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Along with a new board and campaign chair for 2006/07, The United Way presented some well deserved workplace and campaign awards at their AGM. Congratulations to Selina Manson of the Okanagan Seasons Resort on Highway 33, the new campaign chair for this year’s 2006/07 upcoming United Way campaign. The Award of Distinction Honouree is former mayor Walter Gray and the formal award dinner will be held on November 16. The new board of directors is as follows. Paul Demay (president); Louis Blom (treasurer); John Colbourne (vice-president-Okanagan South); Cheryl Croeze (campaign chair-Okanagan South); Catherine Comben, Vicki May (chair, allocations committee); Dr. Louise Nelson, Elizabeth Woods, Dave Porteous, Peter MacPherson, Kathy Renkas and myself. Accolades to the following special award recipients. The “Jacobsen Excellence Awards” were as follows. Gorman Bros. Lumber, Investors Group and Costco Wholesale (Corporate Awards); Sheila Catlin and Carmen Kental, Tolko; Karen Erickson, Investors; Pam Fenton, Gorman Bros.; Wayne and Lesley Pierce, Creative Mortgage; Maxine DeHart, Ramada Hotel and Capital News; Tiffany Traverse and Maggie White PCL ( Personal Commitment Awards). The Employee Campaign Award was presented to Costco Wholesale and Employee Campaign Spirit Awards were given to Grant Thornton LLP, Standard Radio and MacKay LLP. Exceptional Employee Campaign Awards were given to Michael Gazso and Jaime Dimsdale of Costco, PCL Constructors Inc. Westcoast and Pushor Mitchell Lawyers LLP. Susan Steen is the new executive director of the United Way. After only ten months with the BDC, Luanne Chore, Senior Manager Loans, Business Development has received a big promotion. She is now the Area Manager-Business Development and Entrepreneurship Centre for the Okanagan area. Call her at 470-4825 Lots of people have asked me where media guy “Chris Cleaver” is and how he is doing. They miss seeing his smiling face and listening to his good humour. Chris is still on medical leave with CHBC-TV. He is however, teaching part-time at The Centre for Arts and Technology in engineering. His e-mail is cscleaver@shaw.ca Access Signs at 1742 Springfield Road is moving to new larger premises. Owner/operator Dena Abrahamse was excited to tell me that they will be moving August 15th into their very own building at #2-1980 Bredin Road, beside Encore Printing. Call 860-1728. The Bread Company at 363 Bernard Avenue has opened. Brothers Dan and Mike Bronswyk, who come from 5th generation bakers and formerly owned a bakery in Revelstoke for the past 16 years are the proprietors of the business. The Bread Company is an Artisan Bakery/Café with 50 seats and a few outside. The shop is all about naturally leavened and organic breads. They offer baking to go and quick service. They specialize in soups, gourmet sandwiches, pizza and quiche. Their hours are 7am-6:00-pm and watch for longer hours and Sunday opening during the summer months. Call 762-3336 The Kutenai Clothing Company has just opened at 104-1980 Cooper Road (next door to Kelly’s Cleaners). Owned by Michael and Laura Collier of Nelson and managed by Kelowna gal Sandy Gilfillan, the company is based in Nelson, B.C. They are direct merchants of classically styled clothing for men and women and their products are made from the finest natural fibers – cashmere, silk and merino wool. They also have a line of down and silk filled European styled duvets made with natural materials. They offer both light and heavy weights, which can also be joined together to customize the duvets. They design, manufacture and sell their own products directly to the customer and have no middlemen, therefore passing the savings onto their customers. They’re open from 9:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Saturday. Call 712-0858. Louise Kneller’s “Resale Vintage Coffee & Tea Bar” is celebrating their second anniversary and along with that is moving to a new location. Now, tucked away in Glenrosa at #3-2961 Gorman Road, they are going main stream and moving to downtown Westbank at Plaza 97 behind J.K. Schmidt Jewellers. The move is scheduled for the July long weekend with their opening in conjunction with Westside Days. The new shop is full of new and used clothing, with hard to find brands like Harley Davidson and Playboy. They also offer a full line of jewelry, lass, art, antiques and collectibles. It’s worth a visit just to check out the stone arches created by local artists Helen Menyes and friend, both of whom live here and regularly commute to Vancouver to paint major motion picture sets. They current have in stock an 1824 distaff or spinning wheel in excellent condition built in Nova Scotia by McIntosh. They were recently featured in the Okanagan Business Journal. Call 768-7303. www.resale-vintage.com Award winning jewellery designer, Diane Lazauskas has just opened “Diane’s Fine Jewellery and Gifts” in the lobby of The Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre at 2170 Harvey Avenue. Diane was formerly the manager at Mappins Jewellers in Orchard Park for many years. Along with carrying items for the hotel, her shop is full of elegant hand crafted jewellery, hosting such items as necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings. She also carries a full line of gift items such as crystal vases and clocks, art deco items, candy dishes and much more, all reasonably priced for either the tourist or locals. There’s something for everyone. Diane is well known for her jewellery design, the overall winner of the 1999 Canadian Jeweller Buyer’s Choice Design Competition. She took those top honours for five years in a row. Her winning piece in 1999 was made of onyx, yellow gold and diamonds and is featured in her new shop, which is open seven days a week. Call 762-2210 or 864-1715 or just drop in! A group of friends went to see The Da Vinci Code movie with us last week. There was so much hoop-la about it, I just had to go! Here are some of the comments made after the show. Three had read the book and the rest hadn’t. The star (*) choice was out of five stars. Here goes! Kent – Well done. I was amazed on how closely it followed the book. (***-1/2). Bernard – Ending was not what you would expect for a male and female actor. Should have been kissing at the end! (Bernard’s French and so that explains it!) (****). Vern – Really liked it. Didn’t understand why the Church got so upset about it. (****). Carol – There was way too much made about the film beforehand. If there wasn’t such a “poofaraw” she would not have gone. Thought the plot was weak and she didn’t really like it. She also thought it was too long. (**). Chris – Adequate, but slow. (**-1/2). Max – me! I really liked it. My tension span is very limited as all of you know and I thought it was fast moving and held my attention, except at the very beginning. I liked that you really didn’t know who the good guys were and who the bad guys were throughout the show. They kept changing and the ending was surprising to me. I agreed with Bernard on the kissing at the end. I like mystery, cop and robbers type movies so I gave it **** stars. That’s how I and my critics saw it and that’s show business! The Bilodeau Bed & Breakfast owned and operated by Sid Wozny and Emily Vanderschee is centrally located at 2581 Springfield Road. The bed and breakfast offers three contemporary rooms to choose from, including a Jacuzzi suite. The décor is modern with private decks and gardens and an outdoor hot tub and heated in-ground pool. Chef Sid Wozny will prepare your choice of five gourmet breakfasts, using fresh local Okanagan ingredients. Sounds like a place I would like to go myself. Call 762-8505 www.bilodeaubednbreakfast.com Inge Sieger, newly retired from her business Wild Plum Designs has just published her first book. “Mirror Mirror On the Wall – Wicked Curves….Love Them All” is an easy to read humorous take on dieting. The Divas Don’t Diet hand-book includes sinfully decadent desserts, etiquette advice, funny quotes on dieting, trivia and even Oprah’s favorite “to die for dessert.” My favorite excerpt was “An hors’doeuvre is an unfamiliar creature curled up on a cracker and stabbed with a toothpick to make sure it’s dead.” (Pat Buttrame). What I liked about the book was that it was fast and easy to read and perfect for busy people who want to read something that is not an ongoing novel. It’s hilarious and a fun read for only $13.99 and available at Mosaic Books on Bernard. jsieger@shaw.ca This sounds really neat! Join CedarCreek’s Chef Geoffrey Couper every Friday afternoon from 3-5pm at Carmelis Goat Cheese Artisan (just down the street from CedarCreek) for an afternoon of food, wine and fun on the farm. Your on-farm experience begins with an informative tour and a personal introduction to the goats. Then it’s off to the summer kitchen for an intimate, entertaining and educational look and taste of the world of cheese paired with CedarCreek’s award winning wines. It’s happening every Friday from until October 6 at Carmelis Goat Cheese Artisan, 170 Timberline Road and $55 per person. To reserve call 470-0341 or book on their web-site at www.carmelisgoatcheese.com Happy 50th anniversary Ev and Jim Szaroz (June 5). Happy 100th Anniversary to the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. To celebrate “Reflecting 100 Years – a Legacy of Leadership (1906-2006) the Chamber is having a Centennial Dinner, tomorrow night, Thursday, June 1 at the Coast Capri Hotel. The Honourable William R. Bennett, former Premier of B.C. (1975-1986) and Past President of the Chamber in 1996 will be the host speaker. Call 861-1515 – there’s a few tickets left. You won’t want to miss Monte Carlo Night on Saturday, June 10 at the Holiday Inn in Westbank. All proceeds are going to the Westside Community Food Bank. There’s going to be lots of fun, including Deal or No Deal, a live auction, silent auction, and entertainment by Ellen Churchill/Michael Garding, Anita and Randall Paul, Pam Ferens and Magic by Ali-K-Zam. Tickets are $115 and are available at the Westbank Chamber of Commerce, Bylands Garden Centre or The Westbank UPS Store. Call 768-3378. Auditions for the upcoming productions of The Diary of Anne Frank, Oklahoma, Steel Magnolias and Godspell will take place June 5-12/2006. For an audition you must call to schedule an audition at 862-2867. The Annual Family Fun Fair is this Friday, May 26th from 5-8pm at Shannon Lake Elementary School at 3044 Sandstone Drive in Westbank. Fun is what they will be serving, including horse/pony rides, inflatables galore, go-carts, hot air balloon, a climbing wall, bounce houses, face painting, funky hair, “Stiffy” the Robot, fish pond, cake walk and many carnival games with a full BBQ concession. It’s an evening for all ages and will be held rain or shine. Phone Tracie or Kelly at 768-0968 for more info. The Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion Committee invites anyone to wheel, walk or run to raise awareness and funds for individuals with a spinal cord injury or other physical disability. The event is Sunday, June 11th from 10am-1pm and is hosted by the B.C. Paraplegic Association. It starts at the Dolphins on Water Street with a band, face painting, food and other activities. For more info call Arlene at 860-8700 or Tracey at 764-1854. Guess what everyone? In a couple of weeks I’m going to grow 15 feet. That will make me 20 feet, 3 inches tall. Funny eh? Funny to me. I’m going to be pictured on the “double decker bus” with my new 45 pound weight loss. It’s going to be a hoot. I’ll be rolling down the streets of Kelowna. Don’t forget to wave! I’m on maintenance now and that’s important so I can fit on the bus forever. The whole key to weight loss is keeping it off as many of you know. Let me know what you think when you see the bus. It’s been a great ride with L.A. Weight Loss. TaylorMade Golf Tip of the week (By Jason Laczkovics) - When we play darts or horseshoes, where is your focus? The answer is the target. You are not thinking about the angle of your elbow, or how far your arm will move before you release the dart. You are focused on where you want that dart to land. Most golfers don’t focus on the target when playing golf. Instead we think about the mechanics of our swing while looking at the ball. Even more so, we think about things we don’t want the ball to do. Let your subconscious figure out how to swing the club while you stay focused on where you want that ball to land. (Jason Laczkovics is the Golf Shop Manager at the Okanagan Golf Club – jlacko@golfbc.com and Greg Murtland is the territory manager for TaylorMade). Kate Martin, head conveyancer of RE/MAX Kelowna is celebrating ten years with the company. Along with that, she is celebrating her 50th birthday on June 1. Birthdays of the week: Maxine DeHart is a |
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