2023
Vol. LXXIII, No. 2
24 Pages December 3, 2024
CHRISTMAS TREES FOR SALE
Photo by Ron Pilger
Mel and Val Okimaw, and John Flegg, General Manager of Days Inn Camrose Norsemen, are busy decorating one of the terrific looking, awesome smelling fir trees available from the Lions Club lot.
Since 2015, the Camrose Swans & Roses Lions Club has sold wonderful Balsam Fir trees, farm grown in Nova Scotia, as their most prominent and profitable fundraiser each year. The community really comes together to make this Christmas tree lot a success. Owners of the Days Inn Camrose Norsemen graciously offer this area of their parking lot free of charge annually. When the transport truck arrives, Camrose Kodiaks and other community groups help unload over 300 trees onto the groomed pavement, which is plowed courtesy of FT Aggregates. And, Young Farts RV Parts provide that cozy warming shack where Lions Club members find themselves seven days a week for a three-week period prior to the holiday season. One hundred percent of the tree sales' profit and tips will be gifted to Haying in the 30’s, Neighbor Aid Center, Camrose Women’s Shelter, Camrose Public Library and Centra Cam because of this year’s concerted effort.
Inside
Who Can I Count On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Out and About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 and 11 On the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 and 13 City of Camrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 and 17 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 22 Central Agencies Realty Inc. . . 23 and 24
This Week's Flyers
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News Features
Christmas events in Camrose and surrounding area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Reflections by Bonnie Hutchinson . . . . . . 4 Lutefisk Supper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Big Valley Jamboree lineup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Help a family with the Angel Tree . . . . . . 13 Holidays and grief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Augustana sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23