Community

Literacy Now is looking for volunteers as they start up the One To One reading program for the new school year.

Dennis St. John chats about butterflies in the Summerland Ornamental Gardens, part of Saturday’s activities for the fall plant sale sponsored by the Friends of the Ornamental Gardens.

September brings shorter days, longer nights and Okanagan hillsides sprinkled with the golden tufts of Rabbitbrush. But change has been in the air for some time now. By September, seasonal migrations are well underway. By mid-August you would have noticed that your hummingbird feeder didn’t need to be filled as often, and by the time you read this, there may be no hummingbirds at all. In early July, feeders were a frenzy of hummingbird activity.

Thousands of dollars in rebates are now available for replacing old wood stoves.

Keremeos will be heating up Sept.17 for their 10th annual Similkameen Sizzle Pepper Festival.

The future of how Gallagher Lake and the Vaseux Lake area will manage their liquid waste will be unveiled at an open house on Tuesday in Oliver.

In a special ceremony Sunday morning, firefighters and police will be given a place of honour alongside war veterans in a downtown Penticton park.

Darcy Fisher holds up the 11-inch braid she’s just trimmed form co-worker Kim Gudmundson’s locks. The hair will go to a group that makes wigs for children going through cancer treatment, and the $2,600 raised by the Bank of Montreal employees will go to the oncology department at the Penticton Regional Hospital.

Cpl. David Cramm of Penticton RCMP leads a group of motorcycle riders along Lakeshore Avenue Tuesday on a celebratory ride to Okanagan Falls. The motorcyclists were among 200 participants in the 3 Flags Rally who arrived in Penticton Monday, touching three borders during the annual event which finished in the Peach City.

Jackie Scott clings to the bottom of her boat while she catches her breath during class. Nathan Gamroth climbs back into the sailboat during the recent lessons on Okanagan Lake provided through the South Okanagan Sailing Association. Michaela Harris successfully rights her boat during the Canadian Yachting Association certified course. During the summer months the South Okanagan Sailing Association in Summerland offers various courses from beginners to advanced.