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This is big news and you heard it here first! Staburn Property Group is developing another mass project on the corner of Highway 97 and Elk Road (Westbank-across from Vintage Hills). The project is a brand-new humongous Mal-Mart that will be over 200,000 sq. ft., much larger than the existing one in Kelowna. This new Wal-Mart will actually be like two separate stores, one being the department store and one being all groceries. The concept for this particular Wal-Mart is a first for Canada. Staburn Property Group is a dynamic team of real estate specialists with expertise in the acquisition, development and management of high profile retail properties. They are well-known is our area, most recently completing the 430,000 square foot Kelowna Central Park Power Centre on Banks and Harvey, with contractor Ledcor Construction Ltd. and anchors Home Depot and Wal-Mart. Principals of the company are Jeffrey Wren and Stephen Henderson. Yellow Pages Group named Dot Com Media (where you can also find my column at welcometokelowna.com) as the recipient of the “Make It Real Program” a new initiative that recognizes and rewards Canadian small businesses that are dedicated to improving the communities they serve. Dot Com Media Inc., a web design and service company owned and operated by Nikki and Jim Csek was awarded the $5,000 prize for its dedication and contribution to the community. As part of the award, the Food Bank was awarded $1,500 on behalf of Dot Com Media and Yellow Pages Group. Darryl and Wendy Hazell of MarketPlace IGA in Glenmore were recently awarded the prestigious MaketPlace IGA “Retailer of the Year Award.” This honour is due to their continued support and service in their community as well as outstanding charitable contributions in the Kelowna-Glenmore area. Cindy Fairs has been appointed executive director of Hospice Association. Cindy has served as manager of Volunteer Resources for the past four years. Former executive director of the Central Okanagan Child Development Association, Beverley MacLeod has been appointed as Director of Volunteers. Call 763-5511 Helen Harding has been volunteering for Girl Guides for many years. Recently she was presented with the Guides Medal of Merit, which is the highest honour given in the Province. She is retiring as the Provincial Treasurer this year and has also been recognized by the National office. Her husband, James Harding has organized the volunteer program at the Vintage Hills Golf Course since they opened. Both great people. HSBC’s Tim Lawler, Vice President Okanagan Region has received a promotion and is now the new Vice President, Interior Region. The Interior Region covers the entire province outside the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. He’s delighted to remain a resident of Kelowna. Call 712-6763 Lots happening at City Hall. Human Resources gal Cindy Roth is celebrating her 25th anniversary with the City on July 2. License and By-law Enforcement Officer Carol Gavin is retiring and has been with the city for 33 years. She says she is going to start learning crafts and a little birdie told me that she makes the “best margaritas!” Andrew Bruce has left the planning department and is now working for a private firm. This new company is really neat and the name is fun too! “The Mermaids Boat Cleaners Inc.” is owned and operated by Judie Barta. They specialize in boat and yacht mobile cleaning, waxing and detailing, yacht sitting, provisioning and airport pick up. They can detail in driveways, at the Yacht Club master station, or even if the vessel is in the water (clean to the water line-up). If your boat is stored over the winter they can clean it at your storage area and get it ready for spring. The company also services retailers in the boat business and Judie and her six staff are insured and bonded. They service the Kelowna and Westbank area. Call 717-1317 www.themermaids.ca. Unfortunately, two of my favorite people are leaving L.A. Weight Loss. Niki Harris, who has been a real inspiration and help during the past many months is moving on and relocating to Osoyoos and pursuing a new career in personal training. Alex Taylor is relocating to Grande Prairie, Alberta. In a couple of weeks, Stew Turcotte’s Hambleton Galleries is moving to the cultural core of Kelowna. The new address is 1290 Ellis. Until then it is business as usual at 781 Bernard Avenue. Watch for their new logos, new looks and new ideas. Web Site, phone number and e-mail remain the same. Call 860-2498 Right Way Athletics and Supplements at 202B-1500 Banks Road (by Starbucks) owned by Chris Murphy has diversified her athletic clothing line and brought in a new line of golf clothing for ladies called EP PRO. They carry sizes 2-18 and are catering to the age range of 30+ and can custom order. The colours are vibrant and the material cool for the Okanagan heat. Another new line called Peak Performance will be in the shop soon. Call 868-3931 Happy 55th anniversary Bert and Gladys Evans (July 2). Beaners at 300-2339 Highway 97N in the Dilworth Shopping Centre, is a unique new hair salon that offers their customers an experience while getting a hair cut. Owned and operated by Frank and Tammy Hobbs and managed by 12 year stylist Connie Crowder, their customers range in age from one to sixteen years old, all enjoying what Beaners has to offer. There are coin operated rides such as a hippo, horse, Dalmatian and Barbie jeep, which the kids can sit on while getting their hair cut. Older kids can on a regular barber chair and play “Play Station 2” while getting a haircut. There are TV’s playing the latest movie releases at every station…there’s even a ballroom. Beaners first franchise opened its doors in 1987 in Calgary and has developed its own line of professional hair care products for children, but parents seem to love them too. Call 762-4005 www.beanersfuncuts.com Anne Moxon has retired from the Central Okanagan Health Services-Community Care. She was manager of the May Bennett Wellness Centre and the Central Okanagan Home Care Nursing program. Anne has been a nurse for over 31 years and was instrumental in the development of the May Bennett Wellness Centre and an innovator of home care services. I know that she is going to golf and fish a lot more and I’m sure that because her husband John is not retiring she will now be taking care of the whole household. Tigerlily Fashions at 565 Bernard Avenue is moving, but not very far. Their new address is 575 Bernard Avenue (next to the Post Office). The ladies fashion shop is moving into larger premises with a brand new updated look. They will be open at the new location on July 1st from 11am-4pm. Jan Johnson and Lori Burns are the owner/operators of the store. Call 860-0849. Don Keith is the new Education Coordinator at The Rotary Centre for the Arts. He has been a drama teacher for more than 33 years in School District #23 and directing credits for plays and musicals throughout the community. Whitewater Composites Ltd. is creating a new division at its Haldane Road facility in Winfield. FormaShape will market and sell its architectural fascia design and manufacturing capabilities and products to the North American retail industry. Whitewater, along with FormaShape is one of North America’s largest manufacturers of composite fiberglass and is the market leader in the application of fibre reinforced plastics for architectural products. The company operates out of an ISO 9001 certified 80,000 square foot purpose built facility in Kelowna. Peter Jeffrey is the president of the company. A student at Modern Voice & Talent, Vocal Performance School, Kelle Wardle has made it into the semi-finals at Vancouver Star Discovery at the PNE. Kelle is 16 years old and a grade 10 student at R.S.S. Congratulations to Wayne Pierce of Creative Mortgage Corp. who aced his first hole-in-one on #11 at Harvest, 142 yards last week. Two more members of the Okanagan School of Business faculty have earned their Doctoral degrees. Heather Banham, the Acting Dean of the school and Sherry Price, a professor who teaches strategic management and human resources received their Doctoral degrees in Business Administration from the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. There are another seven faculty members in the process of attaining their doctoral degrees. “A Pure Shade” at 1561 Ellis Street is celebrating two years in business. This unique shop, owned by Shilo Longe is full of neat things, including tons of jewellery. They are also introducing a whole new line of Fruits and Passion called Cucina (their kitchen line) that include hand soaps, lotions, kitchen sprays and hand butters. It’s a diversified shop that is a lot of fun to browse in. Call 712-1612 Happy 50th anniversary Garth (Gibby) and Audrey Gibson on June 27. The Kelowna Visual and Performing Arts Centre Society (KVPACS), which runs the Rotary Centre for the Arts has a new 2006/07 Board. Congrat’s to president Bruce Vidal (Prospera Credit Union); vice-president Len McFarlane; treasurer Tyler Neels (Grant Thornton LLP) and secretary Lori Field (Pacific Safety Products). Directors are Michael Conlin (Okanagan College); Chris Sorensen (Investors Group); Ross Gilley; Ken Ihas (Petraroia Langford Rush LLP); Karl Hourigan (Centre for Arts and Technology); Helen Yu; Ross Dumontet; Sue Goodwin, Dani Eisler and Donald Robichaud. There’s also a new Board at Crime Stoppers. Congrat’s to president Vern Nielsen and returning Directors at Large Herb Comben, Linda Hartford, Susan LeBlanc, Doug Loepp, Greg McGill, Julie Spencer, Val Wojtula and past president Dorothy Schoneberg. Newly elected Directors at Large include Jennifer Elsasser, Trinity Johannesson and Domenic Vinci. Advisors to the Board are RCMP Cpl. Terry MacLachlan, Clark Burnett (legal), Mike Roberts (media) and Gary Leier of R.D.C.O. Happy 40th anniversary Sheldon and Pat Paulger on June 30. Celebrating 113 years and spanning six generations of farming in Kelowna, Rampone Farms at 3609 Gordon Drive is now open for another season. Right now they have fresh peas, garlic, rhubarb, nuggets and lots more. The sixth generation is Michael Rampone’s son Austin, the first was his great great grandfather Luigi who came to Kelowna from Italy in 1893. Call 763-8563 Jaime Briggs, former consultant, BC Interior for Friesen Yearbooks for over five years has joined Coldwell Banker Horizon Realty. Call 860-7500. The Pushor Mitchell Kelowna Apple Triathlon has opened their office for 2006 at 287 Bernard Avnue-2nd floor. Along with that, they have announced the participation of three of Hong Kong’s top Junior Elite Triathletes. The triathlon will be held on August 19. Call 861-5287 of 763-5287 Kelowna’s own Sarah Charles, a member of Canada’s National Trampoline Team has joined the Okanagan Family AIDS Walk team as Honourary Chair. The AIDS Walk celebrates its 10th anniversary on Sept. 24th at 1pm (registration 12 noon) at Waterfront Park with Lois Serwa as the Committee Chair. Just a reminder which would be appreciated. When you leave me a voice mail message or send an e-mail or fax, please include your phone number. TaylorMade Golf Tip of the Week by Jon Kadin - “Lifting Up”. Keep your head down! How many times have we been told to do this? Pretty soon every golfer out there will be wandering around aimlessly with their eyes towards the ground! The reason we are told to do this is because we have just topped the ball. We’ve hit the top of the equator on the golf ball and it has scurried along the ground no more than 20 yards from it’s initial position. Everybody does it, and once it occurs, panic sets in! What happened? Something awful is wrong with my swing! Relax… remembering one basic fundamental that will help you fix the situation then and there. Your posture! When we “lift up” or “top” the ball we have come up and out of our posture. I have never understood or agreed when someone has mentioned to keep your head down to another player because what we need to do is keep our entire body down and maintain the angles in our posture. These angles include our legs and spine. If you remember to stay in your proper posture throughout the hitting area you will see an immediate improvement in your ball striking and a reduction in topped shots. (Jon Kadin is the director of Golf at Gallagher’s Canyon Golf Club and Greg Murtland is the Territory Manager for TaylorMade). Birthdays of the week – Happy 80th Pete Perretta (June 28); Happy 55th Janet Wourms (June 26); Dr. Hugh Jarvin (my dentist) June 25; Ed Paley (June 25). Maxine DeHart is a |
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