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Just one final reminder about the Salvation Army’s Christmas dinner. It’s on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre. It’s free and is intended for all those who would not normally have a Christmas dinner. Call Rose or Roy at 849-6230 for more information.
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Last week in the mail comes a copy of Our Canada magazine, with a cover letter from the editor himself. Says he: ‘we wanted to be the first to let you know that Ken Orich, a member of your community, is a featured contributor in the December-January issue.’
‘Aha!’ says the Page 9 Elf. ‘What’s Ken been up to?’
Turns out he’s been making wooden Christmas tree ornaments as gifts since 1982 and is up over 700 so far. He contributed a brief article on it, located on Page 42 of the magazine in question. Where one can acquire a copy of said glossy we do not know. But it is out there.
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One thing about the local emergency services – then can and frequently do show up in force. Such was the case the other day when a young fellow went through the river ice on his ATV. According to fire department sources, they found the person in question walking up the river ice to be greeted by quite an array of emergency responders all decked out in rescue gear with lights flashing on numerous vehicles. They were ready to haul somebody out of the water, but all that was stranded was the guy’s machine.
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Here is Ed Mason from the 630 CHED newsroom with the last gas update of 2006.
“The wholesale price of gasoline in Edmonton is up 1.2-cents to 53.5 (Dec. 15). No change at the pumps (84.9). The wholesale price of low sulfur diesel is up more than 4-cents overnight to 67.6...that’s an increase of 13.6-cents since last Friday.
Slave pumps are boasting a one-cent undercut from city counterparts.
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Funny thing about the highways around here. When it snows, there are lots of accidents (although the safety people don’t like to call them that). Then it clears up, the roads are clear again and guess what? Still lots of accidents, sometimes with tragic results. Slow down, says the Page 9 traffic guru.