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WEDNESDAYAugust 11, 2010

The Central Okanagan’sBest-Read Newspaper

www.kelownacapnews.com

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1930 to 2010Best in BC

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OPINIONALISTAIR WATERS says birth

and death may be givens in our lifetime but it’s what we do in between that really matters.

IN DEMAND BOBBY DAVIS continued to mature as the Okanagan Sun starting QB in leading his team to a big win over V.I. Raiders last weekend. A14

BUSINESSREPORTS OF the closure of Bernard Callebaut chocolate stores elsewhere in Canada don’t ring true for Kelowna, where the local sweets shop says it’s business as usual for them at Guisachan Village Mall. B1

ENTERTAINMENTJULIE DONNELLY was looking for her own big break when she moved to the Okanagan, and today, as a talent agent, she is helping others fi nd their own big break in landing fi lm and commercial acting parts. B4

SEAN CONNOR/CAPITAL NEWS

TAKEDOWN…Police of� cers arrested a man on the W.R. Bennett Bridge during the noon hour on Tuesday after a man in West Kelowna told of� cers that he saw the suspect steal his boat. The West Kelowna man followed the truck that was towing his boat and, when the truck was caught in traf� c on the bridge, of-� cers closed in. Police say the man attempted to � ee from police but was quickly arrested. The driver, police also note, neglected to put his truck in park during his alleged attempt to � ee police and the truck jolted for-ward, causing minor damage to a car that had been stuck in traf� c. The investigation was in its early stages yesterday afternoon and no charges had been laid as of press deadline.

Cheryl WierdaSTAFF REPORTER

Clutching a copy of the murder mystery book, Kill-ing Red, Jake Cybak strolled through downtown Kel-owna yesterday afternoon on the last day before his sen-tencing for the manslaughter of a teenaged boy three years ago.

A judge is expected to sentence Cybak today for his role in the methadone overdose death of Geordie Sutherland.

Sutherland’s mother, Carolyn, said yesterday that she was nervous but hopeful that Justice Rich-ard Brooke would accede to Crown’s request, made at a sentencing hearing Tuesday, that Cybak serve two to three years in jail.

“Geordie lost his life and I think (Cybak) needs to go to prison for it,” said Sutherland.

Defence lawyer Mi-chael Kennedy asked that the 51-year-old be giv-en a conditional sentence, which would allow him to serve his jail sentence in the community.

It was back on June 2, 2007, that Geordie Suther-

land, 15, was hanging out with a buddy, consuming marijuana and then beer at a bush party, before they re-turned to the friend’s Nickel Road home.

There, the friend realized he had forgot his keys and the two encountered Cybak, who was in a relationship with the friend’s mother.

Cybak invited the boys into his home and, after re-ceiving permission from the friend’s mother (she was at work), they went to Cybak’s home.

Cybak offered the boys beer and chips and then the three began to play video games.

The other boy began to make calls, trying to acquire pot, and the conversation turned to drugs, said Crown counsel Murray Kaay.

Crown seeks prison term for teen’s death

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Jennifer SmithSTAFF REPORTER

Kelowna’s former � re chief leaves his post with an 18 month severance package—or a month’s pay for every year he was employed with the city’s � re department.

For 18 years worth of service, the chief will re-ceive 18 months of com-pensation, or roughly$210,000 in salary and bene� ts according to the documents provided.

The severance agree-ment stipulates the for-mer � re chief’s legal ex-penses, some $2,500, will also be paid by the city and the car leased for him as a member of city man-agement will be paid for through May 2011, a year after he left his post.

The municipality did not release the severance amount when Blanleil’s departure was announced earlier this year, but the Capital News was able to obtain at least a portion of the information under the Freedom of Informa-tion Act on Tuesday after-noon.

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B SECTION • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010 • CAPITAL NEWS

BUSINESS

The now former Encore Printing has new owners

and a new name, but will remain in the same loca-tion at 1-1980 Bredin Rd.

The company is now called E Printing & Busi-ness Solutions, owned and operated by Ken Chung. Along with the quality printing of sta-tionery, business cards, copying, binding, wide format printing, bro-chures, � yers, forms, cheques and any promo-tional materials, E Print-ing will offer website hosting and design, post-al and shipping servic-es, mail boxes and a host of business solutions. Call 250-869-0954;www.en-coreprinting.com

Contrary to what you might have heard about Bernard Callebaut nation-ally, our local store Choc-olates by Bernard Calle-baut in the Guisachan Village Mall on Gordon Drive, owned by Tracy Hansen and Duane Pe-ters, has not closed. In fact, things could not be going better for the choc-olate store. Product is be-ing received from the Cal-gary plant which is also in operation. Bernard Calle-baut has been in Kelowna since 1993 as Peters not their store “is not going anywhere.” I hope not, as my favourite product they sell is the most incredible chocolate cups that can be � lled with ice wine, mousse or fruit. No one else makes them.

James Moller, dis-trict manager of Lakeview Irrigation, is moving on and moving out of Kel-owna. He has accepted a position as city manager for the city of Humboldt, Saskatchewan’s new-est municipality. James joined Lakeview Irriga-tion in 2004 and his last

day is Sept. 15. Call 250-769-4322

Funny story! Bryce Gibb, with WestJet, was gol� ng at The Har-vest. He was on the13th hole (big dog-leg right) hitting from the blues, which were set back from the pins. He unleashes a mighty swing, hit a tree and has to play his second shot from behind the tee box. The drive was of� -cially 20 yards measured by Mel Kotler. Inciden-tally it is Bryce’s birthday on Aug. 14.

Two Schleppes have retired. Both well-known locals, Tony Schleppe, who was a senior product advisor with Toyota for 28 years, and his wife Ja-net, who was with Shop-pers Drug Mart in Or-chard Park for over 33 years, have both decided it was time to throw in the towel, so to speak. They will now have time to en-joy what they love—gar-dening, � shing, camping and traveling.

Locals Kim Park-er and Donna Lowe have co-authored a new book titled “Radical Love Forever Changed.” It’s a Christian-based book addressing some of the “spicy meatballs” of faith. As such, the two authors will serve up real meat-balls at their book launch at Bell Tower Books, 39-2070 Harvey Ave., on Aug. 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 778-754-2236;www.radicallove-book.com

Cabana Bar and Grille has partnered with the Kelowna District Soci-ety for Community Liv-ing (formerly Sunnyvale), a non-pro� t organization which believes that all in-dividuals have the ca-pacity and ability to par-ticipate and contribute as equal members of the community. Cabana has hired Sebastian Lajeune, a 29-year-old male with autism. He has been hired to work three days per week at an industry stan-dard wage as support staff to the kitchen and dining room. Part of KDSCL’s service is to offer and pro-

vide employers with a job coach to help with the ini-tial training if needed, which at Cabana has been crucial in making the part-nership a success. Sebas-tian has been heard say-ing “Can I have this job forever?” Not only has it helped his self esteem, it has also had a wonder-ful affect on the Cabana staff. If you are a local business and are looking to hire, the society is hap-py to meet with you. Call Linda Berger at 250-763-9499; bergercombo@hot-mail.com

Toys “R” Us Wish List is a new feature of the redesigned company website that allows kids to create their own birthday/holiday registry and for those sometimes forgetta-

ble or procrastinating out-of-town friends and fam-ily, they now offer eGift cards, the gift cards that are sent virtually and can arrive in recipients’ inbox in a matter of seconds. To browse the new feature on the website go to www.toysrus.ca/wish list/in-dex.jsp

The Kelowna Ambas-sadors collected $3,000 from the luggage carts at the airport and divided it amongst Lake Country and West Kelowna food banks to kick start their Christmas in July cam-paign and also to the Sun-shine Foundation. Since 1999, the ambassadors have given out $52,000 to charities. In May, the am-bassadors started a junior ambassador program and

have 12 high school stu-dents working at the air-port, which is the only ju-nior program in North America. Call Abby at 250-712-1634

Had a lovely lunch recently at Guisachan House Restaurant, 1060 Cameron Ave. in Kelow-na. It’s always a delight to see chef Georg Rie-der. The renovated prem-ises are beautiful as is the scenery from the din-ing room onto the beau-tiful manicured grounds. Some advice—go with a huge appetite as the por-tions are large and � a-vourful. Ramona Rie-der (Georg’s daughter) is the general manager. Call 250-862-9368 to make a reservation.

Had the pleasure of

touring and having din-ner at the new Spar-kling Hill Resort, locat-ed on 174 acres overlook-ing Okanagan Lake in the neighbourhood of Pred-ator Ridge Golf Resort. The $122 million, 149-room hotel and KurSpa is the only place outside of the Swarovski Crys-tal showroom in Wat-tens, Austria, where all of the design and technolo-gy of Swarovski can be experienced in one loca-tion. Sparkling Hill has incorporated $10 million of Swarovki Crystal ele-ments into every aspect of its design. And let me say you won’t see anything like this in the world, ex-cept in Austria. I was lit-erally blown away with all the crystal enhance-

ments and crystal details throughout the entire ho-tel. The resort also offers a dining room (PeakFine) for breakfast, lunch and dinner and a wine bar and European pastry and cof-fee lounge for the after-noon (Barrique & Java). Along with the 100 treat-ments available in KurS-pa, (Kur means healing in German) the resort offers seven different saunas and steam rooms; cold sau-na; serenity lounge; Fun-Fit studio; movement stu-dio; tea room; outdoor in� nity saltwater pool; in-door saltwater pool with crystals embedded in the ceiling for a starry sky ef-fect and underwater mu-

Print shop switches hands, takes on a new name

SEAN CONNOR/CAPITAL NEWS

KEN CHUNG and his staff at the former Encore Printing shop on Bredin Road in Kelowna, now under new ownership with a new name, E Printing & Business Solutions.

STRAIGHT FROMDEHART

MaxineDeHart

In Max’s column today: Contrary to rumours reported elsewhere, the Chocolates by Bernard Callebaut shop in Guisachan Village Mall is not closing its doors; James Moller is leaving the Lakeview Irrigation District to take onthe role of city manager in Humboldt, Sask.; Kim Parker and Donna Lowe have co-authored a new book called Radical Love Forever Changed; a classic car show and outdoor movie night is planned for Rutland’s Centennial Park on Aug. 14, organized by the local Uptown Rutland Business Association.

See DeHart B3