Part Two – Pat Whalley GROWING UP WITH GRANDMA MAKING ENDS MEET GRANDMA WAS A GREAT SOUP MAKER. SHE HAD TO LEARN TO BE THRIFTY AS MY GRANDPA HAD BEEN A HARD DRINKER AND MONEY WAS ALWAYS SCARCE. THE STOCK POT LIVED PERMANENTLY ON THE HOB, WHICH SWUNG OUT FROM GRANDMA’S BLACK LEADED FIREPLACE. ON […]
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Bianca Rosin with her family of four from Osoyoos, is never too busy to attend the ”All for Kids” garage sale held on Saturday at the Sonora Centre. This popular kids sale is held once a year. submitted by Georgena Forsythe
Oliver/Osoyoos Search and Rescue is set up at the Line Shack (27Km Mount Baldy Rd). Although our signage may say Search in Progress, this is our annual winter training weekend. We have setup a basecamp, worked on shelters, and built a signal fire. Sunday may see our members move up to Mount Baldy to run […]
Refuge A large evergreen tree stands not far from our home. We can watch the antics of birds on that tree from our kitchen window. Often several birds sit on the very tips near the top of the tree to scout out the scenery. Sometimes there is a whole flock of birds in or on […]
The Matsqui medium-security prison in the Fraser Valley is in lockdown. An inmate was stabbed Friday evening, and the injuries were serious enough to require he be airlifted to a hospital. “When there is a serious assault or stabbing the institution calls the staff to lock up the other inmates. It seems like the other […]
Kelowna orchardist Fred Steele will remain at the helm of the British Columbia Fruit Grower’s Association (BCFGA), being re-elected as president today at their 126th annual convention in Penticton. In a rematch from last year, Steele was able to win over his fellow running mate Jeet Dukhia. His vice-president, Bhupinder Dhaliwal of Oliver also kept […]
