Lake Country Calendar, March 16, 2016

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March 16, 2016

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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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INSIDE

3 Hwy 97 six lanes.......6 Bruins hockey............7 Crime report..............

Flyers ■ Home Depot ■ Hometown ■ Rona ■ Save On Foods ■ Shoppers Drug Mart ■ Sobey’s ■ Staples

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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.

▼ WOOD/KALAMALKA ISTHMUS

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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