ART WITHOUT BORDERS – Sister city to visit Oliver – by Marion Trimble Visitors from Oliver’s sister city, Chelan, Washington, are making a day trip to visit on Friday, May 29. The invitation to Oliver was made after a group of Oliverites made the trip south to Chelan last year. During this trip, being hosted […]
Archives for May 2015
A letter from the Slater family
When is the political line crossed? My name is Sylvia Slater and I, along with my family, are experiencing and bearing the realities associated with the loss of John Slater. To my family he was a brother, a father, an uncle, a nephew, and a son. To others, he was a friend and to many […]
Into books? Try local writer
Danial Neil: Author Reading at Oliver Branch Library Local author Danial Neil will be speaking at the Oliver Branch Library on Wednesday, May 27 at 7:00pm. Danial Neil was born in New Westminster, in 1954 and grew up in North Delta. he began writing in his teens, making the decision to become a full time […]
ORL News
The Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) Board of Directors reviewed and accepted a clean audit of the 2014 Financial Statements at their Board meeting yesterday. Auditors BDO reported that the ORL’s revenues and expenses were very close to what was budgeted and consistent with previous years, with the exception of costs associated with the construction of […]
lakeside
Lakeside Travel – call today or link to the website
At Sears – this week
Bonnie Hayes Sears Hometown Store 1400 – 5955 Main Street Oliver BC ph/fax 250 498 3448 email eb7968@sears.ca www.sears.ca
New chief for ALC
The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council has appointed Frank Leonard as new chair of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). Leonard is a former mayor of Saanich. He was first elected mayor in 1996 after serving on council since 1986. While in public office, Leonard chaired the Municipal Finance Authority of BC, was president of the Union of BC Municipalities […]
Photo op
I asked Sue for a photo and she said – “about time” I have been Mayor for six months. Our visit with Mayor McKortoff had a number of purposes. I was there to mend fences, do a bit of prodding and one attempt at making the news. McKortoff told me her maiden name was Clarke* […]