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This is big news. Jason Pyett general manager of A & B Sound was ecstatic to tell me that A & B Sound is moving from the downtown core on Leon Avenue to the Capri Centre Mall. They will be taking over the space previously occupied by Planet Spacewalkers. The new premises will be all on one floor and the target opening date is the first week of July. Jason was telling me that customers are pleased with the move and the first thing they comment on is that they are happy that they will not be paying for parking. Call 763-6300. Well-known gal around town Susan (Suzie) Docherty has been very busy. She is a new wine educator at Mission Hill Estate Winery and also recently completed the Superhost “Train for the Trainer Workshop” put on by BC Tourism. She will deliver her first workshop shortly through the Chamber and then become fully certified as a Superhost Fundamentals Trainer. Susan is already well known as an Independent Mary Kay Sales Director. Craig Cameron, president and CEO of Paragon Pharmacies Ltd. has announced the completion of a major acquisition by their company. They have completed the acquisition of Super Drug Mart Partnership Ltd. and have acquired 9 more Super Drug Marts and ownership in a 10th store. The existing Paragon Pharmacies in the area are Black Mountain IDA, Glenpark IDA, Mission Centre IDA, Lake Country IDA and Canadian Medial Supplies. The new acquisitions are in Alberta. Paragon now operates and owns 17.5 retail pharmacies and two home health care stores in BC and Alberta making it one of the largest chains of independent retail pharmacies in Western Canada. The Cameron family has a long history in the pharmacy business. Craig’s father, Robert opened Black Mountain Pharmacy in 1975 and the tiny store was the beginning of a legacy that continues to grow and expand. Call Craig at 491-3936. The Grateful Fed, owned and operated by Kamel Abougoush at 509 Bernard Avenue has a brand new look. The bar and grill has been completely renovated and it looks just great. To compliment their new look, they have added an afternoon and dinner menu. Along with breakfast and their famous Montreal smoked meat sandwiches, burgers, soups and salads, you can now enjoy mouth-watering steaks and pasta dishes. They also offer some live entertainment. Join them from 7:30am to midnight daily. (Closed Sundays and at 4pm Mondays). Call 862-8621 Neil Campbell, former owner/partner of Heritage Office Furnishings has moved on and is the distribution manager for Heartwood Furniture Manufacturing. Call 765-4145 St. John Ambulance has moved to a new location from Mission Park Mall to 1941 Kent Road (off Spall). They are inviting the public to attend their open house on Monday, May 29 from 2pm-7pm. Come view their spacious facility and meet the instructors, staff and volunteers. Jean Chute is the chair of the organization and Carol Pilon the branch manager. Call 762-2840. Mission Park Chiropractic has changed its name to Kelowna Family Chiropractic and Massage. Dr. Jen Walraven, a chiropractor of the company along with a team of three other young professionals and one Rotarian just completed a Rotary Group Study Exchange program to the Philippines. They were gone for one month on a vocational and cultural exchange. It was an incredible experience being able to share chiropractic with people who have never heard of it before. Call 763-8060. Lots happening at Vintage Hills Golf Course and Academy. To start off with, Chris Hinton, Head Golf Professional, Dean Claggett, Director of Golf and Brice MacDermott, Assistant Professional have formed a business partnership named “Nice Shot Golf” and have entered into a management agreement with Vintage Hills whereas they operate the Pro Shop and Golf Academy and assume ownership of all merchandise. This arrangement is somewhat unique in today’s golf industry as the trend for the past 15 years or more has been for the golf club to maintain ownership of all concessions and hire Golf Professionals and managers as salaried employees. Their goal is to provide products of exceptional quality at a fair price, to provide high quality golf instruction and to promote the sale of golf equipment through custom club fitting. Secondly, Neil Martens is the new owner/operator of their club house restaurant and patio “Nineteen Steak House and Lounge”. They are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and it is certainly not your ordinary golf course restaurant, either in décor or food. Neil has had many years experience in the food industry and it shows. The restaurant will be open all year round. Trent Cabert is their executive chef. You should give it a try. The golf course is an 18 hole championship designed course called a “Masters Course” which is in-between an executive course and a full length golf course, with mid-length playability. The owners of Vintage Hills are John and Sheila MacKay and the grounds superintendent is Warren Blue. Call 768-0080 www.wintage-hills.com Okaped has changed their footprint…. Certified pedorthists Paul Rauhala, Andrew Godwin and Jeff Fink owners of Okaped have a brand new renovated office and building. They are located at 1936 Ambrosi Road (behind Art Knapp) just around the corner from their old premises, actually in the same building (half of their old one), but with a new entrance. Did you understand all that? They now have a brand new onthotic laboratory, video analysis and gait lab. With the new premises, they will be able to increase their services with more assessment rooms. Call 868-8665 Congratulations to Ian Murray and Sandy James of Allied Lawn Care on the birth of their first child, a baby girl on May 17. The A.C.T./U.C.T. (Associated Canadian Travellers/United Commercial Travellers) Kelowna West Council #1003 recently hosted the Dominion Grand Council #31 in Kelowna. The golf tournament was at Kelowna Springs with Larry Pilon of the Kelowna Golf and Country Club winning the low gross men and Marj Roseberry of Kelowna Springs winning low gross for women. Keith Preece was chair of the organization committee along with 35 volunteers. Rick Warner of Canadian Freightways is the Grand Counselor and Dave Roseberry the Grand Chaplain and Senior Counselor. During the conference the Kelowna West Council #1003 was awarded the recognized as the top Council in the Dominion Grand 31. John Grant was awarded the Angus Mulligan Award for his assistance, going above and beyond during the conference. Rick Warner was delegated to attend the Supreme Grand Session in Louisville, Kentucky in July. Kelowna Council #1002 was awarded a Medal of Honour for membership. Wow! The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada (www.childrenswish.ca) will be holding a Wishmaker Walk for Wishes on October 14. They are now looking for volunteers to help plan the event. The emphasis is on a fun day for families with children of all abilities. If you can help call Diane at 860-2074. Congratulations to Wayne and Donna Dudych of Lakefront Sports Centre on the birth of their daughter Katrina Michele on April 16. A little sister to Carlie and Jenna. The Okanagan Short Fiction Contest shortlist has been revealed. Sponsored by UBC Okanagan, Okanagan College and the Central Okanagan Foundation, the annual contest received 95 entries this year. The finalists work has been sent on to a final judge who will pick three winners. Accolades to Kelowna finalists Chris Fleck, Gord Gresenthwaite, Shandell Houlden, Jane-Marie James, Shane McDougall and Matthew Parisien. The Kelowna Hospital Auxiliary has a new executive. Jean Fraser is the president with Marilyn Strachan as vice president; Joan Leslie, treasurer; Marie Dick, secretary; Margaret Dawson, past president; Roslyn Ellett, medical equipment buyer; Lorraine Taylor, social convener and Chris Thatcher, publicity director. They are in the process of seeking new volunteers, especially people that can help out evenings (4-8pm) and on the weekends in the Perking Lot Coffee Bar, the General’s Snackery Snack Shop and the KGH Gift Shoppe. Last year the volunteers sold nearly $1.2 Million worth of coffee, soup, egg salad sandwiches, flowers, giftware and more to raise more than $500,000 for the hospital. Anyone interested in helping can call Keith Bagley, Business Enterprise Manager at 862-4300, ext. 7497. 7497. They have big plans for this year and invite anyone interested in a rewarding and fun volunteer opportunity to join them. Happy 43rd anniversary Vern and Martha Wills (May 21). If you’re looking for a new home-grown local website for coupons and discounts where they can be accessed 24/7 try www.omnidealz.com. It’s an online Discount Network offering Dealz and Discountz. It’s an online directory of merchants that now have one place to showcase their discounts and dealz anytime., You can find quality local savings right on your PC and it’s free. New members are joining weekly. Contact Peter MacGregor at 769-4557 to have your company featured on the site. info@omnidealz.com There’s still time to sign up for the Investors Group-United Way Golf Tournament on Friday, June 9th at the Quail Course, Okanagan Golf Club. The day will be filled with golf (of course), fun, prizes, a wonderful meal and a silent auction. There are a ton of prizes for both the fun and competitive sides. It’s an 18-hole Texas Scramble for $175 or $700 for a foursome. Corporate Foursome is $1,000. For more info or to sponsor call Lisa Houghton at 860-2356 ext. 236. The KSS Grad ’86 Reunion is July 28-30/06. All the info required, including registration is available on the web-site of kssgrad86.com. If there are any other questions contact David Myers at nearandfargrover@hotmail.com Happy 60th anniversary Elmore and Joyce Ward on May 24. Incidentally Joyce is turning 83 today (May 24) and Elmore celebrated his 87th birthday on May 17. Joyce also won the Governor General’s Award Caring Canadian for knitting over 1,000 sweaters for disadvantaged children in developing countries as well as for victims of disaster in Canada. Fun story. Last week I wrote about Brad Field retiring and he emphatically said he would not be going fishing in his retirement. Guess what, Lori bought him a fishing trip to Langara Lodge and he “is” going fishing!” The last night for the Lake Country Open Stage -Acoustic Open Mic Stage at the Creek Theatre at 10241 Bottom Wood Lake Road is Sunday, June 4th. Sign up is 6:30pm and music starts at 7pm. Admission is only $2. It’s strictly Acoustic Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Folk Rock and Old Time Fiddle. Performers have the stage for three songs or 12 minutes. Call 862-8306 for details. Guess what everyone? We’re getting together and having one more garage sale. We’re selling lots of good stuff, like lamps, tires, jewellery, outside planters and chairs, a Fisher Price kitchen and Barbie camper, along with tons more. Join us this Saturday from 8-1pm at #27-555 Glenmeadows Road (just north of the Kelowna Golf Course on Glenmore). Come have coffee and buy our good junk. We’re starting the “golf tip of the week” again for the season this week. It’s got a new name. Read on! TaylorMade Tip of the Week (by Jon Kadin) – In 2004, TaylorMade introduced to the golf market a driver with Moveable Weight Technology in the form of the R7 driver. The invention of this club was truly revolutionary. It offered a player the ability to change the weighting in the club head, thus dictating his or her ball flight without having to change their swing. This season the club is being offered in two models; the R7 425 and the R7 460. The “425” has four moveable weights and thus offers six different sets of launch conditions. The number “425” stands for 425 cubic centimeters. That is the club head size. The “460” is, you guessed it, 460 cubic centimeters in size. This club offers two moveable weights and gives the player the option to set the club for a draw or fade bias. (John Kadin is the new Director of Golf at Gallagher’s Canyon Golf Club Call 861-4240.). Greg Murtland is the territory manager for TaylorMade. Birthdays of the week: Maxine DeHart is a |
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