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Honoured - A large crowd of Sylvan Lake’s Grade 12 students attended the 18th annual Bibles for Grads luncheon last Thursday at the community centre. The event is organized by local churches as an opportunity to present each of the students with a Bible personally monogramed with their name. They enjoy a turkey dinner, entertainment and win door prizes donated by local businesses. Student receiving Bibles were from École H. J. Cody High School, École Secondaire Notre Dame High School in Red Deer, Lighthouse Christian Academy, Sylvan Lake Career High School as well as home schooled students. More photos and story on page 23.
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Price just around corner from bombings at Boston Marathon by Murray Crawford Black Press
A Sylvan Lake runner was near the Boston Marathon finish line when explosions killed three people and injured more than 140 on Monday. Julian Price had finished the race an hour earlier but was lingering near the finish waiting for a friend to cross the line. Price, a pastor at Gospel Chapel, spoke from his hotel room with his wife where they are safe and sound. “Definitely rattled with today’s devastation,” said Price. Price finished the race in under three hours, crossing the finish line about an hour before the first explosion, at about 4:09 into the race. He
lingered with his wife that point we didn’t in the runners’ area know where they were around the corner, a going. We didn’t know block and a half away, it was at the finish line after his race, waiting until someone showed for a friend to finish. us a picture on their “At first you hear it, iPhone.” it sounded like someThe couple’s friend thing just collapsed crossed the line just a and it was just a roar, a few minutes before the big roar,” said Price. explosion had gone off. “There was nothing for “In one sense you a second and then want to get out of there there was a second and in the other we explosion. I’ve never were waiting for them.” heard a bomb go off. At one point they Julian Price “A couple of minwere going to head utes after the explosion you started towards the finish line. But to get to hearing all the sirens and police and the finish line from where they were, ambulances rushing to the scene. At it would have been a walk of several
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blocks. So they decided not to go and waited. Fortunately they received a text message from their friend, his wife and another friend saying he had crossed the finish line and had started walking away. “They literally missed it by a few minutes.” There was a panic after the bombs went off as people tried to comprehend what had happened. “As people started becoming more aware the whole area was evacuated as much as possible,” said Price. “Then you’d see a few people in tears, crying and hugging and you knew something horrific had happened. “We decided we have to get out of here. We have everyone we are here
with, let’s get out of here.” This was Price’s first Boston marathon. “Once we realized what happened, I had immediate concern for those people directly involved,” said Price. “Then for us it was, ‘is something else going to happen, who knows? We just need to get out of here.’” They made it back to their hotel and were returning to Central Alberta Tuesday, as long as flights out of Boston are still running. “It is just really heartbreaking to have such an incredible event, a wonderful experience and have something like this happen it is really devastating,” said Price.
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