Barrhead News

Name: Richard Jacobs Age: 66 Events: Swimming, 65-Plus Men’s 100m Back (gold), 65-Plus Men’s 50m Back (silver), 65-Plus Men’s 50m Free (bronze), 65-Plus Men’s 100m Free (bronze) About Jacobs: Jacobs, who was raised in England, used to be terrified of

Hopes have been expressed that the Alberta 55-Plus Summer Games will be a springboard to more events involving Barrhead and Westlock. Barrhead Mayor Brian Schulz said the July 25-28 Games had helped unify local communities.

The public will have a chance this month to scrutinize plans for a $12 million gravel operation in Barrhead county. Two meetings on the Stony Valley Project have been organized. One will take place at Mystery Lake Community Hall on Aug. 19.

What a festival it was. Four days of sporting excellence, courage, endeavour and determination came to a glorious end on Sunday. Four days when the sun shone and the spirit shone even brighter.

Members of the Meadowview 4-H Club were part of an interesting learning experience recently, when they shared in an exchange with a club from Ontario.

The grand opening of Barrhead’s new $13-14 million water treatment plant is slated for early October.

Elsie Measures. What does the name mean to you? Perhaps you think of the grande dame of Barrhead’s bowling scene. Or perhaps the secretary of the Barrhead Historical Society, someone involved in preserving artifacts and the history of the area.

People don’t stop having fun because they grow old, they grow old because they stop having fun. If the theory requires proof, then Fort Assiniboine’s forever youthful John and Bessie Stevens can provide it.

The year 1984 in Camrose was an important one for the Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games. It was the first time slo-pitch was part of the event, and Barrhead resident Joe Smith remembers it well. For 25 years Smith was involved in slo-pitch in Barrhead.

From the time she started swimming lessons at five years old, Rita McCaw has always been a recreational swimmer.