Leader staff

Nobody counted the number of people that turned out for the Town of Slave Lake’s Canada Day event, at the Slave Lake Multi Rec Centre on July 1. But it’s probably fair to say the turnout – for the pancake breakfast at least – took the fire department’s volunteer griddle team a bit by surprise. They were very, very busy!

Fire Chief Mike Bissell says he doesn’t know how many pancakes or people they served.

“It was too busy to even think about that,” he says. “We did use about 30 boxes of pancake mix though.”

Kennedy Hartman, who headed up the organizing team, estimates 1,500 people through the four hours of the event.

Susan’s Kitchen handed out 1,200 ice creams, she says. “Everyone seemed to have a blast!”

Face-painting, bouncy castles and a dunk tank were part of the fun too.