I caught up to Mark Faschefsky at the home of Bob and Susan Dyck in Oliver. Mark is heading back to eastern Europe to his work in helping children and young adults in orphanages in the Moldova area at Transnistria.* Today, the Rotary Club of Oliver presented a cheque in the amount of $2500 to […]
Archives for January 2013
Register for kindergarten – get a strong start for your child
Is your child 5? Register now Child born in 2008? – Register now It is through play that children make sense of their world Call School District #53 or your nearest Elementary School ask about Kindergarten options.
Washington State gets IJC order for Osoyoos Lake managment
“The Board recommended that the maximum elevation be reduced to 912.5 feet with the flexibility to regulate within a two-foot range every year, thereby eliminating the need for drought declarations. The rule curve recommended in the Board’s June 2012 report also provides for a more gradual transition in water levels during the spring and fall.” […]
Hospital Auxiliary to raise $100 thousand for “star trek” communicator
The chair of the Okanagan Similkameen Regional Hospital District says the Oliver Auxiliary is a great community organization that should be recognized as “angels”. Janice Perrino of Summerland says the Oliver Hospital Auxiliary has agreed to pay almost half of the cost of a modern communication system which allows doctors and nurses to communicate through […]
“You won’t notice the difference”
Officially today is the last day of the integrated Osoyoos/Oliver RCMP sub regional detachment. Effective Friday the two detachments are separated each with their own commander. See earlier story In 2002 the Osoyoos and Oliver police stations were joined in a sub-regional detachment. Now ten years later the two areas are being split but local […]
Wild animal interface
Penticton is having problems with deer in the city with no real answer to the problem. Osoyoos is having a serious problem with Canadian Geese – most likely stopping their “hunt” programme. What to do? What is your answer? Does Oliver have a problem? See poll to the right. Don’t hesitate to comment here on what […]
When you read ODN from afar – send pictures
Patty Gebbie writes from Wellton, Arizona -” just heading out to golf – weather is fine. Hi to all the Sagebrushers. Photo taken with a Nikon P90″