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Community leaders step to the plate for BRCF
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Camrose's community leaders stepped up to the plate for the Battle River Community Foundation May 9.

The annual Professional Advisors' Luncheon at the Camrose Railway Station raised $13,100 for an endowment fund established by the Foundation to support its annual operating budget.

The fund totalled $630,625.61 at the close of business in 2011.

Numbers on the rise at Recycle with Centra Cam depot
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The Recycle with Centra Cam depot did booming business in 2011.

"We shipped 2,128 metric tonnes of recyclables in 2011, not including fluorescent tubes and paint," said Recycle with Centra Cam coordinator Terry Vickers.

"That's 106 loaded semi trailers, or nine semi trailers per month."

Flying Club's annual breakfast May 27
Murray Green
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The Camrose Flying Club has held a Fly-in Breakfast for more than 55 years.

The tradition has been a good one for the community. With good weather, the airport will be one of the busiest in Western Canada again with around 150 aircraft and about 1,300 people stopping in for breakfast on Sunday, May 27.

Tenth Relay for Life event at EnCana Arena June 22 and 23
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Relay for Life in Camrose has hit the 10-year mark in hosting a 24-hour event. This year the event will also have a venue change to the EnCana Arena on June  22 and 23.

Last year the Camrose Relay For Life had 245 participants, on 24 teams, with the help of over 70 volunteers. The event celebrated over 100 cancer survivors and went on to raise $101,600.

Library wins contest
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

A Camrose Public Library proposal to produce t-shirts that proclaim the importance of intellectual freedom has been named the winner of the Library Association of Alberta's 2012 Freedom to Read Week Contest.

Olson takes on new appointment
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

It didn't take long for Verlyn Olson to start taking appointments as the new minister of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

"My calendar is starting to fill up," said Olson last week.

"It's going to get very busy very quickly."

Special Olympics ball team prepares for local tourney
Murray Green
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

For the second straight year, Camrose Special Olympics has so many ball players that two teams will be fielded in a locally hosted tournament on June 24 at Kin Park.

A softball team has been assembled for about 15 years. However, Graham and Carol Wideman have expanded the program in the last two years to be able to field two teams with between 25 and 30 players.

Aviation program lets kids experience flight
Murray Green
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Local young airplane enthusiasts can become Junior Aviators and experience a real flight over the city.

Szmadyla named an exceptional mother
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Lena Szmadyla and a friend are going to have the chance to explore Ottawa.

Szmadyla was awarded a four-day vacation in the nation's capital last week as the winner of Pharmasave's  annual Exceptional Mother contest.

She and a friend will stay at the Lord Elgin Hotel, adjacent to the parliament buildings.

Past country music radio show hits the stage at Bailey Theatre
Murray Green
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Gathering around a large radio to listen to popular music shows was a nightly highlight until television brought the stars to the screen.

One of the more famous country music shows in the United States was the Louisiana Hayride. Hall of Fame musicians Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams and Jerry Lee Lewis all performed in the same radio studio.

ALL taking a look at transportation issues
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The Association for Life-Wide Living (ALL) is re-opening the discussion around transportation.

"We want to look at the transportation system we have in place now and see what we can do to make it more efficient," said Association for Life-Wide Living vice president Ted Wigglesworth.

McHappy Day receives good support
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Volunteers in Camrose and Wetaskiwin donned aprons and went to work serving hungry customers at McDonald's on McHappy Day May 2.

The restaurant donated one dollar from every Big Mac, McHappy Meal and any size hot McCafe beverage sold during the day to  Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta and the Camrose/Wetaskiwin Special Olympics programs.

City County Prayer Breakfast set for May 23
Dan Jensen
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Mayor Marshall Chalmers and Reeve Don Gregorwich are inviting the community to a Camrose City and County Prayer Breakfast at the Norsemen Inn May 23.

"It's going to be an opportunity for us to celebrate," said Chalmers.

The breakfast will be building on the success of the first Mayor's Prayer Breakfast a year ago.

Evraz lockout enters second week
Murray Green
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Evraz Camrose Works employees are entering their second week of a work stoppage.

After being served a 72-hour lockout notice from the pipe company on May 3, employees began picketing around the clock in front of Evraz Camrose Works at 9 a.m. on May 5.

The mill is still operating with manpower from supervisors, lab staff and non-union employees.

Wildlife Society plans busy, learning sessions
Murray Green
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The Camrose Wildlife and Stewardship Society has hired University of Alberta, Augustana Campus student Stacey Rempel as the new summer coordinator.

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