It is just a simple-looking, solid-grey industrial shelving unit pushed up against a wall in the Cannery Trade Centre, but for many it is so much more than that.
The shelving unit once used by well-known Penticton baker Ben Manea, that has become a memorial piece at the Cannery Trade Centre. (Submitted photo) |
His wife, Sharon Weiner, shared his to their website on Friday 香蕉视频直播 something he had been working on before he died.
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Weiner sold many of the items that were used to create all the bread and goods for Walla, except for the larger bakery equipment. In a strange twist she said that eventually went to Green Bay Bible Camp in West Kelowna.
Baker Ben Manea (right) with his wife Sharon Weiner (left) before his death from complications from his ALS. (Submitted photo) |
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