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Tara Bowie Review Staff

If it wasn’t for a Keremeos area teen drug reha-bilitation facility Rob Boretta-McLeod figures he would be in jail or dead.

The now 23-year-old man who lives in Penticton spent almost a year total in the facility shortly after it opened in 2009/2010. He was the first male client at the facility.

“This place made such a difference in my life. I don’t think people understand what it does for teens. We need more facilities like this and from my experience I know this one works,” he said during a phone interview.

The Crossing, which was operated by Portage British Columbia abruptly closed its doors March 5.

Spokespeople for Portage say despite efforts they were not able to come to an agreement on care or budget with the provincial government and were forced to pull out of the facility.

Boretta-McLeod is part of an online group of former clients of the facility that are rallying and collecting signatures to petition the government to find a way to make a deal with Portage.

“I’m a person that believes in the healing power of nature. It’s a beautiful area, peaceful and I think that’s one of the things for me and why it had such an impact is that I was totally away from the situa-tion. Away from the drinking and the drugs in this beautiful place,” he said.

Boretta-McLeod said he spent years drinking and doing drugs before finding his way to The Crossing.

The North Vancouver teen wound up in the hos-pital several times from his excessive drinking.

Although he tried to quit drinking on his own multiple times he couldn’t get past his demons.

He described those years as a teenager addict “as very dark times.”

“One of the things is that you can’t really process your feelings. I couldn’t deal with them. That’s one of the things I learned there,” she said.

He entered the rehabilitation centre at 18. Boretta-McLeod said The Crossing’s therapeutic

model included a collaborative approach that facili-tated safe relationships.

Days included multiple sessions with staff and other clients to talk about personal issues and devel-op plans together to deal with them.

Former teen addict’s road to recovery

Tara Bowie Longtime Canadian Cancer Society volunteer Carrol Neville, left, pins a daffodil pin onto Mayor Manfred Bauer’s lapel while volunteer Stan Neville holds a donation box. Bauer proclaimed April Daffodil Month. Fundraising boxes will be available at local merchants throughout the month.

Daffodil campaign grows hope For the Canadian Cancer Society, the

daffodil is more than a simple flower. During April – Daffodil Month –

the Canadian Cancer Society asks all Canadians to buy a daffodil pin and wear it to show their support for those living with cancer.

“We celebrate the power of the flower all year round – but April is really our time to shine!” said Lynnette Wray, finan-cial support program team lead for the Canadian Cancer Society in the Southern Interior Region.

“When loved ones are diagnosed with cancer, we often want to do something to help or honour them. This April, we want people to know that there is something they can do.”

Keremeos residents can support Canadians living with cancer by buying and wearing a daffodil pin during April. Every donation made during the Canadian Cancer Society’s April Daffodil Campaign

brings us one step closer to preventing cancer, detecting it earlier, improving treat-ment and helping Canadians live longer, healthier lives.

Last year, thanks to everyone’s generous support of Daffodil Month, the Canadian Cancer Society was able to fund $45 mil-lion dollars in world-class research to fight all cancers and help more than 85,000 Canadians through its information and support services. The Society also funds important cancer prevention work so fewer Canadians are diagnosed in the first place.

“In April we like to focus on the support programs that help people in Keremeos on a cancer journey,” said Wray.

“Like our Lodge in Kelowna where patients can stay during cancer treatments to the financial support program that helps pay for their travel expenses to get there.”

Of the five different regions in the BC/Yukon Division of the Canadian Cancer Society, the Southern Interior Region is the

largest user of the financial support pro-gram. Since September 2010, over 1,500 clients have been approved for a total of over $700,000 in funding.

“Our region is the biggest user of the financial support program for several rea-sons,” explains Wray. “We’re very geo-graphically dispersed and patients often have to travel long distances for cancer treatment in Kelowna or Vancouver. For example, a patient in Cranbrook might need specialized treatment that they can only get in Vancouver. That’s 958 kilome-tres with limited low-cost transportation options and barriers such as mountain pass-es and winter weather.” For more informa-tion 1-888-939-3333 | cancer.ca/daffodil

“I’m proud to be a part of the Canadian Cancer Society because I think with the help of our amazing volunteers and gener-ous donors we’re making a real difference in the lives of people on their cancer jour-ney,” said Wray.

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OKANAGAN FALLSSECOND MON: Communities for Kids OKFalls Table Mtg., 2:45 pm at StrongStart Early Learning Ctr. at OK Falls Elementary, 250-498-8433 for more info.TUESDAY: South Okanagan Toastmasters 7 - 9 p.m. at Best Western in Osoyoos. Call 498-4412, 499-2144.TUESDAY: Bingo at the Senior Citizenís Centre on Willow St. 1p.m. (except last Tues.).EVERY 3RD TUESDAY: Legion Branch #227 Gen Meeting 7 p.m. Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.WED. & SAT.: Carpet Bowling 1 p.m. Seniorís Centre.WEDNESDAY: Join the Stroke Recovery Club for stroke survivors and caregivers, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society offi ce, #2-996 Main Street, Penticton..Call Tina at 490-0613. FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting 1:00 p.m., Jack Hill Room, OK Falls.THIRD WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Womens Institute meeting at the Falls Community Centre busi-ness at 7, entertainment at 8 p.m. Call Betty for more info - 497-6665.THURSDAY: Bridge 1 p.m. Seniors Centre.THURSDAY: Crib 7 p.m. Seniors Centre.THURSDAY: Computer classes 9 a.m. Seniorís Centre.FRIDAY: Arts group painting 1- 3 p.m.FRIDAY: Whist 7 p.m. 2ND & 4TH FRIDAY: A Wellness Clinic is held at the Seniors Centre, on Willow Street, 9 to 11 a.m. Have your blood pressure, heart and weight checked by a retired registered nurse. Open to everyone.FIRST FRIDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion - Ladies Auxiliary Dinner and Entertainment 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.THIRD FRIDAY OF MONTH: OK Falls Legion Ladies Auxiliary Steak Fry Dinner 6:00 p.m. After the Meat Draw.FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: The Okanagan Falls Legion Branch #227 has meat draws from 5:00 p.m.SATURDAY: OK Falls Legion Branch #227, Dinner and Dance 6:00 pm.FIRST SATURDAY: Ladies Auxiliary Branch #227. Drop in Bingo 1-4 p.m. Jack Hill Room. OK Falls.THIRD SATURDAY OF MONTH: Drop in bingo at OK Falls Senior Centre. 1128 Willow St.

KEREMEOSMONDAY: N.A. meets at 8 p.m. at the South Similkameen Health Centre.MONDAY: Keremeos Bellringers, 7:30 pm, Cawston United Church, for info call Herma @ 499-5292, Joan @ 499-2450. 2nd MONDAY: Similkameen COPS, 7 p.m., Upstairs at the Legion (Legion Hall). Ben Gumm for info 499-02164th MONDAY: Orchard Haven - Friends and family council monthly meetings. Making a difference to residen-tial care.MON, WED, FRI: Boot Camp 6 - 7 am, Sim. Rec. Centre. For more info call Annette 499-2238TUESDAY: Tumble Bumble, 10:00 - 11:30 am upstairs at the Legion Hall. AGes 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. TUESDAY: Every 2nd, Caregiver Group, Activity Room, Orchard Haven 1:30 - 3 p.m. For info 499-3020TUESDAY: AA Meetings, 7:30 p.m., in the Health Center Activity Room, info call Diane 499-1177TUESDAY: Handguns 5:30 pm Fly Tying/22 Shoot, 7 pm, KCSA (Keremeos Cawston Sportsmans Association) Club House. More info call 250-499-7027.WEDNESDAY: Mother Goose 10:00-11:30 am, Strong Start at Cawston Primary. Ages 0-6. For info 499-2352 ext. 106. WEDNESDAY: Qigong exercise 9 a.m. Cawston Church Hall. 499-7852 for information.WEDNESDAY: Kyokushin Karate at Legion Hall from 5 - 7 p.m. Phone Lyle for info 292-8565.

WEDNESDAY: Diabetes Clinic, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Similkameen Health Centre. RN & Reg. Dietitian in at-tendance. Dr. referrals or self referral. Appts. necessary. Phone 1-800-707-8550.WEDNESDAY: Yoga at Cawston Hall, 6 - 7:30 pmWEDNESDAY: Keremeos Search & Rescue meetings, 7 pm, little brown building behind the Village Offi ce.1st THURSDAY: South Similkameen Museum Society Meeting, 7 pm, at the Ecumenical Church in KeremeosTHURSDAY: Tumble Bumble, 3:00 - 4:30 pm upstairs at the Legion. Ages 0-6. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: Positively Pregnant, 10:00 - 11:30 am at the Family Centre. For info 250-499-2352 ext. 106. THURSDAY: AA meetings at 7:30 pm Health Centre activity room. Info. call Eleanor 499-5982.THURSDAY: KCSA Monthly meetings the last Thursday of each month at clubhouse 7:30 p.m.THURSDAY: Afternoon dances at the Keremeos Seniors Centre from 1:30 - 4 p.m. Whist 6:30 pm to 9:00 pmTHURSDAY: Similkameen Adult Badminton Club, Oct. 16th to Dec. 18th, 7 pm to 9 pm, For more info call Manfred at 499-5290.THURSDAY: Weight Watchers, 5 pm, Elks Hall. More info call Sarah at 250-499-2878.FRIDAY: Keremeos TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 9:00 a.m. at the Health Centre. Visitors & new members are welcome. Call Georgina at 499-0202 for more info.FRIDAY: Elks and Royal Purple bingo. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Keremeos Seniors Centre Bingo, 1:00 pm.SUNDAY: KCSA Trap Shooting, 11:00 am to ?, Weather permitting.SUNDAY: AA Meeting at 10:00 am in the Health Center Activity Room. Info call Eleanor at 499-5982.3RD SUNDAY: Legion General Meeting. 2:00 p.m. Keremeos Legion Hall. 3rd MONDAY: Kars Under the K Meeting, 7:00 pm, Meeting Room at Health Center, Call Marcel Morin for info 499-7775.2nd TUESDAY: Can-Do General Meetings. Everyone Welcome. Phone 499-2420 for more information. 1ST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: Regular meeting of the Keremeos Seniors Centre, at 2 p.m. Keremeos.1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY: Search & Rescue meet 7-9 p.m., 8th Ave. & 4th St. Call 499-6067 or 499-5429.2ND WEDNESDAY OF MONTH: The Similkameen Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Keremeos Seniors Centre, 2ND AND 4TH THURSDAY: The Royal Purple Lodge meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Info: 499-7073.LAST THURSDAY OF MONTH: KCSA Club meeting.EVERY 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAY: The Keremeos Elks meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. 1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH: Jam Session. Keremeos Seniors Centre. 1 p.m. Everyone Welcome. 499-0112.1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH: Friends of Olalla, 4 pm, contact 250-599-9090.

HEDLEYTUESDAY: Once a month Soup and Sandwich - watch for posters.Hedley Seniors’ Center on Scott Ave.THURSDAY: Library 2 pm - 7 pm Hedley Seniors’ Center, free computer use.1ST MONDAY: Hedley Heritage Museum meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Museum, Everyone welcome to attend.2ND SUNDAY: Pancake Breakfast, Hedley Seniors’ Center, 8:00 am to 10:00 am.3RD MONDAY: Monthly meeting at Seniors’ Center, 2 pm.3RD MONDAY: Community Club meeting at 7 pm at the Club.DAILY: Coffee & good conversation at the Seniors’ Center 6:30 am - 8 am. Every Mon./Wed./Sat. Exercise at 9 am. EVERY SUNDAY: Church Service at 9:30 am, Hedley Grace Church. EVERY SUNDAY: Hedley Farmers Market 9-1, July - Oct. DAILY: Hedley Heritage Museum open daily 9am - 4pm, Daly Ave.EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY: Exercise at 9:00 am.

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Call George 250-292-8638Breakfast $3, 7:30 am to 10:00 am

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The Similkameen Elders Clubinvites you to our

lunch & loonie auction12:00 noon, 1st Wednesday

of every monthat Keremeos Elk’s Hall

Everyone Welcome!

South Okanagan Community Literacy Society

promoting literacy for all ages to all

members of our communities

If you value literacy please come!

Meeting on Wed. April 1, 1 - 2:30 pm

at Okanagan College in Oliver Rm 112

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PUBLIC NOTICERE: BUILDING AT 7TH STREET & 7TH AVENUE CORNER,

KEREMEOS, (formerly Keremeos Toonie)

To complete work on the building exterior, we will be RE-ROUTING pedestrian traffic through the

parking lane on 7TH STREET.

On MAIN ST. (north side of the building), we will be needing to use 1/2 the width of the sidewalk.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE PATHWAY INDICATED BY THE CONES/PYLONS + BARRICADES.

THANK YOU so much for your patience and understanding since last fall; we will expedite the work as best as we can.

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2015 - 2019 FINANCIAL PLANCouncil has been discussing the 2015 - 2019 Financial Plan at a series of meetings from December 2014 through March 2015 and is now in the process of finalizing the Financial Plan. Citizens are encouraged to attend Council meetings in order to listen to Council’s discussions and ask questions. The proposed 2015-2019 Financial Plan will be reviewed at the regular meeting of Council Monday, April 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. An opportunity for public input will be provided. A copy of the proposed Financial Plan will be available to the public on March 27, 2015 at the Village Office and on the Village’s website (www.keremeos.ca).For more information please contact the Village Office at 250.499.2711

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Thursday, March 26th

Arctic Apple receives Health Canada approval Tara Bowie

Review Staff It might be approved but will the pub-

lic bite is the question surrounding Health Canada’s recent announcement that the Arctic Apple is OK for sale in Canada.

“It came as no surprise to us,” Billy Potash, co-owner of Cawston Cold Storage a fruit packaging company said. “If they’ve (Health Canada) has allowed genetically modified canola and flax and so forth I don’t see any reason they wouldn’t allow a GMO apple.”

Potash who’s been a grower for more than 40 years and has worked with other grow-ers in the packaging business said although the sale of the apple is approved he doesn’t understand why anyone would choose to grow it.

“Really it comes down to business. Why would anybody in the valley plant that apple. From a grower perspective for the apple to be

harvested it has to be planted,” he said. He acknowledged that the food industry

might find a non-browning apple appealing but it might also find it risky.

“Take a place like McDonalds they use a lot of apples for their apple pies. I would guess they’d be very unsure about putting an apple that has controversy surrounding it in something that already sells well. Are they going to risk it? So what if it doesn’t brown? So what?” he said.

Potash was adamant that Cawston Cold Storage would not process Arctic Apples in its facility. He’s heard from many of the other major packagers in the country that they will not touch it either.

“So if no one is going to process them who is going to grow them? I think it’s just going to die out,” he said.

Following the approval the BC Fruit Growers’ Association released a statement saying members were surprised the apple had

received approval. One of the BCFGA’s main concerns sur-

rounding the apple is that there is no distinc-tion in the marketplace between genetically modified and conventional foods.

“The market should have a reference point to make a choice and to protect conventional producers from possible harm. There has also been concern expressed that the approval of the Arctic Apple will impact the organic sector,” said Fred Steele, president of the BCFGA said. “The government needs to ensure consumers can make good decisions and, if there is to be choice on purchasing genetically modified foods, then the choice should be apparent.”

At this point it would take at least four years before any significant volume of Arctic Apples were available in the marketplace, and even then the volume would be very limited. Only two varieties of Arctic apple are approved in Canada and the US

at this time Granny Smith and Golden Delicious.

Summerland’s Okanagan Specialty Fruits the developer of the Arctic Apple was sold to Intrexon for $41 million with most of that being stock options. Intrexon is a US com-pany that styles itself as a leader in synthetic biology.

The Arctic Apple received approval for sale by Health Canada recently.

Village readies for unwanted campers Review Staff

An out of area traveller found out the hard way that camping in a public park is a big no-no in Keremeos.

Mayor Manfred Bauer said last week a man received a $100 fine for camping overnight in Pine Park.

“He put up some camping equipment in Pine Park next to the washrooms and we removed it and it was taken to the village office and he will get it back once he pays his fine,” Bauer said.

A village staff member came upon the equipment while working and took it down and took it to the village office for safe keeping. Bauer said the man finally figured out where his stuff was and came down to the office several hours later.

He was greeted with a ticket and an explanation. Although there are signs in the park clearly indi-

cating no overnight camping is allowed the traveller said he was told by someone in the village that he could camp there safely.

“It isn’t about us being mean. No one is trying to be mean to the person but obviously we aren’t encouraging camping there,” Bauer said.

As the temperature continues to rise in the val-ley many people’s minds are heading to the river banks and the unsightly mess that transients leave each year.

Bauer said a lease agreement is almost ready for the trails so that village bylaw enforcers can keep transients from camping within town limits.

This year village councillors voted to increase the budget so bylaw enforcers can dedicate more time to keeping nuisance transients away from the village.

“Nobody is going to camp or park no way. We are going to tow away in a pinch if they don’t comply,” he said.

As far as the riverbed Bauer said the issue is MLA Linda Larson and RDOS director Elef Christensen’s hands.

“I am pursuing it as much as I can. I’m in con-stant talks with the MLA and she is trying to get a meeting together with the ministry before the season starts so we can designate that an environmentally sensitive area, which it is.

Then the RCMP can stop them from camping there,” he said.

“Unfortunately until that designation happens we can’t do anything but continue to pressure the higher government and in the meantime we can cer-tainly prevent them from turning half the town into a campground,” he said.

As bylaw enforcement is complaint driven resi-dents are encouraged to contact village staff if they see anyone camping in public parks or along the village trail.

File photo The village has increased hours for bylaw enforcement to aid in controlling the nuisance campers within the village limits.

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VICTORIA – The B.C. government has made its most significant moves in decades to address the needs of some of the province’s poorest people.

The largest financial com-mitment is for a new program to help single parents escape from the welfare trap. There are 16,000 single parents in B.C. receiving provincial income assistance or disability pay-ments, most of them women.

Even if they could find an entry-level job, it wouldn’t pay enough to cover the child care they would need to go to work. Worst of all, the current system requires that if they enrol in training, they lose their income assistance, including dental and extended medical care for themselves and their children.

That is the welfare trap, one of the most perverse govern-ment policies to have survived into our supposedly enlight-ened modern era.

The new program takes effect in September. It will not only continue income assis-tance payments when single parents enrol in skills training, it promises to cover their child care and transportation costs for an approved training pro-

gram of up to one year.

Medical and child care costs will then be cov-ered for up to a year after train-ing, to allow a transition to employment.

A p p r o v e d training means training for jobs that are identified as in demand, requiring high school and occupation-specific training that can be completed in a year or less. They include retail sales, general office work and assistance jobs in health services.

Another overdue policy change is to double the allow-able earnings for all income assistance recipients from $200 to $400 a month. This gives people a chance to improve their circumstances by taking whatever part-time or casual work they can manage, without having that little income cut from their already meagre wel-fare cheques.

And then there was the recent decision to end the claw-back of parental child support

payments from income assistance payments.

The province has for many years run a cost-ly child mainte-nance enforce-ment program to track down (mostly) dead-beat dads and force them to pay at least a token

amount to support their chil-dren. Now when they pay child support to a single parent on income assistance, they will at least have the satisfaction of knowing the children actually receive the extra benefit.

These harsh, historic poli-cies were built around a philos-ophy that welfare is a tempo-rary last resort, to be withdrawn as soon as some other source of income is identified. That is a valid if unfashionable position to take on behalf of working taxpayers who pay for all this, but it only makes sense if the income assistance recipient has a realistic option.

For those who are already in the entry-level job market, the minimum wage goes up

20 cents an hour in September, from $10.25 to $10.45. This is the beginning of an annual review that will tie the wage to the consumer price index.

A paltry sum, to be sure, but anyone who still thinks jacking the minimum wage up to $15 an hour is a magic solution that won’t cost some entry-level jobs is clinging to a socialist dream world.

• I have been contacted by several low-income seniors who read my recent column on B.C.’s Seniors’ Advocate. They were asking where to find out if they are eligible for support programs such as the SAFER rent subsidy, assistance for Medical Services Plan premi-ums, property tax deferment and grants to help with home modifications for disabilities.

I apologize for this over-sight. One place to start is the Seniors’ Advocate toll-free information line, 1-877-952-3181, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tom-fletcherbc Email: [email protected]

Saturday was a significant day for British Columbia.

It was the International Day of Forests, an event to increase awareness about the contribution of healthy forests to a sustainable planet.

For much of British Columbia, however, healthy forests mean even more than that – they mean a sustainable economy.

More than 40 per cent of BC’s regional econo-mies are based on forestry activities. That trans-lates to 7,000 businesses providing direct employ-ment for more than 60,700 people across the province in 2014.

The forest industry is like oxygen to the BC economy, despite diversification in recent years. Last year BC forest product exports climbed to $12.4 billion, accounting for 35% of the prov-ince’s total exports by value.

The related economic impact – the spin off – is exponential.

Forest product industries purchase an array of goods and services within the province – every-thing from equipment, accounting, technology and machinery. Forestry is also a large consumer of electricity and transportation.

Add up all the linkages and the industry sup-ports an additional 82,000 jobs.

A celebration of those points isn’t really the idea behind International Day of Forests – this year’s theme is Forests and Climate Change – but they absolutely must be top of mind when consid-ering broader themes.

On that note there is much to applaud regard-ing BC’s record of maintaining environmental standards.

British Columbia is home to one of the largest public forests in the world. Of a total land base of 95 million hectares, 55 million hectares are considered productive forest land and only 22 mil-lion hectares are available for commercial timber harvesting.

About 75 per cent of BC’s annual timber harvest comes from operations that meet one of three internationally recognized sustainable forest management certification standards. Since refor-estation programs began in 1930, government and private industry have planted well over seven bil-lion trees in the province.

Forest companies have been legally required to reforest the areas that they harvest since 1987. About half of all reforestation expenditures in Canada occur in BC with more than 200 million seedlings planted every year to supplement natu-ral growth.

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This week’s story is about fear, and the craziest public meeting ever.

Now during the municipal election in Keremeos and Area G last fall we certainly witnessed some heated stand offs.

But those debates – talking about tran-sients and taxes – were tea parties compared to this meeting.

This meeting was about Muslims.For most of its 200-year history, in the tiny

village of Burford, Ontario, the word Muslim was employed only when mispronouncing fabric.

There was no reason for it to be different. Baptists, the United Church, Catholics and Anglicans were well represented in Burford.

Islam was pretty thin on the ground.Then the local education board, as part of

restructuring, closed the high school. The stu-dents were scattered to different institutions in neighboring communities and the school building put on the block.

It was purchased by a private school from Toronto, which planned to escape the crip-pling operating costs in the city by bussing its kids 90 minutes to the middle of nowhere, five days a week.

It was a school for Muslim boys and the newspaper headline the day that came to light was a no-brainer – Real life Little Mosque on the Prairie.

Initially there was a lot of excitement

about the school and, admit-tedly, a few problems. Teenage vandals defaced the newly erected sign and tore up a lot of the property’s landscaping shortly before the beginning of the school year.

Burford still is a community much like Keremeos – one with a couple sickly organs but a big and healthy heart. A group of volunteers rallied, donated supplies, and had the building and grounds looking top-drawer by September 1.

Nothing happened for some time. The stu-dents arrived daily, exited their bus in private at the back of the property, and left every evening the same way. They didn’t frequent local establishments at lunch, visit any of the parks during breaks or buy candy from the corner store.

That was disappointing but also under-standable, as parents enroll their children for private religious instruction to separate them from secular influences.

After two years of relative harmony it became known the school was considering applying for a municipal zoning change to allow a small number of students to reside there fulltime in dormitories.

And so Burford’s own little war on terror

– or common sense depending on how you looked at it – was underway.

A small but extreme and zealous group of residents went door-to-door convincing their neighbours the school was an unlicensed terrorist training camp. They printed flyers, and held a public meeting at – of all ironic places – the Legion.

Holding a meeting to abuse freedom of religion at a Legion is a little like asking a woman to

disavow her faith in order to take a Canadian citizenship oath. I don’t know what made me think of that.

At least there would be cheap beer. You aren’t going to GO?The DeMeers discussed this after work

behind the barn, which is where we always went to smoke and hide it from our teenagers.

I thought I might drop by. Mr. DeMeer declared there was a Montreal

Canadiens game on that night and he wasn’t going with me.

Er…you aren’t going to say anything, right?

Blink. Blink. Of course not.And he let me get halfway down the block

all by myself. Approximately 150 people were at the

Legion that night. The name Al Qaeda was tossed around like packages of salted pea-nuts. One man distributed a hand drawn map of the school property highlighting a storage shed in a corner at the back.

WHAT ARE THEY KEEPING IN THIS SHED?

The answer - obviously - was weapons of mass destruction, either anthrax or an over-stock of tetherballs.

The discussion was almost completely one sided. The Baptists and the United Church and the Catholics and the Anglicans were well represented.

But I knew most of the people in that audi-ence and I wouldn’t ever call them racists. Burford’s a tobacco-growing town – a role call would have resembled a recitation of an Eastern European phone book.

They were just frightened. And they were made frightened by a few people with loud voices who wanted to stir things up for their own purposes.

I don’t know what made me think of that.Shortly after that meeting the Little

Mosque on the Prairie quietly packed up and went back to Toronto.

Transients and taxes? Those issues con-tinue to be talked about here with a degree of decorum.

Although neither is likely to go away so easily.

Little Mosque on the Prairie is bad reality show

old dog new tricks

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Art Martenslivingsignificantly.ca In the poker game

we call life, some indi-viduals believe they have been dealt a losing hand. Talking with Mike Jacobs, a Mohawk from Ontario, I quickly gath-ered that he gives a swift and decisive boot to these kinds of thoughts.

In response to my question concerning the impact of his early years, Mike wouldn’t give me permission to write any-thing that could be inter-preted as “snivelling,” (to use his expression). He said only “When I was young I worked on farms. A couple were good, some weren’t. Sometimes I had to get up at 4:30 to milk cows. Often I had to work until dark. I don’t look

back or complain. Those experiences prepared me for challenges later in life. They made me tougher and stronger. Life is what we make of it. I look ahead.”

Mike and wife Marie live just out-side Hedley on 8 acres, with a spectacular view of the Similkameen River. Mike’s daugh-ter Michelle lives in Hedley.

He became aware early of an artist’s fas-cination with wood and for a time developed this interest. Within him lived a powerful drive to succeed financially though, and he turned to work that brought in money. His motivation far exceeded the usual. “From the age of 17

to 57 I always had a job,” he said. “I was a workaholic. Even when I was young, while others were partying, I was putting a roof on someone’s house, or installing doors. I par-tied when the work was done. Most of the time I had two or three jobs.”

Mike’s practical abilities enabled him to launch a home renova-tion business and also a pre-purchase home inspection business. He constantly scanned the horizon for oppor-tunities to acquire new skills. “When I was working for the City of Burnaby,” he said, “I took every course they offered, in case the job with the city didn’t last.”

He declined to list his

various trades but did admit to being a jour-neyman carpenter. After an injury and the arthri-tis that followed, the city made him Coordinator of Maintenance.

In his youth Mike didn’t learn the Mohawk language or culture. Later though, he looked into his First Nations heritage. “As a kid I never thought of myself as white,” he said. “Our heritage should always mean something to us. But we don’t need to be militant.”

People sometimes tell him he threw away his gifting when he focused on work rather than pur-suing his artistic inter-ests. He responds with, “I didn’t throw away my gifting. I passed it on to my daughter Michelle.”

We were sitting at a work table in his shop, with Michelle listening intently. At one point she said, “Dad always had the Mohawk abil-ity to work high above the ground. His sense of balance was off the charts.”

Michelle has cer-tainly inherited Mike’s interest in artwork. While we talked she worked patiently, draw-ing a man wearing a wolf headdress. She also does beadwork. Although this isn’t where she earns a liv-ing, much of what she makes is for sale under the name “Beadwork by

Michelle.” Some of her inspiration comes from the legendary Chief Dan George. “He had a mod-ern life style and still taught the older ways,” she said. “I’ve read a lot of his poetry.”

Like her father, Michelle has practi-cal working skills. She’s a certified elec-trician, working north of Fort McMurray. She gets a thrill, she told me, “when a project is completed and we turn on the lights.” When I asked if working with crews consisting primar-ily of men was intimi-dating, she said, “right now there are 4 females and about 180 men on the project. It doesn’t bother me. I’ve worked with Dad a lot. I’m used to being around men on the job.”

Mike and Marie arrived in the Hedley area in 2008. Since then they have become deeply integrated into the com-munity. They belong to the Community Club and the Seniors’ Centre. At the latter, along with others, they take turns hosting the morning cof-fee time. Mike super-vised a complete reno-vation of the Centre and Michelle did the electri-cal work.

The Jacobs believe in contributing. “When people get involved,” Mike says, “everyone benefits.”

Mike has recently

returned to his love of working with wood. On Saturday, March 28th he will display his and

Michelle’s creations at the Hedley Seniors’ Centre Annual Craft sale.

Family thrives on love of work, heritage and art

Michelle’s and Mike’s creations will be on display at the Hedley Seniors’ Centre Annual Craft Sale March 28.

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Letters to the editor

Docs explain clinic changes, give thanks for patience To the Editor:

Jan 1, 2015 became the first day in eight years that Keremeos did not have a full compliment of four doctors. Dr. Partridge has now retired and we thank him for all his years of service to this community.

We knew this day was com-ing since the Spring of 2014. We have been actively advertising and recruiting, trying to fill the vacancy.

A year later there is still no candidate but we remain hopeful.

One has to only look else-where in our health region, prov-ince and country to see that hav-ing a full compliment of doctors is not the norm.

The vacancy left by Dr. Partridge’s retirement means the list of patients in our valley with-out a family physician has grown to over 1,500.

The remaining three physi-cians do not have the capacity to absorb these patients into their family medicine practices.

There are at the time of this let-ter no doctors in either Penticton, Summerland, Oliver, Osoyoos or Princeton taking new patients either. Each of these communities are advertising for doctors.

The Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre is not a typi-cal, privately owned family doc-tors office. As a community we are fortunate to have this mod-ern, well equipped facility that is managed by Interior Health and provides a variety of medical services including lab, X-rays, physiotherapy and public health under one roof.

The doctors at the clinic rent offices to run their private medi-cal practices. The physicians are also contracted to provide on call coverage for the emergency room.

It is the only medical office in town and the group of doc-tors have therefore endeavoured to provide access to care for all our residents, whether they have

a personal physician or not.The idea of the walk-in sched-

uling system was born to accom-modate all residents, not just those assigned to a family physician.

Each day of the week there is a physician on call for the Emergency Room and long term care facilities.

This physician voluntarily provides access to patients with-out an assigned doctor, patients who have a family physician but whose doctor is not working that day or whose pre-booked appointment slots are all taken.

These days are quite busy and the Emergency Room always remains the first priority. Offering to provide this service results in reduced time for each physician to attend their own practices and pre-booked appointments.

To clarify how the scheduling system works, please consider the following options:

Patients who have a fam-ily doctor can phone in and book an appointment up to a week in advance for regular appoint-ments, longer for certain types of appointments like medicals, procedures, follow ups etc.

Patients who used to have Dr. Partridge as their physician (now the vacancy) can also phone in and book an appointment with the locums (fill-in doctors) when they are available.

We are fortunate to have regu-lar fill in doctors for quite a few days each month.

Patients with no doctor are considered patients of the clinic. They can phone in and depending on availability of appointments, will be accommodated by the doctor on call outside of the walk-in clinic hours.

Each day from Monday to Friday, there is a walk-in clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Patients who need to be seen same day or are not able to get a pre-booked appointment are

requested to make use of this service.

If you are unable to attend as a walk-in patient (for a good rea-son) please phone the front desk. They will try to accommodate you wherever possible, depend-ing on the circumstances.

Patients can phone in to see which doctor is on call and when.

Regarding phoning in, please listen carefully to the options directing your call.

Saturdays are not walk in clinic days. Please phone in for appointments.

The very nature of a walk-in clinic system means wait times can vary considerably from day to day. It is impossible to pre-dict what emergencies come in or what the demand for each day is. Our staff will inform patients of expected wait times.

Quite often patients are sur-prised that they can walk right in. At other times the wait time can be long, we ask that you please come prepared.

Once again, the staff will pro-vide an estimate of wait times and what the options are. The overrid-ing goal is to provide access to care and help all patients.

Patients waiting for the walk-in clinic doctor will sometimes see another patient arriving later and getting in before them: all that means is that that patient had a pre-booked appointment.

We appreciate your under-standing of the demands on our services.

We are aware of negative feed-back from some but we do appre-ciate the positive feedback and support from others.

We would like to acknowl-edge our front office staff who do their utmost under stressful working conditions to help our community.

Sincerely,The Keremeos Doctors

Former director expresses sadness over rehabilitation centre closure Letter to the Editor:

It was with great sadness that I learned of Portage Crossing closing unexpectedly last week. I attended graduation ceremonies there and was stricken by how significant a difference this insti-tution had on youth development, radically and positively changing the course of their lives.

Anyone who has ever wit-nessed the trauma which addic-tion serves to both the individual and close family members will know that the struggle to over-come the drug or alcohol depen-dency is a personal one, but one which can be made easier with

good friends and a close support system. I was heartened at the graduation ceremony I attended to hear a mother describe her own “ah-ha” moment when she attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in Penticton with her daughter.

The mother was embarrassed to be there, and ashamed of her daughter until the end of the meeting when a 50-something fellow approached her and told her what a difference it made to the group to have her daughter present. He explained that to see someone so young working hard to overcome her addictions gave

the rest of the group great hope in their daily struggles.

I hope that the problems which are facing The Crossing can be overcome as it has been a service, program and facility which has been of significant value to both the youth who attended it and the staff who worked there. Our Similkameen Valley has benefit-ted from the job opportunities and spin off economic effects. We will certainly miss the Crossing, its sign already taken down from the highway entrance.

Angelique Wood Hedley

Tara Bowie Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas, left, buys a bottle of Eau Vivre Winery’s award winning Reisling at the winery in Cawston Thursday. Albas was in the area doing sit downs with local stakeholders and holding an open house to try to get a handle on the issues. Because of election boundary changes, Albas, who lives in West Kelowna, is the Conservative candidate for the newly formed Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola riding. There has been no date announced for this year’s federal election but some speculate it might happen as early as this spring.

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“We basically had groups throughout the day even over breakfast and lunch and dinner. We were always talking about the issues. You learn to talk to every-one in the community and come up with plans and timeframes for each issue,” he said.

Another important part of the program for Boretta-McLeod was art and music therapy.

“I’ve always been an artsy type of person so to learn to deal through issues and express myself through art was a great experience,” he said.

Boretta-McLeod first spent nine months at the facility and then after relapsing spent another six weeks.

He said he did struggle several times after coming out but that he’s been clean for 2.5 years and has never been happier.

“Recovery ins’t just a one time thing.. it’s an everyday thing. The

tools I learnt at The Crossing have helped me overcome so many chal-lenges and struggles and be a better person and father,” he said.

Since being clean Boretta-McLeod had a son 10 months ago and he’s also finished college and is currently looking for work as a welder.

Provincial spokespeople have claimed there were unqualified staff at the facility and that supports were not in place to help clients once they left the facility.

Borretta-McLeod was adamant that was not his experience.

He said during his year at the facility there was some changes in staff but that it didn’t effect his care.

He also said during his years in recovery he was always welcomed back to the facility whenever he was in the area.

“You could go back anytime you wanted. I did a few times when I was in the area. I just had to call

ahead and I could hang out there and talk to counsellors about the things I needed to,” he said.

He said he also went to pro-grams in the community’s he lived in for support.

Religion was an optional com-ponent of the program when he was at the facility. Although Boretta-McLeod attended church several times he said it wasn’t a require-ment.

“There was a staff member that used to take kids to church if they wanted to go. It was an optional thing. It was something people could explore on a spiritual level,” he said.

The closing of The Crossing has left the province scrambling to find places for about a dozen clients that had been wait listed for program-ming. At the time the facility closed no clients were on-site.

A Provincial Health Service Authority said the province is con-

tinuing to look at options to meet the needs of youth that need addic-tions rehabilitation. No timeline as to when decisions will be made has been given.

Anyone wishing to sign a peti-

tion in support of Portage running The Crossing facility should visit change.org or email [email protected]. At press time there were more than 300 signa-tures.

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Petition circling to save The Crossing

File photo Former clients of The Crossing are rallying for the facility they credit with helping save their lives.


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Apex property owners air concerns on loggingKristi Patton Black Press

More than 100 Apex Property Owners Association members gathered recently to meet with a Weyerhaueser representative to air their concerns about the future of tree harvesting in the recreational area.

Apex Property Owners Association chair Jeff Brown said one of the main problems is the professional reliance model that he believes is a conflict of interest.

“People are already concerned about the logging taking place, yet the industry considers it reasonable. You put a volunteer board versus paid professionals to work this out and there is a different end game,” said Brown. “We have never said we are opposed to harvesting, we just want appropriate harvesting practices in this area.”

Brown explained that forestry plans should be different for Apex where recreation and tourism col-lide with timber harvesting land base. At this stage he said it is a political issue because companies like Weyerhaueser are doing noth-ing illegal and following the regula-tions, but those regulations need to be modified to fit the recreational site.

The property owners had their annual general meeting on March 21 to decide on how much of an active voice they want to take with the provincial government. Brown also said he heard rumours of get-ting all licence holders in a sit down meeting with the government in May, but nothing has been con-firmed. Many of the owners at the

meeting agreed the problem lies with the provincial regulations.

“It seems to me the problem is the recreation area has already been devalued. This is crown land. This our land and it is your land. We have to get back to the issue that we all have a stake in this property and it is being vandal-ized,” said Michael Brydon, who is a director on the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen board, but explained he was speaking only as a property owner at the meet-ing. “The problem is there is a real economic impact here and you have a conflicting interest in this area.”

Brian Drobe, planning forest-er, Weyerhaeuser Company, said roughly 90 per cent of the operating area belongs to the company, but the matter gets confused because other license holders are allowed to operate within it including the Lower Similkameen Indian Band and the Penticton Indian Band. A total of 35 to 40 per cent of the area is in reserves, non-productive spe-cies and will never be harvested. Of the 60 per cent that can be logged, a quarter of the whole area has been harvested and re-planted.

“There is a great deal of frus-tration on both sides and there is a lot of mis-information out there,” said Drobe. “ T h e s e things are clearcuts, but they are not clearcuts for forever and a day ... they

become new forest, they do grow and they will become forests anoth-er day. To suggest that our interests aren’t sustainable is ridiculous.”

Drobe added they are above industry standards in re-planting, every two years rather than the seven that is regulation. He said he feels much of the information does not make it past the volunteer for-estry committee to the public.

While some residents voiced that they were completely against any type of logging in the area, others reminded that a block of har-vested area saved the resort from a wildfire in the summer.

“I can’t tell you how scared I was with that fire. It was deemed beyond resources by the fire fight-ers. I was looking at the 60 kilo-metre winds and thinking it was

going to be right here in a couple hours. But I was told the cutblock would save us. It hit that fresh cutblock and self-imploded,” Apex Mountain Resort manager James Shalman told the group of prop-erty owners. “That fire could have wiped out the whole resort. I mean talk about land values going down. We have to look at the big pic-ture here. I am not arguing for or

Submitted photo A view of Apex mountains.


The daffodil pin will be available by donation at various businesses in Keremeos throughout April including the BC Liquor store and Valley First Credit Union.

“We’re looking forward to another successful Daffodil Campaign!” said Wray. “I want to thank everybody that buys a pin, or a bunch of daffodils, or donates to one of our volunteers at the door. Thank you for making a differ-ence in the lives of cancer patients and their families.”

The Canadian Cancer Society is a national, community-based organiza-tion of volunteers whose mission is to eradicate cancer and enhance the

quality of life of people living with cancer. Thanks to our donors and volunteers, the Society has the most impact, against the most cancers, in the most communities in Canada.

While cancer takes a huge toll on Canadians it’s important to remember that progress has been made against this disease. In the 1940s, the sur-vival rate was 25%. Today, over 60% of Canadians diagnosed with cancer will survive at least five years after their diagnosis, thanks in large part to Society-funded cancer research. And the survival rates for some cancers are much higher - with childhood cancer at 83%, breast at 88% and prostate at 96%.

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Donation boxes available throughout month of April

Tara Bowie Last year, thanks to the generous support of Daffodil Month, the Canadian Cancer Society was able to fund $45 million dollars in world-class research to fight all cancers and help more than 85,000 Canadians through its informa-tion and support services.

With just a few weeks of action left this sea-son Joyce Fauteux clinched the bowler of the week title for March 16 to 19.

Fauteux a regular Thursday morning Swingers bowler scored an impressive 223 – 603 to earn her the coveted top spot this week.

Also earning high scores in the Swingers league in the Men division was Paul Meikle, 223 – 603; Wayne Ritchie, 211; Paul Herchak, 202; and Ron Blackmore, 216.

Wednesday morning Goldenagers league saw some impressive scores this week.

Top of the heap for the Ladies was Ruby Cavenaile with a score of 215. Ron Blackmore bowled a 229 while Garry Cole scored 200 in mens.

In Monday nights’s Alley Oops action two ladies bowled over 200. Kristina Du Puis bowled a 225 while Peggy Boucher bowled 214. In mens action Wayne Ritchie scored 225, Jack Popovich, 220, and Paul Meikle, 231.

There is only one more week of regular week for bowlers and then there will be two weeks of play-offs to conclude the season.

Fauteux earns bowler of the week spot

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THE FUTURE OF THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Despite traditional professions being seriously segregated against by various oppressive sources, “alternative” care is beginning to thrive again. It seems we have finally reached a point in the evolution of human civilization where we are finally able to acquire the evidence necessary to conclusively and scientifically prove the benefits of “alternative” therapies. Through the progress of the advanced sciences, like the ability to study the body on a sub-molecular level or the new quantum physics sciences study on con-sciousness, we are learning how exactly these alternative therapies are attaining the results they produce. Thus, we are beginning to see the re-integration of holistic care arts back into standard practice of wellness. In addition, because most of these modalities have been practiced in other cultures around the world for centuries, it is literally just a matter of time before these practitioners become recognized as certified trades in North America.We can see that the North American modern medicine system is still evolving, just in the last few decades alone. Professional prac-titioners such as chiropractors, kinesiologists and psychologists were, at one point, seen as marginal professions, that are now fully covered as standards by most medical insurance plans.The same could be said for registered massage therapists, which have now been pretty much regulated and absorbed into the main system now.The next wave of alternative practitioners to be absorbed by the professional medical system looks like will probably be those that focus on physiological wellness and recovery, such as acupuncturists and yoga instructors. They are certified trades now, so you could even make an argument that they have been absorbed already.Obliteration of traditional knowledge aside, our current modern understanding of the universe, reality and consciousness has never been more widely studied and scientifically understood. Its seems like you can’t open up any type of medical magazine or new medical book thesedays and not find some article about how consciousness and emotion are directly affecting everyone’s health and wellbeing. This is why in private clinics its getting more common to see hypnotists, reiki practitioners, craniosacral therapists and BodyTalk practitioners and others types of similar “alternative” certified therapies that are working in busy little clinics that are starting to get referrals from medical professionals. The next wave, I therefore feel, will likely be certified consciousness therapists (or “energy healers”), those that clean out all the levels of their patients psyche, allowing themselves to express themselves unin-hibited. Consciousness therapists are currently mapping out the evolution of consciousness and beginning to tap into previously dormant components of the psyche that were previously neglected and/or misunderstood. What exactly motivates behaviour? It’s more than basic learned behaviour and stimulus response to environment, much much more. Thank you for joining us this month, in the coming months ahead here, we will discuss great in detail what exactly consciousness is, how exactly consciousness therapy is done and what exactly are its benefits (amoungst other topics of course). We will describe what exactly happens when a person develops an illness from an imbalance, and how an individual can heal the direct root cause of the problem, therefore eliminating symptoms and limiting any relapses. And that’s just scratching the surface of its potential.This article is of the copyright of OK in Health and the author; any reproduction, duplication and transmission of the article are to have prior written approval by OK in Health or the authorThese articles are provided by OK In Health eMagazine. To sign up for your free eMagazine go to www.OKin-Health.com for more great articles, events, recipes, and more. This column and articles are provided by OK In Health. Come visit HYPERLINK “http://www.OKinHealth.com” www.OKinHealth.com Your on-line community events and wellness magazineGet Connected! Sign up for your FREE monthly OK In Health’s E-Magazine.OK In Health - Your Wellness Community at Your Finger-Tips!

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MENTAL ILLNESS TREATMENT BETTERThe medical treatment of mental illness has come a long way since the discovery of the first “tranquilizer” back in 1951. New and much more efficient medications are available today for treating all types of mental illness including bipolar disease and depression. If you or someone close to you has a mental health problem, seek help. Much information is available on-line at: www.cmha.ca

HOME PREGNANCY KITSHome pregnancy kits are much more dependable today than a few years ago. Manufacturers claim 99% accuracy. For most accurate results, wait until one week after a missed menstrual period. These kits detect a hormone in the urine. If results are needed more quickly, a blood test is available through your doctor.

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Our classifieds are also available on line at bcclassifieds.comBlooming construction season underway

Linda LarsonMLA Southern Interior

With spring comes road construction and I’m pleased to see the walkway on Lakehill Road in Kaleden underway.

While many great people in the com-munity have supported the project, I want to personally thank volunteer Kim Dennis for all her help and collaboration in get-ting this project to the top of the list for the Ministry of Transportation, and thanks also to the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen and rural director Tom Siddon.

This budget is again a balanced one and again not particularly exciting, so I will only mention the continuing support for agriculture. There is another $2 million to support Buy Local programs and $1 mil-lion to support the B.C. School Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Program, which ben-efits close to half a million school children including First Nations Schools. I know many of our local organic farmers supply produce for these programs.

The Canada Winter Games have con-cluded in Prince George and while we didn’t have any local young people in Prince George, we did have a Special Olympics team from the Boundary that won a gold medal in floor hockey at the B.C. Special Olympics in Kamloops. Congratulations to the seven team mem-bers from Grand Forks and their coach for bringing home a medal.

The Small Business B.C. Awards were held recently in Vancouver and sever-al local businesses were nominated. Congratulations to Karoleena Homes in OK Falls, Jane Long, who was nominated in three categories, and Firehall Brewery

which finished in the top five for the Premier’s Award. Small business is alive and well in the South Okanagan/Boundary/Similkameen.

A Community to Community Forum was held in Keremeos which brought together the entire board of the regional district and First Nations communities. I was able to attend for part of the day and noted the spirit of co-operation shown by all the participants. There is a desire to become better at talking -- government to government -- on issues of mutual impor-tance and working more collaboratively in the future.

Tourism got a boost with the announce-ment of the next steps in moving forward with Area 27. This is just another example of the partnerships possible with First Nations that benefit all who live in the South Okanagan. Thanks to the OIB and Chief Clarence Louie for creating another great opportunity to attract an untraditional tourist attraction to our area.

While wine tourists traditionally think of the Okanagan for excellence in wines, the Keremeos/Cawston area continues to hit the world scene with its wonderful wines.

Most recently, Clos de Soleil was rec-ognized for its 2013 Capella by having it served at Canada House in London. Congratulations.

In closing, I want to recognize the Open Door Agency in Oliver and the work it does connecting people with all kinds of challenges to meaningful employ-ment. I recently attended Untapped 2015 in Vancouver put on by Open Door B.C. where individuals and large and small busi-nesses were recognized for their hiring and

helping practises.There were 32 nominees this year and

the numbers continue to grow. March 11 also marked the fifth anniversary of Canada’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Canada was one of the first countries to sign the convention and B.C. has launched Accessibility 2024 to make this province the most accessible in the country.

We have a long way to go, but we have many wonderful organizations who every day make the lives of people with disabili-ties better and businesses that recognize the value of these individuals as employees. Thank you.

MLA Linda Larson

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The funding continues to flow into the valley with two more water related planning projects getting the go ahead.

The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) approved $28,840 in funding to the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen to support Phase 2 of the Regional Water Use Regulation and Conservation Bylaw and Phase 1 of the Regional Drought and Flood Risk Management and Mitigation Plan.

“We’re very pleased to see the OBWB’s support for two of our water conservation projects,” said Candace Wagner, RDOS engineering technologist. “The Regional District is committed to building and sustaining environ-mentally responsible communi-ties, a vision it shares with the Water Board.”

The Regional Water Use Regulation and Conservation

Bylaw is intended to unify water use standards within the Regional District through water conserva-tion/efficiency and sustainable water management, integration of drought management recom-mendations. The bylaw will also include Cross Connection Control (CCC) requirements and consis-tent interpretation of the regula-tions.

The first phase of the Regional Water Use Regulation and Conservation Bylaw is cur-rently underway thanks to the 2014/2015 Water Conservation and Quality Improvement Grant from the Okanagan Basin Water Board.

The second phase completes work to develop and bring into implementation the final bylaw.

The Regional Drought and Flood Risk Management and Mitigation Plan will enhance the Regional District’s ability to

protect against water shortages and flooding events. With proper planning the RDOS can enjoy the benefits of the weather each year and not be unprepared in overly dry or wet years.

The first phase of the Regional Drought and Flood Risk Management and Mitigation Plan consists of data gathering and consultation to assess the exist-ing water sources and users, past droughts and floods and their impacts, factors that could reduce or intensify the local effects, and existing or required drought and flood protections.

The Water Conservation and Quality Improvement grant pro-gram is administered annually by the Okanagan Basin Water Board to support innovative, tangible, on the ground, water quality and conservation improvement initia-tives within the Okanagan Water Basin.

Water projects in stream for completion

Submitted photo Meet the new 2015 Similkameen Wineries Association Executive in a recent meeting at Tree to Me. From left to right, Megan Mutch, treasurer, Jesce Walker, secretary, George Hanson, past president and Caroline Cottrill, president.

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August 23, 1933 - January 4, 2015 Born at County Line, B.C. of Norwegian immigrant parents. Throughout his life, Fred worked in the Logging Industry, Com-mercial fished in the straight of Georgia and was in Real Estate in Northern B.C., the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys.Fred was very active in the Masonic Lodge and Order Of The Eastern Star. He received his commission as Grand Representative of the Grand Chapter of Indiana in December 2013.He enjoyed working with the Royal Cana-dian Air Cadets. His specialty was cooking wholesome pancakes for visiting & local Cadets and guests.Predeceased by parents: Hans & Berna Davidsen, brother John Davidsen, sisters Dagny Davidsen Hansen, Randi Davidsen Masten.Survived by: Lorraine (Cooper), son, Clark (Christel), granddaughters Cadence & Karis, brother Karl, long life friend Mike Turchyn (Monica) & many nieces, nephews & friends.

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HARALD MARTHON:

Of Keremeos, BC. Born: June 30, 1922.

Died: March 15, 2015. Dad lived a full 92 years. He was a mem-ber of the Operating

Engineers Local #115 until his death. Dad worked on all the highways throughout B.C. from the 50’s through the 80’s. Dad is sur-vived by his wife Dorothy Crow, sister Thel-ma, his children Sandra (Adam), Gordon (Connie), Joe-Ann (Richard), Step-children Coral, Beverly (Terry), Tom (Linda) and Deb, numerous grandchildren and great grandchil-dren, nephews Stewart and Glen as well as his first wife Fay. He was predeceased by his dad, mom, brothers Eugene and Fred, daughter Colleen, grandson Jim, stepson Doug Crow, and his second wife Mary.Joe’s family want to thank the staff of Orchard Haven and Kyalami Place for their love and care of Dad.There will be a celebration of his life at 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 26th at St. John the Divine Church on 5th Street in Keremeos, BC. Please consider making a donation to a char-ity of your choice in Joe´s memory. Condo-lences may be sent to the family by visiting www.hansonsfuneral.ca .

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Rules clarified for driving in left laneBy Tom Fletcher

Black PressDrivers must vacate the left

lane when a vehicle comes up behind them, unless they are passing another vehicle, avoid-ing debris on the road, allowing traffic to merge from the right, preparing to turn left or passing an official vehicle stopped on the highway.

That will be the rule any time when the speed limit is 80 km/h or higher and traffic is moving at more than 50 km/h, under chang-es coming to the Motor Vehicle Act.

Hogging the left lane and holding up traffic is already a ticket offence, but one that police found difficult to enforce due to the wording of the legislation, said Transportation Minister Todd Stone. The fine continues to be $109 for unnecessary use of the left lane.

Stone said slow drivers in the left lane are a big frustra-tion, prompting drivers to pass on the right, which is also illegal. The changes are not intended to encourage people to exceed the speed limit in the left lane, he said.

Amendments tabled in the B.C. legislature Monday also aim to clarify the province’s roadside driving prohibition law, after court challenges. That law gives police powers to impound vehicles and suspend driving privileges for up to 90 days after a driver blows a “warn” or “fail” level of blood alcohol on a roadside screening device.

The “immediate roadside pro-hibition” program took effect in 2010, effectively replacing most impaired driving charges with administrative penalties, includ-ing a three-day driving ban and a $200 administrative fee for those

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Tara Bowie Meet the 2015 Similkameen BBQ King Committee at a recent meeting at Tree to Me. Plans are already well underway for the July 11 Similkameen BBQ King. Tickets are for sale now at www.SimilkameenWine.com/events. From left to right, Tim Cottrill, Kim Lawton, Chris Mathieson, Megan Mutch, Sara Harker. Missing from photo Jassie Lasser.

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