In Oliver- The Ladies Section held their Snowman Bonspiel on January 16th with 8 teams taking part. The winning team was Skip Monica Ondrus, Skip Barb Freeze, Verla Anderson and Jan Campbell of Osoyoos. 2nd was Donna Cade, Skip Diane Banera, Peggy Sakamoto and Karen St Martin of Penticton. 3rd was the local team of […]
Archives for January 2015
Christmas tree pile – hard to believe so many
This morning
flyers
socs
irlen
Helen Irlen, the psychologist who discovered Irlen Syndrome, a visual perception disorder 30 years ago, was interviewed on the Doctors Programme today. This may be of interest to adults and children who have reading difficulties, migraines and headaches, light sensitivity, and ADHD. 12% of the general population, 50% of those with autism spectrum disorder suffer from […]
A little history
OLIVER’S FIRE ALARMS The first siren was a triangle steel bar which hung outside the fire hall and was struck with an iron rod. The second siren was a hand operated siren which cost $48.00. The third siren was installed June 14, 1939 on the Griffin building, corner of 1st Avenue and 6th Avenue, now […]
Coach’s Corner with Maurizio Basso
Princess Margaret 41 – home team 41 (first place in their league) In a game that the Hornets needed to win by 7 SOSS did it as they won by 13, 54-41 in a very high intensity low scoring affair. Both teams battled hard in the first half but the Hornets went into the locker […]
