AMAZING! This certainly describes our new SOSS building. The finishing touches are just being completed and we are definitely ready to roll for the September start-up. This is an exciting time for not only our students and staff, but the entire district and community, who have been eagerly awaiting the opening of our school. We […]
Archives for August 2013
No word yet on Boil water order
Heading towards the end of the week and no word on the Boil Water Order for the Town of Oliver and system #1 to the North. Latest word from Town of Oliver is this: Boil Water Notice – Update August 28, 2013 The Town of Oliver is still on a BOIL WATER NOTICE for Domestic […]
Goose hunters sought in Oliver
Application for Bylaw Exemption To Discharge Firearms for Wildlife Control (Firearms and Explosives Bylaw 644 as amended) Quoted from application form on Town of Oliver website: This is an application for an exemption from the Town of Oliver’s Firearms and Explosives Bylaw for the purpose of wildlife control on specified public lands for the Canada […]
Public ‘soft opening’ September 19th
The public, taxpayers, parents, officials, students and visitors welcome on Thursday September 19 at 4:30 pm for an open house and a walking tour of the new facility. Gleaming lino with wonderful colour from foyer/entrance area right through to cafeteria, science labs and gymnasium. Main classrooms in the east wing to the left in the […]
Right down to the wire
When the doors open next Tuesday – how much work will be left to be done? The administration of SOSS says all will be well with the new building. In this instance, in the library, sound baffles have yet to be installed and it appears books may not be in the library the first day. […]
Provincial Government – “fix our roads” says Mayor
Mayor Ron Hovanes told council and the public Monday he is fed up with the maintenance of provincial highways inside the Municipality. Pot hole above in question near the Chevron station on Highway 97 – which is to be maintained by Argo Road Maintenance. Hovanes says the Public Works department has spoken to Argo about […]
Time to lock up – building secure
Time to lock up Park Place – with final preparations in progress this week with all water being drained from the building’s water and sewer systems – and telephone lines being disconnected. One unit is occupied until Friday – a couple of suites have furniture left in them but that will all be gone shortly. […]
Cross walk strip
Town crews have stripped off the paint on the west crosswalk on Fairview Rd at Spartan Street at the back of SOSS. A lot of students use this area to access school – coming from the Rockcliffe/Fairviw area and from below at Columbia Place/Acre Lots area. Here is one complaint and one response: Neighbour – “just wondering […]