Juergen Hansen: Dahlias in full bloom One of my most memorable gardening events ever was the sight of uncle Herman arriving at my grandparents’ summer home with arms full of dahlias. He seemed to have an everlasting supply of many different varieties in a wide range of colours, right there at the shores of the Baltic Sea. Yet when we visited his garden, his dahlia plot was really quite small. 8/18/2008 9:28:07 AM

Twin Lakes gets face lift from new owners As if being a championship 18-hole, par-72 golf course weren’t enough, the new owners of the Twin Lakes Golf Club are planning to spend more than $3 million on improvements and enhancements beginning this fall. 8/18/2008 9:23:53 AM

Crowded conditions put squeeze on SPCA Humans aren’t the only ones feeling the housing pinch locally. The South Okanagan Similkameen BC SPCA in Penticton is bursting at the seams with stray and abandoned animals, especially those of the feline persuasion. 8/18/2008 9:19:28 AM

Monster Show at Penticton Speedway Penticton Speedway hosted Monster Trucks and Freestyle Motocross on the weekend. A family audience enjoyed the spectacular show put on by this touring exhibition. The post show meet and autograph session was wildly popular. (Just pics). Thanks to High Definition Photography. 8/18/2008 6:51:56 AM

Keremeos/Cawston: Wineries take root in region When the Heinecke family moved to Canada from Germany in 1998 and purchased the three-year-old Crowsnest Vineyards in Cawston, they were only one of two wineries in the Similkameen Valley. 8/17/2008 6:00:55 AM

Shakespeare play fills Skaha park with magic Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a playful and magical comedy about love, and Penticton Chamber Theatre’s production, now running at Skaha Lake Park, captures all of the necessary elements. 8/17/2008 5:52:49 AM

Penticton: Victims’ father filled with murderous rage The father of two girls who were sexual assault victims says he will never be able to forgive the man that took advantage of his daughters. “There is no forgiveness in my heart for him. Not a chance,” said the father. 8/17/2008 5:18:07 AM

Summerland Emergency crews stage benefit Firefighters, police and paramedics will be flipping burgers today to help support a local boy with diabetes. The second annual Code 3 Cookout, hosted by emergency services personnel in Summerland, will be allocating some of the funds it raises this weekend to nine-year-old Austin Hogg. 8/17/2008 5:16:26 AM

Summerland: Rural fire sparks suspicion A police investigation has been opened into a fire that destroyed an outbuilding on a rural property near Summerland early Friday morning. The blaze at 9910 Canyon View Rd. quickly consumed a timber-framed structure. 8/16/2008 5:49:04 AM

Window smashing vandal caught on video A local business owner is hoping police can use images captured from a security camera to find the culprit who punched out his front window early Thursday morning. Corey Hounslow, owner of Valley Ink Tattoo, referred to the incident as "a random act of stupidity." 8/15/2008 8:12:26 AM

Judge sides with Osoyoos residents A small claims court judge has ordered the Town of Osoyoos to pay nearly $5,200 to two residents of the Desert Rose Estates strata park who sued the Town over a bylaw dispute. 8/15/2008 6:32:01 AM

Penticton Yacht club charting future course While there are marinas in Vernon, Kelowna, Westbank, Peachland, Summerland and Naramata, Penticton Marina, established in the early 1970s, is the only one open to the public. 8/15/2008 6:13:41 AM

No PRH mammograms until November A 57-year-old woman found a lump in her breast early this month, and learned she could not have a diagnostic mammogram in Penticton until November. The mammography clinic at Penticton Regional Hospital, closed for August and September, is being renovated. 8/15/2008 5:34:26 AM

Chilling details emerge at arson sentencing Chilling details from psychological evaluations emerged in court Thursday during the sentencing hearing for the teens who admitted to starting the fire that destroyed an assisted-living facility in Penticton last spring. 8/15/2008 5:28:37 AM

Penticton: Child pornographer gets 8-months Two pre-teen girls who were sexually assaulted and made the subject of pornographic images were spared the pain of being called to testify at trial, after the man accused in the crime pleaded guilty to the offences and on Thursday was handed an eight-month jail sentence. 8/15/2008 5:25:52 AM

Former Penticton MP safely out of Georgia Jim Hart, former member of parliament for the Okanagan Coquihalla has made it safely out of Tbilisi, Georgia. Part of the country was overrun by Russian troops in the last few days. 8/14/2008 6:40:40 AM

Summerland: Drunk driver gets five years for killing two A drunk driver whose out-of-control SUV killed a Summerland couple in 2005 as they slept in their bed has been given five years in prison and a 12-year driving ban. Mitchell Bertrand, 46, pleaded guilty in May to two counts of criminal negligence causing death. 8/14/2008 6:13:15 AM

Peach crop volume down, but higher prices Quality over quantity seems to be the silver lining following the clouds from the hail and wind storms that ripped through the southern part of the Okanagan Valley in early July. Peach crops are good, according to at least one local grower. 8/13/2008 4:30:36 PM

Hail storm delivers devastating blow Heavy rain followed by golf ball-sized hail was an unwelcome site for apple growers in the Penticton area, who this week are tallying the damage from Saturday’s storm. “It’s devastating,” said Lucio Almeida, a Penticton apple-grower who estimates he lost as much as 60 per cent of his crop. 8/13/2008 6:52:23 AM

End of an era as Oslund's closes doors Ralph Oslund has seen many changes during four decades in Penticton throughout his career of running Oslund Jewellers, but he is now closing the doors to make way for his
retirement. 8/13/2008 5:14:07 AM

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