Meals on Wheels Breakfast for Learning Club is in need of volunteers to help prepare breakfast at 3 Elementary Schools in Penticton.

8:00am-9:15am Monday to Friday.

For more information & to volunteer please call 250-492-9095.

Many Hats Theatre Company is pleased to announce the first show of their 2012 season…the Fifth season! Opening on the Cannery Stage on February 2 will be the Hat’s production of Neil Simon’s bittersweet comedy ‘Lost in Yonkers.’

Starring: Colleen Fox, Liam Martin, Ted Morrison, Martin Pedersen, Dawn Renaud, Aidan Valentini & Eleanor Walker.

Ne'r do-well son Eddie deposits his two young sons on his mother's doorstep. He is financially strapped and taking to the road as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella and her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hood in a strange new world.

Lost In Yonkers plays Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 to Saturday, February 25th, 2012 at The Cannery Stage in the Cannery Trade Centre, 1475 Fairview Road, Penticton.

Thursday, Friday & Saturday doors open at 7:30pm, Showtime is at 8:00pm.

Sunday Matinees doors open at 1:30pm, Showtime is at 2:00pm.

Tickets: Adults $22.00, Seniors and Students $19.00 taxes included. Available at the Wine Country Visitor Centre, 552 Railway Street or by phone at 250-493-4055.

You can keep up to date with what Many Hats are doing via their website: www.ManyHatsTheatre.com

Proudly sponsored by Sun FM.

Enjoy fresh fruit & fresh baking, watkins products and much more at "The Market" - 439 Winnipeg Avenue.

For more information or to book a table please call Heather at 250-488-6651.

EXHIBITORS AGREE: BIGGEST & BEST SHOW IN THE OKANAGAN !

Don’t miss the 17^th Annual Canadian Home Builders’ Association South Okanagan Home Show - Friday, February 10^th to Sunday, February 12^th.

More than 160 displays featuring home building and renovation products, plus information-packed seminars, and raffles!

PLUS, meet Shell Busey – the HouseSmart Guy!

The CHBA South Okanagan Home Show February 10^th to 12^th at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre.

Admission is only $4.00!

See more info at www.chbaso.org

Cheer on the Penticton Vees Saturday, February 11th @ 5:00pm against the Westside Warriors at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

See Ya Later Ranch and the South Okanagan Similkameen BC SPCA invite you to Celebrate Puppy Love on Sunday, February 12th from 1:00pm-4:00pm.

Tickets are only $10.00 with a portion of the proceeds going to the BC SPCA. Ticket includes Tantalizing Tapas Tasters and 5 Complimentary Wine Tastings.

Share the love this Valentine's Day by donating any of the much needed items to the BC SPCA who will be on site to Thank You personally for your support:

• Animal Toys & Treats
• Budgie Food
• Pine Pellet Cat Litter
• Household Paper Products
• Garbage Bags
• HE Laundry Detergent
• Office Supplies
• Copy Paper
• Canadian Tire Money
• Bleach

For more information please call 250-497-8267 or email info@sylranch.com

Eat.Drink.Tweet will take place on Friday, February 17th to Sunday, February 19th at the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence at Okanagan College in Penticton.

All Prices for the Event (including HST):

Putting the social back in social media, Eat.Drink.Tweet. events combine seminars on the latest in social media marketing with an in real life — “IRL” in the language of social media — culinary experience. Network both online and IRL with your colleagues while learning both basic and advanced social media skills. Then share a glass of wine while exchanging Twitter handles and QR codes.

In 2011, it trended on Twitter. What's in store for 2012? A pre-conference day on blogging, featuring a gourmet lunch paired with craft beer. The famous live Twitter wine tasting with the wineries of the Naramata Bench. Keynote speaker, LinkedIn expert Rob Duncan. Sessions on Twitter, Facebook marketing, QR codes, online story-telling, photo-blogging and more.

Eat.Drink.Tweet. will be great for people who have little experience in social media and want to learn more.

Eat.Drink.Tweet. will also be great for any business that wants to ramp up its social media and keep Penticton on the social media map.

Eat.Drink.Tweet events have SOLD OUT across BC. Don't miss out!!

For more information & to learn more about Eat.Drink.Tweet:

WEBSITE: www.eatdrinktweet.ca
TWITTER HASHTAG: #eatdrinktweet
FACEBOOK PAGE: search for All She Wrote Consulting
GOOGLE+: circle Eat.Drink.Tweet.

The 2nd Annual Arctic Amazing Race Fundraiser at Apex Mountain Resort is on Saturday, February 18th. Starting at 10:30am in the Gunbarrel Saloon.
 
Funds raised from this event will go to support the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s $200-million Campaign for BC Children.
 
The campaign is dedicated to achieving three vital objectives: to construct a new BC Children’s Hospital, expand Child Health BC and relocate child development and rehabilitation serviced from Sunny Hill Health Centre to the Hospital.

Register your team of 2 to 4 people until Saturday, February 11th. $100.00 per team.

Enjoy a Burger & Beer for only $10.00 at the Gunbarrel and all proceeds will also go to the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. The day will also include a Silent Auction & Raffle Prizes.

Join the 2nd Annual Arctic Amazing Race Fundraiser and you could win a trip to Las Vegas or Whistler!

Email Sue Hanson at gunbarrell@nethop.net for registration details.

Come join friends and family of the Penticton Pony Club for their 32nd Annual Live and Silent Auction hosted at the Barley Mill Brew Pub & Sports Bistro on Saturday, February 18 starting at 6:00pm.

Your ticket price of $20.00 per person gets you a great meal, the opportunity to bid on some fabulous auction items generously donated by local businesses and most importantly, you will be helping Pony Club members to participate in camps, clinics, attend theory lessons as well as regional and national events.

Tickets can be purchased at Total Pet in Penticton and SunOka Veterinary Clinic in Summerland or of course if you know a Pony Clubber direct from them.

Penticton Squares will be holding a Valentine Square Dance Party on Saturday, February 18th at the Penticton Senior Drop In Centre, 2965 South Main Street.

Pre Rounds at 7:00pm

Mainstream 7:30pm-10:00pm

Refreshments to follow.

Cuer is Regine Anderson from Penticton.

Caller, John Corrigan from Delta.

All Square Dancers & Spectators are welcome!

For more information call 250-492-5856

Cheer on the Penticton Vees Thursday, February 23rd @ 7:00pm against the Trail Smoke Eaters at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

The Youth Symphony of the Okanagan will be touring 3 cities in the Okanagan over the weekend of February, 25th and 26th for the 23rd Year!!

They'll be at the First Lutheran Church, 4091 Lakeshore Road in Kelowna at 2:00pm on Saturday, February 25th and then at Trinity Unite Church, 3300 Alexis Park Drive in Vernon at 7:30pm.

Sunday, February 26th brings them to Penticton at the Cleland Community Theatre, 325 Power Street for their final concert of the weekend at 2:00pm.

Tickets are available at the door, from musicians & the Penticton Academy of Music.

Featured soloists will be Vincent Li and Rebecca Ruthven, both violinists with the YSO. Music repertoire includes works by Morawetz, Sarasate, Grieg, Chausson and Beethoven.

Cheer on the Penticton Vees Sunday, February 26th @ 2:00pm against the Prince George Spruce Kings at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

The Reptile Guy is back with a variety of exotic critters for your squeamish pleasure!

Live at Cherry Lane, Wednesday, February 29 to Sunday, March 4.

Get your picture taken with an amazing exotic creature!

All proceeds  go to The Reptile Guy's Rescue!!

SHOPPING CENTRE HOURS

Regular Hours:

The En'owkin Centre 2012 Literary Reading Series second reading is on Thursday, March 1st with Beth Cuthand.

Beth grew up in Saskatchewan and Alberta. She has taught at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, now known as First Nations University, the En'owkin Centre and the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. Before teaching Beth worked as a journalist for sixteen years.

Her short stories and poems have been published in magazines and anthologies, and two volumes of her poetry appeared as separate monographs, Horse Dance to Emerald Mountain (1987) and Voices in the Waterfall (1989). The new revised version of Voices in the Waterfall was published in 2008 by Theytus Books. In addition, Beth has published a children's story called The Little Duck Sikihpsis (2006) also with Theytus Books.

Doors open at 11:30am with the welcome address at Noon by Jeannette Armstrong, Director of the En'owkin Centre and Gerry William, En'owkin Creative Writing Department. The reading will begin at 12:15pm followed by a book signing with Beth Cuthand at 1:15pm.

Visit: www.enowkincentre.ca to learn more.

Cheer on the Penticton Vees Friday, March 2nd @ 7:00pm against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

CALL for CONTESTANTS! If you are 16 years of age or over and think you have what it takes to WIN The Reptile Guy’s FEAR FACTOR CHALLENGE submit your contestant application without delay!

Applications close February 20, 2012

Pick up an application at the Customer Service/Lottery booth in Cherry Lane during mall hours, or online at www.cherrylane.ca.

Spectators invited to come & cheer them on ... audience participation required!

EVENT #1 - Saturday, March 3 at 2:00 pm

EVENT #2 - Sunday, March 4 at 2:00 pm

Contestants in each event will have a chance to win a $100 Cherry Lane gift card!

Sun FM is proud to present the 7th Annual Women Front & Centre Awards, Dinner & Dance Gala Fundraiser on Saturday, March 3rd at the Penticton Lakeside Resort.

Get into the spirit and come "retro" from classy cocktail to bell bottoms, from psychedelic batik to gritty punk! Prizes for best dressed male and female!

5:30pm enjoy a champagne reception and preview the many silent auction items!

6:30pm begins the awards, dinner (includes wine at table) and dance.

LIVE MUSIC by The Retro Divas presented by Moon Coin Productions.

Tickets are $75.00 each and available at The Penticton Lakeside Resort, WINGS Thrift Store (456 Main Street) or by calling 250-493-4366 Ext.100

Purchase your tickets before February 19th to be entered into the early bird prize and you could win 2 tickets to see B.B. King!!

The En'owkin Centre 2012 Literary Reading Series final reading is on Tuesday, March 13th with Chris Bose.

Chris is of the N'laka'pamux/Secwepemc Nations in BC and currently spends his time in Kamloops. Mr. Bose is a writer, multi-disciplinary artist, musician and filmmaker.

He creates art and music on a daily basis, and is also a workshop facilitator of community arts events, digital storytelling, art workshops with people of all ages and backgrounds, curatorial work for First Nations art shows and projects, research and writing for periodicals across Canada. Project management and coordination, mixed-media productions, film, audio and video recording, editing and more.

Chris' book of poems, Stone the Crow was released by Kegedonce Publishing (2010).

Doors open at 11:30am with the welcome address at Noon by Jeannette Armstrong, Director of the En'owkin Centre and Gerry William, En'owkin Creative Writing Department. The reading will begin at 12:15pm followed by a book signing with Chris Bose at 1:15pm.

Visit: www.enowkincentre.ca to learn more.

Sun FM is proud to sponsor the Penticton Relay For Life taking place on Saturday, May 26th starting at 6:00pm until Sunday, May 27th at 6:00am. Teams of up to 15 people take turns walking around the track at Pen High for 12 hours.

Early bird registration is on now. $10.00 per person until January 31st, 2012. As of February 1st, registration fee is $20.00. All BC entrants will be entered to win an iPad. You can register at www.relaybc.ca

The Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life is a unique opportunity for communities to come together and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones and fight back against all cancers. Each year, more than 400 communities nation wide come together to fight back at Relay, supporting the largest cancer fundraiser in Canada. In British Columbia and the Yukon more than 50 communities participate.

For event details or more information visit www.RelayForLife.ca

The Canadian Cancer Society is a national community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer.