About 25 people have arrived in Oliver at Loose Bay to camp and set up for working orchards and fields. It is a bit early in the season. There is no water supply. But one is about to be installed. RDOS Director Allan Patton: “It’s a rush job but we still want to do this […]
Archives for May 2014
Rural report with Laird Smith
Today I saw it! A sure sign that summer is on the way! I saw a fruit pedlar with a huge sign that read “cherries”. I did not stop to inquire from whence the cherries came, for I was on a city bus, but I remember the last time I inquired, I received the common […]
Art – going international
Fifteen people from Oliver made the trek to our neighbour south of the border and sister city, Lake Chelan – A beautiful area west of Highway 97, just 2 hours south of the border. It sits at the end of 55 mile long, Lake Chelan, the longest lake of the lower 49 states. An area very similar […]
Photographer Nick Koster
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Photograher Susanne James
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Penticton pioneer passes
Daphne Inez Stocks Oct. 13, 1926 – May 12, 2014 Born in Penticton, Daphne passed away peacefully in her own home at the age of 87. She was predeceased by her father, Lumb Stocks (Pioneer Penticton Photographer), mother Marion, brothers Peter and Jack, sister Babe Bennest. Also predeceased by nephews Mark Stocks and Grant Bennest […]
Who made this?
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A dip for food
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