Zoe Kirk, RDOS Water Conservation Ambassador, will be providing free workshops on rainwater harvesting using rain barrels. When done correctly, rain barrels are a cheap and effective way to collect water, save money and divert water away from foundations. Kirk will lead participants through the simple steps of thinking where to place bins, how to […]
Archives for March 2014
Celebrating Pharmacist Awareness Month
Development vs ALC – Summerland story
Meeting tonight in Summerland Several hundred people plan to show their opposition on Monday in Summerland to the removal of prime agricultural land from the Agricultural Land Reserve. The Stop the Swap group, founded by Erin Carlson, will present a petition with over 2600 signatures at the Public Hearing taking place at the Arena Banquet […]
Ken Lavigne on stage – a review by Sue Morhun
Triumphant Launch at the new Frank Venables Theatre …..Tenor Ken Lavigne’s “Road to Carnegie Hall” hits a high note. An uplifting story. A good looking, gifted tenor with a personality and a voice to match. An entertainer backed by equally skilled musicians. A compelling program of stories matched by songs. A “standing room only” audience […]
Rural report from Laird Smith
Last week I had planned on writing this week about the old swimming hole called Carters Crater. Then my Mother-in-Law(Johanna) died on Thursday at the age of 93 of kidney failure. Up to last Thursday, I had given my own morality no thought. When Wally died in 1982, I was 32 and my end of […]
Who
Names Year What do these two men have in common?