Schools around the area held their Terry Fox Runs last week to honour the legacy of a Canadian hero. Fox began his Marathon of Hope in 1980, striving to run across Canada, raising one dollar for each person in Canada for cancer research. He had lost a log to cancer and ran the equivalent of a marathon a day on … Read more…
By Rob Vogt – Local Press WriterThere is a lot happening at West Meadow Elementary School from an increase in enrollment and new staff, to a lot of the activities that make the school a busy place.Principal Sean Latta said enrollment is at 313 students, which represents about a five percent increase over last year.Heather MacDonald is starting her first … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press WriterIt was the perfect day to be out in the sun, go for a run or a walk, and remember one of Canada’s greatest heroes and the legacy he has left behind.The annual Terry Fox Run took to the streets of Claresholm on Sunday, Sept. 18, drawing more than 30 participants for the eight-kilometre event, … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press WriterSTARS Air Ambulance provides a vital service to the community.At Claresholm town council’s Sept. 12 meeting, representatives of STARS paid a visit to update council on STARS’ activities and request support of $2 per capita from council.Glenda Farnden, senior municipal relations liaison for STARS, who appeared as a delegation, said she has been working with rural and urban … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press WriterAll Jim Pedersen wanted to do was help the community when he joined the Claresholm Lions Club.Now, 50 years later, Pedersen has been involved in a lot of the club’s activities and was recently honoured with a 50-year pin as a member of the club.Pedersen joined the Lions on March 7, 1972. He was sponsored … Read more…
The Willow Creek Continuing Care Centre celebrated Grandparents Day on Sept. 11 with a bit of farm life for residents to enjoy, as they circulated among sheep, a donkey, horse, goat, chickens and more. Here, Mary Gerbrandt visits a horse. Photo by Rob Vogt
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Claresholm has never quit on the Terry Fox Run.As other communities have lost their runs, Claresholm is the only community that still has a Terry Fox Run between Lethbridge and High River.In fact, Claresholm has had a Terry Fox Run every year since they began in 1981. That is a total of 42 years, … Read more…