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Written by Lindsay Ducharme, For the Sun Times
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:08 |
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 Sun Times photo by Lindsay Ducharme Doran Degenstein, Fort Whoop-Up executive director, demonstrates the "Voice of the Past" feature at the fort. The fort is again open after a devastating flood last summer.
Throughout its rich history Fort Whoop-Up has faced its share of challenges. Devastated by both fires and floods, the Fort always has always managed to not only recover, but thrive. After suffering major damages due to severe flooding last July, the Fort Whoop-Up National Historical Site has opened it doors once again. Doran Degenstein, Fort Whoop-Up executive director, explained that the closure was especially devastating since 2012 was shaping up to be a record-breaking year. On the heels of disappointment, staff managed to make the best out of the situation. “While we were closed we ended up doing some improvements as to how the site would have been (in 1869).”
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Read more... [Fort opens door to area's past]
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Written by Lindsay Ducharme, For the Sun Times
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Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:58 |
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 Photo by Lindsay Ducharme Teresa Petriw and Janet Thompson hold the first prize in the Lethbridge Festival of Quilts raffle. The biennial quilt festival will take place June 14-15 at the Lethbridge College gymnasium.
Teresa Petriw’s passion for quilting began 25 years ago after enrolling in a class when her daughter was a baby. What started out as a hobby, a way to get out of the house and meet people, has turned into a self-described “addiction.” Janet Thompson shares a similar story; her foray into the quilting world was spurred by her love of sewing and an attempt to find a new hobby. “About a year before I was to retire my daughter told me I better get a hobby or I would drive her father crazy. Because I liked sewing I thought maybe quilting would be a good fit,” she described. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Read more... [Quilt extravaganza]
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Written by Lindsay Ducharme, For the Sun Times
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013 14:51 |
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 Lethbridge Herald file photo by David Rossiter Safety City board member Patti Caven gives riding instructions to Calvin Low, 5, during a Safety City Family Fun Day in June 2012 at the facility north of Exhibition Park.
Keeping children safe is a universal concern. No organization takes childhood safety more seriously than Safety City, an agency dedicated to educating children and adults on childhood safety issues. For almost 18 years Lethbridge residents have been accessing vital programming from Safety City. The agency’s long run almost came to an abrupt halt in 2012 due to difficulties securing funding. However, in January 2013, Exhibition Park officially stepped in and took over the reins, ensuring generations of children to come will continue to receive safety education.
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Read more... [Putting safety first]
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Written by Lindsay Ducharme, For the Sun Times
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Wednesday, 29 May 2013 14:15 |
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 Photo by Lindsay Ducharme From left, Diane Muma, Vedna McGill and Brenda Hill are all involved with the annual Investors Group Memory Walk in support of the Alzheimer Society.
Diane Muma had been dreaming about her retirement for years. Muma and her husband had planned and saved, fantasized and debated where to travel during their golden years. All their dreams were dashed, however, when her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease when he was only 57 years old. “When he retired he started losing interest in what he was doing. There was some inability for him to fix things; he was my ‘Mr. Fix-It,’ and we just saw changes in his behaviour,” Muma said in describing his early symptoms. “We went to the doctor to try to get the bottom of it. The doctor was reluctant to diagnose him. He said he was depressed because of his age; he didn’t really look at anything else. In my heart I kind of knew what it was because of the symptoms. We persevered and we finally got him diagnosed;. He was 57, but he was already fairly well into the disease; he was probably mid-stage.”
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Read more... [A step down memory lane]
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Written by Lindsay Ducharme, For the Sun Times
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:23 |
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 Photo by Lindsay Ducharme Danielle McIntyre, executive director of the Interfaith Food Bank, is gearing up for the annual Target Hunger campaign that will benefit local food banks.
Lethbridge residents, prepare to see yellow. The Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-day Saints (LDS) is gearing up for its annual Target Hunger campaign. The program is a citywide food drive which benefits both the Interfaith Food Bank and the Lethbridge Food Bank Society. “Target Hunger was initially started by the LDS church and now a lot of other organizations, groups, churches, businesses, etcetera have all hopped on board with this mission,” explained Tonya Woolford, executive director of the Lethbridge Food Bank Society.
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Read more... [LDS Church targets hunger]
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