The 28th January Board Meeting started with acknowledgement of the Okanagan First Nations land. This was followed by a minute of silence for Barton Tumlinson. SD 53 will receive $23.1 million in operating grants for this year; grants like this make it easier for schools to offer their students mind broadening experiences such as the […]
Archives for January 2015
School District 53 – Report on board meeting
Kiwanis – making progress on building project
Heavy duty equipment right supplied by PJR Construction
Education trust fund established
Dear School District 53 Colleagues, Family and Friends Last week we lost a friend and colleague, Mr. Barton Tumlinson, principal of Oliver Elementary School. Barton was a dear friend to many, a strong and respected school leader, and a valued colleague. Barton is survived by his wife, Melissa, and their two young sons, Ben and […]
SHARING THE SPIRIT
The Sage Valley Voices recently donated proceeds from their Christmas 2014 concert as well as food stuff to the Oliver Food Bank . Pat Chown, representing the Oliver United Church and Sumac Ladies Auxilary received cheques from Lois Bzdel, President of Sage Valley Voices the choir would like to say “thank you” and express our […]
Feeling itchy?
Bighorn sheep are in trouble in the Similkameen, and while biologists can’t pinpoint the reason the number of sheep is dwindling, they suspect it has something to do with a mite called psoroptes. “You don’t want to get it. It’s a really tiny microscopic little mite — you know a louse — that lives on skin,” […]
Rusty gate
Photographer John Chapman
