A family affair – art in many forms 1812-1892 Steel engraver Lumb Stocks RA – Claude Duval – copy of original art 1859-1915 Water colour artist Bernard Stocks – Fruit picture 1887-1949 Lumb Stocks of Penticton – grandson of the steel engraver 3 pictures *1918-2000 Babe (Stocks) Bennest – daughter of above – painted colours […]
Archives for August 2016
Evelyn Lundy
In Grade 12 we were lucky to have Mrs. Lundy for our three English classes. By the end of the first month I had become an avid poetry reader. Mrs. Lundy lent me a book of hers with her favourite poems and I read it cover to cover. I even told Mom and Sandy the […]
Two weeks until school opens the doors
Land matter clear final hurdles
Kiwanis Housing – Kootenay Street: adoption of amendments to OCP and Zoning bylaws to allow a change from Residential Medium density to Residential Assisted Living and for the reconstruction of the Kiwanis Apartment building Russo – former Community Services Building (Fairview Rd at Kootenay): adoption of Zoning bylaw to allow a land use designation from Town […]
More fear of postal disruption
With strike mandate set to expire August 25, the union is setting the stage to issue 72-hour strike notice Following nine months of negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), it is clear that talks have reached an impasse. The postal service must adapt to its new reality as Canadians […]
On the road – Roger Richardson
On the hill – Dick Cannings
As summer winds down, our thoughts naturally turn to back-to-school shopping and back-to-work after a break for a good Canadian summer. I’ll be going back to Ottawa in September to resume work on all the issues before Parliament; one of the major issues we will be discussing is electoral reform. In last year’s campaign, both […]
Is there a new invader in Vaseux Lake?
Some residents and business owners on Vaseux concerned about the amount of milfoil weed that is creeping in. Some residents on Tuc-el-nuit Lake are concerned as well. Osoyoos Lake gets a weed wacking each year from the people at the Okanagan Basin Water Board – which says its hands are tied unless there is proper […]