Lights, camera, action on Penticton’s Main Street

PENTICTON – Downtown Penticton buzzed with extra activity as a film crew set up shop on the 100 and 200 blocks of Main Street today.

In spite of the extra activity, business continued as usual on Main Street and many residents took some extra time to check things out this morning, June 9.

Location manager for the Hallmark movie, Summer in the Vineyard, Ricco Mielnicki says the crew is filming a sequel to Autumn in the Vineyard, shot in the Oliver and Osoyoos area last September.

“This is a continuation of that movie. It takes place 10 months after Autumn in the Vineyard ends,” he says.

Mielnicki says the film crew will be in the Interior for 11 days. They’ll spend today shooting on Main Street and will return to the downtown core tomorrow for some shots centring around the Farmer’s and Community markets.

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Business continued as usual on Penticton’s 200 block of Main this morning as a movie set filmed on the street. | Photographer: Steve Arstad


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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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