Roger Knox

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Vernon Vipers captain collects community honour

6 days ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

The hometown boy and captain makes good. Vernon Vipers captain and local player Erik Pastro is one of the B.C. Hockey League's Kyle Turris Community Award winners for 2024-25. The award is given to BCHL players who go above and beyond in their community. Each team submits a winner from their organization, along with the reasons they were chosen.
Retiring Vernon Mountie reflects on career with reporter he met in 1997

1 week ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

Editor's note: Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Cpl. Todd Bowden is retiring after nearly three decades of service. His career started in Fort St. James in 1997 a month after Morning Star reporter Roger Knox began his newspaper career in the Fort, and Bowden was one of the first people he interviewed. The pair have worked in the same town again for nearly 20 years, and they met up again to chat one more time. There's no word yet on when Knox will be retiring.
Busy times at Vernon Flying Club

1 week ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

Win a couple of awards, get asked to hold a major meeting. The Vernon Flying Club is playing host this weekend to the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association's (COPA) annual general meeting, bringing together association members from across the country. The organization's board of directors met in Vernon Friday, June 20, and the AGM takes place Saturday, followed by a barbecue.
Vernon mountain ready to slay dragons

1 week ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

Vernon's SilverStar Mountain Resort will be a magical place for dragon-slaying this weekend. The resort will be full of runners Saturday, June 21, as Bush Babes and Bros Trail Running hosts Slay The Dragon, one of the North Okanagan's most thrilling and scenic trail races. "This year promises to be bigger, bolder, and even more inspiring," said Bush Babes founder and race director Dawna Jodoin.
Birds of prey fly into Vernon nature centre

1 week ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

They're not homing pigeons, by any stretch of the imagination. But they do return to the North Okanagan time and time again, and for good reason. The Allan Brooks Nature Centre is again hosting birds of prey from the Raptors Centre in Duncan, on Vancouver Island. "It's one of our most popular events, bringing visitors a rare opportunity to witness majestic birds of prey up close," said Cheryl Hood, Allan Brooks nature centre manager.
Lumby's community market doubles with new home

1 week ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

You can forgive Chris Bauman these days when she tells you through her upbeat, energetic voice that she's actually exhausted. The president of the board of Lumby's Monashee Community Co-op has been overseeing, helping, directing, packing, and taking calls from reporters in the midst of the co-op community market's move to a new facility.
Concerts flood Fridays at Armstrong park

1 week ago | kelownacapnews.com | Roger Knox

It's a summer staple in Armstrong. Music in the Park returns for another memorable 10-week run starting Friday, June 20. Free concerts featuring local and area bands are held at Memorial Park from 7-9 p.m. at the park's gazebo.
Vernon history in pictures

1 week ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

We at the Morning Star are blessed. Every Monday to Thursday, from 2 p.m. to close, we are joined by Maizie, the blue heeler and unofficial office dog. Maizie belongs to editor Jennifer Smith and her partner, Dean, and Maizie regales us daily with her favourite game of taking a snowman stuffy or tennis ball (courtesy of The Morning Star's lone tennis player, Bowen Assman), dropping it at the feet of somebody standing, and staring intently at it for several seconds.
Enderby student drives away with national autobody repair title

1 week ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

Sy Korf knows his way around vehicles. The 16-year-old A.L. Fortune Secondary School student in Enderby has just proven to be the best high school autobody repair student in B.C. and Canada. Korf can do section repairs to a vehicle. He can change a door skin on a car. He can change the tires, the oil. He can weld. He can fix dents. He just can't drive a vehicle by himself yet. "I've got my L," chuckled Korf.
Coldstream council approves new irrigation system for park

1 week ago | vernonmorningstar.com | Roger Knox

One, two, three strikes and the old irrigation system at Coldstream Park is out. District council voted to replace the park's irrigation system at a cost of slightly more than $335,000, which is under the $520,000 budget for the project. The cost includes a 10 per cent contingency fund and GST.