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This week’s column is dedicated to Gerry Hastings who passed away due to complications following a motorcycle accident. Gerry was well-known in the community, having worked for Interior Health for many years. Gerry was a founding member of the ever-exclusive scotch club and he and his wife Joan were active members in many clubs and organizations, including the Okanagan British Car Club whose Rally was held this past weekend in Penticton. His familiar smiling moustached face will be missed by all his many friends. Condolences to Joan and the family. On July 8th, Okanagan Tree Brewing is celebrating 10 years in the industry, with a party at the brewery at 1083 Richter Street from noon to 5pm. Everyone is welcome for a BBQ, pop, beer tasting and brewery tours. CEO Wayne Clements is ecstatic, not only because of the anniversary, but also because the volume in HL (one HL=100 litres) was up 50% in the first four months of 2006 over 2005. Along with that, the company recently took top honours at the “Best of B.C.” beer tasting during a Pacific Brew News pod cast. And, if that isn’t enough, they launched their new Character “8” Pack in April and one month later it is the number one selling package of their six packages in Alberta and number three in B.C. The consumer is very attracted to the “8 pack” packaging and the variety. Each box contains two of Thirsty Beaver, Hophead, Cutthroat and Honeycomb. The brewery was started in 1996 and after a number of ownerships changes; it was taken over in 2003 with Wayne Clements as the active owner. Since then, change has been the key word and it shows. Stefan Buhl is the company’s well-known brewmaster. Call 717-1091 John Manton is the new President of the Central Okanagan Hospice Association. He and the Board of Directors of the Association will have the opportunity to help realize the building of a free-standing Hospice, to be built in cooperation with the KGH Foundation and the Cancer Foundation. Tony Badior is the past president. After more than two decades, Calona wines is expanding and leaving the 58,000 sq. ft. Capozzi owned Cambro Warehouse at 144 Cambro Road. Although the warehouse will be well sought after due to its unique location (close to both town and the airport), and its open layout with wood ceilings and beams, Herb Capozzi expressed regret at the ending of a connection and relationship with Calona wines that has spanned generations, being that the Capozzi’s originally started Calona Wines. Sue Connaghan, a partner with Pushor Mitchell Lawyers LLP has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the B.C.Cancer Agency Foundation. Ralph Melnick, who recently relocated from Red Deer, Alberta, is the new energy consultant for Direct Energy Business Services. Direct Energy Business Services is a total energy solutions provider that works with businesses to help control their energy costs through natural gas plans, heating ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) services and maintenance. Call Ralph at 469-2252 for your energy saving needs or e-mail ralph.melnick@directenergy.com Stephan Peters has started a new consulting business. As the owner of Business Doctor Consulting Services, he focuses on providing companies with an objective check up and professional problem solving coaching. Stephen was a senior consultant with Perforex, an established forestry consulting firm, and was an internal consultant and manager for Quebecor World, a large commercial printing company. He focuses on developing talent, removing barriers to success and establishing effective control points. Call 769-2780 or businessdoctor@telus.net Brew-Tech Ltd. has moved from their 20 year location at 1809 Baron Road to brand new premises at 102-3699 Highway 97 (facing Commercial Drive, next to Subway). Owned and operated by Jim McCormick, Mary Greer and Teresa Schnell, the company is the oldest U-brew facility in town, starting 23 years ago. Brew-Tech are fermentation specialists assisting their customers in making their own beer and wine. The company is also one of the largest retailers of wine and beer making supplies. Call 765-5353 Hockey Performance Centre has been launched at 1423 Ellis Street (across from Memorial Arena) owned and operated by Teresa and Brett and Johnston. What exactly is this place? It’s a facility for hockey-specific workout. Their trainer, Jens Keiling has a degree in Kinesiology and has trained at the centre in Vancouver for the past five years. In those years, he is credited with training WHL player Gilbert Brule and other NHL players like Bret Hedican. The Centre has a state-of-the-art “Skatemill” built in Austria and the combination of the skatemill and gym and on-ice training makes this centre most unique. It is a training centre for players of all levels with one goal – to be the best he or she can be. With the lack of ice time in the Okanagan, the skatemill can do as much training as nine ice slots in one hour. The Johnston’s moved back to Canada from California and decided to get involved in a business that follows their passion. They are a hockey family and every member plays, including Teresa's 42 year old body. Both their kids were in the KMHA; their daughter Alisha played Midget AAA while their nine year old son, Trevor played first year senior atom. They renovated the whole facility from the ground up, which took about six months and are in the business of “Developing Habits of Champions”. Call 868-9119. The Okanagan Mission Rotary Club has a new 2006/07 executive. Congrat’s to president Dennis Gabelhouse (CHBC-TV); past president, Colin Pritchard; president elect, Jery Urquhart (Clarica); vice-president, Richard Ingram (RBC Dominion Securities); secretary, Howard Peet (Bishop & Company); treasurer, Ken Firkins (California Custom Fruits and Flavors) and Sergeant of Arms, Chris DeHart (TAC Mobility). Directors are Lois Serwa, Monica Miller, Greg Gibault and Steve Wolfenden. Golden Gems Jewellery owned and operated by Ken and Nai Ly at 105 Highway 33 West is celebrating their 15th anniversary in business. To celebrate, they are holding “Christmas in July” that includes sales on diamond and gemstone rings, pendants, earrings, bracelets, watches and many other pieces throughout the store. They also design custom jewellery, appraisals and do repairs onsite. You might remember that they formerly were in Plaza 33 for 10 years before moving to their present site. The store is open Monday-Saturday 9am-5:30pm. Call 765-0943. Once again president Chris Allan of Allan International Models and is gearing up for their Fourth Annual Summer Model Search to be held at the Ramada Hotel on August 13th. The full day event is designed for potential models and actors ages 5 and over, both male and female. Contestants will participate in workshops, panel discussions with model and talent agents and competitions in both modeling and acting. At the end of the day, prizes worth over $7,300 will be awarded to the Top Models and Actors in various competitions. For more info or to register call 861-5262 or go to www.allanintmodels.com CedarCreek Winery is again setting the stage for its Fourth Annual Sunset Concert series presented by 101-5 SILK FM to be held at the Vineyard Theatre. The concert line-up includes Juno Simona Colonna Award winning R & B artists Greg Sczebel and opening act singer–songwriter Jennifer Lauren on July 20; The Simona Colonna Trio from Alba, Italy on August 10 and the smooth jazz-notes of Anna Jacyszyn on August 16th. The concert offers a dinner package for each event at the Terrace Restaurant featuring the exquisite cuisine of Chef Geoffrey Couper for only $75. Reservations can be made at 764-8866, ext. 102. Ticketmaster is selling individual concert tickets for $25 as well as the three concert package for $65. All proceeds to benefit Kelowna’s Rotary Centre for the Arts. Kelowna Women in Business has awarded four separate bursaries to Kelowna students. With the assistance and guidance of the Central Okanagan Bursary & Scholarship Society, Kelowna students Harrison Clyde, Martin van Dach, Kimberley Dadman and Brianne Soltys were selected to receive the bursaries. The monies were raised at their inaugural trade show last November. Carol Heath is the president of the association. Last week I wrote about Whitewater Composites Ltd. creating a new division of the company called FormaShape that markets and sells its architectural fascia design and manufacturing capabilities and products to the retail industry. This week FormaShape has entered into a multi-million dollar deal with Irving Oil to supply the company with newly designed fascia and gasoline pump shrouds for its re-branded forecourt design. The new Irving branded look is rolling out across New England and Altantic Canada. Peter Jeffrey is the president of FormaShape and Whitewater Composites. Kelowna Family Chiropractic and Massage at 9-605 KLO Road, formerly Mission Park Chiropractic celebrated their fourth anniversary in business. To celebrate, proprietors are Dr. Jen Walraven. Dr. Alan Jenks, Evano Masini, RMT and Gil recently held a patient appreciation day and donated a large box of food and cash to the Kelowna Food Bank to kick off their Christmas in July campaign. Call 763-8060 or 763-7390. The Capri Rotary Club also has a new executive for 2006/07. Congrat’s to new president Bernard Morel; president elect Brian Elliott; vice president Doug Panton (BMO Capri); secretary Dale Romanuik (Royal Bank); treasurer Mark Bishop and past president Rick Patterson (BMO Nesbitt Burns). Fred Gass and his crew are hosting their 11th year kid’s jazz camp. They have a great line-up of musician teachers, including Hugh Parsons, Neil Wong, Craig Thomson, Megan Dobbs (hot new bass player) and Bob Rogers. The camp runs July 31st to August 4th and is being held at the Alliance Church on Springfield and Cooper from 10am-6pm. Call 763-7845 or gass@telus.net for more info. The internationally acclaimed “All-American Boys Chorus is bringing its troupe of young singers to the Kelowna Community Theatre on Saturday, July 22nd at 8pm for a concert entitled “By Request”. The 40-voice ensemble, whose members range from 9-14 years old, will present audience favorite from America’s musical history, including Broadway tunes and medleys from sounds of The Beach Boys, swinging songs from the Big Band era and dynamic jazz and Dixieland melodies. Tickets available at ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.ca/event If you are a home business owner and would like to meet others who are self-employed in a social setting, the Okanagan Home Business Summer BBQ is Saturday, July 8 at 3pm at “A View to Remember B&B”, 1090 Trevor Drive on the Westside. It’s free for OHB members and just $5 for non-members. RSVP’s are mandatory. Call Sue at 769-4028 or 712-6201. Synergy Breakfast for Women is being held Thursday, July 13th at the Haven Restaurant at 7:30am. Guest speaker is Patricia Campbell with the topic “The Source of Wealth and Abundance”. Call 861-5166 or lisa@pointswest.ca to RSVP TaylorMade Golf Tip of the Week by Jason Laczkovics - Golf etiquette is just as an important part of the game as the rules are. Some rules and etiquette around the green that you might not be familiar with are: If any part of the ball touches the green, it is considered to be on the green and you may mark it and lift it to clean it. You may repair old ball marks on your line of putt, but you may not repair marks made by spikes or shoes. You should also take caution to not walk or step on another player’s line to the hole. If your ball is off the green and it hits the flag while in the hole, there is no penalty, but if you are on the green and the ball hits the flag while in the hole you must add two penalty strokes. It is a good idea to take the flag out yourself or if you are far away, ask someone to tend it for you and remove the flag just as you play your stroke. (Jason Laczkovics is the Golf Shop Manager at The Okanagan Golf Club and Greg Murtland is the Territory Manager for TaylorMade. Birthday of the week Maxine DeHart is a |
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