Tonsorial Wisdom

Posted by on June 23, 2011 · 2 Comments 

Wireless social networking gone retro … I’ve given up on the coffee shop. I don’t know how much more thumb-waggling I can take. Semaphore was easier to understand because the flag positions actually meant something. My younger friends only deign to talk to me audibly because I don’t have an iSomething to receive text messages. The other day a client nearly wet her knickers laughing because I told her I didn’t know how to text but that we could talk anyway. Feeling... Read More

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Anya Mayoss-Hurd: Miss Teen Canada Contender

Posted by on June 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Anya Mayoss-Hurd’s sign should be fire. The 16-year-old redhead arrived in Canada from Birmingham, England, on the day lightning set Okanagan Mountain Park ablaze. She used the experience in a required speech for the Peachland Ambassador program that led to her coronation as Miss Teen Okanagan at the Miss Teen British Columbia competition. Now that speech is helping to carry her to the Miss Teen Canada finals in Toronto on July 9. “I wasn’t expecting it, but I’m happy... Read More

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Go After Your Dreams

Posted by on April 13, 2011 · 3 Comments 

How do you determine the difference between a novel, a novella and a long short story? On some levels it makes no difference, but to Kelowna author, Celeste Catena, it may mean her place in the history books as the world’s youngest novelist. “I’ve always had a love for reading and writing. Once I got into Grade 1, my reading got really avid and I set myself a goal that I wanted to be the youngest, or one of the youngest, published authors. So when I got into Grade 4 I presented... Read More

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The Little Company That Could

Posted by on February 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

AEM President Dave Veitch Bucking the dour headlines, Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp. (AEM) is a bright spot in the firmament. With little more than a year under its belt the new company has managed to keep 49 manufacturing jobs from going south of the border, actually increased employment to 60 and brought in sales higher than projections that would have been enviable during the fat years of a decade past. When you’ve got broken eggs, make an omelette Slightly more... Read More

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