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Vol.15 Number 52
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Serving the communities of Keremeos, Cawston, Okanagan Falls and Kaleden
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Volunteer group contemplates name change By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com
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Okanagan Falls Legion members Myrt Niles (right) and Mary Findlater made Christmas a little more special for Odin Bailey of Kaleden, shown with his grandmother. Odin received a Spinoza bear at a Kaleden Elementary school assembly on December 17.
The regional district’s Emergency Social Services volunteer group recommended a name change to Emergency Support Service in order to better describe the help it provides for all people that are displaced in an emergency. Emergency Support Services is a more accurate name for the services provided by the group, which includes assistance for anyone forced out of their home or lodging because of fire, flood or any kind of emergency situation. The group helps with accommodation and lodging, clothing and food for victims of any disaster; whether it’s a house or apartment fire or the large scale evacuations that take place from time to time. The name change was contemplated in order to best reflect the services that are provided. A staff recommendation for the change came before the regional district’s Protective Services Committee for approval on December 20.
Kaleden student gets Christmas boost from Okanagan Falls Legion By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com Okanagan Falls Legion members Myrt Niles, and Ed and Mary Findlater presented a Spinoza bear to Kaleden Elementary School student Odin Bailey during a school assembly just prior to Christmas break. Okanagan Falls Legion receives the bears through the Legion Foundation, which has supplied 16 of the bears to various legion branches in B.C. The
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school in November. A quick discussion with Mary Findlater convinced the two ladies that Odin was deserving of one of the comfort bears. “It gives us so much pleasure to give these to children,” she said during the December 17 presentation. The bear obviously added an additional joyful element to Odin’s Christmas as well. Okanagan Falls Legion generally relies on word of mouth within the community to discover worthy recipients of the bears.
presentation to Odin on December 17 is the second for Okanagan Falls this year. The Spinoza Bear program provides children from three to 10 years of age who suffer from illness, handicap or tragic circumstances with the comfort of a “new friend.” The bear comes with a built in CD player, which can play prerecorded discs that allow the bear to tell stories and sing songs to the child. Legion President Myrt Niles first noticed Odin during Remembrance Day ceremonies at Kaleden
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