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Avola residents create tourist sign

Support for project comes from North Thompson Communities Foundation
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Avola resident Daisy Sun adds details as the project nears completion. Spreading lupin seeds along roadsides was another project taken on by the Upstream Community and Heritage Society in Avola this summer.

Support for project comes from North Thompson Communities Foundation

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Left: Eleanor Deckert, secretary of the non-profit Upstream Community and Heritage Society, lays down the first coat of paint. Many small towns have similar signs, she says. Tourists enjoy having their photo taken with their family members showing their faces through the openings. Tourist-related businesses benefit when visitors from all over the world send selfies to their friends and post them on social media.
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Wendy Hanson (l) and Tammy Wilson, both former residents of Avola, work on an Upstream Community and Heritage Society project: a tourist photo-op sign. Funding for the project came from the North Thompson Communities Foundation.