Today is your day Boomer! You know those firefighters who are out there every day protecting us? Working in extremely dangerous conditions, high heat, toppling burnt trees, swirling winds, and thick cloud: they sleep in tents and have to use porta-potties. I feel for them, but most of the hotel/motel rooms in many BC communities are already filled with fire evacuees and lingering summer tourists. These poor, hard-working people.....what they wouldn't give for a nice big, comfortable bed and air conditioning. I admire their stamina, courage, and determination as they battle continuous fires around us day after day! And they just get one under control, and another fire starts up usually for some dumb, human-caused reason like a discarded cigarette. Or they make great progress in one day and the wind comes up in the late afternoon and makes the whole thing even worse....again. It must be so frustrating. But we, Boomers, want to thank you and say keep your collective chins up. You help keep us safe in a very difficult time. Cheers to you.
Today is your day Boomer! Well, yesterday was my day! My long-awaited dream of building and opening a new high school gym in Summerland came true! 550 students watched, smiled and vigourously applauded as the SD67 school trustees officially cut the ribbon and opened the facility. The kids played in their new gym, in a so-called Rocket Rally, right after that and then 200 more mostly-Summerlanders attended a two-hour opening fundraiser that evening. There were people, young and old, every where: going on tours, eating food, watching volleyball and basketball, listening to speeches, and investing money in 30 community-donated silent auction items and a huge 50/50 raffle...organized by the school's Parent Advisory Council. The final fundraiser tally was about 7000$...made in only two hours! Congratulations students and staff of SSS. Your new gym is finally here, the first new one since 1951! Play on....
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