Evidently one item on The Leader’s website was getting a huge number of views last week. Whether those were actual views, or some kind of human or computer trickery, we have no idea. We’d like to think it was because something on Page 9 was irresistibly fascinating, but… the number was about 800 more than usual.
Trevor Vance, the president of the Slave Lake Petroleum Association, has a few words for fellow oilmen that didn’t make it into last week’s coverage of the Oilmen’s Golf Tournament.
“Please throw a jab out to all the guys that talked to Trevor about joining the SLPA, ‘cause he remembers who you are and the help is always wanted and needed as we have had a few members move on.
“Special thanks from me to Jason Anderson, Wayne Dastou and the other members of the SLPA that helped make it happen.”
There you have it.
It takes a certain amount of optimism to start a brewery in a town of 400 people, but that’s what Ribstone Creek Brewery did. Why it’s worth mentioning is we reached one of the Dog Island Brewing guys on the phone last week and that’s where he was, doing a ‘collaboration brew’ or something like that.
Check out Ribstone if you’re down that way. It’s in Edgerton
Tegan Martin brought a four-leafed clover in to The Leader last week – first one we’d ever seen! She said she found it on the bear trails.
There are various ways for getting your picture on Page 9 of the Lakeside Leader. One is to go to some exotic place (say Myanmar) and have someone take a photo of you holding a copy of The Leader. That’s what Brian Vance did, on a visit to the Asian country to visit his daughter Lisa. Here’s what he said in an email to The Leader that accompanied the photo:
“Bet you are running short of pictures from Kyuakse, Myanmar. Lisa was key note speaker at this Engineering and Technology conference. It was attended by Engineering Professors. She spoke about soft versus hard skills. The others in the picture are with Mote Oo, who is a small non-profit she works for in Myanmar. They design curriculum and text books to help Miramar skip the 20th century and catch up. Their government realizes that social development is key to their economic development. Lisa is doing a pilot project teaching the Engineering Professors at this University. As a Professional Engineer from Canada and Lisa’s dad they treated me like royalty. All extremely interesting.”
Thanks Brian!
Keepers of the Athabasca is offering a couple of workshops under the heading ‘Community Climate Action.’ One is for schools and the other is for adults. The one-hour session for schools covers such topics as the ‘latest science on climate change,’ the ‘difference between weather and climate’ some stuff on traditional knowledge and ‘what children can do to slow down climate change.’
The two-hour session for adults includes the above, plus how to develop solar installations, a review of provincial energy-efficiency programs and how to write up a proposal.
To book a workshop, contact Joseph Large at 780-646-6156.
Better get your Rotary Grey Cup Pool tickets right away. We hear they are over 80 per cent sold, after a ‘huge weekend.’ Chances are you can find them being sold at Canadian Tire or Sobey’s.