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Thanks Barrhead, good job!

Thanks Barrhead, good job!

To the Editor, Barrhead Leader. On behalf of the Calgary tennis players (four of us altogether) who attended the recent Barrhead senior games tennis tournament, we would like to make a few observations.
Impressed by sports facilities

Impressed by sports facilities

Dear Editor, Ball in our community is huge in the summer months, regardless of age. We have many other communities that travel here to play our local teams, and presentation is huge.
Be like water, my friend — and think about water, too

Be like water, my friend — and think about water, too

Water: it’s what we should strive to be like, according to famed martial artist Bruce Lee.
I crashed a car. Let me explain...

I crashed a car. Let me explain...

There was no going back. I had signed a waver that said if I died, it wasn’t the fault of the Barrhead demolition derby. I was about to drive a car around two barrels in a somewhat complicated figure eight patter...blindfolded.
One marvellous summer

One marvellous summer

Barrhead has done it again. Less than two weeks after the end of the 55-Plus Summer Games, hailed as one of the best in living memory, Barrhead hosted the Blue Heron Fair Days.
A loss for Westlock

A loss for Westlock

For more than a quarter century Bruce Lennon has served Westlock either as a school division trustee, town councillor, and for the last nine years as mayor — the last two terms of which he ran unopposed. Let that sink in for a moment.
Shoot for the stars, but be ready for challenges

Shoot for the stars, but be ready for challenges

The final of three Grade 12 classes in Athabasca County graduated last week, meaning a total of 151 local young adults must now chart a new course all their own — or reach for the stars, fly as high as they can, and quite possibly never stop believin
More fun on the way

More fun on the way

As the crowds dispersed from one multi-day event, another one is just around the corner.
You have got to be kitten me!

You have got to be kitten me!

Miaow! Miaow! Miaow! Where was the plaintive sound coming from? The bushes? Long grass? A rooftop? A culvert? It was hard to be positive.
Two wonderful women

Two wonderful women

Dear Editor, Recently, (July 23) my husband, Calvin, who is a hemiplegic, fell in our driveway while trying to get out of his truck. I could not get outside to help him.
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