Picture taken Tuesday morning – smoke and steam have diminished in last 12 hours – nothing visible from a distance. The IHA Medical Health Officer, Dr. Rob Parker, has reviewed the situation in Oliver with town officials, and provides the following advice. The current warm weather due to a high pressure ridge tends to cause temperature […]
Archives for September 2011
Tributes to a school….our school
A Tribute to S.O.S.S. 1948-2011 I keep my memories in a box And when I open the lid the memories rush out All the things that we did The life that we knew The blood, sweat and tears Has echoed through hallways For a good many years The laughter, the angst Of us “coming […]
Where smoke, heat, fire travel
This photograph by Leza Macdonald shows the attic area above hallways in the old school. Firefighters reported that sprinklers were working in some parts of SOSS but fire travelled quickly in areas above the sprinklers (shown top). A project of the Heritage Society was to document by photograph, plans and words exactly how the old […]
School funding in emergencies
Local MLA John Slater (shown right)is coordinating a meeting this week to bring all concerned parties together to discuss options and directions to go. Slater attended the fire at SOSS on Monday. The Provincial government has programs in place to deal with emergency situations like Monday morning’s fire at Southern Okanagan Secondary School in Oliver. A Ministry […]
A tribute to Oliver firefighters by Jeremy Cook
RCMP report
On September 10th, 2011, at 2:08PM, Oliver/Osoyoos RCMP were alerted to an ATV roll-over on the east side of Mount Kobau approximately 1 kilometre from Testalinda Lake. The ATV operator reportedly lost control and rolled the vehicle down a small embankment. The seventy-four year old, male, Kelowna resident was located alert and in fair condition. […]
Art Gallery artists on display
The Oliver Art Gallery announces that Jane Scheffler, will be the featured artist from September 15th – October 15. We invite all to come and see her fine paintings on display. Roger Ulasovetz is the featured artist until the 15 of September. www.oliverartgallery.ca
Council Briefs
In point form – here are the results of Monday’s Oliver Town Council meeting: 1. A license to occupy from the province to the Town for the skate park lands at Lion’s park will now be transferred to the Oliver Parks and Recreation Society. 2. A request from the Osoyoos Indian Band for sewer service […]