So what do you do when you come to Oliver? – Well you set up shop, find a home, fix it up, make friends, set up a business and settle in. All that and more for Barb and Chris Dricos. If you notice on my “button” wall – an ad for Valley of Heaven Wellness […]
Archives for February 2014
A treat for someone special
Photo gets Summerland bob sledder in hot Russian water
A Canadian Olympic athlete says it “looks like” his website has been censored in Russia. Bobsledder Justin Kripps tweeted on Friday that he was unable to view his personal website from the Olympic mountain cluster in Krasnaya Polayna, Russia. The native of Summerland, posted a screenshot on his personal website and Facebook. But instead of […]
Condolences
Marie Elizabeth Pastor May 12, 1924 – February 2, 2014 Marie Elizabeth Pastor passed away peacefully at the South Okanagan General Hospital on Sunday, February 2, 2014 in her 89th year. Beloved wife to the late Joseph Pastor (2006). Lovingly remembered by her children, Gary Pastor (Mary Anne), Shriely (Peter Jones), Terrylynn Pastor and Ronald […]
May 24th fun race in Oliver Osoyoos being promoted
On Monday February 10, 2014 at 9am, general ticket lottery registration will open for the fourth annual Half Corked Marathon, a fun race through the wineries and vineyards of Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country, held on May 24, 2014. The lottery closes on Friday February 14, 2014 at 11.59pm. Water is the usual liquid of choice […]
Just how cold is it?
Published reports indicate Thursday minimum temps set new records. in Osoyoos where the mercury dropped to minus 19.3 C Ð more than four degrees below the previous record of minus 15 C established in 1989. in Penticton temperature dropped to minus 18.4 C breaking the previous record of minus 17.8 C set on Feb. 6, 1929. The […]
Different views of theatre foyer – 3 photographers
Photograph above by Penelope Johnson Photograph above by Russell Work Photograph above by Jack Bennest
Website features SOAP
The SOAP Players have made public their new website after months of discussion and design. The website designer is SOAP Board member, Tom Szalay, pictured at right in this file photo from the comedy The Long Weekend (October 2012). The website is still under construction, but the theatrical group is now ready to hear feedback […]