Oliver Chronicle Editor Lyonel Doherty with daughters Laura left and Maia right Check out the Open Studio at the Quail’s Nest on Saturdays. Photo by Leza Macdonald
Archives for February 2014
Long time resident Otto Hess passes
On February 14, at 1AM long time Oliver resident Otto Hess passed away peacefully in McKinney Place with his grandaughter at his side. Otto was well known in the Oliver area, often seen driving his red Volkswagon Beetle. Otto was born in 1919 at a German settlement in Borodino, Bessarabia, and came to Canada as […]
Driving in BC
Heavy Snowfall Highway 5 Both directions – Travel Advisory is in effect due to Limited Visibility Heavy Snowfall from Hope to Merritt. Travel is not recommended. Updated Mon Feb 17 at 7:21 am PST. (ID# 166421) If you look out your window today in the “Palm Beach” of the South Okanagan you might say – […]
Rural report with Laird Smith
My apology last week came about as a result of my habit of not checking facts. The key word is “habit”, which leads me into my topic today. The habit that comes to mind is that of smoking cigarettes. Wally smoked when he arrived in Oliver during the 1930’s. He told me he didn’t inhale, […]
BC native leader hurt in Hwy 3 accident
Grand Chief Stewart Philip, the leader of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, is recovering in hospital after a serious car accident Friday night. Phillip was driving his Chevrolet Tahoe east along Highway 3 near Hope when his vehicle slid on black ice, crashed into a rock face, and flipped onto its roof. He sustained non life-threatening […]
Where is it?
I’ve been everywhere…NOT Every new path leads to interesting discoveries
Wanna be Italians
Last audition held Sunday for the SOAP Players’ spring production of Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig. Prefer to work backstage? Desperate for a part but can’t make Sunday’s audition? Contact SOAP @ telus.net Photo (top): Carrie Lyle, last seen as Rapunzel in SOAP’s Twisted Tales, auditions for the role of the hot-blooded Maria […]
Shoe stays in Oliver
The old shoe game – Penticton Lakers vs SOSS Hornets – accepting the cup Coach Mo Basso and co-captains Malcolm Heinrichs and Gurkamal Dhaliwal Final Score Hornets 69 Lakers 38. SOSS Hornets kept a 30 point lead most of the game. Pictured Honourary Hornet Josh Tester taking a penalty shot in the last half of […]