The Pulp Fiction Coffee House has been in operation on the corner of Pandosy and Lawrence for seven years.
Coffee shop owner Max and Gloria Sloan have now opened a second location in the Bernard Avenue district in downtown Kelowna, formerly known as the Towne Center Mall. The new location is spacious, bright, and serves breakfast and lunch, as well as its own brand of Pulp Fiction coffee, sold in 1 pound bags with a refillable glass container. The breakfast menu includes croissants, sausage rolls, bagels, omelets, avocado toast, muffins and scones. The lunch menu includes croissant sandwiches, bagel sandwiches, paninis and Montreal smoked beef on rye. The coffee house offers a wide variety of pastries and sweets such as banana bread, biscotti, butter cakes, donuts, cinnamon rolls and mini cheesecakes. Pulp Fiction is environmentally conscious and uses bamboo cutlery and sugar cane plates. Eat in or take out. Open Monday to Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
While in The District on Bernard visit Amni Apparel, owned by Lily WilkinsonThe store has a good collection of contemporary women’s fashion.
Stephanie Ball is the new General Manager of the Central Okanagan Journey Home Society. Stephanie has over 26 years of human services experience and has convened and collaborated on a variety of local, regional and national projects in Canada and the UK. As a seasoned executive, she has spent much of her career in system-level orchestration and has built a reputation as an impact strategist. Dr. Kyleen Myrah is the company’s chairman.
A pillar of the chiropractic community in Kelowna, Dr. Dale Forsythe, who runs Forsythe’s chiropractic and laser therapy, plans to retire after 48 years in the practice. Dr. Forsythe is very grateful to all of his customers and the community for supporting him throughout his long career. chiropractor Dr. Vincent Leering has all of Dr. Forsythe taken over. New and current patients can make appointments with Dr. Book Leering at 250-765-1466 or 236-420-0620. The clinic is located at Landmark Wellness, 200-1708 Dolphin Ave.
Kathy Butler, who previously served 17 years with the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation and 15 years with Okanagan College, has been named a senior consultant on the Pacific team of Global Philanthropic Canada. Kathy has unparalleled knowledge of annual and major fundraising and fundraising campaigns. Global Philanthropic Canada is a full-service national fundraising consultancy with experienced practitioners. The company has more than 23 senior consultants across the country and provides professional and affordable executive fundraising advice to organizations of all sizes.
Coast Capri Hotel banquet server Dennis Cunial leaves the hotel industry after 32 years as a server and pursues other interests and ventures. Dennis has received the prestigious “Employee of the Month” hotel award several times in his career, always based on positive customer feedback and beyond his duties.
Phil Law Corp, 300-1465 Ellis St., added Brad Savory to their team. His experience in various jurisdictions and areas of law over the past 11 years provides a strong representation in personal injury and commercial disputes in both the private and public sectors.
Kudos to the member of the Kelowna Hostess Donna Majewskiand celebrates 33 years as a tireless volunteer in the organization. If you want to join this extraordinary group of people and give your community some time, reach out to the member’s chairman Robin Barrett at rgbarrett@telus.net.
Accelerate Okanagan has a new board: Josh Fraser, Data nerds; Jason Kryski, Strawhouse Labs; Nicole RustadVortovia; Harry Singh, Facebook; Scot SpeiserCapriCMW; Quinton Pullen, BDO Canada; Michael MacaulayLawson Lundell attorneys; Tanji HalsallAnd power of human resources; Corie Griffiths, EDC; Blair Forrest, Pushor Mitchell Lawyers; Phil BarkerUBCO; Phil Ashman, Okanagan College. Accelerate Okanagan is a not-for-profit organization that promotes and supports the technology community.
Two employees at the Kelowna City Wastewater Treatment Plant received Longs Service Awards. Congratulations to Judy Marshall, Company employee who has served 40 years and Lynn Jablonski, Water and wastewater quality engineer who has been with us for 25 years.
Associated Canadian Travelers / United Commercial Travelers (ACT / UCT) # 1003 Kelowna West Club has donated $ 2,000 to the Salvation Army for their Christmas baskets. In the years since receiving the charter in 1975, the fraternal club has donated over $ 1,000,000 to local Kelowna charities.
The finalists have been announced for the 2020 Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC), Canada’s largest, oldest, and most prestigious student case competition. Congratulations to this year’s Okanagan College School of Business qualification teams with more than 120 teams in the qualifying round who have applied to participate: Takiya Bradshaw and Matthew Davidson, trained by Arian Fontenla and Mary Ann Knoll (Accounting); Braeden cream and Justin Rantucci, trained by Devin Rubadeau (Debate); Madison Freisen and Alivia Leibbrand, trained by Roger Wheeler (Human resources). Look forward to the results in January 2020.
Pamela Renzi wrote and published her second book and first children’s story, The Global Christmas, to promote peace, love and joy in the community. The book for children between the ages of four and twelve won the Book of Excellence and was written to let kids know that the season is about giving us friends, family and community. It teaches compassion, care, and unity. The front page is a series of images from different countries. The yellow lines throughout the book are the love vibration that is sent to everyone we meet. The beautiful colorful illustrations were drawn by Ashleigh Green, an art student at UBC Okanagan and a local artist. To order, contact Pamela at pamrenzi@yahoo.com.
That year, the McFadden Buttar & Associates team celebrated their 10th anniversary and submitted a budget rental truck for local charities. December 11th Peter McFadden, Amrit Buttar, Eva tomorrow and Jackie Gidda Together with their 14 elves, they filled 19 Costco carts with supplies for food banks and other various charities in our town. Over the past decade, this group has filled more than 150 carts with donated groceries valued at more than $ 75,000.
The website for Everpresent Giving featured in last week’s column is www.everpresentgiving.com.
Trout Water Fly & Tackle, 101-2350 Hwy. 97N, celebrates the 12 days of Christmas from December 13th to 24th. Every day you can enjoy different special offers in store for products with 20% to 50% off on different days for different products. www.troutwaters.ca
New Years Eve will be here before you know it. If you’re looking for something to do on December 31st, head to Rann Berry at Rann Berry’s New Years Eve Gala. The event consists of a nine-member all-star band in the Coast Capri Hotel Ballroom with Motown, soul and rock n roll. The Chef’s Kim Wallace Gourmet Hors D’oeuvres is served with champagne all evening at midnight. Doors open at 8 p.m. and dance at 9 p.m. Tickets valued at $ 129 are available now at www.Eventbrite.ca
Birthdays of the week: Heather Zais (December 18); Adrienne Skinner (December 18); Katja Oldendorf (December 18); Crystal flamans (19. December); Gary Schnackenberg (19. December); Gail Temple (19. December); Rod Charlesworth (19. December); Mary Ringrose (19. December); Renie Wutke (20th of December); Joan McCormack (20th of December); Bill Redmond (20th of December); Anna Warwick Sears (21st December); Colleen Light Minchau (December 22); Noel Wentworth (December 22); Serwa cliff (23rd of December); Joe Creron (December 24th); Genelle Davidson (December 24th); Dave Cullen (December 24th).
Maxine DeHart is a Kelowna councilor and local hotelier. Call them at 250-979-4546 or 250-862-7662; Email max@maxinedehart.ca; Website www.maxinedehart.ca.
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