2020
Vol. LXIX, No. 21
City Edition – 32 pages Country Edition – 40 pages
April 20, 2021
ALWAYS BETTER – ALWAYS BETTER READ
A FIGHTING
CHANCE
Inside Who Can I Count On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Out and About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 City of Camrose . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 and 15 On the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 20 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 and 25 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 to 30 Central Agencies Realty Inc. . . . 31 and 32
This Week's Flyers To Camrose Homes To Rural Homes *partial coverage Tuesday With Booster Bratrud Vac Services ✔* Canada Safeway ✔* ✔ ✔* ✔ Canadian Tire Happy Chopstix ✔* Hauser Home Hardware ✔* ✔ M & M Food Market ✔* ✔ Peavey Mart ✔* ✔ Save-On-Foods ✔* ✔ Shoppers Drug Mart ✔* ✔ Sleep Country ✔ ✔ Walmart ✔* ✔ Wild Rose Co-op ✔ ✔
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ypically, Camrose Regional Exhibition is the site and venue of choice for an average of 325 events in a calendar year. Thanks to COVID-19, the CRE has been able to host just six on-site events from March 2020 to March 2021. (Most of these were AHS-approved February cattle sales.) Dianne Kohler, Executive Director of CRE, and her Board of Directors clearly understand the magnitude of decimation of select businesses during this pandemic! Despite their own current bleak outlook, when Dianne and her scant remaining number of non-laid-off maintenance and labour staff heard the news that AHS and Camrose City Council were approving open air and temporary structure outdoor dining, they felt they had to do what they could to help their counterparts in the hospitality industry. They immediately reached out to local restaurateurs, offering their inventory of 20-foot by 20-foot tents, picnic tables, and other catering supplies for immediate usage. All available supplies were made available at “heavily discounted pricing”. As Dianne relays it, “Basically, for whatever these business owners felt they could afford to pay.” Over a couple of days, the CRE team moved cement blocks and tables, and quickly pitched tents at various eating establishments around Camrose in an effort to give local small business owners a fighting chance.
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News Features Fire destroys home and property. . . . . . 2 Live events soon could take place . . . . . 3 Reflections by Bonnie Hutchinson . . . . . 4 Just Sayin’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Encourage nature and all its wonder in your own yard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Big Valley Jamboree postponed until next year. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
