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June 23, 2010


One man's stand

Max Ostermeier donned a suit to wear to Prairie River Junior High School the afternoon of June 18. Ostermeier says he wore the suit to show the teachers students could look nice and as a reward for three years of hard work. PRJH’s Grade 9 students voted to scrap the Grade 9 Farewell this year and have a dance at the school June 25. Please see full story on page 11.



Gift Laker wins 'Worst Handyman' title
Deen Flett is celebrating his 15 minutes of fame after being crowned Canada’s Worst Handyman

Movie Gallery closure confirmed
It’s official!
High Prairie’s Movie Gallery store is closing its doors, adding to the list of other businesses to close in town in recent months.


'Lucky Lynn’ strikes it rich!
She may not have won the major $50 million Lotto Max jackpot June 11, but the $250,000 Lynn Herben won will do just well, thank-you!

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NLC to offer EMT program this fall
Trevor Davies puts a patient into the back of an ambulance, and then gets an IV started.

Fingerprints can point to guilty person
When police process a crime scene, one of their many tasks is dusting for fingerprints, which can lead them to the criminal, RCMP Sgt. Bob Dodds recently told a group of Grade 6 E.G. Wahlstrom students.


School holds ‘Fun Across Canada’ games
Students at Joussard School enjoyed their Fun Across Canada games June 18.


Oil spill condemnation valid, but. . .
Looking at the recent covers of Ducks Unlimited and Ducks Unlimited Canada Conservator, with their richly-coloured pictures of waterfowl, and contrasting them with images of black, oil-slicked birds in the Gulf of Mexico, one can only hope we never see pictures of Canadian wetlands and other sensitive ecosystems destroyed by disasters of such epic proportions.

Doing what's right
What’s the difference between 700 Alberta grizzly bears and 700,000 people living in Edmonton?

Graduation is a time of reflection
We’re at this time of year again, when young adults finish high school or post-secondary education and are leashed upon the world (got life insurance, everyone?). Years of effort have finally paid off in a piece of paper that says, “Now I’m qualified to ask if you want fries with that.”

‘Prince Caspian’ is for older youth
The movie debut of C.S. Lewis’s ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’ was outstanding as a fantasy tale, and while ‘Prince Caspian’ is a worthy successor, the appropriate audience is older youth and not young children because of the darker nature of the story and battle sequences.

Pressure points
When you are having a bad day, does everybody around you have a bad day, too?


Grand Champion steer raised by Ochran
It was the moment for youth in the local 4-H Clubs to show how much they’ve learned about raising cattle, as they put their steers and heifers in the spotlight for evaluation.

St. Andrew's recognizes top students
St. Andrew’s School held their junior high and senior high school awards ceremony in the gym June 11.

YAP students learn safety is everyone's business
A group of Grade 9 students put their safety knowledge to the test at the Northern Lakes College campus in Grouard June 11, participating in a job safety competition.


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