Jamie Elder (fourth from left), owner of Unity Clothing and Boardsports, prepares to silk screen t-shirts with the hashtag #OsoyoosStrong. Looking in from left are volunteers Hannah Shiels, Kelly Lao, Brock Jackson, Elder and Alyssa Macor. (Richard McGuire photo)
April 12: Plans for an independent high school in Osoyoos are moving forward.
The Osoyoos Community School Committee has been put together to explore alternatives and come up with a solution in time for the September 2016 school year.
The committee is spearheaded by Dr. Jason Bartsch, an Osoyoos dentist, who is working with the Town of Osoyoos and other community members.
The town has offered “resources of the community” for the effort.
The committee has adopted the social media hashtag #OsoyoosStrong, and Jamie Elder, of Unity Osoyoos, has been producing t-shirts with this hashtag.
The shirts will be given out to students at Osoyoos Secondary School and will be sold in the community for a minimum donation of $20, with proceeds going to the independent school.
Bartsch says the plan is to encourage Osoyoos residents to wear the shirts each Friday.
Check this week’s Osoyoos Times and OsoyoosTimes.com for further details.
Congratulations volunteers
Annual Volunteer Appreciation Awards were handed out at a luncheon on Saturday, marking the 15th year of the event.
Congratulations to Mat Hassen as outstanding individual volunteer, the Osoyoos Refugee Committee as Outstanding Volunteer Project and Destination Osoyoos Ambassador Team as outstanding community group of the year.
Sunshine continues
We’ll see sunshine with some clouds from today until Friday and high temperatures in the upper teens.
Today should be mainly sunny and high of 18 C, according to Environment Canada.
Saturday is expected to be cloudy, but otherwise we should see some sunshine every day for the next week. Temperatures will be back up to a high of 22 C on Sunday.
RICHARD McGUIRE
Osoyoos Times
