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Firefighters take cover as retardant is dropped on a grass fire that sparked up on Beaver Lake Road last week. ...............................
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Fish biologists have counted far fewer sockeye salmon making their way into the Okanagan Water Basin so far this year. The summer heat, coupled with drought conditions extending back to the winter of 2014-15 all play a role in the stress on the fish migration pattern. ...............................
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The next time you drive around the traffic circle near the Winfield Memorial Hall, it might be worth pulling in and checking out the latest, and largest, public art display in Lake Country history. The 20th anniversary mosaic mural project has been built and constructed along the south wall of the Memorial Hall to celebrate the district’s 20th anniversary. Artists Chris Malmkvist and Rose Braun are putting the finishing touches on the mosaic; a collaborative effort between the two local artists as well as hundreds of community members. The mural is made up of two distinct sides, one featuring signs from the community done by Braun while the other is a landscape portrait including a kayaker on Okanagan Lake, by Malmkvist. Residents painted 480 separate, smaller pieces to represent the landscape while 21 larger
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LAKE COUNTRY public arts advisory commission chairperson Sharon McCoubrey (above left) discusses installation of the large mosaic before installers (at right) get busy putting up the panels. pieces were put together to form the side representing new and old signs from around Lake Country. Together they form a unique and collective art project the likes Lake Country has never seen and certainly the piece of art that has had the most public participation. “I think the final image will look great for a couple of reasons: It is a combination of two intriguing images, and secondly, because it is not literal and will require some thinking and discussion,” said Sharon McCoubrey, chairperson of the Lake Country public art advisory commission. “It’s the kind of im-
age that you will be able to look at many times and see details that you had not noticed before,” McCoubrey said. “The mural is an impressive addition to this large, bare wall, with great site lines from the traffic circle with its many approaches.” The 20th anniversary mural was a collaboration between the Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country ArtWalk and the Lake Country Public Art Commission. Braun travelled various roads around Lake Country and took notes on the many signs, some commercial, some handmade and some symbolic, and from them creating a larger image incor-
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porating what she had seen. Many people took part in the public painting events to help bring the work to fruition. “There were many great painting sessions held in parks, or at the Art Gallery, or people took panels home, so many people were thrilled to paint a square and contribute to the overall image. We had absolutely no trouble getting enough people
to paint the panels,” said McCoubrey. “The sign montage might be an unusual image for many people, as it is not a typical landscape or traditional picture. It adds a unique contribution to the public art within Lake Country, and invites people to consider the many different types of artworks that make up a diverse collection of artworks.” The landscape of the kayaker by Malmkvist
was recreated by using 12 inch by 12 inch panels then assembling them. “We are so pleased to increase the public artworks in Lake Country by adding this mural, which is particularly special because it was painted by so many citizens. We look ahead to continue to develop the aesthetics of our community through public art and design features,” McCoubrey said. @KP_media1
Residents worried about soil removal at Ok Centre Road KEVIN PARNELL An Okanagan woman is concerned for the health of her elderly mother and other Lake
Country residents near the site of several gravel pit operations now that another application is before Lake Country council this week.
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Maggie Getz, a registered nurse, says locals will be affected if Lake Country council gives the go ahead to another soil removal operation
near the corner of Glenmore Road and Okanagan Centre Road West. “There is a concern about people who al-
ready have breathing problems,” said Getz, who’s 90-year-old mother lives nearby. “It’s dusty already in the area. My mother planted a row of
cedars to help keep the dust down. There is also a lot of noise pollution and traffic is really bad on
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