Okanagan Regional Library – Oliver Library staff thank you for your continued patience. Damage from a roof leak is impacting our service to you. The Oliver library branch is open during regular hours, but with limited service because there is no access to the main part of the library. The public is invited to pick up holds, […]
Archives for 2017
Linda Anderson – artist
California Quail (above) and Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Both paintings were based from photographs I had taken in my yard this past summer. Okanagan Artist Linda Anderson Copyrighted material not for reproduction – not original size Thanks from ODN and its readers
Down the aisle
Think about it with Joseph Seiler
Center The geometric center is the spot that is the same distance from the circumference of a circle. If we want the center of some strange shape it won’t be the same distance from every part of the edge. If we want to balance something we usually pivot it on its center. For a teeter […]
Coming up at Parks and Recreation
Penticton Gas Station Robbed
Shortly before 6:00 am, a man entered the Shell gas station on Fairview Road in Penticton brandishing a knife and stole the cash drawer before fleeing in an older red two door car. At 554 am, the employee of the Shell gas station on Fairview Rd called the Penticton RCMP reporting that a male had […]
Princeton – helping out with the new PRH tower
Princeton Rotary members present a $15,000 cheque to Walter Despot of Keremeos (front row, second from right), board chair of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. The Rotary club hopes to complete its $30,000 donation to help provide the medical equipment for the Penticton Regional Hospital expansion after its annual Wine Festival at the Riverside […]
Budget process for Town of Oliver – complete
Council Wednesday set a cap on spending of 3% in 2017 for its general budget. A general operating and capital budget excludes water and sewer utilities. (Rates for those seen below) Every year staff bring in a zero based budget based on the spending of the previous year and ask council to review all projects, […]