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Past President’s Message

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or over nine years, I have been involved with Sparwood’s Coal Miner Days (CMD), the last three as the President of our society, I also created the Elk Valley’s Got Talent (EVGT) competition and have been the parade coordinator for many years. Now I have transitioned into a board advisory position and role of board secretary in order to let others in our community share in the organizing of this event and give my

family a break. Over the years it has been wonderful getting to know our other board members and sharing in their commitment to showcasing all of the great things that Sparwood has to offer. The dedication and selflessness that our board has had over the years has helped create epic Coal Miner Days that will be forever remembered.

Generally people don’t see how much dedication it takes to pull off such an outstanding series of events… from the

moment that the weekend wraps up, the board is discussing what was great and what could be adjusted for the next year. Booking entertainment, fundraising, marketing, meetings and so much more is in process throughout the entire year prior to the actual event.

From campsites to hotel rooms, meals, groceries, beverages and fuel, our local businesses are positively influenced over the second weekend in June because of CMD’s.

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Thousands of people come to Sparwood to play ball, participate in the parade, attend the cabaret, watch the fireworks, sample the beer gardens, shop at the street market, golf in the tournament, learn about emergency preparedness, attend EVGT and have a great time at our family friendly events. The Coal Miner Days weekend is also amazing at helping to raise funds for not-for-profits through a pancake breakfast, BBQs, draws and the Golf Ball Drop.

As a business owner (Apex Power & Automation) I have found throughout the years that Coal Miner Days is also a good way to share your business with the public in a giving and supportive way.

From joining the parade to sponsoring an event or even providing corporate volunteers, your company is showcased in a positive light while stepping up to support your community! I challenge your company to partner with the CMD festival, you will be glad you did!

Even if you don’t have the time to join the board and attend monthly meetings, individuals can show their Sparwood pride by coming out to volunteer during the weekend. We need all levels of help from setting up chairs, working the beer gardens, setting up road blocks, helping at Kidsfest and so much more… if you have some time to help out, please email coalminerdays@ hotmail.com.

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President, Jolene Grace {new to CMD Board}; Vice President, Dawn Weatherbee (Alpine Lumber); Treasurer, Kim Pidwerbeski {New to CMD Board}; Secretary/Former President, Marcia Johnson (Apex Power & Automation); Director, Gene Von Matt (Teck); Director, Tracey BrookBaker {new to CMD Board} (East Kootenay Community Credit Union.) As well as our CMD Coordinator Justine Bowen who has worked for the Coal Miner Days Society for almost four years and started out with us by running an event.

If it wasn’t for this team of devoted individuals as well as the countless volunteers, Sparwood Coal Miner Days would not happen. Thank you so much for being here throughout the years and supporting my role as president. Now is the time to throw our support around our new board and community! Join us all at this year’s Coal

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Welcome to Coal Miner Days O

n behalf of Sparwood Council and Staff I would like to welcome everyone to Coal Miner Days 2017.

There is always lots to do starting on Saturday morning with the parade and pancake breakfast at the mall, and that flows into a full day of enjoyment for the whole family. Kidsfest at the recreation centre is always fun for the smaller ones, as well as ball tournaments, ball hockey, beer gardens and lots more.

I hope that while you are enjoying the festivities you will take the time to check out our mining artifacts and murals throughout town.

Have fun and see you around at Coal Miner Days 2017.

Mayor Cal McDougal

Lions Pancake Breakfast

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he Sparwood Lions Club is proud to have been a part of Coal Miner Days since 1979. The unofficial kick-off to Saturday’s festivities is the annual pancake breakfast which runs from 8-10:30 a.m. on June 10 in the mall parking lot. Come on down for some pancakes, sausage and a cup of coffee and catch up with old friends before the parade starts at 11 a.m.

The pancake breakfast is by donation with proceeds this year going toward the sun/rain shelter project at the Recreation Centre. The Lions will be extending the roofline of the washroom building to the west to create a sheltered area for parents to watch their children play in the spray waterpark and on the play structure, for picnics, and to be used for events such as Coal Miner Days. With your generous donations, the club is planning to complete this project in 2017.

The Lions Club has been active in Sparwood since 1971 and currently has 20 members. We appreciate the generous support of the community which makes our projects possible. For more information, or to become a Lion, please call Bill at 250-425-9916 or visit our Facebook page (Sparwood Lions Club).

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The Bouncy Business Society and Elk Valley’s own MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)

will be joining forces during Sparwood’s Coal Miner Days celebration this year. It will be the second year in a row that The Bouncy Business Society shares the funds acquired from Coal Miners Days with another non profit organization that adds to the benefit and safety of our community children.

COME OUT AND MEET OUR TEAMS AND HELP US BRING AWARENESS TO SUCH A GREAT CAUSE.

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schedule of events Thursday, June 8 11:00-3:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm

Bike Rodeo – Frank J Mitchell Elementary School Golf Tournament Registration Golf Tournament Shot Gun Start

Friday, June 9 2:00-6:00 pm

2:00-11:30 pm 6:00-9:00 pm 6:00-10:00 pm 7:00-10:00 pm 11:00-11:30 pm

Kidsfest - Bounce Houses, Face Painting Food Vendors Slo Pitch Tournament Beer Gardens – Tennis Courts Elk Valley’s Got Talent Fire In The Sky – Fireworks Show

Saturday, June 1o 8:00-10:00 am 8:00-8:00 pm 9:00-8:00 pm 9:30 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 11:00-8:00 pm 11:00-4:00 pm 12:00-4:00 pm 12:00-4:00 pm 12:00-4:00 pm 12:00-4:00 pm 12:00-4:00 pm 12:00-4:00 pm 12:00-4:00 pm 2:00-4:00 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm 9:00-1:00 am

Lions Pancake Breakfast Slo Pitch Tournament Ball Hockey Tournament Parade Registration Parade Judging Parade Start Beer Gardens – Tennis Courts Teck BBQ – With the Sparwood Skating Club Food Vendors Kidsfest - Bounce Houses, Face Painting, Airbrush Tattoos, Petting Zoo Emergency Awareness Day Street Market – Arena Concourse Chainsaw Carving Demonstration Crowsnest Chainsaw Carving @ Kidsfest Field Cummins Big Engine @ Kidsfest Field Youth Action Sparwood Mountain Bike Demonstration – Bike Jumps Valley Riders – at the arena grounds EKC Classic Run – Registration EKC Classic Run Coal Miner Days Cabaret – Pez Productions DJ Services

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Sunday, June 11 8:00 am 11:00-3:30 pm 11:00-3:30 pm 11:00 am 12:00-2:00 pm 12:00 -4:00 pm 1:00-3:00 pm

Slo Pitch Tournament Beer Gardens – Tennis Courts Ball Hockey Tournament Duathlon Registration Kids Duathlon Kidsfest- Bounce Houses, Face Painting, Airbrush Tattoos High School Play – Twelfth Night

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lk Valleys Got Talent happens Friday, June 9 at 7 p.m. in the Sparwood Rec Centre Curling Rink.

We have another amazing line up of artists for you to enjoy! Come out and support our local Valley talent.

This year we had three audition nights; one in Elkford in conjunction with Rock-o-Rama, one in Fernie at The Fernie Hotel and one in Sparwood.

With talent from all across the Valley – even as far as Fort Steele – this year’s performance will be one for the record books.

We are so fortunate to have three amazing judges to support and guide our talented performers; Nicole Pallone, Jesse Sutherland and last years adult winner Kyra Von Matt!

Jesse and Nicole have been with us from the beginning. Jesse has even moved out of the Valley and is still making a return to judge our amazing event. Our judge’s backgrounds include extensive theatre, professional performing, and schooling in the arts. The judges are tasked with giving feedback at the audition nights as well as choosing our semi-finalists. They then provide a coaching night to our lucky participants to assist them with stage presence and professionalism.

Participants have auditioned at one of our three audition nights and were selected by our judges to perform at the

semi-finals. Each participant will perform on stage Friday night for the audience and judges. The judges have the almost impossible task of narrowing down the semi-finalists to just three artists per age group. The finalists will then perform again for our audience and judges, but this time the audience gets to decide who they think should win. Audience members are asked to cheer for their favourite performer and we will use decibel readers to see who has the most cheers and applause.

Participants fall in to one of two categories; adult (ages 16 and above) and youth (15 and under) each category has a winner, the winner of the youth category receives a $500 prize and the winner of the adult category walks away with a $1000 prize! All prizes are donated by the Coal Miner Days Society.

Elk Valley’s Got Talent would like to thank everyone for all of their help in making this a reality including the District of Sparwood for their generous donation, Rock-oRama and The Fernie Hotel and Mountainside Church for partnering with us to make our audition nights a success, our emcee Dino Pallone, our amazing judges Nicole Pallone, Jesse Sutherland and Kyra Von Matt, Marcia Johnson for making this all possible and organizing the event, and the

Coal Miner Days Committee for the donation of prizes and venue Friday night.

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Sparwood Secondary Presents Twelfth Night

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n May of 2016, 20 students from Sparwood Secondary School committed to presenting Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night.

One theatre-goer exclaimed “I love this!” while watching the opening performance. At other instances the decibel level nearly raised the roof with laughter. If you equate Shakespeare with boredom, think again. This is Shakespeare for everyone, and it is very funny.

Alana Minfie-Rybar co-directed the play and brought her extensive experience to the project. The cast reciprocated by working tirelessly and is proud to bring their presentation to the broader community. As one anonymous commentator quipped, “Never send a woman dressed up as a man to do a man’s job!” We may cavil about the implied division of labour, but Shakespeare reminds us that love can indeed make fools of us all.

Join us on Sunday afternoon for a presentation that is sure to please audiences of all ages.

Knights of Columbus Soap Box Derby

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nfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the Knights are unable to have the Soap Box Derby this year.

We know that the Soap Box Derby is a large part of the weekend so we are hoping to have it back for 2018.

If this is something you would like to volunteer to help out with please contact us at coalminerdays@hotmail.com.

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Emergency Awareness Day

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ack for the third year at Coal Miner Days is Emergency Awareness Day. Come check out the demonstrations, equipment and displays that will help you be best prepared for an emergency. If disaster were to strike tomorrow everything that we have access to would be gone, transportation, medical services, electricity, water, food, medicine, therefore the main goal is to generate awareness about the importance of emergency preparation.

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New Food Trucks!

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his year we will have three new food trucks joining us at Coal Miner Days.

Smokey Bros from Cranbrook will be serving up homemade burgers, salmon, ribs, chicken, vegetarian/ celiac friendly, famous bacon cheddar smokies. Best place in town for poutine and other gourmet fries.

Rocky Mountain Gut Truck from the Crowsnest Pass will be there. You might have seen these guys up at the Sparwood Chamber of Commerce throughout the week. They will be serving homemade burgers (one even has haggis!), deep fried cheesecake and mars bars, poutine and much more!

Saucey Sombrero from Fernie, a food truck serving delicious Mexican food, will offer burritos, tacos, taco salad and pulled pork nachos.

Along with the three new food trucks we will have our regulars joining us, including The Chopstick Truck, Yama2go, Happy Cow, The Candy Man, Flippen Crepes, Mini Doughnuts, Street Dogs and The Cooks Cabin.

Come on out and try something new to eat Friday from 2-11 p.m., Saturday from 12-4 p.m. and Sunday from 12-4 p.m.

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Coal Miner Days Cabaret

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he people have spoken and we have answered! With lots of input from everyone and lengthy discussions we have decided to bring in a DJ for this year’s Coal Miner Days Cabaret. Pez Productions from Calgary will be coming to Sparwood to help us put on the best cabaret yet!

Tickets are available for purchase at Esso, Husky and the Sparwood Rec Centre for $20 until noon on Saturday June 10 and will then be available at the door for $25.

A Sparwood Coal Miner Days Pin is required for entry and you must be 19 years of age to attend.

Kidsfest!

Come and join us this year for Kidsfest!

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his year Coal Miner Days falls on a no school Friday so we have an extra day to celebrate!

Friday from 2-6 p.m. there will be bouncy houses and food

trucks.

On Saturday from 12-4 p.m. we will have bouncy houses, a climbing wall, laser tag, a petting zoo, water balls and so much more.

On Sunday from 12-4 p.m. we will once again have the bouncy houses and many other activities.

Come down to the Rec Centre field and check it out!

Face Painting!

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nce again this year, the wonderful Sue Hanlon is joining us to provide free facepainting!

We are so fortunate to have had Sue join us for many years and she will be back again this year at Kidsfest on Friday from 2-6 p.m., Saturday 12-4 p.m. and Sunday 12-4 p.m.

Thank you so much Sue for everything you do for Coal Miner Days!

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Annual Youth Duathlon

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nce again the Youth Duathlon will be happening on Sunday, June 11 at 12 p.m. for kids ages 3-12.

Teck sponsors this amazing event that gets kids out and active with a run followed by a bike ride and finishing up with another run.

Pre-Registration at the Rec Centre is preferred but you can also show up on race day to register!

Sunday June 11, 2017 @ the Rec Centre Cost $15

3-5 years old - starts 12 p.m.

140m run, 160m bike, 100m run (all at Rec)

Grades 1 & 2 - starts at 12:30 p.m.

200m run, 800m bike, 400m run thru Lions Park Grades 3 & 4 - starts at 12:30 p.m.

400m run, 2.2km bike, 800m run thru Lions Park

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Grades 5 & 6 - starts at 1:00 p.m.

400m run, 2.2km bike, 1.2km run

Registration Information:

Late registrations from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on race day Package Pickup: Race Day from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. **First 50 registrants receive a t-shirt, water, granola bar, racing bib and goodies.

For more information, contact Justine Bowen at 250-910-1074 or email coalminerdays@hotmail.com

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he Coal Miner Days Society would like to welcome you to join us to celebrate Sparwood and the Elk Valley by watching the Coal Miner Days Parade.

Come check out the amazing floats and groups that make up Sparwood and the Elk Valley. Joining us again this year will be the Cranbrook Bugle Band, Elk Valley’s Got Talent finalists, the Elk Valley Riders on their horses, Sparwood Council ( with candies and freezies) and so many more!

Parade starts at 11 a.m., leaving from the Overwaitea parking lot and heading through Centennial Square and then down Pine Ave., past the Rec Centre ending one block past the intersection of Pine and Red Cedar Ave. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Chamber of Commerce with judging at 10:00 a.m.

Join the Fun!

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Committed to Community Teck is proud to be part of Sparwood Coal Miner Days, June 8–11 2017.

Don’t miss the Teck Bike Rodeo, in partnership with Elk Valley RCMP: Thursday, June 8, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Frank J Mitchell Elementary Free entry to riders of all ages For more information please visit www.coalminerdays.com

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