PARK PROPONENTS SHOULD DO MORE RESEARCH TOO

Editor:

Re: Letter of Rebuttal to Mr. Bob Lincoln's letter Park opponents should do more research featured in the Osoyoos Times Wednesday March 5, 2008.rn
I'm writing to clarify some misinformation written about Canadian Helicopters in a letter by Bob Lincoln from Kaleden and published in your paper on Wednesday March 5, 2008.

Mr. Lincoln mistakenly refers to in the letter that Canadian Helicopters Flight Training School and Charter Base as being part of the CHC (Helicopter Corporation) listed on the TSX as FLY.A.

We are not part of CHC nor are we financially connected in any way directly or indirectly.

We are in fact and have been for quite sometime Canadian Helicopters and one of a number of bases owned and operated by the company and traded on the TSX listed under CHL.UN.

Canadian Helicopters is an Income Fund and we are publicly owned by shareholders across the country, many of whom live here in the Okanagan Valley.

Our Penticton, B.C. base and operations have been here for over (60) years and our world class school has been in operation here for (58) of those years.

Mr. Lincoln also suggests in his letter that Parks Canada is committed to allow our school to continue Mountain Flying training operations.

To date however we have not received any written guarantee from Parks Canada that our Mountain Flying training activities will in fact be permitted should a National Park become a reality.

Mr. Lincoln should research the information he publishes in his letters more carefully especially his comments about two highly respected publicly traded Canadian companies as there could be very serious implications.

Jan Rustad,
CFI/Manager Business, Canadian Helicopters School of Advanced Flight Training

OSOYOOS TIMES-March 19, 2008

RDOS BOARD NEEDS TO BE FAIR WITH SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS

Editor:

Turning down the zoning applications of the Fergusons and Schefflers by the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen is unfair and biased.

The RDOS has allowed hundreds of smaller subdivision lots by Regal Ridge as well as a five acre subdivision by the Goodmans that was approved last year.

The Fergusons and E. Scheffler have played by all of the rules and jumped through all of the hoops set out by the RDOS and gov't agencies but are not being treated fairly or objectively.

The Regional Director supported these applications originally, and if he had any objections, they should have been presented at the public hearing on Feb. 12, 2008.

At this hearing, both applications received nearly unanimous support. Also, both applications met the requirements for access to utilities, road access and the completion of an environmental impact study.

The planning service board of the RDOS stated that it did not give approval because it seeks to extend residential development into an environmentally sensitive area.

Did they forget that they had approved Regal Ridge and several other subdivisions?

This board and the Regional Director are both elected and should therefore be fair and impartial to everyone.

The motion should be rewritten in a positive way and the board should reconsider their biased decision.

Louise and Ed Fossen,rnRock Creek

OSOYOOS TIMES-March 19, 2008

TOWN NOT USING ITS NOISE BYLAW PROPERLY

Editor:

Today, on Global News, our mayor had the nerve to state, with our noise bylaw, the goose has to go.

Excuse me if I'm a little upset about that statement.

Someone is upset because a white goose has been put in Peanut Pond.

Everyone I've spoken to loves that old goose.

Now, the reason I'm upset with our mayor is the noise bylaw which states, 'No person shall make or cause or permit to be made or cause, any noise in or on a public place which disturbs, or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of any person or persons in the neighbourhood, or vicinity.'

This bylaw was put into effect Dec. 21, 1992 and signed by Acting Mayor John Slater.

Since then, Mr. Slater has chosen to use this bylaw when it suits him.

We have been driven up the wall by go-carts at Rattlesnake Canyon for years.

Nothing has been done, except we have been given the run around by the mayor, past and present council.

If one little goose can make so much noise as to not allow one person to sleep, what about 16 go-carts running from 9:30 a.m. until 11 p.m.

Something must be done with our noise bylaw, so that all residents of Osoyoos are protected, not just the chosen few.

Valorie Paolera,
Osoyoos

OSOYOOS TIMES-March 19, 2008