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Lawrence Gleason, Local Press Writer Cullan Mackrel is an artist whose composition, Semi Colon Power, received a silent auction bid of $70 at the annual Claresholm Child Care Society annual art exhibition and silent auction, held on April 25. The annual fundraiser features art from the children. That $70 bid was attained about halfway through the day. Mackrel is a … Read more…
By Lawrence Gleason, Local Press Writer The Claresholm and District Transportation Society doesn’t want to sell one of its five late-model Chrysler vans used to drive people in the Municipal District of Willow Creek and its towns to medical appointments in Lethbridge, Calgary, Medicine Hat and as far away as Edmonton. However, with provincial budget changes cutting as much as … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Some time soon tickets could be handed out to youth in Claresholm. It is part of a positive-ticketing program being proposed by the youth justice committee of southwestern Alberta and the Claresholm and District Chamber of commerce. Sherry Levesque and Brad Toone of the youth justice committee, and Amanda Zimmer, president of the chamber … Read more…
The Claresholm Public Library offers space on its walls every month for local artists to display their work. The month of April has featured a special treat as art students from Willow Creek Composite High School have been welcomed in to display their work for the world to see. Photos by Rob Vogt
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Town of Claresholm has won a Smoke-Free Spaces award for the recent work on its smoking, cannabis and community standards bylaws. The award winners were announced and the awards were presented in Edmonton on Feb. 21. At its Feb. 11 meeting, Claresholm town council had reviewed a letter from Les Hagen, executive director … Read more…
A group of 26 dedicated individuals turned out for the annual cross march on Good Friday, April 19. People took turns carrying the cross from church to church on the west side of Claresholm. At each church, a passage from Scripture was read and a hymn was sung. Good Friday commemorates for Christians the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer With population changing across the Livingstone Range School Division, the board of trustees has voted to add one more trustee to the ward that includes Claresholm, Stavely, Granum, Nanton and the surrounding portion of the Municipal District of Willow Creek, bringing the number of trustees to three. The school division made the announcement on … Read more…