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ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO JOIN OUR CAUSE BY STEVE DILLS SYLVAN LAKE NEWS
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- École Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Scho hooll students stu tude tud dent nts ts Leah Leah Le h MacMillan, M School Chase Laitila and Ryder Rosentreter took a huge bite out of their apples during the Big Crunch at the school last Thursday. Scott’s No Frills donated 230 apples so students and staff could participate in the event. Principal Jodi Smith said the event is an opportunity to talk about good choices and good nutritional choices. STEVE DILLS
Community spirit, enthusiasm and drive were evident in Sylvan Lake’s bid for the Kraft Hockeyville title over the weekend. Sylvan Lake was among the Top 16 communities when the first round of voting began Saturday evening. For 48 hours votes were accumulated by dedicated people who believe our community can win. Organizers fully expect the tremendous effort by residents, friends and neighbours from Sylvan and many other communities will vault us into the Top 4 when the next announcement is made during Hockey Night in Canada this Saturday (Mar. 15). Now we need to spread our tentacles wider and garner support from people across the country, encouraging them to support
Sylvan Lake in the next round of voting, said Sylvan’s committee chairman Graham Parsons. Another intense 48 hour period of voting will begin at 10 p.m. MST Saturday night and Sylvan Lake (of course we’ll be there) needs to tabulate hundreds of thousands of votes to move into the Top 2 which will be announced Mar. 22. Then, when we’re the only western community, competing against an eastern community, we again need 48 hours of commitment to put us over the top in voting, said Parsons. He asked everyone to contact friends and business associates across Canada to gather support and encourage voting for Sylvan Lake. Do it now, don’t wait until the announcement, he added. Be prepared! See more Hockeyville stories on page 3.
Entertained - Two of the belly dancing students from Rocky Mountain House who performed at the Hafla were Shay Forth and Gina Merrriman. See the story and another picture on page 12.
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