It was interesting how the name ‘Slave Lake’ kept popping up in news reports recently about the cost of Hurricane Fiona. Google Alerts was going flat out sending us notices every time our town’s name showed up online. But it was all the same story, repeated again and again – something about the cost of Fiona compared to previous Canadian disasters, including the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire. It was once the costliest in Canadian history, but has dropped to third or fourth place by now.
Aaron Sorensen tells us he’s pleased with the Slave Lake response to his film Guitar Lessons. It’ll be a tougher sell the further it gets from its northern Alberta setting and cultural milieu, but a good start on home territory means other theatre chains will start paying attention. Aaron told us on the phone the people who decide such things (I.e. whether to book a film for screening) don’t actually watch the films, they just pay attention to numbers of viewers in the initial, limited release. So as a filmmaker, you have no idea whether the thing will fly or sink. You just sit there waiting for your phone to ring, he said, and it either does or it doesn’t.
But so far, so good for Guitar Lessons, which played at Slave Lake’s Rex Theatre on the Oct. 22 weekend.
In Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, both the Beach Road and Marten Mountain Road are closed for the winter. For other park advisories, go to albertaparks.ca.
Reel Talk is an opportunity to watch a movie and discuss it at the Slave Lake Library. The November Reel Talk has moved to Nov. 8. The movie, Fury, starts at 5:30 p.m. The discussion starts at 7:30 p.m.
Usually, it is the first Tuesday of the month, but was postponed in November. Other monthly library events for adults are Book Club (third Wednesday) and Writers’ Group (last Monday).
The Interagency Notebook on Page 7 and 8 has other events put on by the library and other ‘helping’ agencies in Slave Lake.
The Flatbush, Smith, Kinuso, Wabasca, and Red Earth Creek libraries also have events.
The Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre is holding Coats for Kids. This annual event is a clothing drive for winter clothing of all sizes. The drop-off location is the Friendship Centre 416 6 Ave. NW Slave Lake during business hours. For more information call, 780-849-3039.
The Slave Lake Legion is holding an ‘Important Dart Meeting’ on Thursday, Nov. 3 starting at 7:30 p.m.
The focus is making a plan for the coming seasons. There are two questions.
First, what type of darts are people interested in: league play, drop-in, or both?
Second, what nights do people want to play darts?
Abundant Life Worship Centre in Slave Lake has a ‘Kid’s Cave’ every Monday and Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. Moms get to connect with each other, while their children aged zero to four play.
Slave Lake Kinettes meet the third Thursday of every month. They are looking for new members. The listing below has the current contact information.
Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. there’s an information meeting about setting up a club volleyball team in Slave Lake. It is for ages 10 to 18 years old. There’s a confirmed U18 team out of Slave Lake and other ages out of High Prairie. It is organized by Big Lakes Club Volleyball.
There was a vehicle fire in southeast Slave Lake on Oct. 26, we hear. It was near the intersection of 12 St. and 11 Ave. It was an old cube van and according to the fire chief the fire was suspicious, because the van didn’t have a battery. The RCMP are investigating.
This just in: a grass fire north of Kinuso on Oct. 27 burned about eight acres, including some hay bales. Be careful out there.
Photo courtesy of Wayne Ghostkeeper