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Spanking weather at United Way barbecue

Spanking weather at United Way barbecue

Beth Anthony gets a spanking from United Way colleague Jennifer Forest as they try to keep warm while staffing a barbecue outside the charitable group’s 48th Street offices Thursday. The community event, held over the lunch hour, was intended to help bring in additional funds to meet the United Way’s fundraising goal of $2.1 million this year.
Winter-style cleanup

Winter-style cleanup

Carrie Vivier of the city’s Recreation, Parks and Culture department pulls marigolds, petunias and other annuals from a bed in City Hall Park Thursday. Though she and others workers had begun pulling plants last week, the last of them came out when fall weather had turned decidedly wintery. Snow remains absent from the long weekend forecast, but daytime highs of 0, 1 and 4C are well below the seasonal average of 13C.

Credit Union pays it forward for ripple effect in acts of kindness

Servus Credit Union is banking on 20,000 Albertans performing acts of kindness.Servus is set to launch on Oct. 15 the Feel Good Ripple by giving away $200,000 — one $10 bill at a time, said Stephen Brosinksy, regional manager of the Red Deer region.

What's the holdup?

The former spouse of a man who died of a heart attack at the Red Deer Remand Centre last January is anxiously waiting for answers on what happened when police first arrested him.

Switchboard - October 9

Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre offers Drop-in Scrabble at 1 p.m. on Mondays during the summer for a cost of $1. Phone 403-343-6074.
Bagged lunches for city schools

Bagged lunches for city schools

Volunteer Kelly Condon hustles to get the last of 174 bagged lunches ready for delivery to 25 city schools in the Loaves and Fishes kitchen on Wednesday morning.

Club Dates - October 9

The Hub (on Ross Street) will host Bob Evans and Steve Fisher on Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets, $15 at 53rd Street Music and Parkland Audio and Music Centre. For more information, call 780-340-7804.

Red Deer boy killed in Hwy 2 collision near Millet overpass

The southbound lanes of Hwy 2 near Millet have reopened following a fatal two-vehicle collision this morning.

ROAD REPORT: First blast of winter strikes Central Alberta highways

Central Alberta got its first taste real winter weather for the season on Thursday morning.
Rising Together

Rising Together

Rising Together by Sam Dwyer is a print currently on display in the Red Deer College Library. It’s part of the retrospective Restrike of student printmaking that runs until Oct. 22.