Ready for school
West Meadow Elementary School held their annual developmental check-in on May 7 for students entering Kindergarten in the fall. Here, Linden Egger goes through a station run by Chery Starling while Linden’s mother Breanna Seeman looks on. For full coverage please see page seven. Photo by Terril Orsten
RCMP respond to threat at Willow Creek Composite High school
By Rob VogtThe Claresholm RCMP responded to a suspected bomb threat at Willow Creek Composite High School on Monday, May 11, but there was no need for evacuation and the authorities have identified the person responsible.The school sent an e-mail to parents explaining that students reported another threat written in a bathroom stall at Willow Creek Composite High School.As a … Read more…
Why I’m back in Claresholm (and who I am)
My name is Terril Orsten, and if you don’t remember me at all, you’ll either recognize my last name as the same as one of the first grade teachers at West Meadow, or a former RCMP officer in town. This isn’t mere coincidence, those are my parents. If that doesn’t jog your memory at all, you’ll have about a month … Read more…
Around the horn
Baseball is in full swing in Claresholm, as teams of all ages have started their seasons on the diamond. Millennium Ball Diamonds was abuzz with excitement on Wednesday, May 6. Clockwise from top left is Hanna Thompson of the Claresholm Minors Cobras 1 team taking her turn at bat against Vulcan; Emery Blake of the Under-15 girls softball team delivering … Read more…
M.D. to provide $30,000 to cardiac centre in Lethbridge
By Rob VogtCardiac services at Chinook Regional Hospital help patients across Southern Alberta, including people in the Municipal District of Willow Creek.For that reason, M.D. council has agreed to provide $30,000 to a fundraising campaign sponsored by the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation to substantially elevate the standard of cardiac health care at the Lethbridge hospital.Coun. John Van Driesten brought the … Read more…
M.D. approves concept plans for gravel pits
By Rob VogtThe council of the Municipal District of Willow Creek has approved the concept plans for two gravel pits northwest of Fort Macleod and has taken the first step in re-zoning associated lands from rural general to natural resource extraction.The decision was made at council’s Dec. 17 meeting after a presentation by Ryan Dyck, the M.D.’s planner from the … Read more…