had an assist.
The Jets will host Kelowna #8 for the league championship. The game will be this Satur-day, Feb. 27 at 2:30 p.m.
Bantam Jets advance toleague finals
The Summerland Middle School Grade 8 girls basketball team has qualified for the Grade 8 Prov-incials Basketball Championships after winning the South Okanagan Basketball Championship.
This is the first time in the school’s history that the team has reached this level.
The girls set the goal of Provincials at the start of their sea-son, and have worked hard over the past three years, including in season, spring and fall basketball and summer camps.
“This is an excep-tional group of young ladies who are ultra-committed, incred-ibly hard working and very close as teammates,” said Jason Corday prin-cipal of the middle school.
After a successful regu-lar season, the girls earned the South Okanagan Cham-pionship with three playoff wins.
In their opening game they beat Holy Cross 66-9.
Lexi Corday led the way with 22 points, followed by Karrah Roelfsema with 20.
In the semifinal, Sum-merland faced Skaha Lake, a team that has improved throughout the season and according to Cor-day, “played really tough against us, on both ends of the floor.”
Summerland beat Skaha 47-16.
Olivia Harrold was a terror defensively against Skaha Lake. Harrold also chipped in 12 points. Lexi Corday had 10 and Jacque-line Mansiere (named a sea-son all-star) added 10 as well.
Summerland faced KVR in the league final on Satur-day night.
Both teams came out bat-tling from the start with KVR taking a 22-14 lead into the half.
“The SMS girls were not discouraged at half, they were excited and confident that they could bounce back and win in the second half, these girls have no quit in them,” Corday said.
The score seesawed most of the third quarter with Summerland going on a six-point run in the fourth to take the lead with two minutes left and hang on for a 43-39 win.
Summerland was led by Lexi Corday, a Grade 7 playing up with the Grade 8 team. She had 23 points, 10 steals and 10 assists and was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.
Karrah Roelfsema, with eight points, and Paige Rus-sill were outstanding defen-sively for Summerland, and both contributed on the offensive end.
Olivia Harrold was once again the school’s
best defender. Alyssa Robin-son, like Har-rold, came off the bench to
provide both outstanding spark offensively and great defensive pressure.
Navi Hughes, the Sum-merland point guard, controlled play and set our offence while also attacking the hoop with a vengeance.
The tournament all-star team included Har-rold and Roelfsema from Summerland. Other Sum-merland team members included Laska Hughes, Rowan Knowles, Morgan Hilgersom and Brinay Bur-dick.
The Grade 8 Provincials are March 3 to 5 in Pitt Meadows.
To raise money for the championships, the girls will sweep the driveway at Ripley Stainless on Thurs-day, Feb. 25 around 9 a.m. for a $200 donation.
SMS team off to Provincials
Regional championsThe Summerland Middle School Grade 8 girls basketball team will compete at the Provincials early in March. The team has won the South Okanagan Basketball Championship.
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Julia street coMMunitY church 9918 Julia Street
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Be.Free Christ-centered 12-Step: Wed. @ 7 pmPastor: Rev. Rick Gay
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Thursday Al-Anon offers help to families and friends of alcoholics. Summerland Serenity Group meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the United Church hall. Call 250-490-9272 for more information.Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers meet at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre on Thursday evenings. Beavers meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Cubs meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Scouts meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Venturers meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For details call Trent at 250-494-1990. Euchre is played every second and third Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Lyme Disease support group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. at Theo’s Restaurant in Penticton. Everyone welcome.Recreational volley-ball for all. Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. Contact Frank or Jane at 250-494-4666.Summerland Caregiver Support Group meets the second and fourth Thursdays of every month from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Summerland Health Centre lower conference room. For more information call Cindy at 250-404-8072.Summerland Masonic Lodge meets at the IOOF Hall on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. and meets for coffee every Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Santorini’s Restaurant. If interested in learning more, drop by or call Craig Brown at 778-479-3795 or Orv Robson at 250-494-1504. Summerland Material Girls Quilt Guild meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from September to May at 9 a.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. For more information call Cathy Patterson at 250-494-8274 or Annie Smirmaul at 250-494-2286.Summerland Sports-men’s Association meets every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Summerland Legion. The SSA focuses on fishing, shooting, hunt-ing, archery and con-servation and is affiliat-
ed with the B.C. Wildlife Federation. New mem-bers welcome.Summerland TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursday at 5:30 p.m., lower floor of Summerland Seniors Centre. For info call Vicki at 250-494-5484. The Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the MS office, 3373 Skaha Rd., Penticton. Everyone welcome. For more information call Sherry at 250-493-6564.The Summerland trad-itional rug artists get together at Summerland United Church every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. New members and visitors are always wel-come. For more infor-mation phone 250-494-1278.
FridayBridge is played every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St. Phone Irene at 250-404-4562. Cribbage is played every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.Ladies’ Drop-in Volleyball every Friday, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre. Everyone welcome. For more information call Donna at 250-494-9718 or Debbie at 250-494-7733.Pleasure Painters meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harold Simpson Memorial Youth Centre, 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. Come and enjoy or check it out. Drop-ins welcome.Shoppers Drug Mart in Summerland will host a Digital Mammography Coach Feb. 26 and 27. Appointments can be made by calling 1-800-663-9203.Tai Chi beginner and intermediate, at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, Fridays 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. For further information call Susan at 250-494-3370.The 890 Wing of the South Okanagan Air Force Association of Canada have a get-together every Friday night from 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. in Penticton. New members are welcome. For more information, phone Fred Monteith at
250-497-8490.
SaturdayCharity bottle drive at Summerland IGA each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the collections will go to support the Summerland Food Bank and Critteraid.Cribbage wil l take place at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre every fourth Saturday until June, beginning at 1 p.m. Singles welcome. Refreshments will be served.Summerland Ladies Hockey takes place at the Summerland Arena Saturdays at 8:30 pm. All skill levels welcome. Contact Judy Beck at [email protected].
SundayVintage Car Club, South Okanagan Chapter, meets the last Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. in the Youth Centre on Peach Orchard Road. Anyone interested in vintage cars (those 25 years or older) is invited to attend. For more infor-mation on the club phone 250-494-5473.
MondayBirthright, serving the South Okanagan, has Monday drop-in from 10 a.m. to noon at 200 Bennett St. in Penticton. This weekly program provides light snacks and an opportunity to build friendships, share life skills and participate in baby item swaps. Please contact Sandy Mikkelsen at 250-492-4901 for more info.Dabber Bingo is played at the Senior Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St., every Monday at 1 p.m. 16 regular games, Lucky 7, Odd/Even, Bonanza. Everyone is welcome. License #832873. Men — Love to Sing? Okanagan Christian Men’s Choir. This non-denominational choir invites you to join us, have fun, sing unto the Lord and enjoy the fellowship of other sing-ers. Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Summerland Baptist Church, Fireside Room. For more infor-mation contact Hans at 250-494-7127. The South Okanagan Orchid Society meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Shatford Centre in Penticton. The group meets September to June. For more infor-mation, contact Joan at 250-494-4293.The Summerland Crokinole Club meets Monday nights at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the
Summerland Seniors Centre. Contact Darlene at 250-494-9310.
TuesdayContract Bridge is played at St. Stephen Anglican Church in Summerland every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. Everyone is wel-come to join in the fun. Refreshments available. For more information, please call Sheila at 250-494-8996.Dementia Caregiver Support Group — Are you providing care or support for someone dealing with Alzheimer’s or another dementia? Please join us at our Summerland meet-ing to explore how we can assist you. The meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Summerland IOOF Hall, 9536 Main St. Call Laurie Myres at 250-493-8182 or email [email protected] o t h e r- t o - m o t h e r breastfeeding sup-port — the Penticton/Summerland chapter of La Leche League Canada meets on the third and fourth Tuesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Please call 250-494-1894 or email [email protected] for the loca-tion of the meeting. All mothers and babies are welcome. Find out more information visit www.lllc.ca.Penticton Concert Band practices Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Intermediate to advanced players wel-come to audition. Call Musical Director Dave Brunelle, 250-497-7180, or email [email protected] Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Kiwanis Lodge on Quinpool at 6 p.m. New members are welcome. Contact Tom Jacques at 250-494-4339.Summerland VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) members and friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at Parkdale Lounge at 1:30 pm. Contact Donna at 250-494-4206 for more information.Tai Chi at the Summerland Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, Tuesdays at 9 a.m. for beginners and 10 a.m. for advanced. For more information call Nancy at 250-494-9802.The Mental Wellness Centre, Summerland Branch, will be open the first, third and fourth Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Summerland
United Church. Inquiries welcome.The Quest Society of Summerland is seek-ing new members who are interested in help-ing others in the com-munity. Quest Society of Summerland meets at 9700 Brown St. (Parkdale Place meet-ing room) on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. For further infor-mation contact Marilyn Topham at 250-494-6434 or Joan Lansdell at 778-476-0596 or email [email protected] Summerland Multiple Sclerosis Group joins the Penticton MS Group every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a cof-fee social at the Cherry Lane Mall Food Court.Whist is played every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-In Centre, 9710 Brown St.
Wednesday Be.Free, a 12-step Christ-centred recov-ery program that is not addiction specific, meets every Wednesday at Summerland Alliance Church at 7 p.m. For more information con-tact the SAC office at 250-494-9975 and ask to speak to Pastor Rick.Did you know Summerland has a Garden Club? Meetings are casual. Gardening experience varies. All gardeners are wel-come. Meetings are the third Wednesday of the month. Contact Jan Carlson at 250-494-5112 for more information.South Okanagan Genealogical Society is open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penticton Library Museum building. Contact Nola Reid at 250-492-0751.Summerland Art Club meets every Wednesday, September to June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the former library build-ing on Wharton Street. Painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. For informa-tion call Mary at 250-494-5851.S u m m e r l a n d Badminton Club plays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. For information call Shaun at 250-494-1513.The Heritage Advisory Commission meets the third Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m. in Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
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than 170 countries and 2,000 commun-ities across Canada will gather to learn about, pray for and celebrate Cuba in solidarity with the women of Cuba at the World Day of Prayer. In Summerland, the World Day of Prayer will be held Friday, March 4 beginning at 1 p.m. at the Holy Child Catholic Parish, 14010 Rosedale Ave. General meeting at the Thursday, March 3 at 2 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9710 Brown St.If you love cats, and have two or three hours a week to spare, Critteraid would love to have you join our cattery crew, to help us keep the rooms clean for the cats. They will love you for it, and we, the other volunteers, will as well. Please call Diane, for
more information, at 250-494-5304, or email [email protected] Hockey Group for ages 55 to 85+ plays Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 to 9:30 a.m. For registration and details contact Wayne at 250-494-7460. On March 6 at 7:30 p.m., Ballet Kelowna will stage Boundless at Centre Stage Theatre. Tickets will be avail-able at kelownatickets.com.Summerland Bakers is a new, fun baking club where it doesn’t matter if it didn’t turn out perfectly; we’ll eat it anyway! We meet monthly to share our creations, eat, laugh and take home heaps of leftovers. Email Sophia at [email protected] for more info or join Summerland Bakers on Facebook.
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CurlingSummerland Curling ClubFeb. 15 to 19Monday morning senior men: Paul
Martin defeated Stan Green, Eric John-son defeated Hector Cartier, Dale Abrey defeated Warren Parker, Paul Cowen defeated Bob Ezart.
Monday evening men: Rob Robinson defeated Don Lawrence, Dale Abrey defeated Rick Drewnisz, Stan Green defeated Gary Wingerak, Mike Rudniski defeated Steve Clement.
Tuesday morning mixed: Ev Gillespie tied Hector Cartier, Horst Sandkuhler defeated Marilyn Cahoon, Bob Ezart defeated Bill Pen-man, Barb Ezart defeated Jerry Lidin.
Tuesday evening ladies: Bev Skinner defeated Wendi Archer, Jackie Clement defeated Judy Beck, Betty Raymond defeated Lil Blashko, Diana Leitch defeated Gail Osta-ficiuk.
Wednesday morning senior men: Bob Ezart defeated Paul Martin, Warren Par-ker defeated Eric Johnson, Hector Cartier defeated Stan Green, Paul Cowen defeated Dale Abrey.
Wednesday evening men: Glen Brennan defeated Rick Drewnisz, Ken Rae defeated Doug Campbell, Louis Costa defeated Gary Raymond, Bruce Dacre defeated John Fitz-gerald.
Thursday morning ladies: Marilyn Cahoon defeated Barb Ezart, Ev Gillespie defeated Diana Leitch.
Thursday evening open: John Egyed defeated Gary Raymond, Jodie Brennan defeated Russ Lemke, John McKay defeated Louis Costa, Glen Brennan defeated Dale Abrey.
Friday evening mixed: Ian Rogers defeated Cliff Last, Armand Houle defeated Brian Budzinski, Steve Penich defeated Arnie Young, Brian Harris defeated Linda Whit-tome.
Friday late evening: Cliff Rose defeated John Fitzgerald, Steve Callaghan defeated Doug Patan, Dave Hood defeated Jerry McKenna, Dan Laktin defeated Al Tower.
Tip of the week: If a player delivers a stone belonging to the opposing team, a stone belonging to the other team shall be put in its place.
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Swimmers from the Summerland Orca Swim Club returned with med-als after competing at the SwimBC AA Championships in Penticton earlier this month.
Six Orca swim-mers were among the 424 swimmers from British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories during the three-day competition.
The swimmers were Haley Berris-ford, 15; Hannah Wagner, 13; Connor Berrisford, 12; Hold-en Berrisford, 12; Matthew Bird, 12 and Heming Sola, 12.
Orca swimmers came away with gold in the Boys 12 and Under 4x50 Free Relay and silver in the Boys 12 and Under 4x50 Med-ley Relay.
“We have not had a relay qualify for an AA championship in many years,” said Delano Ducheck, co-coach of the
team. “To stand on top of the podium and win gold is a huge victory for these Summerland Orca swimmers.”
A total of seven Orca records were set at the competition.
“It’s been a pleasure to coach these young swimmers,” said co-coach Joanne Malar. “They are so competi-
tive day in and day out in workout, and it all paid off this weekend with their exciting performances.”
The swimmers have qualified for top-eight A final performances. Four members of Orca will compete in the AAA Championships in Victoria in less than two weeks.
Swimmers earn medals
The Summerland Second-ary School senior boys Rock-ets basketball team will com-pete in the upcoming Valley playoffs.
The Rockets finished their regular season play with 13 wins and 13 losses and will now advance to the Okanag-an Valley Championships in Oliver on the weekend.
The Rockets are fourth out of eight teams going to the playoffs.
Earlier this month, the team finished in second place in the South/Central Zone Cham-pionships.
Going into the champion-ships, Summerland, with a record of two wins and four losses, had finished third among four schools.
Oliver was ranked first and Princess Margaret Second-ary School in Penticton was second.
Each of those teams had five wins and one loss in regular season play.
“Princess Margaret and Oliver both have strong basketball teams,” said team sponsor Dave Stathers.
Winfield, in fourth place, had no wins and six losses.
In the championships, Summerland defeated Prin-cess Margaret 77-74 in over-time, at their school.
Landon Brickenden scored 31 points for the Rockets and had 13 rebounds to lead the way.
The following day, the Rockets travelled to Oliver, losing 78-63 to the Hornets.
Brickenden had 24 points in that game.
Rylan van Der Meulen, with 17 points, was named Player of the Game.
Stathers said the team this year is small, with just seven players.
Of those, all except van Der Meulen are in Grade 12.
Some of the players have made strong names for them-selves as athletes.
Brickenden was recently named a first team all star, while Spencer McIntosh was named second team all star.
The top two will advance to the provincial champion-ships in Langley, early in March.
“We haven’t been to the provincials in at least 10 years,” Stathers said.
Basketball players advance to Valleys
Top swimmersFour members of the Summerland Orca Swim Club won medals at the SwimBC AA Championships in Penticton. From right are Connor Berrisford, Holden Berrisford, Heming Sola and Matthew Bird.
Basketball actionLandon Brickenden jumps during a recent basketball game. The Summerland Secondary School senior boys Rockets will now compete in the Valley playoffs.
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“Every Life Tells A Story”
MARIA “MIEKE” DUBOISDied February 12, 2016 at the age of 97 years. She will be remembered and sadly missed by her children: Ed (Gwen) of Squamish, BC, Alida (Barry) of Penticton, BC and Yvonne (Dan) of New Germany, NS; grandchildren Amy (Jon) and Jenna (Dale); and great grandchildren Tristan, Sam and Charlie. Her gracious spirit and love of art and family touched all who knew her. A private family service will be held.
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LARSON, RIETTA RUTH April 8, 1933-January 22, 2016
Our mom passed away peacefully in Vernon almost 4 years aft er suff ering a debilitating stroke which left her unable to speak and confi ned to a wheelchair. Mom was born in Regina, grew up in Sardis BC, and graduated as an R. N. from the St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing in Vancouver in 1954. Shortly aft er that she married Allan Beaton. Together they had 3 daughters and moved to Toronto for 6 years while Dad worked for the Toronto Telegram. When he passed away in 1967 mom moved us all back to BC where she started the hobby farming phase of her life, which was to last until her stroke. During this time she worked as an RN at Cedar Hill Hospital in Langley. A few years later she married Vern Larson. Over the years they lived in Surrey, Malakwa and Summerland raising beef cattle, chickens, turkeys and pigs. Every year Mom planted a huge vegetable garden, supplying seedlings, fl owers, fruits and veggies to neighbours and friends. She was a tireless worker- always planting, weeding, canning, freezing, tending to her fl ower beds, sewing and baking. Her favourite place to be was in the sun, working in the garden. She truly had 2 green thumbs! She was generous with the products of her labour, and always honest and kind. Mom was predeceased by her parents, Lorne and Vida Belle Hawthorne, her sister Helen Hawthorne, her fi rst husband, Allan Beaton, and her second husband Vern Larson. She will be remembered by her 3 girls, Kathleen Cameron (Hugh) of Vernon; Patricia Tennant (Dave) of Surrey, and Kelley Siba (John) of Langley, 2 stepsons, Bob and Bill Larson and their families, 6 grandchildren, and 11 great grand children. Th ere will be an informal celebration of Rietta’s life May 1st at the Summerland Ornamental Gardens from 11am-1pm.
Many thanks to all the very special staff at Creekside Landing in Vernon for
your kind and loving care of our mom the last 3 1/2 years.
“Every Life Tells A Story”
MACDONALD, ELVIRA MARY ROSE
Born in Summerland Nov. 23, 1925, ‘Elvie’ passed away peacefully in Summerland, BC February 7, 2016. David, her high school sweetheart and loving husband for 70 years, predeceased her in July 2015. She is survived by one daughter Daphne Lott, sons Ken (Mary-Anne), Richard (Denise), Doug (Donna) and sister-in-law Dorothy Fisher. Grannie will be sadly missed by her 10 grandchildren: Steve (Maggie), Alison (Marc), Vicki (Steve), Julie (Blaine), Amanda (Jaron), Jesse (Corin), Sandra, Ella, Tom and Kristi; and 5 great grandchildren: Trevor, Brianna, Elliott, Alex and Jace. She is predeceased by parents Donald and Enid Temple in 1958, brother Jack (RCAF 1945), sister Nellie (John) Fryer, and son-in-law John Lott. Elvie was a wonderfully caring, giving, and helping person, who relished a good story and had a legendary laugh that reminded us all of how good life can be. Her door was always open to her family, friends, and friends of friends. Th e MacDonald family thanks Dr. “V” and staff at Dr. Andrew Pavilion for their years of care. A Celebration of Life will be held 2 pm, Saturday, March 5 at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Hall (9311 Prairie Valley Rd., Summerland, BC).
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The B.C. Liberal government made a big show of select-ively easing Medical Services Plan fees in its budget for the coming election year.
In what is becom-ing a pattern for Pre-mier Christy Clark, the biggest benefici-aries are single par-ents. The new MSP is calculated for adults only, so a single par-ent with two children saves as much as $1,200 a year.
Premium assist-ance is expanded, with discounts for single people making up to $42,000, rather than $30,000. But for singles, couples and seniors who don’t qualify for discounts, the rate is going up another four per cent effective Jan. 1, 2017.
Indeed, with population growth, the finance ministry expects its take from MSP premiums to rise every year, reach-ing $2.5 billion in the coming years.
MSP revenue cov-ers about 17 per cent of B.C.’s health budget, and Clark and Finance Min-ister Mike de Jong insist that Canada’s only direct health care charge is a vital signal to people that health care isn’t free.
This argument has failed.
One seldom-dis-cussed fact is that for half of the people charged MSP, it’s paid by their employ-ers. In private sec-tor terms it’s a hefty payroll tax, creating one more obstacle for businesses to hire full-time staff with benefits.
So most full-time employees don’t receive this suppos-edly vital signal, unless they get laid off because their employer is losing money.
Also note that politicians and pub-lic sector employees have never paid MSP premiums. Their employers, taxpay-ers, pick up the tab for them.
People who have to pay out of pocket are what the bureau-cracy calls “pay dir-ect accounts.” Jor-dan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation recently revealed that near-ly 400,000 of these accounts are current-ly in arrears by more than 30 days, owing a grand total of $457 million.
Of course this is Canada, so even if you haven’t paid or even registered for
MSP, you still get treatment at the hos-pital. Another poten-tial signal lost in the noise.
For people who lose their jobs, MSP is like being kicked when they are down. Their employer stops paying, and the slow-moving bureaucracy charges them based on their income from the previous year.
There was a fuss in 2004 after the B.C. Liberals contracted out MSP adminis-tration to a Virginia-based back-office specialist, delightful-ly named Maximus Corporation.
Now Maximus goes after delinquent MSP accounts with collection agency tactics, and attempts to keep up with the comings and goings from other provinces and countries.
Opposition parties decry the continued inequity of the MSP premium system, which charges the same for a single per-son making $45,000 or $450,000 a year.
NDP leader John Horgan rails about inequality and accuses Clark of using MSP revenues to establish her pros-perity “slush fund,” but he stops short of calling for the elim-ination of MSP pre-miums.
One would expect the NDP to lead another “axe the tax” campaign, as they did with the carbon tax and the HST, but they aren’t. Perhaps this is because workers for this unnecessary Maximus machine remain members of the B.C. Government and Service Employ-
ees’ Union.Green Party leader
Andrew Weaver has it right. He staged a popular petition drive to roll MSP pre-miums into income tax. If the government wants to send a mes-sage, it can interrupt its continuous “Jobs
Plan” advertising.Scrapping MSP
and raising income tax rates on higher brackets to compen-sate would fix the private sector pay-roll deterrent, make salaried employees (including me) pay their share, and end
a tax break for the wealthy.
Don’t hold your breath.
Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and colum-nist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twit-ter: @tomfletcherbc
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Marginal Arts Festival scheduled for Labour Day weekend
John Arendt
A proposed arts festival, to
be held during the week lead-ing up to Labour Day, will celebrate the works of play-wright and author George Ryga.
Organizers of the Marginal Arts Festival are working to
bring in music, drama and the spoken word for the proposed festival.
Ryga, who lived in Summer-land from 1962 until his death in 1987, achieved international recognition for his works.
His most famous play, writ-ten in 1967, was The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, a story of an aboriginal woman in Vancouver.
This was the first time a major playwright in Canada addressed issues about aborig-
inal people, said Peter Hay, one of the organizers of the festival.
Much of Ryga’s work dealt with those who were marginal-ized or powerless.
“He didn’t want you to be comfortable,” Hay said of Ryga’s plays.
Ryga’s sons Camp-bell Ryga and Sergei Ryga, both accom-plished musicians, are expected to per-form during the fes-tival.
H a y is also w o r k -i n g w i t h Ontario p l a y -wright H e a -t h e r Davies, who has created a stage adaptation of Ryga’s novel, Night Desk.
The piece would be presented as a workshop presen-tation, including an audience discussion.
“It would be like a performance, but it wouldn’t be the finished work,” Hay said.
Hay also hopes to have one or two workshops in the days leading up to the weekend festi-val.
While Ryga wrote the majority of his plays during his time in Summer-land, the community has not staged any of them.
“He’s been com-pletely ignored,” Hay said.
“How do we turn that around? It takes a community to real-ize this is a fantastic asset to have a writer who was famous.”
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