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Marty Stein (left), a retired Fulton Secondary teacher, honours Mara McLaughlin and Cole Shoemaker each with a $500 George Stein Memorial Scholarship. Frank Rennick (right) is the Chair of NOYSA and was on hand for the recognition. Missing from photo is scholarship winner Hannah Love.

Trio deserving of Stein scholarships

A pair of George Stein Memorial Scholarship winners are going coastal and one is staying close to home

Marty Stein (left), a retired Fulton Secondary teacher, honours Mara McLaughlin and Cole Shoemaker each with a $500 George Stein Memorial Scholarship. Frank Rennick (right) is the Chair of NOYSA and was on hand for the recognition. Missing from photo is scholarship winner Hannah Love.

New venue for Terry Fox Run

This year, the run will start at Marshall Field in Okanagan Landing Sept. 20

Margret Dowling has been making lamp shades for 27 years.

Lampshades a passion

Margaret Dowling has been lighting houses with her Unique Antique Lamp Shades and Bases company.

Margret Dowling has been making lamp shades for 27 years.
Joanne McQuay (left) enjoys a visit from her pen pal and best friend of 58 years, Marlene Warren.

Friendship started by a pen

Joanne McQuay of Vernon met her best friend a lifetime ago in an unlikely place – Bermuda.

Joanne McQuay (left) enjoys a visit from her pen pal and best friend of 58 years, Marlene Warren.
Jan Durand of the Greater Vernon Pickleball Association sends a backhand return over the net at Sawicki Park.

Pickleball picks up steam

A sport on the rise with a funky sound is searching for a place to call home.

Jan Durand of the Greater Vernon Pickleball Association sends a backhand return over the net at Sawicki Park.
Goalie Jarrod Schamerhorn (centre) stretches at the start of Viper practice with Liam Finlay (from left), Joe Sacco, Griffin James and Jordan Robinson Wednesday at Kal Tire Place. The Vipers host the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in exhibition play Saturday night.

Vets in Viper crease

The Vipers will be leaning on a pair of 20-year-old net minders as they entire their B.C. Hockey League exhibition season.

Goalie Jarrod Schamerhorn (centre) stretches at the start of Viper practice with Liam Finlay (from left), Joe Sacco, Griffin James and Jordan Robinson Wednesday at Kal Tire Place. The Vipers host the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in exhibition play Saturday night.
Pierre Cloutier stands beside one of the four Belgian horses that helped pull him from Saint- Barnabé-Sud, Que. to Vernon. His trip spanned nine months and more than 4,000 kilometres.

Cowboy rides out his travelling dream

Pierre Cloutier sets out on a nine month, 4,000-kilometre wagon trip across Canada

Pierre Cloutier stands beside one of the four Belgian horses that helped pull him from Saint- Barnabé-Sud, Que. to Vernon. His trip spanned nine months and more than 4,000 kilometres.
Evan Walls of Team Blue floats a saucer pass over sliding Team White defender Reece Soukoroff during the BCHL Vipers’ Blue versus White exhibition hockey game Sunday night at Kal Tire Place.

Vipers trim camp roster to 31

Hockey is back in Vernon as Kal Tire Place was cold, the boards and glass are puck-streak free and the parking lot was packed.

Evan Walls of Team Blue floats a saucer pass over sliding Team White defender Reece Soukoroff during the BCHL Vipers’ Blue versus White exhibition hockey game Sunday night at Kal Tire Place.
Conrad Lindblom of Rocky Ridge Vegetation Control holds up a kid while his herd of 300 goats eats weeds at the B.C. Hydro site in Vernon.

Goat herd munches away at weeds

There are some baaaaaaaad weed problems in the Thompson-Okanagan region

Conrad Lindblom of Rocky Ridge Vegetation Control holds up a kid while his herd of 300 goats eats weeds at the B.C. Hydro site in Vernon.
Shaun Wiebe sorts out some pills at Wiebe’s Pharmacy on 35th Street which opened in April.

Pharmacy opens doors

A new pharmacy has opened up on the edge of downtown in Vernon's Discovery Plaza

Shaun Wiebe sorts out some pills at Wiebe’s Pharmacy on 35th Street which opened in April.

Signs draw Spallumcheen discussion

The Log Barn was established more than two decades ago and is a recognizable structure in Spallumcheen.

Welcome to Beautiful B.C.

This September marks the seventh anniversary of my move to from Calgary to B.C…...

Vipers grab Zandee from West Kelowna

The Vernon Vipers have acquired forward Hunter Zandee from the West Kelowna Warriors in exchange for future considerations.

Vest shows Pinehurst progress

Ryan Vest was cruising along in top-10 contention at the U.S. Kids World Golf Tournament at Pinehurst Coure No. 1 in North Carolina.

Resident wants yield signs replaced

Spallumcheen resident Greg Forsythe has helped create change to two traffic signs

Vernon golfers Dexter Weiten (left) chips onto the green on hole No. 5 and Mackenzie Barrie, 19, tries to curl in a putt on the 10th green during the Maple Leaf Junior Tour Ford Series Monday afternoon at Predator Ridge Golf Resort.

Barrie takes Ford title

Mackenzie Barrie tore up the back nine and captured the MJT Ford Series 15-19 girls division title Tuesday at Predator Ridge Golf Resort.

Vernon golfers Dexter Weiten (left) chips onto the green on hole No. 5 and Mackenzie Barrie, 19, tries to curl in a putt on the 10th green during the Maple Leaf Junior Tour Ford Series Monday afternoon at Predator Ridge Golf Resort.

Park site to expand

Spallumcheen's Twin Firs Manufactured Home Park is ready for expansion

Tigers deal out hardware

With the sting of losing the TOJLL championship diminishing, the Vernon Tigers handed out their team hardware Sunday night.

Vipers deal for veteran D-man

The Vipers have acquired 20-year-old defenceman Bo Pellah from the South Shore Lumberjacks of the Maritime Hockey League.

Vernon AAA Canadians pitcher Dylan Emmons (left) and catcher Garner Chudyk caught the eye of the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades coaching staff. The pair have signed on to play with the Cascades in the upcoming Canadian Collegiate Baseball Conference season.

Canadians’ battery powers Cascades

The bond between a pitcher and a catcher is unlike any other in sports and is crucial for the success of a baseball team.

Vernon AAA Canadians pitcher Dylan Emmons (left) and catcher Garner Chudyk caught the eye of the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades coaching staff. The pair have signed on to play with the Cascades in the upcoming Canadian Collegiate Baseball Conference season.