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Smilin’ Stan Ostapczuk was in the office last week on a business errand, so we asked him how things are looking out at Gilwood. The snow’s melting, he said, but there’s still plenty of it. He said he hopes the course will be open by mid-May and maybe the driving range by sometime this week, knock on wood, etc, etc.
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Boyd Kelham tells us he’s bringing Jason The Athlete MacDonald to town for a training session on May 24. MacDonald is apparently a big wheel in the sport of ‘ultimate fighting’ (hope we’ve got that name right) and The Sawridge Inn & Conference Centre is expecting a good turnout of local fight fans to watch him train. More details are available from Boyd himself, Slave Lake’s strongest man.
And speaking of the second annual strongest man competition, Boyd says it’s definitely ‘on’ for the weekend of Riverboat Daze. On top of that, he and his crew are planning a week-long male and female athlete competition, to conclude during RB Daze. Stand by for more info on this as it develops.
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Speaking of bringing acts to town, Billy’s Outlaw Inn had a band called ‘Cold Driven’ last week. Apparently they’re pretty hot stuff, at least according to their publicists. If anybody cares to share their impressions of the band’s local performance, feel free to get in touch.
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Guess who’s getting set to ride her motorcycle across Canada next month? The Leader’s own Kathie Millett, that’s who. She was practicing last Friday and we caught her on her bike outside The Leader office.
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The corporate challenge is coming up again. It’s always a lot of fun and there’s no reason to think it’ll be otherwise this year. Bobbi-Jo Grover at the town has all the inside dope on the event and she hasn’t shared much of it with us yet, but we’re sure there’s a line-up of fun events during that week. Stay tuned!
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Why do so few stores accommodate bicycles? The answer, of course, is that they are built with vehicle traffic in mind. But the unintended result is to discourage anybody from going shopping, or for coffee for that matter, on a bicycle. More often than not there are no bike stands, for customers or even employees. Not good.