Acadia Valley News, Sep 14
Reported by Yolanda Kuhn
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I will finally start the news without complaining about the heat! I seriously love the weather this time of year. I can have my windows open all day; it gets warm during the day and cools off nicely at night. My only complaint is the dang flies. I honestly don’t know how I end up with so many in my house!
I think it’s safe to say that everyone in our community has finished harvesting for the year. What little there was to harvest anyway. I sure hope we get lots of snow this winter.
Since I last wrote the news, the kids are all back in school. I should probably welcome the new grade 1-3 teacher, Ms. Northrop, from Alsask. I would also like to Welcome Mrs. Jarvis, the new E.C.S. and junior K teacher. Junior K is new at our school. Man, I wish we had it when my kids were that age. It would’ve saved me quite a few trips to Oyen. Something else new and exciting at W.P.S. is that there’s bussing available for students wanting to join the Hockey Academy. Four students are currently enrolled, and they get to see Mrs. Peers’ smiling face every Tuesday and Wednesday as she is the bus driver for the W.P.S. students travelling to The Hockey Academy. On the topic of school, The W.P.S. Parent Council held their annual back-to-school B.B.Q. on September 3rd. A meeting followed the B.B.Q., and Marie Cowan was voted in as the new Parent Council President. I want to send a huge thank you to Michelle Andersen for all her hard work over the past six years!
Wally Skappak celebrated his 86th birthday on September 6th, with many friends and family visiting for the occasion.
Condolences to Brunner family on the passing of Neil Brunner on August 31st at the age of 66. If you would like to read his obituary, you can find it at www.simplycremations.ca/obituary/Neil-Brunner
Be sure to head down to Marshall Field on Tuesday, October 3rd, W.P.S. will be hosting the annual Cross-Country run starting at 4:00 p.m.
Mark your calendars for Friday, October 6th for a teen movie night (ages 12 and up) showing The Barbie Movie! Watch Facebook for more information.
Make sure to mark your calendar for October 7th, as the Knight’s of Columbus will be hosting the annual Sausage Fry again. Watch Facebook and The Oyen Echo for more details.
Save the date for December 9th. The Community Club has another Gala planned. Stay tuned for more details and this year’s theme – It’s going to be a good one!
Sacred Heart and St. Mary’s Parish is raising funds for renovations to The St. Peter & Paul Church. If you would like to donate towards this project, cheques can be mailed to Box 629, Oyen, AB, T0J 2J0. Please make a note in the cheque memo “St. Peter & Paul fundraiser.”
Thanks for reading this week. I will leave you with this quote from Joyce Meyer: “A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere”.