Who said that every wish
Would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
And look what it’s done so far
What’s so amazing
That keeps us star gazing
What so we think we might see
Someday we’ll find it
That Rainbow Connection
The lovers the dreamers and me
Credit: Ascher/Williams
Have you noticed that many bridges are now named – some surprises – Rd 7 bridge is now Tinhorn even though that dry creek is to the south of the canal crossing
McIntrye Bridge at Gallagher Lake is so named but crosses Vaseux Creek (named on all provincial maps)
Rd 18 is now BROWN* Bridge? Help me here.
Here is a letter from a lady wondering who is really in charge these days……
“You may not have noticed changes at the three bridges south of town. Now they were Road 9, Road 18 and Road 22. All now have names – a nice touch indeed. Also added to Road 9 and Road 18 a narrow bridge sign – Road 22 has always had one as it is in fact a narrow bridge.
Road 9 and 18 for at least the first ten years I lived here were considered two lane bridges and vehicles up to one tons drove over the bridge at the same time with no problem – bigger trucks would often stop if the bridge was occupied by an oncoming vehicle, sometime they didn’t that was a bit scary. Then along came the yield signs going east for Road 9, going west for Road 18. The signs were easy to see and locals at least knew the procedure. Now without any explanation at all the yield signs are gone. No warning change in traffic pattern signs just “narrow bridge” and therefore a free for all. Who is responsible for this change?”
Time: 3:30 pm Thursday
Location: farm location a bit inaccessible north of Rd 15.
Oliver Fire Department first dispatched to what sounded like a structure fire at Rd 12. Firefighters driving by said the smoke seem to be coming from a burn pile (not allowed today) near the river channel.
The location evident in the picture taken from the east side of valley.
Fire extinguished.
Above: Stick League: Leo Rivera, Pearl Reid
Luckily, the Oliver Curling Club was still able to get together last weekend to celebrate another awesome season at the annual Windup Dinner. We also celebrated our volunteers who made it all happen.
This year was busier than ever with new leagues, new events and lots of new curlers! We had 8 leagues with over 250 curlers, including 23 youth in our after-school Junior League and 12 enthusiastic curlers in Special Olympics. Our new Stick League filled up quickly with brand new and experienced curlers, as well as curlers who came back to the game after many years away.
More than 40 eager beginners got to try out curling in our free curling intros, Novice League and many free practice sessions with club curlers on hand to help out. Of those beginners, 27 joined leagues and are on their way to becoming great curlers! We’ll have many more opportunities to learn how to curl next season too – check out our website (eastlinkcurlingcentre.ca) in the fall and join the fun.
We also held a Family Fun event every month, with about 140 kids, parents and grandparents in total. Almost 200 students from Oliver, OK Falls and Tuc El Nuit Elementary Schools came to learn how to curl in our School Program. We also took floor curling to local elementary schools by partnering with the Rocks & Rings program. On top of all that, we hosted 6 bonspiels and new social events like Rebel Luv and Music Bingo that kept the place jumping!
And we curled a lot too! All the winning league teams were announced at the Windup Dinner:
Day League 1st half: John Surovy (skip), Fernando Anjos (skip), Charlie Blaschuk, Barb Barley, Fred Nahornoff
Day League 2nd half (Monday): Fernando Anjos (skip), Bryan Coles, Innis Harvey, Kathy Lausman
Day League 2nd half (Wednesday): Fernando Anjos (skip), Donald Bartsch, Rick Martin, Pat Martin
Corporate League: Edward Jones team with Leo Rivera (skip), Brian Pawluk, Earl Zinger, Dave McCombe, David Machial
Ladies League 1st half & 2nd half: Diane Tetreault (skip), Pat Batchelor, Linda Schroter, Tanya Walsh
Mixed League 1st half: Sylvia Lowe (skip), Norm Card, Colleen McCombe, Dave Wilson, Tony Murray
Mixed League 2nd half: Diane Tetreault (skip), Fernando Anjos, Pat Batchelor, Bill Ford
Men’s League: Leo Rivera (skip), Earl Zinger, Randy Gushulak, David Machial
All this activity was possible because of the hard work of all our amazing volunteers. They contributed more than 6500 hours of their time to organize leagues and events, cook and help out in the kitchen, clean up, coach, and so much more. Our huge thanks to everyone who helped out this year. While we couldn’t individually recognize every volunteer, we held volunteer prize draws to show our appreciation with gift cards from some of our sponsors, Buy-Low Foods, Canadian Tire and Shoppers Drug Mart.
Next season is going to be even more exciting as we celebrate the Oliver Curling Club’s 50th Anniversary. Watch out for news of all the great events we’re planning – and see you there!
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Confirmed cases by region in BC
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 144
* Fraser Health: 58
* Island Health: 16
* Interior Health: 9
* Northern Health: 4
Testing
* At least 17,000 British Columbians have been tested.
In Canada – 9 persons have died – only two outside BC
Of current cases listed below – a connection to travel reported in 82% of the people and 69 percent are 59 years old or younger
BC now has the highest number of tested files
Current Cases:
BC 231
Ontario 214
Alberta 119
Quebec 94
Repatriated travellers 9
Manitoba 15
Maritimes 6
Sask 2
Total 690
Now let us go back to March 9th for that period
Ontario 34
BC 32
Alberta 7
Quebec 4
Total 77