Review
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Vol.16 Number 4
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Serving the communities of Keremeos, Cawston, Okanagan Falls and Kaleden
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SIMILKAMEEN GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS EXCEL
Hosts run away with weekend tournament at Similkameen Elementary See page 9
FORMER FIREFIGHTER RETURNS TO KEREMEOS Photo by Steve Arstad
Outdoor diners David Smyth and Angela Wall enjoy a morning coffee in front of Emmy’s Bake Shop in Keremeos on January 14. The two were enjoying some of the South Similkameen’s great weather last week, taking a break from Vancouver to discover a few local Similkameen wineries.
Weekend firefighters course taught by former firefighter See page 3
INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEED OF REPAIR
Failed pipe a reminder of aging infrastructure in Keremeos See page 13
Gibson House hosts “Arts at Play” Contributed Similkameen Family Literacy and the new Keremeos and District Arts Council are co-sponsoring a series of afternoon sessions that began Wednesday, January 22 and continue to run each Wednesday afterwards to March 19. Gibson House will host “Arts at Play,” three separate sessions in three parts for kids who enjoy arts, crafts, writing and performance. The workshops run from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The first three sessions, running January 22, 29 and February 5 are for nine to
14 year olds. Puppets on Wednesdays - where youngsters are encouraged to explore materials and “grow” their own puppets in paper, plaster, clay, fabric, paint, wood, wire, then make up their stories to perform in a puppet stage. The following sessions, February 12, 19 and 26 are for six to nine year olds and are called “Clayworks”. These Wednesdays will be taken up with “the plastic arts”in plasticene, air dry clay, plaster, adding decorative materials to create figures, emblems, masks to weave into scripted stories from the group. The final sessions of March 5, 12 and 19, for eight to 16 year olds, is called
“Story to Stage”. These Wednesdays will start with very short pre-prepared story pieces and then participants put their own stories to paper, dress themselves for thestage and perform at 5 p.m. March 19. There is no workshop fee for any of the nine sessions. There is a materials fee of $5 per session that may be waived in some cases. Volunteer helpers, including high school students, are most welcome to join in the sessions. Pre-Registration is required. Families can register from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday to Friday at 300 Veteran’s Avenue. (Telephone 250-499-2352.)