Salmon Arm Observer, March 26, 2014

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Catching some air (From left) Nicolaus Barbosa, Kolton Dodge and Dominic Barbosa perform a series of aerial tricks on their scooters Sunday afternoon at the skatepark at Blackburn Park.

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City misses the cut for Hockeyville The Shaw centre will be the recipient of $50,000 towards arena upgrades after placing fourth overall in the Kraft Hockeyville contest. Announced just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Salmon Arm generated a total of 847,193 votes while Sylvan lake, Alta. pocketed 1,563,797 votes to win the western berth into the top two. The eastern winner was Kingston, nS., who registered 1,472,836 votes, more than central Bedeque, P.e.I, who notched 1,403,259 votes. Voting in the contest opened Saturday, March 15 and continued for 48 hours until 9 p.m., March 17. Sylvan lake, Alta. and Kingston, nS. will both net $100,000 in prize money, while voting between the top two has now taken place to see who will win the Hockeyville crown, which includes hosting an nHl pre-season game and a feature on cBc.

Agreement on agriculture Memo: Okanagan College partners on educational opportunities. By Martha Wickett OBSeRVeR STAFF

A seed that was planted two years ago is on its way to bearing fruit – or vegetables, or all things agricultural. It was smiles all around Friday at the Salmon Arm campus of Okanagan college, as Okanagan college President Jim Hamilton and university of the Fraser Valley (uFV) President and Vice-chancellor Mark evered signed a memorandum of understanding. The agreement formalizes the initiative to have the two institutions work together, particularly on opportunities associated with uFV’s new British columbia Agriculture centre of excellence,

This week A near miss has a couple lobbying for highway upgrades in Tappen. See A3 for more. Volleyball took over the SASCU Recreation Centre. Check out the action on page A17.

now being built in chilliwack. “This is a great day for us,” said Jim Barmby, Okanagan college’s dean of the Shuswap-Revelstoke region, as he explained the idea came from Margaret Hardy two years ago when she was working as downtown community campus co-ordinator. It was also two years ago that Barmby, Hardy, farmers John Mcleod and Richard Bell, and leslie Bogula of the college travelled to uFV to tour the campus, look over the agriculture programs offered there and explore opportunities for partnerships. Hamilton told the gatherSee Deal on page A2

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It’s official: Okanagan College president Jim Hamilton and University of the Fraser Valley president and vice-chancellor Mark Evered sign an agreement Friday to commit to an ongoing collaboration on education, particularly in the area of agricultural studies.

Index Opinion ....................... A6 View Point ............ A7, A8 Life & Times ............... A9 Sports................A17-A19 Arts & Events ... A20-A23 Time Out................... A24 Vol. 107, No. 13, 44 pages


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