Paige Kaminski, a Grade 4 student at Osoyoos Elementary School, takes a flying leap in long jumping. The school’s students had their track and field day Friday. Watch for more photos in the Osoyoos Times and on OsoyoosTimes.com. (Richard McGuire photo)
May 13 – Students from Osoyoos Elementary School were out in the gorgeous weather Friday enjoying their track and field day.
In the lower field, they ran races — 80-metre dashes for the youngest kids, up to a circuit of about 500 metres for older children. Up at the top, students participated in high jumping and long jumping as well as throwing a ball shot-put style.
Two Osoyoos residents injured in Olalla accident
Two Osoyoos residents were injured in a vehicle collision at Olalla Thursday, one of them critically.
The accident happened at 12:47 on May 12 when a westbound 2003 Corvette was travelling through Olalla on Highway 3A. An eastbound 2010 Pontiac G3 turned left in front of the Corvette, said Sgt. Harold Hallett, of RCMP South Okanagan Traffic Services in a news release.
The 60-year-old male driver of the Corvette, from Osoyoos, received life threatening injuries and was airlifted to Kelowna General Hospital, where he is in critical condition, police said.
Both the 40-year-old female passenger of the Corvette, also from Osoyoos, and the 56-year-old female driver of the Pontiac, from Hedley, received moderate injuries and were transported by ambulance to Penticton Regional Hospital.
The front driver sides of both vehicles collided, Hallett said.
A collision reconstructionist from Kelowna attended the scene, as well as South Okangan Traffic Services and Keremeos RCMP.
Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to call South Okanagan Traffic Services at 250-499-2250.
Several events on this weekend
There are several local events this weekend that may be of interest.
Friday night at 7 p.m. the Okanagan International Chorus is performing a free concert at the Osoyoos Community Theatre at OSS at 7 p.m. If you miss them, they’ll also be performing Saturday at 2 p.m. at Free Methodist Church in Oroville.
The Lonely … A Tribute to Roy Orbison is at Frank Venables Theatre in Oliver Saturday night. Tickets are $42 and are available online at www.venablestheatre.ca or from Beyond Bliss in Oliver.
The Osoyoos Soroptimists are holding a garage sale fundraiser Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Cactus Centre, 6609 Chickadee Crt. in Osoyoos right behind the Splash Park.
Market on Main is back Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at town square. There will be live music by Allan and Gord and the August Accord.
Great forecast for the weekend.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday should all be sunny, though there may be the odd cloud later on Saturday.
The temperature will rise a degree a day from a high of 25 C on Saturday to a high of 27 C on Monday, according to Environment Canada.
Tuesday will still be warm at 26 C for the high, but it should cloud over. Wednesday will return to mix of sun and cloud, but Wednesday night and Thursday there’s a 60 per cent chance of showers, and Thursday will drop to a high of just 20 C.
As always, weather forecasts are subject to change.
Enjoy the lovely weekend.
RICHARD McGUIRE
Osoyoos Times
