Experience the Magic of Music Celebrated Vancouver Island jazz singer Edie Daponte is taking her sell-out Edith Piaf show on the road in September to 8 different cities in British Columbia. Inspired by a trip to Paris, and encouraged by the emotional affect her renditions of La Vie En Rose and Non Je Ne Regrette […]
Archives for September 2019
On the Sunnyside
Fleeing the Congo A young man named Safari was fleeing the civil war raging in the Congo. A person he knew, Gilbert, had just murdered Safari’s parents. We can imagine that Safari must have fled in fear, resorted to hiding, then was plagued by weariness and deprivation as he sought to cope with the […]
Baldy……. shaken up
General Manager Andy Foster appears to be moving on. In a general statement to participants on the hill. Foster says he will be retained as a consultant but the owners of Mt. Baldy Resort are recruiting a new top person. Insiders claim that all is well with present working staff to open the hill and […]
Saturday
HOT DOG SALE Members of the Order of the Eastern Star invite you to come for lunch on Saturday, 7th September. Your donation will help us assist the abused women who turn to the Oliver/Osoyoos Safe House for shelter. An abusive spouse means women and children living in fear and many of these people have […]
by Pat Whalley
SOMETHING IN THE AIR You can actually feel it and if you look closely, you can see it. Slowly, oh so slowly it comes nearer, creeping up to us, stealthily, so we are almost unaware of its subtle approach. In the early morning it is most evident and with the nights drawing closer we become […]
Swinging Skirts Charity Golf underway
Women for Oliver Women has raised over $24 thousand dollars so far in fundraising for the community About 120 ladies involved this year. Women of Oliver for Women Society (WOW) is co-sponsoring (with Investors Group and Nk’Nip Desert Canyon Golf Club) the 3rd annual ‘Swinging Skirts Charity Golf Tournament’ on Friday, Sept. 6. Golfers coming […]
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Condolences
Gaylen Lee “OJ” Larson June 24,1960 – August 27, 2019 It is with overwhelming sadness that Maureen and Tate must reveal the passing away of OJ on August 27, 2019 at Moog and Friends Hospice House after a relentless battle with mesothelioma. OJ was born and raised in Minot, North Dakota. He attended all of […]