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DELIVERYDaily .................................................... 3-9pmDelivery charge ..........................................$8

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STARTERSSoup Served fresh daily with corn bread ................................ 7.25BBQ Pit Wings With dry rub or barbeque sauce ................ 8.95BBQ Nachos A Memphis specialty, topped with pulled pork, BBQ sauce & melted cheese ................................11.95Rib EndsTender pieces of rib ends served with BBQ sauce ...................11.95BBQ ShrimpPlump shrimp seasoned with our amazing dry rub ...................10.95BBQ Poutine Not a specialty in Memphis! Pulled pork,BBQ sauce and cheese over fries .............................................12.95Smokehouse Chili Beans are just a garnish in our chili served with corn bread & corn chip ..........................................12.95Sausage Double smoked, farmhouse sausage ..................... 7.95Fire Dusted Calamari Served with house made dipping sauce ..................................... 9.95

SALADS All salads served with house vinaigrette and corn bread

Organic Greens ................................................................... 8.95Caesar Salad ......................................................................10.95Sliced Beef Brisket On Greens..................................14.95Smoked Chicken On Greens......................................13.95Pulled Pork On Greens ..................................................13.95Rib Ends On Greens .............................................. 13.95Cat� sh On Greens ...........................................................13.95

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Pulled Pork ..........................................................................11.95Sliced Beef Brisket ..........................................................12.95Smoked Chicken ..............................................................12.95Smoked Sausage .............................................................11.95Rib Ends ...............................................................................11.95Cat� sh Po’boy ...................................................................12.95Calamari Po’boy ...............................................................12.952 Meat Sandwich .............................................................14.95Change sides to Greens or Caesar Salad ............. 2.95

MEALSAll meals are served with corn bread, BBQ pit beans, slaw and choice of potato salad or fries

1/2 Slab o’ribs .............................................................19.95Full Slab o’ribs .............................................................29.95Sliced Beef Brisket ....................................................20.95Pulled Pork ....................................................................18.95Barbeque Chicken .....................................................18.951/2 Barbeque Chicken ............................................16.95Rib Ends .........................................................................18.95Smoked Sausage .......................................................19.95Cat� sh .............................................................................19.95Combo Plate Choice of any two meats .......................24.95Jambalaya Made with Shrimp, Sausage & Smoked Chicken ........................................................17.95Served with salad and corn bread

PLATTERSPerfect for sharing. Every meat plus the � xins’

Memphis Feast ............................................................54.95Our signature item - every meat plus all the � xins’, a perfect way to sample BBQ!

Elvis Platter ...................................................................87.95Even MORE meat than the Feast!

Priscilla Platter .......................................................... 172.95Even MORE meat than the Elvis; plus calamari, shrimp and cat� sh. Feeds approximately 10-12 people

Memphis Blues Picnic Paks .................................74.95Meat ‘n � xins’ for 4, including plates, napkins & cutlery packed in a sturdy go-anywhere box, PLUS 4 Boylan sodas

SIDESCorn Bread .......................................................................4.95Slaw ......................................................... sm 4.50 lg 7.25Collard Greens .................................... sm 5.25 lg 8.25Potato Salad ........................................ sm 4.50 lg 7.25Fries .....................................................................................4.50

BBQ Pit Beans ................................... sm 4.50 lg 7.25Hoppin John ........................................ sm 5.25 lg 8.25Bacon infused Southern rice and beans

Seafood Medley ..........................................................21.95BBQ shrimp, cat� sh, calamari served with house made dipping sauce

DESSERTSPecan Pie .....................................................................................4.95Peach Crumble ........................................................................4.95A la mode add ...........................................................................2.00

LICENSED PREMISESBeer on Tap and Wines by the Glass or Bottle. We offer a selection of Fine Bourbons

CATERINGTo enquire about corporate catering, banquets, private parties, luncheons - please email:[email protected]

• Menus prices subject to change without notice• All menu items subject to applicable taxes

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Rediscover Rutland aims to offer insight into the issues and the people who are making a difference in what is the largest populated community within the City of Kelowna.

Rutland’s historic roots go back many years. Prior to 1972 it was its own community before being amalgamated within Kelowna’s borders, along with Glenmore and the Okanagan Mission, as mandated by the NDP provincial government at the time.

In the years since, especially over the last two decades, as the Central Okanagan’s population has spiked a lot of change has come to the entire city, and Rutland is no exception.

Rutland is comprised of a mix of people, those with family ties that date back a generation or more, and others who are newcomers to the Okanagan, having moved here from the Prairies or the Lower Mainland, or immigrated here from other countries in search of a new life and hope for their children’s future.

Together, that growth is bringing about change, as illustrated by the creation of the Uptown Rutland Business Association, and the new residential developments at Tower Ranch, Black Mountain and Kirschner Mountain.

Change is coming. There will be arguments and debates about how that change will be reflected in different aspects of Rutland, and our goal is for Rediscover Rutland to help provide some insight into those changes and the people—your Rutland friends, relatives, neighbours and co-workers—who are helping to forge the future of our community.

Welcome… to Rediscover Rutland, a new special section publication that the Kelowna Capital News will be publishing four times a year, beginning with today’s edition.

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From May 20 to 22, Rutland will be celebrating May Days for the 57th consecutive year.

The annual festival will have a few location changes this year, as explained by Rutland Parks Society May Days chair Laurel D’An-drea.

“For this year, we’re having the midway at Roxby Square, as well as the food trucks will be at Roxby Square,” D’Andrea said. “At Rut-land Centennial Hall we’re going to have up to 15 market vendors, who will be in the hall all weekend. The City of Kelowna is giving us their big tent, which will be outside of the Centennial Hall in the parking lot.”

This year, Rutland Centennial Hall and its parking lot will be used in place of Rutland Centennial Park, as the park is having work done to improve its � elds and soccer pitch.

“We will revisit next year on how the whole May Days will look, ” D’Andrea said about returning to the park next year. “Next year is a big year as it’s Canada’s 150th anni-

versary, as well as Rutland Cen-tennial Hall’s 50th anniversary. So it’ll be a little different again, but we just don’t know what that looks like at this point.”

The new locations will result in some road closures, as Roxby Road will be closed throughout the weekend, with the exception

of residents and people using the liquor mart. In addition to the festival itself being hosted at new locations, the seventh annual Rutland May Days Parade will also be undergoing a route change.

“The parade will start at the YMCA and come up Rutland Road, and this year we’re going to be turning onto McIntosh Road rath-er than coming directly into the Centennial Hall,” D’Andrea said. “Then we’ll go up Asher Road and the transit exchange on Shepherd.”

New at May Days this year will be a show and shine car show on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rutland Lions Park. There also won’t be a stage or live entertainment, but rather roaming entertainment that will travel around the festival. All day ride passes for the midway will be $40, and there will also be a $2 entry fee into the midway which goes to the Rutland Parks Society so they can keep holding events like May Days. 4

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A fatal car accident on Feb. 3, 1991, changed the life of Christina Jessome-Sol-loway forever, just four days short of her 16th birthday.

The accident occurred on a stretch of Highway 33 just past the Spring� eld Road turnoff heading towards Black Mountain, claiming the life of 18-year-old Gordon Ismond.

He was driving some friends home in his Camaro when the car � ipped and sent him � ying out of the vehicle, landing on the road.

At the time, Ismond was Jessome-Sol-loway’s boyfriend. The two had been dating for two years, Gordie having graduated from Rutland Senior Secondary the previ-ous year.

“I had known him since I was 10. I spent my 16th birthday attending his funeral,” she recalled. “It’s another example of the frailty of life, and how it can end in a second.”

She says it had a huge impact on her, as

she says Ismond’s memory has remained a constant presence in her life. “You carry on but you never forget,” she said.

Jessome-Solloway went on in school to become a psychiatric nurse, got married and raised a family.

Her own son’s middle name is Alex, which was Ismond’s middle name. She said the 16th birthdays for her kids were always that much more special than the ones that came before or after.

“Kelowna was a small town back then and everyone knew everybody, so there was a huge turnout for his funeral. His loss affected me but it affected a lot of other family and friends of his as well,” she said.

Approaching the 25th anniversary of his death, Jessome-Solloway wanted to do something to honour his memory, to ac-knowledge his untimely death and to show that his life mattered to so many people.

She applied to the city to adopt the stretch of Highway 33 between Spring-� eld and the Toovey Heights turnoff, with the idea of renaming it Gordie’s Trail with appropriate signs.

And she wanted the sign to be located along with a bench as a memorial to him, something that the property owners of the crash scene, the orchardist Skuka family were happy to oblige.

She said the Skukas were incredibly supportive of the idea when they were approached about it by her husband.

“We’ll look after the site and do all the weed-whacking and whatever is necessary to maintain it,” she said. “My hope would be the bench will help serve as a place for people to re� ect, and I guess for me it also gives me a bit of closure.

“I’ve wanted to do something like this for years because I never had the chance to say good-bye on my terms.”

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And she wanted the sign to be located along with a bench as a memorial to him, something that the property owners of the crash scene, the orchardist Skuka family were happy to oblige.

She said the Skukas were incredibly supportive of the idea when they were approached about it by her husband.

“We’ll look after the site and do all the weed-whacking and whatever is necessary to maintain it,” she said. “My hope would be the bench will help serve as a place for people to reflect, and I guess for me it also gives me a bit of closure.

“I’ve wanted to do something like this for years because I never had the chance to say good-bye on my terms.”

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The Rutland Park Society faces some tough questions regarding the future fate of Rutland Centennial Hall.

So the society wants to engage in a public process to get feedback from the Rutland community for answers surrounding how it should proceed, a process that was highlighted last week by a public forum to gather that input.

While the society has $800,000 from the transfer of park land and a road right-of-way at Centennial Park to the City of Kelowna in 2014, plus a $273,000 Canada 150 federal grant to spend on hall, society president Todd Sanderson says that won’t even cover the cost to just bring Cen-tennial Hall up to modern building code speci� cations.

The city carried out an assessment of the hall, located at 180 Rutland Road North, when the land deal was being ne-gotiated and found the building systems

critically de� cient and in need of immedi-ate replacement, a cost likely to exceed $1 million to rectify.

“Since the hall was built and opened in 1967 by a dedicated group of Rutland citi-zens, the building has fallen into disrepair and nothing has been done to upgrade the hall…the building is in distress,” said Sanderson.

Sanderson said the society is bringing three options forward to local residents to consider—renovate the hall to the best of the society’s abilities with the exist-ing funding; replace the hall with a new structure suf� cient to maintain its existing uses; replace the hall with some new uses, com-plemented by commercial space that could be used to support ongoing building operation costs.

In announcing the public consul-tation process to the local media last month, both Sander-son and George Basran, vice-president of the society, said this public input process is being initiated by the society board with no preconceived idea on which of the three options is preferable.

The society has hired CTQ, a Kelowna urban design, planning and engineering consulting � rm, to explain the hall’s cur-rent � nancial renovation status. Input was collected at a public open house held May

12 at Centennial Hall. As well, feedback will be accepted online until May 31 at the website ourrutland.ca.

The society is hoping that along with Rutland residents, people who grew up in Rutland and have moved to other parts of the Central Okanagan will also participate in the process.

“We want to do this and do it right,” said Ed Grifone, with CTQ. “We may end up getting other options suggested by people that haven’t been thought of at this point.”

While one of those other options may be to do nothing and leave the hall in its

current state, Bazran re-iterated that Centennial Hall remains an iconic part of Rutland’s future development.

“Centennial Park is our lake,” said Basran, referring to the impact that Okanagan Lake has on downtown Kelowna and how the hall can be a major

catalyst for future growth of the Rutland Town Centre.

“But we can’t stress enough that we can do nothing going forward without the support of the community. We want to see public engagement in this process because what happens going forward is important to Rutland’s overall develop-ment.”

With the feedback from the open house and online responses, >>

CTQ and the society board will review the data and come up with some speci� c ideas at a followup open house planned for late September or early October, with some of the most popular options further de� ned by architectural concept ideas, de� nitive cost outlines and potential source capital funding ideas.

From the outset of the park society striking the park land deal with the city, the idea of the revenue from that sale was to renovate the hall. That prospect was further enhanced by the society obtaining the grant from the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, created to assist in rehabilitating com-munity facilities across the country to mark Canada’s 150th birthday.

But Sanderson said the option of building a new hall has arisen due to the extent of the renovation costs. Even com-pleting the necessary building upgrades,

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12 at Centennial Hall. As well, feedback will be accepted online until May 31 at the website ourrutland.ca.

The society is hoping that along with Rutland residents, people who grew up in Rutland and have moved to other parts of the Central Okanagan will also participate in the process.

“We want to do this and do it right,” said Ed Grifone, with CTQ. “We may end up getting other options suggested by people that haven’t been thought of at this point.”

While one of those other options may be to do nothing and leave the hall in its

current state, Bazran re-iterated that Centennial Hall remains an iconic part of Rutland’s future development.

“Centennial Park is our lake,” said Basran, referring to the impact that Okanagan Lake has on downtown Kelowna and how the hall can be a major

catalyst for future growth of the Rutland Town Centre.

“But we can’t stress enough that we can do nothing going forward without the support of the community. We want to see public engagement in this process because what happens going forward is important to Rutland’s overall develop-ment.”

With the feedback from the open house and online responses, >>

CTQ and the society board will review the data and come up with some speci� c ideas at a followup open house planned for late September or early October, with some of the most popular options further de� ned by architectural concept ideas, de� nitive cost outlines and potential source capital funding ideas.

From the outset of the park society striking the park land deal with the city, the idea of the revenue from that sale was to renovate the hall. That prospect was further enhanced by the society obtaining the grant from the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, created to assist in rehabilitating com-munity facilities across the country to mark Canada’s 150th birthday.

But Sanderson said the option of building a new hall has arisen due to the extent of the renovation costs. Even com-pleting the necessary building upgrades,

Sanderson said, will extend the life of Centennial Hall only another 10 to 15 years.

To build a new hall, he said, would mean engaging the community in a $4-million to $5-million fundraising campaign, similar to what Okanagan College has done to raise money for its

new trades centre building.Basran noted the society is

not at the stage of launching such a campaign because the idea would � rst need a positive response from local residents, followed by development of a speci� c proposal in place to capture the interest of potential donors.

Both Basran and Sanderson added no consideration has been given to getting Kelowna city hall further involved in some � nancial or administrative way with the project.

Sanderson added that the ongoing public consolation process this year isn’t expected to put the Canada 150 grant at

risk given that fund-ed projects need to be completed by 2017.

“With the time frame we are moving forward with, we don’t think that will be a prob-lem,” Sanderson said, noting the society hopes to have a Centennial Hall strategy in place by the end of this year.

He added that strategy will be voted on for approval by the society member-ship, which currently numbers 45 people.

The society had more than 300 mem-bers when it was voting to sign off on the land sale to the city, but Sanderson said society membership requires annual re-newal and many of those past members have not done that. 4

Public urged to have their say in thefuture of Rutland Centennial Hall

Centennial Hall will remain an iconic piece of Rutland

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Over the last several years, Rutland has seen some notable growth in its ethnic food scene.

Featuring Thai, Japanese, Filipino, East Indian, Cantonese, Mexican and Greek restaurants, the heart of Rutland along Highway 33 is working towards becoming a hub for international cuisine. Although Rutland now features many ethnic food choices, that wasn't always the case. For 43 years Olympia Greek Taverna has been open in Rutland, however for many of those years it was largely the only cultural restaurant in the area.

Mike Koustantonis is the owner of Olympia and the presi-dent of the Uptown Rutland Business Association. He explained the past 20 to 30 years saw very little in terms of ethnic food growth in the area. That has changed in the past � ve to six years, however, as he noted the perception of Rutland is changing.

"The past perception of Rutland was that Rutland wasn't the place to come to, whereas now I think we're changing that per-ception, so you're starting to see things happening in Rutland,"

Koustantonis said. "The up-grades to Cen-tennial Park, a lot of the upgrades in the area, the growth going on in Black Mountain, just the general area of Rutland itself is starting to look a lot better. With that you'll see a lot more development, and a lot more restaurants."

While the owner of any restaurant, even one as well estab-lished as Olympia, would have every reason to be against com-petition opening in the area in the form of another restaurant, Koustantonis would love to see even more ethnic options open in Rutland.

"When you get good restaurants that are congregated in an area, it attracts people," he said. "It's not like, 'Let's come up to Rutland and go to Olympia,' it's 'Let's go up to Rutland and we'll decide where we're going to go eat.' It brings people to the area, and now Rutland becomes a hub of restau-rants."

With approximately 40,000 people living in Rutland, seeing the area turn into a hub and draw more potential customers in is a bene� t to everyone in the neighbourhood.

"I think the growth is going to continue," Koustanonis said. "I think that people like that they don't have to leave the country to experience those ethnic � avours. Whether it be Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Italian or Greek, you just drive down the street and experience those without having to pur-chase a plane ticket and � y off to another country.

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Koustantonis said. "The up-grades to Cen-tennial Park, a lot of the upgrades in the area, the growth going on in Black Mountain, just the general area of Rutland itself is starting to look a lot better. With that you'll see a lot more development, and a lot more restaurants."

While the owner of any restaurant, even one as well estab-lished as Olympia, would have every reason to be against com-petition opening in the area in the form of another restaurant, Koustantonis would love to see even more ethnic options open in Rutland.

"When you get good restaurants that are congregated in an area, it attracts people," he said. "It's not like, 'Let's come up to Rutland and go to Olympia,' it's 'Let's go up to Rutland and we'll decide where we're going to go eat.' It brings people to the area, and now Rutland becomes a hub of restau-rants."

With approximately 40,000 people living in Rutland, seeing the area turn into a hub and draw more potential customers in is a benefit to everyone in the neighbourhood.

"I think the growth is going to continue," Koustanonis said. "I think that people like that they don't have to leave the country to experience those ethnic flavours. Whether it be Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Italian or Greek, you just drive down the street and experience those without having to pur-chase a plane ticket and fly off to another country.

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The tastes and ambiance of Southern-style barbecue has recently been introduced to the Rutland dining scene with the recent opening of Mem-phis Blues Barbecue House at the corner of Highway 33 and Rutland Road.

Memphis Blues franchisee Andre Thomas opened his � rst restaurant on Bernard Avenue in downtown Kelow-na in 2007, and in recent years had been looking for a possible site to open a second restaurant in the Rutland area.

“A lot of our regular customers were coming from Rutland and I was being asked that question all the time,” Thomas said.

“I always thought it would be great to offer residents of that area more food option choices than what was there, and I wanted us to be one of those choices.”

Thomas said inquiries about the Highway 33-Rutland Road spot were initially rebuffed by the developer, but Thomas persisted, eventually clinching the lease deal by arriving at a meeting armed with some of his restaurant’s tasty food options.

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Two signi� cant improvement projects for Rutland Centennial Park are expected to be completed by the end of June. The city is spending $400,000 to upgrade the soccer pitch and installa-tion of a new irrigation system, and the addition of a new play-ground similar to what presently exists outside the Parkinson Recreation Centre.

Andrew Gibbs, senior project manager for the City of Kelowna, said both projects are proceeding on schedule and on budget.

Gibbs said the soccer � eld will continue to be fenced off until next spring to allow the planting of grass seed to take root.

“The seed is not as expensive as sod and the seeded grass is better for dealing with the use and abuse that a sports � eld has to deal with,” Gibbs said.

The orchard-themed playground, which received a $50,000 federal gov-ernment grant to help develop, will feature a rubber play surface with various pieces of equipment that are accessible to kids of all abilities.

Since the city acquired the 2.5 hectare park last year from the Rutland Park Society, this marks the � rst set of improvements to the facility, the largest park capital investment in the city this year, with planned future park improvement phases to be deter-mined by city council in the years ahead.

He described the project using the analogy of not simply adding more paint to the walls, but tearing down the walls and building new ones.

“It’s more of a makeover than a facelift,” he said. Gibbs said the city surveyed public input on what else can be

done with Centennial Park looking to the future, and he said the result of that feedback is to create open passive park space, plant more grass and trees, and create a garden � ower display area. The lacrosse box currently in place isn’t expected to be moved or closed anytime soon.

He added the park makeover will impact May Days in that the midway rides will not be set up in the park as in the pas. The rides have already been relocated to Roxby Square by May Days organizers.

“Once the soccer � eld is in place, there will be an opportu-nity to host activities there like any other park in the city that won’t badly beat up the � eld,” Gibbs said. 4

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The tastes and ambiance of Southern-style barbecue has recently been introduced to the Rutland dining scene with the recent opening of Mem-phis Blues Barbecue House at the corner of Highway 33 and Rutland Road.

Memphis Blues franchisee Andre Thomas opened his � rst restaurant on Bernard Avenue in downtown Kelow-na in 2007, and in recent years had been looking for a possible site to open a second restaurant in the Rutland area.

“A lot of our regular customers were coming from Rutland and I was being asked that question all the time,” Thomas said.

“I always thought it would be great to offer residents of that area more food option choices than what was there, and I wanted us to be one of those choices.”

Thomas said inquiries about the Highway 33-Rutland Road spot were initially rebuffed by the developer, but Thomas persisted, eventually clinching the lease deal by arriving at a meeting armed with some of his restaurant’s tasty food options.

“The food helped win the developer over,” Thomas laughed. “But we just felt the site offered a lot of potential for us, being at a high visibility traf� c area. There is a great sense of spirit and community in Rutland and people want to be able to stay and do things like eat out in their own neighbourhood.

“We had turned down oth-er lease spaces that had come up in Rutland prior to this one, but we just felt it was too good to pass up this time.”

While being called a ‘bar-becue house’ may have people think about food cooked on a backyard barbecue, Thomas said Southern-style barbecu-ing is a different animal.

“When you think of back-yard barbecuing as we know it here, you are grilling meat on a grill. With southern style barbecuing, it is basically us-ing indirect heat to cook meat, whether it be chicken, steak, pork or ribs, at low tempera-tures over a longer period of time within a wood-burning chamber which adds to the � avour of the meat,” Thomas said.

He said steak brisquet will be cooked 10 and a half to 13

hours prior to being served, while chicken and ribs will cook for one and a half to three hours.

Thomas says the barbecu-ing philosophy is to cook food slowly and serve it up quickly.

Thomas has a lengthy ex-perience working in high-class restaurants, but the attraction besides the food for him with Memphis Blues was the no stress dining environment.

“We don’t have waiters serving you. You come to the

counter, order your food, pay for it and it is served relatively quickly. You � nd your own seat, and when you are done you get up and leave.

“There is no waiting for the server to get you your bill. It’s a very casual dining experience and we are fam-ily-friendly. We have a kids’ meal menu, crayons to play with, booster seats and high chairs, and a change table in the washroom.”

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Gibbs said the soccer � eld will continue to be fenced off until next spring to allow the planting of grass seed to take root.

“The seed is not as expensive as sod and the seeded grass is better for dealing with the use and abuse that a sports � eld has to deal with,” Gibbs said.

The orchard-themed playground, which received a $50,000 federal gov-ernment grant to help develop, will feature a rubber play surface with various pieces of equipment that are accessible to kids of all abilities.

Since the city acquired the 2.5 hectare park last year from the Rutland Park Society, this marks the � rst set of improvements to the facility, the largest park capital investment in the city this year, with planned future park improvement phases to be deter-mined by city council in the years ahead.

He described the project using the analogy of not simply adding more paint to the walls, but tearing down the walls and building new ones.

“It’s more of a makeover than a facelift,” he said. Gibbs said the city surveyed public input on what else can be

done with Centennial Park looking to the future, and he said the result of that feedback is to create open passive park space, plant more grass and trees, and create a garden � ower display area. The lacrosse box currently in place isn’t expected to be moved or closed anytime soon.

He added the park makeover will impact May Days in that the midway rides will not be set up in the park as in the pas. The rides have already been relocated to Roxby Square by May Days organizers.

“Once the soccer � eld is in place, there will be an opportu-nity to host activities there like any other park in the city that won’t badly beat up the � eld,” Gibbs said. 4

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The public process has one further hurdle to overcome before approval is granted for the transformation of a historic Rutland church into a Buddhist cultural centre.

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, located at the corner of Rutland Road North and Mugford Road, has been closed for more than

two decades. Now, the Okanagan Buddhist Cultur-al Society has presented a redevelopment for the church site, which occupies three separate lots.

Earlier this month, council gave its approval to the required rezoning of one of those lots, from residential to institutional use. The rezoning was to go to public hearing for input on Tuesday, after the society has been working with the Uptown Rutland Business Association and Rutland Residents Associ-ation for the past year on its proposal.>>

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Peter Chataway, a Kelowna building designer working with the society on the project said the 82-year-old building will be given a new lease on life, renovated inside to fit the needs of the Buddhist society members while protecting the historic look of the exterior. An addition will be built on the church, which will be moved to a more central location on the site, to provide washrooms and meeting space available for rental to commu-nity groups. And there will be an Oriental-style outdoor garden created on the site.

“It is being handed down from one spiritual community to another, “ Chataway said.

It is important, he said, for a community to protect its heritage structures, as they provide a connection between generations in a community.

“When you can find new uses for these buildings…I’m sure St. Aidan’s has a lot of Rutland stories that are important to preserve among us…kids and grandkids can look at these struc-tures and say that’s where my parents were married or where we attended a relative’s funeral…it’s important to keep those connections alive.”

The Buddhist society has bought the site and two other municipally owned lots from the city for $100,000. The society members, which number about 20, will be responsible for all the renovations costs.

Chataway said the city deserves recognition for inviting and

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The public process has one further hurdle to overcome before approval is granted for the transformation of a historic Rutland church into a Buddhist cultural centre.

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, located at the corner of Rutland Road North and Mugford Road, has been closed for more than

two decades. Now, the Okanagan Buddhist Cultur-al Society has presented a redevelopment for the church site, which occupies three separate lots.

Earlier this month, council gave its approval to the required rezoning of one of those lots, from residential to institutional use. The rezoning was to go to public hearing for input on Tuesday, after the society has been working with the Uptown Rutland Business Association and Rutland Residents Associ-ation for the past year on its proposal.>>

gets a new lease on lifePeter Chataway, a Kelowna building designer working with

the society on the project said the 82-year-old building will be given a new lease on life, renovated inside to fit the needs of the Buddhist society members while protecting the historic look of the exterior. An addition will be built on the church, which will be moved to a more central location on the site, to provide washrooms and meeting space available for rental to commu-nity groups. And there will be an Oriental-style outdoor garden created on the site.

“It is being handed down from one spiritual community to another, “ Chataway said.

It is important, he said, for a community to protect its heritage structures, as they provide a connection between generations in a community.

“When you can find new uses for these buildings…I’m sure St. Aidan’s has a lot of Rutland stories that are important to preserve among us…kids and grandkids can look at these struc-tures and say that’s where my parents were married or where we attended a relative’s funeral…it’s important to keep those connections alive.”

The Buddhist society has bought the site and two other municipally owned lots from the city for $100,000. The society members, which number about 20, will be responsible for all the renovations costs.

Chataway said the city deserves recognition for inviting and

helping facilitate proposals from outside groups to help save the St. Aidan’s church building, a prototype idea that has also been looked at for other abandoned historic buildings.

If the public hearing approval is adopted as expected, Chat-away said work on the church site will begin very quickly with the work hopefully completed by this fall.

“The Buddhist society is a small community unto itself so its needs are modest. They are not a large group and they don’t need a large building expansion. They will keep it quaint and modest and renovate the interior to fit their needs.” 4

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According to FortisBC, as part of the project, crews will reposition 11 transmission poles between Reid’s Corner to Edwards Road. The work has been concentrated around Reid’s Corner, including Sexsmith Road, Old Vernon Road and Rutland Road.

In some instances, wooden poles will be replaced with stronger, self-supporting steel poles.

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The ministry recently awarded a $36-million contract for the highway widening in the area, the second phase of work after last year’s re-alignment of Finns Road.

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To maintain electrical service in the area during construction, FortisBC said it will complete as much work as possible on energized lines, using specialized safety equipment.

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A Rutland Senior Secondary grad is one of two senior members of the Kelowna U18 Heat girls team recruited to pur-sue their educations and softball careers south of the border in North Dakota.

Shortstop Shayla Tyerman has signed with the University of Jamestown, while her teammate, pitcher Gina Selfe, who is graduating from Eagle River Secondary school in Sicamous, plans to attend Lake Region State College next fall.

Tyerman, who is graduating this spring from RSS, has played for Heat rep teams for the last six years, with nine seasons in the Kelowna Minor Fastball Society.

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Tyerman, who was discovered by the Jamestown coaching staff at a scouting tournament last November in Las Vegas, is excited about the next phase of her education and career.

“I really like their coach and there are lots of Canadians on the team,” Tyerman said of her decision to join the Jamestown program.

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They are inviting the public to tell them about their relationship with Okanagan waters using a short, online survey available at http://bit.ly/1q0dRYq.

The exhibition will use a variety of media to explore the diverse meanings that water holds for the many communities, cultures and interest groups that have lived in the Okanagan Valley throughout time.

“Water is the lifeblood that allows our communities to live and thrive,” said Christine Mettler, the project’s coordinator.

“And everyone has a connection with water—whether it’s watching the birds in the marshes, hiking to the

majestic waterfalls in the uplands, or swimming in the lakes. Water is where life happens, and where memories are made.”

However, despite our connection to and reliance on water, it’s easy to take it for granted.

“Although many don’t realize it, we have changed our Okanagan water-shed quite a bit over time,” said Kathy Holland, library/research coordinator with the Okanagan Nation Alliance.

“Syilx elders have said ‘Under-standing the living land and teaching how to be part of that is the only way we can survive.’”

With the help of traditional, scienti� c, and other local knowledge, the exhibition will invite visitors to re� ect on how land and waters in the Okanagan have changed, but also how our community celebrates our relationship with water— our most precious resource.

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A Rutland Senior Secondary grad is one of two senior members of the Kelowna U18 Heat girls team recruited to pur-sue their educations and softball careers south of the border in North Dakota.

Shortstop Shayla Tyerman has signed with the University of Jamestown, while her teammate, pitcher Gina Selfe, who is graduating from Eagle River Secondary school in Sicamous, plans to attend Lake Region State College next fall.

Tyerman, who is graduating this spring from RSS, has played for Heat rep teams for the last six years, with nine seasons in the Kelowna Minor Fastball Society.

Defensively, Tyerman has a big range and strong arm, and is an offensive threat having batted close to .400 last season.

Tyerman, who was discovered by the Jamestown coaching staff at a scouting tournament last November in Las Vegas, is excited about the next phase of her education and career.

“I really like their coach and there are lots of Canadians on the team,” Tyerman said of her decision to join the Jamestown program.

“The campus is super nice, there are small class sizes, which I think will be really good for me.

“I’m super excited to be getting a chance to play softball and pursue my education at the same time.” 4

Spring offers perfect walking weather along Ben Lee Park’s paved pathway

Welcome to the…RUTLANDCOMMUNITY

Welcome to the…market!

The market relocated this spring from the Centennial Hall parking lot to the Roxby Square

parking lot, featuring everything from tools to household items, to music to jewelry and tasty treats. The long-time � ea market is seeking to

expand and welcome in new vendors every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information about

how to become a vendor, contactLaurel D’Andrea at 250-451-9861.

EVERYSUNDAY

FROM 8 A.M. TO 1 P.M


Michelle Duford CPA and Shelley Kvamme-MacDonald, CPA

Rutland’s newest professional accountants.

205 -145 Asher Road, Kelowna, BC V1X 2R5250-763-7923 / 250-212-0786

Accounting and Taxes – online options available.

starting June 30th 7pm - 9pm

Live, local bands. Free to attend

www.houseofrose.ca

2270 Garner Rd, Kelowna, B.C. 250 765 0802

SUMMER MUSIC SERIES

Dads Day

Sunday June 19 • 12 to 5 pm

Something special for all Dads and tastings of

a one-time only special wine of the day for Dad!

Every Thursday evening in the summer

Onward & Upward is a new program launched my Images by Caroline Dafoe located in the Aphrodite in Me Spa on Asher Road in Rutland.

Dafoe is the independent busi-ness owner, who holds a diploma in advanced laser and medical aesthetics, offering high end medical aesthetics services. These services can often assist clients in removing 10 to 15 years from their appearance.

Dafoe is working with a few select non-pro� t organizations in the Kelowna area whose clients have had stressful and challenging times, and could use a fresh look to a fresh start.

These people may be re-entering the workforce after being not able to work for some time or need to get a new look to go with their new circumstances.

Services are provided free of charge to the referred clients and they receive typically between one and three treatments depending on their individual circumstances.

The “hard costs” and the take home post care skin care travel kit that the client receives is covered by donations, which can be made to imagesbycarolina.weebly.com or if the donor wishes a receipt for their donation then they can make the donation directly to the non-pro� t organization that is on-board with the Onward & Up-ward program.

“I know � rst hand how generosity can change a life,” said Dafoe. “When I returned to Kelowna two and a half years ago with my ad-

opted son from Ontario, we arrived with only suitcases and boxes and within � ve weeks we had a fully furnished home with new beds and dining room and living room furniture and household items many of it garnered from a local charity.

“As well, I have been blessed by the local program for families within the community which has

been a great place to connect and make new friends and receive support as a new mom.

“So when it came time for me to transition back to work I started work part-time doing cosmetic laser treatments with a doctor in Vernon and I wanted to do my own business part-time as well in Kelowna…but it had to be more than pro� ts…it had to be a path-way to make a difference…even if it was small to someone.”

Dafoe says how someone looks or feels about themselves can be a signi� cant contributor on how they feel and behave and can enhance their con� dence. “Especially if a person is coming out of

a � ght with a life-threatening illness, domestic partner abuse, or a recovery program for example,” she said.

So how does the program work? A person is referred to the program through the non-pro� t organization that has been ac-cepted into the program.

“I have a referral card that they � ll out and give to the client. The client then calls or emails me to set up the appointment and we meet and start the process.

“Some non-pro� ts will have me invoice them directly as they have a budget set aside for the program or have received donations from their donors to support the program.

“Or I have a select few philanthropists that donate directly to my program. Those funds go directly to covering the hard costs for the treatments and for the � ve- to seven-day take home post care skin care travel kit for the client. There is absolutely no charge to the client for the services or the products we provide them.”

If you are a non-pro� t organization or a donor and wish to get involved with the Onward & Upward program you can reach Caroline Dafoe via email at [email protected]. 4

onwardand

UPWARD

How someone looks or feels about themselves

can be a signi� cant contributor on how they

feel and behave


Michelle Duford CPA and Shelley Kvamme-MacDonald, CPA

Rutland’s newest professional accountants.

205 -145 Asher Road, Kelowna, BC V1X 2R5250-763-7923 / 250-212-0786

Accounting and Taxes – online options available.

opted son from Ontario, we arrived with only suitcases and boxes and within five weeks we had a fully furnished home with new beds and dining room and living room furniture and household items many of it garnered from a local charity.

“As well, I have been blessed by the local program for families within the community which has

been a great place to connect and make new friends and receive support as a new mom.

“So when it came time for me to transition back to work I started work part-time doing cosmetic laser treatments with a doctor in Vernon and I wanted to do my own business part-time as well in Kelowna…but it had to be more than profits…it had to be a path-way to make a difference…even if it was small to someone.”

Dafoe says how someone looks or feels about themselves can be a significant contributor on how they feel and behave and can enhance their confidence. “Especially if a person is coming out of

a fight with a life-threatening illness, domestic partner abuse, or a recovery program for example,” she said.

So how does the program work? A person is referred to the program through the non-profit organization that has been ac-cepted into the program.

“I have a referral card that they fill out and give to the client. The client then calls or emails me to set up the appointment and we meet and start the process.

“Some non-profits will have me invoice them directly as they have a budget set aside for the program or have received donations from their donors to support the program.

“Or I have a select few philanthropists that donate directly to my program. Those funds go directly to covering the hard costs for the treatments and for the five- to seven-day take home post care skin care travel kit for the client. There is absolutely no charge to the client for the services or the products we provide them.”

If you are a non-profit organization or a donor and wish to get involved with the Onward & Upward program you can reach Caroline Dafoe via email at [email protected]. 4

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