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Chili cook-off raises funds to help ease the transition to a new country for Syrian refugees ...............................
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Kettle River camping Closed after wildfire swept through the Rock Creek area, the province is now taking reservations for the Kettle River campgrounds. ...............................
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OYAMA businessman and former Lake Country councillor Allan Gatzke on the Oyama isthmus. Gatzke presented a vision for the development of a replica train platform (Armstrong Station as an example, inset) for the future of the Okanagan Rail Trail running through Oyama.
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Isthmus could be heartbeat of Okanagan Rail Trail KEVIN PARNELL The Oyama isthmus has the potential to be the heartbeat of the Okanagan Rail Trail, according to two well-known citizens of the area. The Lake Country Calendar spoke with former Lake Country council-
lor and Oyama businessman Allan Gatzke and Oyama resident and historian Duane Thomson prior to the first public consultation on the Okanagan Rail Trail, which took place on Monday at the Oyama Community Hall. At the consultation, Gatzke planned
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to present a concept for what he is calling the Oyama Spirit Square, a central gathering point on the Okanagan Rail Trail as it passes between Wood and Kalamalka lakes. The concept calls for a replica train platform, drinking water, washrooms, parking, a herit-
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age park including monuments and displays, a day-use picnic area as well as trail-head for information. The proposed area is across from the Oyama Firehall and near the community hall, a portion of the corridor that features excess lands and already has a two grav-
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el parking lots and plenty of room for the development, said Gatzke. He pegged the total cost at $140,000 with some in-kind construction donations, money he says could be raised in 12 months by fundraising and grants, outside of what is being raised for the development of
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the trail. “It could put us back on the map,” said Gatzke, adding that the relocation of Highway 97 diverted a lot of traffic away from Oyama but the rail trail could be a major benefit in getting
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