Community

The Ponoka Victim Services held their annual general meeting on March 14 to keep the group informed and to hear from different people involved in the association.

The tables were turned on students, parents and teachers during the Parent/Teacher talent show at Ponoka Elementary School on March 6.

Ponoka Composite High School was under water from Feb. 28 to March 2 causing classes to be cancelled and parents, students and teachers to be concerned.

JJ Collett Natural Area Foundation held their annual general meeting on Feb. 25. The meeting highlighted the past year and set goals for the future.

MP for Ponoka and Wetaskiwin Blaine Calkins attended the NATO parliamentary association meetings in Brussels, Belgium from Feb. 17 to 19.

Actors and actresses from Ponoka Composite High School put a lot of time and effort into their long awaited performance of Grease and that energy was shown in their first presentation on Feb. 16.

Valentine’s Day is a time of love. A love that lasts 60 years is something very special that doesn’t happen very often anymore but is something to admire.

Joe Anglin has been in the news for quite some time now and is probably best well known as the victor in the fight for the rights of property owners last year after a struggle with a power line company while he was vice-chair of the Lavesta Group.

Daniel Freisen, pastor of Bashaw Community Church, has chosen to run for the Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta after seeing needs in the province that are not being recognized by the current government.

Five candidates have stepped up to run for the Lacombe-Ponoka seat in the Legislature in Edmonton.