Give To give in is sort of like to give out. Giving in is surrender and is closely related to giving up, which is to stop trying. To give out is to lose the ability to hold on, as in the road gave out from the flooding. Interesting to note the relationship between in and […]
Archives for 2018
by Ron Peace
Easter – a planning guide – add your free events today
Easter Sunday is April 1 Good Friday is March 30 Lent started February 14 and end Thursday March 29 Hey my Lent box is filled with pennies.
by Brenda Shaw
A Family Recipe for Easter Bread With Easter not too far away, this is a story of a family separated by oceans and years brought together again. When I started doing my Italian and French genealogy I got a lot of information from Mom. One really great find was the letter that she kept in […]
Now back to the RDOS board table in Penticton
Medical Cannabis Production facilities – board moves to allow this type of facility in industrial zones so that they do not occupy farm land for sustainable food production. Penticton Mayor Andrew Jakubeit told the RDOS board Thursday “We can shift marijuana production to the industrial areas, which have been underused. Let’s try to get to […]
Traffic jam – how come?
Lots of pictures around this hotel site but few explanations: What is causing the delay? Grizzly Contracting has several contracts for street, water, sewer and grounds preparation for the hotel and for the Town of Oliver. Fairview Rd near the Library and Bridge is disturbed by the installation of a sewer main connecting the sewer […]
Teneycke deemed a "dangerous offender"
Ron Teneycke, 55, sentenced to an indefinite period of time in a federal penitentiary for a 35 life of crime. The sentence issued by provincial court judge Richard Hewson who has presided at the dangerous offender hearing for many months. The judge sighted much testimony by doctors, prison and probation staff but in the end […]
Mexican art – next challenge for the Rip-Off's
The RipOff Artists are already thinking about their 2018 challenge! This local multimedia collective chooses a different dead artist each year to “rip off” in weaving, digital media, collage, quilting, felting, woodworking, encaustic, and a variety of painting and three-dimensional media. They’ll be breaking barriers and tearing down walls by emulating Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo […]