William Konkin Elementary School hosts a monthly SOAR gathering to recognize the great work and citizenship of the wonderful students. These gatherings are attended by proud students, parents/guardians, grandparents, and educators celebrating all the positive work our learners are doing here at WKE. Each month, different students are recognized and given a personalized award. For the month of January 25 students from Grades K 鈥� 7 were recognized.

Industry working with business workiing with community equals success. Rio Tinto purchased Leathermen from Woods N Water recently and had the students at Lakes District Secondary School engrave them all. The students of the metal shop had them done in no time and the craftsmanship was top notch. (Submitted photo)

The 亚洲天堂 Lake Public Library celebrated Family Literacy Day on Jan. 27 from 12-5 p.m. There was a variety of activities that were literacy based for all ages. The theme this year was 鈥楤ooks to Movies鈥�. (Submitted photo)

The headstone is a sample product that belongs to a local funeral home.

BC/Yukon Command celebrates 100 years of RCMP service

If you wake up on time, you earn virtual seeds

亚洲天堂 Lake Community Forest and Chinook Community Forest gave a generous donation of $2500 each to the girls Peewee team so they are able to purchase matching hockey attire and assist with tournaments. Addition to that donation Chinook gave another $2500 to the girls Bantam team to help promote female hockey and assist with 2020 Provincials in Salmon Arm and tournaments. (Lakes District 亚洲天堂 photos)

Julie Harrison from the Lakes Animal Friendship Society and her dog Clive are visiting local children to teach them about animal care, compassion and dog bite safety. On Jan. 27 they visited William Konkin Elementary School. The children learned about what being a 鈥渢herapy dog鈥� is all about. Julie has a great background in dog training. She gave the children some pointers on how dog training can help keep everyone happy, healthy and safe. (Lakes District 亚洲天堂 photos)

Eric Pinto owns hundreds of boards, spanning multiple decades