The Claresholm Fish and Game Association held their annual head scoring at the indoor gun range on Friday, March 2, attracting a good number of entries. They handed their awards out the following night at a celebration at the Claresholm Community Centre. Here, Levy Groves scores the head of a moose. For related story please see page eight.
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Willow Creek Composite High School senior varsity girls basketball team opened the South Zone championship with a convincing win earlier this week. The Cobras travelled to Lethbridge College for the 2A South Zone championships and defeated Crowsnest Consolidated High School of the Crowsnest Pass by a score of 81-47 in their opener on … Read more…
The Claresholm Bantam Football Association recently received a $61,990 community initiatives program grant from the provincial government to pave the track at Willow Creek Composite High School. The bantam football association, soccer, Southern Alberta Summer Games, Town of Claresholm and Livingstone Range School Division got together on this project. From left are Jason Hemmaway, of bantam football; Logan Hemmaway, a … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Claresholm Bantam Thunder have taken a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three first-round playoff series in the Tier-4 South Division of the Central Alberta Hockey League. The Thunder hosted Pincher Creek on Saturday, Feb. 24, skating away with a 5-0 victory. Michael Billyard opened the scoring just 46 seconds into the game with an … Read more…
Walking path The Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Claresholm are planning to build a walking path on an old railroad right-of-way now owned by the Town of Claresholm just across from the cemetery running west to the airport. They recently received a $24,000 community initiatives program grant to help Phase 1, which is about two miles of walking path 60 … Read more…
The Dog and Cat Acts of Kindness Club at West Meadow Elementary School has been doing a variety of activities including students making picture frames and putting pictures of their own animals inside them. They also made tins of cookies and blankets for animals and delivered them to the Claresholm animal shelter on Friday, Feb. 6. Here, the students and … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer With rural crime seemingly on the increase, the local MLA is looking at ways to address the situation. Pat Stier, MLA for Livingstone-Macleod, has teamed up with his federal counterpart John Barlow, MP for Foothills, on a series of public meetings around their shared constituency, including sessions in Okotoks and Fort Macleod. “We’re going to … Read more…