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A single gunshot was fired in Peachland early last Thursday morning during what po-lice are calling a targeted home invasion.

The gunshot was fired in the 5700 block of MacKenzie Road after four men reportedly broke into a home, causing the sole occupant of the dwelling to flee.

Police received a report of the incident at 2:30 a.m. on August 23.

Cst. Kris Clark says neighbours were awak-ened by the sound of a gunshot and observed four men getting into a smaller white four-door pickup truck.

According to police, the event was an inso-lated incident.

“I don’t know what the motivation was be-hind it,” Cst. Kris Clark told The View. “But the tenants are known to police, not an exten-sive history by any stretch of the imagination, but they are known to us or at least the one was. The information we have is it appears to

be targeted.”West Kelowna RCMP are seeking “a num-

ber of suspects” but have no descriptions to offer at this time.

There were no reports of injuries as a result of the gunshot.

Police say the investigation is ongoing and are asking anyone with any information about this crime who has not already spoken with police to call the West Kelowna RCMP at 250-768-2880, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or go to www.crimestoppers.net to file a report.

Joanne Layh Editor, Peachland View

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NEWS

RCMP warn residents of canvassing scam

Kelowna RCMP are warning residents of anoth-er scam that preys upon the generous.

Police say lately there has been a local resur-gence in a scam that involves fraudsters posing as door-to-door canvassers for a charity.

RCMP say the scam works like this: The fraud-ster comes to your door pretending to be a can-vasser for UNICEF or another charity, but instead of accepting donations on behalf of the charity, they steal your financial information and drain your banking and credit card accounts. The fraud-sters advise people they can only accept donations by debit or credit card, but unbeknownst to the victim, the portable debit machine they have with them captures their financial information, includ-ing their PIN number. The fraudsters are then able to access the victim’s account to make unauthor-ized transactions. In some cases the fraudster sup-plies a realistic looking receipt and some ready brew Starbucks coffee as a thank you gift.

RCMP suggest people use a safe and secure method of donating to charity, such as online or at an approved fundraising event.

Traffic control boxes get anti-graffiti treatment

Two traffic signal control box exteriors at in-tersection of 13th Street and Clements Crescent received a new look this week. As part of the Re-gional Crime Prevention “Operation Wrap” anti-graffiti program, the traffic signal control boxes were covered with vinyl images of Okanagan fruit.

Regional district communications officer Bruce Smith says the sheets used to cover the boxes are made of high quality graffiti and UV resistant vi-nyl. If someone does try to vandalize the control boxes, the busy artwork makes it more difficult to see any graffiti and the vinyl surface makes clean up easy.

The artwork on the latest boxes treated depict images of peaches and grapes.

Over the past four years, Okanagan fruit art images have been placed on control boxes at more than 20 intersections in Lake Country, West Kelowna, and the Westbank First Nations reserves.

Back in 2008, a box at the Princeton Avenue highway intersection was treated with the vinyl wrap.

“This anti-graffiti program has been a great part-nership between the Regional District, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and the local governments that receive Crime Prevention servic-es from the RDCO,” regional district crime preven-tion coordinator Duane MacTavish says. “As well, it’s provided an attractive visual background for signal controls at these high traffic intersections and really helped discourage graffiti vandalism.”

Smith says the vinyl wraps can withstand temper-atures from – 54 degrees to 107 degrees Celsius.

IN BRIEFJoanne Layh Editor, Peachland View

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Council to decide if TNI should pay a community amenity charge

Next Tuesday Peachland council will decide whether or not TNI should be required to pay a community amenity charge as part of the agreement associated with the three-storey building the company is propos-ing to build on Beach Avenue.

The zoning bylaw for the building passed third read-ing earlier this year but since then a peer review panel was appointed to gather public opinion about the form and character of the building, delaying presenta-tion of the bylaw to council for final adoption. During the delay period, TNI president Steve Allison request-ed a change to the bylaw that could delay the process further, depending on how council votes next week.

“As we understand it, Mr. Allison would like the zon-ing bylaw rewritten to eliminate any reference to the payment of a community amenity charge. That pro-posal will come to council at its next meeting on Sep-tember 4 and council will consider his request,” Mayor Fielding told The View.

“If council decided to agree with the request, it would be necessary to rescind third reading of the ex-isting zoning bylaw, go back to public hearing, obvi-ously amend the bylaw accordingly and then consider it at a subsequent meeting.

However, council may well decide not to adopt his required change in which case the bylaw would stay at third reading until we found a way to move forward,” Fielding said.

The amount of the community amenity charge the district is requesting is $13,295.

In an interview with The View, Allison identified the main reasons for his decision.

“We’d never been asked and never agreed [to the community amenity charge],” Allison said. “We’re hap-py to donate to the local community when we want to, when we think it’s right and we do that a lot and I am all for that. But in this case, two problems: they publicly stood up and said I agreed to something I didn’t agree to…that’s improper…and two, I think it’s the wrong move for downtown revitalization. To set that precedent would be detrimental to the town and I don’t want to be that person. So for those reasons I said we need to pull it [references to a community amenities contribution] out.”

Allison says to the best of his knowledge other mu-nicipalities in the area do not charge amenities charg-es for redevelopment in the downtown because it is counterproductive to revitalization.

Allison also expressed dissatisfaction with the addi-tion of the peer review panel to the process. He says after the announcement of the peer review panel he felt he had to put a stop on architectural drawings be-cause the $200,000 estimated cost could be for noth-ing depending on the panel results.

“Normally after third reading and you’ve got MOTI approval no more new information can come up,” Al-lison said. “If they’re going to force me to make signifi-cant changes in this brand new building process that’s never been done before, I can’t do those drawings. Those drawings would all be for a waste, especially if the changes they ask me to make are so significant that I no longer wanted to do the project,” Allison told The View, also stating the delay has put constructing his building behind a year.

“We have asked if they would support moving for-ward with the same application without the amenity,” Allison said.

Back in July the district invited members of the public to submit their input to a peer review panel regarding the form and character of the proposed TNI building. The deadline for submissions was July 27. A response from the panel has not yet been made public. Meanwhile, district council is expected to review Alli-son’s request at next Tuesday’s council meeting.

Joanne Layh Editor, Peachland View

B.C. drownings on the increaseThe BC Coroners Service is warning the public to

take more care around water, as drowings in the prov-ince are up significantly over previous years.

Between July 1 and August 21, 34 people drowned in recreational incidents in B.C. In 2011, 22 people died during all of July and August and in 2010 the number was 24.

Coroner Barbara McLintock says the highest num-ber of drownings - a total of 14 - occurred in the Southern Interior region of the province and almost half the deaths in total occurred in lakes.

McLintock says there is a need for greater caution around the province’s lakes, rivers and ocean coastline as some of these deaths were preventable.

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On Sunday, August 26, Austin Kjor-ven of Peachland joined more than 2,600 athletes competing in the 2012 Subaru Ironman Canada.

Ironman Triathlon is one of the most grueling events in the world of sport, and also one of the most inspiring. Iron-man features a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike and a complete marathon (26.2 miles) all in succession. Athletes have 17 hours to complete the event (from the 7 a.m. start until midnight).

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Subaru Ironman Canada is the old-est Ironman race in continental North America and continues to be regarded as one of the best due to its classic course, history and community support.

Penticton, the home for Subaru Iron-man Canada since the beginning, pro-vided the perfect setting for an event of this stature. Cradled in the Okanagan Valley between mountain slopes, dra-matic cliffs and bordered by two lakes, Penticton’s topography and its semi-ar-id climate is an ideal backdrop for the race. And, the more than 4,000 commu-nity volunteers that come out each year to provide race support, encouragement and hospitality to the athletes make the experience something very special.

Competing alongside Kjorven at Subaru Ironman Canada this year was a field of athletes representing each of the 10 Canadian provinces, 44 U.S. states and 25 countries, all with the goal of crossing the finish line well before mid-night to earn the lofty title of Ironman.

Local athlete places high in Ironman

Mary Kjorven Special to the Peachland View

Austin Kjorven of Peachland, bib number 405, ranked 44 in his division and 300 overall. His times were: swim - 1:14 hours, bike - 5:50 hours, run - 3.38 hours, and overall time - 10:56.


OPINION

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everyone in Peachland.Anyone who lives outside the distribution area can

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It’s amazing how quickly one mistake can tarnish the reputation of a respected orga-nization like the Royal Canadian Legion.

On one hand, the beer joke about the killing of two aboriginal men was shockingly inappro-priate. Given our so politically correct society, how on earth did anyone, especially a legion representative, think the joke would not create a backlash?

Many aboriginals served in both world wars and sacrificed their lives for our freedom. So the last thing you want to do is joke about the mur-der of two Indians in a legion newsletter.

But the mistake was made, an apology was given, and a lesson was learned. Now it’s time to move on and continue to support the legion and all the good it does for the community and local veterans.

Legions give scholarships and bursaries to stu-dents, advocate on behalf of veterans, provide education assistance, disability benefits, finan-cial assistance, and housing. That’s only the tip of the legion iceberg.

Just like we should not forget the human sac-rifices that veterans have made, we should never forget what legions have done and continue to do for their communities.

One error in judgment should not tarnish this great organization of men and women who do so much and receive so little in return.

Legions need our support if they are to con-tinue making a big difference in people’s lives.

The Peachland View

Lest we forget our Legion Drivers: No need

to stop anymoreTo all the drivers who stop at the corner of 13th and

Highway 97, would you please not do so? If you take a good look you will not find the stop sign that used to be there.

When turning right to go north, just turn the corner into the merge lane and merge.

Please be considerate of the drivers behind you. Syd Kendrick, Peachland

Grateful to thoughtful neighboursI live near the corner of Lornell Crescent and Clar-

ence Road, the site of a recent grass fire on Monday afternoon. I work in the city of Kelowna and was not at home when the fire occurred.

I want to take this opportunity to thank my neigh-bours for stepping up in my absence to grab garden hoses and whatever else they could find to control the

spread of the fire until the fire department arrived.It really reinforces what being a neighbour is about.

Many of these people I have only met in passing. It is because of their efforts that to my surprise when I got home it was not as bad as it could have been!

Thanks to all of you. Paul McVey, Peachland

A new roof has just been finished on our home. We got the quotes, checked out the companies, licensing, insurance coverage, roof warranty, WCB and BBB, then chose Madge Contracting Ltd. The customer ser-vice, the tradesman, the knowledge, the cleanliness and respect for our home and property and the overall

end product we cannot say enough about. Yes! This is a quality roofing company that we would recommend to anyone. Thank you Madge Contracting we appreci-ate all of you who worked for and with us.

Gary and Shirley Geiger, Peachland

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It was Saturday night in Peachland. The day was a hot one and the evening was not much cooler. I was sitting across the street in a park with my friends and was listening to the entertainment coming from the patio of an outdoor pub. Those that knew the words sang along, those that didn’t hummed, all applauding at the end of each song.

The sky was the bluest blue with only the tail of a jet stream from a plane overhead, way, way up. You could see it but you could not hear it. The fragrance from the gigantic lavender bushes all around added that extra calm to the air and the huge hanging flowerpots add-ed such beauty and colour. There were people walking their dogs and stopping briefly to chat with other pet owners while their pets got acquainted with each oth-er and then off they would go. Siblings were playing and having immense fun around the gazebo. Couples were walking hand in hand, or sitting snuggled up to each other on the benches or scattered on the lawn.

Beach Avenue was busy with those still trying to find that last parking spot and the occasional antique car, being driven by their proud owners ever so slow-ly. Everyone yielded to the many pedestrians. There

were individuals of all ages, of all nationalities, all ac-knowledging each other with a nod and a smile as they passed each making eye contact. The mini lights on the trees along the street and around the pub were starting to show themselves, adding that special am-biance to the night. During the break the entertainer came across the street and stopped briefly to say hello and show his appreciation to his listeners.

On two occasions I saw the Peachland Citizens Pa-trol van drive by ever so slowly to monitor the activi-ties, to then leave with confidence that everything was under control. As I sat there taking all of this in, I had an even greater appreciation of where I live. How sad to live in a country where fighting is a daily activity, where there is not a tree, a plant, a bush or a flower in sight.

I am truly blessed and proud to have been able to partake in the most amazing evening last Saturday in Peachland. I wish everyone could have many, many moments such as this one, however I would settle if they could even have had one. Thank you Peachland, you made me proud.

Bon Barr, West Kelowna

Thankful for Peachland experience

We moved here four years ago. Our daughter is here for a visit with her husband and one-year-old daugh-ter.

They went for a walk in Peachland and went to the playground. One swing-set with one infant swing. A total of three swings.

Why not just put up a sign saying, “Young families not welcome here”?

Woefully inadequate playground equipment. Robin Labossiere, Peachland

Kids welcome?


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The Peachland View weekly newspaper located in Peachland B.C requires a full time sales manager.The successful candidate will have previous sales experience and be responsible for a wide variety of tasks including but not limited to outside and inside sales, creative in-put and development of special features and supplements, liasing with the publisher on monthly sales targets and completing advertising-related clerical and administra-tive duties. The sales manager will be responsible for prospecting and developing new accounts by researching local businesses and advertiser’s marketing needs.This position to be combined with various office/administration tasks on a daily basis.

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The Peachland View weekly newspaper located in Peachland B.C. requires a part time production person to play a collaborative role with editorial and sales.The successful candidate will be responsible for a wide variety of tasks touching on layout, ad design/building, and anything else that may be required to operate a small business.

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PEACHLAND VIEW

We are behind the TNI building just as it has been proposed.

It is attractive and a much needed ad-dition to our town.

We think Steve Allison has done a great job with much consideration for the people, the town, and the building of something new and suitable.

The proposed building is modern and

certainly doesn’t take anything away from our lovely beach walk.

I am not sure why this group, PRA, think that things should stay the same.

Peachland has a chance to grow and attract more business and it is time.

We just wanted to say that we hope this will go ahead, just as proposed.

P. Renaud, Peachland

All for TNI proposal

Does anyone find the irony in Mr. Hurd’s comments in the letter “Not down with the PRA agenda” in the Au-gust 24 edition of the Peachland View? I am still pondering what the title to the article actually means!

He states the Peachland Residents As-sociation (PRA) scores a perfect 10 out of 10 on the laughable meter; I assume it’s the same laughable meter that got him “laughed” out of politics.

As a resident of Peachland I am quite disturbed that Mr. Ernie Hurd would say the PRA is a disgrace to our com-munity and scores 10 out of 10 in that regard.

I am not a member of the PRA but I

respect citizens that volunteer their time to provide input to processes regard-ing the growth of Peachland. Mr. Hurd, of course, you are also entitled to your opinion. I would have expected a for-mer councillor and Peachland resident to better understand and reflect the roles of community groups, rather than continually firing invectives! Your com-ments serve little purpose in making Peachland a better place to live.

I do not really understand the real purpose of your comments; I can only postulate that you are again trying to profile yourself for another attempt at political office.

Greg Nicholls, Peachland

Hurd’s comments could be a signal he’s not done


Jerry Dober Breakfast, 8am, Peachland Wellness Centre

Peachland United Service, 10am, United Church

Crystal Waters Service, 10am, Little Schoolhouse

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Worship, 10am, St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

Emmanuel Church Workship Service, 10am, Peachland Elementary School

Peachland Baptist Service, 11am, 4204 Lake Ave.

Meat Draw, 2pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Peachland Farmers and Crafters Market10am-2pm, Heritage Park.

Aerobics, 9:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

Chess, 1:15pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Yoga, 1:30pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Central Okanagan Model Railway Company Group, 7pm, Peachland Museum

Carpet Bowling, 10am, 50+ Activity Centre

Peachland Toastmas-ters, 12pm, Peachland Community Centre

AA, 12pm, 50+ Activ-ity Centre (2nd & 4th week of the month only)

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS Teen Drop-In, 4-6:30pm, Westside Youth Centre *text 250-859-3893 for a ride.

Tai Chi (Wellness Centre), 6pm, Heritage Park.

Bridge, 7pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Line Dancing, 9am, 50+ Activity Centre

Tai Chi (Wellness Centre), 10am contin-ued level, Heritage Park for June - August.

Bereavement, 10am, Peachland Wellness Centre

Iron and Silk Exercise, 11am, 50+ Activity Centre

Peachland Rotary Club Meeting, 12pm, Gasthaus Pub

AA, 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre


Peachland Brownies (girls 7-8), 5:30pm, Anglican Church

Bingo, 6:45pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Yoga, 10:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

Art Class, 1pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Ladies Snooker, 5pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #69

Potluck, Meeting, or Entertainment, 6pm, 50+ Activity Centre (4th week of the month only)

Carpet Bowling, 10am, 50+ Activity Centre


Papa Thom LIVE, 8-11pm, Waterfront Grill.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 9:30am, 50+ Activity Centre

Tai Chi, 12pm, 50+ Activity Centre

Needle Arts, 1:15pm, 50+ Activity Centre

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS Tween Scene, 3-5pm, 4th Street Place

Peachland Guides5:15pm, Peachland Rec Centre.

Peachland Sparks (girls 5-6), 5:30pm, Peachland Recreation Centre

Wood Carvers, 7pm, 50+ Activity Centre

SUNDAYS SATURDAYSFRIDAYSTHURSDAYSWEDNESDAYSTUESDAYSMONDAYS

First day of school, Peachland Elementary School.Watch out for our children as school begins Tuesday, Sept. 4. Slow down and be alert in residential neighbourhoods and school zones.

Bat Chat, 3pm, Peach-land Primary School. Information sessions will vary pending construction in the Pri-mary School, but look forward to viewing the 103-year-old school, live footage of the roost, etc.

Summer Art Program, 11am-4pm, Peachland Little Schoolhouse. This week features art-ist Kathy Teal (acrylic/multi-media).

Summer Art Program, 11am-4pm, Peachland Little Schoolhouse. This week features art-ist Kathy Teal (acrylic/multi-media).

Smart meter infor-mation night, 6pm, Peachland Little School-house. An anti-smart meter citizen-organized meet-ing.

SEPTEMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 4 SEPTEMBER 5 AUGUST 31 SEPTEMBER 1Summer Art Program, 11am-4pm, Peachland Little Schoolhouse. This week features art-ist Kathy Teal.

Model Train Display, all afternoon, Peach-land Mall (in the former Peachland Video Store). View model trains and support the Peachland Food Bank with a dona-tion.

Kokanee Interpretive Program, 12-4pm, Hardy Falls.Spawning salmon!

Peachland Farmers & Crafters Market, 10am-2pm, Heritage Park.

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Last fall I heard from a number of constituents who expressed their concerns over allegations made re-garding automated phone calls during the last federal election. These robocalls as they are more frequently referred to, have been under investigation for some time and last fall I committed to providing more in-formation on this topic as it became available. Late last week a significant new development occurred as the Liberal riding association in Guelph, Ontario was found to have violated the Telecommunications Act by using automated robocalls in a manner that did not conform to the act. Specifically, the Liberals had created a fictitious caller and proceeded to engage in anonymous automated calls of a political nature.

The Telecommunications Act requires that automat-ed calls cannot be made in an anonymous manner and must provide call back information and disclose who the calls are being made on behalf of. The penalties in this case included $4,900 fine for the Liberal Rid-ing Association and my understanding is that Liberal MP Frank Valeriote has also issued a public apology for the calls. For the record I fully support the intro-duction of new electoral oversight that would provide more transparency and accountability for our demo-cratic process. While it can be beneficial to use technol-ogy to enhance our electoral system, we must also be vigilant to ensure the use of new technologies cannot manipulate or otherwise interfere with the outcome.

In recent reports I have made efforts to debunk some of the more common misinformation that has been circulating, most recently pointing out that a widely circulated email showing an extravagant new jail re-cently built here in Canada (rumoured to be located in northern Ontario) that is in fact not located in Canada

at all but rather in Austria. However, not all informa-tion that circulates in government is false. For example the single issue I’m most commonly asked about to this very day remains Bill C-428. Bill C-428 was a bill that proposed to amend the Old Age Security Act so that those who have immigrated to Canada could start collecting OAS pension benefits after just three years of Canadian residency instead of the current 10. Enraged Canadian taxpayers continue to ask me on a weekly basis if what this bill proposes is accurate and what I am doing to stop such a bill, a bill in their opin-ion is neither fair nor fiscally responsible. The first part of the question is yes, Bill C-428 was a private mem-bers bill introduced into the former 40th parliament by the Liberals and was seconded by Liberal MP Bob Rae. The second and most important part of the ques-tion to be aware of is this bill did not advance beyond first reading and is not a bill I or the government is supportive of and if such a bill was to be reintroduced by the opposition (as NDP MP Libby Davies did last year before suddenly withdrawing such a motion), we would strongly oppose it.

I would like to briefly provide an update on my on-going effort to research local gas pricing in our region. In the past week working with the assistance of a lo-cal citizen and the freedom of information act, some significant information has become available that I be-lieve will benefit this process. Although my research will continue I am hopeful to be able to present a sub-mission to the Federal Competition Bureau at some point this fall. I will continue to provide updates on this topic, however I believe it is important to take action and consumers deserve more transparency and accountability in this process than currently exists. I am hopeful to hear from more of you. If you have the time for a meeting or phone call contact my office either locally at 250-770-4480 or toll-free at 1-800-665-8711.

Robocalls, bills, and soaring gas pricesMP Dan Albas Commentary

Council highlights - August 28

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Business License Bylaw No. 2036, 2012Council gave first, second and third readings to

Business License Bylaw No. 2036, 2012. This bylaw will improve business licensing regulations and will improve the consistency with other district bylaws and policies.Wharf, Dock and Buoy Policy DEV-250Council approved an amendment to the Wharf, Dock and Buoy Policy DEV-250, which changes the duration of encroachment agreements to match the head lease agreements the district holds with the province of B.C.Designated dog park

Council passed a resolution authorizing the cre-ation of a working group to provide information and options to council regarding the potential for a dog park and/or the possible constriction of an enclosed off leash dog park within in Peachland.

The working group will be comprised of members from a local dog owners association, operations and recreation staff.School District No. 23 – school site acquisition charge

Council received a letter from the Minister of Edu-cation regarding the School District No. 23 school site acquisition charge. The Board of Education facilitation process found that none of the objections raised fit the criteria provided under the Local Government Act, and that all the proposed eligible school sites were reasonably required to address demands from new residential development in this school district.Federal electoral boundaries changes

Council received a letter from the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for B.C. noting that a new fed-eral electoral districts of B.C. map is being proposed. The maps of the proposed new federal electoral dis-tricts can be viewed at www.federal-redistribution.ca

Written submissions and comments will be accept-ed by the commission until October 18, 2012. More information is available on their website listed above.


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On August 19, in front of an audi-ence of over 300, Bobby Bovenzi and his 14-member West African drumming troupe, Nankama, delivered a highly en-ergetic and crowd-pleasing performance in this, the final presentation in the 2012 Rotary Sunday Concerts in the Park series.

Heritage Park has been the setting for all six open programs that have seen such musical styles as big band, classical violin, guitar, folk and jazz entertain an ever-widening audience of Peachlanders and visitors.

Nankama’s interactive format, which saw large numbers of excited children literally try their hand at keeping up with Bobby Bovenzi’s rhythm directions, provided perhaps a fitting end to the se-ries designed to appeal to all ages. Two groups in the audience deserve specific mention. The first is a returning and very welcome crew from the Westwood Re-tirement Resort in West Kelowna while the second, which requires a little more explanation, is Marjolein Lloyd with her white-tented ShelterBox display.

ShelterBox originated in 2000 as a project of a Rotary Club in Cornwall, England. Today it exists as an indepen-dent organization that is active in 21 countries with Rotary as one of its prima-ry supporters. ShelterBox describes itself as an international disaster relief charity that delivers shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster world-wide. Each box shipped to a crisis area provides an extended family of up to 10

people with a tent and essential equip-ment for use while they are displaced or homeless. While boxes are tailored to meet specific geographic needs, they usu-ally contain a tent, a children’s activity pack, blankets, tools, a water purification kit plus a stove and fuel. With each box costing $1,000, thousands have already been sent to needy areas with, of course, no end in sight.

This brings us back to our relatively safe and peaceful Peachland. Through the generosity of those attending the concerts, all the money donated will be used to purchase two units from ShelterBox on their behalf. Once the order is confirmed the box numbers will be published in The View so their destination can be tracked via www.shelterboxcanada.org.

This is a simply outstanding conclu-sion to Concerts in the Park and fully in line with its “peace” theme. The Shelter-Box concept was so appealing to Peach-land artist Elizabeth Gregory that she too has generously made arrangements to purchase one.

Credit for the inspiration and excellent organization of the concert series goes to Rotarian Ken Clark who introduced most of the performers and is already hard at work recruiting for the 2013 sea-son. Before we leave 2012 it is important we recognize, give credit and our thanks to the series sponsors: TNI, New Mona-co and Regency Retirement Resorts. We offer a huge vote of thanks to all who attended and we very much look forward to seeing you all again next summer.

Chris Scowen Special to the Peachland View


ARTS & CULTURE

It’s back! Th e signs are all there. It hit home for me this past week while I was doing an announcement at one of Western Canada’s largest technical institutes. Th is post secondary training college graduates about 25 per cent of all of the completed apprentices going into a wide range of professions and occupations right across the country.

What they were telling me was good news, but not without its challenges. Th e administration and faculty reps said it was starting to look like déjà-vu all over again. Th e demand for all types of trades is unmistakeably surging upwards again. Th ey said it reminded them of the pressure they felt at the time of major employee shortages a few years ago.

It wasn’t that long ago. You remember. Demands for qualifi ed help or for those willing to be trained was so high that many fast food outlets couldn’t keep open their usual hours because they simply couldn’t fi nd the people.

I’m not saying we’re there yet. Th ere are still many people looking for work. But the strength of the economy is evident everywhere. All I have to do is refl ect on some of the events I was involved in this week.

Just last week I attended the opening of a huge new production facility in Okanagan Falls. Structurlam makes value added wood products that are used here and around the world. If you’re wondering what kind of projects they do, think Richmond Olympic skating oval…that breathtaking magnifi cent roof superstructure. Th ey did that.

Sometimes we aren’t aware of the amazing workers and technicians that we have right here in our own backyard. (Th ey also have a plant in Penticton.)

I was there this week to announce that they were the successful recipients of research dollars in the ongoing development of the next generation of laminated wood beams. Some of you fi nd that exciting. Others of you are about to nod off thinking about it. Well, hold on. Before I lose you, think about earthquake proof high-rise buildings, an apartment or offi ce tower up to 25 stories

high that is held up by resilient, shockabsorbing laminated beams and girders. Th edemand for the people and the product isstrong. And we have what it takes right hereto supply that demand.

Another sign of our growing economy wasevident at the annual Hong Kong businessdinner in Vancouver this week. As minister

for the Asia Pacifi c it was anhonour to bring remarks to thesold-out event. Th e mood in theroom was clearly optimistic.And it was optimism based on

hard facts, not simply hope.Agriculture and energy producers were

there, talking about what appears to be long-term growth and demand numbers. Aft erall, as the middle class continues to grow atan amazing rate and people move annuallyout of poverty by the tens of millions peryear in China, India and other previouslyimpoverished nations the demand fromthem for every type of product imaginablewill only increase. We are very well placedto meet those demands and see our ownlevels of standard of living and prosperityrise in the process.

Westbank First Nations continue to seeeconomic growth. Th is week I was withChief Robert Louie for the announcementof a construction project that will upgradea number of homes on WFN lands. Th atmeans there will be a need for trades andbuilding supply products. More jobs, moresales, more economic growth.

An international meeting of private andpublic sector transportation companies withtop people from around the world also tookplace here (Vancouver) to look at the growthneeds in transportation arising from ourgrowing economy. As I said, the signs of jobcreation and investment are everywhere. Wewill continue to work on the types of policythat will keep this momentum going.

On another note we can be proud of whatCanada is able to off er the world on twodiff erent counts this week. Th is week I hadthe honour of meeting with some of our fi nemembers of our Armed Forces. Canada hasbeen asked to provide soldiers, sailors, andfi ghter pilots to assist with other UnitedNations countries in subduing the Libyan

dictator in his ongoing assault on his own people.

Once again, as we have done throughout history, our Armed Forces will step up to protect those who are being slaughtered by the forces of dictators. As usual, I expect we will hear good reports from others in foreign countries that will have the honour of serving with our Armed Forces.

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This weekend, August 30 to September 1, Kathy Teal will be the featured artist at the Little Schoolhouse from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit titled In My Summer Garden will feature a series of multi-media painting in acrylic as well as two days of painting workshops. Works such as, In the Night Garden Delphiniums, top, and Sunflower Sonata 1st Movement, bottom, will be on display. Oh Sunny Day, top right, is one of the many original works by Kathy Teal that will be on display this weekend at the Little Schoolhouse.


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We sell certified organic peaches at our stall at the Peachland Farmers’ Market. They’re not ours; local or-chardist Alison Moore brings them down each week. They’re really tasty. But last Sunday, one customer re-turned to the stall only a few minutes after purchasing some. His girlfriend had found a couple of earwigs cavorting in the stem-well on one of the peaches. He was polite but firm in his request for different fruit, explaining that his lass is really put off by bugs. We yielded to the request. Begrudgingly. And not for the first time; we occasionally hear tales of a small spider or slug found prowling betwixt our salad greens, and will proffer a refund to those for whom the recounting of their horrifying ordeal is enough to necessitate bringing out the smelling salts.

It’s not that we don’t understand bug-squeamishness. But when it comes to buying organic, isn’t the fact of two ear-wigs playing tetherball around the stem of an otherwise perfect peach proof posi-tive that you’re getting what you paid for? That’s what makes us nonplussed by such complaints - the seeming incon-gruence between a desire for vegetables certified to be free of synthetic pesticides and a very low tolerance for even those pests that are simply hitchhiking on other-wise stellar produce.

At the Homestead, we try very hard to keep insect in-terlopers off of our veggies. But spiders, slugs, aphids, beetles, worms, grubs and ants are permanent residents in our garden, and some of them escape our watchful gaze when we harvest and wash. On our own plates,

bugs found trampling our veggies are scolded for their discourteous-ness and deftly brushed aside with a fork.

By this point I’m sure 95 per cent of those of you folks averse to bugs in your food are now for-merly so. The rest of you I beg to consider the fol-lowing:

Both the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the American Food and Drug Administra-tion publish guidelines

for acceptable levels of contaminants in our food, both having acknowledged that eliminating things like “fly eggs” and “rodent filth” is impossible. Both institutions allow up to one rodent hair per 100 grams of choco-late. As for canned mushrooms, you’re better off in Canada. The maximum permissible number of mag-gots present is 10. In the states they allow 20.

Roald Dahl’s classic story James and the Giant Peach would have taken a pretty depressing turn had the peach tree in question been sprayed with pesticides. Man gives lonely orphan magic potion to drink. Or-phan trips and spills potion at base of peach tree.

Peach grows to house-size. Orphan, mesmerized, enters peach pit to find...a living room filled with the giant, dried-out remains of a ladybug, a centipede and a grasshopper. Orphan adds regular nightmares to his list of worldly trou-bles. The end.

There is a very common food dye, called carmine, produced from the ground up remains of an insect called the cochineal. Wikipedia says it can be found “in meat, sausages, processed poultry products, surimi, marinades, al-coholic drinks, bakery products and top-pings, cookies, desserts, icings, pie fill-

ings, jams, preserves, gelatin desserts, juice beverages, varieties of cheddar cheese and other dairy products, sauces, and sweets.” Also: lip balm.

Honey is a euphemism for bee vomit.When writing her much-celebrated environmental

anthem Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell originally wrote that famous lyric as, “Give me spots on my apples/ But leave me the birds and the bees and cutworm larvae.” It was later shortened for poetic reasons.

Entomophagy is the practice of eating insects, and it’s coming to a dinner near you. They’re the next big thing being embraced by top chefs, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations held a giant conference in January to try to figure out ways to convince more people to eat some of the 1,462 known edible species, which are a cheap and sustain-able source of protein.

So look: we will continue to sympathize with and do our best to accommodate the bug-squeamish among you. We understand bug-protein isn’t for everyone. But try not to be too picky, or you’ may find you have nothing left to eat.

Jordan Marr grows veggies at the Homestead Organic Farm in Peachland and offers home de-livery to area residents. For more information visit thehomesteadorganicfarm.ca

Dispatches from the farm: Hey farmer, farmerJordan Marr Special to the Peachland View

One night on the dining room table sat a tumbler with just enough of the last night’s Zinfandel on the bottom for a swirl and sip.

Therein hummed, hissed, and fiddled a busy wasp getting his dibs in ahead of me before buzzing off.

Generally I bang away with an old bug splattered dollar store fly swatter or quick-squish with my finger.

Without hesitation, without forethought, I reached forward and made the thrust with enough force to re-locate the top of my finger and rattle the heritage win-dow frame nails.

He turned his little wasp face away and had the nerve to moon me. Ha! I drove the digit home. And right into his red-hot pointy little needled ass.

If you’ve ever held a match under a needle then tried to prick a tick, bust a blister, or dig deep an ornery splinter you’ll get the picture.

I was able to poke and squish him flatter than a Juicy Fruit wrapper and his nasty head snapped off and flew passed me from the killing field.

But his attitude lived on imbedded deep in the tip of my finger.

It burned like the hottest of hell-fires and when I held it up to the morning light, I could see the red-hot steely silhouette clear as that foot-long needle the school nurse jabbed into your tiny arm in grade three.

Within minutes the finger ballooned to the size of its neighbouring thumb.

In seconds, it was comparable to the gnarly big toe of my left foot.

Floating happily in the puddle on the table a tiny wasp head looked up at me.

And I’d swear he was still laughing when I stuck my finger into the Zinfandel to cool it off.

Poked in Wine CountryBruce Fuller Special to the Peachland View

Jordan Marr


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This week we will talk about Sign Bylaw 1853, as we are having a few problems with garage sale signs.

Part 16 – Signs on public property16.1- No sign shall be permitted which is placed on

any curb, sidewalk, post, pole, hydrant, bridge, tree or other surface located on public property or over or across any street or public thoroughfare, except as permitted by the Building Inspections and Bylaw En-forcement Department or pursuant to this bylaw.

Here are some guidelines for the garage sale signs:• Do not staple or nail them to trees;• Do not put them on decorative poles or bollards; • Remove them as soon as possible after the sale

and also remove any tape or materials that you use to put the signs up with;

• Put the address of the sale on the sign; and• A great place to advertise is in the Peachland View.Many of the bylaws of Peachland are posted on our

web site and can be viewed by anyone with a comput-er or can be viewed at the District of Peachland office. These notes are from the bylaws but have been edited, so please check our web site for the exact wording at www.peachland.ca or you can purchase a copy of a bylaw at city hall.

Please have a safe and enjoyable summer. If you require any assistance contact the office at 250-767-2647 or call me on my cell phone at 250-212-2331.

Dale Zimmerman, Bylaw Officer Special to the Peachland View

The Bylaw Beat: Signs

Phone: 250-767-2647 Fax: 250-767-3433 Web: www.peachland.ca5806 Beach Avenue, Peachland, BC, V0H 1X7

Register now for fall programs and events:

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Beginning September 10Mon. & Wed. at 6 pm at 4th Street Place

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With the change of season, are you thinking about making some changes yourself? Well, why not check out one of the programs advertised here? You can learn the art of box-

ing, or take up karate, both of which improve physical and mental fitness. Or how about learning some new dance steps? Or check out one of the many programs offered at the 50+ Activity Centre or the community centre.

It’s Sign – up Time

If you make delicious homemade wine or beer, then the Peachland Fall Fair would love to have you

enter your submission at this year’s 93rd Fall Fair, which will be held at the

Peachland Community Centre on Saturday, September 8, and Sunday, September 9.

Every entry will be judged by esteemed winemaker, Howard Soon, of Calona Vineyards. Cash prizes will be awarded for white, red, rose, and non-grape wines, as

well as port, sherry and sweet wines. There is also a homemade

beer category. All the details are available on our

website at www.peachlandfallfair.caThere are many other categories to enter as well,

including vegetables, fruits and nuts, flowers, baking and preserves, handicrafts, needlework, youth section, and the always popular photography division.

The Peachland Fall Fair would love to see more people, not only from Peachland, but from all over B.C. enter their specialty. So, if you know anyone who does some amazing work and should show it off, then urge them to take up the challenge of the competition and enter into the Peachland Fall Fair.

Entries must be submitted on Friday, September 7, between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m, and only cost 50 cents each (25 cents for junior categories).

Come enjoy all the great entries for yourself on Sat-urday from 1 p.m. to 8pm and Sunday from 10 a.m. until the awards presentation at 4:30 p.m.

See you at the fair!

Suzanne Boos Special to the Peachland View

Home-made wine and beer at the fall fair


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GARAGE SALES

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The proud parents of Davina Rima Mendoza and Bradley David Boa are pleased to announce the marriage of their children. The wedding took place on July 28th, 2012 at the Rotary Pavilion, followed by the reception at the Peachland Community Centre. Maid of Honour was Sandy Lorenson and Best Man was Tj Nickel. The officiant at the ceremony was Rev Robin Graves of St. Margaret's Anglican Church. The couple have made their home in Peachland.

Announcement PUBLIC MEETING‘SMART METERS’

ARE THEY AFFECTING YOUR HEALTH & FREEDOM OF CHOICE?

Peachland Little Schoolhouse 1898 Brandon Lane off 4th St. Thursday, September 6, 2012

6pm – 9pm

Presenter Jerry Flynn, a retired Canadian Armed Forces Of-ficer of 26 years will share his knowledge about wireless radio

systems, including smart meters, cell phones, Wi-Fi routers and a host of other wireless microwave consumer products, all of which emit toxic electromagnetic radiation which the World

Health Organization now classifies as a “2B” carcinogen.

Refreshments served….Q & A after presentation

www.citizensforsafetechnology.org www.stopsmartmetersbc.ca

Excluding household itemsWe accept donations on days that we are open. OPEN THURS. - SAT. 9:30 - 3 PM

Peachland United Church Bargain BinBAG SALE

Thursday$5

Friday$3

Saturday$1

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

FOR SALEAUTOSFor Sale

1998 Buick Regal, good condi-tion, grey, set of winter tires incl. $2,500 OBO. Call 250-215-4628

SERVICES

Labour Day Holiday HoursClosed Monday, September 3

Deadlines for the Sept. 7, 2012 issue are:Display & Classifi ed Advertising Tues. at noon

Regular hours Tues. - Fri. 9 am to 4 pm

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For Rent1 bdrm bsmt suite, Peachland, newly reno’d, private ent, prkg, shared laundry, NS, NP, $750 incl cable, wireless int, utils. Suitable for single person. Furnished avail. Call 250-317-2593.

For RentClean, spacious, recently reno-vated, 1 bdrm w/semi-private fur-nished or unfurnished living space. Private bath, shared laundry, gas f/p, storage area. $575 month incl. utilities, cable, N/S, N/P. Call 250-767-2747

For Rent3 bedroom plus den full house for rent with great lake views and large covered deck in Peachland. Open concept home with 2.5 baths. Small pets wellcome. Car-port with additional parking for trailer etc. $1,500 + utilities

For Rent1 bedroom suite in newer home, quiet area, private ground level entry, patio, 180 degree lake view, fireplace, mature, quiet, N/S only. $750/mo. including utilities. Call 250-767-9524

For RentRental house on the lake, 5km south of Peachland. Main suite - 3 bdrm, 1-1/2 bath - $1,200/mo. In-law suite also avail. Gorgeous view. References required. Call Holly at 250-764-3262

For SaleTecumseh Gas Lawn Mower and Homelite Gas Weed Eater/Trim-mer, each used 1 season, like new, $150. Call 250-215-4628.

For SaleAcer Aspire desktop computer, 24” screen, $250. Call 250-215-4628

Painting ServicesResidential or commercial, New construction or repaint. Interior or exterior. Call G. C. Contracting for a free estimate. 250-767-2701

Renosense Home Repair Ltd.

Renovations including dry walling, textured ceilings, etc., decks, til-ing, etc. No job too small. Call Eric at 250-767-2593

Roof RiteNew, re-roofs and repairs, moss removal & prevention, eaves-trough cleaning, shingles, shakes & concrete roof tiles. Todd Smith, 250-767-6603 or 250-718-0641. Worksafe BC Insured.

SERVICESWanted

Any ham radio operators, please call 250-767-9014. Looking for an Elmer

WantedWanted newcomers and new babies to the Peachland/West Kelowna area. Call to receive your Free Welcome Wagon vist for gifts and information on the area. 1-778-754-0987, [email protected]

Piano LessonsFrom a retired cruise line pianist. Materials and two lessons $60. More info. at www.pianomade-painless.com or call 250-767-9059.

WANTED

Peachland Farmers & Crafters Market

Heritage Park on Beach Avenue, Peachland

Sundays 10AM to 2PM May 27 to Sept. 30

Info: Market Manager 250-317-0407

www.peachlandfarmersandcraftersmarket.ca


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FAITH

I was challenged by an article in May/June 2012

edition of Scientific American – Mind entitled, “Are We Born to Be Religious” by Dr. Vassilis Saroglou, a professor of psychology. He began with the admis-sion he could not prove or disprove the existence of God; therefore, he dedicated the ar-ticle to the search for an answer to a more answerable question: why does God exist for some people but not for others? He affirmed theolo-gians preach faith is a matter of per-sonal choice. Conventional wisdom declares people are religious because as children they hear religious teach-ings from their parents and others, internalize them and then confess a faith or belief in God because they have been raised in a particular faith tradition. Dr. Saroglou disagrees. He concludes religious human beings are influenced not so much by conscious decisions and/or religious education, but by their genetics and their core personality. He argues some of us are predisposed to be religious, or are born to have faith in the divine and remain faithful. He argues peo-ple who practice their faith in later years of their lives share core personality traits of being empathetic, trust-ing, self-controlled and goal-oriented.

The problem with Dr. Saroglou’s article is by con-cluding God’s existence can’t be proven, he divorces

people’s faith from the object of their faith, God. If God doesn’t exist, faith becomes the study of the thought processes, personality and genetics of the hu-man being who confesses a belief. Faith is something the believer constructs with no help from the divine.

Dr. Saroglou’s claim that God’s existence cannot be proven legally or scientifically must be challenged. Both law and science use circumstantial evidence to

prove theories. Circumstantial evi-dence is defined as evidence that re-quires an inference in order to prove the truth of a fact. Crime scene evi-dence is often used to tie a defendant to a crime and may be the sole ground for a conviction. A defendant’s finger-prints on the smoking gun that killed the victim, together with testimony from credible witnesses the defendant had the motive and opportunity to kill the victim can be the sole basis for a criminal conviction. Science routinely uses circumstantial evidence to prove the truth of scientific theories. No sci-entist was present at the creation of the universe and life on earth, yet, sci-entific theories abound as to how and when the universe was created and how human beings and all other forms of life came to be. Scientists look at the evidence around them, the cosmos

and life on earth and draw conclusions based on their studies. The big bang theory of creation and the the-ory of evolution resulted from the study of our planet and the cosmos. Though there are many theories, the earth was created only one way; therefore, scientists constantly test scientific theories to confirm their truth.

Circumstantial evidence of God’s existence sur-rounds us. Credible archeological and historical evidence exists that human beings have worshiped unseen deities for millennia. Many religious groups possess written documents that testify to a time when these deities revealed themselves to humans together with paths by which humans and the unseen deities can commune in the here and now and in the hereaf-ter. Based on this overwhelming evidence, no reason-able person would doubt in the existence of the divine and contact between the divine and human beings. If credible evidence exists that the object of human faith, God, is real, then science must look at the substance of what people of faith believe before making claims about why people have faith. Science would have to look at the truth claims made by the Holy Bible and other texts that claim to reveal the existence of the di-vine. Like a good crime scene expert, Dr. Saroglou and those like him, would have to dust the Holy Bible and other religious texts and look for God’s fingerprints. An objective look at the Holy Bible reveals God’s finger-prints all over it. Join us at Grace Lutheran on Sundays at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. for a look at the evidence.

Food for the Soul: Born religious?Pastor Ed Skutshek, Grace Lutheran Church Special to the Peachland View

A Letter To My Patientsfrom Dr. Brinkerho�

By now most of you have heard about the arrival of a third physician at Beach Avenue Medical Clinic:

Dr. Alanna Leverrier, who is accepting new patients.She is a full time, fully quali� ed physician, a graduate of the

University of British Columbia. It is a privilege to have her in the Clinic.

Please welcome Dr. Leverrier to the community.My hours in the Clinic are now somewhat reduced in

deference to Dr. Leverrier and Dr. Chetty, but the front desk always know my availability.

Dr. Leverrier and Dr. Chetty have gladly agreed to also see my patients.

� is is the concept of a team practice, and I recommend them highly.

� ank-you for your understanding and � exibility. With three doctors, Beach Avenue Medical Clinic is better able to serve your health and medical concerns in a timely and ap-propriate manner.

For your convenience we are now opening Saturdays from 10am-2pm beginning September 8, 2012.

John Brinkerho� MD, FCFP

5848D Beach Avenue, Peachland, BC V0H 1X7Phone: 250-767-3432, fax: 250-767-2993

toll free outside of Peachland: 1-866-967-3432www.beachavenuemedical.com

DentistsDr. Don MacRae

Dr. Phil KachanoskiDr. Karl OppenheimDr. Peter CormillotDr. Jeff Krawchuk

PharmacyWes Bedford, B.ScGeoff Davis, B.Sc

Garnet Lloyd, B.Sc

Massage Therapist

Elisa McCoy, RMTwww.functionmassage.

com

Peachland Dental Centre

Peachland Pharmacy

Function Massage Therapy

250-767-6411 250-767-2611 250-767-2999

Peachland’s Health

Professionals

Beach AveMedical Clinic

FAMILY PRACTICE

Walk-InDr. John Brinkerhoff

Dr. Praven Chetty Dr. Alanna Leverrier

OPENMon-Fri

9am to 5pmSat (Starting Sept. 8)

10am to 2pmClosed Weekends

Medical Services Directory

250-767-3432

4th Street & Brandon Ave

250-767-3131www.stmargaretspeachland.org

Sunday

September 2, 2012

Derrick Hamre,

Lead PastorPeachland Campus

10:00 am - Worship Servicejoining with the WestbankCampus for the Summer

2600 Hebert Road, West Kelowna250.768.7638 - emmanuelnet.ca

Peachland United Church

4421 4th Street

250-767-2206“Let Us Worship Together”

Offi ce Hours - Tue, Wed, Thur10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Hall rental contact Doreen250-767-2132

Sunday Morning Service10 a.m.

Rev. Elaine Diggle

Sunday Worship10 a.m.

Morning PrayerTuesdays - 9:30 a.m.

Offi ce Hours 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Monday to Friday

Lyn Stewart250-767-6211or John Miller250-767-9270

St. Margaret’sAnglican Church

Your Guide to

Local Churches

Grace Lutheran Church1162 Hudson RoadWest Kelowna, B.C.

250-769-5685

www.gracelutherankelowna.com

Sunday ServicesNew Contemporary Worship

Service 9 a.m.

Traditional WorshipService 10:30 a.m.

Church Services &Children’s ChurchServices - 10 a.m.

Pastor John RankinJoin us for: Good MusicBible Messages - Great

Fellowship

A Friendly Welcome Awaits You At...

PeachlandBaptist Church

www.peachlandbaptist.com4204 Lake Avenue

250-767-9232


CLUES ACROSS 1. Hyrax 4. Considerateness 8. Expressed pleasure 13. 1896 Ethiopian battle 15. Hawaiian dance 16. Khaki colors 17. Southern soldiers 18. Musician Clapton 19. 58703 ND 20. Letterman’s hometown 23. Fr. Riviera resort 24. Wrath 25. Put up with something 27. Divertimento 32. Comportment 33. Toward the mouth 34. Take in marriage 35. Composer of Rule Britania 36. Central parts of fruits 38. Ice hockey goal 39. Lair 40. A citizen of Denmark 41. Algeria’s 2nd largest city 42. Buildings 44. Extensive landed property 46. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! 47. Cereal grass spikelet bristles 48. Gives you instant long locks 55. Umbrian industrial city 56. Cheremis language 57. Wm. the Conqueror’s burial city 58. Beach (French) 59. 7th Hindu month 60. Tightly curled hairstyle 61. Niches 62. Connects the keel & sternpost 63. Take a seat

CLUES DOWN 1. Persian dialect 2. Yemen port & gulf 3. Switchboard (abbr.) 4. From that place 5. Invisible emanations 6. Shear 7. Mexican tortilla dish 8. Highly regarded 9. Said of a city that “rose up” 10. Turkish district 11. Of a very dark black 12. Fall back time 14. Inanely foolish 21. Furnish with help 22. Former Italian monetary units 25. Made public by radio or television 26. Aka sesame 27. Skin infections 28. Before 29. Being cognizant of 30. Ballet dancer impressionist 31. Eve’s garden 32. Produced 36. Hiding place for storage 37. A single unit 38. Napoleon’s birthplace 40. Daily journals 43. Hanging threads edging 44. A canvas canopy 45. Central nervous system 47. Nest of an eagle 48. Assist 49. Father of Araethyrea 50. Yuletide 51. A piece of work 52. Clods 53. St. Philip, Patron of Rome 54. Arrogant & annoying person 55. Yearly tonnage (abbr.)

CROSSWORD:

HOROSCOPES:

COMMUNITY | DIVERSIONS

Here’s How It Works - Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

Intermediate

As summer draws to a close, what are you going to do in September and October? The Peachland Legion is planning events to assist us in raising funds for our planned renovations that will augment the renovations done late last year. In addition to raising funds for the legion, a donation will also be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. So, everyone out there, mark your cal-endars with the following dates:1st annual President’s Barbecue

The first annual President’s Barbecue will take place on Saturday, September 29. This is a member apprecia-tion event, so come on down and get your free burger. Tickets are available at the legion lounge. Additional burgers will be available for purchase.Garage sale, tournament, auction, and entertainment event

On Saturday, October 13 the legion will host a huge garage sale, the 2nd annual Best of the Bunch Tourna-ment, a silent auction, dinner, X-Factor Talent Show, meat draw and much more.

We are looking for volunteers to help with the above events, as they all need planning and executing. If you can donate a couple of hours to help out your legion,

please contact us.Garage sale donations needed

If you have items you wish to donate to the garage sale, please contact the legion at [email protected] or 250-767-9100. You can also call Scott at 250-859-1516 to arrange for pickup or delivery times.

General meetings will resume on Monday, Septem-ber 24 at 7:30 p.m. All members are invited to attend these meetings. For those new members who signed up at our open house, most of your membership cards are now available for pickup at the lounge. All new members need to be initiated before they are eligible to vote. An initiation ceremony is planned for this meeting.Early bird renewals

Early bird renewals will take place from September 1 to November 30. Renew your membership early and you will be entered to win prizes. Support ambassador candidates

Peachland Ambassador weekend will take place from September 14 to 15. Our candidate, Stacey Takenaka, will be completing his competition phase along with other candidates. If you can, please come out and sup-port this valuable youth program. Watch for further details of this event from the Ambassadorial Society.

Jean Saul Special to the Peachland View

Stand Easy: Have items to donate?

CHECKING OUT THE SITUATION

These birds apparently couldn’t resist the call of the peddleboats on 13th Avenue. Richard Smith photo

Solutions on page 12

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, balance and harmony will

reign supreme this week. If there is something you have been meaning to change, now is the time to get it done.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Intentions can be lost when

communication is not effective, Taurus. So don’t expect someone to understand simply by your actions alone. Explain yourself along the way.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, sometimes you give off

the impression that everything is going well, even when it is not. Hiding your emotions works sometimes, but this week find another strategy.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, most of the time you seem

slow and steady. But every once in a while you show some passion that others may not expect from you. These sudden bursts are human.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, you can’t change the path

the stars have set in your place even if you want to. It’s best to simply accept the cards and make the most of them.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, speak up if you are not

satisfied with your relationship. Now is the time to set things straight and make your voice heard. The other person will be receptive.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, you are ready to change

careers or travel for a change of pace. This could be the ideal time to make your move because there isn’t anything pressing going on.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, your surroundings may

try your patience this week. Rise above any potential confrontations, and you will come out looking and feeling better because of it.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21You may be misunderstood all

day, but that won’t put a damper on your good mood, Sagittarius. Let others think what they want to think and simply carry on.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, a new person in your

life will become a close friend for a long time. This person will have the qualities you need the most right now, and friendship will be easy.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18You’re feeling like it’s time to

take matters into your own hands, Aquarius. Don’t put off your happiness any longer. It’s too important to push aside.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20This is the perfect time to address

the questions that have been on your mind, Pisces. If you’ve been fretting over something, work it out.


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5234 Sutherland Road, Peachland - DARE to COMPARE! Lake views with a quality home at a great price. Unique design marries the architecture of the home to the topography of the slope, you have a basement walk up with an extra lofted master bedroom/ensuite/bath and bedroom above main living area. Walk out your master bedroom to rear garden with fruit trees and grapes.

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A minute from future Ponderosa golf clubhouse/winery!!5827 Victoria Street, Peachland

2800 s.f. developed in this 4 bedroom, 3 full bath entry-level home with 9’ ceilings up and down. Morning sun, lake view, 20’x10’ balcony over fi nished double attached garage. Great landscaping with lots of cedar garden areas, fruit trees and feature backyard waterfall built into the hillside. A bright large, open dream kitchen and eating area. Huge, quiet master bedroom with ensuite bath. Lower area has separate entry, large open family/exercise room, bedroom, 4 pc. bath and large sauna room. A/C and irrigation.

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3738 Lornell Court, Peachland - This truly fantastic 4 bed/3 bath home is sure to impress! Built in 2008, this lake view home is fi lled with high end touches throughout incl. granite, s/s appliances, hardwood, modern lighting, spa-like bathrooms and a sleek gas fi replace. Open concept main fl oor has 3 bedrooms up, a perfect layout for a growing family or empty nesters! Huge oversized double garage & RV parking. CALL TRACEY FOR A FREE MARKET EVALUATION!

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2965 McAllister Road, Westbank - Perfect open plan family home in quiet area close to schools & buses. Large fl at yard with a vegetable garden area, great family home, room for the kids, lots of parking and only minutes to Westbank or Crystal Mountain ski hill. Nicely updated & maintained home ready to move in! MLS®10052730

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5257 Greata Road Peachland - FAMILY WANTED!!! Large oversized fenced lot is ready for a pool, gar-dens etc. Beautiful 180 degree lake view. This 2,400 sqft home has been professionally renovated by SHOWCASE INTERIORS. 3 beds + Den, 2 bath. Large bright suite, separate laundry.

$399,900

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#108 – 4350 Ponderosa Drive – Peachland: Eagle’s View - 2 Bd/2 Bath, end unit townhouse. (The Heron) is a 1 level, w/ 1,588 sq ft of living space w/ fabulous lake views & an amazing 297 sq ft patio! What a view! This Townhome is fully furnished complete with the cutlery & ready to move in today! Wonderful retirement home or your summer get-away! Great room style with high end fi nishing, engineered Oak hardwood fl ooring throughout w/ in-fl oor heating, A/C, gas F/P, open concept gourmet kitchen with granite counter tops.

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250-826-20475878E Beach AvenuePeachland, BC VOH 1X7

#212- 3360 Old Okanagan Highway, West Kelowna - Charming detached townhome in the gated community of Leisure Village. Enjoy your sunroom and the backyard waterscape in this 55+ community in West Kelowna. Former showhome with many extra’s. Strata Fees are $125/month.

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$739,000 • 6447 Renfrew Road Stunning 180 degree lake views, custom built home, superior modern finishing, large spacious rooms, 5 bdrms + den, 5 full baths, approx 4,367 sq ft fin., open concept, beautiful kitchen with granite counters, island/eating bar, hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings with recessed pot lights, his & her’s ensuite bathrooms. MLS®10052886

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