Pen High 100 Special Centennial Edition Publication

Shatford Centre ~ 250-770-7668 ~ www.shatfordcentre.com ~ okanagan SChool of the artS ~ 250-493-0390 ~ www.osarts.com 1

PEN HIGH 100SPECIAL CENTENNIAL EDITION

INSIDE ~ Welcome~ Schedule~ Outside Events~ Photo Memories~ Pen High History~ Appreciations

May 18, 19 & 20, 201210s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s

Rock of Ages

We are in for a thrill of a lifetime!

The evening begins at 7 pm at the

Penticton Lakeside!

Step Back in Time at the Shatford, in the Home Rooms

of the Decades, the Teens Over the Ages display & an

exhibit of Pen High & its facilities!

Cars of the Decades will welcome you!

Shatford Centre ~ 250-770-7668 ~ www.shatfordcentre.com ~ okanagan SChool of the artS ~ 250-493-0390 ~ www.osarts.com2

Welcome Classmates, Staff & Community!

We are soooo excited that you are finally here ~ we have been waiting for a long time & looking forward to a wonderful time together! (Photo of students welcoming the Prince of Wales - 1919)

Pen hIgh 100, 2012 is a special centennial edi-tion publication of the Pen high 100 Committee, with headquarters in the Shatford Centre.

Address: 760 Main Street, Penticton, BC V2a 5e2Email:[email protected] Tel: 250-770-7668Website: www.penhigh100.comDesign: Jane Shaak, Wes hopkinResearch: Brian Snider, david Snyder, Jane Shaak, Jeanne Boyle, Kathy hofmann, Peter ord, Stuart Bish, Wes hopkinGraphics: larry hunter Photography: Bryan Snider, Jane Shaak, okanagan archives trust, Penticton Museum & archives, Stocks Photography, Stuart Bish PhotographyCover: Pen high & Shatford Centre 2011 photo - Bryan Snider ; graphics larry hunter

The okanagan Summer School of the arts (oSSa) began on the Pen high Campus in 1960, with Pen high staff and community arts & culture pioneers, including: george gay, frank laird, eva Cleland & eva Sharpe. george gay became the first principal of oSSa and was directly involved for over 40 years, along with his wife, Bev. oSSa was an extension of Pen high’s cre-ative arts programming with three week’s of intensive camps during the summer.one of many highlights was the 1970 band trip to osaka Japan, for expo 70, where 55 skillful musi-cians were joined by 33 family & friends. george was pleased when the oSSa’s expo ’70 Band was hon-ored “because we sounded and looked so good” The band was even featured on national tV in Japan. another part of the overall music program’s success was due to oSSa’s hostel. Started in ’63 for band camp, it was carried on for years. george gay was credited as key in the successful management of the hostel. With over 50 years of history serving Pen high & the creative community of the South okanagan, the okanagan School of the arts moved into its new home at the Shatford Centre, with its 300 seat audi-torium, open studios & classrooms in June, 2011. The Shatford Centre/okanagan School of the arts welcomes everyone to this historic occasion and is very pleased to provide facilities for this momen-tous event! enjoy your weekend!

“Non Moritur Cujus Fama Vivit”

“He Does Not Die Whose Fame Lives”- Pen High Motto - 1941

Second site of the Penticton High School (1913-1936).

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Pen High 100 Committee Headquarters Shatford Centre, 760 Main Street, Penticton BC V2A 5E2 Phone: 250-770-7668 email: [email protected] www.penhigh100.com

May 9th, 2012 Greetings from Penticton Secondary School, Shatford Centre and the Pen High 100 Committee! It has been well over a year since the first meeting of Pen High 100, when a group of 20 people came together to think about what could be done to celebrate this significant community occasion. Since then we have been very busy planning and organizing our ‘Celebration of a Century’ and have uncovered a treasure trove of historical documents, artifacts and memorabilia to showcase the history of this great school. Penticton High School opened on Tuesday, September 5th, 1911 and June 2012 marks the completion of the 100th year of instruction. Over those 100 years Pen High has taken many forms. The school first started in a converted packinghouse/workshop at the corner of Westminster Ave. and Winnipeg St. Since then, Pen High has seen further buildings constructed, others renovated, and even some lost to fire or demolition. The last major expansion project for Pen High began in the early 2000’s with the designing and construction of the new Penticton Secondary, which incorporates the historic Ellis building in addition to astounding modern facilities. Recently, the Shatford building was converted to a creative community facility, the Shatford Centre, operated by the Okanagan School of the Arts. The Okanagan Summer School of the Arts began its summer programs on the Pen High Campus in 1960 and it’s great to have them back. The Shatford Centre, in its first year of operations, became the ideal headquarters for our committee, alumni and staff to come together to plan this ‘Celebration of a Century’. In the beginning, the committee discussed the opportunity to have this event be a fundraiser for the Penticton Secondary Foundation and the Shatford Centre and we are pleased to support this initiative. We encourage you to contribute to these organizations, through donations made out to Pen High 100. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to and participated in this event and please see page 8 of this program for our collective thanks. We hope you enjoy this amazing weekend, and take home memories good enough to last another 100 years. Bill Bidlake, Principal of Penticton Secondary School & Co-Chair of the Pen High 100 Committee

PEN HIGH 100 May 18th, 19th & 20th, 2012 Celebrating 100 Years of Penticton Secondary School


Friday, May 18

Some of Penticton’s finest restaurants will have a selection of sweet & savoury culinary delights. naramata Bench Wineries, Cannery Brewing & tin Whistle will provide a full range of wines & beers. for a complete list of contributors, go to Page 8.

Pen High School Tours ~ at 5:15pm & 6:15 pm, Pen high tours begin (meet at the inside front en-trance.) note: There will be tours on the Saturday, May 19, also. Penticton Secondary School’s Parent advisory

Council is proud to sponsor the return teaching en-gagement of two fabulously funny members of the granville Island Theatre Sports league in Vancouver. V. J. delos-reyes and Jullian Kolstee are back with more amazing workshops geared for Pen-hi thespi-ans ranging from drama 9 improv beginners through to senior members of PhaMe Productions. In past years, student response has been amazing to say the least and we look forward to fresh mate-rial and challenging experiences again this week. Sessions will culminate in 2 evening performances during the Wine and Cheese reception. They will feature the two professionals performing alongside a select group of students. Bring your culinary de-lights and beverage of choice and make your way down to the drama Studio #122.Seating accommodates 100. Show times run 5:15 – 6 pm and again from 6:15 – 7pm.Megan G. Rutherford (1973), PSS Drama Instructor

Pen High Visual Arts ExhibitionThere will be themed paintings of Pen-high through the decades and paintings that the students have done of old Pen high before it was torn down. The title of this exhibit is “ Pen high Through the de-cades”The Pottery Club is also holding a pottery sale that friday night. all proceeds go to the Cinderella Proj-ect. This will be set up in the courtyard or outside the art room.Dawn Richards, PSS Visual Arts Teacher

Several Pen high films will be shown in the Media arts room (133) on the south side of Pen high. There will be chairs set up and russ Stasiuk will be there also. If you would like to see some history on the Pen high story, drop in at 7 & 8 pm, when ‘Pen high 100’ will be showing and at 7:30 & 8:30, when ‘good Bye Pen high’ will be showing. Russ Stasiuk, Media Arts Teacher

Members of the Penticton Branch of Quota Interna-tional will be assisting with the Wine and Culinary delights reception. and at the Shatford Centre

Quota International of Penticton focuses on disad-vantaged women and children, as well as speech and hearing impaired individuals since 1984. They are founding Sponsors of the Shatford Centre, donat-ing an fM sound system for the Shatford audito-rium!

Cars of the Decadesan assortment of vintage vehicles and retro rides will be on display on the Pen high promenade from eckhardt ave to the front entrance of the school. relive the joyrides of yesteryear as you make your way inside Pen high for the evening’s festivities. Special thanks to tom Siddon for organizing this.

Welcome Reception:Wine &

Culinary Delights5:00

There will be tastings of wines & beers along with coffee, teas and water.

taste the wonderful beverage selections from naramata Bench Wines, Cannery Brewing Com-

pany and the tin Whistle. The wineries will pour until 7 pm, in time for the talent Showcase. after the showcase, everyone

is invited to the Shatford for a Step Back in time, where naramata wines, Cannery and tin Whistle

Beers will be available at a cash bar.

7 :00

There will be talented and creative individuals, bands & organizations at the Student & Commu-nity talent Showcase. one delightful part of the concert will include 5 year old, neveah dyson, who will sing the Pen Hi Song from years ago. here are the lyrics:

To Old Pen Hi we pledge fidelity, For it’s the best school in the valley And though we leave our portals far behind Our memories will always linger in our minds.

When high school days are all but reveries, Of old Pen Hi, we’ll still have memories. We’ll n’er esteem and love as we did of old, The Purple and Gold

Pen Hi! ‘Rah! ‘Rah! ‘Rah! ‘Rah!

Pen high grad, Krystal garib, owner of the Pentic-ton School of dance, has put together a select group of dancers to perform ‘Dances of the Decades’.

after the talent Showcase, the Shatford opens and Pen high closes. everyone is invited to ‘Step Back in time’ in this historic building with ‘Home Rooms of the Decades’ to explore, visiting to be done, some inpromptu music to enjoy, and some wine, beer & refreshments, too!

Doug Dean ‘ of Grape Escape Tours will be offering a free shuttle service for those staying in Penticton, in case anyone would like a ride home!

Student & Community

Talent Showcase

Did you know?In 1940 the Student Council held a contest to find a song for Pen high. There are no documents an-nouncing a winner and the author of the lyrics for

the Pen hi Song are unknown.

Great Canadian Improv

5:15 6:15

Pen High Videos

7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30

Pen High Visual Arts Exhibition

Beverage Choices

Quota Internationalof Pentictonestablished 1984

Ellis School Building covered in Ivy. Construction comlpeted in 1913. Named for pioneering Ellis family.

Photo circa 1930Page 3

1913 KisselJim & Audrey Leir


Turning Back the Hands of Time! Pen-High Trivia:

Pen-High Recordsas part of our centennial celebrations we’re looking to find records in the categories below. If you think you have a claim to one of these records please visit the registra-tion table. We will announce the winners at the Pen high 100 Breakfast on Sunday and they will also be posted at www.penhigh100.com.

Most generations ~ how many generations of your family have gone to Pen high?

Farthest Distance travelled ~ how far have you come to be with us for this historic occasion.

Oldest Alumni ~ We will recognize the most senior male & female classmates attending.

Oldest Teacher ~ We will recognize the most senior male & female teachers attending

Oldest Staff ~ We will recognize the most senior male & female staff member attending

We’re also looking for interesting stories or information on the following:

Sweethearts ~ We are looking for high school sweet-hearts who got married along with stories, dates, etc .

First Students ~ are you related to students who attend-ed the very first high school in Penticton? We are looking

for connections from the beginning.

Joanne dirks (69), fred Schura (67), Judie hall (69) and Paul Schinz (68) have a wonderful Pen high Sweet-hearts story. Joanne & fred and Judie & Paul were mar-ried on September 2nd, 1972, just one half hour apart! tell us your Sweethearts story!

Annuals AboundWe’ve been collecting and creating copies of all the Pen-hi annuals starting with the first in 1926. Check out the homeroom displays in the Shatford Centre for copies of the annuals or visit the official website at www.pen-high100.com to find digital copies.

See answers at bottom of page.1) What was the total enrollment in the first year at Pen High in 1911?

2) In what year did the North Gym and new Audito-rium open?

3) Who designed the Ellis building?

4) The Old Boy Scout Hall eventually became which Pen-Hi Building?

5) Who was the longest serving Principal of Pen High?

6) In what year did a fire destroy the school building on the corner of Main St and Eckhardt Ave?

7) The Pen High student newspaper used to be named after what astronomical phenomenon?

8) Which Prime Minister visited the school in 1978?

Answers: 1) 32 2) 1952 3) r.B. Bell 4) South gym 5) h.d. Pritchard 6) 1949 7) The Comet 8) trudeau

no formal ceremonies marked the inauguration of the school when the roll was first called on the morning of September 5th, 1911. In the words of Mr. John Marr, the school’s first principal, “We just met and started work,” an opening which, while very informal, seems fitting.

Prior to 1911, demand for a high school was growing given the rapid growth of the Public School - the name for what was then the elementary school and junior high, and the fact that pupils were passing their examinatrions for entrance to high School as early as 1907. Some of those who were ready for high School work previous to the opening of the school were able to take up the work with the assistance of Miss Yuill, the principal of the Public School, while others took up their studies in town under private tutors, and other still went elsewhere in the province where high school facilities were available. however, in June, 1911, fourteen pupils passed their en-trance examinations and the number now wishing to at-tend was large enough to warrant opening a high school, and instruction began in the fall.

lacking a permanent space, the first classes were held in a converted industrial building on the north-east corner of Westminster ave and Winnipeg St. There are conflict-ing reports about the nature of this building: some called it a converted packing house, others a workshop, others still called it just a “rough shack.” There is also some dis-agreement over ownership, for while several sources in-dicate it was owned by Mr. W. a. McKenzie who served as a School trustee and Chairman for a time, one notes that classes were held in the rear portion of Mr. Wilkin’s machine shop. regardless of the schoolhouse’s former use, or ownership, it was described by all as lacking the comforts of a modern school and there was acceptance of the need to construct a new school building to satisfy the educational demands of a growing population.

In 1913, the ellis building was constructed, and it is now part of the new Penticton Secondary School. however, when it was first built it was used mainly by the Public School which had been operating in a school house on the current site of the library and Museum complex. With the Public School having vacated that site for the ellis, the high School was free to move to that location and finally had a permanent home. They would later move to a new building, and the school on the site of the library would convert back to a primary school before burning down in 1960. The ellis building was originally designed by r. B. Bell of Vernon for a contract worth $40,000. The site for the new school was originally a grove of scrubby Ponderosa Pine littered with boulders from floodings of Penticton Creek. eventually that was cleared and the boulders were used to build the retaining wall along Main St. that remains to this day.

In 1921, only 8 years after the ellis building was finished, the Shatford school was constructed to meet the needs of the elementary grades. however, this new building also contained the school’s first auditorium which was shared with the high School. The building was named after Sen-ator lytton Shatford who, as an Mla, was instrumental in securing a grant to aid in the original clearing of the school site during the construction of the ellis building. The Shatford school would later become part of the high School for a time, before developing into the Shatford Centre. The contractor was a well known early orchardist on the Middle Bench named Maurice Clarke.

It was also during this time that the old Boy Scout hall, which was being used as the school’s gymnasium official-ly became part of the school and would later come to be

History of the School

known as the South gym.

With the continuing growth in Penticton’s population, a new high School building was constructed and students moved into the new facility, which was located north of the Shat-ford on the corner of eckhardt ave and Main St. on Mon-day, January 6, 1936. This building burnt down just 13 years later on the morning of January 18, 1949. This event caused considerable turmoil, but temporary classrooms were es-tablished with the help of Branch 40 Canadian legion, the gyro Club, and St Saviour’s anglican Church.

This time period also saw considerable change in the organization of Penticton’s education system as the el-ementary grades were first shuffled to converted surplus army huts on Jermyn ave purchased after World War II, then later into fully constructed schools across the city. however the transition was not entirely smooth, as the editors of the Pen-hi post lamented the overcrowded schools, and after the Senior high School burnt down, the Junior high students were at one point forced to at-tend school on a half-time basis.

eventually these pressures on space were relieved with the completion of a three wing expansion in 1950 after less than a year of construction. a new gymnasium and audito-rium were finished in 1952 and were officially opened by the Minister of education, Mr. W. t. Straith. This sprawl-ing campus remained in roughly the same arrangement for the next 50 years, with only minor additions providing covered links between the buildings.

In the early 2000s, discussions began regarding a rede-sign of Penticton Secondary School which resulted in construction of the building that currently exists, and the demolition of the old 1952 complex including the gym and auditorium which caused considerable controversy. The old South gym was also torn down. Construction of the main school finished in 2008, and renovations of the ellis building were completed in 2010. The Shatford building remained intact but for the first time in 90 years was not used as a full-time school instead becoming the independent Shatford Centre. Historical Health Tips“Pinching the skin and kneading the flesh will prevent the on-coming of wrinkles.”

“If we do not keep our teeth clean, some very, very tiny plants begin to grow on these particles of food and start the decay of the teeth. You will think it very strange that plants should grow on the teeth, but they do.”

Source: hygiene for Young People: a reader for Pupils in form III of the Public Schools by a.P. Knight, Md. (1909)


Gerry Kenyon, 1950


Pen high 100 group Photo: You Won’t Want to Miss Being In This historic Photo! location will be on the front steps of the ellis building!

Sports teams, Choir/glee Clubs, Bands & more can meet from 2-4 pm. notices of reunion locations will be posted in the Pen high Multi Purpose room. If you need a room, ask Bill Bidlake.

This free event is open to everyone. We will serve a light lunch & a fabu-lous collection of ‘Cakes of the de-cades’ created by Wouda’s Bakery.

at this event, we would like to thank the principals, teachers, custodians, and administration staff for their ser-vice to Pen high over the last 100 years. Please bring momentos for the Memory Wall, where we can remem-ber staff that are with us in spirit.

Saturday, May 19

Rock of Ages 7:00originally, class photos were taken on the steps of the ellis and Shatford buildings. Some of the early photographers were lumb Stocks, Jack Stocks, hugo redivo and Jane Sloan.

In 1972 Bob & eleanor Mcdonald began taking individual portraits, and unusual for the era, these were ¾ length and showed more of the “person” through body posture and the clothing. typically the males dressed in a tux or suit, the females in white gowns. grad numbers ranged from 300-500.

Since 1982 the grad photos have been taken primarily by Stuart Bish. Starting in1991, grad photos show cap and gown and have been digital since 2002. Stuart says, “each year, intensive photographic work takes place over 3 - 4 weeks and requires good organiza-tion and personalized attention to capture the individual’s essence.”

Pen high grad photos have been archived for at least the past 40 years, which is ex-emplary for the Province of BC. In 2012, School district 67 funded Stuart Bish Pho-tography to scan, digitalize, and enhance the archived negatives for years 1972-1976.

In the early years, newspaper pictures of Miss Penticton candidates were taken by in-dividual photographers. Since 1983, Stuart Bish has photographed all candidates, col-laborating with each to capture her personal reflection in a portrait, and in individual-ized locations. a commemorative booklet “50 Years of royalty:Miss Penticton 1948-1997” is a photographic collection of these charming and talented ambassadors.

The great Canadian river race (ver-sion 1.2, as they like to call it) con-sists of duncan Meiklejohn (vocals, keyboards, and guitar), Marcus re-divo (bass and vocals), Selwyn redivo (guitar and vocals), and Matt frenette (drums and percussion). duncan, Marcus, and Selwyn (all Pen hi gradu-ates) have a long history of making music together in the okanagan form-ing their first band The Barons while still in school. The band eventually toured Canada and the northwestern U.S. and enjoyed success on commer-cial radio with singles including Briar-stown ferry and Show Me Your love. Matt later became a founding member of loverboy and plays with the band (which includes Pen-high graduate Mike reno) to this day.

today’s version of Crosstown Bus is comprised of Jeff Boyne on lead, Bri-an anderson on bass, deidre laCroix on keyboards and rick gannon on drums. Jeff, Brian and rick are all Pen-hi grads from the Class of ‘67. deidre is also class of ‘67.... the difference is, she was born in 1967! Jeff, Brian and rick got their musical starts in Pentic-ton when they formed Mark IV and played the okanagan circuit, alberta, and Washington State for about four years and hit Canada’s top 20 with the singles high grass and rochester river. They re-connected in 2004 for a dinner, headed out to the studio af-ter, and realized that they still had the passion. They’ve been hard at it for the past eight years, playing that great 60’s and 70’s classic rock!

tours start at 10 am and after the ‘Celebrate the Staff’ luncheon. Signs will be placed to indicate where and when to gather.

You are invited to a self-guided tour of the Shatford Centre, through the ‘home rooms of the decades’ and the ‘teens over time’ displays by the Penticton Mu-seum & archives.

2:00

The Peach royalty pageant has been an important annual event every year for Penticton since 1948 and I was inspired to bring our queens and their princesses together for a tea fit for royalty. here are a few highlights of the event:~ our very first Queen Val Vedette, Beverly ann Young, of 1948 will be in attendance. ~ The 2012 candidates will serve tea. ~ angela (Walton) hook (1986 Princess) will emcee the event. ~ There will be a power point presentation featuring all the queens & more, including a video, both created by angela. ~ a J Thomson, Chef extroardinaire, will produce a selection of delicious culinary creations to accompany tea. Thank you aJ for your creativity, ex-pertise and enthusiasm.~ Stuart Bish of Stuart Bish Photography, provided funding to make this event a success, and we are truly grateful. he has carefully taken wonderful photos of the royalty for years and has been careful to archive them. ~ Bill Barisoff, Mla, has donated the flowers for all the tables and Marg desharnais created the table decorations.~ art Knapp flowers has donated their time and expertise in designing the flower arrangements.

tickets are $10 and check with the registration table for availablity.

Thank you to all who have helped me in this endeavour.

Marlane (light) McMasterConvenor

RoyaltyTea

Celebrate the Staff

Be prepared to get trivial in a revival of the popular high school gameshow Reach For The Top. If you wish to measure your mental mettle get to-gether in teams of 4 in the Pen high Multi-Purpose room from 2-4 pm.

Reach For The Top

Special thanks to the Penticton lake-side for hosting the ‘rock of ages’ on Saturday night.

11:30Pen High 100Photoshoot

Grad Photos Over Time

Tours of Pen High & Shatford10:00 12:00

2:00

Team & Club Reunions

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There will be a gathering in Pen high Multi-Purpose room for all lakettes basketball players on Sunday, May 20 from 10 am to 12 pm. len Cox will be in attendance. Please come and share memories, photos and laughs. We re-alize “lakettes” is no longer a politi-cally correct term and the girls are now “lakers” in the same way the boys are, but lakettes we were and lakettes we remain!

There will be a three on three bas-ketball tourney running simultane-ously in the gym for the keeners. for more information contact Bernice at [email protected], Barb at [email protected] or Cindy at [email protected].

Fun and Nostalgia for Pen-Hi La-kettes/Lakers Field Hockey Players (1960-2012): Who is invited to play? any and all members of the lakettes (or lakers) field hockey family, including play-ers and coaches. Jr. team coaches too!

no stick? Those who can, please bring an extra stick or two. Sticks will be shareable and available. Just bring your runners and a mouthguard.

too old? no, you are not! out of shape? no worries! This is meant to be a fun and nostalgic event, filled with laughter, and good memories. If you can walk, you can play! There will be time to share (and embellish) sto-ries from “the good old days!”

The plan is to make teams from those who show up on the field at 10:00 a.m. (so please be prompt) and we will go from there, for good fun. We are hopeful that many “older” players will come out, as well as “younger” players as well.

Bryan Snider (aka Coach)

Sunday, May 20

The Pen high 100 Breakfast is being held in the Multi-Purpose room, just inside the main front doors of Pen high. The Kinsmen are famous for commu-nity service & their breakfasts, which helps them to raise funds for con-struction facilities at Camp Boyle, the Kinsmen rehabilitation foundation of B.C. & Cystic fibrosis.

tickets are $10.

drop in between 10 am and 2 pm, for a full court of Volleyball and 2 games of ½ court Basketball. Volleyball is expected to be mixed and Basketball will be separate for men and women. all games are drop in and will start around 10am and will run until 2pm or earlier.

Field HockeyTournament

9:00Pen High 100

Breakfast

Kinsmen Greg Flook & Bob Kennedy pictured here with Principal Bill Bidlake.

10:00

10:00 Volleyball &Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Page 7Ardelle (Audy) Cates ~ ‘58

Shirley (Clarke) Kosman, Jan (Rice) Eshelman ~ ‘53& Eileen (Kerr) Richards

HOME ROOMS OF THE DECADES AT THE SHATFORD


Thank You to the Pen High 100 Committee for their outstanding

contribution to the ‘Celebration of a Century’!

Co-Chairs: Bill Bidlake, Cal MeiklejohnCommittee Members: Bruce Johnson, Bruce Millington, Connie denesiuk, david Snyder, gord McKay, James Miller, Kathy hofmann, Jane Shaak,

Marcia dean, Marlane McMaster, Shirley owen, Skip Broderick, tom Siddon, Wes hopkin

Special thanks to everyone who has helped with preparations! Here are a few!

The Peach City Community Radio Society will be broadcasting from a temporary studio across the street from the school. The primary focus of the three-day broadcast will be on the events of the Pen-high Centennial and of the Meadowlark nature festival.

The society has a goal of establishing a full time non-profit community radio station in Penticton. In its first run at the airwaves, Peach City radio was on-air for a month last June from a studio set up at the Penticton Museum as part of an exhibit on lo-cal broadcasting history. The May long weekend broadcast will be based at the Cowork building, a collaborative workspace opening this month at 125 eckhardt ave. east.

tune in to 94.5 fM and enjoy the coverage of the Pen high 100 and other events of the weekend. for more information: www.peachcityradio.org

Pen High 100 On the Air!

Meadowlark Festival runs from Thursday, May 17th to Monday, May 21st, 2012. This might be the ideal opportunity to take in a special event. go to www.meadowlarkfestival.bc.ca for the Calendar of events.

Voted the ‘Best annual Community event in the South okanagan’, the festival has evolved in to one of Canada’s premier outdoor nature celebrations of-fering over 90 environmental tours and events. Come and enjoy the activities led by prominent naturalists, educators, artists, experienced guides and scientists.

The Meadowlark festival coincides with Pen high’s 100th and it provides opportunities for our visitors to apppreciate the South okanagan through this lovely and engaging process, if time permits.

Ginza Sushi

Culinary Delights ~ Sweet

Culinary Delights ~ Savoury

Wine & Beverages

artists in Penticton, naramata and Summerland & Penticton have opened their studios for this weekend and invite you to visit them and learn more about ‘living the Creative life’ in the South okanagan. Pick up a brochure & explore creativity!

We would like to thank the fol-lowing fine establishments for providing the refreshments for Friday night’s Welcome Home Reception. We appreciate their enthusiasm, community spirit and expertise in nourishing ev-eryone at the kick-off to this in-credible weekend! Enjoy!

Special thanks to the Penticton Museum &

archives for their assis-tance & expertise over the last year and their

gathering of artifacts to celebrate:

‘Teens over Time’~ A snapshot of life & stuff over the decades.

Meadowlark Festival

Peter Spek & Marlane (Light) McMasterAllie Thomson

& Dodie Lane

Ruth (Martin) Carey & Kathy Hofmann

Connie Denesiuk Bob Denesiuk

Bud Howell

Bud Dettling

Brian Kerluke

Darren Oslund

There are so many more who have as-

sisted with this once in a lifetime project. Enjoy a well earned, relaxing, fun time.

Let the weekend begin!

Wes Hopkin

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