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The Kettle River Lion’s Club is about to wrap up its annual Christmas hamper drive this Saturday with the delivery of over 100 boxes of food and other items to those West Boundary families and individuals in need. Organizer Phil Gunhouse was pleased by the public’s generous response in helping the Lions fill the hampers with non-perishable goods to complement the club’s contribution of everything needed for a traditional Christmas feast, including hams, potatoes, carrots, onions and some dessert items as well. He did, however, lament the decrease in the Kelowna Food Bank’s (KFB) usual contribution to the hamper drive—the result, he suggested, of increased demand, seemingly throughout the province. KFB will, nevertheless, still be donating several boxes of vegetables, including a large quantity of baby red potatoes, which the Lions will package themselves in boxes donated by Calona Wines. Gunhouse was thrilled to report that Osoyoos’ AG Foods had “really stepped up” this year, by offering to sell the Lion’s Club produce for the hampers at wholesale prices, which will likely save the club several hundred dollars. The hamper drive is the club’s most financially-demanding undertaking, making gestures such as that of AG Foods and manager Derek Morgan especially valuable. “We like to have money left over at Christmas so that we are in a position to help folks with unexpected needs,” said Gunhouse, “such as help with transportation to Kelowna for cancer treatment, or even car repairs. This makes the generosity of stores like AG Foods even more timely.” The hampers go out on Saturday morning, as a convoy of club members will be delivering the much welcomed Christmas donation to all corners of the West Boundary.
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Children enjoyed a visit from Santa on Saturday at the Midway Community Association’s annual kids Christmas party. The lineup was long, as the youngsters had a chance to sit on the old man’s knee and get a warm hug and a Christmas treat. PHOTO: ANDREW TRIPP
Harcus designs forest logo ANDREW TRIPP
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Chairman Randy Kappes has announced the winner and two runner-ups in the West Boundary Community Forest Corporation’s logo competition. West Boundary was awarded a community forest by the province in 2014. Through it, the community hopes to influence the region’s forestry sector and help reduce the economic downswings the area has experienced historically, as well as see local values expressed in the way the forest is managed. The corporation expects the
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community forest to play an important role in the future of the area’s forestry sector and wanted to make sure its logo reflects those values as well as forestry itself. Area schools helped initiate the contest, which resulted in a logo the corporation considers effective in doing just that. The design will be prominently displayed on all things related to the community forest. The winner of the competition was Julia Harcus. In second place was Trinity Griffiths and third place went to Rayanne Goddard. Kappes and the rest of the board would like to thank all the artists for their submissions and congratulate the winners.
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