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August 26, 2015
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Memorial Rose Garden at the Lake Country Seniors Activity Centre is a place to meet friends or have quiet reflection.
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BARRY GERDING PHOTOS/BLACK PRESS
KIDS and adults alike thrill at the chance to get close to animals like the kangaroos and other exotic creatures at Kangaroo Creek Farm in Lake Country.
Fill-up If the card scanner at the pumps looks odd the next time you’re filling up, check to see it’s not a device set up to steal your information.
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▼ LAKE COUNTRY BUSINESS
Kangaroo Creek Farm to charge admission KATHY MICHAELS A hopping mad visitor to Lake Country’s Kangaroo Creek Farm has meant a change in the business format. As was spelled out on the farm’s Facebook page this week, admission is now $5 per person for those five years old and
up or $20 for a family of five. The donation box that once was the sole source of revenue will still be up if anyone would like to make an additional contribution. “The straw that broke the farm’s back was a woman who visited today that didn’t like the
fact that we had someone on the gate ‘helping’ people with their donations,” read a post by farm owners Greg and Caroline Wightman. “Apparently my employee failed to use the word ‘donation’ and called it a ‘fee.’” That’s when the conversation ramped up
and the woman allegedly said that Kangaroo Creek Farm should not be charging a fee because they are only there “on sufferance and owe her something because (they) are such a burden to the community.” She claimed to be upset that visitors are parking on Main Street
or getting in her way when she’s trying to shop for groceries. The Wightmans say that they are negotiating with Lake Country to get a parking lot, that they will pay for, but that can only happen at the District of Lake Country speed. The farm will con-
tinue with its community service in the Lake Country schools, daycares, retirement homes, institutions and various clubs. In addition, the farm will be printing up “admit one family” coupons to be distributed at
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