Monthly Archives: August 2018

Call for Poster Designs

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The Okanagan Basin Water Board and the Canadian Water Resources Association, BC Branch, have extended the deadline for poster submissions to the siwłkʷ (WATER) FOR ALL – OUR RESPONSIBILITY Environmental Flow Needs Conference 2018: Science, Policy & Practice.  The conference is planned for October 17-18, 2018 in Kelowna, B.C. The NEW submission deadline for posters is Sept. 7, 2018.

As noted previously, this conference will bring together representatives from national and international organizations engaged in water management or research, including fisheries and water managers, First Nations, regulators, policy-makers, academia, and NGOs.

We invite you to share innovative approaches to establish and protect Environmental Flow Needs (EFNs) by presenting your poster at the conference.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • Methodologies for determining EFN values
  • EFN science and applications
  • EFN and fisheries
  • Ecosystems services and EFNs
  • EFN policies – opportunities and barriers
  • Collaborative approaches to EFN management
  • Drought response plans

We have prizes for best student posters!

POSTER GUIDELINES:
All posters should include background or problem summary, discussion of approaches / methods used, and results and conclusions. Poster content should be informative and inclusive of an interdisciplinary group and broader audience. Suggested poster size: 36 inches (91 cm) x 48 inches (120 cm).

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:The deadline for submission of poster abstracts is Sept. 7th, 2018. We will notify authors of accepted poster abstracts by Sept. 10th, 2018.

For more information, please contact Nargiz Rahimova at nargiz.rahimova@obwb.ca

For more on the conference, please visit www.EFN2018.ca.

Please share widely!

 

Enter your roots, fruits, & “beauts”

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It’s an old-fashioned fair! Pull those veggies, pick that fruit, bottle that beer and wine, put ribbons round your,home preserves jars, bake that peach pie, and bring out your “beauts” — your beautiful crafts and artwork —  to win one of the blue ribbons. As this is the first year, there is no entry fee or monetary prizes. Enter for the old-fashioned fun of it! Entry form package below poster.. Entry form is on the inside of the “Book Cover” PDF:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information and categories:

Oliver Prize Book

Entry Form:

Oliver Prize Book cover

Andi Zack comes home to sing with Ken Johnson

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Oliver’s own Andi Zack-Johnson and her husband Ken Johnson (of Birmingham, Ala.) make another pilgrimage back to Andi’s home in Oliver from their Singer/Songwriter careers in Nashville, Tennessee.

Songwriters both, Andi and Ken have written songs for many country and pop artists in the U.S. and Canada including Harry Connick Jr., Brothers Osborne, Vince Gill with Jenny Gill, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. They have collaborated with many artists over the years including members of ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, Lynyrd Skynyrd, NRBQ and Aerosmith and more.

Andi and Ken have starred for 3 seasons now in the hit CMT show “I Love Kellie Pickler” produced by Ryan Seacrest and have appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Harry (Connick Jr.) Show, Fox and Friends and Good Morning America.

Andi and Ken are also known as the popular children’s music duo Huck And Lilly. They have released two critically acclaimed albums since 2015 and can be heard regularly on Sirius XM “Kids Place Live” Current solo albums available now include Andi Zack-Johnson “Love Party” and Ken Johnson “Dang Good Day”.

Presented by both Medici’s and Oliver Sagebrushers, Andi and Ken will put on a ONE NIGHT ONLY special concert at Medici’s on Friday, Aug 10th. Tickets are $25. Seating is assigned. Doors will open at 6:30 and Andi and Ken will open the night at 7:30.

Medici’s is at 522 Fairview Road in Oliver…250-498-2228