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Get close to Venus and Jupiter!

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:29:20 +0000

Come see the two brightest planets side-by-side in the night sky on March 12th. Beginning at 8:15 PM, members of the Big Sky Astronomical Society will have telescopes set up at Emerson Lake (weather permitting) to allow the public to view these planets up close. This planet pairing will surely catch your eye, so don’t miss this celestial treat! You can read more about this celestial event in the current issue of Routes Magazine.

Learn more about the Big Sky Astronomical Society

Stories not soon forgotten…

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:49:23 +0000

If a picture paints a thousand words, then a photo album captures countless moments. In the past, it was often women who photographed and wrote about these moments: daily events that significantly impacted their lives – both as individuals and as an integral part of Alberta’s social landscape.

By Mary Savage

. [19-] Thomas A. Edge Archives & Special Collections 2007.006/187″]

A women, likely Edith Roberts, plowing a field with four horses [Alberta

For the first time, there is a project and facility uniquely designed to preserve the stories of the lives of Alberta women. The initial batch of memoirs is available through the Alberta Women’s Memory Project (AWMP) for students to research, families to enjoy, and for the public to glimpse into the journeys and perspectives of pioneer women.

The memoirs reflect common sentiments of peace, turmoil, joy and discovery – inextricably woven throughout their lives. They speak of a woman’s grief, a daughter’s illness, the loss of family members, the challenges growing up, politics and religion – in Alberta and around the world.

The catalyst, for what is now AWMP, came one afternoon at the University of Alberta campus in 1989 when an older woman stopped in to the then-closing Women’s Resource Centre. Nanci Langford was minding the centre when she arrived and explained that she was moving and had two complete sets of women’s magazines from the ’60s and ’70s that she was either going to donate or dump. Langford urged her to not destroy the publications – an invaluable information source about women’s lives during those turbulent decades. This turn of events caused Langford to single-handedly spearhead the Northern Alberta Women’s Archives Association.

By 2000, Langford had moved her teaching skills to Athabasca University. Cathy Cavanagh, was the department head and together these two women formed a committee of the most knowledgeable instructors in women’s studies, complemented by a selection of capable community members and women’s advocates.

Through the support of Athabasca University, a variety of grants from the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, Libraries and Archives Canada, and a host of volunteer hours, a website for women’s history now exists.

The AWMP website is the first of its kind in Canada, if not the world, and the collections represent Alberta women from all walks of life – from influential to seemingly ordinary; all with something important to contribute. Some donate to the archives, while others loan their collections for digitizaton only. Either way, materials such as Fanny Makepeace Johnson’s memoir of life at Byemoor, Alberta in 1895 and the blue and white ceramic hashish pipe collected by Helen S. Petersen Bentley while travelling in Asia in 1990, are preserved and accessible.

The AWMP collects memoirs from women of all ages across the province. To learn more or contribute to their collection, visit the AWMP website: http://awmp.athabascau.ca

On November 15, the AWMP is holding a fundraiser at University of Alberta campus in Edmonton.

To purchase tickets, make a donation or volunteer as a southern Alberta member, visit the AWMP website.

Support your High Rive Fire Department

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:11:23 +0000

Support your local fire department by buying a 2012 calendar featuring High River’s own brave, hard working men and women.

Your $20 goes towards the building a new training facility for the department.

Great Christmas gift idea or stocking stuffer.

Photographed by local photographers.

Museum of the Highwood turns 50

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:47:27 +0000

Fifty years ago on October 19, 1961 the museum opened its doors to the public in the former Eamor’s building on 3 ave. SE in High River. The Museum of the Highwood has been preserving and sharing history of the Highwood region ever since.

Read more about the celebration of this milestone anniversary:

PDF – Museum of the Highwood

For more information email: info@museumofthehighwood.com

or go to High River website

Friday Family Fun in High River

admin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:51:48 +0000

Unique fundraising idea….

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:10:58 +0000

Routes is a popular and growing local magazine. Your team, club or school could financial benefit by selling subscriptions to this unique, relevant and beautiful magazine. Download Introduction Letter -PDF

If your school or club is interested in selling subscriptions for this publication, Routes Media will credit your group $4 for every one-year subscription and $6 for every two-year subscription sold. Selling just 500 2-year subscriptions would result in $3000 for your group.

So SWEET!

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:27:38 +0000

Congratulations to Sheena of Sheena’s Sweets on her move over to 3 ave in High River. Great new shop…go check it out soon!

Help build a Playground

admin — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:56:56 +0000

Photo by Neville Palmer

Terry Grant will be in attendance a the Ecole Joe Clark School for the dinner and silent auction to fund raise for a new playground.

Tickets $50

March 12, 5:30 pm start

Call 403-652 2020 for tickets and information. Mantracker Poster Ecole Joe Clark

Oilfields High Award

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:33:46 +0000

Congratulations to Oilfields School, Black Diamond. The school will receive a national award for teaching & learning innovation.

Oilfields School in Black Diamond will receive a national Canadian Education Association (CEA) award recognizing innovation in teaching and learning for its Quest alternative education program, which reinvents the delivery of high school education. Students who want to perform better academically self-select to participate in this innovative, holistic education experience, which helps them discover their own inner strengths through customized, self-paced learning, service work and volunteering, weekly adventure learning and personal and group counseling as well as career exploration involving placements and career counseling.! Oilfields School

Diamond Valley Business Expo

admin — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:27:40 +0000

Shop local! We all want to – but – Where is it!

With over 600 business licenses registered in Turner Valley and Black Diamond, lots of services are available right here! The Diamond Valley Chamber of Commerce hopes to create awareness of all the skilled tradesmen and professionals and businesses that are located in the Diamond Valley region.

Diamond Valley Business Expo – March 19 and 20. Download and Read the News Release