And the Mayor is. It was close, but after all of the ballots were counted, Mayor John Slater was returned to the top political job in Osoyoos.Slater beat out his closest competitor Michael Ryan by a mere 53 votes. Slater led the polls with 842 votes, while Ryan captured 789 votes.Toms Shields was third with 404 [...] [...more]
Councillors are. Osoyoos' former top cop ended up being the top vote getter in last Saturday's municipal election.Cronmiller topped the polls with an impressive 1,185 votes, followed by Allan Carswell at 1,061, Dick Flintoft at 961, Stu Wells at 956.While those four will make up the next council, there were five unsuccessful council candidates. They [...] [...more]
R.D.O.S. Director. There is going to be new face representing the rural area of Osoyoos.Mark Pendergraft knocked off incumbent Eike Scheffler for the Area A Director's seat at the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen.Pendergraft, who has lived in Osoyoos all of his life, captured 296 votes compared to Scheffler's 227.I would like to thank everyone who [...] [...more]
School trustees elected. School Board Trustees Marieze Tarr and June Harrington each return to their positions with School District No. 53.Tarr received 1,715 votes and Harrington received 1,696, beating out challenger Brenda Dorosz with 1,058 votes.Both Tarr and Harrington return to their positions as school trustees. To the community of Osoyoos, a big thank you for [...] [...more]
Process going well. Developer Mike Mortimer believes the public hearing on his rezoning application went very well.Mortimer has applied to rezone his Gateway Marina property from Commercial Marina (CM) to Commercial Residential (CR) in order to develop a ten-unit resort residence. The units will be priced at $500,000 and up.I thought the hearing went very well. [...] [...more]
Writer says he can't wait to leave Osoyoos Editor:rnTo the People of Osoyoos. Wake up.When I first saw Osoyoos from the Richter Pass in 1992, I was struck with the beauty of Osoyoos, so much so that I couldn't wait to move here. Retiring in 2003, I bought a house here and really enjoyed [...] [...more]
Now is the time for compromise and healing in this community The just-completed municipal election was a hard-fought and at times divisive campaign.But that is over now and the voters have made their choice. Now is the time for everyone in this community to put aside their differences and think about what is best for Osoyoos. [...] [...more]
Results of election Mayor -John Slater - 842rnMichael Ryan - 789rnTom Shields - 404rnRay Vandenberg - 51CouncilrnTed Cronmiller - 1185rnStu Wells - 956rnAlan Carswell - 1036rnDick Flintoff - 961rnSherry Linn - 840rnJean Gubby - 811rnPhil MacLeod - 592rnSy Murseli - 529rnJim Shaw - 446R.D.O.S. Mark Pendergraft - 296rnEike Scheffler - 227School TrusteernJune Harrington - 1696rnMarieze Tarr [...] [...more]
Where will the Assisted Living Residence go? Jerry Albo wonders why an OCP zoning amendment would be entertained for setting an 84-unit Assisted Living Seniors Residence in the middle of a Single Family Residential neighbourhood.Albo addressed council at the November 7 meeting and spoke about that proposal in particular, and the OCP process in general,The concept [...] [...more]
Another transportaion plan? Residents in east Osoyoos think they have a better way of addressing traffic concerns and have formed a committee to study the traffic plan proposed by the Ministry of Transportation, the Town of Osoyoos and the Osoyoos Indian Band.In fact, they have created their own Cedar Villa plan, complete with notes on their [...] [...more]
