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 […]
Archives for 2015
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* […]
Happy 50th Anniversary – Mom and Dad
Thanks for always being there for us!! – Tammy and Mike Marge and George Hagel Married May 22nd 1965
Princeton – no where land – quote of the week
The B.C. Electoral Boundary Commission has been told there isn’t any logic in putting Princeton in the riding of Boundary Similkameen. “There isn’t a strong connection to the Okanagan. Princeton’s economy is based on forestry and mining and is more closely aligned with Fraser-Nicola. It might make sense from a numbers perspective, but not from […]
Oliver man identified
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after a motor vehicle incident near Peachland on May 12, 2015. He was Peter Hudyma, aged 84, of Oliver. Mr. Hudyma was the driver and sole occupant of a car that left the roadway in the 6400 block of Highway 97C near […]