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Chase’s community paper for over 20 years! Issue for the week of Friday, July 27th, 2018 • Vol. 23, Issue 30
History of a Busy Block on Okanagan Avenue
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by David Lepsoe and Carolyn Parks Mintz
ew houses are going up on a stretch of one of our streets that still contains heritage homes from the early days of Chase, when the Adams River Lumber Company laid out the town site and began selling home lots. Here’s a look back. 841 Okanagan Ave was purchased on August 12 in 1908 by J.H. Price. An old photo shows that this was at one time a butcher shop, which makes sense as this site is on the corner of Okanagan and Coburn Street. Coburn was the entrance to Chase at the time.
John Westburg purchased the adjoining two lots in 1908 which is now civic address 833 Okanagan Ave. John was a member of the Chase band and played the E flat bass. A Chase Tribune article of September 19, 1913, reads “John Westberg is an example of how folks will tire of even the best of things, he is weary of Chase and is going to spend the winter in Minneapolis like some others who have left Chase. Johnny says he is not coming back.” 829 Okanagan, the lot where a new house is presently going up, was purchased by George Hegg in 1908. Cont’d on page 3....
Campfire Ban On
Effective at noon on Thursday, July 26, 2018, campfires will be prohibited throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre’s jurisdiction. The BC Wildfire Service is dealing with several large fires in the Kamloops Fire Centre as a result of lightning storms that moved through the Okanagan last week. Hot and dry conditions are expected to continue. The fire danger ratings in the Kamloops Fire Centre are now generally “moderate” or “high”, but these ratings will likely increase this week.
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These prohibitions apply to all public and private land unless specified otherwise (for example, in a local government bylaw). Please check with local government authorities for any other restrictions before lighting any fire. Anyone found in contravention of an open fire prohibition may be issued a ticket for $1,150, required to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and/or sentenced to one year in jail.
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