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Action-packed day for area Seniors
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Leslie Cholowsky Editor
This past Thursday, June 8, the Flagstaff Active Living for Seniors Conference returned at Providence Place. With an enthusiastic crowd, the event featured speaker Donna Coombs from Seniors FIRST, talking about accessing needed programs, services, and supports to sustain independence. The audience was next treated to a musical performance featuring Flagstaff County native Ethan
Harty, who is also the 2019 and 2022 Canadian Grand Master Fiddler Champion. After a catered roast beef dinner, it was time to get moving with a Senior Aerobics session. A session on the importance of good foot care was full of good information about the benefits of keeping your feet healthy. The day ended with a planting workshop, hosted by Kathryn Fee from Budding Ideas, where each attendee received a free plant and supplies to repot it.
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Killam & District
51
st
Agricultural Society
ANNUAL
Killam Indoor KILLAM MEMORIAL ARENA
FRIDAY JUNE 16
SATURDAY JUNE 17
Starts at 7PM Family Night
Saturday Events
*Free Admission for students K-6 *Mutton Busting *Daring Diva Trick Riders *Free Draws PLUS FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT DUSK
* Pancake Breakfast *Rodeo SLACK 8AM *Parade 11AM with Street Fair on Main St. Killam to Follow
(Killam Ball Diamonds)
Admission: Seniors & Adults $15. Students $10. Children 12 & Under FREE
*RODEO Performance 5:30PM
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Flagstaff County Peace Officer Skyler Zelinski high fives his daughter at the Daysland School Bike Safety Rodeo held last week.
High Five moment for Dad
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Have you met Treena Brooke?
Leslie Cholowsky Editor
Flagstaff County Peace Officer Skyler Zelinski and Daysland EMS put on a Bike Safety Rodeo for Daysland youth at Daysland School last week. Students learned all about bike safety, including how to check their tires, brakes, chain, and seat height. They also learned about helmet use and how to ensure a proper fit, and which hand signals to use while riding. A similar event is held at Forestburg School, with Forestburg Fire Department, EMS members, and Zelinski. Zelinski says he’s received interest from other municipalities, and is hoping to hold similar events rotating around the region in the future.
Treena is our
Newcomer Resource Connector If you are new to Flagstaff County or new to Canada, Treena can help you connect to the community and resources you need! Call her today!
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June 2023 Meetings
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Selling 3,000 donuts near Sedgewick Lorna and Lois Sandra Erickson Polege, along Ph: 780-384-2030 with their Sedgewick c o u s i n Brenda (Mcemail: sedgewicknews@gmail.com Cracken) Eberl, have returned from a "bucket list" trip to Scotland. They had a wonderful time with great weather, beautiful scenery and buildings, and lots of family history explorations. From Edinburgh they went north to Aberdeen and Inverness before travelling south to Dumfries and Galloway. Along the way they managed to meet a few long lost cousins on the Gollan side of the family and found some of the locations and homes where their family lived. They had the opportunity to attend church services in two villages where their ancestors attended and found everyone so helpful and welcoming. The furthest back they found was their five times greatgrandparents, Herbert Calvert and Margaret Elliot and even the farmhouse where they lived! Riding the train was a great way to get around, and they also had some interesting times driving on the left and finding their way along the one lane country roads. They made it all the way down to the Mull of Galloway, the southernmost point of Scotland, and home of their McCracken great-grandparents. With a collection of over 1,600 photos, the trip was well documented! Thanks for sharing about your trip to your family's past! Last week the Lougheed Bakery, Diamond J, had a freezer malfunction and announced that all donuts would be 75 per cent off in order to sell all existing stock and prevent waste. Flagstaff, you did not disappoint. Line ups out the door and over 3,000 donuts sold within one day. Thank you! The Maertz boys have news: Chance is moving back home for the summer at the end of this week. And Adam got the great news that he has been selected for a power pilot scholarship through Air Cadets. This means that he has been chosen to attend cadet camp this summer and has the opportunity to earn a pilot's license. Congratulations on all your hard work to earn this opportunity, Adam! There's a pop up playground meet happening at Sedgewick Lake this Thursday morning. Join Danielle from the Family Resource Centre for songs, play, and crafts. We're so fortunate to have another event put on by the Wild Rose Co-op. Join them on Saturday, June 17, at the Sedgewick Home and Farm Center for Father's Day crafts. Sedgewick Ladies ‘Night Hawaiian Luau is coming up at the golf course on Wednesday, June 21. Come out for a night of golf, games, food, and fun!
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A black bear roaming in the bushes near Hardisty Hardisty Call Ricci with your news!
shop’s profits have grossed $210,700. All our money goes to various charities and we are thrilled. So Hardisty and area, pat yourselves on the back for all the donations you have dropped off for us at the thrift shop. Without your kindness we would not be as successful. You are the best community minded folks. Thank you! Our library had a good
turnout for a Father's Day Craft and we had pictures on Facebook. If you walk by the library you will notice that our plaque, thanking groups and businesses for our renovations is being spruced up and soon we will also be planting shrubs and grass, etc. We thank Vince Lehne, (Local Rentals) who cruised by with his machine that tapped down the sand so we could lay
cement squares around the plaque. This was done out of sheer kindness. He saw a need and stepped up to the plate; an amazing, community minded gentleman. Keep your eyes open for the new business that will be opening at the end of June, at the end of main street. Take care folks. Do a rain dance or pray really hard. We need moisture.
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Well hello folks. It is late at night and the house is cooling down, just like the outside. We have a handy dandy small air conditioner in our bedroom and it helps cool down the main portion of the house. Our golden retriever loves to come in and lay within the blowing distance of the A/C and the ceiling fan. We have combed her hair with a fancy metal brush that helps get at all the deeper fine hairs that are there to keep a dog warm. She sure doesn't need that in the last few weeks. I feel sorry for her with that thick coat. I almost hated to throw out all that lovely, fine, thick fur. Too bad the birds have built all their nests because this hair would have made a fantastic bird's nest. We even found a tick in her ear hair and my man picked it off her with this cool, metal, forklike gadget to pull out ticks that the Vet gave us. It lifts the tick upwards and doesn't squeeze it so doesn't release it's toxin. That was my understanding, so I hope our dog will be okay. We can not give her that liquid product that you put on her back hairs because it interacts with our momma cats and the eight beautiful kittens that we have. Apparently that tick product can be lethal to cats. I have to call the vet and see what other safe products they might have. My nephew has a summer home in Cape Cod and a fenced-in yard. Their two big dogs have to be groomed each time they came back in the house because the ticks were so bad. Each time they found ticks on their fur. They don't have cats so I am sure they will tend to this gross issue. A couple of months ago I wrote about our neighbour sighting a mother cougar and cubs and he also brought us a picture of a big black bear. Well, guess what? That bear has now been seen using our
Hardisty history book and it opened on July 8, 1983. Wow, what absolute kindness and dedication they have shown. I wanted to list who they were, but we could not remember all of them. We did not want to hurt anyone's feeling. Just know that you are honoured and appreciated beyond words. Belva informed us at the meeting that in the last 23 years that our little thrift
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farm as his or her stomping ground. Our dog went nuts the other night and kept running to the bushes near our big shop. No coyotes were howling, so I was presuming they were not wanting to meet with whatever was in the bushes. I thought bears slept in the evening, but I better do some reading. The neighbour nearer the Coronation highway also said her dog was extremely agitated and she had to put him in the house. With all these forest fires I imagine there is a lot of wildlife on the move. I would love a new bear rug, but maybe it is a female and she has cubs. I would hate to be cruel and shoot the bear. I used to buy bear rugs from a local hunter and gave them to my man to use as a rug, beside his bed. I am thrilled with animal furs, but not all my lady friends share the same sentiment. We have sheepskins, coyotes, and lots of beaver hides, but the dogs chewed up our big cow hide, our beautiful badger skins, and the bears mysteriously lost chunks of hair. Hmmm, wonder who did that? Our United Church patrons were busy on Saturday morning preparing a lovely pancake, sausage, and scrambled egg breakfast for all the people that arrived to check out the town wide garage sales. Our thrift shop on main street was celebrating 10 years that we have been at the present location. We had coffee, water, and free doughnuts to any one that popped in for a visit. On Monday night we had our annual thrift shop meeting. We re-elected our present executive, who were kind enough to continue in their posts. We thank Michele Routledge, President; Linda Stuart, Vice President; Gail Kobitzsch, Secretary; Lori Morrison, Treasurer; and Belva Dosdall for compiling and reviewing our financial records. We appreciate all our volunteers. We realized that there are volunteers among us that have been with the thrift shop for 40 years, since its inception. I checked with our
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Gun Range Day brings out some first-timers Leslie Cholowsky Editor
Saturday, June 3, was National Range Day across Canada. Like many other ranges across Canada that day the Battle River Fish and Game Gun Club participated by hosting a shooting event at the range south of Forestburg. Members of the public were able to come out to the range and shoot a variety of firearms for free. Approximately 40 kids and adults had a fun time, many of them shooting a firearm for the first time ever. They started out with a firearms safety talk then got to try their hands at various firearms. There is another Family Fun Day shoot on Saturday June 17 at the Battle River Fish and Game Gun Range located six miles south of Forestburg at 40554 Rge Rd 152. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Battle River Fish and Game Gun Club hosted a shooting event on Saturday, June 3, at their Forestburg gun range to celebrate National Range Day. Around 40 kids and adults came out, many first-time firearm users.
Flagstaff District 4-H featured winners
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After a grueling day in the ring, the Grand Champion Steer (pictured left) went to Kade Rancier from Iron Creek. Grand Champion Female (pictured above) was Kasey Adams from Hastings Coulee.
Reserve Grand Champion Steer (pictured right) went to Kasey Adams, a double winner this year. Reserve Grand Champion Female (pictured above) was Abby Rancier from Iron Creek.