Harvey Leamont has been named Volunteer of the Year by members of the Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society; he has assisted with operations of the Lake Country Museum and Archives as a volunteer since 2010. Harvey has worked in... [Continue Reading]
At Friday’s Annual General Meeting of the Lake Country Heritage & Cultural Society (LCHCS), three new volunteers were elected to the Board of Directors, a propitious lead-up to Canada’s National Volunteer Week. Those elected were Janice Larson, Tom Ritchie and... [Continue Reading]
Sax Koyama award goes to Okanagan Centre’s Elaine Gibbons1 For the first time ever, a wife and husband have been honoured with the annual Sax Koyama Citizen of the Year Award, with the honours coming decades apart. Elaine Gibbons was... [Continue Reading]
Lake Country, like so many other smaller communities, has a solid core of organizations created to fill the various social, recreational and service needs of our citizens. Most of these organizations were created when our town was smaller and more... [Continue Reading]
Over the years we have been so fortunate to have good volunteers at the Lake Country Museum and Archives. On the website longtime volunteers Harvey Lamont and Karen Gibbons have been featured and they still spend numerous hours volunteering for... [Continue Reading]
I visited the United Church-sponsored thrift shop the other day and when I opened the back door I was greeted by a veritable “Santa’s workshop” of folks, sorting, labelling and displaying all manner of donated items. What tremendous value they... [Continue Reading]
The Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society (which includes the Museum) is always interested in having more people volunteer for heritage and cultural activities. Currently, we are in need of volunteers for specific upcoming events in August — the Mexican... [Continue Reading]
After many years of providing readers with information about the activities at the Lake Country Museum editor Lynne Blake has passed the reins over to Museum volunteer Lisa Mortell. Lisa’s new responsibilities start with the Spring 2012 newsletter which is... [Continue Reading]
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead. Members of the Lake Country community have a history of community involvement and at the... [Continue Reading]
