The Millarville Farmers’ Market will be transformed into the wild west this weekend as local rootin’, tootin’, gun-totin’ cowboys and cowgirls take aim at helping local a charity.
Cowboy stuntman Tom Eirikson is bringing his wild west comedy show to Millarville to help raise money for women and their children who are victims of sexual abuse.
The show called, “Once Upon A Time In The Old West,” takes place during the Millarville Farmers’ Market on Saturday, and admission is by donation to support former hockey player Sheldon Kennedy’s mission to support youth …

An organization in Calgary will be offering free guitar lessons for youth in Eden Valley come September with the goal of opening their minds to career possibilities and the value of education.
The Legacy Children’s Foundation Gift of Music Program offered free music lessons to Stoney Nakoda youth on the Morley reserve last year and 80 per cent of the students involved remained committed to the program and finished the school year.
That 80 per cent success rate has proven to be the magic number across North America, where similar programs have …

This weekend foothills residents will have the rare opportunity to buy a pink tarp that can be used to cover a chuckwagon — or a barbecue, for those who don’t have a chuckwagon.

A signature pink tarp, identical to what has been seen racing around the on top of chuckwagons for the past 11 years, will be auctioned off on Saturday at the North American Chuckwagon Championships in High River.
The goal of the sale is to help raise funds so the Rowan House Emergency Shelter can provide a good home for …

Every January, I attend the Dawgs banquet as the “Pastor to the Dawgs.” Some of my flock might actually be thinking “Pastor gone to the Dawgs.” I am asked to give the blessing for the food and then go on to ask God for a “repeat” championship; then it was a “threepeat” and last January it was for “four in a row.”
My track record so far has been pretty good. Thank God.
Now, my chances of success are reasonable but sadly, my topic for this issue is something much more serious …

Suicide is a touchy subject no matter how you look at it, but for one Okotoks high school student it is her life.
Foothills Composite High School student Bekki Meyer has personal experiences with teen suicide and on June 1 the Grade 11 student performed a monologue about her suicide attempts and her experience with the recent loss of a former boyfriend who committed suicide less than a month ago.
“I attempted suicide twice,” said the 16-year-old. “The first time was last summer when I tried to hang myself in my room, …

Many young people are scrambling to find a summer job, but a select few students will be starting a business this summer as part of a unique entrepreneur camp.
The 14th annual Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp (AYEC) will be held this summer in Cypress Hills, but unlike most summer camps the main focus of this camp will be opening a store not eating smores.
The 2010 AYEC is for youth aged 13 to 15 years of ago who have an interest in business. Sixty youth from Southern Alberta will attend the entrepreneurial-based …

It was a strange sight outside Foothills Composite High School on May 26 as it appeared some adults had joined students for detention and cleanup duty as they picked up litter on the grounds after school.
It was not detention, but it was a community service sentence.
The Okotoks Rotary Club approached Foothills Composite High School (FCHS) about helping to clean up the grounds surrounding the school. The litter that accumulates outside the school has been a contentious issue with residents in the neighbourhood and the Rotarians volunteered to help clean up …

It was the beginning of the end of a long journey for a young man who is blazing a trail for Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools.
On May 15 Nathan Siray, a graduate of Holy Trinity Academy in 2001, was ordained as a deacon the final step before becoming a priest.
It was an incredible celebration, not only for Siray and his family but for Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools (CRCS) as Siray is the first graduate of the school division to enter the priesthood.
Rob Allen, the former principal at Holy Trinity …

Organizers of a charity golf tournament want to make sure youth in the High Country area have something to eat if they arrive at school with their bellies rumbling.
They also want to support after school programs, athletic and academic pursuits through financial donations. For 30 years funds raised at the Turner Valley Charity Golf Classic have been dedicated to youth in the area.
The 18-hole charity golf classic takes place on May 28 at the Turner Valley Golf Club and there is space for a total of 144 participants.
Tyler Bray, chair …

A Haitian orphanage founded by an Okotoks charity is pushing to construct a new building to accommodate the pending influx of children left homeless by the earthquake that devastated the island in January.
God’s Littlest Angels vice-president Jeff Ryan estimated there are approximately 500,000 orphans currently living in the tent city being managed by the Red Cross. It takes time to determine whether a child has any living relatives, he said.
There are two fundraisers taking place this month to help generate funds needed to expand the existing orphanage sitting on 4.8 …