2023
Vol. LXXIII, No. 3
32 Pages December 10, 2024
Relighting
MAIN STREET
Photo by Ron Pilger
Much of the community was dismayed and deeply disappointed when the year-round LED lights were removed from the trees lining Main Street, Camrose, a couple of years ago. This happened immediately after the Downtown Camrose Business Association was dissolved. Thanks to recent dialogue and cooperation between the Camrose Chamber of Commerce and the City of Camrose, 50th Street, in the downtown core, is on the verge of being brightly lit up once again. Last week, Devin Bonnar, owner of Team Electrical, sent his crews out to begin the laborious task of decorating the dozens of trees, and testing hundreds of strings of lights between 48th Avenue and 51st Avenue, in time for the balance of this year’s festive season. The entire community is invited to come out on Thursday, December 19, at 6 p.m., to share in the joy of an official lighting of Main Street. Additional plans for this historic milestone evening are currently in the planning stages. Watch next week’s edition of The Camrose Booster and the Camrose Now! app for more information on this much-anticipated celebration. Marshall Szott, journeyman electrician, and John Echlin, second year apprentice, both with Team Electrical, are enjoying the current weather as they work on the labour-intensive task of relighting Main Street Camrose.
Who Can I Count On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Out and About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 and 13 City of Camrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 On the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 and 21 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 to 25 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 to 30 Central Agencies Realty Inc. . . 31 and 32
To Camrose Homes Tuesday
A&W ✔ Ace Liquor ✔ Brick Warehouse ✔ Camrose Pizza Unlimited ✔* Canada Safeway ✔ ✔ Canadian Tire ✔ Giant Tiger M & M Food Market ✔ ✔ Mark's ✔ Peavey Mart ✔ Shoppers Drug Mart ✔ Sport Check ✔ Walmart ✔ Wild Rose Co-op
To Rural Homes With Booster ✔ ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔* ✔
News Features
Christmas Lane lights up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Reflections by Bonnie Hutchinson . . . . . . 4 Just Sayin' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RCMP play hockey for charity . . . . . . . . . . 5 Midnight Madness launches holiday season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Churchmice play at Bailey awakens holiday spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Never too much turkey or jazz . . . . . . . . 13 Homespun by Laurel Nadon . . . . . . . . . . 23
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