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Two businesses in one have opened in partnership at #150 – 235 Hollywood Road N. in the Willow Park Shopping Centre in the new six-storey apartment building on the parking lot. Orchard Smiles Dentistry is family owned and operated by Dr. Ramsay Jaswal, BSc, DDS, Dr. Romey Jaswal, BSc, DMD, Dr. Saba Shakeri BSc, DMD and Dr. Parveet Dhillon BSc, DMD. Studio Pure Medical Aesthetics is owned and operated by co-founder and Principle Operator, Jennifer Lynch. Orchard Smiles is a full-service, state-of-the-art dental office with 14 treatment rooms, two suites for sedation dentistry, and complete dental laboratory for crowns, bridges, night guards and veneers, Each room has beautiful full wall photos of the families orchard in East Kelowna, transferred into wallpaper. The Jaswal’s are also third generation orchardists. Orchard Smiles is open Tuesday to Sunday, and also perform emergency dental service care. Book either by phone or on-line. Studio Pure Medical Aesthetics offers Botox, custom medical facials and peels, micro needling and hair restoration. www.orchardsmiles.ca
After an unforgettable ten-year journey as executive director of Kelowna Museums, Linda Digby is moving on and departing the position. While she leaves the role, her passion for museums and culture will always remain strong. A new leader has not been announced.
Adam Rich is celebrating 20 years as the COO of Sentes Automotive, which includes Lexus of Kelowna, Kelowna Infiniti Nissan, and Kelowna Mercedes-Benz. In 2003, after a four-year career at General Motors of Canada, Adam passed an opportunity to transfer to Toronto and instead joined Sentes Automotive in Kelowna to assist in managing the family business. Rick Sentes began his retirement plan and Adam took over the operation of the group. Sentes Automotive is a leader within the automotive industry and continues to grow and give back to the communities in which they serve including over $200,000.00 in community donations alone in 2022. In 2022 they were major sponsors in the Maxine DeHart – United Way, Ramada Hotel Drive-Thru Breakfast, which was greatly appreciated. Sentes employs 200 employees. www.sentes.com
On August 23rd, 1993, Gerry Fraser opened the sales centre at Gallagher’s Canyon and sold the first lot to Woody and Carol Robinson, who still reside at that property overlooking the 3rd Fairway of the highly rated Gallagher’s Canyon course. Some 600+ homes later, the community is still vibrant and appealing. The community has developed into one of the most desirable locations for an active lifestyle served by a broad range of artistic, athletic, social and fitness activities.
Chef Ana Gonzalez is the new chef at Vice & Virtue Brewing Co. at 1033 Richter Street. Chef Gonzalez immigrated from Costa Rica 14 years ago and was formerly with the Delta Grand Hotel. She believes in fresh, locally sourced, natural products with everything made from scratch in-house. Their specialty is the in-house smoker from Kansas City, with the beef brisket burger smoked for 12 hours. Along with the Beef Brisket burger, some of their most popular items are Pork Belly Burnt Ends, Smoked Chicken Wings and Pork Katsu Hotdog. Vice and Virtue offer a full variety of locally brewed draft beer with a true brew pub experience, along with flights, wine, cider, cocktails and nonalcoholic products. Sunday Brunch from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a large patio in the rear of the restaurant where they can serve up to about 170 people and a small patio out in front on Richter Street. Closed Tuesdays. www.viceandvirtuebrewing.ca
Happy 1st Anniversary Jim Stuart and Karen Stearns (Aug. 12).
Momentum Health at #103 – 1664 Richter Street has expanded their clinic space to the second floor adding approximately 1,500 square feet, going from 2,000 square feet to approximately 3,500 square feet. They have grown to 13 staff who have a variety of skill sets and the ability to assess and treat a variety of musculoskeletal injuries and conditions, including chiropractic, registered dietician, and kinesiology, radial shockwave therapy, custom orthotics, occupational health services and several RMT’s. Their dedicated team has also been joined by two new Registered Massage Therapists (RMT’s), Jodie Macgregor and Monica Motyer. Emily Wasylyniuk, BHK is the office manager of the clinic. www.momentumkelowna.com
Get your historical gossip this summer on Sundays with The Downtown Scoop: A Walking Tour on Sunday, August 20th and Sunday August 27th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Join in on the 1.5 km. romp around downtown Kelowna and learn about the birth of Bernard Avenue, early European immigrants, fires that devastated the downtown and Okanagan Lake. Presented by Kelowna Museums at www.kelownamuseums.ca
Elite Auto Centre at 2655 Enterprise way is owned and operated by Korey and Greg Gaspari, now with 20 staff. Jayson Little, Senior Sales Consultant, formerly with Kelowna Chrysler has been with Elite for over a year now and has been promoted into a finance manager position. Mark Lowry, also formerly with Kelowna Chrysler is the sales manager and has been at Elite for four years. He has been a huge part of the company’s growing success. Elite specialize in high-quality pre-owned cars, trucks and SUV’s in the Okanagan. They sell all makes and models such as Ram, Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, Hyundai, BMW and Mercedes. The service department has experienced technicians capable of repairing virtually all makes and models of vehicles. They also have a dedicated finance team. Don’t forget to ask about their free oil changes for life and/or subsidized gas for a year. www.eliteautocentre.ca
The 7th Annual Charity Car Wash & BBQ, presented by Mission Superwash, Evergreen Building Maintenance and Matte & Associates Financial Solutions is Friday, August 25th at 3960 Lakeshore Road with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Freedom’s Door. On this day, Mission Superwash donates their car wash, site, chemicals and labour. Enjoy a fun-filled ay including a free lunch, swag bag and giveaways, draw prizes, and most importantly, have your car washed by their volunteers. Freedom’s Door is a non-profit organization offering a clean safe, non-judgmental, supportive environment for men seeking addiction recovery. www.missionsuperwash.ca
The Fintry Highland Fair at Fintry Provincial Park is Sunday, August 20. Aside from admiring Scottish country dancers, highland dancers, the Kalamalka Highlanders Pipe Band and local musicians, you can enter a wife-carrying contest and a tug of war. There is a haggis-hurling event and register to enter the shortbread competition at www.fintry.ca before August 18th. The fair features, food trucks, vendors, a kid’s zone, silent auction and 50/50 draw.
Located at #201 – 3030 Pandosy Street in SOPA Square, Concussion Care is an innovative and evidenced-based concussion, diagnosis and treatment provider. The company provides a vast range of up-to-date techniques for the most successful completion of concussion recovery. Their passion is prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Their unique health model provides interconnected collaboration in concussion recovery. Concussion Care counsellors, Susan Smith and Michelle Tucsok play an important role in addressing the less obvious but highly important role of concussion recovery. During Michelle’s academic year from UBC Okanagan, she was involved in a research project that explored how athlete families navigate the challenges posed by traumatic brain injuries. This research allowed her to gain extensive knowledge of the physical, psychological and social impact of brain injuries and allows her to provide holistic and comprehensive support to client and their families. Susan is a Certified Canadian Counsellor with her Master of Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria, her Bachelor of Education from University of BC and Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta. Susan knows firsthand the challenges and impacts a concussion has on a family, as her daughter suffered a severe brain injury in 2017 and Susan has participated intensively in her rehabilitation. The experience of injury and recovery has been a valuable education about the process but also the vast array of medical modalities which may advance brain and body recovery. www.concussioncarekelowna.com
Birthdays of the week – Happy 50th Kathy Gray (Aug. 17); Kathy Sawchuk (Aug. 16); Herb Comben (Aug. 16); Doug Noble (Aug. 16); Roberta Fidalgo (Aug. 16); Reagan Krivsky (Aug. 16); Peter Lepold (Aug. 17); Mike Coulthard (Aug. 17); Brad Buchanan (Aug. 17); John Shandalla (Aug. 18); Teri Northcott (Aug. 18); Beverley Broten (Aug. 18); Shelley Blais (Aug. 18); Stuart Cook (Aug. 18); Bernard Gauthier (Aug. 19); Tina Kristolowich (Aug. 20); Cherie Hanson (Aug. 20); Nicole Rustad (Aug. 20); Ken Bernath (Aug. 20); Joan Patridge (Aug. 20); Mac MacCormack (Aug. 20); Jerry Sedmak (Aug. 21); Peter Sherba (Aug. 21); Siobhan Shaw (Aug. 21); Joel Sherlock (Aug. 21); Ken Johnson (Aug. 22); Ed Wyzykowski (Aug. 22).
Maxine DeHart is a Kelowna City Councillor and local hotelier. Phone her at 250-979-4546 or 250-862-7662. E-mail max@maxinedehart.ca
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