Oliver Daily News is a marvelous opportunity to allow my opinions and memories to be voiced throughout the world, to the benefit of the many former students who attended the Oliver schools since the schools began.

My memories of my years in Oliver continue surfacing unabated. My father, Wally Smith, wrote  25 years of newspaper columns from which I draw resource material.

I still have family and friends with whom I keep in touch with. Oliver Daily News helps me to keep up with current events which may or may not affect me but knowing about them is important to me.

It has been said that you can take the boy out of Oliver but you cannot take Oliver out of the boy. I am one of those who’s roots go deep and of course family and friends is what motivates me to return and visit.

I will continue to read and be part of the Oliver Daily News for it has become an important addition in staying informed.

Laird Smith

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What is ODN?
ODN  is ours.  Our local news and events as reported by our local people and not as reported by someone in Vancouver or Toronto.  ODN is us.  ODN is about the neighbours truck being burned, ODN is about a dear friend passing, ODN is about our food bank, our thrift shop, our hospital and wonderful staff.  ODN is all about us.  Most of all, ODN keeps us together.

Marge Lunzmann

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What is ODN? Oliver Daily News is a blog, a thing, a news thing, its on the internet, its… its…ODN is a website in Oliver that publishes every day. Full of wonderful pictures and news of the day.

It’s the best five minutes of each 24 hours –  over a cup of java.

Bob Barker