The Lower Sahali Bulletin

Issue 13 | July, 2010 Visit us online at www.sahalionline.ca

News, information and conversation about our neighbourhood

The Lower Sahali Bulletin

Editor and Publisher: Arjun Singh

Published twice a month.Send story ideas and comments to: arjun@fullworld.comPhone: 250 377 1797I’d like to thank all the people who helped make this issue possible!Design by: koch ink - www.kochink.com

Neighbourhood Notes

Did you know?

New Tenants at Sahali Centre

Any day now, The Cozy T Shop opens withsandwiches, squares, tea and ice cream cones. July 1 we welcome Liberty Tax Serviceas a permanent resident. They have openeda tax-season oce here or several years in arow and we are delighted that their clients arealready looking orward to the easy parking weprovide July 1 we also enter a new era o daycarelocation: Enriched Daycare arrives. TheEnriched Program has been available orseveral years up the hill. When they wanted toexpand they were told by the city to considera mall. We are thrilled that it will be us! Thedaycare will be open rom 6AM. There isgrassed, outdoor play area with big trees andsae encing. his truly is a rich program romchildren rom inants to 6. And o courseparents will appreciate the super parking.Parents can drop of their kidos, pick up aStarbucks cofee and are good to go.

Audio and Video from theKamloops Energy Fair

The ourth annual Kamloops Energy Fairwas held on Saturday, January 19th 2010.Organized by the local chapter o the BCSustainable Energy Association, this year’sair eatured over 40 exhibitors ofering“products, services and ideas about usingenergy more sustainably”. This year, local blogwww.yourkamloops was there to live streaminterviews rom the trade show oor, to recordaudio rom the speaker series, and to generallypromote items and events o interest. Allthe recorded audio and video will be madeavailable at

www.yourkamloops.com/energyfair.

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Meet Your Neighbours

David Paul’s Wonderous Vegetables and Vines for Wine

an interview with Arjun Singh

 my thumb were anything, it would probably be sore. It,unortunately at this point, would denitely not be green. I spendtoo much time trying to write emails on my iphone - and I don’tthink I have ever planted one single thing. I have aspirations andhopes though. My wie will laugh when she reads this, but I can reallysee mysel really enjoying planting veggies on our little condo plot.Thus, it was with great pleasure that I had the opportunity to talk toDavid Paul, local lawyer extraordinaire and passionate Lower Sahaligardener. A ew people had emailed in recommending I talk to Davidabout his amazing garden where he grows a huge variety o ruitsand vegetables. David even grow grapes - his homemade wine hasbecome quite amous! Thank you David or taking the time to answerthese questions!

Q: What do you grow in your garden?

I’ve grown grapes, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, zuchini, beans,diferent types o lettuce, cheries, apples, peaches, pears. Basically,whatever I can squeeze in, I try to grow.

Q: Can you describe your garden?

For me, my garden is more about growing ood, it’s also very much amatter o pride or me to have an organized and good looking garden.It is not large, but because it is on a hill, I can t more in. My kids help

Neighbour to Neighbour Notices

New Schedule for Lower Sahali Bulletin

Taking a hard look at my schedule, I’vedecided that it ts better to publish thebulletin once a month, instead o every twoweeks. O course, i there are olks whowant to volunteer to help, would love tohear rom you!! - Arjun (250) 377-1797

Lower Sahali NeighbourhoodGet Togethers

Saturday July 17th (12pm-2pm) :

Ramada Inn Lounge

August:

Neighbourhood picnic (see article onpage 3 or more ino)

Friday Sept 17th (5pm - 7pm) :

Natures Fare.

Guidelines for Notices

1.AnyresidentofLowerSahalicansubmitafree,noncommercialnotice.Emailtoarjun@fullworld.comorcall(250)377-1797.2.Noticesforservicesavailableforafeeshouldbesubmittedtothe“salesandspecial”category.Thereisa$25feeperinsertion.3.Ireservetherighttorefuseanynotice,butdon’tseethishappeningoftenatall.4.Itrustneighbourswilltreateachotherhonestly,butmyhighpricedlegaladvisorswouldlikemetoletyouknowIcan’tguaranteeanyofthenotices.5.Thanksforreadingthis!

Invitation to JoinSahali Online Network

Speaking o the Lower Sahali Online Network,we welcome people to join - http://sahali.ning.com. This residents only site allows peopleto post notices and messages, create groupsaround common interests, and keep up to dateabout what media outlets are saying about ourneighbourhood and our neighbours.