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Flagstaff disperses $100k regionally in new rec facilities grant Leslie Cholowsky Editor
Jake’s Gift a touching, vivid portrayal of loss and love PHOTO BY TIM MATHESON
The Flagstaff Players welcomed playright and performer Julia Mackey and director Dirk Van Stralen to Sedgewick’s Community Hall on Monday, Oct. 13, and Tuesday, Oct. 14, for a performance of Jake’s Gift, a moving story of a WWII veteran’s first return to France since the war, 80 years past. Mackey plays four different characters in the play, seamlessly, and brings a tale of loss, and love, and hope. After the show, collections for the Killam and Lougheed Legion branches were made through sales of buttons and prints, with a special print donated to both Legions and to the Flagstaff Players by Mackey after the performance. Above, Mackey portrays ‘Jake’ a Canadian WWII veteran who has returned to Juno Beach for the 80th anniversary of the end of the war.
In its 2025, Flagstaff County Council established a Recreation Facilities Grant of $100,000, meant to assist the region’s major recreation facilities. The grant could be applied to help with increased operational expenses, or used for repair and maintenance. When the grant was created, Council intended the funds to target facilities serving a significant number of participants or spectators, which had a high impact on its community. Flagstaff County opened up applications earlier in the year, with a deadline of May 31. The application process required information on participant/registrant numbers, number of days the facility is open, financial statements for the past three years, confirmation of non-for-profit status, and what the grant funding would be used for. Thirteen regional organizations applied for the funding, including DaysArts, the Daysland Arena, Daysland Golf Club, Forestburg Ag. Society, Forestburg Arena Association, Forestburg Community Centre, Forestburg Curling Club, Forestburg Golf Club, Friends of
Sedgewick Rec Centre, Heisler Ag Society, Lougheed Ag Society, the Strome Community Curling Club, and the Town of Killam. Total grant funds requested through the applications were $585,283, leaving Council and administration to analyze all the applications received, with focus placed on user and registrant statistics to concentrate on facilitys with a high regional use and impact. The top four major facilities from that analysis were the Daysland Arena, Forestburg Arena, Sedgewick Rec Centre, and Killam Arena/Agriplex. In the analysis, it was determined that these four facilities could split the $100,000 grant funding approved in the budget, “to assist with increased utility, insurance, and unforeseen repair and maintenance costs.” Council agreed with that assessment, and allotted $25,000 to each of the four regional facilities in Daysland, Forestburg, Sedgewick, and Killam. Council then took that one step further, and passed a motion to include funding in its 2026 draft budget for $100,000 to be distributed equally among the four organizations next year as well.
The Community Press office will be CLOSED Monday, August 5 for the Civic Holiday. We will reopen Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 9 a.m. and our next edition will still be published Wedneday. Aug. 7 Ad deadlines will be noon Tuesday, Aug. 6