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It’s been 110 years because the S.S. Naramata first graced Okanagan Lake.
The S.S. Sicamous Marine Heritage Society shared the anniversary on Saturday, with the announcement that quickly they will be internet hosting an occasion to have fun the birthday of the S.S. Sicamous and S.S. Naramata subsequent month.
The S.S. Naramata ran for 53 years from April 1914 to August 1967.
“She was used to move fruit and different cargo up and down the lake on barges. The Naramata was capable of transport as much as 20 rail vehicles: two barges carrying between eight and 10 rail vehicles,” the socitey stated of their put up.
“She additionally served as an icebreaker for the opposite ships on the lake, together with the S.S. Sicamous.”
When the demand for tugs diminished, the Naramata was taken out of service in 1967.
The sternwheeler S.S. Sicamous was launched quickly after, on May 19, 1914 and was in service for 22 years, till 1936, in response to the society.
The Sicamous travelled from Penticton to Okanagan Landing day by day (besides Sunday) with 14 scheduled stops alongside the best way.
The society stated the City of Penticton was approached by the Penticton Gyro Club in 1949, who wished to make use of the ship as their membership home after it had been retired and sitting the ship yard.
Together they organized to buy the ship from Canadian Pacific. She was towed again home to Penticton on a moist and windy day in August of 1951, the place the vessel has remained since.
Locals and guests are invited out to hitch the S.S. Sicamous Marine Heritage Society for the “Family Regatta party celebration” on May 19 for a complementary occasion from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“Our Sicamous Family Regatta party is a enjoyable occasion for all group members to participate in. Get within the recreation taking part in spirit and are available on down and play a bunch of various park video games,” the society stated.
“Finish all of the video games and win a goodie bag!”
The occasion will embrace:
- Park video games: sack races, bottle ring toss, big tic tac toe, washer toss, horse footwear, egg race, corn holes, and a flag hunt.
- Concession: cotton sweet, popcorn machine, sweet cart, and extra!
- Photo Booth within the Stern Salon.
- Canoe races: climate dependent.
- Wine & Beer tastings.
- Food Trucks & Vendors for buy.
- Museum shall be open to view.
- Live music within the Dining corridor & within the park.
- First come first serve cupcakes at 2 p.m. to have fun the time the SS Sicamous launched in 1914.
More particulars to be introduced quickly, control their website here.
Casey Richardson
If you occur to like cleansing and do not thoughts a cuteness overload all over the place to distract you, the Critteraid Animal Sanctuary in Summerland is perhaps the proper match for you.
Lori Huot-Stewart, president of Critteraid, stated she’s hoping folks have been on the lookout for a brand new place to volunteer as they’ve house for cleaners to hitch their morning shifts.
“Did I point out that we now have kittens,” she stated. “We appear to have a whole lot of enjoyable on our days and the home cats appear to essentially take pleasure in assembly new folks.”
The cleansing shifts are between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and so they have a number of days as choices to select from.
“We actually respect any serving to fingers and the outcomes of us serving to and dealing collectively is so fulfilling once we see that what we’re doing in giving these infants is the most effective setting potential with the entire comforts that they deserve.”
If you are eager about extra data, e-mail [email protected] attention morning sunshine.
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The Penticton and Area Access Centre is thrilled to be hosting their first in-person fundraiser post-COVID.
On Thursday, May 16 at 5 p.m. at Highway 97 Brewery, everyone is welcome to join an evening of music bingo, with proceeds going right back to the charitable organization that provides services of all kinds to community members.
Snippets of popular songs are played instead of numbers in music bingo, and participants mark off the songs on their bingo cards.
The access centre provides advocacy, and resource and referral programs for Penticton and area community members facing barriers in their lives, and proceeds will support their mission.
Tickets for the event are now available for purchase online here or in person at Highway 97 for $27.96. Each ticket features a finger meals buffet, a beer, and a music bingo card.
The organization can be looking for donations for a silent public sale and for bingo prizes.
“Your donation will make a major impression on our skill to help these in want in our group. Donors shall be acknowledged on our donation checklist and obtain priceless publicity via our advertising and marketing supplies,” reads a press launch from the centre.
For extra data or to donate, contact [email protected] or name 250-493-6822.
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Hoping to supply a place to collect for youth within the Summerland space that can build a way of group, Foundry Penticton has launched a brand new program.
The program, known as SAGE (Snacks, Art, Games & Events), is all about offering a welcoming house for youth ages 12 to 18.
“We understand that accessing these services can be tough for smaller communities, so we’re expanding into new areas.”
Youth will be invited to gather ever second Tuesday for various activities like painting, games and crafts. Recent events have included [ainting rainbow macrame wall hangers and spending time at the library.
The next event will be at HeartSpace Yoga for sound healing on Tuesday, April 30 at 3:30 p.m.
Those interested in learning more about SAGE or getting involved an reach out at 250-488-4396 or [email protected]
The youth organization also announced the expansion of its RADAR program, which offers a safe group for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community along with allies and friends to gather at the start of January.
Foundry Penticton offers young people ages 12 to 24 access to mental health and substance use support, physical and sexual healthcare, peer support and social services. For more information, head to their website here.
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Photo: Ava Babakaiff
UPDATED: 4:35 p.m.
Penticton RCMP stated the driving force of a stolen yellow sports activities automobile that crashed right into a entrance yard on Saturday hasn’t been positioned after fleeing on foot.
RCMP spokesperson Const. Kelly Brett. stated officers responded to a report of a potential stolen automobile that was positioned on Eastside Road simply earlier than 9 a.m.
“When members approached the automobile and the occupant, the automobile fled the world at excessive charges of pace,” Brett stated in an announcement.
“Shortly after, a single motorcar incident was reported within the 160 block of Laurel Place. A witness reported {that a} yellow Mustang had crashed into her yard and the driving force instantly fled on foot,” Brett added.
RCMP responded to the world and had been capable of verify the automobile was stolen. A search was performed, nonetheless police didn’t positioned the only real occupant.
Brett stated the investigation into the matter continues to be on-going.
ORIGINAL: 1:05 p.m.
Penticton residents have reported seeing one individual flee down a financial institution on foot after crashing a yellow sport automobile right into a entrance yard on Saturday.
A photograph taken by Ava Babakaiff reveals police and a number of automobiles within the space. The sports activities automobile was left behind close to the Wiltse Elementary School.
“All I heard from household and neighbours was that he was driving extraordinarily quick, went via the neighbour’s yard bought out and went down the financial institution. Just hoping they discover him, and really grateful nobody was harm,” she stated over Messenger.
She famous she didn’t hear or see something apart from the automobile.
K9 items have additionally been seen within the space.
Castanet has reached out to the RCMP for extra data.
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Cannabis Cottage has made some enhancements to their patio space, now that the provincial authorities has green-lit cannbis consumption in picnic areas.
Penticton’s Cannabis Cottage is trying to host a “huge party” on 4/20 to have fun the launch of their ‘Potio’ house, after BC made some legislative changes back in February.
The major change for the cannabis industry was quietly announced by the provincial government, which now permits the promotion of cannabis-friendly areas and consumption of hashish on public patios.
Licensees have been given the inexperienced gentle to advertise a place to eat hashish or to spend time after consuming hashish.
Cannabis Cottage is internet hosting their patio social gathering from 2 p.m. to five p.m. on Saturday.
“There’s going to be a whole bunch of different vendors and it’s an opportunity to meet and greet with some of the craft growers and brands that are in our area. We really like to feature the local people that are producing some of that bud that some of us have come to love,” Penticton Cannabis Cottage proprietor Mariana Wolff beforehand instructed Castanet.
She added that there will even be a drop-in artwork workshop, goodies to buy and options from native beverage and baked items firms.
Cannabis consumption continues to be not allowed inside hashish shops, and licensees should guarantee any hashish consumption close to their shops do not find yourself inside their institution.
Casey Richardson
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A scene from final 12 months’s Carmi Trail Recreation Area spring cleanup.
The Carmi Recreation Trails group is organizing a group cleanup of the world subsequent weekend in Penticton.
The volunteer-run group has scheduled a cleanup for Sunday, April 28 at 10 a.m. The space is sadly tormented by dumping, and the group endeavours to do its greatest to fight in opposition to that.
Anyone eager about serving to can meet the group on the Garnet Fire Interpretation Site on Carmi, which is the parking zone on the cattle guard.
Volunteers are requested to deliver their very own gloves and shovels or rakes. Anyone with an open field truck could be appreciated, to assist with the refuse haul to the dump. The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen has waived landfill tipping charges for the challenge.
Cleanup websites will embrace the Steward Creek campsite, the .5km campsite, the Beaverdell parking zone, the 6km capturing web site and extra.
All are welcome, and the group hopes to see many attendees.
Photo: Rotary Club of Summerland
The old Kiwanis Pier, that the Rotary Club of Summerland is hoping to switch with a good higher iteration.
The Summerland Rotary Club is continuous in its quest to lift funds for a brand new, much-improved native pier to switch the aged-out Kiwanis Pier that needed to be eliminated final 12 months.
The rotary shall be internet hosting a Party For The Pier extravaganza, taking place on Saturday, May 11.
Tickets are $100/person and embrace VIP access to a night stuffed with gourmand delights from Darin Paterson, stay music by 13 Broken Bones, and a silent public sale.
Each ticket features a complimentary drink and a $50 tax receipt. Tables seat eight friends.
The Rotary Club is working with the District of Summerland to assist increase funds for the brand new pier. While council has agreed to spend $800k in grant funding on a basic substitute pier, the membership has taken over elevating funds for enhancements.
Plans are within the works so as to add a shade construction, benches, aquatic steps, a slide, a climbing wall, a rope swing and electrical companies.
As of the final report, the Rotary stated the group has supported a charity golf event, Canadian flag fundraiser, pier wooden salvage gross sales and private donations to deliver them nearer to their $100,000 purpose.
The final two Hometown Rotary 50/50 draw reached jackpots of $31,390 and $26,770 so the draw winners acquired $15,695 and $13,385.
For extra data on the Party For The Pier and to buy tickets, head to the Rotary website here.
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A Penticton man will spend 60 extra days behind bars following incidents of theft.
Chance Russell Frank Marko, born in 1995, appeared in Penticton Provincial Court Friday to enter a responsible plea and study his sentence for a collection of prison incidents in 2023.
Court heard that on June 29, 2023 at 2:40 a.m., police had been known as to TwinCon Enterprises in Penticton for a report of a “suspicious occurrence.”
Police attended and noticed open containers by a service truck, some instruments on the bottom, and located Marko slumped over within the passenger seat of one other close by truck, ostensibly intoxicated. He was eliminated, arrested and later launched.
On Nov. 15, 2023 at 2:42 p.m., RCMP had been known as by bylaw officers who reported they’d caught Marko in possession of a forklift key at a building web site, and a bag of belongings that didn’t belong to him. He was arrested and later launched.
On Nov. 17, 2023 at 3:48 p.m. police had been known as to the Penticton Safeway for stories of a shoplifter. Marko, who was well-known to the loss prevention officer, had left the shop with a bag of things he didn’t pay for.
He was discovered close by and arrested with roughly $100 of products.
Court heard that Marko has a prolonged prison historical past with 20 convictions, and likewise that he had a tough childhood and his issues with dependancy began early.
Marko instructed the court docket that he has carried out work on himself whereas behind bars and is able to clear up his act and show to the group he desires to be a contributing member.
The decide sentenced him to 270 days behind bars for all three incidents which, as soon as time served was calculated, means Marko will spend 60 extra days in jail.
That sentence shall be adopted by a probationary interval with commonplace situations.
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Princeton residents are suggested that the blue foot bridge shall be closed subsequent week for a full day.
The bridge, positioned between Lapworth Street and Allison Avenue, shall be closed to all site visitors to endure substitute on April 23 from 7 a.m. to three p.m.
Tulameen Avenue would be the detour. No one on any type of transportation shall be allowed to cross the creek till the bridge challenge is accomplished.
