County finalizes Rec Funding application process Series of public information workshops planned

Leslie Cholowsky
Editor

    Flagstaff County’s Recreation Liaison coordinator Jim Fedyk says that the application development for recreation funding is complete. Now he is hoping that user groups and non-profit organizations will review the available grant funding, and attend the open houses planned across the county starting next week.

    There are five new grants under the Regional Recreation Grant program that fall under the new heading “Investment Grants”.

Junior Achievement gaining steam in rural Alberta Pilot project being set up in Flagstaff County

Leslie Cholowsky
Editor

    The Battle River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) started a ball rolling with a Youth Retention Forum held in Camrose late in 2010, inviting Junior Achievement (JA) to attend and make a presentation. Attendees of the forum sought to explore ways of increasing access to youth-focussed entrepreneurship programming and services in the region.

Evan’s blood drive an unqualified success 648 northern Alberta patients will benefit

Evan Wallace

Leslie Cholowsky
Editor
   
    Late December’s two-day blood drive for Evan Wallace, the three-year-old Sedgewick girl who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of  acute myeloid leukemia, was a huge success.

    The results, according to Canadian Blood Services’ Jody Bredo, were phenomenal.

    “We’ve never had a turnout quite like this,” Bredo said.