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The St.Augustine School’s performance of Disney’s Aladdin Jr. was well staged, very well performed and overall an excellent musical. The St.A’s Theatre Studies Program put on the production from June 5 to 8 at the high school gymnasium. The students rehearsed the play for approximately an hour every other day and their practice paid off.

SAAN stores across Canada are having a going-out-of-business sale, which is being conducted by Great American LLC Group and Hudson Capital Partners LLC. This includes the SAAN store in Ponoka located on 51st St.

Ponoka Composite High School had two situations involving the RCMP last week. On June 6 the school received generic threats against the school. RCMP reported that the threats arose from the fight that occurred at the school on June 4. At the time a joint decision was made between the Wolf Creek Public School Board and the Ponoka Detachment of the RCMP to close the school and send the students home.

The Ponoka RCMP are investigating a sexual assault/home invasion that occurred on May 25 at approximately 11:30 p.m. in Ponoka. An unknown male suspect gained entry to the victim’s residence via an unlocked side door. The female victim suffered minor injuries as a result of the attack. Cpl. Geoff Buxcey of the Ponoka RCMP assures residents that the town is still safe. He says that police are not releasing the location of the incident for the protection of the victim.

Hard work, passion and many hours of teaching has awarded Catherine Knudskoc, a teacher at the Ponoka Alternative Supports School (PASS), with the 2008 Provincial Excellence in Teaching Award.

Ponoka Composite High School has received generic threats against the school according to Wolf Creek Public Schools superintendent Larry Jacobs.

Ponoka was officially designated as Alberta’s first Senior Friendly community on May 27 at the Alberta Council on Aging Annual General Meeting in Red Deer.

The Ponoka Fort Ostell Chapter of the IODE was recently recognized at their provincial conference with a special honour.

Hobbema RCMP arrested Jody Lee Francis Soosay, 28 years old, on May 15 and charged him with 12 criminal code charges. Soosay has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in Wetaskiwin Provincial Court on May 27.