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Kicking off 100 Years of The Community Lougheed Fair
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Kicking off 100 Years of Lougheed Fair
Battle River-Crowfoot MP and Camrose MLA Jackie Lovely joined the Lougheed Ag. Society executive, Iris Williams, Kim Martin, Mayor Shawn Sieben, and CAO Richard Lavoie met up for a brief presentation and cake cutting. The plaque in Lovely’s hands lists the executive members of the Ag. Society throughout its history.
Leslie Cholowsky Editor
The Village of Lougheed more than quadrupled its population of 281 over the weekend, as fairgoers from all around the region and beyond took in the 100th Lougheed Fair on Saturday, Aug. 12. Everyone got in on the action, as the Iron Creek Museum Society hosted a breakfast on Main Street to start the day, followed by a grand parade that was the perfect combination of nostalgia, humour, and celebration. After the parade, the fair grounds started to buzz, as the cattle show, horse show, car show, ball, market, and kids activities started up. The last-minute cancellation of the Mirror Lake train caused a minor blip for organizers, but no one seemed upset. The dog agility demonstra-
tion by Hot Diggity Dog was very popular, as trainers took the dogs through their paces in two well-attended demonstrations. The Bench Show started at 11, and the curling rink was full of people checking out an incredible array of exhibits in every category, including some vintage exhibits. The roast beef supper was so popular that they had to do an overflow at the Field House, and the vintage fashion show went over extremely well. The day ended with some fireworks, some dancing, and an occasional ‘shooting star’ as the Perseids meteor shower was visible overhead. After the parade, Battle River-Crowfoot MP and Camrose MLA Jackie Lovely joined the Lougheed Ag. Society executive, Mayor Shawn Sieben, and CAO Richard Lavoie met up for a presentation from Lovely.
LESLIE CHOLOWSKY PHOTO
The Lougheed Agricultural Society presented its 100th annual Fair this past weekend, which celebrated the past, but also forged into the future with a ton of new events and features that had someone for everyone. Above: Celebrating 60 years with the Lougheed Rockettes.See more photos on pages 22 and 23.
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Twice Nice Store offers free swims at Killam Pool Leslie Cholowsky Editor
The Twice Nice Society, who operate the very successful Twice Nice second hand store out of Killam, had a very good year in terms of sales in 2022, says communications officer
Janet Pelletier. “As a result, we looked for ways to expand our reach into the community.” One of the ways they did that was to open up their annual donations to invite Killam groups to apply if they needed some funding, resulting
in a record number of groups receiving financial support in 2023. When a board member suggested the Society sponsor several days of free swimming at the local pool during
the summer months, she says it was unanimously agreed that it would be a wonderful way to directly offer a recreation opportunity for local families and individuals. This year the Society
has sponsored three days of free swimming at the Killam Aquatic Centre, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, Wednesday, Aug. 16, from 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday, Aug. 17, from 3 to 5 p.m.
“It’s a wonderful way to beat the heat and give parents a bit of a break. “If the free swims prove to be popular this summer we will look at making it a regular summertime event.”
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Flagstaff Food Bank running low on some key food items Leslie Cholowsky Editor
The Flagstaff Food Bank is currently in need of certain items that they are running low on. Flagstaff Food Bank Board member and FFCS Executive Director Lynne Jenkinson says, “Flagstaff is so generous that our donations from Christmas have lasted us up until now. “Our shelves are getting empty so if you can donate it would be greatly appreciated. “These are items that we are low on or don't have any of. You can drop
off at our two Wild Rose Co-op Food stores ( Sedgewick and Killam) as they have bins, and at Daysland AG foods there is also a bin. “If you can donate but can’t make it to any of the three drop off points, you can also phone 780-3853976 and we can figure out how to get it to the Food Bank.” Jenkinson says the Food Bank is presently in need of the following items: Cereal (any kind), Hot Cereal (porridge), School snacks of any kind; Cookies; Hamburger Helper; Sidekicks; Stove-top stuffing;
Chunky Soup; Soup Broth; Canned Fruit; Rice; Fast and Fancy Rice; Jello gelatin mixes, and Pudding mixes. Jenkinson says that after a record June, food bank use dropped to 39 hampers in July, but that August has seen 30 hampers go out in two weeks. “Usage traditionally drops off in the summer but we are seeing it increase again for August.” She says besides the items on the list, cash donations help the organization greatly. “We know that people do prefer to donate food items, we just ask that they are not
expired.” In anticipation of a busy fall, Jenkinson says the food bank has moved up its annual advent calendar promotion to October this year. The Wild Rose Co-op has its Good Buy to Hunger campaign in December, and she adds, “We will have our toilet paper challenge again in January because toilet paper is expensive and we are lucky we have the area in the food bank to store it.” The Food Bank is also having a Back to School Food Drive at the Movie in the Park, called ‘Pack
the Care-A-Van’, planned this year for Tuesday, Aug. 22, in Hardisty. For a copy of the October Advent Calendar, designed for families,
groups, and individuals, to build a donation one day and one item at a time, head to the Flagstaff Food Bank’s social media pages.
Yard waste bins aren’t meant for branches or bags
GREAT SALES!
While all Flagstaff municipalities host yard waste bins, some, as shown above from Strome and Lougheed, were stuffed with tree branches, despite clear instructions to the contrary. Most municipalities have some accommodation for tree branches, usually it just takes a call to the town or village office.
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August 2023 Meetings
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Alliance train excursion brings a few surprises Diane Dammann Alliance P. 780-879-3970 E. petendia@gmail.com
There is a Farmer’s Market this week with a special twist. The Ag Society and Argyle
Women’s Institute (WI) are having the annual Bench Fair in conjunction with the Farmer’s Market. Dale Wold was off to Rocky Mountain House for a Baird family reunion. His late wife Sylvia was a Baird. Alberta McCleary, formerly of Killam, now liv-
ing in Edmonton, was a passenger on the train excursion on Saturday and I was a hostess. We recognized each other after a bit of prompting. Vickie Litke from Forestburg jogged over to me in the pool at Killam to tell me that Kim in Whitehorse says ”Hi.” Kim is Judi Solonick’s
(Burke) daughter. I called Judi just to catch up. She has had a rough month with losing a longtime friend. Robert and Donelle Wyse of Edmonton were down to visit brother Stephen Wyse. Robert and Donelle were both raised in the area. Donelle is a Forester girl
from Killam. The WI Mystery trip had a few surprises for me and I was the one who organized it. I thought we were going to the Red Deer Museum, but it turned out to be Innisfail. We had a demonstration on how to clean and preserve doilies and how to preserve wool
clothing that can’t be dry cleaned or washed. It is a lovely museum. We had lunch at DNA Gardens by Elnora. Ann, the A in DNA asked me if I knew the Archbolds from Alliance. Dorothy (Archbold) Graham is a close neighbour and Elnora and Ann lived with them Continued on Page 14
Our fight against leafy spurge is going g airborne.
Tuesday. August 29th 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Providence Place 6120 5I Ave. Daysland. AB If you want to participate as a vendor in the market. email klefsrud@flagstaff.ab.ca
Propelled by the success the M.D. of Provost has had with aerial spraying, we are following suit with a similar program highlighted by the following: x A 50/50 cost-share between the County and landowner. x Treatment by contracted helicopter services to areas over 10 acres and areas that are inaccessible. x Treatment by in-house resources to accessible areas under 10 acres. Calll forr more e information n If any landowners are interested in this program or would like to report leafy spurge infesta ons, please contact Nick Dunn or Ma hew Pfeffer at 780-3844100.