FILE PHOTO - Slide the City was in Kamloops on July 18, 2015. Penticton plays host to a Slide the City event on Canada Day, Friday, July 1, 2016. Glynn Brothen

Giant slip and slide coming to Penticton

PENTICTON – A giant slip and slip will be set up on Vanouver Hill in Penticton on Canada Day.

Slide the City will be coming to Penticton on July 1, according to a media release from the Downtown Penticton Association.

Calling the event a block party, organizers say the slide will be surrounded by food, music, local vendors and street entertainers in a three block portion of Vancouver Avenue.

Ticket prices start at $13 for a single slide and go as high as $99 for an all day pass.

The slide is restricted to people five years of age and older, and 46 inches or more in height.

Participants can register online at the Slide the City website.

Slide the City toured 70 cities last year, including Kamloops, with plans to visit 100 locations this year.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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