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Barry GerdingEDITOR

“The community is only as good as what its residents are willing to give back.”

That motto is being put to the test by Chris Brown this year, as he is president of the Rutland Park Society and coordin-ator for May Days.

“That’s not how I planned it, but it just worked out that way,” said Brown. “I’m pretty sure that I won’t want to take on both jobs next year…but it’s something my mom taught me years ago and how I lived my life, to give back.”

Brown found him-self in his current situa-tion when Tom Graham stepped down as president of the Rutland Park So-ciety in January, without much advance warning.

“I was the vice-presi-dent at the time so Tom stepped down as presi-dent and Mary-Ann Gra-ham resigned as secre-tary, I ended up becoming

president. It’s not what I wanted to do but it’s how it worked out for now.”

Brown said a host of volunteers have stepped forward again this year, giving up time from the May long weekend to help make May Days possible.

In particular, Brown saluted the efforts of pa-rade marshall Bill Hen-derson, gate admis-sion coordinators Sandy Woykin and Rick Morin, and entertainment head Stephen Drager for their efforts. “It’s a community event and people in our community have always pulled together for May Days,” Brown added.

“When you see people walking around the park with May Days T-shirts on, those are people vol-unteering of their time on a long weekend to help maintain and make improvements to the park. And members of the soci-ety have been doing that for the last 54 years.”

Beyond the entertain-ment value, Mays Days

has always been a fund-raising source for the park society, which is respon-sible for looking after Centennial Park.

“We have charged ad-mission to May Days every year since it start-ed in 1959, except for the 51st year when West Coast Amusements joined us for the � rst time, and those proceeds go to-wards the hall and park improvements,” Brown said.

While he said talks are ongoing between the city parks department and the society about how to share resources to help make park improve-ments, the park remains the crown jewel of the so-ciety, the reason for its existence, and that is like-ly to continue.

“But it’s the � rst time in a long time where we are talking to the city about ways to help make the park look better and be used better for the whole area.”

The gate admission for Thursday to Satur-

day will be $2 for those 13 and over, and free for those 12 and under. On Sunday, admission will be a non perishable food donation to the Kelowna Community Food Bank.

Brown said the addi-tion of West Coast Amusements, which also sets up at the park for a weekend in Septem-ber every year, has been a driver for raising the at-tendance.

“We eliminated the ball tournament and beer garden three years ago and replaced them with West Coast Amusements because at the time our attendance was at about 4,000 people,” Brown said. “Each year since, our attendance has drawn more than 28,000 visits so I think we did some-thing right there, although I am looking toward next year to try and bring the

baseball tournament back again.”

Brown says May Days draws its core sup-port from the Rutland community more than anywhere else in the city, but the participation in the Community Awareness Booth display on Sunday, with 21 non pro� ts groups participating, speaks to a wider community aware-ness of the event.

“After the parade tro-

phies have been handed out, I usually ask people if they see garbage on the ground to pick it up and throw it in the garbage to help with the clean-up ef-forts, and people actual-ly do that. I have attended many other commun-ity festivals in my time and I can say we have the cleanest grounds of any that I’ve been to. That shows pride in your com-munity.”

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THE ANNUAL parade is always one of the signature events of May Days, as hundreds of people line the Rutland Road route to watch every year.

The heart of May Days is a community celebration


RUTLAND MAY DAYS

Barry GerdingEDITOR

“The community is only as good as what its residents are willing to give back.”

That motto is being put to the test by Chris Brown this year, as he is president of the Rutland Park Society and coordin-ator for May Days.

“That’s not how I planned it, but it just worked out that way,” said Brown. “I’m pretty sure that I won’t want to take on both jobs next year…but it’s something my mom taught me years ago and how I lived my life, to give back.”

Brown found him-self in his current situa-tion when Tom Graham stepped down as president of the Rutland Park So-ciety in January, without much advance warning.

“I was the vice-presi-dent at the time so Tom stepped down as presi-dent and Mary-Ann Gra-ham resigned as secre-tary, I ended up becoming

president. It’s not what I wanted to do but it’s how it worked out for now.”

Brown said a host of volunteers have stepped forward again this year, giving up time from the May long weekend to help make May Days possible.

In particular, Brown saluted the efforts of pa-rade marshall Bill Hen-derson, gate admis-sion coordinators Sandy Woykin and Rick Morin, and entertainment head Stephen Drager for their efforts. “It’s a community event and people in our community have always pulled together for May Days,” Brown added.

“When you see people walking around the park with May Days T-shirts on, those are people vol-unteering of their time on a long weekend to help maintain and make improvements to the park. And members of the soci-ety have been doing that for the last 54 years.”

Beyond the entertain-ment value, Mays Days

has always been a fund-raising source for the park society, which is respon-sible for looking after Centennial Park.

“We have charged ad-mission to May Days every year since it start-ed in 1959, except for the 51st year when West Coast Amusements joined us for the � rst time, and those proceeds go to-wards the hall and park improvements,” Brown said.

While he said talks are ongoing between the city parks department and the society about how to share resources to help make park improve-ments, the park remains the crown jewel of the so-ciety, the reason for its existence, and that is like-ly to continue.

“But it’s the � rst time in a long time where we are talking to the city about ways to help make the park look better and be used better for the whole area.”

The gate admission for Thursday to Satur-

day will be $2 for those 13 and over, and free for those 12 and under. On Sunday, admission will be a non perishable food donation to the Kelowna Community Food Bank.

Brown said the addi-tion of West Coast Amusements, which also sets up at the park for a weekend in Septem-ber every year, has been a driver for raising the at-tendance.

“We eliminated the ball tournament and beer garden three years ago and replaced them with West Coast Amusements because at the time our attendance was at about 4,000 people,” Brown said. “Each year since, our attendance has drawn more than 28,000 visits so I think we did some-thing right there, although I am looking toward next year to try and bring the

baseball tournament back again.”

Brown says May Days draws its core sup-port from the Rutland community more than anywhere else in the city, but the participation in the Community Awareness Booth display on Sunday, with 21 non pro� ts groups participating, speaks to a wider community aware-ness of the event.

“After the parade tro-

phies have been handed out, I usually ask people if they see garbage on the ground to pick it up and throw it in the garbage to help with the clean-up ef-forts, and people actual-ly do that. I have attended many other commun-ity festivals in my time and I can say we have the cleanest grounds of any that I’ve been to. That shows pride in your com-munity.”


THE ANNUAL parade is always one of the signature events of May Days, as hundreds of people line the Rutland Road route to watch every year.

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RUTLAND MAY DAYS

There will be a slight twist from past years when the annual May Days Parade commences on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

The route since 1959 has always had the parade enter Rutland Centennial Park.

But this year the end-ing for the parade has changed. The parade still starts at the Kelowna Y parking lot on Hartman

Road, then heads south on Rutland Road and pro-ceed into the Centennial Park grounds.

This year, the pa-rade will turn off Rutland Road, turning right on Asher Road before head-ing into the fairgrounds.

It’s hoped the change of route will help reduce the cluster of � oats and people that congregate at the entrance to Centennial

Park once the parade has ended.

Change is not new to the parade. From 1959 to 2008, the parade occurred on the Monday of May Days. In 2009, as part of the 50th anniversary the parade moved to Saturday morning.

Until the late 1990s the parade entries also used to be judged, a trad-ition that was revived last year.

This year, the honour-ary judges will be Charlie and Teresa Hodge along with a mystery judge.

Charlie is former Ke-lowna city councillor and columnist with the Cap-ital News.

The third judge’s name will be kept secret until the awards are pre-sented at 12:15 p.m. at the main stage.

The event will also be broadcast again this year by Shaw TV, with Miche-le Rule and Greg Kras-ichynsky sharing the com-mentating duties.

The 2012 parade award winners were: Best non pro� t, Kelowna Family Y; best marching band, Vancouver Travel-ling Band; best commer-cial � oat, Kelowna RV Country; best equestrian, Little Rascalls.

May Days Parade route changed

Charlie Hodge

LITTLE RASCALLS won the parade award for the best

equestrian entry in the 2012 May Days parade; the map indicates

the altered route for the parade this year.


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The revival of the May Days pan-cake breakfast will continue this year as the Kelowna Kiwanis-Summit Club will host the popular event Saturday, 9 to 11 a.m., at the Rutland Centennial Hall.

Breakfast this year will be two pan-cakes, two sausages and a drink for $5.

From 1958 to 20120, the pancake breakfast had always drawn a crowd while being organized at different times

by a variety of groups, including Rut-land Rotary Club, Rutland Lions, Shrin-ers, Rutland Secondary School Dry Grad and Rutland Park Society.

With depleting volunteer interest to put on the event, the breakfast was can-celled for the 2011 May Days, to the consternation of many.

That prompted the Kiwanis Club to revive the event last year.

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A MAN NAMED SUE Stephen Dreger takes on the persona of a “Man Named Sue” performing the timeless songs of Johnny Cash. A tribute to the Man in Black’s entire 47-year career.ELVIS EVOLUTIONInternational, multi-award winning Elvis Presley trib-ute artist, Adam Fitzpatrick performs all 3 eras of Elvis’ musical career, complete with authentic stage wear.HIP REPLACEMENTS The best Tragically Hip tribute this side of the 100th me-ridian. A must-see for any Hip fan.

FRIDAY MAY 17 (stage opens at 5)

ROGUES RIOT A band hailing from Surrey that brings an up-tem-po blend of Indie, Garage and Surf to the stage.DRACULA BLACK A melting pot of musical styles. The result of bring-ing metal, punk, alternative, and whatever else to a boil then solidifying it into hardened rock.WHISKEY DICK A band that’s hard to ignore or forget, who en-gages, and with tongue planted � rmly in cheek, makes you laugh and entertains.

KINSHIRA An Okanagan based performance troupe spe-cializing in � re and glow arts, as well as theatrical character entertainment.TIM HUS & HIS TRAVELIN’ BAND Tim Hus has a voice sweeter than a Husqvar-na chainsaw, a wit sharper than rusty barbed wire and a list of songs longer than a Saskatchewan fence line. A distinctive brand of Canadiana cow-boy music.

SATURDAY MAY 18 (stage opens at 12)

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WENTWORTH MUSIC FACTORY“The Hits”LEFTY An original rock band from Kelowna with many sounds formed from the indiidual in� uences of its very distinctive members.ROGER SCHMIDT Roger has a unique writing style that takes the humour and humil-ity of everyday and spins it into an upbeat musical drive that will have you tapping and clapping along. With special guest, Dusty Stalz.

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DRAGSTRIP DEVILS This rockabilly/psychobilly trio from Kelowna loves fast cars, hot licks and pin-up chicks! This three piece band will have you shakin’ all over!

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HAUT CHACHIS A genre unto themselves, best described as “instrumental surf-a-billy-roll with a twist of ska”. Exciting and upbeat sound that ap-peals to a wide audience.

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Admission to the grounds is free for 12 & under and $2.00 for everyone over 13

THURSDAY, MAY 16 • 3-10 PMGates, West Coast Amusements, Food Court &

some Vendors 3:00 pmScotia Bank Stage starts 5:00 pm

Big West Wrestling “Super Show” 7:00 pminside Rutland Centennial Hall - tickets $5 at the door

Most Vendors close at 8:00 pmGates, Food Court, West Coast Amusements &

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FRIDAY, MAY 17 • 3-11 PMGates, West Coast Amusements, Food Court, Centennial Hall

& Vendors 3:00 pmKnights of Columbus BINGO! starts 4:00 pm

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Scotia Bank Stage starts 5:00 pmBig West Wrestling 5:00-7:00 pm

The Magic of Rick Shadows on Centennial Stageinside Rutland Centennial Hall - tickets $5 at the door

Centennial Hall & most Vendors close at 8:00 pmGates, Food Court, West Coast Amusements &


SATURDAY, MAY 18 • 9 AM-11 PMKiwanis - Pancake Breakfast 9-11 AM

2 pancakes, 2 sausage and a drink for $5 at Rutland Centennial Hall.

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- starts on Hartman Road down Rutland Road toMcintosh Road to Asher, ending at 12 noon

Knights of Columbus BINGO! starts as 12 Noon(goes until people aren’t playing)

Food Court, West Coast Amusements & Vendors from 12 NoonScotia Bank Stage starts 12:15 pm

Entertainment by “Bubbles & Bells” 1:00 pmCentennial Stage inside Rutland Centennial Hall

Big West Wrestling at 1, 3, 5 & 7 pmLawnmower Racing at 2 & 6 pm

Centennial Hall & most Vendors close at 8:00 pmGates, Food Court, West Coast Amusements &


SUNDAY, MAY 19 • 10 AM-6 PMAdmission for everyone is a non-perishable food item for the Kelowna Food Bank

Gates, Scotia Bank Stage, Centennial Hall, Community Awareness Booths, Food Court,

West Coast Amusements & Vendors from 10 amKnights of Columbus BINGO! starts 10:00 am

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Big West Wrestling - 12, 2 & 4 PMEntertainment by “Diane Wirtz & Friends” 1:00 pm

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Diane Wirtz started singing at the age of 5 on weekends when her fath-er’s band would let her join in on their practices.

At the age of 8, her father was transferred to West Germany with the Air Force, where they would live for the next four years.

At the age of 12 the family moved back to New Brunswick but the Air Force transferred them again to Cold Lake, Alta.

There was a group from the television show on at the time called The Funny Farm Show called Prairie Fire who were singing on the base.

“I had an opportun-ity to sing with their band called,” Wirtz said.

“They then invited me to go to Edmonton where they were going to do a television program for the Variety Club Telethon. It was my � rst experience on television at the age of 17. I met Jamie Farr, from the television show MASH, and Shari Lewis

and Lamp Chop, the Alan Sisters from the Tommy Hunter show and Skyles and Henderson.”

While that was a fabu-lous experience for Wirtz, her luck continued as she was invited to a Prairie Fire recording session.

“By then, I had gotten married and after a few months of marriage we were expecting a baby,” she recalled.

“When I was in my eighth month of preg-nancy the baby died. My brother who was 18 died

in a motorcycle accident, then my mother died and then my grandmother died.

“I was so distressed with all this grief that I could no longer func-tion physically as I was so worn out. I wanted to end my life but I didn’t have the nerve to do it. I thought about what would be the easiest way to go.

She credits her faith in Jesus Christ for pulling her through that dark per-iod in her life.

Still, her bad luck did not stop there as Wirtz, a Kelowna-based gospel singer, endured yet more dif� cult times.

“I was attacked one night. The man had a steel baseball bat and was choking me. I was starting to black out and cried out to God to save me.

“The man started to mock God and said, Let’s see if your God can save you now.’ All of a sudden his eyes rolled weird and he passed out.

“I escaped and real-ized that God had saved my life that night. I couldn’t see why then be-cause I didn’t feel like I was anything special, but God had plans for me I didn’t even know about.”

Since then, Wirtz has been the director for Pris-on Ministries for 17 years and also works to get young girls off the street.

“I have dedicated a portion of the sales from my CD to the Eliza-beth Fry Society and the Women’s Shelter, to help abused woman and chil-dren receive counseling.”

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Cutting his teeth as a nightclub entertainer, he then became active in his country-gospel repertoire.

He began his singing career in the early ’60s, � rst as a duo with Owen Murdoch, then as part of the Glenda Lee Trio.

In 1968, he became a solo artist, recording such hits as Susie’s Bet-ter Half and When You Were A Lady. Now living in Grand Forks, Chern-off has dedicated his life to bring good uplifting music to his fans.

Chernoff says he wants his song to repre-sent the colourful � avours of country music with sweet guitar riffs and crisp piano chords.

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CENTENNIAL STAGE LINEUPFriday, May 17, 7 p.m.The Magic of Rick Shadows

Saturday, May 18, 1 p.m.Entertainment by Bubbles & Bells, a group of 38

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Friday, May 19, 1 p.m.Music of Diane Wirtz and Billy Chernoff.


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The Scotia Bank Stage will again be the centre of all sorts of performing arts entertainment for May Days this year.

Entertainment will be ongoing beginning Thurs-day, starting at 5 p.m., and continue through the weekend on Friday, 5 p.m. start; Saturday, noon start; and Sunday, 10 .m. start.

THURSDAY, MAY 16Stephen Dreger takes

on the persona of “A Man Named Sue” to perform some of the timeless hits of country music legend Johnny Cash. Dreger pays homage to “the man in black’s” 47 year record-ing career. From the ear-ly Sun Records singles of the 1950s, all the way to Cash’s American Record-ings work near the end of his life, Dreger performs many of Cash’s greatest hits.

A Man Named Sue encompasses the outlaw side of Cash as well as the sensitive side that en-deared him to music fans around the world.

Adam Fitzpatrick’s � rst experience with the world of Elvis Pres-ley tribute artists was as a spectator for the Paci� c Northwest Elvis Festival held in Penticton.

On a dare, never hav-ing sang in public before, Fitzpatrick entered the competition in 2008 with 14 other contestants, and won � rst place in the ama-teur division.

From there, he was in-vited to appear at the PNE in Vancouver for its Elvis

Tribute Show. Since then, he has become an inter-national award winning Elvis impersonator, cap-turing the intensity of the King of Rock’n Roll from his Vegas years and his 1969 Comeback Special, a landmark in TV history.

The Hip Replace-ments is a tribute band to the iconic Canadian band, The Tragically Hip.

For some 12 years, the Hip Replacements having been performing

across Western Canada.

FRIDAY, MAY 17Rogues Riot is a

band hailing from Sur-rey, bringing an up-tempo blend of indie, garage and surf music to their stage shows.

The band consists of Danny Pereira on gui-tar and vocals, Tony Fu-jimura on bass and vocals, and Cesar Medina on drums.

Dracula Black is an-

other band with a melt-ing pot of musical in� uen-ces, mixing metal, punk, alternative into their hard rock sound.

Other performers will include the music band Whiskey Dick, Kinshira and Tim Hus.

SATURDAY, MAY 18 Following the May

Days opening ceremonies and parade judge awards presentation, the Went-worth Music Factory will take to the stage.

The group is com-prised of Kelowna’s Wentworth Music School students.

Lefty is an original rock band from Kelowna, together since 2005.

The group is com-posed of Paul Gervais on lead vocals, Moge Thompson on guitar,

Greg Beloin on bass and Marc Gobeil on drums.

Roger Schmit has a unique music writing style that takes humour and hu-mility of every day occur-rences and spins it into an upbeat musical drive.

Schmit has performed at Mountainfest, Sun-fest and the B.C. Coun-try Music Awards. He will

perform with his special guest, Dusty Stalz.

The Dragstrip Dev-ils is a rockabilly pyscho-billy trio based out of Kel-lowna. The trio consists of bass player and lead sing-er Neil, Brett on lead gui-tar and Jamie on drums.

The Haut Chachis fall under the genre of what they call “instrumental

surf-a-billy-roll with a twist of ska.”

Also performing will be Pandemonium.

SUNDAY, MAY 19On the stage lineup for

this day will be The Well Church Service, Radio Lifeline, Roger Schmit, Whisky Dick and Tim Hus.

The North Okanagan Lawnmower Racing Club is a group of people that want to race, have lots of fun but not spend a lot of money.

Building a racing mower is easy and in-expensive. The members are very supportive and encourage new people to join.

They will help build your tractor, help � nd parts and give you all the support you will need.

The club attends events throughout the Okanagan valley from May to October.

May Days racing will be Saturday, 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m


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RUTLAND MAY DAYS

Last year, Big West Wrestling had the biggest wrestling spectacle ever at Rutland May Days, with 9 shows in three days.

This year, the wres-tlers are prepared to go one bigger—10 shows in four days.

It all starts on Thurs-day, 7 p.m., inside the Rutland Centennial Hall. This will be the only in-door wrestling card for May Days with a $5 ad-mission charge, proceeds going to the Rutland Park Society.

Tickets for Thursday wrestling card are avail-able at Valley Pawn.

On Friday, the wres-tlers move outdoors for the remaining nine shows, all covered through the gate admission fee.

The wrestling sched-

ule times will be: Friday, May 17: 5 and

7 p.m.Saturday, May 18: 1,

3, 5 and 7 p.m.Sunday, May 19:

noon, 2 and 4 p.m.The 5th annual Rut-

land Rumble event will go down on Saturday, 1 p.m. Who will join Marty Sug-ar (2009), Kyle Sebas-tian (2010), Collin Cutler (2011) and KC Andrews (2012) as a winner of the Rumble-style match, which will garner a guar-anteed shot at the wres-tling circuit’s Big West Ti-tle?

Among this year’s wrestling competitors, The Von Slashers (Crema-tor, Riea and Rigor) have more than three decades of creating mayhem in the ring between them.

While many three-per-son teams have ris-en to great fame within the world of profession-al wrestling, none have known to be as demented and as cruel as this family of mis� ts.

The 6-foot-8 Cremator Von Slasher is one of the roughest and most power-ful men in the squared cir-cle, and no woman would dare claim to be tougher than the hard-hitting Riea Von Slasher.

Meanwhile, the “face-less” Rigor Von Slasher is always nearby, ready to interfere with � sts or his heavy cane, at a moment’s notice.

The Okanagan Valley best be on notice, when these three are in town.

Collin “Canadi-an Classic” Cutler is ap-

proaching six years in the wrestling business, and is busier than ever compet-ing across the province

A former Big West Champion and winner of the 2011 Rutland Rum-ble, Cutler was trained by former WWE/WCW/ECW star, Lance Storm.

After the demise of the popular Kelownafornia duo with his best friend Adam Fedyk, Cutler has gone out of his way over the past three years to prove himself a talented singles competitor.

Despite often being the “underdog” against much larger foes, Cut-ler uses his speed and la-ser-accurate kicks to bring any opponent down to size.

Mutato, otherwise known as “The Man-Beast,” is a strange phe-nomenon from east of the Canadian Rockies.

This growling mani-ac possesses some amaz-ing grappling skills, that surprise many foes who might expect a wild and wooly brawler standing across from them in the squared circle.

Mutato is current-ly embroiled in a bitter feud with Kelowna’s own “Mad Dog” Marty Sugar.

And the West Coast Warrior burst on the scene in 2012, and is slowly starting to make a name for himself in the Okana-gan.

Originally trained by the veteran masked man Black Dragon, Warrior has forged out on his own and has recently started picking up a few victories in the mat game.

CONTRIBUTED

A TRIO to be contended with in the May Days wrestling ring, the Von Slashers—Cremator, Riea and Rigor.

CONTRIBUTED

MAY DAYS wrestling card competitors (clockwise from top left) The Warrior, Mutato and Collin Cutler.

Wrestlers step up action in the ring

RUTLAND // LAKE COUNTRY

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Established in 1995

Rosie's Grape Stop has been a

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WINES, BEERS, COOLERS& CIDERS

We have May Specials and New

Customer's receive $10 OFF!

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RUTLAND // LAKE COUNTRY

325A GRAY RD #8 LAKEWOOD MALL

(behind Shopper's Drugs) (across from Tim's)

250 765-7447 250 766-5686

[email protected]

WHERE LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO DRINK BAD WINE

www.rosiesgrapestop.ca

Established in 1995

Rosie's Grape Stop has been a

Rutland Institution, helping customers make their own

WINES, BEERS, COOLERS& CIDERS

We have May Specials and New

Customer's receive $10 OFF!

Now, with a second location inLAKE COUNTRY!

HAVE A HAPPY MAY DAYS WEEKEND!

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