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By Cindy Fortin

The City of Peachland is in a somewhat unique position when it comes to its foreshore. It controls it. This point was discussed during last week’s Coun-cil of the Whole meeting, as council debated chang-es to the dock and buoy bylaw.

According to Heidi Simkins, planning ad-minister for the district, Peachland is one of only two communities in the province that has ob-tained a head lease over their foreshore.

“We are somewhat unique in this process, in that, as far as we are

aware, only Peachland and Summerland have ac-tually undergone obtain-ing head leases. This al-lows the district the free-dom to make decisions regarding the foreshore that would otherwise be approved and controlled by the provincial govern-ment,” said Simkins.

Peachland obtained the head lease in 1949, giving the municipal-ity the power to control development along the waterfront, in situations where the province may have stepped in and ap-proved applications that didn’t sit well with the municipality. In 2002, the district renewed the

Head Lease Agreement for another 30 years.

As part of the head lease, the district is given the right to subtenure lease portions of the fore-shore for “commercial, institutional, community, private moorage, and municipal uses.” The dis-trict has only granted two commercial subtenures – the Pentowna Marina and the Peachland Yacht Club. There are currently 24 privately sub-leased docks and 55 buoys.

In controlling your foreshore, situations such as the recent Westside houseboat mooring wars would be quickly nipped in the bud. Unlike West

Kelowna, Peachland would not have to go to the province to deal with it.

“There are aspects of the sublease that we have which allows us to con-trol that sort of thing,” said Simkins. “There is a draft in the policy dis-cussing residing there longer than 72 hours.”

Being able to regulate your own waterfront is a positive thing, says Sim-kins. “The head lease has been considered by previous councils as an asset to our community. I think that the commu-nity of Peachland is quite happy to control its own foreshore.”

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Cameras were rolling in Kelowna’s North Glen-more neighbourhood last week as two 30-second Public Safety Announce-ments were fi lmed about the dangers motorists pose to children exiting school buses.

The PSAs were produced in partnership between the Kelowna RCMP, the regional district’s traffi c safety offi cer, the school district and Rutland Se-nior Secondary’s graphic arts department.

The goal is to educate the public about the dan-gers kids face each time they exit the school bus, and cross the road. The images are graphic, de-picting the aftermath of motorist-verses-student fatalities. The videos will be given to CHBC-TV and Shaw Cable to be tele-vised periodically. There will also be some local ra-dio PSAs broadcasts.

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Sisters Cassidy, 10, and Abby Lawrence, 8, (stepping off of bus), Lindsay Proulx, 7, (center), and Rayann Gaudreault, 8, (ahead right), disembark from their bus at Trepanier Heights and Dryden, as bus driver Al Wiebe looks on. Photo Cindy Fortin

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around Peachland’s youth for more than a quarter century. He says that while Peach-land is not as bad as Kelowna when it comes to aggressive drivers, he has defi nitely noticed a change in the traffi c pace over the years.

“Everyone is in a rush nowadays, in a hurry to get to their jobs or get home and cook dinner, or drive the kids to soc-cer.”

School buses have al-ways had fl ashing red lights, which sit atop of the bus windshield on either side, and also on the back. Flashing am-ber warning lights were added in the 1990s. There is also a stop sign that folds out on the left-hand side of the bus, the side the traffi c should be passing on.

Despite increased public awareness about what to do, or not to do, when driving near a school bus, there hasn’t been a notable reduc-tion in dangerous inci-dents, due to population growth, he says. “I do think people are a little more aware, but there is much more traffi c on the road now, so it sort of evens out.”

Bus drivers are also working more closely with the law and can record the license plate, time of day, and loca-tion of an incident, and pass the information along to the RCMP who will issue the motorist a ticket. In the past they only issued warnings.

There have been three or four incidents in Peachland. One local bus driver has to go to court as the motorist is disputing the ticket, said Wiebe.

But the seriousness of the offence makes tick-ets necessary, as warn-ings seem to have little effect.

According to Steve Holmes of the RCMP in Kelowna, if you come upon a stopped school bus with its red lights fl ashing and drive by, you are putting students lives at risk.

“Police are receiving one to two complaints of school bus passing in-cidents each school day. It’s a wonder no one has been hurt…yet.”

The Motor Vehicle Act, under Section 149, calls it an offence “to fail to stop for a school bus.”

“When a school bus is stopped, and its red lights are fl ashing and

the stop sign is ex-tended, you must stop whether you are driv-ing behind the bus, or approaching it from the opposite direction,” says Holmes.

Motorists will pay the price for ignoring school bus rules. Failure to do so could result in a $167 fi ne and three points on your driver’s license. Not to mention the possibility of injury or death of a child who is crossing the roadway when traffi c is supposed to be stopped.

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Peachland ViewsBritain’s future looks diff erent in a changing world

Please join Mayor Keith Fielding, MP Stockwell Day and MLA BillBarisoff for the official Grand Opening ceremony for “Centennial Way”– the scenic multi-use pathway on Beach Avenue.

After, take in a guided walk along the pathway, pointing out the specialfeatures, followed by refreshments at the Peachland Community Centre on 6th Street.

Date: Friday, November 26, 2010Time: 1:00 pmPlace: On the new “Centennial Way” at Strachan’s Corner,

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My wife likes HP sauce, so she sometimes asks for it if we go out for dinner. You can probably guess that our dining out doesn’t usually involve fancy res-taurants or big bills. I have, on occasion, asked a waitress if she knows what HP stands for. Most don’t know that it refers to the British Houses of Parliament, shown on the sauce label. Since we were both born in England, we could look at the sauce bottle with pride. “Made in England.” But not any-more. HP sauce, complete with the British Houses of Parliament, is now manu-factured at the Heinz fac-

tory in Holland. Do you like the taste of

a good cup of Twinings English tea? The company recently used grant money from the European Union (EU) to build a new fac-tory in Poland, and closed the old factory in the north of England. Yes, Twin-ings tea is now made in Poland. Another popular tea, Tetley, is still made in England but the company is owned by the Tata cor-poration of India. Tata is a huge company with many different divisions. Tata also owns Jaguar cars, a name that evokes great pride in British fi ne cars. Jaguars are still made in

the Birmingham/Coven-try area in the Midlands of Britain, but you can ex-pect a Jaguar factory in In-dia sometime in the near future. Buying Jaguar was a smart move for Tata, as it allowed for the transfer of production expertise, automotive knowledge and the latest in engineer-ing and technology. In a world that uses advanced production techniques, knowledge is a vital part of success. Manufacturing knowledge transfer from Europe and North Amer-ica to Asia is happening at an amazing pace.

I grew up in Notting-ham, England, and my

father spent his entire working life at one com-pany, Raleigh bicycles, except when he was in the army during WWII. I can remember hundreds of Raleigh workers cycling past our home on the way to the factory. Most of the men that my father worked with had been at the same factory for over 30 years. In total, my fa-ther worked at Raleigh bicycles for over 50 years. He had retired at age 65 after working 45 years, but then after 12 months of shopping with my mother, he decided that he preferred work and went back for another fi ve years.

Raleigh manufactured bicycles from their Not-tingham factory for over 100 years. In 2002, the Nottingham Raleigh fac-tory was closed and pro-duction moved to facto-ries in Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Raleigh bicycles are now made in Asia. The British economy has always depended on manufacturing, so the fu-ture is going to be quite a challenge.

When it comes to manufacturing, China is quickly moving towards leading the world. They have a distinct advantage in that they have strict control of the value of the

Yuan, their currency. De-spite continuous pressure from the USA and many other nations, China is either unwilling or very slow at allowing its cur-rency to increase in value. The low value of the Yuan helps to continue the mas-sive defi cits in the USA and Europe. More and more products are made in China and factories in Europe and North Amer-ica simply can’t compete.

When we visited Van-couver last week, we went to Ikea to buy a lamp for my sister-in-law. Whilst we were there, I bought a pack of 100 tealight candles at a price of $1.99. That’s two cents for each candle. If you sell a product for two cents that means that the manufacturing cost is probably one cent. When you deduct raw material and transportation costs, it certainly doesn’t leave very much. I don’t even need to tell you that they are made in China. No other country could pro-duce the product for that price.

But China, like India, is also interested in the knowledge-based econo-my. Back in Britain, the Rover car factory was an interesting case study in information transfer. Af-ter ownership by a vari-ety of companies, includ-ing BMW, the Rover car factory in England was closed in 2005. The physi-cal assets of the collapsed company were sold to the Nanjing Automobile Group. The equipment was moved to production facilities in China.

In 2006, the Shang-hai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) an-nounced that they would build a Chinese version of the previously popular Rover 75 car. SAIC had purchased the Rover 75 design, but did not own the rights to the Rover name, so the car was launched as the Roewe. The Roewe 750 looks very much like the old

Rover 75. We used to think of the big three in automotive production as GM, Ford and Chrysler, but then Toyota moved to top of the list. Just wait another 10 years, and I would predict that the top three automotive compa-nies will be based in India and China.

So as the world chang-es, economic power shifts to Asia. Countries such as Canada and Australia will continue to thrive as raw material suppliers to Asia. The USA will struggle to adjust to a new role in a world that it does not dominate. Under tremen-dous pressure, the Yuan will appreciate slowly and that will bring more tour-ists from China. In Eu-rope, especially Britain, the loss of manufactur-ing will bring signifi cant hardship. And yet, despite the loss of so much of its manufacturing, unem-ployment levels in Britain are not as high as many other European countries. One key advantage that Britain has, is that it did not join the Euro. The British pound sterling has been allowed to depreci-ate against other curren-cies and this has helped British exports. Elsewhere in Europe fi nancial melt-down in the Euro-zone is still a possibility. Greece has been given a bailout, Ireland is negotiating one, and Spain and Portugal are waiting for their turn.

With such diverse econ-omies, the wisdom of a common currency is start-ing to look questionable and may not survive. In ancient China, there was an expression “May you live in interesting times.” It was as much a curse as anything, and so it seems with the world’s economy today. In some respects we can only watch and wait as the latest problems in Europe evolve. As Ca-nadians, we can be glad that we live in a country whose economic future looks a lot better than most European countries.


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Dear Editor:We hope that the mayor and council will decide in favour of letting the bats

stay in the old school house. For too many years we have allowed fear and ig-norance to dictate our behaviour toward these valuable little creatures. Their benefi t as insectivores is legendary!

To avoid the use of costly and deadly insecticides, we need to protect the natural predators. The Ministry of Environment and Interior Health have given their approval for keeping the bats in the schoolhouse attic, with specifi c guide-lines for protecting public health.

The fact that this colony has gained such widespread attention is an added bonus both for potential education and tourism opportunities. Let’s not return to the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and take advantage of the natural blessing we have been given.

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Goose droppings spoil cenotaph walkway

Dear Editor:Did you happen to go to the cenotaph on Beach Avenue in Peachland on

November 11? If you did, you had to brave cold wind and goose manure! The goose droppings were all over the grass and sidewalk leading up to the cenotaph. No one could use the walkway for fear of stepping in the leavings of the geese. Of all the days of the year, this mess should be have been cleaned up, especially the walkway. Yes, there were folks paying their respects, but the mood was somewhat not the same when one had to watch his or her step.

Many dollars have been spent on upgrading our waterfront, but what to do about the invasion of the unwanted geese? Our district’s outside workers perform a commendable job all year maintaining the landscape in downtown Peachland but were certainly remiss in their duties regarding clearing the cenotaph area.

I do hope that next Remembrance Day the walkway to the cenotaph will be cleared so that citizens may pay their respects.

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Your Guide To Local Events & ActivitiesYour Guide To Local Events & ActivitiesNOVEMBER 19

Royal Canadian Legion: Fish & Chip Dinner with MaryEm 1730 hrs.

Waterfront Grill and Pizzeria - Live entertainment. Call 250-767-3255 for a reservation.

Adult Daybreak (Int. Health) at 50+ Activity Centre:9 am

Friday Art Club at 50+ Activity Centre, 1-4 pm

Men’s Coffee Club Wellness Centre: 10-11 am

NOVEMBER 20Royal Canadian Legion: Meat Draw 1500 - 1700 hrs.

Carpet Bowling at 50+ Activity Centre: 10 am

Royal Canadian Legion: Karaoke with Anita at 1730 hrs.

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Royal Canadian Legion: Fish & Chip Dinner with MaryEm 1730 hrs.

Adult Daybreak (Int. Health) at 50+ Activity Centre: 9 am

NOVEMBER 27

Royal Canadian Legion: Meat Draw 1500 - 1700 hrs.

Carpet Bowling at 50+ Activity Centre: 10 am

Royal Canadian Legion: Special of the Day, Steak Sandwich

NOVEMBER 24

Adult Daybreak (Int. Health) at 50+ Activity Centre: 9 am

Peachland Baptist Church Gym night: for children Kindergarten-Grade 6 at Peachland Community Center from 7-8:15 pm. No charge. More info. 250-767-9232

Wellness Circle: at Peachland Wellness Centre, 10-11:30 am, Everyone welcome.

Royal Canadian Legion: Special of the Day, Liver & Onions

Westside Toastmasters: 7 - 9 pm, Lakeview Heights Community Center, West Kelowna

Peachland Lions Club: Reg. meeting, 7 pm. Info. 250-767-9034

Chess at 50+ Activity Centre: 1 pm. Experienced & beginners.

NOVEMBER 22Take Off Pounds Sensibly at 50+ Activity Centre: 9:30 am. For info. 1-800-932-8677 or Doreen at 250-767-2132

Variety Singers at 50+ Activity Centre: 9:45 am

Tai Chi at 50+ Activity Centre: at noon

Quilting at 50+ Activity Centre: 1 pm

Wood Carving at 50+ Activity Centre: 7 pm

Monday Morning Coffee: at the Peachland Wellness Centre, 10-11 am

Royal Canadian Legion: Euchre Monday, 18:30 hrs

Peachland Quilters 50+ Activity Centre, 1 - 4 pm

NOVEMBER 23Carpet Bowling at 50+ Activity Centre: 10 am

AA at Noon at 50+ Activity Centre: noon

Tai Chi for Wellness: 6 pm. Continuing students at United Church Hall.

Computer Literacy: No exp. needed, Wellness Centre 10 am - noon

Peachland Bridge Club at 50+ Activity Centre: 7 pm. Info. 250-767-6407

Sunshine Singers: 1:30-2:30pm at the Wellness Centre. All are welcome.

Big Slick Poker: at the Peachland Castle. 7 pm start. Free Texas Holdem Tournament, 10 weeks. Finals Nov. 23 at Lake Okanagan Resort. Info. 250-767-6605

NOVEMBER 21Jerry Dober Sunday Breakfast 8 - 11 am at Peachland Wellness Centre. $5.75 for a full breakfast. Info. 250-767-0141

NOVEMBER 25AA at Noon at 50+ Activity Centre: noon

Bingo at 50+ Centre: 6:45 pm

Tai Chi for Wellness: 9:30 am for beginners. Continuing students 10 am at the United Church Hall

Royal Canadian Legion: Special of the Day, Spaghetti

Girls Club Craft Night for girls Kindergarden - Grade 7 at Peachland Baptist Church, 7 - 8:15 pm. Info. 250-767-9232

Iron & Silk Exercise at 50+ Activity Centre: 11 am


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Peachland Bridge Club at 50+ Activity Centre: 7 pm. Call Eva at 250-767-6407

Sunshine Singers: 1:30-2:30 pm at the Wellness Centre. All are welcome

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Okanagan Reg. Library - Peachland Peachland Art Group artist Elsie Parkinson’s paintings are on display for the month of November.

St. George’s Anglican Church Snowfl ake Bazaar Sat., Nov. 20, 9 am - 1 pm at 3690 Brown Road, Westbank. Baking, candy, crafts, raffl es, silent auc-tion. Fun for the whole family. Come and enjoy a light lunch.

Summerland Singers & Play-ers will present Nuncrackers, Nov. 11 - 13, 18 - 20 & 25 - 27 at 8 pm. Matinee, Nov. 21, 2 pm.

Friendship Tuesday at 50+ Activity Centre, Tues., Nov. 3. Feature movie - the Devil Wears Prada, with Meryl Streep at 1:30 pm. Blood pressure readings

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Monthly Potluck Supper at the 50+ Activity Centre Fri., Nov. 27. Bring a large portion of your favourite food and your own implements. Special entertain-ment - Trikele Celtic Trio, 7 pm. Everyone welcome.

Peachland United Church Christmas Sale & Tea 9 am - 2 pm, Sat., Nov. 27. Shop for gifts, baking, decorations and assort-ed jewellery.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Parish Centre Christ-mas Fair & Artists’ Market, Sat., Nov. 27 from 9 am - 2 pm at the school behind the church, 2547 Hebert Road, Westbank. Come get some great Christmas gifts,

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Beverly Winter Christmas Open House Seven, maybe eight trees chock full of Christ-mas decoration ideas. There may even be a train this year. 6040 Jackson Crescent, 1 - 7 pm, Sun., Dec. 5. Donations to Peachland Food Bank gratefully accepted.

Peachland Players presents Mother Goose, a Christmas pantomime for all ages. At 4th St. Place, Dec. 9 & 10, 7 pm and Dec. 11 at 2 and 7 pm and Dec. 12 at 2 pm. Enjoy an evening of dinner theatre at the Waterfront Grill. Info. 250-767-3255.

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Yoga at 50+ Activity Centre: 1:30 pm

Central Okanagan Model Railway Company: Group meets at 7 pm at the Peachland Museum. Contact Dave at 250-767-2409 or visit http://www.corc-bc.com

NOVEMBER 29Tai Chi at 50+ Activity Centre: noon

Quilting at 50+ Activity Centre: 1 pm

Wood Carving at 50+ Activity Centre: 7 pm

Monday Morning Coffee: at the Peachland Wellness Centre, 10-11 am

Royal Canadian Legion Euchre Monday, 18:30 hrs.

Peachland Quilters 50+ Activity Centre, 1 - 4 pm

Take Off Pounds Sensibly at 50+ Activity Centre: 9:30 am. For information call 1-800-932-8677 or Doreen at 250-767-2132

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CASH 4 GOLD TO MAKE LAST VISIT OF THE YEAR TO PRINCE RUPERT this Saturday & Sunday.$100,000.00 TO Purchase your gold itemsOne lucky visitor to attend Cash 4 Gold in Prince Rupert is $15,000 richer, thanks to a stash of gold coins he had been saving. The sale was made within hours of Cash 4 Gold kicking off a one-day stay in Prince Rupert this past spring.Amy Luccianio, publicist for Cash 4 Gold BC. which visits dozens of towns & cities a year, said that the unnamed seller had been storing the rare coins in one of several personal collections.Cash 4 Gold a Kamloops based company maintains a database with information about thousands of collectors worldwide.

When a visitor to one of their shows has an item that matches in the database, we will purchase the item on the spot.Cash 4 Gold will be returning this weekend to Prince Rupert for one last gold buying event of the year.We expect to purchase close to $100,000.00 in old and unused or broken gold jewlery, gold coins and even dental gold. Thats right we even buy dental gold in fact I have had many dentists sell us their old gold fi llings and gold bridges says Amy Luccianio.We have recieved many calls from Prince Rupert folks asking us to hold one more Cash 4 Gold event this year.We will be at the Inn on the Harbour Hotel from 9:00am- 6:00pm this Saturday and Sunday.

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We have received many calls from Summerland folks asking us to hold one more Cash 4 Gold event this year. We will be at the Summerland Motel Conference Room, 2107 Tait Street 10:00 am - 5:00 pm this Saturday and Sunday.

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Cash 4 Gold, a Kamloops-based company, maintains a database with information about thousands of collectors worldwide. When a visitor to one of our shows has an item that matches in the database, we will purchase the item on the spot!

We expect to purchase close to $100,000 in old and unused or borken gold jewellery, gold coins and even dental gold. That’s right, we even buy dental gold. Infact, we have had many dentists sell us their old gold fillings and gold bridges

By Cindy Fortin

Last Friday the Peach-land Lions Club pre-sented the Peachland Players with a gener-ous cheque for $2000 to assist in renovations of 4th Street Place. The money will go towards sprucing up the kitchen, which the Players expect to be complete just in time for their December performances of Mother Goose, a Christmas pan-tomime.

Included in the renova-tions are new counters, cupboards and drawers, says Players director Bill Bennett, as well as a do-nated refrigerator. “The cupboards were made for a bowling alley many years ago, and some of the ones underneath were just for putting in bowling shoes,” he ex-plains.

The walls and ceiling of the building have al-ready been repainted, and new fl oors installed. Once the kitchen is com-plete, there is only a little fl ooring left to do.

The Peachland Play-ers plan to offer refresh-ments during their per-

formances.Bennett is thrilled

with the Lions donation. “It really is a wonder-

ful gift from the Lions. I don’t think we would have been able to do as much on the kitchen without it. We wouldn’t have been able to afford it.”

He hopes that the renovations to the build-ing will encourage other groups, including cou-ples planning a wedding, to use the facility. The Peachland Players, box-ing and archery clubs,

and the Boys and Girls Club currently occupy it.

Mother Goose will be the Players 21st pro-duction in the building. The group has been in existence for almost 15 years, and in 4th Street Place for about 10. Pri-or to that, several chil-dren’s plays, written by Bill Bennett, were per-formed at various loca-tions around town.

“This will be our 21st full-length production and is shaping up to be great entertainment for the very young and the

old,” says Bennett.Mother Goose, a

Christmas pantomime for all ages, will run from December 9 to 12; 7 pm performances will be on December 9, 10 and 11, with 2 p.m. matinee per-formances on 11 th and 12th. Tickets can be purchased at Peachland Pharmacy, The Washtub in Westbank, and at the door on the night of the performance. Tickets to make it a dinner theatre experience can be pur-chased at the Waterfront Grill in Peachland.


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Peachland Lions Club

The Peachland Lions Club was chartered on Feb-ruary 20, 1982. Since then, the club has partici-pated in a number of fund-raising projects. During the early years these activities included cutting, splitting and delivering fi rewood. They also bought and sold a house, with the profi ts going towards furnishing the kitchen of the local community cen-ter. You will most likely spot their barbecue trailer at several community events, including the World of Wheels. They’ve also contributed towards proj-ects, such as Sutherland Court Senior’s Housing, with both manpower and funds, “Adopt a High-way,” between Trepanier Bridge and the traffi c light at Princeton Avenue, held golf tournaments, and collected used eyeglasses to be recycled and sent to countries where they are needed. They have hosted three annual Purina Walks for dog guides, and the club’s centennial project for Peachland was the wheelchair ramp presently installed at Swim Bay, a major fi nancial undertaking.

There are many local recipients of the Lions’ ef-forts, far too many to mention. “Our club may be small,” says Glenn Platts, “but great things come in small packages.”

Peachland Lions are proud to have on their ros-ter three Life Members, including Lion Dave Trel-ford, who proudly boasts 59 years with the club.


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and Macdonald will be speaking on “Post-par-tisan politics: How do we recapture the spirit of our democracy?”

BC NDP leader Car-ole James recently ex-pelled Simpson from caucus for criticizing a speech she made at the Union of BC Mu-nicipalities, a situation that prompted Macdon-ald to resign his posi-

tion as caucus chair. Macdonald cited a lack of democratic process surrounding James’s decision as the motiva-tion for his resignation. Macdonald continues to serve as the NDP Forestry Critic.

Since his resignation as caucus chair, Mac-donald has been on a sustainability tour with NDP Agriculture critic

Lana Popham, holding town hall meetings to raise awareness about climate change and the importance of building sustainable communi-ties.

Penticton Constitu-ency Association presi-dent Julia Pope said the event was planned prior to Simpson’s ejec-tion from caucus and Macdonald’s resigna-

tion. The local NDP group made the deci-sion to go ahead with the event in spite of the controversy.

The Dream Café is lo-cated at 67 Front Street, Penticton. Advanced Ticket Reservations only. Contact: David at 250.494.8994 or Jea-nette at 250.493.4341. Website: [email protected].

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Autumn Carpet, November 9, 2010, Hardy Falls Regional Park

Amateur photographer and Peachland resident, Tania Simpson, started photography in 2007 and immediately found a passion for it. She chronicles the seasons, the people, and the wildlife of Peachland in almost daily photos of the area. View more at fl ickr.com/photos/taniaseyes. Th e View will be publishing a weekly look at Peachland, through Tania's eyes.

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Join us for a walk on the new Centennial Way pathway along the shores of Lake Okanagan on Friday, November 26. Peachland’s scenic Beach Avenue multi-use pathway offi cially opens this week with a special ceremony being held to celebrate project completion.

The public is invited to join Mayor Keith Fielding, MP Stockwell Day and MLA Bill Barisoff for the offi cial Grand Opening ceremony for Centennial Way -- the extension of the Beach Avenue pathway. Meet district staff and the project contractor, Cantex Okanagan Construction Ltd., and celebrate the completion of this important community gem. Take a guided walk

with interpreters on hand to provide information about the design, low water use landscaping, energy effi cient lighting and environmental protection measures (weather permitting).

“We are proud to offi cially recognize the opening of Centennial Way, providing a scenic, safe and e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y -sound pathway along our lakeshore. Our community has been tremendously supportive throughout construction and we offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation,” says Mayor Keith Fielding.

“We welcome members of the public to meet the project team, learn about the special features of the project and help celebrate completion.”

The Beach Avenue multi-use pathway was

named Centennial Way in honour of Peachland’s 100 year anniversary in 2009. The project consists of a 1.2 kilometre extension to the existing pathway along the beachfront. The project is being funded by the federal and provincial Infrastructure Stimulus Fund which covers two-thirds of the estimated $3,390,000 project cost. The remaining portion is funded by the development community through Development Cost Charges, and not through taxation.

The walk begins at 1 pm, at Strachan’s Corner, between 8th and 11th streets on Beach Avenue. It will be followed by refreshments at the Peachland Community Centre on 6th Street. For more information: 250.767.2108 or www.peachland.ca.

“Centennial Way” walkway grand opening celebration

• 1.2 km extension of-fers a seamless pathway along our scenic stretch of Okanagan Lake

• 3 metre wide path pro-vides smooth, continuous multi-use pathway surface

• 1.5 to 2 metre green belt “bioswale”, also known as a “rain garden” consists of native, low wa-ter use plants and offers a pleasant and safe border and works to protect the lake from road runoff pol-lutants

• Bioswale also reduces costs to build storm water drainage systems and is a more environmentally sus-tainable system for pro-tecting lake water quality

• Traffi c calming and

stencilled bike markings help guide all users shar-ing the road

• Improved access to the beach, including a new wheelchair-accessible picnic table

• New sidewalks and newly paved Beach Av-enue makes for easier and safer travel

• Energy-effi cient path lights, including new LED lit benches for safety – a fi rst in Canada

• Safer pedestrian-ac-tivated crosswalk lights with coloured and tex-tured crossing surface

• New benches and waste and recycling con-tainers made from recy-cled materials

• More opportuni-ties for families to “gift” a bench in dedication of a loved one

• Sandbox and family area added at Strachan’s corner, between 8th and 11th Streets

• Approximately 80 percent of the materials from the demolition of the old road and sidewalks is being recycled and reused for this project and others in the future

• Funding for two-thirds of the project generously provided by provincial and federal government

• One-third funding provided by reserve funds from the development community.

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Peachland Chamber celebrates local business leaders

By Darlene Hartford

Local business will be honored at the upcoming Peachland Chamber of Commerce Awards Night. Each year a committee reviews the categories of awards, criteria determin-ing winners, and voting format. Three options for voting include business-to-business, business and community, or business, community and visitors. The business and commu-nity option was chosen for 2010 with ballots be-ing distributed as a fl yer in the Peachland View, ballots in local shops, and ballots emailed to businesses for distribu-tion. The response was three times greater than previous years indicating a successful survey and nominees can be proud of their contributions over the past year.

Winners are decided by predetermined criteria in addition to ballot count. One essential criteria includes signifi cant ac-complishments by a busi-ness during the past year. Nominees in each catego-ry are reviewed for their contribution in bringing Peachland business to the forefront within the previ-ous 12 months.

Being proactive in changing market trends, providing quality prod-ucts with updated product

knowledge, and establish-ing good customer rela-tions are also contending factors. Promoting Peach-land as a destination mar-ket enhances the opportu-nity of creating a sustain-able business community as well as earns top marks when winners are being selected for the excellence awards.

A new business or busi-ness owner within the past year in Peachland could earn recognition for a job well done un-der the new category of A Rising Star. Thirteen different businesses were nominated within this category acknowledg-ing Peachland as a place for opportunity during hard economic times. As the slower months creep in it’s essential, as local consumers, we remem-ber the fi nancial commit-ment businesses take in providing new products or new services within our small community. Lo-cal support is vital to the survival of new business. In Peachland tourism pro-vides a vibrant six month market but outside that time frame shopping lo-cally is especially crucial in order to keep our high standard of services, and unique variety of restau-rants and shops open year round.

Gold sponsors for the evening include Central Okanagan Economic De-velopment Commission who contribute towards award plaques each year, Peachland Johnston Mei-

er Insurance, Ponderosa Golf Course, and TNI/Effective Printing. Silver sponsors include Bliss Bakery and Edward Jones. Support through Bronze sponsorship is also ap-preciated from Peachland View, Serendipity Salon and Day Spa, and Valley First Financial.

The Christmas season is upon us so watch for An-gel Trees at Bliss Bakery in The Gateway, Peachland Fitness Club at Peachland Centre Mall, and Rocky J’s Beach Hut, downtown. Gift tags on the Angel Trees will indicate gender and age for purchasing a gift. Place the gift tag with your unwrapped gift un-der the tree and enjoy the spirit of Christmas giving. All gifts will be donated to the Peachland Food Bank for distribution.

The Peachland Food Bank will also benefi t from the Peachland Cham-ber of Commerce Christ-mas Walk. Participating businesses will provide a Christmas treat at their place of business along with bid sheets for your contribution. The high-est bidder wins the prize and all proceeds are in support of the Peachland Food Bank. Stroll through local shops and view what they’re offering to com-plete your Christmas list as well as what special si-lent auction prize is avail-able. The Christmas Walk begins Friday, December 3 along with downtown Light Up. Nominations close Monday, December

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Harry Gough, Marketplace IGA

Wendy LaResser, Peach-land Fitness Club

Nancy & Phil McDonald, The Blind Angler Grill

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Peachland Dental Centre

Peachland Johnston Meier Insurance

Peachland Pharmacy

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DJ Plumbing & HeatingLittle J’z Gardening

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Karen’s Place Hair & Body

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Free babysitting while you shop.Delicious homemade lunch available.

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own pace for 45 minutes. (Instructor Tracy Taylor)��Socialization through participating in the creating,

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This project is funded in part by Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.

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Allan is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Jenny; daughter Charlotte Morris (Glenn); son Edward (Janice); and six beloved grandchildren Jared, Emma,

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A special thank you to Drs. Sutherland and Docherty for their compassion and care.

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By Cheryl Wiebe

Shake it up for the Holiday Season

Need to shake off a few pounds to fit into your Christmas outfit? Zumba is a fun filled class that fuses Latin rhythmswith easy to follow steps to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program designed to get you moving. You will learn rou-tines that feature interval training where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone while burning fat, all with a Latin f lavour. Zumba can be modi-fied for any skill or fitness level so why don’t you join me for this class.

Yes...I’ve chosen Zumba as one of my “Get Active” solutions and I’ve never done it before. I’m look-ing forward to bringing down my friends for this new active experi-ence.

Zumba is starting again Novem-ber 22 and will run through until December 20.

Speaking of Christmas, tables for the 17th Annual Christmas Craft fair are now sold out! We will be featuring over 55 local artisans at the Community Centre Saturday, November 27 from 9 am to 3 pm. Be sure to mark it on your calendar, and come explore some of Peach-lands hidden talent.

For more information or registra-tion call 250-767-2133.

By Patricia Day

This past week was a very busy one at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 69, as it is always our most important week of the year. The Week of the Veteran, as it is now called, is a time for those who have served our coun-try to be remembered.

The Colour Party, which carried the fl ags, visited four elementary schools on November 10. Each school had its own unique service where the children participated by songs and readings. Jean Saul, Pat Bolton, Ted and Donna Cave, Mabel Sorensen, David Warren, and Harry Rose proudly marched into the schools with the fl ags bearing the symbols

of freedom. The students were most attentive. The schools visited were Helen Gorman, Glenrosa, Peach-land and Shannon Lake. At Peachland Elementary, there was another school in at-tendance. Students from the Sensisyusten First Nation School had been invited to take part in the service, by offering the Okanagan Pray-er and the Woman and Man Warrior songs.

If you attended the service at the Community Centre on November 11, no doubt you saw wreaths on the walls of the building. The students of Peachland Elementary School made these wreaths.

Speaking of November 11, have you heard of Mur-phy’s Law? It was in full force that morning. First,

the planes fl ew over a half-hour ahead of schedule, the CD of the Last Post for the cenotaph would not work, and there was goose manure all over the cenotaph area. Many thanks should be given to Cindy from Chico’s Paradise for her help, and especially to Dave from the Waterfront Grill, who came to the rescue with his car’s sound system so that the Last Post could be played at the 11th hour at the ceno-taph. Just when you think that the Last Post had end-ed with the two minutes of silence, it was followed by Réveille.

Later in the day, when the wreaths were collected, a scrap piece of paper was evident among the wreaths. Upon picking it

up, we noticed it was not a random piece of paper, but a drawing of a cross covered with poppies that had been sketched by a child and placed among the wreaths. It was quite touch-ing.

Monday, November 22, is a very important date. Please mark it on your cal-endar. It is election day at the Legion. In order to vote you must be an initiated member.

Have you renewed your membership yet? The early bird period is over on Nov-ember 30 and the draw will take place on December 1. Remember that on Janu-ary 1, the old cards will not do their admittance magic in the front door.

…’til next time


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Petro-Canada employees Brigette Kurz (left ) and Bonnie VanSchyndel greet customers with

a warm smile and a willingness to help however possible. Photo Constance Roth

Peachland Friendship Group members, left to right: Carol Ewasiuk, Pat Buchanan, Norma Berrington, Lois Bell, Elaine Malais and Irene Olsen out for an early morning stroll along beautiful

Beach Ave.

Photo Constance Roth

Energetic seven-month-old puppies Curly and Moe take their owner Lois Klumpner for a walk

along Trepanier Heights Avenue under drizzling skies. Photo Cindy Fortin

Volunteers councillor Terry Condon, left and Ray Evans, of Ray Evans Carpentry, installing new patio

doors at 4th Street Centre. Th e centre is used by the Peachland Boxing Club and the Peachland Players.

Both groups will welcome the improvement. Photo Gillian Evans

Best friends, Jesse Bromley, left and Wyatt Dyck, taking advantage of a nice aft ernoon to get some play time in at the park. Photo Constance Roth

Judy Berry Guckuk, left , and Sharon McPhee participate in a six week “Introduction to water colour” art class taught by Heather Hill, at the 50+ Activity Club.

Photo Constance Roth

Petrroo-CCanadaa employeyees Brigegette Kurzz (left ) anndd Bonniee VVaanSchyyndndel greet cusustotomers with

iillingnesss to helpp howevveer possiblble. Phototo Constancance Roth

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