The Slave Lake Farmers’ Market looks a little different this year. For one thing it started late. The first one was July 17. For another it’s in the Slave Lake Multi-Rec Centre parking lot.
In the past, it was in the Brick parking lot.
Right after the August long weekend, there will be a volleyball camp in Slave Lake. This will be the second year that H.I.T.T. Volleyball, from Calgary, holds a camp here.
H.I.T.T owner Carsten Stanjeck is looking forward to returning to Slave Lake and encourages parents to register their kids as soon as possible.
The new hockey season, whenever it comes, is not going to take Danil (“Call me Dani”) Babchuk by surprise. Last year’s standout defenceman for the Slave Lake Icedogs plans to come back for a second season and he is working hard on his fitness.
There’s a wickedly delightful bit about small-town shops in Bill Bryson’s book ‘Notes From a Small Island.’ He’s commenting storefront signs in some English town or other, one of them advertising a ‘Family Butcher.’
On June 16, AB Taekwondo in Slave Lake will be offering outdoor taekwondo classes for all ages three days a week. It has been closed since mid-March because of COVID-19, but doing classes virtually.
Hope for the future and an ability to adapt quickly are useful skills for people and for communities.
The M.D. of Lesser Slave River meeting included potential plans for development in Smith, Flatbush, and the southshore:
Last week was Paramedic Services, Tourism, and Rural Health Weeks. Tourists rescued by paramedics taken to rural hospital sounds like a crumby vacation.
Fifteen years ago in March, Dennise McIntyre was invited to the first Animal Rescue Committee of Slave Lake (ARC) meeting. It wasn’t called that yet. It was just a group of people who thought they should get together to discuss ways to help the Town of Slave Lake improve the pound and find homes for dogs.
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On February 29, 14 students, from Slave Lake’s AB Taekwondo, won medals at the eighth annual Westlock Taekwondo Tournament. They competed in sparring, poomsae (patterns) and an exhibition.
