Effective immediately and continuing until April 30, 2010 the Osoyoos Golf & Country Club is welcoming new members into the Club for the extremely low initiation fee price of $2,975.00. Compared with initiation fees of up to $8,500 in the past this is definitely a good time to join! (not to mention the proposed Harmonized Sales Tax which will result in an overnight tax increase to membership initiations of 7%)

The one time fee of $2,975 plus annual playing dues ($1,425 in 2010) provides unlimited golf on the only 36-hole golf facility in the South Okanagan. With the longest golf season in the Okanagan this offer might well be the best deal for golf membership in all of British Columbia!!!

We hope that area Realtors help us get the news of this great opportunity out to their clients. Every Realtor who forwards a potential member to the Club will receive their choice of a lunch for two or a complimentary 18-hole green fee pass upon the Clubs receipt of a membership application.

If your clients are concerned about making use of a full membership our multi-game pass program (info attached) is a great way to enjoy our Club at the best available rate!

For more information please contact

      Randy LaRoche

      General Manager

      Osoyoos Golf & Country Club

      rlaroche@golfosoyoos.com

      Phone – (250) 495-3355

The Flame of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games will officially arrive at about 7:15 p.m. on that Sunday, carried by local resident Tony Batista onto the stage in the middle of a splashy two-hour show being held at Gyro Beach, downtown.

The 6-8 p.m. show will be followed by an aboriginal-themed evening event at the Osoyoos Indian Band’s NK’MIP Resort on the east side of town. The Torch and a large number of media and Relay support staff will overnight at the Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort. The next morning, Jan. 25, the Olympic Flame will be carried north along Highway 97 to its next overnight stay in Kelowna.

Town of Osoyoos Recreation Director Gerald Davis says planning is well underway for local celebration activities that will begin on Jan. 24 even before the Torch arrives. These may include a Lions Club pancake breakfast, free skating at the Sun Bowl Arena, a 3-on-3 hockey tournament, a Family Jamboree curling event, and free public use of the Sonora Community Centre.  Celebration banners have already been put on local streetlight posts, and a large banner will go up over Main Street in a few weeks.

Davis says the major celebration will be held on a special stage travelling with the Torch Relay, which will be set up at Gyro Beach. The program – to be emceed by former Osoyoos mayor Tom Shields – will include about 50 minutes of entertainment by a number of local performers. It will also feature videos and entertainment from VANOC (the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games) and the two Torch Relay sponsors, Coca-Cola and RBC Royal Bank, as well as First Nations entertainment. There will also be brief speeches by representatives of Osoyoos, VANOC, and the federal and provincial governments. The event will be capped by a bonfire on the beach and a 10-15 minute fireworks display. The highlight will be the entrance of the Olympic Torch carried by Batista, a long-time champion competitor in Special Olympics swimming events. Davis says the budget for the Osoyoos community celebration is about $40,000 – with $22,000 from the provincial government, $15,000 from the federal government, and the remainder from the Town.