The yellow balsam root flowers are in full bloom and yesterdays rain didn’t bother these blooms along the road up to the landfill. The ground around the plants seems crispy dry as if the rain never happened. Photo and story by Dave Whalley
Archives for 2012
Sears at old location clearing stock
Could be the last weekend at the Kootenay Street location Drop and see the staff.
What a great grad gift idea
Barb and Paul Eby toast a good idea to put on the iconic picture of old SOSS on a coffee cup. Quite the process. Ask about it at OK Photo Labs.
Suspicious fire on OIB land Friday night
Photo of fire at full blaze – three trailers gutted and one motor home at log storage field just off Black Sage – up Inkameep Road. Police in attendance. Thanks to Linda Anderson for photo above Oliver Fire Department with water tankers needed to extinguish blaze. Fire wood contractor points to area where damage occurred. […]
Road update
I drove up the McKinney today to find mainly dry conditions (we live in a desert) with crews stabilizing the creeks first before making too much headway with the road reconstruction. I can best describe the scene with some names that might not make much sense. But Big Cub at the top of the hill […]
Phone 498-6365
If you have not met Dennis Knechtel – you should. Dennis has one of the largest sign operations in the Okanagan Valley – headquartered at Oliver in the Industrial Park. Dennis wants everyone to know that signs are his business: LED signs for business, neon signs, graphic services, Corrplast signs….. you will see Outreach Neon […]
Local designer to unveil new website
“It’s been a fantastic spring, watching my client list grow, and watching local groups develop a stronger Internet presence,” said Laurena Weninger, from Oliver’s Write this Down Freelancing. One of Laurena’s newest clients – the Osoyoos Desert Society – is now in the final stages of reviewing its new website. If all goes as expected, […]
Quilters in Oliver celerate Arts and Culture week
The Double O Quilters hosted a Mini Quilt Show and demonstration of their skills on Wednesday April 25 as part of BC Arts and Culture Week. On display at the Oliver Community Centre were a number of outreach quilts in the flower basket pattern and other “remnant” quilts which showed how much beauty can be […]