The Claresholm Bantam Football Association recently received a $61,990 community initiatives program grant from the provincial government to pave the track at Willow Creek Composite High School. The bantam football association, soccer, Southern Alberta Summer Games, Town of Claresholm and Livingstone Range School Division got together on this project. From left are Jason Hemmaway, of bantam football; Logan Hemmaway, a … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Claresholm Bantam Thunder have taken a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three first-round playoff series in the Tier-4 South Division of the Central Alberta Hockey League. The Thunder hosted Pincher Creek on Saturday, Feb. 24, skating away with a 5-0 victory. Michael Billyard opened the scoring just 46 seconds into the game with an … Read more…
Walking path The Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Claresholm are planning to build a walking path on an old railroad right-of-way now owned by the Town of Claresholm just across from the cemetery running west to the airport. They recently received a $24,000 community initiatives program grant to help Phase 1, which is about two miles of walking path 60 … Read more…
The Dog and Cat Acts of Kindness Club at West Meadow Elementary School has been doing a variety of activities including students making picture frames and putting pictures of their own animals inside them. They also made tins of cookies and blankets for animals and delivered them to the Claresholm animal shelter on Friday, Feb. 6. Here, the students and … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer With rural crime seemingly on the increase, the local MLA is looking at ways to address the situation. Pat Stier, MLA for Livingstone-Macleod, has teamed up with his federal counterpart John Barlow, MP for Foothills, on a series of public meetings around their shared constituency, including sessions in Okotoks and Fort Macleod. “We’re going to … Read more…
Garrett Green, of Meeting Creek, Alberta, turned in this winning ride to win the fifth annual Chad Besplug Invitational Bull Riding at the Claresholm Agriplex on Saturday, Feb. 24. It was the second year in a row Green won the event. For full coverage please see page nine.
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Claresholm and District Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting is coming up, and they will be looking for a new president, vice-president and directors. At their Feb. 21 meeting, chamber members were asked to spread the word about the organization and encourage anyone they think may be a good executive member to either … Read more…