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Keremeos council news

Village core service review awarded at December 3 council meeting

Busy weekend ahead as Christmas in the Similkameen gets underway

Here is what is happening as the village officially kick starts the Christmas season:

Changes coming to recycling program

Province introducing changes to recyling legislation that will see manufacturers take responsibility for packaging waste

West Vancouver - Capilano MLA and MInister of State for Seniors Ralph Sultan speaks to a member of the Keremeos Senior's Centre along with local MLA John Slater on November 28 at the Senior's Centre

Senior’s Minister visits Keremeos

Politicians looking for senior's input make the rounds of the Okanagan Similkameen

West Vancouver - Capilano MLA and MInister of State for Seniors Ralph Sultan speaks to a member of the Keremeos Senior's Centre along with local MLA John Slater on November 28 at the Senior's Centre
Area “G” Director Angelique Wood (left) participated in a town hall meeting conducted by BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko (second from left) along with Area “B” Director George Bush and Keremeos Mayor Manfred Bauer.

Local MP conducts town hall meetings, meets with regional district officials

GMO food, smart meters peace initiatives focus of BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko

Area “G” Director Angelique Wood (left) participated in a town hall meeting conducted by BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko (second from left) along with Area “B” Director George Bush and Keremeos Mayor Manfred Bauer.

RDOS directors ponder revenue shortfall at Campbell Mountain landfill

The regional district board pondered a budget problem over the Campbell Mountain Landfill at the November 15 Environment Committee meeting.

Mayor Manfred Bauer accepts a donation of $750 from the Keremeos Volunteer Fire Department. The money was raised at the pancake breakfast during this year’s Sizzlefest event and will go towards construction of an overhang to the community kitchen behind the Infocentre. The project will be built with donated labour by tradesmen who are also Keremeos firefighters. Presenting the cheque on behalf of the KVFD are retired firefighters Red Bosscha and Walter Despot.

Village Strategic plan initiatives delayed; reservoir gas tax funding approved

The mayor received a donation for $750 from former Keremeos firefighters at the November 19 regular meeting of council.

Mayor Manfred Bauer accepts a donation of $750 from the Keremeos Volunteer Fire Department. The money was raised at the pancake breakfast during this year’s Sizzlefest event and will go towards construction of an overhang to the community kitchen behind the Infocentre. The project will be built with donated labour by tradesmen who are also Keremeos firefighters. Presenting the cheque on behalf of the KVFD are retired firefighters Red Bosscha and Walter Despot.
Esther Cottrill and Jenna Sipponen are budding student actresses at SESS. They will be performing with the Cawston Players this weekend in 'A Christmas Chaos' at Cawston Hall.

SESS students performing in Cawston play

Cawston Players kick off the festive season with "A Christmas Chaos" on Dec 7 through 9

Esther Cottrill and Jenna Sipponen are budding student actresses at SESS. They will be performing with the Cawston Players this weekend in 'A Christmas Chaos' at Cawston Hall.
Twin Lakes residents picked up 1,600 pounds of shingles found illegally dumped along the banks of Horn Creek (and some into the creek) that provides water to the whole Twin Lakes aquifer. The regional district was notified of the illegal dump in October of 2011 but declined to pick it up for safety reasons. It took several residents eight hours and two trips to the dump to collect the refuse.

Twin Lakes residents last to voice concerns

Town hall meeting in its dying stages before Twin Lakes residents are able to speak

Twin Lakes residents picked up 1,600 pounds of shingles found illegally dumped along the banks of Horn Creek (and some into the creek) that provides water to the whole Twin Lakes aquifer. The regional district was notified of the illegal dump in October of 2011 but declined to pick it up for safety reasons. It took several residents eight hours and two trips to the dump to collect the refuse.

Council turns down changes to expense policy

Council unanimous in vetoing staff recommendations regarding updates to council’s expense policy

Solid Waste Coordinator Cameron Baughen (right) discusses waste issues with a Kaleden resident at a recent town hall meeting in the community.

Facts regarding present state of KVR trail issues in Kaleden continue to elude residents

Kaleden residents at a town hall meeting on November 7 prioritized the community’s trail issues as the number one community concern.

Solid Waste Coordinator Cameron Baughen (right) discusses waste issues with a Kaleden resident at a recent town hall meeting in the community.

Hundreds turn out for Remembrance Day celebrations in Keremeos

Several hundred - including a large complement of youth - braved sub zero temperatures for this year’s ceremonies,

Keremeos Village signs collective agreement with union

Keremeos village staff ratified a new collective agreement between CUPE Local 608 and the village on Monday, November 5.

Kassidy Todd (far left) Noah Beglaw and Cael Warner competed in the Provincials cross country run in Prince George last Saturday, braving a soggy, slushy and muddy course run (below) in the northern B.C. community.

Two SESS teams compete in Provincials on the weekend

Busy week on many fronts for Similkameen Elementary Secondary School students

Kassidy Todd (far left) Noah Beglaw and Cael Warner competed in the Provincials cross country run in Prince George last Saturday, braving a soggy, slushy and muddy course run (below) in the northern B.C. community.
RDOS Chief Adminstrative Officer Bill Newell addresses attendees at an Olalla town hall meeting held at the Elks Hall in Keremeos on Saturday, November 3.

Meeting discussion centres on water quality improvements

Water treatment options
discussed during calm gathering of interested residents

RDOS Chief Adminstrative Officer Bill Newell addresses attendees at an Olalla town hall meeting held at the Elks Hall in Keremeos on Saturday, November 3.

Highly visible police presence raises public curiousity

If you thought you were seeing police everywhere in the Lower Similkameen last Tuesday, you were right

Kars Under the “K” presented Similkameen Elementary Secondary School shop instructors Boyd Turnbull and Tom Owen and the shop students with a $1,500 Miller portable plasma cutting system. KMS Tools representative Brian Kohlman delivered the tool on October 30. The wood shop at the school has constructed a cabinet to store all the tools the “Kars” organization has donated to them over the years .

Kars Under the “K” donate shop tools to SESS

Kars Under the “K” donate shop tools to Similkameen Elementary Secondary School

Kars Under the “K” presented Similkameen Elementary Secondary School shop instructors Boyd Turnbull and Tom Owen and the shop students with a $1,500 Miller portable plasma cutting system. KMS Tools representative Brian Kohlman delivered the tool on October 30. The wood shop at the school has constructed a cabinet to store all the tools the “Kars” organization has donated to them over the years .
Mobilejuicing owner Kristen Wurtele bags freshly processed apple juice while workers unload another bin into the mobile processing facility in Cawston last week.

Mobile Juicing operation in Cawston

Mobilejuicing.com brought its high tech apple juice rendering machine to the Lower Similkameen last week

Mobilejuicing owner Kristen Wurtele bags freshly processed apple juice while workers unload another bin into the mobile processing facility in Cawston last week.
Copper Ridge Modular Home Park welcomed the first unit to the new retirement community last week.

Modular home park near Olalla sets up first dwelling

Copper Ridge Modular Home Park welcomed the first unit to the new retirement community last week.

Copper Ridge Modular Home Park welcomed the first unit to the new retirement community last week.

Spring forward – fall back

A reminder that this weekend it's time to turn the clocks back