Community

The Friends of the Argenta Library are inviting you to dinner on Saturday, August 13.

It’s not quite take-out, but it’s close. Slocan Valley residents can now request books, DVDs, audiobooks and CDs from the library stacks and have them delivered just a little closer to home.

While we often think of leaders as wise elders, in Bonnington it is the youth who are leading the community to become greener.

The 34th annual Rotary Youth Leadership Award camp was another successful and meaningful event for 46 young people (ages 18 to 25) from Idaho, Washington and BC.

The TNT Young Company and SelfDesign High are teaming up to present a two week drama workshop starting August 1.

Oxygen Art Centre’s Summer Art Camp for kids has been a huge success this year.

A group of Nelson youth is getting ready to launch the sixth annual Keep The Beat to raise money for War Child Canada.

Not quite up to hanging out at Shambhala this year? Looking for something that mixes bagpipes, roller derby queens and mellow rock ‘n’ roll? If you are, why not consider joining folks of a similar mind and go for a float down the mighty meandering Slocan River?

In 1971 I borrowed, from the library bookmobile, a copy of Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman.

United Food and Commercial Workers 1518 representative Fred Scott joined Nelson Save-On- Foods manager Pete Taillon and many of the store’s local staff in awarding Anna Harvey-Vieira with a $2,500 scholarship.