Carpenters busy cleaning, gutting and repairing old Shoppers store near the Bridge in Oliver. Landlords want it up and running and fully available to be rented in the near future.
Archives for January 2012
Grace Meeds passes
Grace Meeds February 3, 1928 – January 21, 2012 On Saturday January 21, 2012, Mrs. Grace Iona Meeds of Oliver passed away peacefully at the McKinney Place Extended Care Unit at the age of 83 years. Grace will be fondly remembered by her loving family including children Cliff (Shirley), Virginia, Howard (Susan) and Gary […]
Work will proceed on school in Oliver
School Trustees were told Wednesday that plans and funding requests will be going to the Treasury Board in late March. Demolition work will continue removing all of the old foundations at SOSS and then the site will be prepared for construction. Funding is in place for the plans, architects and site preparation but final approval for another […]
School District Report
School Board Report 1. Grade 4 Osoyoos Elementary School student Teagan Adams told the School Board trustees Wednesday that he wants to build a school in Kenya and he is going to the African country with his mother in April to do just that. He and his family have raised about $2200 for the school and […]
Gala cash prize winner
Pictured right is Roxie Van Aller of Desert Sun presenting large cheque for a $1000 cash prize Saturday at the Watermark Beach Resort. The winner of the Grand Night was Sonja Cuthbert. The winner is on the left, then Board Co-Chair Sandy Summers. Picture submitted by John Willis www.willisetech.com
Irene Stevens passes
Mrs. Irene May Stevens – May 2, 1917 – January 11, 2012 On Tuesday, January 11, 2012, Irene passed away at McKinney Place. She was predeceased by her husband, Bill; father, Percy Bartlett; mother, Olive (Harris) Bartlett; brother, Lawrence; sister, June and Nephews Ronald (Marie) and Thomas. She leaves behind nephew Robert (Gay), many great […]
This is for old timers
Sportsman’s Banquet – in the forties at old Oliver Community Hall. Do you know the year or can you identify anyone in the picture?
Open letter to Canadians
Update from Andrew Frank today: “The response to this story has been overwhelming,” says Frank. “I have received phone calls and emails of support from across the country, and online through Facebook and Twitter. Complete strangers are writing to say they stand with me.” Following a whirlwind of media coverage, Frank notes that the implicit […]