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Celebrate our great nation July 1
Chris Clegg
for South Peace News
Triangle site of region's biggest show
The hundreds of people
attending Canada
Day festivities at Triangle
each year have
come to know and love
what the Pioneer
Threshermens Association
have to offer.
So expect many of the
same activities this
year although that
doesn’t mean organizers
are standing pat.
A flea market and
tractor pulls are also on
the schedule this year
as well as family
slowpitch games, which
have not been held for
many years.
Canada Day actually
starts at Triangle the
night before, June 30,
with a jamboree from
7:30-11:30 p.m. Admission
is $5 for a full night
of entertainment.
Major events begin
the next day with a double
toonie breakfast
from 8-10 a.m. The first
of two antique machinery
parades occurs at
10 a.m. – the other is at 4
p.m. – where people can
listen to the powerful
engines of yesteryear
make their way around
the grounds.
In addition to the antique
parade this year is
the expected arrival of
Bill Ives with his rebuilt
small scale tractors of
yesteryear. People attending
Deerline Appreciation
Days June 24
were in total amazement
at Ives’ tractors.
The modified tractor
pull goes at 11:30 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m. with a kids
tractor pull at 1 p.m.
A wide variety of children’s
games occur beginning
at noon and going
to 4 p.m. with lots of
prizes to be won by all.
Sandwiched between
the activities is a flea
market from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Tables cost $10 and
can be booked by calling
Mandy Fjeld at
780-523-2651.
There are also a host
of other activities and
demonstrations during
the day including blacksmithing
demos, flour
grinding, a silent auction,
threshing and saw
milling demos and a
sheep dog herding
demo featuring Eric
Verstappen.
The supper begins at
5 p.m. and costs $12. A
free dance with a live
band ends the day’s activities.
Gate admission is $10
with food sold on location.
Children under 12
are admitted free.
Organizers ask that
no pets be brought to
the grounds and remind
everyone no alcohol
is permitted.
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The 1912 Case Steam Engine was back on display at Canada Day in 2009 at
Triangle. Mike Kalita, in front, and Mike Jones operated the machine in the
antique tractor parade |
Sports Days and
Rodeo a 2-day
event at Kinuso
Back by popular demand!
Last year’s Swan River First Nation Rodeo
was so successful organizers have moved it to
Canada Day and part of a two-day celebration
now called the Swan River First Nation Rodeo
and Sports Days.
Events go rain or shine at Swan River just
south of the hamlet of Kinuso.
Headlining festivities is the Kinuso Rodeo, a
sanctioned Northern Alberta Native Cowboys
Association Rodeo event. The rodeo has all the
events of rodeo including a special local category
for bareback and men’s cow riding. Each
winner will receive $500 plus a jacket.
A parade kicks off events July 1 with the lineup
starting at 9 a.m. and the parade at 10 a.m.
Plenty of prizes will be given away. Entrants are
asked to call Charlene Heroux at 780-775-2177 or
780-775-3673.
In addition to the rodeo, there is plenty going
on to satisfy everyone’s recreational needs. A
slowpitch tournament will be held both days
with eight teams being accepted and a $150 entry
fee. First and second prize will be $1,500 plus
a 100 per cent payout on entry fees.
The popular hands game will begin at noon
each day.
Also, a talent show starts July 2 at 5 p.m. Contestants
can register at the grounds July 1-2 until
3 p.m. and show off their singing talents.
There is plenty going on for the children, too. A
variety of activities including face painting and
games will be held and children are invited to enter
the calf scramble with a bicycle being given
away to the winner who can pull the ribbon off
the calf. A petting zoo and pony rides occurs July
2 from 1-6 p.m.
A dance will be held at the Kinuso Agricultural
Hall July 1 from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Admission is $15
per person.
A fireworks show ends the two days of
jam-packed activities July 2.
Donation to the grounds is a donation to the
Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre Community
Food Bank.
Swan River First Nation, Travel Alberta and
Big Lake Country Tourism are some of the major
event sponsors.
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Kinuso cowboy Robert Blanchford took a nasty
spill at last year’s Swan River First Nation Rodeo
Aug. 29. It was the first rodeo held at Swan
River in 51 years. The event is back this year as
part of two days of events July 1-2. |
Joussard promising best bash ever
People celebrating
Canada Day at
Joussard can expect
much the same as last
year with a few added
surprises and improvements.
Joussard Community
Association secretary
Maureen Renneberg
says an ambitious
group of volunteers has
several events planned
during the day.
Events begin from
8:30-11:30 a.m. with a
pancake breakfast at
the Joussard Homesteaders
Centre. From
there events shift to the
community hall at 1
p.m. for a full afternoon
and evening of events.
Kicking off the afternoon
will be the opening
ceremonies followed by
the popular bicycle parade
at 1:15 p.m. Cribbage
will be held inside
the hall while many activities
will be held outside
including horseshoes,
bedpost golf and
a wide variety of children’s
games.
“We have a good
group of women who
are looking after the
children’s games,” says
Renneberg.
And the popular dunk
tank is expected back
so everyone is urged to
limber up their arms for
a chance to dunk their
favourite celebrity.
An added bonus this
year is tents will be set
up on the grounds to
keep people out of the
rain or hot sun.
A supper begins in
late afternoon with
dancing and singing in a
jamboree setting which
runs until the fireworks.
A spectacular fireworks
display which
Renneberg promises
will be “grander than
ever” begins at dusk
around 11 p.m.
All events are free
and Renneberg invites
everyone to attend.
Renneberg says a
federal grant and one
from the M.D. of Big
Lakes has allowed organizers
to provide
Joussard Canada Day
2010 T-Shirts to the winners
of some of the
events as well as some
random giveaways
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Canada Day volunteer Yvonette Comeau gave away Canadian flags at last
year’s festivities in Joussard. People attending Canada Day this year in
Joussard can expect similar giveaways.
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