My name is Rhonda Bruce and I have spent most of my youth in Oliver and then raised my two sons here. My parents are Dal and Gaye Carter and I have two sisters and a brother. I am married to Mark Mattes and have two sons, a daughter-in-law and two grandsons. A friend […]
Archives for February 2013
Additional park land for Oliver – part of bigger BC picture
Inkaneep Park Addition (0.9 hectare): This addition to Inkaneep Park is being added to the park as a mitigation measure for the deletion of 0.24 of a hectare to provide for secondary road access to a planned correctional facility. The total area of the park will be 16 hectares. B.C.’s total provincial protected areas system […]
Band trip – a report by Paula Taveres-Martins
On Thursday, February 7th, a group of 25 high school Oliver/Osoyoos high school students along with their teacher loaded on a school bus heading down to Surrey to attend the Envision Jazz Festival. The students part of the Junior and Senior Jazz band from SOSS and OSS under the direction of music teach Miss Lisa […]
Report on Learning Forum
We had about 60 people at our learning forum last night. I am happy to report that quite a few parents came and out and that the plan was met with great excitement by parents, teachers, administrators and staff. Rod Allen, Superintendent of Learning, Ministry of Education, Victoria was the guest speaker. He outlined why […]
Congratulations Michelle Weisheit
Drug bust Wednesday – shuts off the power on Green Lake Rd
On February 13, 2013 a team of members from various Penticton / South Okanagan & Similkameen Regional Detachment units attended to a Green Lake Road (Oliver) residence and with the support of a Search Warrant confirmed the Theft of Hydro and a 1000 plant marihuana grow operation. Charges are pending against one adult […]
…do you see what I see?
Photo by Donna Ferguson – high atop the hill where the snow is deep and the deer are dear.
As the song says – Morning has broken
by John Chapman