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, […]
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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 […]
BCFGA election results – former broadcaster elected chief farmer
Okanagan farmers dumped their leader Vernon grower Jeet Dukhia at the BCFGA convention in Kelowna Saturday. Dukhia, (right) who had been president for 18 months, defeated by Kelowna’s Fred Steele during an election. Steele is a former vice-president of the association, which represents tree fruit growers in the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys. Steele told delegates: “We need a […]
Heather Smith: Dallas Plensky: Lesley Magnus – UBC Sports Hall of Fame
The accumulated members of the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 women’s field hockey teams, which won back-to-back CIS national championships in 1998 and 1999, will enter the UBC Sports Hall of Fame in the Team category. 1998-2000 women’s field hockey The Thunderbirds field hockey team during this two-year period posted identical records of 14-1-1 in each season […]
