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Paint Afternoon on The Mountain

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from 1 – 3:30 pm

Where: Bridesville Community Hall

Join Astrid of Empty Canvas Okanagan for an afternoon of step-by-step instructions to create your own “Snowman Welcome Sign”! No painting experience necessary and all supplies are included. You will create your own original piece of art on a 10″ x 31.5″ piece of sanded and sealed wood sign.

Cost: $50 per person (etransfer to treasurer@amcsbc.ca )

Register now!

Register by Friday, February 17, 2023 – minimum of 12 participants required.

Dine Around Osoyoos – last week!

Two must-dine locations still have their special menus available for brunch, lunch and/ or dinner.

The Bear, The Fish, The Root and the Berry (Spirit Ridge) and 15 Park Bistro (the Watermark Resort) have their special menus available at great prices, just for this event.

Check it out before it’s done on February 9th! More info

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Dine Around – Osoyoos

The Dine Around BC event has over 100 restaurants across BC participating in the program, you can enjoy a
three course meal ranging from $15 – $65 per person, excluding tax and wine pairings.

Check out the special menus available in town here.

Winter activities and more

New to the area, or looking for something new to do?

Destination Osoyoos has a calendar events full of interesting things. Check it out!

Art

To view a Virtual Gallery of the show, go to https://osoyoospersists.ca

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ART SHOW

Plus…join the Friday Reception

When: January 20th from 4-5 pm

Where: Wayside Books at 8317 Main Street, Osoyoos

Lots of great books available, too! 

ART CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS

Gather some friends and head into town at the Okanagan Art Gallery

When: February 5th and/ or 6th from 10am – 3pm

Where: 8302 Main Street, Osoyoos.

This is the perfect time to learn painting in watercolours.

Two classes held – attend one, or both!

$75 per class; includes materials and lesson.

Spaces are limited, so contact Nancy to pay and reserve your spot!

Looking for something fun to do?

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Join your mountain neighbours for bowling at Kobau Lanes, make a silk scarf over a glass of wine at Spirit Ridge, or snowshoe with the ladies at Baldy Mountain Resort.

Wednesday Drop-In Bowling at Kobau Lanes, Osoyoos

Join neighbours from the mountain and the valley for drop-in bowling at Kobau Lanes on Wednesdays. 

Arrive around 1 pm to sign up and the cost is $15 for 3 games which   includes shoe rental and coffee.

Create a Silk Scarf, Sip and Dip Workshop at Spirit Ridge

Join Colour Drop Design at Spirit Ridge Resort for two hours to create a silk scarf with the magic of water marbling and enjoy a glass of Nk’Mip wine, all for $53.

Tickets include: 14 x 72 inch scarf and a beverage. Visit Eventbrite to book your date and time.

Dates of events are January 22, February 26 and March 19, 2023. 

Limited capacity so don’t delay!

Mount Baldy Ladies Snowshoe

Meet at Mount Baldy Lodge at 9 am for a coffee/tea/hot chocolate and a muffin, go out for a two hour or so snowshoe at 10 am and then back for a nice lunch and a glass of wine for a cost of $35 payable after lunch. Or, for a fee of $30, meet at 9:45 am for the 10 am snowshoe and enjoy lunch.

Email Mindy to secure your spot for the morning menu on the Wednesday prior to the Monday snowshoe.

Have an idea for a group activity or event? Let AMCS help you organize and promote it! Contact Director, Gloria at director2@amcsbc.ca for more info.

Community bonfire a hit

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By Debbie Dundass, President, AMCS

The Holiday Bonfire was a roaring success and Mother Nature provided brilliant sunshine and warmth all afternoon.

How wonderful for the approximately 50 neighbours who made their way to the Jamie Soule Memorial Park to enjoy time with friends, roast a hot dog or sip a beverage. Two fires were built for mingling and the children played nearby sledding, throwing snowballs, and then enjoyed hot chocolate.

Thanks to the incredible help from community volunteers Richard, Ron and Ryan from Sasquatch, who cleared the snow which was a formidable task considering how wet and sloppy it was out. Also, much appreciation to the fire starting crew of Rudy, Steve and Gerry who all arrived early to get the fires lit. .

From this event, it is clear that folks want to get out and socialize!

The comments received from community input at the AGM will help guide further development of 2023 events and activities.

Wishing each and everyone a…..

Happy New Year!!!

Holiday Bonfire a go!

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Hope to see you Wednesday, December 28th at noon at the Jamie Soule Memorial Park at 105 Sasquatch Trail.

The Holiday Bonfire will be a great way to enjoy some time with friends and neighbours, old and new.

Today, Ron and Richard from Sasquatch are out clearing the snow at the park, and the Wednesday weather forecast looks great!

Pack a lunch, roast a smokie, bring a leftover turkey sandwich….whatever your heart desires. Bring a folding chair if you like.

Snow will be cleared near the street and mailbox area – this is the best place to park if you are driving in.

AMFD Potluck celebrations

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By all accounts, the AMFD Potluck 2022 was a fantastic event! The company was great and the food was incredible. We sure know how to celebrate and have fun, don’t we?

If you missed the potluck, no worries. We have recaptured the moments in a video collage of the evening (click on photo below).

Special thanks to the community volunteers who helped with decorating, food service and clean up afterwards. Your assistance was greatly appreciated!

It was a fun event where neighbours gathered, shared food and had a wonderful evening enjoying all that is good on the Mountain!

AMFD showcased their recruits who became firefighters after intense training over the past year, and two officers were promoted. Chief Urs Grob gave an overview of the fire department’s services provided over the past year which included a variety of calls.

Thanks was given to the community for supporting Anarchist Mountain Fire Rescue Society (AMFRS) which funds specialized programs, training and equipment to AMFD for specialized programs like medical response, technical rescue and fire prevention.

The evening finished off with the quilt draw selling out 500 tickets! Two beautiful handmade quilts raised almost $2000 in funds raised for the AMFRS – many thanks to the Anarchist Mountain Quilters who donated 350 hours of their time, along with seed money for supplies from Neighbourhood Small Grants, to make this possible.

That is the spirit of our community – coming together, laughing, sharing and celebrating!

Happy Holidays from AMFD, AMFRS & AMCS!

AMFD Christmas Potluck 2022 Video

You don’t want to miss this!

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Bring something warm to drink, and perhaps some hotdogs, as we gather around the bonfires at Jamie Soule Memorial Park.

Snow will be cleared and wood will be brought in so that once again we can spend some time catching up with neighbours and having a few laughs.

Please park below, closer to the mailboxes on Sasquatch Trail and walk on up.

Although the forecast is looking favourable, if the temperatures are too cold we will let you know Tuesday morning if the event will be postponed.

Any questions? Want to help get the park ready? Contact Debbie at president@amcsbc.ca

Holiday Bonfire

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Join your neighbours for a Holiday Bonfire!

When: Wednesday, December 28 at Noon 

Where: Jamie Soule Memorial Park – 105 Sasquatch Trail

Bring a mug of something hot and maybe a few smokies to BBQ over the fire. 

If you wish, bring something to share – totally up to you!

The event will be dependent upon weather – but we are pretty tough stock on the mountain, right?

A few days prior to the event, heavy duty snow removal will be done. Then, on Dec.27th we will be in need of a few residents to finish clearing the snow with quads and muscle power. 

We could really use some volunteers to help us, so please consider donating a couple hours of your time.

For information and to offer your assistance please contact: president@amcsbc.ca

Helpers still needed for potluck

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Extra hands still required for Sunday’s potluck! With more people involved, it won’t take long.

person holding rocking horse christmas ornament

If you are able to help decorate and/ or help with clean up at AMFD hall for the Christmas Potluck, please let Director Gloria know.

This will certainly help ease the load of the AMCS and AMFD members who have been tirelessly planning and preparing for the community event.

You can email Gloria here: director2@amcsbc.ca