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▼ COMMUNITY PROJECT
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Mural to celebrate Lake Country’s 20th KEVIN PARNELL
Agri-tourism Penny Gambell and her fellow Lake Country councillors take a stand on farm operations that qualify to add an element of agri-tourism income to their bottom line. ...............................
Residents of Lake Country will be asked to take part in a community art project that will culminate in a large, twopart mural on the southside of the Winfield Memorial Hall to be unveiled later this year. Representatives of the Lake Country Public Art Advisory Commission presented the plan for the community’s
20th Anniversary Mural Project to council last week and called for the community to step forward and help paint the anniversary mural. The mural will be put together in two parts, with two Lake Country artists creating unique works that will come together as one. Key to the project is going to be community participation as one side of the mural will be a mosaic
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THIS IS GOING TO BE A MONUMENTAL MURAL. THERE WILL BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PAINT. EVERYONE CAN DO THIS. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE AN ARTIST. Petrina McNeill, Lake Country Art Gallery
pattern, made up of 480 small panels, that will be re-constructed in a scenic image of Lake Coun-
try. “We invite the whole community to come out and paint,” said Pet-
rina McNeill of the Lake Country Art Gallery. “This project is possible only with collaboration. This is going to be a monumental mural. There will be many opportunities to paint. Everyone can do this. You don’t have to be an artist. We’re going to arrange several painting events and will offer major painting sessions where all the paint will be supplied.”
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▼ ALLOCATION
Hunters deliver letters to premier’s Okanagan office
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Students bring up real issues of safety along Lake Country roads. ...............................
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Flyers ■ Jysk ■ Mark Jontz ■ Save On Foods Mart
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MEMBERS of local hunting organizations dropped off more than 700 letters to B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s office Thursday in an ongoing
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dispute over the B.C. Wildlife Allocation Policy.
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Several Okanagan families and members of the Oceola Fish and Game Club presented over 740 letters to staff at B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s office on Thursday afternoon in a continued push to have the government’s Wildlife Allocation Policy re-visited before it is put into law. Three local fish and game club’s collected the letters Jan. 30, written in opposition to the Wildlife Allocation Policy that splits the available hunting resource between resident
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The two sides of the mural—48 feet wide and 24 feet tall when complete—will mesh together and merge into one larger creation. One side will be a montage of signs from around the community of Lake Country and will be painted by Lake Country artist Rose Braun to form a colourful mon-
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