October is the last month of the year to see bats flying around before they disappear for winter. By November, bats have either moved into their winter hibernacula (i.e. caves, mines, rock crevices, tree snags) or migrated further south. Only four out of the 14 species of bats in the Okanagan use buildings for winter […]
Archives for 2017
Fire Department sent to hospital
Time: 8:30 pm Thursday Location: SOGH on McKinney Rd What: Alarm triggered in boiler room. No flames. Problem detected. Maintenance to fix. Both OFD engines returned to hall
OFD called to “trouble” house on Fairview
Time: 5:44 pm Thursday Where: 1300 block Fairview Rd east of Sumac What – a grass fire at rear of “home” caused by a dropped cigarette according to one resident. ODN assaulted by another resident who grabbed the camera and said (in effect) he didn’t want to draw attention to the house. A real mess […]
Ban smoking in Parks ? Yes or No
Dateline – Keremeos Smoking banned in parks Village council has adopted a ban of smoking in parks in Keremeos. If you spark up in a park expect to pay up. Keremeos council voted unanimously to adopt a bylaw that bans smoking in all public parks in Keremeos on Monday. The ban takes effect immediately. “We’ve […]
School District report
School District No. 53 (Okanagan Similkameen) Board of Education Report We are off to a very positive school start for the 2017/18 school year, partly due to the positive financial position that the School District is in as well as all the staff additions and changes that are primarily due to the Supreme Court of […]
by Rocky Lundy
Shadow or miner working his claim? Titled Shadow Art
SOSS report with Ali Lantz
Keianna James, The 2017 /2018 BC High School Rodeo Queen Keianna James is 17 and is a grade 12 student at SOSS. She has been a member of the BC high school Rodeo association going on five years now. Keianna competes in the roping events, barrel racing, and pole bending. She says that she has […]
Update – Fall Art Show and Sale report
What a weekend! Thank you to all who were a part of the Fall Art Show & Sale! A host of volunteers, totalling about 300 person-hours from Friday to Sunday, worked incredibly hard to bring a fabulous show to fruition. The FASS opened from 3 to 9 p.m. on Saturday September 30. There was a […]