Anne Hume-Smith | Sales Executive
We are excited to announce Anne Hume-Smith has joined our sales team and will be working with our Oliver clients. Anne has a proven track record in sales. She spent 35 years developing clients in the natural, organic consumer goods industry. She was General Manager of Marathon Foods, Director of Sales at Riva Water, and Broker Representative for Michael Theodore Brokerage.
She was born and raised in Summerland. After residing in Keremeos for 25 years, Anne and her son Peter have moved to Oliver. Peter is now attending Southern Okanagan Secondary School. They are still looking for a house to call their home.
She can be contacted at [email protected] or 250-499-9589 to help develop your business.
We feel fortunate to have Anne join our team.
Colleen Lytton | Office Manager
The Times-Chronicle is very pleased to announce that Colleen Lytton will join our Osoyoos location as our Office Manager. Colleen has years of experience in management with her previous employment in government relations. Colleen and her husband chose Osoyoos as their home in 2016 . She has kept busy in town previously working at a hotel and a pharmacy. She enjoys playing pickleball, and loves to bike and walk everywhere.
We are pleased to have administrative support from such a capable person. Colleen will be in the office from Wednesday to Friday to help you with subscription renewals and classified ads. Her email address is [email protected] and you can call the office 250-495-7225
Please join us in extending a heartfelt welcome to Colleen.
Tracy David Sim | Reporter
Before I had a chance to make any New Year’s resolutions, something really great happened. I’m Tracy Sim, and I’ve recently been hired as a reporter at your local paper after settling in Oliver almost a year ago.
Last year, I was fortunate to experience and learn about the importance of the wine industry here in the South Okanagan. I was born south of our border in, Moses Lake, Washington State, in 1962 to Canadian parents. My father ran a high school football program there, until the call of the ocean called him back to the Vancouver area in 1972. We settled in Coquitlam, BC, where I lived for over 45-years.
In 2017, I was able to experience life on the road in an RV and saw the many ways of life across Canada and throughout North America before finally settling in Oliver. Of all the places I’ve seen and experienced, nothing left me with a greater impression of ‘the good life’ than the South Okanagan. I’m very pleased to be a part of your kitchen table or wherever you read the Times-Chronicle this year.
I’ve enjoyed writing everything from fiction to business and other forms of writing. When I’m not writing, I like to get up and move. A good daily walk or a bike ride along the dykes here are a way to meditate on what I want to achieve. During the really cold days this winter, I made a model power boat inspired by my dad’s commercial fishing trawler I used to work aboard in my younger years.
Something I’m also quite passionate about are rocks, gems, and minerals. I love stones with complex patterns like certain agates and other stones. What did you do during your days of being home these last two years? Did you create something interesting? Do you have an unusual job in an unusual place? Or how about an unusual collection? If you do, I’d love to hear about it. Everything from churches, to baking, to manufacturing, these are all things that bind our community together.
Stories are everywhere and they’re made by you. If you have a point-of-view or do something unique, be it a hobby, something you made or something you do in the community you’d like to share, please feel free to contact me at [email protected]
Times-Chronicle, Osoyoos, has moved
See us at our new office location in Osoyoos at:
8305 68th Ave., PO Box 359, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V0 (250)495-7225
Times-Chronicle’s new office location at 8305 68th Ave, PO Box 359 Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V0
