Thursday, November 6, 2025
VOLUME 8 I ISSUE 20
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What’s inside Connie Adams (left) accepts a cheque for the Paradise Valley and Districts Agricultural Society from Harris Electric owner George Coles. File photo
RIR exec gets well-earned rest Residents in Recovery director takes leave.
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Harris Electric donates to community groups
Card show packs casino
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Border City Card Show brings collectors to the Gold Horse.
Smith returns in style
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Bobcats’ defenceman scores on his comeback weekend.
CHRISTIAN APOSTOLOVSKI STAFF WRITER
.................................. Harris Electric is boosting local organizations with funding as a way to give back to the community that’s helped them get to where they stand. “We’re in a position with a lot of our customers and partners to help people,” said George Coles, Harris Electric owner. “This is about us doing everything we can to give back to the people that supported us.” Coles recognizes that he and his director of operations, Curtis McKay, would not be in the position they are without the support of the community. “There’s absolutely no way, I or Curtis, would be in this position if we weren’t in receipt of the helping hands of others,” he said. “We can’t be
belonging When the days grow colder, community becomes our warmth.
selfish with what we’ve been blessed with.” In the recent donations, Harris Electric gave back to three Lloydminster and area organizations, giving $500 to Girls Beyond Borders. “Girls Beyond Borders, my wife actually found out about them,” said McKay. “We have teenage girls and were looking for different organizations in the community and outlets where they can go and find their own voice and their own selfconfidence. “It seemed like the perfect fit to give back as part of our sponsorship for the Ladies of the Patch golf tournament that we did in September.” The idea at the event was originally to have a raffle basket. Instead, Harris made it a draw, giving the basket away and donating the money to Girls Beyond Borders.
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