My late father John Wanke and my mother Eilleen (Smith) Wanke both attended high school in Oliver. That is where they met, married and started their family. I have two year books from the High School in Oliver. 1947-48 and 1945-46. If you know of anyone who would like these for archive material please let […]
Archives for October 2011
Thanks for coverage
Hello Jack… Just a short note of THANKS. Have much appreciated your coverage of things Rustico. And Ditto from the Oliver Sagebrushers! Bruce Fuller Founder, Proprietor Rustico Farm & Cellars. photo supplied by Leza Macdonald
Trips to Mexico – 20/20
Show us the love
I was fortunate enough to participate at the Union of British Columbia Municipal Conference this past week as an outgoing municipal councillor for the Town of Oliver. The key address is always on the last day, and always by the Premier. It was the first time I have heard Christy Clark speak in person, and […]
More thanks…..
Would like to thank you again for the piece you did concerning the old Buy-Low location. Have had no feed back (asides from the comments made to the piece) but all is worth a try and have other irons in the fire to pursue. Here is a link you might get a kick out of […]
2011 Drag Racing wraps up for WC Racing Association
Vic Macor, one of the many volunteers that make racing at Richter Pass Motorplex possible, gives the signal and lets two racers approach the starting lights. Pictured are David Sidden from Kelowna, in his orange, 1972 Dodge Dart and Summerland’s Bruce Mackereth driving his white, 1955 Chevrolet. Mackereth won the Ron Tasker Memorial Sportsmanship award […]
OK Falls women identified
The RCMP’s Highway patrol has now released the name of a 70 year-old Okanagan Falls woman killed Friday evening while out walking near the Highway. Almay Cumberland, 70, was walking diagonally across 9th Avenue near the intersection with Highway 97 when she was hit by a 1990 Chevy Blazer driven by a 60-year-old Penticton resident travelling westbound […]
Lena Shaw passes
LENA MARY (PIOLI) SHAW Lena Mary Palman Pioli was born March 5, 1914 in Kelowna. She was the daughter of Ippolito Angelo Pioli and Annunziata Mathilde Campigli. She passed away at McKinney Place in the early morning hours of October 3, 2011 with her oldest daughter Sandra by her side. After finishing school, Lena worked […]