Interview with Ross Convertino, Graduate Assistant Coach at Gonzaga University. ODN: Please tell us a little about your background. Where are you from? How did you get involved with basketball and what made you want to be a coach? RC: I am from Hampden Massachusetts, which is a small town that boarders Springfield Mass. I […]
Talking sticks – art at Quail’s Nest
So very cute! We learned about conversation today. If you hold the Talking Stick you may talk, when someone else is holding the Talking Stick you don’t talk – you listen. We all made our own talking sticks and took them. Photo and story supplied by Leza Macdonald
New Rotary bench for beach
Saturday was international Rotary work service day. In recognition of this, the Oliver Rotary Club headed on down to Rotary beach to get the area prepared for the summer influx. The playground area was raked, the beach cleaned and the whole area made tidy. Two new addition this year are the concrete picnic tables, one […]
Fire damages vehicles and equipment on reserve wood lot
Fire of a suspicious origin last night gutted three trailers, a motor home and a flat deck truck at a commercial wood lot off Black Sage Road east of Oliver. Owner of the operation TCB – The Chopping Block, Gerhard Israel, says the vehicles are all insured and the lot has a security alarm system but […]
Sunday art show to feature 100 years of photography
The Spring Arts Faire will have many exhibits. One will be a look at the work of Lumb Stocks – noted Okanagan photographer of the first part of the last century and his grandson – Jack Bennest who has taken up this art with a passion. 11 am to 5 pm at the Oliver Seniors Centre […]
Sunday highlight – drop in, grab a soup – take a tour
School funding
Two school districts in Boundary-Similkameen will receive funding to support special needs students and struggling readers. School District 51 is getting $199,288 through the Learning Improvement Fund and $27,478 through the BC Education Plan Fund. School District 53 will receive $298,052 from the Learning Improvement Fund and $47,485 from the BC Education Plan. Why this […]
New pawn shop going in at mini-mall
Here are some things we would love you to know about our new business. – D and L’s new, used and pawn Dean and Lisa Ekelund -we have new and used furniture, electronics, tvs, large and small appliances, Xbox, playstation, and wii, games and consoles, cell phones,sports memorabilia, toys, wedding supplies and so much more. […]