Editorial Rant Yesterday a reader accused me of supporting one candidate for Mayor over another. I am not. Both candidates have been Mayor while I was an elected Councillor. Both I consider friends. Both I am treating fairly. I would ask the reader to look at the hundreds of posts in the past year and […]
Archives for 2011
Changes at RCMP in the south
Some changes at the top administration level for police working in the Oliver/Osoyoos Detachment and within the Region. November 21st will see Sgt Kevin Schur MB – NCO i/c Osoyoos IBET returning his former post as Officer in Charge ( area supervisor) – Oliver/Osoyoos RCMP detachment. S/Sgt. Kurt Lozinski will return to his position as Regional […]
Haunted House and Scareview
Report from Oliver Parks and Recreation
Meeting held this week – board members approved a provisional budget for 2012 with an increase in taxes of 1.09 percent. The budget will be forwarded to the regional district for ratification during budget discussions in the new year. Here are some of the facts. Rural residents would be asked to pay $375,815, Town of […]
October 29th is only 11 days to go
OK Falls acclaimed school trustee for 3 year term
Sam Hancheroff, former educator, was recently acclaimed as the SD #53 trustee for the Okanagan Falls area. In Oliver there is a race for two seats. In Keremeos three people vie for 2 seats and in Osoyoos June Harrington and Marieze Tarr will be acclaimed with no one running against them.
RIP – June Patricia Solien
June Patricia Solien (June 16, 1931 – October 11, 2011) On Tuesday, October 11, 2011, June Solien peacefully passed away at the Trinity Care Centre in Penticton where she has lived for the past 4 years. June will be lovingly remembered and dearly missed by her sister, Geraldine; daughters, Vickie, Cleo (Les), Robin (Todd) and […]
Exquisite performance. And yes. I said exquisite.
Thanks to Kickstart Printing of Osoyoos for allowing the use of this poster. Words in headline – quotes from Marion Boyd article