Congratulations to Chris DeHaan and thank you to everyone who entered the summer FireSmart challenge for the month of June. See: FireSmart | Quail Ridge Residents Association The DeHaan's have done a number of things to FireSmart their home but the big one was the replacement of their old wood picket fence with a chain link fence (that runs within 1.5 meters of the house). They also removed some large trees and replaced them with artificial ones! Awesome!!! Thank you and e

Jackie Venter and Laura Peacock want to thank EVERYONE who worked so darn hard to make our June 13 Community FireSmart Clean up a fantastic success!!! Thank you to our volunteers Bob Fuger, Bill Kerr, Patti Vickers, Doug Vickers, Mryl Coulter, Phil Hyde, George Coulter, Dave Forseth, Shelley Hyde, Ella van Dinther, Tim Zimmerman and Anton Venter. Boy did all of you work hard!!! Thank you to the City of Kelowna's Fire Department for the community chipping service grant! Thank

Congratulations to Deb Peterson and thank you to everyone who entered the summer FireSmart challenge for the month of May. See:FireSmart | Quail Ridge Residents Association Deb removed a 60 foot long hedge of old cedars and some old large yews this Spring. She also participated in the Home Assessments with the City of Kelowna Fire Department. Way to go Deb! Thank you and don't forget to enter for June's FireSmart challenge draw for a $100 Nester's gift card by July 4th to b