Leonor Demelo March 30, 1942 – August 7, 2012 The family of Leonor Serpa de Melo (da Silva) announce with great sadness, the end of her battle with cancer at the age of 70. Leonor is survived by her devoted husband of 47 years, Bartolomeu; their children George and (Olinda) Demelo, Lucy and (Tim) […]
Archives for 2012
Tonight’s the night
The Gala Vanters – Shane Swift and Luke Whittall – are happy folkies. Why? Because they have a new “folkanagan” CD entitled “On Black Sage Road”. An album about places, it’s filled with original songs about where they live and other life experiences, “Pour Another Drink”, “That Picture” and “I Fell”, to name a few. […]
The Ripoff’s in black and white
Shown above Joanne Turner in the middle of the week on her entry Below – The RipOff Artists shown at Monday night’s reception – all dressed in black & white ready to start the week long challenge adding colour to Ansel Adam’s photo of San Francisco warehouses. The artists are dedicating this year’s challenge to one […]
Down memory lane
Till Saturday – don’t miss it
Don’t miss it
COLOURFUL BLACK AND WHITE In the heat of the August summer, the RipOff Artists take the shutters off as they focus in on the black and white photograph of Ansel Adams’ ‘San Francisco Buildings’. His passion about the wilderness and the environment found expression through his calling in photography. Adams once stated, “a true photograph […]
Oliver Police report
First off, Oliver Detachment has a new member beginning today. Cst Tyson MARTIN has arrived here from Prince Rupert Detachment. Oliver is Tyson’s second posting and will be a welcomed addition to our unit. On July 30th 2012 the Oliver RCMP received a report that the side door of the Oliver Museum garage had been […]
Osoyoos drowning
On August 5th, 2012 at approximately 1:30 pm, a 56 year old male from the Vancouver area was reported missing by his 3 friends. The 4 had been fishing from shore at Peanut Pond and were getting ready to leave when the male decided to go for a swim while the other 3 packed their […]