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OPINIONJENNIFER SMITH offers a

green-themed view of her resolutions for the decade ahead, with an eye to being friendlier to our environment.

LOOKING BACKTHE GLENROSA and Rose Valley fi res in West Kelowna last July were among the stories in the latter half of 2009 that left a major impact on the region. A3

SPORTSTHE OKANAGAN Challenge kicked men’s soccer back into the spotlight of the sports scene in Kelowna this past year, winning the Pacifi c Coast Soccer League title with a 3-2 win over Khalsa Sporting Club at the Apple Bowl. B1

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DAWN OF A NEW DECADE…The sun streams through the clouds near the ice-encrusted shoreline of Woods Lake

Mike SimmonsSTAFF REPORTER

Even after one prolifi c mo-tor vehicle offender gets out of prison, he will be driving an electric scooter for some time.

B.C. provincial court judge Gale Sinclair sentenced Ris Dunbar to another seven months in jail, a $2,200 fi ne and

a 10-year driving prohibition on Dec. 30, 2009.

Dunbar was found guilty of a string of driving-related char-ges after violating a previous two-year driving prohibition in various incidents.

Dunbar said he had done the right thing by turning him-self in, and that his family want-ed him home.

The man turned 37 that day in Kamloops Regional Correc-tional Centre. “It’s not quite the way I anticipated my birthday to be,” Dunbar said.

Crown prosecutor Martin Nadon said Dunbar was previ-ously under a two-year driving prohibition that would not have expired until April of 2010.

Nadon noted Dunbar was

still banned from driving when a Lake Country RCMP offi cer observed him driving onto Ir-vine Road on Feb. 10, 2009.

He said the constable knew Dunbar was prohibited from driving and followed him.

Nadon said that upon see-ing the police car, Dunbar drove into a private driveway and walked towards the house.

He said the constable de-manded Dunbar’s driver’s li-cense. Dunbar replied he did not have a license. Nadon added that police did not impound the vehicle Dunbar was driving as it was his mother’s car.

Nadon noted Dunbar was

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A pair of former Ke-lowna Rockets will be representing Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Defensemen Shea Weber and Duncan Keith were both named to Team Canada for the hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics.

Weber, 24, is no stran-ger to international play

Former Rockets picked for Team Canada

Duncan Keith

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JULY July 1A proposal to build

highrises in a four-block section of downtown Kelowna’s waterfront was on the precipice of earning even more in-famy. Kelowna city coun-cil threatened to return the zoning application to the beginning of the council process, though it had al-ready passed three read-ings.

Fish may not live in the depths of Okanagan Lake but there’s still lots happening down there, and some of it could be toxic to human health. Aquatic biologist Heather Larratt, of Larratt Aqua-tic Consulting, admit-ted she was surprised by the depth at which toxic cyanobacteria are capable of surviving.

July 3Despite the critic-

al need for rental hous-ing, a purpose-built rent-al housing building pro-posed for Kelowna hit a second policy snag at city hall. Kelowna city coun-cil decided a decision on the Briarwood Road building would have to wait for a traffi c study on how it would affect the surrounding neighbour-hood—although council

policy didn’t originally re-quire the documentation.

The offi cial poster being distributed world-wide to promote the 2010 Winter Olympics had a Kelowna feel to it because the designer was OKM grad Ben Hulse—one of the 30-person design team behind the image.

July 5Canada Posts rules

threw a monkey wrench in West Kelowna coun-cil’s attempts to resolve contention and confusion surrounding its offi cial mailing address.

Representatives of the Okanagan Basin Water Board appeared be-fore Kelowna city coun-cil to warn the city may be short on water in the fu-ture if proper water man-agement precautions weren’t taken.

While the Westbank and District Chamber of Commerce may still ul-timately change its name, it decided to step back from the contentious issue for a while.

July 8Construction of a

Highway 97 interchange at Westside Road cleared another hurdle en route to the start of full construc-tion in the fall. The West-bank First Nation mem-bership voted 98 per cent

in favour of its band sign-ing an agreement with the B.C. government to allow the project to proceed.

Kelowna RCMP said they had to use a taser on a man who was holed up in his mother’s kitchen threatening to kill himself.

July 10A fl urry of activity on

a portion of the future Ke-lowna Mountain residen-tial and ski hill develop-ment, just outside the city’s boundaries, piqued the interest of the Central Okanagan Regional Dis-trict board.

Local politicians made another attempt to offi cially ban the colours of organized crime from being displayed anywhere in the Central Okanag-an. However, this time it

was the Central Okanag-an Regional District lead-ing the charge rather than the City of Kelowna.

A temporary fi x for the fi rst major problem to hit the William R. Ben-nett Bridge, a bridge joint connection issue, was ex-pected to be in place for several weeks until repairs crews could fi nd a perma-nent solution.

July 12After years of hoping,

wondering waiting and promising, the City of Ke-lowna was ready to issue a contract to build the new Stuart Park on Kelowna’s waterfront.

Serious criminal of-fenders were said to be living on borrowed time on the Westbank First Na-tion’s two Westside and

three Kelowna reserves. WFN council secretar-iat Kirk Dressler and two other lawyers worked with Chief Robert Louie and council to implement a new Community Pro-tection Law for the band.

July 15Kelowna Coun.

Andre Blanleil said it wouldn’t be normal pro-cess for council to revisit the downtown compre-hensive development plan at the fourth reading stage of approval—although the majority of council indicated that’s what they wanted to do.

The 15 residents of a rooming house in the 1000-block of Fuller Av-enue were left homeless after an early morning fi re destroyed their home.

The economy, the Olympics and a tarnished image were said to be the reason the fastest boats in the world would not race on Okanagan Lake over the summer. The pro-moter’s troubled past had nothing to do with the cancellation, media was told.

July 17Interior Health was

cutting 100 administration jobs, banning non-essen-tial overtime, reviewing the number of acute care beds it operated and con-sidering a reduction in the number of elective sur-geries performed over the summer—all in a bid to balance a budget pegged as much as $30 million in the red.

Mexican student Mel-issa Guadarrama felt Can-ada was being infl uenced by the United States by imposing new visa regu-lations on visitors from Mexico and the Czech Republic. The 26-year-old spoke at a protest held by students taking courses at the International Gate-way of Kelowna, which teaches English to foreign students.

The City of Kelowna unveiled its colourful new pine cone logo and web-site redesign. The logo would spark a negative re-

action about the design and cost to create it that would dog city hall the rest of the year.

July 19Nine-year-old Parker

Begg loves anything to do with racing. The little boy, who suffers from Down syndrome and had to have open-heart surgery as a child, was getting a vis-it from up-and-coming race car driver Andrew Ranger.

July 22Premier Gordon

Campbell came to West Kelowna to survey the damage caused by the Glenrosa fi re from the air. After seeing the destruc-tion left behind by the fi re, that was still not totally contained at that point, he said he took his hat off to the people “who fi ght the fi res and protect all of us.”

July 24Burning money. That

is what the Terrace Moun-tain forest fi re looked like from the logging roads where Tolko contractors watched their summer’s work go up in fl ames. The contractors said they were paid by the wood they brought into the mill and had lost a half-season’s worth of profi ts in the fi re.

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2009 2009 The Capital News concludes our two-part series looking back at the past 12 months with a review of what made news from July through December.


FORESTRY FIREFIGHTERS stamp out hot spots (above) in areas of the Glenrosa

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July; Al Rollins, of Kelowna, (left) gets an H1N1 fl u shot from registered nurse Cheryl

Daniels at the Interior Health fl u clinic in October; the newest member of Kelowna city

council, Kevin Craig, (right) is congratulated by city clerk Stephen Fleming after being

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With an evacuation alert up for many West-side Road communities, residents and resorts were preparing for a large exo-dus. At Okanagan Lake Resort, roughly a third of those vacationing on the property opted not to wait for the evacuation alert to be lifted.

July 26You could pick the

singed pine needles up off Pat Brown’s deck in Coral Beach, the Carrs Land-ing-area resident said as the Terrace Mountain fi re burned across Okanag-an Lake, threatening the community of Fintry.

As fi re crews con-tinued to mop up the 100 per cent contained Rose

Valley and Glenrosa for-est fi res, the District of West Kelowna shifted into recovery mode.

A single power line which supplies West Ke-lowna, running through dense forest between Merritt and Shannon Lake, raised further ques-tions as to when the muni-cipality of 30,000 people would get a backup line

that could provide electri-city, should it be needed in emergencies like for-est fi res. It was revealed the B.C. Utilities Com-mission was looking for funding to design a back up system.

July 29The Kelowna Com-

munity Food Bank was drying out after torrential rains fl ooded their ware-

house.A controversial plan

to build highrises, store-front patios and more park space within the downtown core moved forward, but Mayor Shar-on Shepherd indicated she might still opt to force councillors to revisit the matter before fourth read-ing, possibly returning it to the second-reading

stage.July 31The Uptown Rutland

Business Improvement Area made a pitch to re-locate the controversial NOW Canada building, slated for South Pandosy, to Rutland.

An email circulated through the law commun-ity confi rmed local law-yer Robert MacLeod had jumped to his death when he leaped off his boat for a swim and subsequently drowned.

AUGUSTAug. 2Dealing with the

Glenrosa and Rose Valley forest fi res wasn’t cheap, as West Kelowna council found out.

Owners of commer-cial, industrial and insti-tutional buildings learn-ed they could earn city tax credits for restoring their properties to heritage status. Kelowna council approved a policy change that will provide up to 75 per cent of the eligible costs of the conserva-tion work, applied against their property taxes for 10 years.

Local father Drew Petrie cycled 1,400 kilo-metres for celiac disease to raise money and aware-ness for the ailment which affl icts his daughter.

Aug. 5Debit card skimming

was said to be on the rise, though police and busi-nesses were trying to stem the tide. A trio from Que-bec were caught trying to replace a PIN pad at a Boston Pizza outlet.

Kelowna police asked boaters to give the west-ern shore of Okanagan Lake a wide berth to let the fi re service do its job.

Aug. 7Evacuees from

Traders Cove and Bear Creek Road north due to the Terrace Mountain fi re were allowed to return home.

The release of a pre-liminary parking study for the Pandosy Town Centre made no break in the legal deadlock between local businesses and the City of Kelowna.

Aug. 9 Secondary suites

threw a monkey wrench into the delivery of auto-mated garbage, recycling and yard waste carts in the Central Okanagan.

More than two doz-en undeveloped beach ac-cesses created a conun-drum for West Kelowna.

Aug. 12The City of Kelow-

na’s controversial new logo had the municipal-ity and its designer in hot

water as a very similar de-sign from a development company surfaced, gener-ating allegations the work was a rip off. Splash De-sign graphic artist Phred Martin said his chosen logo submission was an original work.

Interior Health Au-thority announced chief executive offi cer Murray Ramsden would leave his post by year’s end.

Aug. 14The grass had grown

about a foot since Marie-Louise Baillie last walked into her home on West-side Road. “We were the fi rst in line to go home,” she said, after the remain-ing residents displaced by the West Kelowna fi res were allowed to return to their property.

Repairs on the Wil-liam R. Bennett Bridge were done on one joint, but needed on another as the brand new bridge’s rubber joints began to wear out years ahead of schedule. The parts were expected to last fi ve to 10 years but lasted only one year.

Aug. 16Canada’s Chief of

Defence staff, Walter Na-tynczyk, stopped in Ke-lowna to speak with local reservists and their fam-ilies.

“It’s terrible.” With those two words Big White Ski Resort vice-president Michael Ballin-gall summed up his feel-ings about the new Har-monized Sales Tax to be introduced in B.C. next year.

Aug. 19Kelowna Coun. Brian

Given lost his battle with cancer, leaving a legacy of dedication to the com-munity that he served. He was 57.

Golf great Greg Nor-man made a quick stop in the Okanagan to help pro-mote the envisioned re-development of the Pon-derosa Golf Course in Peachland.

If you asked UBCO professor Paul Shipley about the planned Rails With Trails connection, he’d tell you the campus commuters had already lost faith the trail would ever be built, and by late August the city had con-fi rmation. CN told the municipality it would not give them access to build.

Aug. 21During a Tuesday

night public hearing, ves-sel owners defended their presence in Gellatly Bay as they spoke out against West Kelowna coun-cil’s proposed Water Use

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Kelowna RCMP con-tinued to sort out the ap-parent mystery surround-ing the death of Babs Capozzi, 77, who died in her Young Road home. Her son was later arrested and charged with her murder.

The B.C. Restau-rant and Food Service In-dustry Association want-ed the B.C. government to eat its words—or at least its HST.

Aug. 26A decade-long at-

tempt to redevelop Crys-tal Mountain neared con-clusion, despite ongoing objections from West Ke-lowna Mayor Doug Find-later.

A rural party turned fatal when a driver ram-paging in his truck struck 21-year-old Tyler Boyer, who alter died in hospital.

The Rutland Family YMCA got its expansion approved. The council had already given the non-profi t the go-ahead to start fundraising toward the $3 million project though it had previously refused to nail the city to the project.

Aug. 28The anything goes

mentality of the past needed to go when it comes to new develop-ment in West Kelowna, according to Coun. Du-ane Ophus. “This com-munity used to be referred to as the ‘Wild West’ and not without very good reason,” said Ophus refer-ring to development pro-posals of the past.

Fees charged to fl y out of Kelowna Inter-national Airport went up, Kelowna city council de-cided. The council ap-proved a rate hike intend-ed to fi nance expansion plans laid out through 2025.

Aug. 30The RCMPs Down-

town Enforcement Unit used undercover offi cers to arrest 13 street-level drug dealers in a sweep at

the end of July, according to a police spokesman.

“It’s a fi ght: there’s no doubt about that. This premier is stubborn. But I remind people they have backed down before,” NDP leader Carol James said as she stood outside a Kelowna restaurant in a well-orchestrated bid to tank the HST.

The Kelowna rowing club said without further donations or sponsorships from the community, it would close its doors.

Former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm made a stop here to add his voice to the anti-HST cam-paign.

Tania Olson got an unwanted welcome to West Kelowna when thieves targeted her new brand name clothing store, Coconut Joe’s.

SEPTEMBER Sept. 16It took eight months

and cost $16.1 million but the fi rst high-occu-pancy vehicle lanes out-side of the Lower Main-land opened along High-way 97 in Kelowna.

Empty boxes were everywhere on Kelowna Community Food Bank shelves during the kick-

off of an advertising cam-paign aimed at reducing the number of hungry children in town.

A Kelowna woman’s offer to help a stranded motorist saw her sexually assaulted by a man claim-ing his car needed a jump start.

More than 150 people saw the night sky up-close Friday evening at the First Light event held to chris-ten the new 25-inch tele-sope built by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada—Okanagan Cen-tre, near Big White.

Sept. 18The board of the Oka-

nagan Regional Library system objected to re-ducing services as a way of dealing with the prov-incial government’s cut to grants for librar-ies throughout the prov-ince—and that included the idea of closing the tiny Oyama branch.

Lyme disease is a serious health issue that we’re not recognizing, wasting millions of dol-lars on misdiagnosis, West Kelowna resident Jim Wilson said during a picket held before the health unit in Kelowna. Wilson, head of the Can-adian Lyme Foundation,

was joined by local resi-dents recently diagnosed with the disease.

Cawston Avenue resi-dents learned they’re like-ly to see their street be-come a multi-use corridor for cyclists, pedestrians, roller bladers, and skate-boarders to enjoy, in a similar vein to Abbott Street.

A young pilot walked away uninjured after he crash-landed his single-engine Cessna 152 air-plane and it fl ipped over in a fi eld in north Kelow-na near Winfi eld.

Sept. 20Living Positive Re-

source Centre executive director Darrell Roberts announced he has lived with HIV for 29 years, also saying there is still considerable discrimina-tion against people living with the virus.

Sept. 23Striking an employ-

ment contract with the RCMP is shaping up to be a diffi cult process for B.C. municipalities, Kelow-na city councillors learn-ed as their fi nancial staff explained municipalities are not given a seat at the negotiating table though they are a primary em-ployer.

Sept. 25Mayor Sharon Shep-

herd’s second breakfast with business focused on drawing the business community together to bolster the 25- to 35-year-old population in hopes of spurring economic de-velopment.

Despite an impas-sioned plea from a former high school coach, the Central Okanagan school board turned down a re-quest to help out the B.C. School Sports Associa-tion.

Vancouver-based Hynes Developments of-fered to purchase the Lakeview Heights fi re hall in order to see its de-velopment plan for the area carried out. But West Kelowna’s planning man-ager said the council could also force them to work around it, redevelop it or move it.

Sept. 27Lake Country resi-

dents discovered they would soon get the infra-structure upgrades neces-sary to secure their pot-able water resources.

Nearly 400 students got the chance of a life-time to see the Dalia Lama in Vancouver with one of the school district’s largest ever out-of-town fi eld trips.

Sept. 30 A hot air balloon

landing in a farm fi eld created a dispute over whether the fl iers should be allowed to leave. John Klempner, of Okanagan Ballooning, was the pilot of an Aerostar 105 hot air balloon that set down in a 50-acre fi eld off Longhill Road and Sexsmith Road.

Winemakers ex-pected a good vintage as the fall harvest wrapped up just in time for the 29th annual Fall Okanagan Wine Festival.

The province an-nounced it would distrib-

ute a newly developed vaccine for H1N1 infl u-enza to anyone who want-ed it, by November.

OCTOBEROct. 2Gorman Bros. Lum-

ber president Ron Gor-man asked District of West Kelowna offi cials not to shift a heavy tax bu-rden to the mill. He point-ed to other towns such as Castlegar where the mill was unable to pay taxes that amounted to 40 per cent of the city budget.

The family of Aaron Derbyshire pleaded with the public for informa-tion on the disappearance of the young man. Derby-shire vanished three years ago from Kelowna after a night out with friends.

Seventy autistic chil-dren across the prov-ince, including Brett Wat-son of Kelowna, lost ac-cess to funding along with speech and occupation-al therapy as well as be-haviour counseling. The provincial government decided to cut funding for the Early Intensive Be-haviour Intervention pro-gram that provided the services.

Former Kelowna resi-dent Jeffrey Ivans was executed by a group of armed men in a condo-minum in Mexico. The RCMP believed Ivans and a Kamloops man, Gordon Kendall, were involved in cross-border drug traf-fi cking.

A facelift was pro-posed for St. Michael and All Angels’ Church on Sutherland Avenue. The stone church, con-structed in 1911, had no washrooms and a separate building built for the par-ish in the 1940s was re-cently condemned.

Hollywood actress Mia Farrow spoke in Kelowna on the fate of people being displaced

from their villages and killed in Sudan. Farrow said it was inexcusable for western governments to ignore the plight of geno-cide victims in Darfur.

Oct. 4Sales of Okanagan

wine continue to climb despite competition from other areas. Offi cials of the B.C. Wine Institute noted this was due to 70 per cent of B.C. vineyard acreage being owned by the wineries, maintaining control over the grape supply.

More than 350 arbor-ists from western North America gathered in Ke-lowna to discuss urban tree care and sustainable management of trees in urban areas.

A report on the Cen-tral Green development noted environmental and social housing standards planned for the Cen-tral Green development should be relaxed or Ke-lowna taxpayers would end up subsidizing the de-velopment.

Conservation offi cers Ed Seitz and Greg Kruger were given lifesaving cita-tions for pulling an elder-ly man from the waters of Wood Lake in 2008.

Real Canadian Super-store, Winners, Future Shop and Rexall Pharma-cies committed to open-ing new stores in West Kelowna in 2011.

A community report card issued by the Cen-tral Okanagan Founda-tion gave the area a failing grade on the perception of the gap between rich and poor. The Vital Signs re-port is created by citizen graders who examine sev-eral areas, including trans-portation, ease of starting out in the area, learning, the environment, health and wellness, arts and cul-ture and safety.

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RCMP FORENSIC TEAM arrive at the scene of a suspected murder on Young

Street in Kelowna in August. Babs Capozzi, 71, was found dead in the home and her

son was subsequently arrested and is now facing a murder charge.


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Oct. 9Kelowna’s Veri-

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Tolko Mill tempor-arily laid off 23 workers. The company announced a shutdown of the mill due to market-related curtailment and said the need for its operating cap-acity would be assessed weekly. One mill work-er speculated the shut-down could last from six to eight months.

Tours were conducted of Chute Lake Elemen-tary to illustrate the mod-ern construction and ener-gy conservation fea-tures of the new school. The $13.6-million build-ing opened this year at full capacity with 444 stu-dents enrolled.

Retired Kelowna fi re chief Gerry Zimmermann was released from hos-pital after battling severe pancreatitis for fi ve and a half months.

Mark Anaka was sentenced to life in pris-on with no chance at par-ole for 10 years for the slaying of West Kelowna woman Crystal Gagnon. Anaka cut Gagnon’s throat with a broken cool-er bottle and left her body in Mill Creek behind the Parkinson Recrea-tion Centre in September 2007.

Crown Packaging an-nounced it would close its Kelowna production plant

on Enterprise Way in De-cember. The closure was attributed to a four-year downturn in the Western Canadian market for card-board boxes.

Canwest Global Communications sought court protection from its creditors, affecting the severance of 10 CHBC staff to be laid off in Ke-lowna in December. The employees would become unsecured creditors when the court fi ling was ap-proved and would like-ly not receive any money owed by the company without a long claims pro-cess.

The Central Okanag-an Regional District ap-proved a $99.4-million loan to cover the district’s share of construction and other capital costs for the new ambulatory care tow-er and emergency room under construction at the Kelowna General Hos-pital.

Oct. 14Interior Health of-

fered free seasonal fl u vaccine shots for seniors and those living in long-term care facilities. The free shots were offered until the beginning of November, before H1N1 vaccination clinics.

Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper’s wife Lau-reen shunned local media during a visit to the Ke-lowna Women’s Shel-ter. Organizers issued an invitation for reporters to speak to Harper, but Harper’s handlers said Harper does not speak to the media.

An early cold snap halted the ripening of grapes at valley vine-yards. While most grapes had ripened early due to hot weather through July and August, the early frost

meant a rush to complete picking before losing the grapes.

Oct. 16RCMP investigators

announced new DNA evi-dence had been discov-ered in the death of Jen-nifer Cusworth, Kelow-na’s longest-running murder investigation. Cusworth was last seen alive at a house party on Richter Street in 1993.

Parents in School District 23 were able to enroll their children in full-day kindergarten be-ginning in September of 2010. The B.C. Ministry of Education rolled out a two-year plan that would see kindergarten become a full day program for all children starting in 2011-2012.

A thank-you cere-mony at Royal LePage Place marked the end of a challenging fi re season in West Kelowna. Near-ly 250 people attended the event to appreciate the ef-forts of fi re crews dur-ing massive forest fi res in Glenrosa, Rose Val-ley and Terrace Mountain during the summer.

The Westside Com-munity Foodbank Soci-ety was turned down for tax exempt status in the District of West Kelow-na. Mayor Doug Find-later said the request was turned down to avoid set-ting a precedent of offer-ing tax breaks to the large number of worthwhile non-profi t societies in the area.

Kelowna’s rainfall this year was 100 milli-metres less than normal and Okanagan Lake lay a metre below full pool. Water purveyors were concerned that if the win-ter does not end with a normal accumulation

of snow at higher eleva-tions, users could be faced with even more restrictive water conservation meas-ures.

Oct. 18A proposed 1,500-

unit condo development for West Harbour is re-duced to one-sixth of the size due to decreasing de-mand in the area con-dominium market. The multi-family develop-ment was proposed for a property between Lind-ley Drive and Old Ferry Wharf Road.

Kelowna Tourism called on the province to retain a two per cent hotel room tax that funds tour-ism marketing in town.

Oct. 21Kelowna faced its

second homicide of the year when Joseph Pek was found stabbed to death on the front steps of a duplex on Birch Av-enue. Sherri Kipling, a 21-year-old Kelowna woman, was arrested the following day.

Hunters, snowmobil-ers and off-road enthusi-asts were among those raising concern about a regional park proposal for Hydraulic/McCulloch Lake. Consultant Kelly Sherman said those users may prove to be the vocal minority. Sherman pre-sented the park plans to the public during an open house on Oct. 22.

The H1N1 infl uenza vaccine arrived in B.C. The province aimed to have the vaccine distribut-ed by early November.

Oct. 23The Interior Health

Authority received its fi rst shipment of the H1N1 fl u vaccine. Senior medic-al health offi cer Dr. An-drew Larder said the vac-cine would be offered fi rst to high-risk groups such as pregnant women, people younger than 65 with chronic illnesses and people living in rural or remote areas.

Former Olympic snowboarder Ross Re-bagliati announced his in-

tention to seek the feder-al Liberal nomination in the Okanagan-Coquihalla riding.

Kelowna city council was asked again to extend the deadline on the third reading of the CD-21 zone. The zoning change that could see the area be-hind City Park turned into more park space and highrises has been in a holding pattern for a full year.

Oct. 25A study on hurdles

for immigrants hoping to settle in Kelowna was published by the aca-demic journal Canadian Geographer. Author Car-los Teixeira, a geography professor at UBC Oka-nagan, noted in his study that a lack of affordable housing, coupled with discrimination by some landlords, was keeping immigrants away.

South Pandosy resi-dents got a look at the plans for new sidewalks, bike lanes and a space for public art soon to be decorating the roadside from Gyro Beach to Cook Road.

Oct. 28Police search for sus-

pects in Kelowna’s third homicide of the year after

a man was found shot in Millbridge Park. A re-volver-style pistol was re-trieved from the scene by forensic investigators.

A gravel pit at the confl uence of Pearson and Mission Creeks re-ceived the go-ahead for next spring despite the concerns of water utilities and area residents. Resi-dents of Joe Rich planned to oppose the idea of a second gravel pit 35 kilo-metres away at a coming public meeting.

The Interior Health Authority response to the H1N1 fl u is found to come at the expense of other services. IHA chief of planning Martin Mc-Mahon said much of the work was done by shift-ing staff and resources from other areas deemed to be lower priority than the fl u outbreak.

Blinds and drap-ery installer Neil George Snelson was arrested in the 16-year-old cold mur-der case of Jennifer Cus-worth. Her parents had been returning to Ke-lowna almost every year to plead for information after their daughter was found dead in a ditch on Swamp Road in 1993.

Oct. 30

The City of Kelow-na noted the numbers of building permits issued through the year was sub-stantially fewer than in the three previous years as city manager Ron Mat-tiussi said the develop-ment boom of the previ-ous three years was clear-ly over.

The president of the B.C. Nurses Union blast-ed the Interior Health Au-thority for its administra-tive decisions on Kelowna General Hospital. De-bra McPherson said the impact of the health au-thority’s decision to re-duce overtime is burning out nurses because they are expected to do more to cover for other nurses who are off sick.

The man found shot in Millbridge Park was identifi ed by police as for-mer Prince George resi-dent Christopher Hetu. Hetu had a minor crimin-al record but no incidents committed in Kelowna.

Apple prices plum-meted 17 per cent from last year at the same time. Adrian Abbott of B.C. Tree Fruits ascribed the drop to a much larger crop of apples being grown across North America.

NOVEMBERNov. 1Urban farmer Curtis

Stone launched his busi-ness growing food on for-mer lawn and garden plots in the city. Stone had arranged for the use of plots on Pandosy and Saucier in exchange for weekly deliveries of food grown there to the land-owners.

Nov. 4Hundreds of people

turned out for the fi rst H1N1 fl u vaccine clinic in Kelowna as many had

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after he was released from Kelowna General Hospital in October following an

extended hospitalization to fi ght off a life-threatening illness.

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to stand in line outside for hours to get their shots.

A funding chop to medical fi rst respond-er training for fi re depart-ments had provincial fi re chiefs looking for an-swers from the B.C. Min-istry of Health. The Fire Chiefs’ Association said a September decision by the Emergency and Health Services Commis-sion removed $250,000 from fi rst responder med-ical training for fi refi ght-ers.

Kelowna’s Sandhill Wines was named Winery of the Year by Wine Ac-cess magazine. Created as a premium brand by Cal-ona Vineyards in 1997, the brand is now owned by Andrew Peller Ltd.

Nov. 6Former Okanag-

an-Mission MLA Sindi Hawkins learned her leukemia had gone into remission. The 51-year-old former nurse and provincial health planning minister had received chemotherapy for the last fi ve months in Calgary.

Post-secondary stu-dents at UBC Okanagan protested against high tu-ition rates. Student union internal co-ordinator Carolyn Cody said tuition fees at UBC Okanagan have tripled since 2001.

Nov. 8The fi rst draft of the

budget for the Sterile In-sect Release program an-ticipated a decrease in what local taxpayers put towards the program. The budget pegged a three per cent increase on land val-ues and a three per cent increase in the parcel tax rate paid by farmers, be-lieved to be enough to sustain the program.

Kelowna nightclub Liquid Zoo was ordered closed by the province’s liquor control and licens-ing branch because of the relationship the branch claimed one of the club’s owners had with organ-ized crime. The branch said an investigation re-vealed that one individ-ual of a group of investors that wanted to take over the liquor license was connected to the Hell’s Angels.

An expansion was proposed for one of the Okanagan’s largest winer-ies at Mission Hill Family Estate winery. West Ke-lowna council took their fi rst look at the develop-ment application which included an added ho-tel, restaurant, art gallery, conference centre, well-ness centre and micro-brewery. The expansion was planned to take place over 12 to 16 years.

Nov. 11NOW Canada took a

step forward in expanding services for women and children in need as ground was broken for construc-tion of the $10.7-million Tutt Street Place in South Pandosy.

West Kelowna coun-cil was divided on spend-ing for a plan on future waterfront use. Some councillors preferred a comprehensive $250,000 plan and others wanted a phased-in approach be-ginning from a barebones $75,000 plan for shap-ing waterfront develop-ment. Council reached consensus on a hybrid plan estimated at close to $175,000.

The Centre for Learn-ing facility was opened at Okanagan College. The centre added more than 6,000 square metres of space to the campus with 21 new classrooms, an ex-panded library, a digital media shop and a profes-sional development centre for staff and instructors.

Nov. 13Dorenberg Orchards

in Lake Country took home this year’s Golden Apple, an orchard indus-try award. The 60-acre or-chard specializes in grow-ing Sunrise, Royal Gala and Ambrosia apples.

Nov. 15Tourism Minis-

ter Kevin Krueger told the Thompson-Okanag-an Tourism Association the province is looking at ways to mitigate the im-pact of the planned Har-monized Sales Tax on the tourism industry. Krue-ger said the HST is a big concern. The tourism in-dustry is currently exempt from the GST in many areas.

Local off-road riders welcomed a new provin-cial licensing and regis-tration program for off-road vehicles. Okanagan Trail Riders’ Association president Ken Umbarger said his group has said for the last three years that li-censing and registration for off-road vehicles is a key component in de-veloping sustainable trails throughout the province because the measures will help with enforcement and education.

Nov. 18Police apolo-

gized to Noelle Ken-nedy after falsely arrest-ing the woman and her son for driving a stolen vehicle. An offi cer failed to remove the entry in the RCMP computer system identifying Kennedy’s li-cence plate as stolen after her previously-stolen vehicle was recovered.

The City of Kelow-na released a new set of development guidelines for building on hillsides. Coun. Robert Hobson said the guidelines were

long overdue, saying that proper planning is critical to ensure further develop-ment goes up without en-vironmental damage.

Nov. 20Kelowna RCMP

Const. Jennifer Hunt-er rescued a woman from McKinley Reservoir after the woman’s car veered off the road and into the water. Hunter broke open the car’s back window and pulled the woman out as she was pinned inside by the rising water. A hu-man chain of bystanders got the woman to shore.

Kelowna city coun-cil and the owners of The Habitat failed to fi nd a type of liquor licence ap-propriate to the business. The Habitat hosts a multi-tude of events that run from teen mixers and non-profi t fundraisers to the Western Canadian Music Awards.

Nov. 22A rise in debit card

skimming operations in the area led Kelow-na RCMP to put out in-formation and hold sem-inars on payment termin-al fraud.

An annual child wel-fare report found there are still challenges in the Cen-tral Okanagan including the proportion of children living in poverty, the dif-fi culty of many parents to fi nd affordable child care and the cost of affordable

housing.The fi rst 10 angio-

plasties were performed at Kelowna General Hospi-tal. Health Minister Kevin Falcon said the phased-in cardiac program at KGH will feature heart surgery starting in 2012. Falcon said the program was on budget and four months ahead of schedule.

Nov. 25A freeze in December

of last year was blamed for record losses to the Okanagan wine grape crop. Crop loss damage to the grape harvest was estimated at close to $20 million.

Federal funding cuts to outreach counseling programs left the Kelow-na Drop In Centre look-ing at letting go three out of six staff members in April 2010. The centre is looking for other ways to stave off closure of the fa-cility after 22 years of operation in Kelowna’s downtown.

Nov. 27Local business-

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murder victim in Kelowna dating back to 1993. Police

arrested a Kelowna man in October in connection with

the murder of Cusworth.


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date Kevin Craig won a Kelowna byelection at 19 years of age. His win was partly ascribed to 10 hours of door-knock-ing on the part of his cam-paign team the day before the election.

Kelowna city coun-cil was told it would need to cut carbon emissions by 50 per cent to meet provincial reduction tar-gets set for 2020. Council heard that the area’s emis-sions were high and the community is still grow-ing, leaving only Prince George emitting more carbon on a per capita basis.

Dec. 4Summerhill Pyramid

Winery captured the tro-phy as Canadian Winery of the Year from the pres-tigious International Wine and Spirit Competition in London, England. Five wines were submitted by Summerhill and each re-ceived a medal.

BlueGreen Living Communities launched a series of public talks to examine more democrat-ic development and com-munity growth. The com-pany aimed to become a hybrid of traditional de-velopment models and modern sustainable hous-ing ideas.

Dec. 6The Central Okanag-

an Aggregate Committee aimed to complete a man-agement strategy to mini-mize land use confl icts over gravel mining by March of 2011. Commit-tee member and Kelow-na-Lake Country MLA

Norm Letnick empha-sized the process would be transparent and open to the public.

Numbers of shore-spawning kokanee out-numbered stream spawn-ers by close to seven times this year. The native spe-cies of fi sh plummeted to the brink of extinction just over a decade ago in Oka-nagan Lake.

Students and Kelow-na’s Positive Living Re-source Centre came into confl ict with the adminis-tration of Mount Bouche-rie Secondary in West Ke-lowna after the school refused to allow infor-mation aimed at raising awareness about HIV/AIDS from being distrib-uted during a student-or-ganized series of lunch-time events.

Dec. 9A Kelowna tourist at-

traction that provided safe haven to neglected exot-ic pets faced the possibil-ity of closure this winter. Doug Illman, owner of CrocTalk in east Kelow-na, said he was fi nding it diffi cult to fund the cost of providing an indoor trop-ical-like environment for the animals. Illman’s fa-cility primarily serves as a home for crocodiles and alligators that have been abandoned as pets, and has been supported both by visiting tourists and schoolchildren from across the Okanagan.

A fi rst glance at the budget for the District of West Kelowna revealed a $66-million budget based on a fi ve per cent tax in-crease. Chief fi nancial offi cer Jim Zaffi no ex-

plained that preliminary numbers showed $19 mil-lion would be collected for other levels of govern-ment next year and $47 million would go to the municipality.

Kelowna city coun-cil was informed that sev-eral municipal buildings would be technically ob-solete and overburdened within the next fi ve years. City hall, the city works yard, the RCMP detach-ment, the YMCA, the Enterprise Way fi rehall, the Parkinson Recrea-tion Centre, the Kelowna Community Theatre and Martin Education Cen-tre all cost Kelowna heav-ily in harmful emissions as cities are now commit-ted to reducing their car-bon footprint in line with provincial targets de-signed to stave off global warming.

Dec. 11The city unveiled

plans to level and rebuild the aging Kelowna Yacht Club as well as the Water Street Seniors’ Centre to make room for the new Stuart Park.

The Central Okanag-an school board agreed to make a request to change the electoral areas on the Westside so that one school trustee is elected in the District of West Ke-lowna and one is elected to represent Peachland as well as the outlying rural areas of the Westside.

A B.C. Supreme Court jury began its de-liberations in the trial of Cameron Simpson, fi nd-ing him guilty of the second-degree murder after his roommate Rob-

ert Isaac, who was found fatally stabbed in 2007 at a West Kelowna home shard by the two.

Dec. 13A drug-sniffi ng po-

lice dog led to the seiz-ure of 854 marijuana plants from a residence in Peachland. The dog discovered a substantial quantity of marijuana in a car at a road stop on High-way 33 in Rock Creek. As a result of the fi nd, Ke-lowna police obtained a search warrant for a resi-dence on Ponderosa Drive in Peachland where offi -cers located a hydro by-pass, pot plants and exten-sive marijuana-harvesting machinery and high-end growing equipment.

Dec. 16The family of a Ke-

lowna mixed martial arts fi ghter pleaded with the public for information as Geoffrey Meisner’s dis-appearance remained un-explained. Meisner dis-appeared on Nov. 27 after being dropped off at his parked truck at Orchard Park Mall by his wife Tammy. The protein sup-plement salesman and mixed martial arts fi ghter had not been heard from since.

The city of Kelowna anticipated drawing on re-serve dollars and forgo-ing investment in future capital projects like build-ings and roads to help residents evade a major tax bill next summer. City staff recommended only a 1.2 per cent tax increase in the coming budget in an effort to recognize the tight fi nancial times both residents and local busi-

nesses were dealing with in the wake of the 2009 recession.

Nineteen-year-old city councillor Kevin Craig was sworn in as one of B.C.’s youngest polit-icians. Craig had spent a few years making weekly trips to city council to take notes on what was hap-pening. His run for coun-cil inspired a new level of interest in politics from area youth, spurring new-found participation in campaign teams and the nomination process dur-ing the byelection.

Dec. 18City council came

back with a lean budget for 2010. The Kelowna RCMP received fi ve of the 21 offi cers Supt. Bill McKinnon described as the bare minimum need-ed to meet growing de-mands for police services. Other highlights included keeping bike lane main-tenance levels the same as last year, and allocating a small amount of funding to control the city’s rabbit population.

The proposal by the Central Okanagan Regional District to pur-chase 311 hectares of land for a new regional park near Spion Kop in Lake

Country met with lit-tle enthusiasm from area hunters and anglers.

Dec. 20Kelowna city coun-

cil held a tax increase on residents and business-es to 1.6 per cent in 2010. The increase worked out to close to $24 for an average homeowner on a home valued at $486,000.

Dec. 23Speeding was cited

as the cause of a crash on Lakeshore Road that claimed the life of a 31-year-old woman from West Kelowna, who was yet to be identifi ed by po-lice.

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caught driving again while pro-hibited, this time outside of Merritt on Feb. 24, 2009. He said an RCMP constable was patrolling approxi-mately 17 kilometres south of Mer-ritt at 5:30 p.m.

Nadon said the constable’s radar clocked Dunbar going 129 to 130 km/h in a 110 zone.

He said it was still daylight, and road conditions were bare and dry. Nadon said the constable followed Dunbar and monitored his speed, which increased to 140 to 141 km/h. He said the constable decided to pull over the car, which sped up to 144 to 145 km/h before it began to slow.

Nadon noted that upon pull-ing Dunbar over, the offi cer noticed a strong odour of beer inside the car and cans on the fl oor and seat. He added that Dunbar’s eyes were glassy.

“The constable noted his atti-tude appeared to be quite carefree.”

Nadon said the vehicle was found to have bogus Alberta license plates and no insurance. He noted that Dunbar gave two breath sam-ples of 140 mg each, over the legal blood alcohol limit of 80.

Nadon pointed out that Dun-bar was caught driving yet again on June 22, 2009.

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Nadon said the constable saw a man get into the vehicle and leave the parking lot. He noted that on pulling the Bronco over, the con-stable found Dunbar driving with no license or insurance.

Nadon pointed out Dunbar was told to appear in court on Sept. 10, 2009. He said Dunbar did not ap-pear at 2 p.m. as scheduled, and was pulled over by another police offi cer a couple of hours later.

Nadon said Dunbar was seen leaving the parking lot of the OK Corral beer and wine store and was stopped on Dayton Road, with in-active license plates. He pointed out Dunbar was still under a driving prohibition, and the Mazda he was piloting had been unlicensed since earlier in the year.

Nadon said Dunbar again failed to appear in court on Nov. 5, and a warrant was issued for his ar-rest. Dunbar turned himself in on Nov. 23 and had served fi ve weeks in prison by the time of court pro-ceedings.

Nadon noted the Crown rec-ommended a sentence of nine to 12 months in jail, approximately $2,500 in fi nes and a 10 year pro-hibition from driving.

Defense lawyer Michael New-combe said Dunbar lives in the area with his fi ancee and his young son.

He noted Dunbar is employed, driving machinery for a contracting company.

Newcombe pointed out Dun-bar did not appear in court during the fall because he was working in Grande Prairie to save up money.

“He has had some tragedy in his life,” noted Newcombe. He pointed out Dunbar’s father, who he was quite close to, had died.

He noted that Dunbar also had another son with another woman, both of whom were murdered last year.

Newcombe added that Dun-bar came back right away from Grande Prairie and turned himself in. “I can’t say much about the rec-ord, it’s pretty wicked as far as driv-ing goes.”

He urged Sinclair to consider the totality of Dunbar’s offenses and the diffi culty he would face in pay-ing off the fi nes.

Newcombe suggested a sen-tence of eight months, less the two-and-a-half months credit for the time Dunbar had already served, would be reasonable.

He added that Dunbar has pur-chased an electric scooter so he can get around without a driver’s li-cense.

Sinclair delivered a total sen-tence of nine-and-a-half months imprisonment, less the two-and-a-half months credit Dunbar was eli-gible for.

He noted that any surcharges on the fi nes would be waived, given Dunbar’s fi nancial diffi culties.

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having won medals with the senior men’s national team at the 2009 and 2007 World Hockey Cham-pionships as well as with Canada’s World Junior team in 2005.

The Nashville Preda-tors blueliner has six goals and 15 assists in 38 games so far this year and is ex-pected to play a promin-ent role on the Canadian blueline.

Weber played three full seasons with the Ke-lowna Rockets before the 6-foot-4, 230 pound-er spent a year in the AHL and is now in his fi fth sea-son with Nashville in the NHL.

Keith only played a single season with the Rockets but mesmer-ized fans with his blazing speed.

He had 46 points in 37 games with the Rockets in 2002-03 before playing two years in the AHL.

He is also in his fi fth NHL season.

Team Canada gener-al manager Steve Yzer-man also named Keith’s defence partner Brent Seabrook to the team, saying that the chem-istry the pair have in play-ing together for Chicago Blackhawks will help.

“Having the tandem of Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith was im-portant for us,” Yzerman told CTV after the selec-tion process.

Keith also has some international experience.

The Penticton na-tive recorded two assists and was plus nine in nine games during the 2008 World Championships, helping Canada to a silver medal.

Rockets general man-ager Bruce Hamilton said it’s a proud moment for the Rockets organization to see two former players named to such a promin-ent team.

“We’re very proud of both Shea and Duncan,” said Hamilton.

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who will be playing for Canada at the Olympics.”

Canadian Olympiccoach Mike Babcock said the success of Team Can-ada at the Olympic hock-ey tournament will come down to who does the lit-tle things the best.

“The teams who win at the end are going to be good without the puck,” he told the Toronto Sun.

“We’re all going to be talented. When you look at every (other) roster, and try to picture what they’re going to be like, they all scare you to death.

“But when they look at our team, they have to think we’re pretty good, too.”

The Olympic hock-ey tournament begins Feb. 16.

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been listening to the doom and gloom review of the last decade—9/11 to kick it off, recession to drive home the death nail.

Makes one feel like turning over a whole new leaf, doesn’t it? And iron-ically, that’s probably what we’re going to need to do in this next decade: focus more on the leaves and the plants and the trees, not to mention the water we drink.

Over the last 10 years humankind has published fancy UN reports estab-lishing our climate is changing, set provincial climate action targets, and hired consultants and ex-perts to tell us what was in the reports.

Then Canada ever so intelligently followed it all up by devolving into an inter-provincial squabble

on the world stage over our economic depend-ence on the oil sands.

Well, you didn’t need to be an underwear-clad hipster protesting polar bear dip-style to feel your cheeks burn over that one. It was embarrassing.

No one, even in this right-wing little Okanag-an haven of ours, really wants to destroy the very planet the next generation will have to live off.

Thankfully, the prov-incial government in this fi ne, leafy green province has set some pretty tough emission targets for its cit-ies. We’re heading toward greener buildings and fo-cusing more on cycling,

busing and getting out of our cars.

For the most part, it’s all still in the lip service stage. The cycling issues here in Kelowna sug-gests neither the provin-cial nor federal govern-ments are really willing to take a stand and help little local governments nego-tiate for access to rail cor-ridors where it’s cheaper and easier to throw down a trail.

But the new HOV lanes makes the bus rapid transit system look more appealing, even if this city still has a huge pile of planning problems to deal with before the majority of its residents will ditch their cars. Leaving four wheels behind, or at least the gas-fueled version, ap-pears to be the key to sav-ing our planet.

Some 60 per cent of our harmful greenhouse gas emissions stem from our vehicles; although, many of those vehicles

are on our roads to service other problems we’ve cre-ated.

B.C. milk may taste great, but it’s trucked from Kelowna cows to Vancou-ver processing plants and returned to our grocery stores in plastic contain-ers, making it about as far removed from a sustain-able food product as one can get. And one doesn’t even want to think about the ramifi cations of the coffee habit (and dispos-able cups) we West Coast-ers developed over this past decade.

So, how can we make this all better and serve up a decade of positive changes that don’t involve spawning more terrorist activity, worrying about laptops and baby bottles on planes or kicking an-other caffeine headache?

Here’s an idea: Invest in women.

It sounds a little like more ’60s feminist blath-er, yet if there is a group

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From the may-or’s sustainability plat-form and participation in the provincial solar in-itiatives; to city council-

lor and green business consultant Angela Re-id’s consistent environ-mental approach; to Jo-anne de Vries’ Fresh Out-look Foundation, there’s no denying the local lead-ers in this fi eld tend to suit up for success in a dress. And the network that sup-ports them are predomin-antly women as well.

This past year, for-mer prime minister Kim Campbell fronted an in-vestment fund based on this concept. Joined by former British prime min-ister Tony Blair’s wife, Cherie Blair, former New Zealand prime minis-ter Jenny Shipley, and Wendy Luhabe, chair of South Africa’s Industrial Development Corpora-tion, the group contend women-headed compan-ies typically out-perform the market, making a fund based on gender, a worthy contender for anyone looking to make money.

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these fi rms tend to take. We need better re-

sults when it comes to en-vironmental protections and the speed with which the women behind this lo-cal push for sustainability have achieved recognition for the problem at hand is impressive.

Mid-decade, sustaina-bility was a buzzword, but hardly the centre of atten-tion it’s become today.

Though more con-crete action will be need-ed to ensure this network of green-themed con-sultants and business-es and volunteers can ac-tually achieve change, investing in collective-ly recognizing the critical role women have to play in politics, business and policy making in this re-gion is my vote for Ke-lowna’s New Year’s reso-lution.

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20092009 The Capital News sports department continues its two-part series looking back at the past 12 months of the wins and

losses, achievements and disappointments involving Central Okanagan athletes. Today, part two of the series is a look

at July through December.

JULY• Kelowna runners Elisa Joyce and Aaron Stroda dominate

the 25th edition of the Jack Brow Memorial Track and Field Meet winning three and six medals respectively.

• The Westside Warriors introduce Darren Yopyk, 34, as the man that will guide the Warriors into its fourth season in the B.C. Hockey League after Mark Howell accepts a position at the Uni-versity of Calgary.

• Tyler Myers starts the road to the NHL with an impressive prospects camp appearance with the Buffalo Sabres.

• A 2-1 win over Tsawwassen earns Kelowna United a bronze medal in the Under-13 division of the B.C. Soccer Challenge B Cup in Nelson.

• Swimmer Monique Kennedy wins a gold and a silver at the provincial long course swimming championships in Victoria, lead-ing an impressive group of local swimmers.

• The Kelowna Rockets hire former Quebec Nordiques player Dan Lambert to replace Jeff Finley as their new assistant coach.

• Kelowna rower Alex Thorlakson is named to Team Canada for the World Rowing Junior Championships.

• Hockey player Tegan Cochrane is invited to the National Women’s Under 18 Skills Development and Selection Camp in Calgary.

• The Okanagan Whitecaps girls Under-14 soccer team win the Baker Blast tournament in Bellingham, Wash. with a perfect record.

• The Kelowna Cubs win its most games ever in the B.C. Pre-mier Baseball League allowing it to continue operation in the midget baseball league.

• Kelowna’s Brett De Vries is ninth overall at the 2009 B.C. junior boys golf championship and Megan Osland is eighth in the girls category.

• Team Sweden’s national women’s hockey team chooses Ke-lowna as its pre-Olympic training centre.

• Runners Connor Clerke and Keefer Joyce strike double gold at the B.C. Track and Field Championships in Abbotsford.

• Kelowna’s Daniel Brown cards a fi ve-under par 67 to win the B.C. men’s amateur golf championship in Duncan.

• The Okanagan Challenge capture the Pacifi c Coast Soc-cer League’s regular season championship for the fi rst time since 1998.

• BMXer Connor McCormack of the Kelowna BMX Club is the top performing Canadian at the World Championships of BMX racing winning a bronze medal at the world fi nals in Aus-tralia.

• The U-21 Whitecaps win the Pacifi c Coast Soccer League’s

reserve division.• Kelowna swimmer Kierra Smith wins two golds and a

bronze at the Canadian Age Group Swimming Championships in Montreal.

• Female hockey player Jaclyn Stapleton commits to NCAA Division I school Wayne State.

• Hockey’s Justin Hickman is named to Team B.C. for Hock-ey Canada’s U-16 Western Branch Challenge in Red Deer.

AUGUST• More than 15,000 people take in the third annual Center of

Gravity event with volleyballer Conrad Leinemann claiming a men’s title in his hometown.

• The Kelowna Falcons win four straight to earn a spot in the WCL playoffs.

• Kelowna soccer player Anna Lund signs a scholarship deal with Gonzaga University in Washington.

• Luke Friesen, Curtis Gerein and Trevor Stirling each win a silver medal at a Canada Cup trampoline competition in Calgary.

• The Rutland Rockies fi nish second at the bantam AAA base-ball provincials losing the fi nal by two runs at Edith Gay Park in

Warren HendersonSTAFF REPORTER

The Okanagan Chal-lenge kicked men’s soccer back into the spotlight in Kelowna in 2009.

A year after fi nish-ing dead last, the Chal-lenge rebounded to win the Pacifi c Coast Soccer League regular season crown, then a week later capped off the campaign with a 3-2 win over Khal-sa Sporting Club in the league fi nal at the Apple Bowl.

It was the Challenge’s fi rst PCSL title in 11 years.

“This one feels par-ticularly good because last year we fi nished at

the bottom of the league and in one short season we were able to rise to the top,” said an elated Eric Tasker, president of the Challenge.

“It’s a splendid feel-ing and credit needs to go the coach and all the play-ers for a great year.”

The win was especial-ly satisfying for captain Mark McGlinchey, the longest-serving member of the Challenge who suf-fered through some lean years.

“It means the world to me,” said McGlinchey, 23. “I’ve been with this team for seven years now, we’ve been through some dodgy seasons, some ter-rible seasons, and a few

OK seasons…so it means the world, it’s a very good feeling.”

The tournament MVP was the locally-bred Tyler Murphy who fulfi lled a childhood dream.

“I’ve got memorabilia from back in the ’90s and I was a huge fan of the team when I was a kid,” add-ed Murphy, “and so to be able to play for them and win a championship with them is just unreal.”

The championship win also marked a tri-umphant coaching debut for Clint Schneider, who took over the job this spring when Alan Koch announced he was leaving for the Vancouver White-caps women’s team.

WHITECAPS U-21 MENThe Okanagan White-

caps U-21 men captured the PCSL Reserves title with a 3-2 win over Co-quitlam Metro Ford on July 24 at the Parkinson Rec Centre.

Enzo Paal converted Kyle Logan’s corner kick with just a minute to play to boost the Whitecaps to victory.

West Kelowna’s Dan Hunt scored the White-caps other two markers.

“The lads played well all season, they played with spirit and worked as a team,” said coach Dave Broadhurst.

“We have a solid de-fense, we allowed the fewest goals all season, and our defense gave us a good base to be expres- sive on offense.”

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Ranked sixth in the province, few expected the Kelowna Owls to chal-lenge for gold.

So much for the ex-pectations of others.

The Owls turned aside all challengers—in-cluding the powers from the North Shore—to win the 2009 B.C. high school girls’ AAA fi eld hockey title in Burnaby.

KSS completed its dream season with a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the No. 4-ranked West Vancouver High-landers.

“It was a dream for all of us to fi nish this way,” said Owls co-captain and senior Natalie Souris-seau. “This was such a fun team, it was so easy

to be with each other all year, and I think that really helped us.

“We showed we could beat the big teams, the powers from the North Shore,” added Sourisseau, “and proved that fi eld hockey in the Interior real-ly belongs with the best.”

It was the third time in fi ve years the Owls had battled West Vancouver in the B.C. fi nal, only to come out on the short end with the silver medal in both 2005 and 2007.

In 2009, head coach Arnar Bernhardsson said taking the fi nal big step to gold was the result of un-rivaled commitment by the players and unparal-leled team unity.

“This says a lot about

the strength of our pro-gram and so much about what a true team this is,”

said Bernhardsson. “We

have a whole lot of out-standing players as indi-viduals, but all the Grade 12s bought into the team concept and our young-er players followed along. The only way we could beat the North Shore teams was to stay togeth-er as a team. The girls did that.”

GIRLS VOLLEYBALLA pair of Kelowna

schools reached the medal podium in provincial vol-leyball in 2009.

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SENIOR Natalie Sourisseau and the Kelowna Owls

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fi eld hockey championship in Burnaby.

Rutland.• West Kelowna’s Far-

rell Louie claims the over-all title in the men’s ad-vanced division at the US Hydrofoil Nationals.

•Kelowna golfer Lind-say Gibson wins the Ke-lowna Invitational cham-pionship 15 years after he won it as a teenager at the Kelowna Golf and Coun-try Club.

• Okanagan Sun head coach Pete McCall coach-es in his fi rst game since replacing Jay Christensen for the B.C. Football con-ference team.

• The 27th annual En-sign Cup sees the young guys outperform the old crew in the after-game celebration in honour of Rusty Ensign.

• Kelowna cyclist Cyrus Kangarloo wins the elite men’s road race at the provincial cycling cham-pionships

• Kelowna’s Kyla Inaba, 22, claims the Ke-lowna Ladies Invitation-al for the fi rst time with a fi nal round, three under par 70 at the Kelowna Country Club.

• The best fi eld ever takes part in the annu-al Kelowna Apple Triath-lon with Canadian hero Simon Whitfi eld winning the event.

• Kelowna’s Lynda Palahniuk fi nishes second at the Canadian senior women’s golf champion-ship for the third year in a row.

SEPTEMBER• Brett Henderson of

West Kelowna wins the 30 to 34 age group at the Penticton Ironman while Laurelee Welder is fi rst in the women’s 50 to 56

age category, leading a healthy crop of locals that take part.

• The Westside War-riors name fourth year players Trevor Bailey and Joel Woznikoski as co-captains.

• Kelowna Rockets forward Evan Bloodoff is sidelined with a torn ACL beginning a run of injuries for Kelowna’s major jun-ior team.

• The Okanagan Rockets open another sea-son of play in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League with new head coach Misko Antisin at the helm.

• The Central Oka-nagan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum announces it will induct world cham-pion triathlete Jo-Anne Ritchie in the athlete cat-egory; 1994 world curl-ing champions Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard, and Ron Steinhauer into the team category; Jack Brow in the pioneer category; and the Athans family in the WAC/WR Bennett Award of Excellence.

OCTOBER• Kelowna Rockets

players Tyler Myers and Colin Long both make the jump to professional hockey: Myers with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and Long with Abbotsford in

the AHL.• Kelowna beach vol-

leyball player Jessi Lel-liott wins the gold med-al in men’s beach volley-ball at the Francophone Games in Beirut.

• Confusion at the an-nual Okanagan Marathon brings criticism to the event as several runners take the wrong route.

• Golfers from UBCO take part in the Canadian nationals in the team’s second year of existence.

• The UBCO women’s soccer team has an excel-lent regular season, mak-ing the playoffs for the fi rst time while the men fail in their bid to to make the playoffs.

• Kelowna fi ghter Rory MacDonald signs a four fi ght deal with the world renowned UFC, the biggest mixed martial arts company in the world.

• Receiver Matt Scheurwater sets a new Okanagan Sun record for career receiving yards while Steve Doege (fi ve sacks in a game) and Ste-ven Shott (fi ve fi eld goals) also hit the record books.

• UBCO women’s soccer coach Claire Pater-son is named the coach of the year in BCCAA after guiding the Heat to its fi rst ever playoff spot.

• Okanagan Sun re-

2009 sports year in review2009 from A14

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FRED SCHAAD/CONTRIBUTOR

SENIOR Kirsten Wiebe (top) and her Kelowna Chris-

tian teammates settled for silver at the B.C. high school

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EVAN GUTHRIE won several mountain biking med-

als in 2009, including fi rst place at the junior nationals.

Peachland cyclist Evan Guthrie established himself in 2009 as one of, if not, the best young cyc-lists in Canada.

Guthrie entered and won all kinds of different races. From his specialty of cross country mountain biking where he claimed the junior expert nation-al championship for the second straight year, to the fl edgling sport of cyclo cross, where he won the national Under-23 title this fall, Guthrie has had an unbelievable year.

The 18-year-old

competed in the Canada Games, the world cham-pionships, Canada Cup and World Cup races in countries like Australia and in Europe as he con-tinued his ascent of the sport.

On top of his work on a mountain bike, Guthrie has also established him-self as a tireless road cyc-list with Total Restora-tion’s cycling team.

Just prior to taking part in the Cyclo Cross national championships in Edmonton this fall, Guth-rie was in Europe racing

in two World Cup moun-tain bike races, where he placed top fi ve in both events.

Before that it was the Canada Games in Prince Edward Island where he won a medal before fl ying to Australia to compete in the mountain bike world championships.

Next year will see the Peachland rider compet-ing in the under 23 cat-egory and if 2009 was any indication, we will be hearing plenty more from Guthrie in the years to come.

Guthrie gets established

ceiver Dan Turek is named the B.C. Football Confer-ence’s outstanding receiv-er for 2009.

• The Kelowna Cubs change names to the Oka-nagan Athletics and vow to be better in the B.C. Premier Baseball League.

• The Okanagan Sun

play its best game of the year but still lose to heav-ily favoured Vancouver Is-land 25-16 in the playoffs, ending its BCFC season.

• Kelowna’s Abigail

Raye is named rookie of the year in Canada West fi eld hockey after her fi rst season playing with the UBC Thunderbirds.

• Rockets playesr Tyson Barrie and Bran-don McMillan are both named to Team WHL that will play in the Subway Super Series against Team Russia.

NOVEMBER• The UBC Okanagan

Heat women’s volleyball squad raises Canadian and provincial champion-ship banners before kick-ing off another university volleyball season.

• Youth soccer play-er Haylee Lacovic is in-vited to attend the United Soccer League’s Super-Y League Olympic De-velopment Camp next spring in Tampa, Florida.

• Kelowna Secondary School students Connor Clerke and Sasha Scho-ch qualify for the nation-al cross country running championships by placing top six at the provincials in Vancouver.

• Okanagan Sun gen-eral manager Derrick Ma-linchuk announces his re-signation joining president Les Weiss who also steps down from the junior foot-ball team.

• Ashleigh Parker and Victoria Fournier from West Kelowna qualify for the Skate Canada Western Challenge and Junior Na-tional Championships.

• The Kelowna Curl-ing Club announces it will play host to the Swedish men’s and women’s curl-ing teams as well as the German curlers prior to the 2010 Olympics.

• Former Kelowna fi re chief Gerry Zimmermann receives a lengthy stand-ing ovation from a near capacity crowd at Pros-pera Place as Team WHL beats Team Russia in the Subway Super Series.

DECEMBER• Tumbling and tram-

poline gymnasts Luke Friesen and Curtis Gerein of the Okanagan Gym-nastics Centre add to their international re-sume by competing at the two world championship events in Russia.

• Both UBCO Heat volleyball squads hit the Christmas break with per-fect 8-0 records.

• West Kelowna swim-mer Hayley Pipher wins a gold and two silver med-als for Mount Boucherie Secondary School at the B.C. High School Provin-cial Championships.

• Longtime volunteer Lloyd Nelson is honoured by the B.C. Baseball Um-pire’s Association with the George Connelly Build-er’s Award for long term commitment to develop-ment and encouragement of young umpires.

• The Westside War-riors ownership changes hands with Mark Cheyne taking over 100 per cent control from previous owner Gary Gelinas.

• Alex Basso and Nate Speijer are named Can-adian College athletes of the month for their play with UBCO Heat volley-ball teams.

• Kelowna runner Keith Parks completes his goal of running 50 mara-thons before he turns 50 and is named the Kelowna Running Club’s male run-ner of the year.

• Kelowna’s Curtis Hamilton of the Saskatoon Blades is among 40 play-ers named to the Home Hardware Top Prospects Game on Jan. 20.

• Rockets forward Brandon McMillan earns a spot on Team Canada to compete in the World Jun-ior Hockey Champion-ships held in Saskatch-ewan, and contributes four goals in his fi rst two games.

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Samantha Richdale’s career on the golf course took another big step for-ward in 2009.

The 25-year-old from Kelowna fi nished fourth on the Duramed Futures Tour money list ($59,292) to earn her full-time play-ing card on the 2010 LPGA Tour.

With a top-fi ve pla-cing, Richdale avoided a trip to Q-school.

“I never really thought I’d get into the top fi ve, so it’s very exciting for me,” Richdale said. “Not hav-ing to go to Q-school re-moves a lot of stress. It’s great. I’ve been working towards this for a long time.”

Richdale enjoyed her fi nest season as a pro in 2009, winning twice on the Duramed Tour—in April in Louisiana and in August in Harrisburg, Penn. She had seven other top-10 fi nishes.

The Illinois State grad played in four LPGA events in the past year, making one cut and earn-ing $3,274.

“This year I’ve made some pretty big steps in my game,” Richdale said. “I’ve shot a lot of rounds in the 60s and that tells me I’m making some sig-nifi cant improvements. My mental game has got-ten better, too. Hopefully I can continue to improve.”

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Only a loss to the Saskatoon Lasers at the Western Canadian cham-pionships prevented the Kelowna Rambow Mech-anical Heat from posting a perfect season.

Still, it wasn’t enough to stop the local girls fast-ball team from making 2009 an unforgettable year.

The Heat was nothing short of overpowering in winning the B.C. bantam title in North Vancouver, posting a 7-0 record and outscoring their oppon-ents 43-7.

Kelowna clinched gold with a 6-0 win over South Surrey White Rock 94s in the fi nal game.

“We knew all year our hitting could beat anybody, but our defense and pitching really came through for us as well,” said coach Bernie Penner. “We felt the only team that could beat us was our-selves and the girls really took care of business.”

Two weeks later at the Westerns in Winnipeg, the Heat more than held their own against mostly A-level teams, fi nishing with a 6-and-3 record and the silver medal.

An 8-0 loss to Saska-toon in the fi nal did little to dampen the Heat’s siz-zling season.

“It was an outstand-ing season,” added Pen-ner. “The girls really came together at the right time and showed they could play with anyone. It was the toughest tourna-ment we played in with-out question, so the girls can be proud of the silver medal.”

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“When you know you’ve got what it takes to beat anyone, you’ve shown it all year and you’re not able to carry that through, that’s frus-trating,” said coach Dar-rell Steeves. “Mostly, I feel really bad for the kids. They put a lot into the sea-son and to not be at their best in the fi nal is dis-appointing for them.”

In Prince George, the No. 2 ranked Kelowna Secondary Schools Owls won the bronze medal at the B.C. AAAA girls fi nals, beating Riverside Secondary 2-0.

An unexpected loss to Handsworth in the semi-fi nals prevented the Owls from reaching their ultim-ate goal of gold.

“Losing that semi-fi nal really hurt bad, but when we got ready for the bronze medal game we told the girls this was go-ing to be a very important win for our program,” said Tony Sodaro. “We said all year we wanted to have the perfect fi nish to the season and the girls went out and did that. They ab-solutely dominated and it’s a real credit to them for putting that loss aside, not feeling sorry for them-selves and they did a great job of regrouping. The way I look at it, they’re still champions.”

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CAIRNES/MARTIN

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Jo-Ann (Josie) Florence

Cairnes/Martin on December 27th, 2009. Josie will be

lovingly remembered by her life mate Elmer Farrish; her

children Wendy Ross, Raymond Ross, Brian (Kim) Martin, Robert (Lee) Martin,

David Martin and Daniel Martin; 13 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; sister

Donna Grice; and also Soda the Cat. A Memorial Service

will be held on Monday, January 4th, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. at Valleyview Funeral

Home, 165 Valleyview Road followed by cremation. In

lieu of fl owers JoAnn wished to have donations made to the Sick Children’s wing at

the Prince George Regional Hospital. Jo-Ann has helped many people in her life and was always there to lend a hand. Her love endured us

till the end. She will be sadly missed. Strength Love

Honor Arrangements in care of VALLEYVIEW FUNERAL HOME 765-3147. Honored

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KAKUNO – EMIKO

born January 12, 1921 in Steveston, BC, passed away

on December 29, 2009 in Kelowna, BC. Survived by her loving children Olive

(Ewald) Stellmach, son in law Morio Ito, Doreen (Jim)

Campbell, Willy (Vickie), John (Janie), Grace (Brian) Klein, 17 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, brother Minoru Ohara, sister Mary

Ohara and a large extended family. Sadly predeceased by her husband Iwasaku

“Sidney” in 1983 and daugh-ter Clara Ito in 2008, two sis-

ters and three broth-ers. Memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 2,

2010 at 1:00 pm at First United Church, 721 Bernard

Ave., Kelowna. In lieu of fl owers donations may be made to the charity of your

choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting

www.springfi eldfuneral-home.com, 250-860-7077.

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HULME, MAXINE“Macie” nee Biehl

was born in Morden, MB and passed away peacefully on

December 26th, 2009 in Kelowna, BC. Macie is

predeceased by her beloved husband Edward Hulme,

brothers; William and Gerald Biehl, and sister Hazel

Cameron. She is lovingly re-membered by her children: Robert (Lois) Hulme, Gail

(Scott) McNeill, stepdaugh-ter Donna (Ivan) Sambolec, grandchildren; Robert, D.J., Drew, numerous nieces and nephews; and friends she

had made at the Dorchester which included her team-

mates from the indoor carpet bowling league. After retire-ment, Macie and Ted moved from Winnipeg to Kelowna.

Macie was an avid bowler in the 70’s and 80’s and was a regular at the Capri Lanes.

The Hulme residence was a welcome stop between des-tinations and was coined the

“Hulme Hotel”. For year’s family and friends were put

up for the night with a comfortable place to rest, and a home cooked meal. Together, they loved the steady stream of guests;

Macie will be remembered for her warmth and true hospitality. Macie will be

cremated, a celebration of her life and interment will

take place in 2010. Arrangements entrusted to Valleyview Funeral Home,

Honored Provider of Dignity Memorial.

KNIGHT, GARRY

Born in Edmonton on November 16th, 1951 and passed away peacefully in

Kelowna on December 26th, 2009. Garry is survived by

his loving wife Nicole; daughters, Tara (Mark) and Shawna (Bob); four grand-children; sister, Kim (Larry);

brother Mel and several other nephews, niec-

es, cousins and good friends. Garry had a love for outdoors, camping, photog-raphy and music. At Garry’s request there will be a cele-

bration of life on Jan 16, 2009 at 3:00 PM from the

Holiday Inn Westbank. 2569 Dobbin Road Westbank. In lieu of fl owers donations

may be made to the Kelow-na Hospice House for there exceptional care and beauti-

ful facilities. Condolences may be sent to the family by

visiting www.everden-rust.com 250-860-6440

Obituaries

LINDSAY (SCHIRRMACHER) – Dawnwent to be with the Lord on November 5, 2009 at the

age of 45. Survived by her loving family, her sons Byron Schirrmacher (Kristi Guidetti)

of Calgary, Devon Lindsay, Jordyn Lindsay and Colton

Lindsay all of Westbank, her mother Irene (Dennis)

Kroeker of Fort St. John, her brother Mervin Schirrmacher

of Kelowna and her niece Kristie Middleton of Fort St. John. Sadly predeceased by

her infant brother Gerald Schirrmacher. Memorial ser-vice will be held on Monday, January 4, 2010 at 1:00 pm at Springfi eld Funeral Home,

2020 Springfi eld Road. In lieu of fl owers, donations

may be made to the Kelow-na General Hospital Founda-tion – Palliative Care: 2268 Pandosy St., Kelowna, BC,

V1Y 1T2.Condolences may be sent to

the family by visiting www.springfi eldfuneral-

home.com, 250-860-7077.

MACLEAN (CROOKES)Elizabeth Anne “Betty”

It is with great sadness that we announce that Betty

passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Sat-urday, December 26, 2009 at the age of 81. Prede-

ceased by her fi rst husband Dennis Crookes in 1976, her

second husband Harris MacLean in 2008, daughter Diane in 1956 and her sister Clare in 1918. Survived by

her children Bev (Gord) Ivans and their children

Lindsey Ivans and Lee Ivans (Erin) all of Kelowna, Janice

(Bruce) Weinmaster and their children Karli

Weinmaster (Yaad) and Michael Weinmaster

(Patrick) all of Kelowna, Brian (Mary Anne) Crookes

and their children Alex Crookes and Angie Crookes all of Calgary, Kevin (Gloria) Crookes and their children Jennifer Crookes, Graham

Crookes and Andrew Crookes all of West Kelow-

na, as well as Harris MacLean’s family. Betty was a long time resident

having been born and raised in Kelowna. A celebration of

Betty’s life will be held on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 10:00 am at the Cathedral Church of St.

Michaels and All Angels, 608 Sutherland Ave, with Bishop John Privett offi ciating. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the MS

Society of Kelowna, 1959 Kirschner Road, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7 or the Cana-

dian Breast Cancer Founda-tion: 300-1090 West Pender

St., Vancouver, BC, V6E 2N7. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting

www.springfi eldfuneral-home.com, 250-860-7077

Obituaries

ROTH – GARRY REGINALD

passed away peacefully in Kelowna, BC at the age of 78 after a long journey with Alzheimer’s. He will be lov-ingly remembered by his wife Viola, four daughters; Judy (Russ), Rose (Len), Deborah (Tim), Wendy

(Aaron) all of Kelowna, two sons; Wayne (Kate) of Calgary AB, Steven (Douglas) of New

Westminster, BC, 14 grandchildren; Shaun

(Michelle) Dunlop, Melissa Dunlop, Amanda (Dan)

Fankhauser, Jered Lucas, Cody (Amanda

Wickenheiser) Lucas, Kirsten Anheliger, Joshua

Gerk, Carrie (Brad) McNeil, Matthew (Lindsay) Gerk, Melissa Hall, Cassandra (Kevin) Hall, Nathan Hall,

Brittany Amorim, Tara Amorim, 7 great grandchil-dren; Aiden Dunlop, Eliza-

beth Read, Zaya Fankhauser, Elias

Fankhauser, Madrea Anheliger, Emmett Gerk,

Jocelyn Marsh, 2 brothers, Ted (Carolyn) Roth, Neil Roth, one sister, Doreen

Reid, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Pre-

deceased by his parents Adolph and Florence Roth,

brother Ron Roth, brother-in-laws Victor Gaskell, Bruce

Nelson, Roy Wilcox, sister-in laws Rita Larsen, Fran

Hornby. Garry lived most of his life in Kelowna where he

worked for the family run NOCA Dairy. Later he

worked delivering baked goods. Garry loved all

animals, often taking home strays. He enjoyed going for walks, watering the fl ower gardens, reading the news paper, spending time with

his grandchildren and sharing his peanut butter

toast. A Graveside Service will be held on Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at

11:00 A.M. at Lakeview Me-morial Gardens Cemetery,

2850 Dry Valley Rd. Kelow-na, BC. Reception to follow at Valleyview Funeral Home,

165 Valleyview Road Rut-land, BC. In lieu of fl owers

please send donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, 1633 Pandosy Street, Ke-lowna, BC V1Y 1P6. Ar-rangements entrusted to VALLEYVIEW FUNERAL

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URQUHART – CLAIRE

passed away in the arms of her daughter Linda Urquhart on Christmas Day 2009 at

the age of 89, one day short of her 90th birthday.

Survived by her son George (Mildred Jean) Urquhart of New Brunswick, daughter Dale Urquhart of Montreal, fi ve grandchildren, many great grandchildren and numerous nieces and

nephews. Sadly predeceased by her

husband Joseph Leone in 2007. Memorial service to honor her indomitable spirit

will be held on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 10:00

am at Springfi eld Funeral Home, 2020 Springfi eld

Road. In lieu of fl owers, do-nations may be made to the BC Heart & Stroke Founda-tion, #4 – 1551 Sutherland

Ave., Kelowna, BC V1Y 9M9. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting

www.springfi eldfuneral-home.com, 250-860-7077.

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The moment that you died, my heart split in two;The one side fi lled with memories, the other died with you.I often lay awake at night when the world is fast asleep,And take a walk down memory lane with tears up on my cheeks.

Remembering you is easy, I do it every day,But missing you is a heartache that never goes away.I hold you tightly within my heart and there you will remain,Life has gone on without you, but it will never be the same.“Till we meet again” ~ Love your Walda

Gone are the days we used to shareBut in our hearts you are always there.The gates of memory will never closeWe miss you more than anyone knows.With tender love and deep regretWe who love you will never forget.

~ Love Donna & Jim, Wayne & Karen, Randy, Colin and Grandchildren, Tara, Tanna, Trevin, Gracie and Jenna.


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‘Thank you for your interest in Van Kam Freightways – unfortunately only applicants who are being

considered will be contacted’

Hauling Freight for Friends for Over 60 Years

established 1947

FUEL & EMISSION REDUCTION ANALYST

Outside Sales/Territory Manager

(Kelowna to Osoyoos)

Van-Kam Freightways has an opening for an Outside Sales/Territory Manager working out of our Kelowna Terminal with responsibility for sales in the Kelowna to Osoyoos area. This position will be responsible for developing new business and liaising with and providing service to existing customers.

This individual will project a confi dent andprofessional image for Van-Kam. Applicants should have previous sales experience which demonstrates an ability to ‘grow the business’ and to seek creative solutions to transportation issues.

The successful applicant must be self motivated and have above average organizational, customer ser-vice and negotiation skills. In addition, you will have an excellent command of the English language (oral and written), be a team player that is self disciplined and goal oriented.

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“Van Kam is an Equal Opportunity EmployerCommitted to Environmental Responsibility”

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Vacation SpotsCABO, Baja, Mexico. 2 luxury

oceanfront condos, $150- $300/nt. [email protected]

239-542-6925

Childcare AvailableA Brand new Licenced Kinder-care/Preschool on Rutland Rd. 3-5 prog. avail. 250-765-7298

AT TIGGER & ME Too Day-care: Spots available for 21/2 - 5year olds & Kindercare. 250-765-4900 (Rutland).

LICENSED Home Daycare. Rutland. ECE Care provider. 4 spots, ages 2-5 yrs. Contact Erica, 250-448-5299

Childcare WantedPROFESSIONAL single dad w/11 & 17yr old girls requires a live-in caregiver. Excellent work environment, 11 yrs ex-perience w/Phillipino nannies. Details phone: 250-768-7634

Engagements

Obituaries

Career Opportunities

Business Opportunities

BED & BREAKFASTSAttractions, tourism operators get incredible exposure for your business . . . Advertise in the 2010-2011 BC Alberta Bed & Breakfast directory. Annemarie1-800-661-6335 ext 744

[email protected]

CHAIR rental space available in Shannon Lake. Salon equipped with private en-trance, washroom, fridge, cof-fee maker, porcelin wash ba-sin, hydrolic chair and reception desk. Looking for stylist with experience and own clients to rent space. Contact Lindsay @ 250-826-8900

INTERESTED in purchasing Mutual Fund Book of Busi-ness? Call Rick, 250-979-3040

Engagements

Obituaries


Business Opportunities

TURF LOGIC FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY. Zero Pesti-cide Lawn Care. Okanagan Territories Available, Outdoor Lifestyle, Full Local Support. w w w . t u r f l o g i c . c a 1-866-239-4056


WORK IN THE TROPICS. Full time positions .. Scuba Instruc-tors, Boat Captain, Marine En-gineering. Contact Diving Dy-namics, PCTIA Accredited College, 250-861-1848 Kelow-na. divingdynamics.com

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

LOCAL Courier Co. looking for Driver, know’s Kelowna area well, needed to work eves & wkends, dealing w/many cust. must be per-sonable and clean cut Jim 250-212-3299

Education/Trade Schools

Shop from home!

Farm WorkersORCHARD workers, thinning, picking, pruning, $9.14/hr or piece rate. Upto 60hrs/wk, 6days/wk. March 1st - Oct 31st. Call 250-765-3002

VINEYARD WORKERS: Planting, pruning, harvesting and general vineyard work (seasonal / part-time from March 1 - October 31, 2010) required for vineyards located in Osoyoos and Kelowna. Rate of pay: $9.14 / hour up to 60 hours per week and 6 days per week. Previous vine-yard or farming work an asset. Fax or e-mail to Cedar Creek Estate Winery. Fax (250) 764-2603 E-mail: [email protected] by Janu-ary 6, 2010. Telephone (250) 764-8866

Haircare Professionals

DEWEY Cuttem & Howe Hair Salon looking for experienced Gel nail tech, Estetician & Sty-list, interested in renting space, avail Jan 1. 861-8442


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Help Wanted

UNEMPLOYED?$2500+/MO

860-3590

If you are unemployed through no fault of your own our company may

be interested in interview-ing you. We have several

positions available for able bodied workers with good

work habits.Experience not necessary.

Training provided.No car required.

Above average pay.Call:

ATTENTION: LOCAL people needed to Work From Home online. $500-$4500 PT/FT. Complete Training provided. Call Candace 1-877-822-8170

ATTN: Wanted 33 Overweight People! WE PAY YOU for lbs you lose on our program! Call 1-877-264-4713

HILDEBRANDT Homes Hiring an “Awake Night” position, 35hrs/averg. per wk., support-ing adults with developemental disabilities, in a residential set-ting. Seeking applicants with education related to the Hu-man Service fi eld. Also hiring casual positions. Email re-sumes: [email protected], fax: 250-717-1883.


Help WantedJOBS! JOBS! JOBS! No ex-perience necessary, full train-ing provided. $2500+ /mo to start. Call 250-860-9480

LOCAL CarWash & Gas Bar is hiring for cashier shifts. Suc-cessful applicant will be cus-tomer service and sales orient-ed. Please fax resume to 250-862-5243

TJ’s The Kiddies Store, BC’S largest baby & childrens furni-ture store in Kelowna is ac-cepting resumes for a PT posi-tion. Retail & computer exp an asset, apply in person at unit #4-360 Spedding Crt., [email protected]

WANTED Authentic East In-dian food cooks, Min. 3yrs exp. FT/Perm $2950/mo. Also kitchen helpers FT/Perm $11.50/hr. Fax resumes to 250-503-0789. Send resume to 3315 30th ave, Vernon BC, V1T 2C9.

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

EVEREST Indian Restaurant now hiring Curry and Tandoori cook full time, 5yrs exp., $18/hr. Also hiring P/T & F/T waitress w/bartending experi-ence (3-5yrs). Drop resume 2430 Main St. Westbank.


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LOOKING for live-in Nanny.40hrs/wk, $8.50/hr. Room &board for $325. Must have 1st aide. Fax resume 250-980- 5557 or call 250-765-9507

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ESCAPE From Stress relaxa-tion massage. Warm oil, softmusic, convenient location.9am-8pm Lori 250-868-0067.

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THAI Yoga Massage, GrandOpening Special! 1hr. $45Women welcome, Call forappt. 250-801-7188

TRAINED In Europe Swedish Massage, Whole body, Calm-ing, Relaxing, Revitalizing,60mins. NON Sexual. Martika250-707-6805


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Heather and Carl Thesen of Kelowna

are pleased to announce the Engagement of

their daughter Rebecca to Andrew Gaucher of

Kelowna. Andrew is the son of Lavina and Grant

Gaucher of Kelowna.


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Martial ArtsULTIMATE FIGHTING: Toshi-do MMA offers MMA, Jiu-Jitsu & Muay Thai Kickboxing. Train at the top club in Canada! 860-2126 www.toshido.ca

Financial ServicesREDUCE DEBT by up to 70% Avoid bankruptcy. Free con-sultation. BBB accredited. 250-860-1653 www.4pillars.caREDUCE DEBT by up to 70% Avoid bankruptcy. Free con-sultation. BBB accredited. 250-860-1653 www.4pillars.ca

Home CareBAYSHORE Home Health - one of Canada’s 50 Best Man-aged Companies - has been helping Canadians since 1966. Our dedicated staff provide nursing, personal care, house-cleaning and companionship services. Until Feb. 15, book your fi rst 2 hrs of service and receive 2 hrs free of charge. Ph. 250-717-7528 or [email protected]’S Senior’s Home Care. I’m a Practical Nurse who gives tender loving care. I do Personal Care, Household Duties, Cooking, Errands or Outings!! Call (250)808-0830

Accounting/Tax/Bookkeeping

PAPER Trails Bookkeeping. Kelowna & Lake Country. Sim-ply-Accounting, AR, AP, Pay-roll, Remittances, Pickup & Delivery. Professional, Re-liable & Convenient. 469-6737 email: [email protected]

Carpentry/Woodwork

FINISHING Carpenter, Reno’s, Custom Furniture, Ref’s Avail. Cliff Seymour@ 250-859-4222

Cleaning ServicesCLEANING Busy Queen Bees. Taking appointments for Quality Cleaning of your home/offi ce/condo. Low rates. Call 250-807-2299

Computer Services12/7 MOBILE COMPUTER TECH. Certifi ed computer technician, virus removal, re-pairs, upgrades. Let me come to you. 250-717-6520.

ContractorsWENINGER CONST. Family company commited to Kelow-na & Big White. 250-765-6898

CountertopsREFACE Countertops. 1/2 the Cost of Replacing. Granite & Corian Designs. 470-2235.

CountertopsCUSTOMROCKCOUNTERS. COM. YEAR END TAX CREDIT GRANITE SALE. 36SQ’ WITH UNDERMOUNT SINK, $2599. 250-870-1577, 763-8303 SHOWROOM: 1115 GORDON DR.

Courier/Delivery Services

GEORGE’S DELIVERY.......... PICK-UP TRUCK FOR HIRE. 250-763-8911, 250-212-5034.

DrywallDRYWALL SERVICES & Re-pairs New work & reno work. 30+yrs exp. Framing, Bording, Taping, Texture. Ken212-9588GARRY’S DRYWALL, Taping & Texturing. Large & Small jobs welcome, 250-215-0517PESL DRYWALL Service Inc. Renovations, new construction and repairs. Boarding, taping, textured ceilings. Call Tomas at 250-212-4483 or 860-3495.SMALL TAPING jobs, texture ceilings, 30yrs exp. Phone Bob 250-718-3218 after 6pm

ElectricalA&S ELECTRIC. Resid/Comm Wiring. New constr, renov. & service changes. lic’d & bond-ed. Steve 864-2099 (cont #90929)

D. FRANCIS ELECTRICAL Ltd. Quality, Depenable Ser-vice Fully Ins., Lic#91625, 317-6843, 768-9967 (Msg)JRS ELECTRIC: Fully li-censed. From new builds & re-nos to service calls. Call to-day, 250-448-6510

Excavating & Drainage

KRENNY’S EXCAVATING. Exc/bobcat serv., Sewer HU’s, UG Utils, Bsmts, Footings, Backfi lling, Drvwys, Lndscp, Retaining Walls. Rubber track exc w/blade. Est’s, Fully Ins. Kory 451-9095, 869-9125 Serving Kelowna, Westside, Lake Country

Floor Refi nishing/Installations

1ST Class Floors. Quality in-stalls of tile/hardwood/laminate Great Rates. Dave 826-6732

✔ACCREDITED Business. STRONG ROOTS FLOOR-ING. BBB Lic’d & Ins’d. Cus-tom Floor Re-fi nishing. Supply & Install Hrwd, Laminate, Cork And Tile. Rick, 250-808-7668SPECIAL 15% OFF Carpet, Lino, Tile Installation, Re-stretching, Squeaky fl oors. We repair. Quality Work! Free Est. Jack 250-769-5716

HandypersonsANTHONY’S Mobile Work-shop. Repairs & reno’s. 25yrs Exp Senior Disc. 317-9876

Hauling & SalvageTRUCK for hire. Small hauls. Yard Waste, Small Moves, Boats, Etc. Call 250-864-0696

Heat, Air, Refrig.SOMMERFELD Heating A/C, Install & Repair Heat Pumps, F/P, Gas Fitting Lic. 215-6767

Home ImprovementsACRYLIC Tub Liners & wall installations. Tub to shower conversions. Renovations by Well Built Construction. Call 826-BATH (2284)

ADDITIONS, fi nished bsmts, kitchen & bth reno’s, tile, hrwd & laminate fl ooring. Drywall, painting. Ext/int fi nishing. Call 250-870-3187

FINISHING Carpentry. Fram-ing, Drywall, Painting & more. Call 778-821-0104

INTERIOR Finishing & Reno’s. No Job too small, Install & Re-pairs. Drywall, Plumbing, Doors/Win, Baseboards, Cab., Kitchens, Bthrms, 859-2787

KRAFTWORK Service Reno’s & Repairs. Prof. Workmanship Int./Ext, [email protected] No Job to Small Lic’d 718-5071

MARAINE Construction, 30 yrs. Exp. Complete Home Building/Reno’s.250-300-4657

Natural Wood Flooring Fir, Hemlock & Pine www.rouckbros.com

Rouck Bros. Lumby, BC1-800-960-3388

ROSTKA ENT. Ltd. Complete int/ext. reno’s. Carpentry, dry-wall, painting, bsmt, decks & more. Lic’d & Insured. BBB Accred. Call: Rob 878-8049. offi ce 764-5449.

STUDZ RENOVATIONS Res. &, Comm., Carpentry, Plumb-ing, Elect., Tile, Drywall, Con-crete, Decks, Additions, Paint-ing. Journeymen, bonded, Ins’d. Ref’s. 250-317-8275

WOODLAKE COUNTER-TOPS. Counter-tops In-stock. Kitchen Cabinets. Cutting & Finishing Services. Flat lay & Cabinetry. 250-300-6980

Household ServicesBAYSHORE HOME Health has a unique health-focused house cleaning service. Until Feb. 15, book your fi rst two hrs of cleaning and receive 2 hrs of cleaning free. Available in Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon and all communities in between. Call 1-877-717-7528 or email [email protected]

Household ServicesHOME Appliances Service. All brands and models. Competi-tive service & prices. Phone 250-870-4535

Kitchen CabinetsBATHROOM RENO’S. Plumb-ing Repairs. Bathrooms By Gemini 862-6991, 764-0189

LandscapingASPEN LANDSCAPING. Xmas light set-up, fall clean up, pruning & irrigation b/outs 250-317-7773.DIGGINOLES N SHIFTIN-STUFF. Pickup & delivery ser-vice. Rubbish & recycling re-moved. Landscape, building supplies & Hay delivered, small equipment transferred. 1ton pickup, 14ft Dump trailer & 20ft Flat bed trailer. Yes we work weekends!! For quality work at reasonable rates, phone Ian 250-864-2339

Machining & Metal Work

GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, security bars, boat railings. 863-4418www.getbentmetalfab.ca

Misc ServicesJOURNEYMAN CARPENTER Foundations, Framing & Fin-ishing, 250-717-7043 Richard

Moving & StorageDAN-MEL MOVING. 16’ One ton + 7x12 Trailer. Local/Long Haul. Bonded/Insured. Dan 215-0147/250-766-1282.NORTH END Moving Services Local/Long Distance welcome, Free Estimates 250-470-9498

Painting & Decorating

100% AFFORDABLE Painting Exp, quality. Int Paint/ceilings. Winter Specials. Terry 863-9830 or 768-1098

✔FAMILY Owned since 1974. NOW MY SON and DAUGH-TER ARE LEARNING THE TRADE. 29 YEAR Trades-man Painter. Reasonable rates, insured, references. FREE estimates and Advice. SATISFACTION GUARAN-TEED. Ken! (250)717-7569 [email protected] Painting Ltd. Af-fordable, Reliable, Quality. 24/7 Com/Res. Nick 870-1803COLOR CONSULTATIONS. Interior Re-paints, Reno’s Cus-tom Blinds, Diane 212-6128

Plumbing✔✔✔✔

XCEL PLUMBING, Irrigation, Gas Fitting and drain cleaning. Comm/res and reno’s. Service & hot water tanks. 575-3839

PlumbingALL Service Work, Drain cleaning, Hotwater Tanks, Rocket Ross@ 808-7473

KOSKI PLUMBING, Heating & Gas Fitting. Gas fi replace ser-vice installs, hot water tank re-placement, furnace service & replacement. Repairs, reno’s. Residential, commercial. Bonded & insured. Call Troy, 250-718-0209

Roofi ng & SkylightsCCR Roofi ng. 20yrs Exp. Spe-cializing in shake & asphalt re-roofs. Free Est. Ask about government rebate. 769-8764

Rubbish Removal#1 - BBB

Kelowna Junk Removal Ltd. (1998)

Scrap metal, wood,appls, etc. House, yard, building

site, rental properties,renovations, etc. WCB

Coverage. Lrg 3/2/1 & 1/2ton trucks 718-0992 or 861-7066

kelownajunkremoval.com

250-808-0733 SKYHIGH DISPOSAL, Junk Removal fr. $75., Bin Rentals fr. $125.

✔✔✔LARRY’S LITTLE DUMPER We haul little loads of any-

thing, landscaping materials, & Junk to the dump Call 250-718-1114

Rubbish Removal✔✔✔

THAT GUY& His Work Truck LTD.

Junk Removal & Bin Rentals10,15 & 20 yard Bins. We haul EVERYTHING

Home or Jobsite, Renovations Cheapest rates in the Valley

www.thatguysworktruck.com 250-575-5383

All JUNK Removal, YardWaste, Dump Runs, Call Ryan@ 250-469-1288BOB’S ONE TON. Clean-up,25yrs satisfi ed customers.765-2789, 861-0303 pgrDIGGINOLES N SHIFTIN-STUFF. Pickup & delivery ser-vice. Rubbish & recycling re-moved. Landscape, buildingsupplies & Hay delivered,small equipment transferred.1ton pickup, 14ft Dump trailer & 20ft Flat bed trailer. Yes we work weekends!! For quality work at reasonable rates, phone Ian 250-864-2339ERIK & His Truck Junk Removal, loads from $39.99 250-859-9053, 250-868-8454.

SnowclearingAFFORDABLE Snow Plowing.Bobcat with 8’ bucket. Res/Comm. Call 250-801-2704TREMBLAY’S EXCAVATING Snow plowing, sanding, commsnow blower. Ins’d. 979-8033

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BATHROOMSBATHROOM

RENOVATIONS.

GEMINI BATHS250-862-6991

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JUNK REMOVALKelowna Junk Removal Ltd. (1998)

Scrapmetal/wood/appliances/etc. *W.C.B. Coverage

kelownajunkremoval.comLarge 3/2/1 & 1/2 Ton Trucks

Excellent Reputation & Excellent Service.Cell 250-718-0992 / 250-861-7066 / Member of Kelowna Chamber of Commerce

House/Yard/Building Sites/Rental Properties/ Renovations/Etc.“We Service just about any kind of clean-up”

SALES & SERVICE DIRECTORYMOVING

North End Moving Services

Local or Long DistancePolite & ProfessionalPh: 250-869-0697Cell 250-470-9498

LANDSCAPINGASPEN LANDSCAPING LTDBook now for landscape projects,

retaining walls, fall cleanup,Christmas Light Setup.

250-317-7773 or visit us at:aspenlandscaping.ca

SNOW REMOVAL & EXCAVATINGTREMBLAY’SEXCAVATING LTD.• Plowing & sanding• Comm snowblower• Trucks w/plows & bobcats• LandscapingCELL: (250) 979-8033 BUS: (250) 861-1500

PAINTINGAFFORDABLE PAINTING

Senior’s SpecialsExperience & Quality

New Homes & RepaintsCeilings

Bondable. Insurance WorkCall Terry

250-863-9830 or 250-768-1098

TREE REMOVAL

FREE ESTIMATESBrush & Tree Removal

Reasonable RatesStan Korzinski 250-808-2447

RENOVATIONSSTUDZ RENOVATIONS

CARPENTRY PLUMBINGDRYWALL ELECTRICALTILE WORK CONCRETE

KITCHEN CABINETS

LICENCED, INSURED250-317-8275

PLUMBINGXCEL PLUMBINGIrrigation, Gas Fitting and

Drain Cleaning. Commercial, residential

and renovations. Service and hot water tanks.Call Clint, 250-575-3839

CONSTRUCTION765-6898WeningerCONSTRUCTION

In business since 1989Licensed & insured

CARPENTRYWESTSIDE BASED

JOURNEYMAN CARPENTERAvailable for Framing and Finishing,

Garages, Decks, Renovations & Additions. Flooring, 25 ysrs.

experience, licensed & insured.Call Richard 250-717-7043

FLOORINGLew Cat Ent. Carpet, Lino, Tiles, Hardwood,

Laminate. Free estimates. Great rates.

Lewis @ 317-6889 Work Guaranteed.

PLUMBINGROCKET ROSSPlumbing & Irrigation Services

250-808-PIPE(7473)Power Drain Cleaning

Hot Water Tank Repair & RemovalAll Service Work

Set Rates

[email protected]

COUNTERTOPSWOODLAKE COUNTER-TOPS

COUNTERTOPS IN STOCK

250-300-6980

KITCHEN CABINETSCUTTING & FINISHING SERVICES,

FLAT LAY & CABINETRY

ROOFINGCCR ROOFING

20 YRS. EXP. Specializing in shake

& asphalt re-roofs. Free estimates. Ask about government rebate.

Call 250-769-8764

RUBBISH REMOVALPHONE BOB

250-765-2789anytime

Pgr: 250-861-030325 Years ofSatisfi ed

Customers

YARD CLEAN-UPS RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

OGO-GROW & BARK MULCH DELIVERYAPPLIANCE PICK UPS-RECYCLE

CALLTODAY

TOBOOKYOUR SPACE

REPAIR & RENOVATIONSANTHONY’S MOBILE

WORKSHOPThe Friendly Handyman specializing in...

stucco - drywall - paint - repairs and renovations.

25 yrs. exp.Seniors Discount

Call 250-317-9876


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Snowclearing

SNOW REMOVALOkanagan Snow

Removal is able to

meet all your winter needs:Parking lots,

Fire lanes, Sidewalks, Sanding and De-icing. Being in business for 16 years allows us to offer

the lowest prices Guaranteed!

For a free estimate call Jon @ 250-300-9225

SundecksKELOWNA Deck & Rail. Serv-ing the OK for 12yrs. Vinyl decking & railings 878-2483

Swimming Pools/Hot Tubs

HOT TUBCOVERS

Penguin Mfg.860-7805 Kelowna493-5706 Penticton

Tree ServicesLOW Winter Rates. Rob’s Tree Care Ltd. “For all your tree care needs” 212-8656

STANS CHIPPING. Tree Re-moval & Chipping. Free Est. 808-2447. Licensed & Insured.

Feed & Hay*HAY SALES GUARANTEED Quality Grass, Alfalfa, Mixed square bales, round bales & Silage bales. Delivery avail. (250)804-6081,(250)833-6763.

PetsBOXING week special, pure-bred 3mo old female Bichon puppies, 1st shots, dewormed, litter trained, wonderful family pet w/great disposition. $450/ea. 250-832-4923.

CKC reg male yellow lab pup-py, for show work or just a great addition to the family. To approved caring forever home, $1000. (250)549-4361

PUG BOSTON BULL XVet checked, 1st shots, family raised. $600/ea. Ready for Christmas. Male & female, blk or tan 250-558-4806 Vernon

TRINITY SHEPERDSLong haired & high bred pups. See Kijiji Vernon 250-547-9763

Appliances* WEEKLY SPECIALS

Kitchen-Aide Mixers from $199.99. 18cuft Fridges from $299.99. 7cuft Freezers $249.99. Selling scratch & dent Brand names you can trust. Prices that can’t be beat. Come in & check us out. SMART CHOICE LIQUIDA-TORS. 3124 30th Ave, Down-town Vernon 250-549-5010. Unit #4-2720 Hwy 97N, Kelow-na, 250-712-9855.

Farm Equipment1950’S Ferguson tractor, 3PH, w/snow blade, good running cond. $2250. (250)546-7233

5400 John Deere Tractor w/540 loader. 250-765-9061

FirearmsRUSSIAN SKS’s - Special Se-lection, cleaned, oiled & in-spected, $299. Ammo - 1120 RDS-Case $195. Weber & Markin, The Okanagans Pro-fessional Gunsmiths for over 25 yrs. 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kelowna, (250)762-7575

Flea MarketsRutland Centennial Hall Flea Market, every Sun 8am-1pm. Call LENN 765-6516. Full breakfast available

Free ItemsYAMAHA Organ, working con-dition. Call 250-765-2030

Firewood/Fuel

✔ ✔ ✔ DRY FIR FIREWOOD CUT, SPLIT & DELIVERED. $150. HEAPING 3/4 TON TRUCK LOAD (A CORD) SEASONED. 250-317-4003

✔ ✔✔Jackpine @ $140/cord, Pon-derosa Pine, $125/cord. Split & Del. Sm. Loads avail. 762-5469 Jim.A Full size Truck load of Guar-anteed dry Jack Pine. Deliv-ered 2/3 cord $100. 707-0593.Clean, barkless, Douglas Fir, split, 1/2 cord, $75 incl tax. Call Shoreline Pile Driving @ (250)769-7694.FIREWOOD For Sale. $135/cord, 4”Hx4”W, 8’L plus delivery from W. Kelowna to Peachland, Winfi eld & Big White area. Vic 250-979-1598, 250-801-5085FIREWOOD For Sale. $135/cord, 4”Hx4”W, 8’L plus delivery from W. Kelowna to Peachland, Winfi eld & Big White area. Vic 250-979-1598, 250-801-5085GARAGE Stored Fir & Pine mix, $90. pick-up load deliv-ered. 250-575-4574

Furniture6PC Cherry sleigh bdrm set. Queen bed, dresser, mirror, chest, 2 night stands. New!! Still boxed. Worth $5000, Sell $1695 Can deliver. call 1- 250-550-6648, 250-550-6647BRAND new Sectional couch with ottoman, microfi ber (2 colors to choose from) $899 call 1-250-550-6647BRAND new Sectional couch with ottoman, microfi ber (2 colors to choose from) $899 call 1-250-550-6647

FurnitureTOTAL Offi ce Christmas Sale!-Blowout Prices! NEW StudentTables Only $79-$89! Like-New 2, 4, 5 Drawer Verti-cal/Lateral Filing CabinetsStarting at Only $89! NEW 6FT Folding Resin Tables Only $59! NEW Task Chairs andExec. Chairs Up to 60% Off!Like-New Wood Bistro Ta-ble+4 Wood Stools Only $295!Incredible Looking New BarStools Reg. $239 Now Only $99! Like New Guest Chairs$5! White Folding Chairs Only$5! Please Ask Us about OurInstant Offi ce/Divider PannelSystems. Hurry! Call us today250-717-1626 and ask for Ad-am, or Nicole. Please Visit ourKelowna Showroom at 420 Banks Road.

Jewels, FursI Want to buy your unwantedGOLD & SILVER & COINS!Local Collector looking forGold & Silver & Coins. Up to95% of spot price. Local Buyer250-300-6622.

Medical SuppliesACCESSIBLE BATHTUBS Bathe safely in your own homewith a full-size, deep-soakerspa tub by Aquassure. Walker, wheelchair & lift accessible.Gov’t grants avail. Cdn made 1-866-404-8827 www.aquas-sure.com

Misc. for Sale

✔SALE on Used Toys. 30% Off. ICE SKATES. We have all youneed at great prices. Clothes,toys, shoes, baby equipment & furniture. Sale on clothes up to50% off. Cash for your baby items. We rent baby furniture,$4 per day. Moms The Word, Hwy 33 East, Rutland,250-765-3422 Visa/MC &D/D

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERSBest Price. Best Quality. Allshapes & colours available.1-866-652-6837.

www.thecoverguy.comMOVING Sale, must sell, pia-no/organ, household furnish-ings, lg. freezer,etc. 763-5661

I got a wheel deal in the Classifieds,and you can, too.Call today to place your ad!

Classified Breakthroughs

250-763-7114

SALES & SERVICE DIRECTORYHOME RENOVATIONS

MEMBER

Licensed, Bonded & InsuredIndependently Owned and Locally Operated

Kelowna • 250-717-5500kelowna.handymanconnection.com

EXPERIENCED CRAFTSMEN

QUALITY WORKMANSHIP

SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST• Bath Remodels• Decks• Drywall

• Kitchen Remodels• Painting• Plumbing

•Electrical• Tile Work• To-Do Lists• Much More

PLUMBINGBAYSIDE PLUMBING

& Gas FittingA Division of Bayside Developments Ltd.

Qualified, Reliable. • Bonded •Installations • Repairs • Renovations

• H. Water Tank • Washer, Dryer • Dishwasher

Over 30 yrs. Experience

Call Walter 250-766-5580Cell 250-317-2279

RENOVATIONSROSTKA Enterprises Ltd.

The Okanagan’s Renovation SpecialistsResidential and Commercial, Additions, Garages, Basements, Windows,

Doors, Decks, Fencing, Carpentry, Drywalling, PaintingTop Quality Worksmanship & Service

Rob 250-878-8049 Off. 250-764-5449Lic. & Insured - Ref’s available (WCB Coverage)

EXCAVATINGKRENNYS EXCAVATING

Excavator & Bobcat Service, Sewer Hookups, Underground Utilities, Footing,

Backfi lling, Basements, Driveways, Landscaping, Retaining Walls, Rubber Track Excavator w/ blade. Estimates,

Fully Insured. Kory 250-451-9095 Cell: 250-869-9125

Serving Kelowna, Westside, Lk Country

ELECTRICALD. FRANCIS ELECTRIC LTDResidential/Commercial/Industrial.

Small jobs, new construction & renovations, panel changes, quality

workmanship. Contractor #91625.250-768-9967250-317-6843

FLOORING

• Custom Floor Refi nishing

• Supply & Install of Hwd.,

Laminate, Cork & Tile

• Samples to your door

• BBB Accredited

• Licensed & Insured

Call Rick 250-808-7668

PLUMBING & HEATINGKOSKI PLUMBING, HEATING

& GAS FITTING Gas fi replace service installs, hot water tank replacement, furnace service & replacement.

Repairs, reno’s. Residential, commercial. Bonded & Insured

Call Troy, 250-718-0209

ELECTRICAL

A & S ElectricA & S ElectricResidential & Commercial Wiring, New Construction, Renovations &

Service Changes. Complete telephone & data cabling services, Prompt

quality service. Licensed & BondedCall Steve 250-864-2099

(cont#90929)

INTERIOR DESIGNCOLOURCOLOUR

CONSULTATIONSCONSULTATIONSSpecial Savings On Custom Drapes, Blinds & Painting

• Painting • RenovationsPLATINUM INTERIORS Diane 250-212-6128

BATHROOM RENOSWell Built Construction

• Acrylic tub liners installed right over your old tub & tiles• Tub to shower conversions• Complete renovations#1-1255 Bernard Ave., Kelowna, BC V1Y 6R3250-826-2284

www.wel l -bu i l t . ca

DRYWALL SERVICES & REPAIRS

New work & renovation work. Over 30 yrs.

experience. Framing, boarding, taping, texture

t-bar ceilings & insulation. Call Ken 250-212-9588

DRYWALL DECK & RAILKELOWNA

DECK & RAILServicing the Okanagan for 12+ yrs.

Vinyl & Modular decking.Aluminum picket, glass &

topless railing. Call George 250-878-2483

at these great businesses for all your

service needs!LOOK..

CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATIONSMARAINE CONSTRUCTION

Over 30 yrs. experience.Quality workmanship

•Carpentry, Drywall, Framing, Tiling, Cabinet, Deck,

Plumbing, Flooring, etc.•Mobile workshop

Call Martin @ 250-300-4657

HEATINGSOMMERFELD HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING

• New & Existing Heating Systems • Heat pumps, A/C • Gas fi tting • Licensed &

Insured. • Replacement Furnace.Call Wayne (250) 215-6767

WELDING & FABRICATION

METAL FABRICATION LTD.Fences • Gates • Railings • Security Bars

• Cargo Racks • Rollcages • Boat Railings & more. Tube Bending Specialists

www.getbentmetalfab.ca250-863-4418

SNOWPLOWINGSNOWPLOWING

& Removal. Truck, bobcat, dump trailer,

commercial/residential, licensed, insured. Free Estimates! 250-878-6092

ROOFING

Two Ply Torch On Systems• Asphalt Shingles • Tile Roofi ng

• New & Re-roofs • Repairs/Mainte-nance • Guaranteed Workmanship

250-212-5996•250-808-5996 allproroofi [email protected]

CARPENTRYFINISHING CARPENTER

• Renovations• Custom FurnitureNo jobs too small

References AvailableQuality Workmanship

Cliff Seymour @ 250-859-4222

SNOW CLEARINGResidential Snow Removal

• Driveways, walkways, sand & de-icing

Call Ryan @ Vantage Point

250-469-1288

PAINTERS

• Commercial Int & Ext.• Residential Int. & Ext.• New & Renovations

Serving Summerland to Lake Country

Call Nick 250-870-1803


Misc. for Sale

ATTENTION NEW PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS

OF 2009!

Make a keepsake for your

baby book by telling your

community about the birth of

your little bundle of joy in The Capital New’s

BABIES OF 2009FEATURE !

to run Sunday January 17th!Deadline is Mon. Jan. 11thBook a 2 col x 2” space for

$67+tax or a 2 col x 4” space for $120.60+tax

Call 250-763-7114 or email classifi [email protected]

PICK-UP TRUCK TOOL BOXES and TRUXEDO TRUCK BED COVERS. Lowest prices in Canada

guaranteed when you buy online at

www.cap-itonline.com

POOL Table “Harvard” 4’x9.5,’ Slate (1”) w/accessories, 250-868-3323

STEEL BUILDINGS. End of year Factory Blowout Spe-cials. Call for size. Can Con-struct. CAN/CSA A660-04 Mfg Cert. www.scg-grp.com Source# 18X. 888-898-3091

Musical InstrumentsPIANOS Warehouse Sale @ Moir Pianos. STEINWAY, HEINTZMAN, YAMAHA and more !! Priced to Sell !! Call Richard @ 764-8800

$100 & Under2 Occasional chairs, $15ea. Call 250-765-20302 offi ce chairs, $15ea. Call 250-765-203060 New 4 cube moving boxes $100 or buy in smaller amounts. ph (250)707-212380 New 2 cube moving boxes. $100 or buy in smaller amounts. ph (250)707-2123BRAND New Winter Grip. 165/65R13 $80 obo. (778)753-3568VENTURER Karoake Ma-chine, $15. Call 250-765-2030

$200 & Under19” Citizen TV, silver casing/ remote, 4yrs old, works well, $150. Call 250-768-5787COMPUTER System, WIN XP, Internet ready, excellent condition, $200. 869-2363 Kel

$300 & UnderCOMPUTER LAPTOP, WIN XP, internet, excellent condi-tion, $300. 250-869-2363 (Kel)

Acreage for SaleKELOWNA west,5 fully ser-viced lots,72x120 partial view,build immed,Ken 6046574923 Jim 6043073923 [email protected] to build on this 3 acres in Whitevale area, Lum-by. Flat, few trees, drilled well. Gas/hydro to driveway. Price $245,000 + GST.obo. 250-547-6932.

Apt/Condos for SaleLAKE COUNTRY 2 bed/2bath condo in Newer Development842 sq.ft 6 appl, Pool, Gym, Hottub, Lounge Move in Now $269,900 and save the GST Contact 250-550-0399THINKING OF SELLING? For a confi dential, no obligation, free market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Roy-al Lepage 762-9446 or 860-1100 anytime.

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Houses For Sale$1132/MONTH (or less) with 10% down is what you’ll pay net of rent for a 3200 home in a secluded, prestigious and quiet area only 10 minutes to downtown. This home has a magnifi cent unimpeded view of the lake. It has 3 1/2 baths, 4 bedrooms and a bonus room and a completely separated downstairs suite (historically rents for $1285/mo but above #’s calculated at $1000/mo) to help with the mortgage. Mountain trails are steps from your front door. There is an expansive, partially covered deck to enjoy the view in any weather. The home is very presentable but ready to be updated according to your per-sonal tastes and offers excep-tional value for somebody who would like to settle into such a fi ne neighborhood. $499,900. 250-764-61351740SQ.FT. Executive in Sol Terra Ranch! Full basement, double garage, loads of up-grades & zoned for a secon-dary suite! Priced at $50,000.00 below replace-ment! Sol Terra offi ce now open. Visit the show home now or call Lake Country Modular, located next to the SRI Winfi eld factory. Call 1 - 8 6 6 - 7 6 6 - 2 2 1 4 . www.LCMhomes.cmTHINKING OF SELLING? For a confi dential, no obligation, free market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Roy-al Lepage 762-9446 or 860-1100 anytime.

Homes WantedMUST SELL. Fixer Uppers, Foreclosures & Distress sales. Free list w/pics MacDonald Rlty www.KelownaDistressSale.info

Mobile Homes & Parks

Show Homes Open Daily

CHOOSE this brand new mod-erately priced home and create a more playful lifestyle. “Sierras” a modern & urban neighborhood where you’ll en-joy being close to shops/ser-vices, big box stores, enter-tainment & recreation. Appealing 3 bed, 2 bath, move in ready home bank pmts $995 oac, $5,000 down or $159,900 + gst. Hurry! Limited availability. Accent Homes 769-6614.WEST KELOWNA. Modern-Urban neighborhood,”Sierras”. Walking distance to big box stores, recreation & entertain-ment. You can own a new 3 bed, 2 bath home from $1350/mo oac! Take the Tour, you’ll like our showhomes. Call Accent Homes 250-769-6614 www.accenthomes.ca

Townhouses3BD, 1.5bth, close to down-town, totally reno’d, beautiful priv yard, deck & garden, $289,000. 250-826-2284THINKING OF SELLING? For a confi dential, no obligation, free market evaluation of your property call Mark Jontz, Roy-al Lepage 762-9446 or 860-1100 anytime.

Acreage SHUSWAP RIVER FRONT11.3 acres w/shop. $400,000. 1985 house on 22.5 acres. $800.000. 15.9 acres. $400,000. Water and services. 250-838-7660.

Apt/Condo for Rent1/2 MONTH FREE RENT. 2yr old condo, 2 full bths, hrwd fl rs, custom cabinets & tile, in-suite lndry, 1 ug heated/secure prking. Close to everything. Avail now. A must see. NS, NP. $1250. 250-765-3758 or 250-859-72032BD-2ba, Feb1st. Bridgewater Est. incl. wd, dw, fs, sat. tv, ns, np, $1050+elec. 250-764-0801

Apt/Condo for Rent1BD +den, New, golf comm. in Quail, wd insuite, pool/ht/gym, Avail. Immed., ns, $900.mo 250-864-6273, 250-878-4343

1BD or 2bd, avail immed. Quiet, secured, updated build-ing located in DT area. Walk-ing dist to shopping. Culteral district, Waterfront Park, bus route. Incl FS, DW. Building amenities include beautiful landscaped courtyard, laundry room & covered secure prking. Price starts at $760. Ask about signing bonus avail for Nov. Contact Jagoda for more info at 250-762-0571

1 BDRM & 2 BDRM: DW, W/D hook-ups. Spectacular lake-views. Award winning gar-dens. 1/2 block to Gyro beach, bus & Mission Park shops. In-door pool, hot tub & fi tness center. $960-$995. No pets. 3195 Walnut St. 250-762-3455 www.thepalisade.ca

1BDRM $780 incls heat. NP. Clean, safe, quiet enviro. Close to bus, lake & shops. Pls call Heather 250-763-7955

1BDRM apartment, short walk to Capri Mall, all appl., 55+, np, ns, newly painted, $750mo. Call 250-860-6075

2 BDRM & 1 BDRM: New re-no, SS, granite, DW, W/D. Spectacular lakeviews. Award winning gardens. 1/2 block to Gyro beach, bus & Mission Park shops. Indoor pool, hot tub & fi tness center. $960-$1220. No pets. 3195 Walnut St. 250-762-3455 www.thepalisade.ca

2 BDRM 2 BATH: Deluxe top fl oor suite, spectacular lake-views, vaulted ceiling, 600 sqft balc, FP, walk-in closet, en-suite, DW, W/D. Award win-ning gardens. 1/2 block to Gyro Beach, bus & Mission Park shops. Indoor pool, hot tub & fi tness centre. $1375-$1495. No pets. 3195 Walnut St. 250-762-3455 www.thepalisade.ca

2 BDRM, $975 + hydro, f/s, NO PETS, on Rutland Rd. South, Belgo Area, on bus route, Avail. now. 491-3345 or 869-9788 (Cell)

2 BDRM, $975 + hydro, f/s, NO PETS, on Rutland Rd. South, Belgo Area, on bus route, Avail. now. 491-3345 or 869-9788 (Cell)

2BDRM IN 4-plex, large yard, WD, FS, parking/storage. Great location, NP. $925mo. Gerstmar Rd. Avail immed. 250-470-0000

2 br 2 bthr new quality condo in desirable Old Glenmore, Check www.centrepointkelowna.com, near Apple Bowl, Par-kinson Rec, Downtown, cycl/walk route, Kel G & C Club & Orchard Park, top fl oor quiet side with nice mtn view, 11 ft c, granite ct, 6 SS appls, fp, tile and carpet, storage, sec ug heated parking, no smok-ers, small pet ok, good deal to right tenants at 1200 + util, avail Feb 1st., 250-765-7170.

NEWER 2 bed/2bath condo – Lake Country $1075 ns/np close to amenities, bus route 6 appl, 1 u/g parking & storage. Gym, Pool, Hottub, Lounge Avail Immed 250-550-0399

PENTHOUSE Corner suite, 2bd, 2bth, 990sq’, WD, FS, DW, SS appl, AC, small pet, $1300+1/2dd. Avail Jan/Feb 1st.. 250-861-5461

THE WESTWYND POINT APARTMENTS

behind Orchard Park Mall, adult oriented, NP. 1bd, 1bth from $735, 1bd+den, 1bth, $830, 2bd, 2bth, $995, 2bd

corner suite, 2bth, $995. Please call for appnt:

250-868-3432250-470-8026

Apartment Furnished

NEW Furnished bsmt suite in the Mission; close to H20 Rec facilities. 2 bdrms, kitchen, liv-ing room, bathroom and laun-dry. $900 incl’s utilities and in-ternet. Avail Jan1 No parties, no smoking, no pets. 250-317-4874 or [email protected]

Commercial/Industrial

HWY 97N for lease 1acre of Industrial compounded yard, 250-765-3295 - 250-860-5239

Duplex / 4 Plex1&2BD. Near downtown. Utils incl, WD, prking, NP, NS. Sen-ior building. Reduced rate for caretakers helper. $725-$925. 250-878-01362BD. 1287 Lawrence Ave. Avail. immed, w/d, ns, np, $950. utils incl. 250-878-01362BD, 4appl, lower level, sep ent, yard & storage, nice are in Springvalley, very clean, $950 incl utils. NS, NP. Call 250-765-36423 bdrm duplex - Available Feb1. Lakeview Hts. $1150/mo. Newly reno’d. Ap-prox 1400 ft2. Close to bus stop. Large yard, cov’d park-ing. No smoking. Call Cindy (250)681-53604BD, 2Bth, New Reno, 4 Appl, Blinds, Fenced Yard. Walk to school/shops. NP, Rutland. $1250/mth. 250-765-26354-PLEX in Orchard, 1 units 2bd avail immed. $850mo incl utils & dd. 250-863-97374-PLEX in Orchard, 1 units 2bd avail immed. $850mo incl utils & dd. 250-863-9737$700.00 per month. For Rent: Bright large spacious 1 bed-room suite in 4 plex. Approx 900 sq ft. Clean, newly paint-ed. Large shared yard. Shared laundry. Rent includes all utilities, satellite and internet. On quiet private street in Rut-land. Personal deck. Available January 15th. Call 250-491-1101 or 250-863-9343FOR $1150/month plus utilities you can lease a beautiful and spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath-room townhome in Peachland at the Eagle’s View complex, townhome is near new. Safe, quiet, and only 20 min to downtown Kelowna, 8 minutes to West Kelowna, or 30 min to Penticton. Granite counters, stainless steel appliances, hardwood and tile fl oors, wine fridge, washer/dryer, dish-washer, patio, even the gar-age has a lakeview! An amaz-ing townhome for a great price considering all this place has to offer! No smoking, no pets. Available January 1, 2010 or possibly sooner. Call Amy to arrange a viewing at 250-718-9881 or email [email protected] Show home pics at http://www.discovereaglesview.com/gallery.phoMISSION, Richter St, 3bd in 4-plex, 2ba, $1400. incl utils. 764-3159,878-0136, 764-0419

Homes for Rent1BD Cottage, very quiet, in park-like setting along Mission Crk. KLO area, sing. prof. pref. 1 person only, ns, ndogs, cat?, $795.mo. +pwr, 250-762-66271BD, Ellison. FS, WD, avail immed. NS, NP, $750 + utils. DD & ref’s. 250-765-52081BD suite for rent, $650 incls utils. 4BRM Home $1200.mo. Avail. Now. NP. 250-808-1250275A Nickel Rd, 3B.R., 1.5bth up st., 1 down st., livingroom, kitchen. (250)860-29302BDRM House cls. to every-thing downtown $1050+utils. fs/wd,861-1148, 250-317-18642-BEDROOM, 5-Appliances, Garage, Patio, $1100 OR 3-Bedroom, 5-Appliances, Gar-age, Patio, Pet OK, $1400. Free Sample Search. 250-860-1961 - Register On-line www.homefi nders.ca2 bedrooms. Private fenced yard with view. Carport. Near UBCO. $950 + utilities. 491-93403/2 newer carriage home w/5 ap + great layout near Capri. Granite countertops! Perfect for a professional, couple or small family. Pets neg. $1200/m + utils & 1 yr lease. 762-68713BDR house near hospital, fen’d yard, carport, sundeck, shr’d lndry, non smoking, no pets, mature adults, ref’s. $1025. 250-801-99003 bdrm/1.5 bath Bungalo. W/D, D/W hook-up, F/S. Pets ok. Phone 778-846-74343 BDRM 1.5 BATH: W/D, large yard, carport, shed. 1/2 block to beach, bus & Mission Park shops. Pet OK. $1395+utils. 370 Meikle. 250-762-34553BDRM GLENROSA Area. $1575mo+utilities. Available Jan 1st. NO PETS. 250-869- 9788 or 250-491-33453BD, Winfi eld Home, no bsmt, 6appl, AC, deck, Avail. NS, NP, ref’s. $1250.+dd, utils. 250-861-0656 (cell)

Homes for Rent3BDRM, Winfi eld area, $1550 +utils. NO PETS. Avail Dec 1 or sooner. Overlooks Wood Lake on East side. Close to schools. Call 250-869-9788 or 250-491-33454BD, Country living, Avail now! np, ns, working couple or retired, $1400./mo. 765-5656COTTAGE 1 bdrm Winfi eld incl everything!!! Bus route. N/p, n/s. $800 + dd. 766-1776COZY 2bd house, Rutland, 5appl, avail now, $1100+utils. 469-1566/469-5500/869-5500EXCEPTIONAL, quiet, de-sirable Mission, close to lake, 2.5bdm, mature couple/sen-iors. Long-term, NS, ND, NP. $1200+utils. Excellent refer-ences. 764-1237 lve msgFULLY furn’d. 1bd house on acreage near Kelowna, all utils & cbl incl. Avail immed. Quiet, mature tenants only. $850. 250-861-8907, 250-317-2546LAKESHORE: West Kelowna, 2 bdrm, dbl garage, hot tub, gym, exercise rm, pool, int., sat., fully furnished. $1500 incl utils. (250)863-1544.RENT or Rent-to-Own with $20,000.downpymnt. Westside Rd/LaCasa. 2bdrm+den cot-tage/home Av. now. F/P, lrg deck, garage, w/d, 30mins. to Kelowna, $1200. +utils. ns/np. 250-769-0980RUTLAND 3BDRM 2bath dou-ble car garage, NS, NP, Avail. Now, Call 250-864-1341 $1250+utilities, near bus-stop & school. 2bdrm bsmt, 1bth, $850/mth.

Motels,HotelsBLUE STREAM Motel. 1-2 bdrms available, sharing, with or with out kitchens. 250-545-2221.

Offi ce/Retail2100sf of Offi ce/Retail for lease. Rutland area 250-765- 3295, 250-860-5239

RecreationBIG WHITE, 3-storey, 2Bd, 2Ba, carport, fully furn’d., rent for season $2000mo. Call Jack 868-5912 Avail. Dec. 1

Rooms for RentCAPRI Mall/ Rona area, fresh-ly painted room with all new furniture in 3bd/2bth reno’d townhouse. Quiet family com-plex, 1/2blk to bus but incl 1 prking spot, suitable for stdnt or working single, incl all utils, cbl, int & lndry. Avail Jan 1. $450. 250-717-3464 or 250-864-4515CLEAN Furn rooms/suites DT Kel., WD, utils incl. $475+/mo. Quiet male. 250-861-5757furnished & unfurnished rooms. Utils, cbl & int included, $375-$500mo. 250-870-7183SHARED accom upstairs, hrwd fl r, nice & clean, prefer male. $550. 250-862-6752

RV PadsACRES RV Park - 1 full ser-vice site left. For rent on site - 40’ Exec. 5th wheel trailer. Ph. 250-765-2580

Shared Accommodation

1BD furn’d’/unfurn’d. WL int, lndry, prking, TV, must be re-sponsible. 250-718-9057DT furn’d 2bd hse. Priv ent, yard, prking, int/cbl incl, NS, wrking/stdnt. $550. 762-0996GREAT newly reno’d lrg suite. all inclusive, $450. NS, NP. Female only. Rutland, ref’s. Jenny, 250-765-5914LRG Bdrm in Condo w/priv. bath, in-suite lndry & a/c for ns male stdnt/wrkg. $500incl. utils Mike 868-0656Paula 212-3803RESP, quiet adult req’d. $475 incl utils. Avail Jan.15. NP, NS. 250-826-1199ROOM 4 rent, must have ref’s. gym, games room, $450-$500/mo. 250-575-0741ROOM for rent, close to all amens, utils & net incl, NP, Nparties, $450. 250-801-8648

Suites, Lower1BD 1Ba +Den $775. Upper Mission, nice, lvl entry, newer home, priv ent & lndry, quiet prof. NS, NP. 250-764-88541BD. Lg. W/S., w/o 4plex, near all, FS, FP, ref’s req. $800+utils.469-1566/869-5500

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Today, marks the dawn of a new year, and a new decade.

It is a starting point for bring-ing about positive change in our own individual lives, and the life of our community.

But as we look back on the past 10 years, the negatives we all tend to over-emphasize should not totally overshadow many of the positives.

Both Kelowna and West Ke-lowna have undergone major changes.

The populations have grown

and with that has brought new services that benefi t us all, from shopping stores to new parks and recreational facilities

Our region has become the epitome of the marketing mon-iker “the Okanagan lifestyle.”

The Kelowna Internation-al Airport has become one of the busiest in Canada without losing its small-town atmosphere and charm.

The Kelowna Rockets have become a powerhouse in Can-adian major junior hockey cir-cles, fueled by three appear-

ances in the Memorial Cup and a host of player graduating to the NHL ranks, highlighted by Shea Weber and Duncan Keith, both ex-Rockets rearguards, earning a spot on Team Canada’s blueline corps at the Winter Olympics.

The old fl oating bridge was fi nally put to rest, as the W. R. Bennett Bridge has been a marked improvement in traffi c fl ow between the west and east sides of the Okanagan Lake.

The potential for the Kelow-na campus of UBC Okanagan is now beginning to take fruition,

as the school now provides both an economic, education and cul-tural stimulus for our region.

Yes there are troubling signs as well…real estate is over-priced, growth of a manufac-turing sector in our region is negligible, the food banks are too busy, police resources are stretched to the max…but many other communities in B.C. face those same issues.

But we are still very fortun-ate to be able to live in the Oka-nagan, a positive point to start off from in any year.

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In my tireless search for the most sig-nifi cant events of

2009, I was tracking down a rumour that the B.C. government is taking advantage of the Olympic hoopla to quietly retire its slo-gan, The Best Place On Earth.

The timing seemed right. From the day this marketing masterstroke was hatched, people have found it un-Canadian in its arrogance. Keep your wine, South of France. Cute little rain-forest, Brazil. Go walkabout, Aus-tralian outback. Nice ruins, ancient

Greece.Folks here often

associate this boast with a certain white-haired fellow who has been down to Califor-nia too many times, hanging out with the modest governor of that great state. Once he goes, this “best”

business must surely follow.In the legislature, the NDP ver-

sion, while statistically suspect, was dominant: Best Place in Canada for Child Poverty. There were other ver-sions during this lean, mean elec-tion year: Best Place for Job Losses,

Best in Mill Closures, Best for Gang Shootings—you get the idea.

Then, I found what looked like the smoking gun. A low-key B.C. government news release came out about a French-language website for the Olympics. Down at the end, it mentioned that across all tourism websites, the province would be mar-keted through this key event with the old reliable “Super, Natural British Columbia.”

I thumbed my Blackberry and asked to speak to the King of Kam-loops, Kevin Krueger, the current Minister of Tourism, Culture and Arts Cutbacks.

Sorry, I was told. Minister Krue-

ger isn’t available to speak to you. That’s odd, I saw him coming into the legislature just a few hours earlier with what appeared to be an armload of Christmas shopping. And of course Foghorn Krueger isn’t known for a re-luctance to make himself heard.

A senior offi cial will speak to you, I was told. Background only.

Here’s the lowdown. If you haven’t seen The Best Place On Earth in any ads lately, it’s mainly because the government slashed its advertis-ing budget to the bone right after the election.

If you haven’t seen Super, Natur-al B.C. in any ads lately, it’s because most of those advertising budgets are

toast too. And to the extent they still exist, those ads would super-naturally appear outside B.C.

One thing that didn’t get cut in the B.C. Liberals’ fall budget was a few million to market the province during and after the Olympics. The privatiz-ation-happy B.C. Liberals did an un-expected reversal as part of their late-breaking defi cit budget, dumping the independent Tourism BC organiza-tion and bringing the marketing func-tion back in-house at this crucial time.

So what about that arrogant slo-gan? Assuming the B.C. Liberals go back to a campaign of feel-good ads

B.C. still The Best Place On Earth, but best for what?

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To the editor:Re: Cartoon in the Sunday, Dec. 13 Cap-

ital News.The cartoon is a high form of art because

it is instantly understood. The Dziekanski Re-port is a high news item.

The Dec. 13th skilled cartoonist’s signa-ture is illegible.

There is nothing satirical or amusing about Mrs. Dziekanski’s tragic loss. There is nothing amusing about the recent gunning down of four American cops during coffee break. The loss of four Mounties at Mayerthorpe is also not amusing.

The recent roll call of Mounties lost while serving and protecting Canadians is tragic.

Let’s recall a few names? Gordon, John-son, Myrol, Schieman, Mark Bourdage, Rob-in Cameron, Gignac, Tessier, Chris Woden-Haye River and 20-year-old Doug Scot at Iqaluit. To lump the whole RCMP under one satirical label as being more interested in eat-ing doughnuts than standing by their oath to lay down their lives for our protection, is un-tenable, unfair, ugly and denigrating.

The young Mountie and the other offi -cers in the YVR incident appear to have been involved in an unfortunate mistake, and not a deliberate killing. We are all imperfect people. We all make mistakes!

Have you walked in the shoes of an RCMP offi cer? Is there a space beside your

bed for shoes that will never return? Can you walk in the shoes and the intense stress of an undercover offi cer’s wife while her man is out there tracking down a murderer.

To create distrust and mockery of our policemen is to sabotage Canada, the goal of a saboteur is demoralization by creating loss of faith in a country’s protectors by acts of terror-ism and confusion.

Ignorance of the dedication of our fi ne policemen is sabotage.

To all you armchair politicians out there with your smug, know-it-all quirky ideals. Are you able to take the challenge to walk in an RCMP offi cer’s shoes or his families shoes?

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Cartoon denigrates valued RCMP corps

Express yourselfWe welcome letters that comment in a timely manner about stories and editorials published in the Capital News.

Letters under 200 words will be given priority in considering them for publication. We reserve the right to edit for clarity, brevity, legality and taste.

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To the editor:Recently, the Capital News published a

letter I wrote (Harper’s MPs ‘Castrated and Muzzled,’ Dec. 16) and I very much appreci-ated it.

Usually, the odd person would respond by penning a letter expressing his or her perspec-tive and it could either be in agreement with the author, or offer a different perspective. That is the whole purpose of free speech in a democracy many Canadians gave their lives to defend.

Equally, the odd person may phone the author of the letter. In my case, four people did. Three were in agreement with my per-spectives. Interestingly, a younger fellow wrote earlier on Facebook telling me he had voted for me in the previous municipal elec-tion. I responded: Thanks for voting for me. Listen, I know this community like a book. In

fact I could write a book about Kelowna. As to speaking my mind, it is simply my person-ality.

He wrote back, again on Facebook: “Many speak their minds, but few know what they are talking about like you do…”

Since I am not a man of just a few words, I had to reply: “Thanks, you made my day. This is going to sound crazy, but I have always fought for the underdog. In Kelowna, I know what it is like to be one!

However, one gentleman phoned. He told me he read my letter in the Capital News. By the way he spoke, with a shaky and slow voice, I deduced he was not a young man. I saw his caller ID and phone number and I asked him what he thought of the letter.

“I did not like the word ‘castrated’ you used and if you don’t like it here, why don’t you get the hell out of here you bastard?” He

slapped the phone down.Was I upset? Not at all. I am so use to it

that I reacted the way I normally do: “What I can I do about ignorance?”

Then an experience came to my mind. Over a year ago, I drove into a parking spot at Mission Plaza. I got out and locked my door. Next to me was parked an old white lady who was having great diffi culty getting out of her car. I was mindful enough to walk in front of my car so that she could see me, with a view to helping her. The moment she saw me, she quickly put her one leg in, slammed her car door and locked it.

What do I think of that old white lady? Nothing. This is how many older white folks are in this city.

Mo Rajabally,Kelowna

To the editor:Tom Fletcher’s opinion piece Firefi ghters

Heat Up Their Wage Debate With Eloquent Prose, Dec. 25 Capital News) is an aimless meandering work that, in the end, falls short of the mark.

He comes lurching out of the corner like a shirtless, overweight biker at a So You Think You Are Tough contest, swinging wildly with his glaring stereotypes and ill-researched facts, only to fi nd himself dazed and bent with his hands on his knees, panting to catch his breath half way through the fi rst round.

The column has the unpleasant odour of being one of a number of pieces Fletcher hasti-ly composed for publication over the holiday season in hopes that it would buy him time away from his keyboard to sit in front of his fi replace with some Christmas cheer. Admit-tedly, I am neither a journalist nor an editor,

but it would seem that some cohesive thought and editorial oversight on the part of the pro-fessionals in the room may be in order.

Fletcher is correct that the face of the fi re service is changing. Fewer buildings burn. This is due to the work of dedicated fi re inves-tigators who sift through charred buildings, determine fi re cause and make corrective rec-ommendations. These recommendations are then integrated into building and fi re codes to make future buildings safer for the public.

The modern fi re service provides, how-ever, far more than just fi re and medical relat-ed response. The Victoria-area departments provide high-angle technical rope rescue, con-fi ned space rescue, hazmat operations, auto extrication, marine rescue, wildland fi re fi ght-ing, fi re prevention service, fi re investigation, emergency preparedness and public fi re edu-cation. Not to mention the hundreds of thou-

sands of dollars raised by fi refi ghters for na-tional and local charities.

Perhaps this holiday season, while Fletch-er is warming his toes in front of his hasti-ly-gotten-to fi replace, (and let’s hope that he has cleaned his chimney recently otherwise we know what might happen) he will cast a thought towards his local ambulance or fi re station.

That station is staffed with men and women; some will be “narcissistic,” some will be “beefcakes” and some will be “rock stars” as any cross-section of the populace would refl ect. The majority, however, are capable and dedicated professionals who provide the emergency response infrastructure that under-pins our communities.

Kraig Devlin,Saanich

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for voters’ consumption, say, leading up to the next election, will we still be the BPOE?

The answer, as far as I can determine, is yes. BPOE isn’t going any-where. This slogan is not to be confused with the Golden Decade, as in Five Great Goals for a Gold-en Decade, which by my reckoning will end in

2011. In case you forgot, the Golden Decade began in 2001, when the white-haired guy got elected and the Dark Decade, or Dis-mal Decade if you prefer, came to an end.

(In honour of the HST, the Opposition has renamed the Golden Dec-ade the Decade of Decep-tion.)

What all this means is that the carbon tax will keep going up. It means

Greater Victoria’s maze of ineffectual local govern-ments will have to spend billions on a sewage treat-ment system they don’t really need.

It means the white-haired guy is sticking around.

Tom Fletcher is legis-lative reporter and colum-nist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.

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INSIDELINE.COM, in the U.S., has picked the Audi R8 V10 as its “Most Wanted” vehicle. The Audi R8 V8 won the award last year.

The Audi R8 V10 has captured the 2010 “Most Wanted” award from the editors of Edmunds’ InsideLine.com in the U.S.

As one of six vehicles to win this accolade, it is also the second time in two years that Audi has won this prestigious award.

In August 2009, a newly introduced engine variant for the R8 went on sale with a 525 hp V10 FSI direct injection, making a rare sports car once again eligible for another round of “Most Wanted” votes.

The R8 once again raised the bar for performance and refi ne-ment in the supercar category and attracted the attention of en-thusiasts of a new kind—the gaming industry.

Featured prominently as the star of the Forza Motorsport 3 for XBOX 360, its quattro all-wheel drive propels the vehicle from 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds for both the manual and single-clutch R tronic transmissions.

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2010 as exciting new technological advances make their debut in the new Audi A8, not least of which being the option of Goo-gle information services channelled to the new luxury fl agship via the Internet.

The state-of-the-art online services allow the new A8 to re-trieve up-to-date information from the Internet via an optional integrated GPRS/EDGE modem in the latest generation MMI navigation plus.

The user can search online with Google for points-of-interest

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directly from within the MMI, the versatile search engine accepting such free text search queries as “delicatessen” or “shoe boutique.”

The results are then displayed on the onboard map or used as destina-tions for route calculation. A8 customers can also plan their navigation des-tinations in Google Maps or the Audi web portal at home or in the offi ce and retrieve these on demand in the car.

In mid 2010 Audi will further enhance its suite of online services with a new UMTS modem. This enables faster data trans-fer as well as simultan-eous voice and data con-nections, and allows Audi to set a world fi rst with the integration of Google Earth in the MMI naviga-tion plus.

With Google Earth on the MMI’s eight-inch

LCD display the new Audi A8 allows its occupants to discover the world from above through high-reso-lution three-dimension-al satellite and aerial im-agery for the entire globe, backed up by a worldwide database of photos and in-formation articles.

The Google Earth im-agery and 3D terrain mod-el are combined with the

detailed street network from the onboard naviga-tion database in a seam-less integration of online and offl ine content.

To use the new on-line services the custom-er simply needs to in-sert their SIM card in the MMI Navigation plus or pair their mobile phone with the MMI over the Bluetooth SIM-Access-

Profi le.Aside from the Cus-

tomer’s existing mobile phone data plan, no addi-tional contracts are re-quired.

The latest multimedia interface (MMI) naviga-tion plus system that is an integral part of the new A8 features a highly evolved operating concept incor-porating a touchpad—known as MMI touch.

Also included are an integrated hard disk for navigation, phone and au-dio data and a graphics processor capable of gen-erating high quality, three dimensional images. The MMI analyzes navigation data predictively, relaying information to the con-trol units managing the automatic cruise control with Stop & Go, adaptive lights and the eight-speed tiptronic gearbox so that these systems can pre-cisely adapt their function to conditions well in ad-vance.

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THE 2010 FORD TAURUS has been awarded a fi ve-star safety rating by the U.S. National Highway Traffi c Safe-

ty Administration.

The 2010 Ford Taurus has earned top fi ve-star crash ratings from the U.S. National Highway Traffi c Safety Admin-istration (NHTSA) and is seeing good consumer response to its suite of ad-vanced crash-avoidance technologies.

The redesigned Ford fl agship sedan previously earned a Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

Ford Motor Company has more IIHS Top Safety Picks and NHTSA fi ve-star ratings than any other automaker.

The new Taurus features crash-

avoidance technologies, such as a seg-ment-fi rst, radar-based forward colli-sion warning system that helps drivers avoid accidents. The system, enabled by Adaptive Cruise Control, uses a radar sensor to detect moving vehicles ahead and provides a visual “heads-up” warn-ing signal and an audible warning when slower-moving traffi c is detected ahead.

One in three purchasers of the Taur-us Limited AWD opts for Adaptive Cruise Control with the Collision Warn-ing with Brake Support system, as do nearly half of Taurus SHO buyers.

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Leaping into the world of virtual engineer-ing, Ford now employs the same type of motion-capture technology used to create fi lms like Ava-tar, Lord of the Rings and Shrek to design vehicles that are more comfortable and enjoyable to drive.

Motion-capture, a technology that digital-ly captures movement, is used by movie animators and game designers to make nonhuman charac-ters appear more lifelike.

Ford uses the tech-nology to create realis-tic digital humans to test vehicles in a virtual world. Ford is the only auto-maker to use motion-cap-ture for vehicle design.

One way Ford is

using the technology is through a simulator (HOPS), which combines motion-capture software with a special test vehicle to measure and evaluate body motion.

A human test subject is outfi tted with up to 50 motion-capture sensors.

The subject performs a series of movements, such as swinging a leg outside of the vehicle or reaching for the seat belt.

The markers record trajectories of the test sub-ject’s movements. The re-cordings are then loaded into a database to create digital human models.

Ford engineers use the digital human mod-els to evaluate movement using different virtual

vehicle design proposals from a small car to a full-size pickup truck.

The system also can be reconfi gured to rep-resent the driver and the front, second or even third-row passenger com-partments.

The technology al-lows engineers to apply a more scientifi c ap-proach to understanding how people interact with vehicles.

Ford also is applying motion-capture anima-tion software to improve real-life driving situations before the fi rst prototype is built. In Ford’s virtu-al evaluation lab, engin-eers create virtual vehicles complete with exter-ior views with buildings,

intersections and pedes-trians. Two specialized tools used in the virtual lab are the Cave Automat-ed Virtual Environment (CAVE) and the Pro-grammable Vehicle Mod-el (PVM).

The PVM, an adjust-able physical device that can be scaled to the ac-tual dimensions of a car or truck, provides an even more realistic experience by adding the element of touch.

Both virtual design tools help Ford improve the design aesthetics, en-gineering and ergonom-ics of its cars and trucks. They also enable the com-pany to bring products to market faster and more cost effectively.

Hollywood software improves designFord will turn vehicles

into rolling WiFi hot spots when it introduces the second generation of its popular SYNC in-car connectivity system next year.

Inserting an owner’s compatible USB mo-bile broadband modem—sometimes called an “air card”—into SYNC’s USB port will produce a secure wireless connec-tion that will be broadcast throughout the vehicle, al-lowing passengers with WiFi-enabled mobile de-vices to access the Internet anywhere the broadband modem receives connec-tivity.

The USB port provid-ed by SYNC lets owners leverage a variety of de-vices, including the mo-bile broadband modem. And through simple soft-ware updates, SYNC can be adapted to connect with the latest devices.

The SYNC WiFi ca-pability is a simple solu-tion for bringing Inter-net into the vehicle, ver-sus competitive systems on the market. Being fac-tory-installed, the hard-ware is seamlessly inte-grated into the vehicle, whereas competitor’s sys-tems are dealer-installed and require a bulky bolt-in receiver and transmitter

that take up cabin space. Also, competitive systems cost approximately $500 for equipment and instal-lation, not to mention the monthly subscription fee.

Using the SYNC WiFi system, a signal will be broadcast throughout the vehicle. Default se-curity is set to WiFi Pro-tected Access 2 (WPA2), requiring users to enter a randomly chosen pass-word to connect to the In-ternet. When SYNC sees a new WiFi device for the fi rst time, the driver must allow that device to con-nect, preventing unauthor-ized users from piggy-backing on the signal.

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