2007 Best of The Okanagan Award Winners

Best Appliance Store
Central
1 Trail Appliances
2 Sears
3 The Brick
North
1 Parnell’s TV & Appliance
2 Genier’s TV Stereo & Appliance
3 City Furniture & Appliances Ltd.
3 Sears
South
1 Sears
2 Penticton Appliance
Sales & Service
3 City Furniture & Appliances Ltd.
(Osoyoos)

Best Home Furniture Store
Central
1 The Brick
2 Sears
3 Treehouse Interiors Ltd.
North
1 City Furniture & Appliances Ltd.
2 Ashley Furniture Home Store
(Enderby)
3 Beachcomber Home Leisure
South
1 Guerard’s Furniture
2 The Bay
3 Kondolas Furniture & Appliance
(now Hometown Furniture
& Appliances Ltd.)

Best Home Accessories Store
Central
1 HomeSense
2 Home Outfitters
3 Treehouse Interiors Ltd.
North
1 Winners
2 Room Collection Home Décor & Gifts
3 Good Gracious Contemporary Gifts
South
1 Alberto’s Decorating Centre (Oliver)
2 Fresh! On Front Street
3 Sweet Décor Home & Garden

Best Custom Kitchen Vendor
Central
1 Westwood Fine Cabinetry
2 Home Depot
3 Kitchenhaus Cabinets Ltd.
North
1 Westwood Cabinets
2 Dream Easy
Kitchens & Bedrooms
3 Rona
South
1 Ellis Creek
Kitchens & Baths
1 Medallion Kitchen
Cabinets Mfg No. 1
1 Specialty Kitchens &
Countertops (Oliver)
2 Heritage Millwork & Windows Ltd.

Best Consignment Clothing Store
Central
1 Second Tyme Around
2 The Wardrobe
3 Rosebuds Consignment Boutique
North
1 Encore Consignment Plus
2 Carousel Consignments
2 Dollhouse Consignment Boutique
3 Chicken Little Childhood
Outfitters Inc.
South
1 Pipsqueaks & Damsel’s
Consignment
2 Love N’ Hugs Consignment
& Sewing (Oliver)
3 Take a Second Look

Best Antique Shop
Central
1 Tutt Street Antiques
2 Taylor’s Antiques
3 Antoni’s Antiques & Collectibles
3 Lois Lane
North
1 Blast from the Past Antiques
2 City Center Antiques & Crafts Mall
3 Cobwebs Antiques & Gifts (Enderby)
South
1 Jardine Estate Jewellers
& Antiques (Okanagan Falls)
2 Carousel (Summerland)
3 Penticton Antiques

Best Place to Buy Gifts
Central
1 Winners
2 HomeSense
3 The Laughing Moon Gift Gallery
North
1 Interior Gift Gallery
2 Good Gracious Contemporary Gifts
3 Boutique Canadiana
South
1 Terwilligers Gifts
2 Periwinkles (Oliver)
3 Willowbrook Lane
(Summerland)

Best Place to Buy Art
Central
1 Art Ark
2 Evans Gallery & Framing
3 Hambleton Galleries
3 Picture Perfect
North
1 Beyond Art Gallery
& Framing
2 Picture Perfect Art
& Framing
3 Vernon Art Gallery
South
1 Lloyd Gallery
2 Tumbleweed Gallery
3 Handworks Gallery (Oliver)

Best Children’s Clothing Store
Central
1 Please Mum
2 The Gap
3 Scallywags
North
1 Chicken Little Childhood
Outfitters Inc.
2 Wal-Mart
3 The Bay
South
1 Zellers
2 Angel Babies Children’s Boutique
2 The Bay
3 The Treehouse Shoppe

Best Women’s Clothing Boutique
Central
1 Mexx
2 Plum
3 Tigerlily Fashions
North
1 La Crème Clothing Co.
1 Pampered Perfection
2 Bryan’s
3 24 - 7 Clothing Company
3 K.K’s Fashions At Large
South
1 Three Wishes Clothing Boutique
2 The Bay
2 Cotton Ginny
3 Cleo

Best Men’s Fashion Store
Central
1 Moore’s Clothing for Men
2 Landmark Clothiers
3 MacDermott’s Men’s Wear
North
1 Milano Clothing
2 The Bay
3 Mark’s Work Wearhouse
South
1 Grant King Men’s Wear
2 The Bay
2 Elliott Row Men’s Wear
3 Athletes World

Best Place to Buy Footwear
Central
1 Downtown Shoe Store
2 Shoe Warehouse
3 Aldo
3 Payless Shoesource
North
1 Discovery Shoe Repair Ltd.
(D.B.A. Marc’s Footcare & Repair)
2 Vernon Shoes
3 Payless Shoesource
3 Shoe Warehouse
South
1 Fritz Shoes
2 Payless Shoesource
2 Shoe Biz
3 Softy’s Shoes & Comfort

Best Bed/Bath Store
Central
1 Home Outfitters
2 HomeSense
3 Enigma
North
1 Winners
2 The Bay
2 Sears
3 Splashes Bath
& Kitchen Centre
South
1 The Bay
2 Rona
3 Urban House & Garden

Best Jeweller
Central
1 JK Schmidt Jewellers (Westbank)
2 Jason Goldsmiths Ltd.
3 European Goldsmiths
Fine Jewellery
North
1 JC Bradley Jewellers
2 Gregory’s Fine Jewellery
3 Hagemann Jewellers
South
1 Gold Dust Jewellery
2 Rodans Jewellers
3 Peoples Jewellers

Best Florist
Central
1 Creations by Mom & Me
2 Art Knapp Plantland
3 Bloomers Floral
Design & Gifts
North
1 Vernon Flower Shop
2 Harris Flower Shop
3 27th Street Florist
South
1 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Carl’s Flowers with a Difference
2 Tulips in Bloom,
Flowers & Gifts (Oliver)
3 Martin’s Flowers On Main
3 Summerland Flowers
& Gifts (Summerland)

Best Garden Centre
Central
1 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Byland’s Garden Centre (Westbank)
3 The Greenery
North
1 Swan Lake Nurseryland Fruit
Market & Garden Centre
2 Art Knapp Plantland
3 The Flower Spot (Armstrong)
South
1 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Future Gardens (Oliver)
3 Giardino of Penticton

Best Pet Supply Store
Central
1 Petcetera
2 Total Pet
3 Buckerfield’s
North
1 A.J.’s Pets & Things
2 Total Pet
3 The Complete Pet Mart Ltd.
South
1 Total Pet
2 Petcetera
3 True Value Pet Junction (Oliver)

Best Natural Food Store
Central
1 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
2 Natural Harvest Market (Westbank)
3 Natural Rezources
North
1 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
2 Lifestyle Natural Foods
3 Simply Delicious Natural
& Gourmet Grocer
South
1 Whole Foods Market
2 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
3 Summerland Food Emporium
(Summerland)

Best Ice Cream Shop
Central
1 Moo-Lics
2 Dairy Queen
3 Marble Slab Creamery
North
1 The Garden Parlour
2 Dairy Queen
3 Davison Orchards
South
1 Tickleberry’s (OK Falls)
2 Dairy Queen
3 The Sweet Tooth (Summerland)

Best Fruit/Vegetable Stand
Central
1 Quality Greens Farm Market
2 Don-O-Ray Vegetables
3 Kelowna Farmer’s and
Crafter’s Market Society
North
1 Swan Lake Nurseryland Fruit
Market & Garden Centre
2 Davison Orchards
2 Quality Greens Farm Market
3 Gatzke’s Farm Market (Oyama)
South
1 Granny’s Fruit Stand (Summerland)
2 Quality Greens Farm Market
3 Forbes Family Farm (Oliver)
3 Trout Creek Fruit Stand Ltd.
(Summerland)

Best Musical Instrument Store
Central
1 Wentworth Music
2 Paramount Music
3 Lee’s Music
North
1 Tempo Music
2 The Music Shoppe
3 Blue Water Music (Salmon Arm)
South
1 Skaha Sound
2 Classic Guitars

Best Bookstore
Central
1 Chapters
2 Mosaic Books
3 Mad Hatter Bookstore (Westbank)
North
1 Bookland
2 Coles The Book People
3 K & K Bookstore
South
1 Coles The Book People
2 Okanagan Books
3 Books N’ Things
(a.k.a The Book Shop)

Best Ski/Board Shop
Central
1 Mountain Surf Shop
2 Island Snow
3 Deviate Board Shop
North
1 Attridge Ski & Board Shop
2 Stüssi Sport
3 Dunas Skate & Snowboard Shop
3 Sun Valley Source for Sports
South
1 Freeride Board Shop
2 Apex Ski Shop
3 Sport Chek

Best Golf Shop
Central
1 Nevada Bob’s Golf
2 Vintage Hills Golf Shop (Westbank)
3 Golf USA
North
1 Nevada Bob’s Golf
2 Predator Ridge Golf Resort Pro Shop
3 Spallumcheen Golf & Country Club
South
1 Fairview Mountain Pro Shop (Oliver)
2 Penticton Golf & Country Club

Best Bike Shop
Central
1 Cyclepath
2 Gerick Cycle
3 Kelowna Cycle
North
1 Olympia Cycle & Ski
2 Sun Country Cycle
3 Skyride Cycle
South
1 The Bike Barn
2 Double O Bikes and Sports (Oliver)
2 Freedom The Bike Shop

Best Boat Dealer
Central
1 Dockside Marine
2 Rayburn’s Marine World
3 Malibu Marine Ltd.
North
1 Lake Country Sports
& Equipment Ltd.
2 Banner Recreational Products
3 Captain’s Corner Marine (Salmon Arm)
South
1 Penticton Yamaha & Marine
2 Katana Industries Ltd.

Best RV Dealer
Central
1 Westgate RV Centre Ltd.
2 Voyager RV (Winfield)
3 Kelowna Truck & RV Ltd.
North
1 Mike Rosman RV Sales
2 Kenkraft Sales Ltd. (Coldstream)
3 Country Camping Leisure Products (Salmon Arm)
South
1 Okanagan Travel Land (Summerland)
2 Midtown RV Ltd.
3 Leisureland RV Centre Inc.

Best Auto/Truck Dealer
Central
1 Orchard Ford
2 Kelowna Toyota
3 Harmony Honda
North
1 Vernon Toyota
2 Walthers Pontiac Buick GMC
3 Watkin Motors
South
1 Penticton Toyota
1 Sentes Chevrolet Ltd.
2 Oliver Car & Truck Sales Centre (Oliver)
2 Penticton Honda
3 Skaha Ford Inc.

Best Auto Parts Supplier
Central
1 Lordco Auto Parts
2 NAPA Auto Parts
3 Wyatt Auto Parts
North
1 Lordco Auto Parts
2 NAPA Auto Parts
3 Canadian Tire
South
1 Lordco Auto Parts
2 Canadian Tire
2 NAPA Auto Parts

Best Tire Dealer
Central
1 Kal Tire
2 Fountain Tire
3 OK Tire
North
1 Kal Tire
2 Peter’s Tirecraft
3 Canadian Tire
South
1 OK Tire & Auto Service
2 Excel Tire & Auto
Service Centre Ltd.
3 Kal Tire

Best Accounting Firm
Central
1 MacKay LLP
2 Grant Thornton LLP
2 Lotoski & Co.
3 KPMG LLP
North
1 Ladyman Sasaki Glennie
1 Sladen Moore & Assoc.
2 North Okanagan
Accounting Services
3 Lett Agar & Co.
South
1 Phillip R. Simms Ltd. (Oliver)
2 BDO Dunwoody
2 Cameron & Wilms (Summerland)
2 White Kennedy Chartered Accountants

Best Bank/Credit Union
Central
1 TD Canada Trust
2 RBC Royal Bank
3 Interior Savings Credit Union
North
1 RBC Royal Bank
2 Scotiabank
2 TD Canada Trust
South
1 Valley First Credit Union
2 Summerland & District
Credit Union (Summerland)
3 Prospera Credit Union
3 RBC Royal Bank (Oliver)
3 Scotiabank

Best Insurance Company
Central
1 Capri Insurance
2 Bruce A. Hollett & Associates
3 Demara Insurance Brokers Ltd.
3 Whillis Harding Insurance Agencies
North
1 Vernon Insurance
2 Baron Insurance Broker Group
3 Capri Insurance
South
1 Johnston Meier Insurance Agency
2 BCAA
3 Harcott Glanville Insurance Brokers
3 Valley First Insurance Services

Best Investment Firm
Central
1 Edward Jones
2 Investors Group
3 Group One Wealth Strategists
North
1 Canaccord Capital
2 Edward Jones
2 National Bank Financial
3 Lutz Financial Services
3 RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
South
1 Edward Jones (Oliver)
1 Investors Group
2 Raymond James Ltd.

Best Law Firm
Central
1 Doak Shirreff LLP
2 Pushor Mitchell
3 Porter Ramsay
North
1 Nixon Wenger
2 Davidson & Company
3 Allan Francis Pringle
South
1 Boyle & Co.
2 Pugh & Frank Barristers Solicitors
& Notary Public (Oliver)
3 Kampman Oliver Keene

Best Real Estate Company
Central
1 RE/MAX
2 Royal LePage
3 Coldwell Banker Horizon Realty
North
1 RE/MAX
2 Century 21 Executives Realty
3 Royal LePage Downtown Realty
South
1 RE/MAX Front Street Realty
2 Amos Realty (Oliver)
2 Coldwell Banker
2 Sutton-Power 1 Realty

Best Travel Agency
Central
1 BCAA
2 Capri Travel
3 Mission Park Travel
North
1 BCAA
2 Uniglobe Kalamalka Travel
3 Visions Travel Ltd.
South
1 BCAA
2 K Banks Travel
3 Lakeside Travel Ltd. (Osoyoos)
3 Passages The Travel Company

Best Autobody Repair
Central
1 Boyd Autobody & Glass
2 Kelowna Performance Collision
3 Craftsman Collision Ltd.
3 Mark V Autobody Ltd.
North
1 Vernon Star Autobody
2 Manfred’s Auto Body Ltd.
3 Frank’s Autobody
South
1 Mike’s Automotive Services (Oliver)
2 First Rate Autobody
2 Neighbourhood Autobody Ltd.

Best Place to Get Your Car Fixed
Central
1 Midas Auto Service Experts
2 Winn Automotive
3 Automotive Brake Renew & Tune-Up
North
1 Canadian Tire
2 Walthers Pontiac Buick GMC
3 Vernon Star Autobody
South
1 Oliver Tirecraft (Oliver)
2 Bob Brown Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd.
3 Excel Tire & Auto Service Centre Ltd.
3 Penticton Honda

Best Car Wash
Central
1 Bubbles Car Wash & Detail Centre
2 Skogies Orchard Park Car Wash
3 Westbank Car & Dog Wash (Westbank)
North
1 Silver Star Car Wash & Detailing
2 Vernon Esso & Car Wash
3 Wise Guys Car Wash
South
1 Super Wash on Main
2 Husky Car Wash

Best Dry Cleaner/Laundry
Central
1 Henderson Cleaners
1 Kelly’s Cleaners at Orchard Plaza
2 Busy Bee Spall Plaza Cleaners
3 Minnella Dry Cleaners
3 Mission Cleaners
North
1 Toppers Cleaners
2 Centre Dry Cleaning
3 Henderson Cleaners
South
1 Classic Cleaners
2 Plaza Cleaners
3 Martin Cleaners (Summerland)

Best Shoe Repair
Central
1 Roy’s Footwear & Shoe Repair
2 Shoe Repair Centre (Orchard Park)
3 Quickie Cobbler (Westbank)
North
1 Discovery Shoe Repair Ltd.
(D.B.A. Marc’s Footcare & Repair)
2 Cobbler’s Bench
South
1 Plaza Shoe Repair

Best Fitness Club
Central
1 World Gym Fitness Centre
2 Gold’s Gym & Racquet Club
3 Curves For Women
North
1 Fitness West
2 Ladies World Health & Fitness
3 Curves For Women
South
1 The Gym
2 City Centre Fitness
2 Lakeside Fitness
2 Pasedena Fitness & Racquet Club

Best Hair Salon
Central
1 Gini’s Hair & Esthetics Ltd.
2 Carter & Co.
2 Cream Hair & Makeup Lounge
3 Excel Spa
3 Layers Of Color – Redken 5th Avenue NYC Salon
North
1 Rapunzels Hair Designers
2 Chatters Salon
3 Reflections Hair & Esthetics Studio
3 Teri’s Hairport
South
1 Chatters Salon
1 InnerVisions (Oliver)
2 Hair Friends (Oliver)
2 Headstart Hair Design

Best Day Spa
Central
1 O Spa & Salon
2 Beyond Wrapture Day Spa
3 The Grand Okanagan Fitness & Spa Centre
North
1 Just For You Esthetics & Hair Studio
1 Rituals Salon & Spa at Predator Ridge
2 LoLo’s Mobile Spa
3 The Great Escape Hair Salon & Day Spa
South
1 Athina’s Desert Day Spa (Oliver)
1 Naramata Heritage Inn& Spa (Naramata)
2 Just Curl Up and Dye
3 Art Of Beauty European Day Spa

Best Home Repair/Renovations Company
Central
1 Gord Turner Renovations Ltd.
2 Home Depot
3 Rona
3 Stutters Construction Restorations
North
1 Maddocks Construction Ltd. (Armstrong)
2 Home Depot
2 Okanagan Restoration Services
2 Redgwell Construction Ltd.
South
1 Cam-Rob Construction (Oliver)
1 K & K Construction (Oliver)
1 MB Home Improvements & Construction

Best Home Builder
Central
1 Harmony Homes
2 Fawdry Homes
3 Rykon Construction Management Ltd.
North
1 Heartwood Homes
2 Okanagan Trend West Master Builder Ltd.
3 Highridge Homes Ltd. (Coldstream)
South
1 Rivendell (Okanagan Falls)
2 Ellcar Ventures Ltd.

Best Golf Pro
Central
1 Dean Claggett (Vintage Hills Golf & Academy)
2 Tara Roden (Gallagher’s Canyon Golf Academy)
3 Bruce Vermee (Sunset Ranch Golf & Country Club)
3 Rob Anderson (The Harvest Golf Club)
North
1 Al Pisch (Spallumcheen Golf & Country Club)
2 Keith Vandenbrink (Hillview Golf)
3 Jesse Crowe (Mabel Lake Golf & Country Club — Enderby)
South
1 Adam Silva (Fairview Mountain Golf Club — Oliver)
2 Al MacKenzie (Penticton Golf & Country Club)
2 Brian McDonald (Fairview Mountain Golf Club — Oliver)

Best Lawyer
Central
1 Kenneth Ihas (Rush Ihas LLP)
2 Tom Smithwick (Porter Ramsay Lawyers)
3 Grant Shirreff (Doak Shirreff Lawyers)
North
1 Douglas Lemiski (Nixon Wenger LLP)
2 Arnold Steiner (Steiner & Company)
3 Paul Nixon (Nixon Wenger LLP)
South
1 J. F. (Jack) Frank (Pugh & Frank — Oliver)
2 Charlie Albas (Albas Wahl LLP)
2 Jodie Anne Taylor (Pearce Taylor Schneiderat)

Best Realtor
Central
1 Gordon Hoffman (Prudential Kelowna Properties)
2 Allyn Bentz (Coldwell Banker Horizon Realty)
3 Joe Ungaro (Royal LePage)
North
1 Priscilla Sookarow (RE/MAX)
2 Dave Bissell (Royal LePage Downtown Realty)
2 Lori Hancock (Century 21 Executives Realty)
3 Lisa Salt (RE/MAX)
South
1 Dianna Smith (Sutton-Power 1 Realty)
2 Don Wiltse (Coldwell Banker Okanagan Realty — Oliver)
2 Karen Amos (Amos Realty — Oliver)
2 Trevor Amos (Amos Realty — Oliver)

Best Accountant
Central
1 Marty Hoffman (Thalheimer & Company)
2 Arnie Schneider (Schneider Sample)
3 Bill Houghton (Houghton & Co.)
North
1 Tammy Seminutin (North Okanagan Accounting Services)
2 Pat Lett (Lett Agar & Co.)
2 Steve Cousins (Sladen Moore & Assoc.)
South
1 Phillip R. Simms (Phillip R. Simms Ltd. — Oliver)
2 Chris Newton (KPMG)
3 Suzanne Cameron (Suzanne Cameron & Co. Inc.)

Best Financial Advisor
Central
1 Grant Oram (Edward Jones)
1 Maurice Matte (Group One Wealth Stratagists)
2 Brenda Fischer (Edward Jones)
2 Gordon Maclean (RBC Dominion Securities)
2 Paul Lauzon (Lauzon Financial Advisors)
North
1 Brian Lutz (Lutz Financial Advisors)
1 Ross Jewel (Edward Jones)
2 Bruce R. Shepherd (Edward Jones)
South
1 Brian E. Pawluk (Edward Jones — Oliver)
2 Judy Poole (Raymond James)
2 Kerry Klamut (RBC Dominion Securities)

Best Radio Personality
Central
1 Grant Scott (Power 104)
2 “Tarzan” Dan Freeman (Sun FM)
3 Tamara Joel (TJ) (Silk FM)
North
1 Brian Martin (Sun FM)
1 Frank Martina (KISS FM)
2 Rob Abramenko (KISS FM)
3 Cole Merdock (KISS FM)
South
1 Brock Jackson (EZ Rock/Sun FM)
2 Dennis Walker (Giant FM)
3 Sonia Sidhu (Sun FM)

Best Winery
Central
1 Mission Hill Family Estate (Westbank)
2 Gray Monk Estate Winery (Okanagan Centre)
3 Summerhill Pyramid Winery
North
1 Larch Hills Winery (Salmon Arm)
2 Hunting Hawk Vineyards (Armstrong)
3 Granite Creek Estate Wines (Tappen)
South
1 Red Rooster Winery
2 Sumac Ridge Estate Winery (Summerland)
3 Hillside Estate Winery
3 Lake Breeze Vineyards (Naramata)

Best Nightclub
Central
1 Flashbacks Nite Club
2 Level Nite Club
3 O K Corral Cabaret
North
1 Moe’s Nite Club
2 Boomers Nite Club
2 Monashee’s Bar & Grill
South
1 The Blue Mule Night Club/Showroom
2 The Barking Parrot
3 Element Nightclub
3 Martini’s on Martin

Best Golf Course
Central
1 The Harvest Golf Club
2 Gallagher’s Canyon Golf & Country Club
2 Michaelbrook Ranch Golf Course
3 Vintage Hills Golf Course & Academy (Westbank)
North
1 Predator Ridge Golf Resort
2 Spallumcheen Golf & Country Club
3 Hillview Golf Course
South
1 Fairview Mountain Golf Club (Oliver)
2 Penticton Golf & Country Club
3 St. Andrews By-The-Lake Golf Course (Kaleden)
3 Twin Lakes Golf Course (Kaleden)

Best Place for Family Fun
Central
1 Scandia Golf and Games
2 19 Greens
3 McCurdy Bowling Centre
North
1 Atlantis Waterslides & Recreation 2 Ruckers Family Fun Centre
3 Davison Orchards
South
1 Loco Landing Adventure Golf
2 Rattlesnake Canyon Amusement Park (Osoyoos)
2 Skaha Beach

Best Residential Development
Central
1 Kettle Valley
2 Wilden
3 The Verve
North
1 The Rise
2 Turtle Mountain
3 SagePointe Properties
South
1 Ellcar Ventures Ltd.
2 Rivendell (Okanagan Falls)
2 The Verana Okanagan

Best Theatre Group
Central
1 Kelowna Actors Studio
2 Sunshine Theatre Society
3 Theatre Kelowna Society
North
1 Powerhouse Theatre
2 Caravan Farm Theatre (Armstrong)
3 Asparagus Community Theatre (Armstrong)
South
1 Bare Bones Theatre Co.

Best Microbrewery/Cidery
Central
1 Tree Brewing Co.
2 Freddy’s Brew Pub
3 Michael’s Beer Factory
North
1 Okanagan Spring Brewery
2 Barley Station Brewpub (Salmon Arm)
South
1 Cannery Brewing
2 Tin Whistle
3 Barley Mill Pub
3 The Ridge Brewing Company (Osoyoos)