Don’t miss the ‘Winter Warm-Up’ at the Community Hall during Oliver’s Town Light-Up Oliver’s Town Light-Up features all kinds of fun activities for the whole family! Once you’ve enjoyed Main Street, stroll on down to the Oliver Community Hall anytime between 6:30 and 8:30 pm for Oliver Parks and Recreation’s Winter Warm-Up drop-in fundraiser. Our […]
Archives for 2018
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Cost of Education in the District
Trustees (Governance) all figures used as at June 30th 2018 Employees Those making more than $75 thousand: Cost $9,127,731 Those making less than $75 thousand: Cost $11,045,400 Top 7 persons paid Bev Young Superintendent: $159,090 Supra Palippa Secretary-Treasurer: $130, 854 Marcus Toneatto Director of Inquiry: $129,830 Cate Turner SESS Principal: $125,530 Shendah Benoit Special […]
Head Count – October 31st at area schools
Elementary Ok Falls: 93 Similkameen and Cawston : 285 Osoyoos: 352 Oliver and Tuc-el-nuit: 614 Secondary Osoyoos: 201 Similkameen: 212 Oliver: 491
by Pat Whalley
SAVING FOR THE FUTURE Recently Dave and I and two friends had a trip to England and Scotland, for ten days we stayed with my cousin at her rather ramshackle cottage in southern Scotland. Lee’s home is six miles from the English border and is located in a very remote spot. She lives on about […]
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On the Sunnyside
Master Detectives We may be thrilled when crime scene investigators solve a case by detecting small but conclusive evidence. That is remarkable. Very minute detection can occur using nature’s electromagnetic spectrum (EMS). The EMS spans a huge range of wave lengths: from 300m AM radio waves, to short waves, TV & FM radio, cellular, microwaves, […]
by Coral Brown
The Twin Lake water level is always guided/ordered by the Ministry to protect down stream. How long, when and at what rate water maybe released from Twin Lake is provided. Unfortunately, the climate (snow pack, precipitation and timing of rains is unpredictable. In 2017 & 2018, Twin Lakes was used as a reservoir to protect […]