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from KREM 2 News (CBS Spokane)
The busy fire season over the summer stirred up havoc throughout Washington state. Hundreds of thousands of acres were burning for days and many homes standing in the way of flames were destroyed. Daniel Pratt is the founder of Okanogan Highlands Fire Watch and knows all too well about the damage left behind. “I want people to just show love to each other and be compassionate with one another," Pratt said. “Have the understanding that we can make a difference, we can make a huge difference.” Habitat for Humanity has agreed to help with Pratt's cause, along with local church groups in the area. Anyone interested in volunteering is welcome to reach out on the Okanogan Highlands Fire Watch Facebook page.
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from The Orca
News & Media Website in B.C.
The Vancouver Island Exploring Expeditions of 1857 & 1864 – Part 2
Gold! This was the quest of not one, but two expeditions that crossed Vancouver Island from East to West during the mid-nineteenth century. While the 1857 reconnaissance had met with indifferent results, the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition of 1864 achieved much greater success, particularly in its search for gold – and this time with the active participation of Chief Kakalatza [Kakalatse] of the Somena people. The expedition followed a similar path to Cowichan Lake, under the command of Dr. Robert Brown, a young botanist, who awarded Chief Kakalatza special recognition. In Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition (1989), John Hayman notes Chief Kakalatza’s importance to the expedition both for his intimate knowledge of the river landscape through which they traveled, and also for the ethnographically important stories shared with members of the expedition:
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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