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Heaven for Bargain Hunters
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
It wasn’t a challenge to find a special item when the Community Garage Sale in Vegreville offered over 65 sales on June 14. The Fedun family said they love garage sales because they always get a good deal. Like the saying goes, one person’s junk is someone’s treasure. The children exclaimed that they liked toys and were looking for monster trucks.
There were also several barbecues available for people to enjoy. A unique idea was offered when Vegreville Elks Lodge No. 143 and Canadian Royal Purple Lodge No. 121 members created 20 varieties of homemade pies alongside their garage sale at Vegreville Elks Hall, where people could purchase a slice of pie and coffee. President of Royal Purple, Mary Karbashewski said this has become an annual fundraiser, and the money goes back to non-profit groups in the community. “We are grateful to everyone who donated items to the sale and supported us.”
Sharing the Joy of Music
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
Residents and guests were treated to an evening of skillful vocal and instrumental pieces performed by award-winning bursary recipients at the Wendy Brook Music Festival Bursary Concert at Homestead Senior Citizens’ Lodge on June 20.
Debbie Fedoruk emceed the event and stated that the participants will use the funds for music summer camps or workshops.
The award recipients and bursary donors were Samantha Rarama-Perogies and Jam, Sadie Weleschuk-Li Giebelhaus Memorial Fund, Clara Derow-Drs. Tim and Elizabeth Nawrot, Molly Gratton-Viola Braun-Fox, Sennadie Sabo-Derek Fox Financial, Lily Boisvert-Lions Club of Vegreville, Brynn Weleschuk-Lions Club of Vegreville, Ruth Derow-John Kubin, Wesley Derow-Vegreville Elks’ Lodge No. 143, Russell Derow-Vegreville Royal Purple Lodge No. 125, and Martin Derow-Wendy Brook Festival.
Spirit of the Oil
Tammy Hewitt - News Advertiser
Throughout the playoffs, fans of the Edmonton Oilers were seen around town saluting their team. From local fans to local businesses, many were caught wearing jerseys, flying the Oilers flag from cars, local businesses showing support and some residential houses were seen show off their brightly lit colors of the orange blue on playoff nights. Many gatherings were held for local fans to come together to cheer the Oil on from local churches to local bars. Some annual events combined their events with a watch party that happened to already be scheduled on a playoff night. Even after the game 6 defeat in this second attempt in the playoffs, Oiler fans have still been seen supporting the team continuing to show off their pride
Fundraiser Displays Good Taste
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
Vegreville Centennial Library Board raised $1,500 at the fundraising barbecue on June 15 at Vegreville and District Co-op. Vice-Chair Crystal Ralph said these funds will be used to revamp the children’s area in the library, which will take a bit of time to generate money for this. “The way the area is set up now, the shelves don’t move. So, if we have movable shelves, we can host more events and do more things in there. All of the shelves are also kids’ level, which makes it very hard for our staff to put books away.
We had a consultant come in and give us an idea of how we can make that space more functional, and use the space for more than just a kids’ area. We are grateful to Wilde and Company and Co-op for donating the food.”
