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Archives for November 2015
Tree of Dreams
New beginning for Penticton Regional Hospital Just a few months before construction starts on the $325-million expansion of Penticton Regional Hospital, the 10th annual Tree of Dreams campaign is reason to celebrate. The South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s annual holiday season fundraising campaign is now underway. Janice Perrino, the Foundation’s executive-director, said this is the first year of what will be a five-year campaign to raise $20 million to fund all the medical equipment for the new Patient Care Tower at PRH. “Never have we asked the community to give at this level, but this is our new hospital,” Perrino said. “It’s a new beginning. We will never build another hospital in our generation, making this truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to support …
RDOS 2016 budget – all regions and areas
The link below gives you a "large" document. Night time reading for some. My belief that most readers just elect politicians to make these decisions The link below is for people who can say - "I am interested" ODN will give some highlights over the course of the week. Politicians will meet Thursday to review it before welcoming in the new year - 2016. LINK …
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Did you hear the peal?
Chris Yerburgh plays the bells at St Edwards Anglican Church, to get people thinking about the COP21 climate change talks starting Monday, Nov 30 in Paris. Chris has been playing these bells almost since the day they were installed in 1952. Post script from Chris: To correct a couple of items – Chris Yerburgh is one of 3 or 4 bell ringers in St. Edwards Church – Chris left Oliver in 1951 and did not return until 1992 – shortly after that he became one of the regular bell ringers in the church. Trudy Weiler tolls the bell at the Oliver United Church to remind people of the Climate Change talks in Paris. The bell is affectionately called the ‘cow bell’ and there is a distinct resemblance in the tonality. And there is a real trick to get the bell to sound twice with each pull of the …
The changing face of Mourning
By Pat Whalley I recently lost an old, dear friend, I am now seventy years old so find that I am attending more funerals than Christening these days, but this time the deceased was very near and dear. Twenty years ago funeral congregations were a sea of black and everyone kept a black or navy outfit for these occasions. The casket was usually present at the service, reminding us that we were all going to end up in an elegant, wooden box one day. Nowadays many people have a different attitude and the occasion is now a celebration of life. There is often an urn, surrounded by bright flowers and photos of the deceased at a happier time of life. The difference is now not just in the congregation wearing brighter clothing but the whole attitude of the service has changed. How …
Rural report with Laird Smith
I lived north of town on the family farm which was three miles from Oliver. One mile north of the farm was a complex called Wilcox Corner. A number of businesses operated there. Sid Scott ran a service station and garage, a radio repair shop and motel was run by Cecil Scott, Mr. Wilcox ran a tree nursery and a corner grocery store was run by Mrs. Wilcox. Mrs. Wilcox was an old lady to me, but was always a kind and welcoming person. The store sold everything you would need for a house but I wasn't interested in household needs, I had another interest in that store. I don't recall how old I was when I made my discovery, but it attracted me until I left Oliver to seek my fame and fortune. Mrs Wilcox was a good merchandiser, she stocked a great deal of choices of candy. I loved candy more …