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Vol. 115, Issue 18
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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Delightful Halloween parade for Killam Main Street
Flagstaff Kids Connection Daycare and Killam Public School students took to Main Street Killam on Monday, October 31, in full costume. While the littlest stopped to do some trick or treating, the students of KPS were all about entertaining main street businesses with friendly waves and creative costumes!
BRCF dinner in Killam honouring community builders draws large crowd, more than $40k raised Leslie Cholowsky Editor
The Battle River Community Foundation (BRCF) held a Community Builders dinner on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Killam to honour Jack and Sharon Moser. The evening drew more than 250 people in all, and by early estimates, raised over $40,000 towards a new BRCF fund in the Moser’s name. Mosers accepted the honours being offered in the humblest way possible, turning the focus from themselves to other members of the community who they said both helped them on their journeys as volunteers, but who were also community builders in their own right. Mosers were piped into the packed venue by Battle
River Pipe and Drum Band members Ian Malcolm and Kari Fox Newby. BRCF board member Neil Lunty acted as master of ceremonies for the evening. “Jack and Sharon, I’m sure that like most past honourees, when you eventually, and after much persuasion and with a lot of reluctance, agreed to be our honourees for this year’s rural dinner, I’m sure you didn’t quite know what you were getting in for. “These fundraising dinners that we hold have a twofold purpose: one is to recognize worthy persons who’ve spent years contributing unselfishly to their local community, and you both certainly qualify on all counts, Jack and Sharon. “The other purpose of these dinners is to establish new funds within the BRCF. This year a fund will be
founded in Jack and Sharon’s name, which will provide them the opportunity to keep on giving back to their community in perpetuity.” He added, “The ‘perpetuity aspect’ of the funds within the foundation can more clearly be seen if one reviews past community builder dinner honourees. “Some of the honourees have passed on, but their funds continue, and are still giving back to their communities in their names.” Lunty gave a special mention of 2015 nominee, the late Ken Drever - BRCF Ambassador Emeritus, who had strong ties to both Camrose and to Flagstaff County. “Many of you here knew Ken well, or were at least aware of his overwhelming generosity. Ken was one of the original founders of the BRCF, in 1995. Continued on Page 10