• Central Alberta Singles dance Saturday,
July 24 at Penhold Hall. Music by Hot Spur.
Doors open at 8 p.m., Elaine at 403-341-7653
or Bill at 403-350-4089.
• Decorate your business for Westerner
Days to be eligible to win a $1,000 gift certificate
of signage from The Wallah Group.
Judging starts at 10 a.m. on July 20. Register
at CiRS by July 13, 403-340-8193.
• Christian Youth Theatre Central Alberta
August Day camps for ages five to 18 featuring
Disney Rock and Roll with training in
drama, voice and dance. cytcentralalberta.
com of call 403-341-6021.
• FAST (fun, adapted, safe and totally cool)
Summer Program will be offered by Children
Services Centre from July 26 to 30. Half day
camps will run mornings from 9:30 to 11:30
a.m. and afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. Cost is
$125 per week and $63 for siblings. Melanie
or Jan at 403-340-2606.
• Spruce View Horse Show and Gymkhana
Aug. 15 at the Dickson Arena. Show
classes start at 9 a.m., gymkhana classes in
the afternoon. Emma at 403-746-3847, email
svhorseshow@gmail.com or visit www.dicksonarena.
com to download entry forms.
• Multiple Sclerosis Society is now taking
registrations for the 100 Holes of Golf to be
held at Wolf Creek Golf Resort on Sept. 13.
Tit www.msbiketours.ca, www.mssociety.ca/
central alberta or call 403-346-0290.
• Berry Architecture Wellness Bike Ride
Aug. 28 in support of the Central Alberta Brain
Injury Society. Choose between a 24 km ride
on Red Deer city trails or a 50 km or 100 km
route in Central Alberta. Registration and a
pledge sheet can be booked by calling 403-
341-3463 or email cabis@telus.net. Register
by July 31.
• Sunnybrook Farm Museum birthday party
packages in basic package, pioneer package
and pioneer plus package. You bring the
cake and the museum provides activities and
old fashioned fun. To book, phone 340-3511.
• Dr. Gabor Mate returns to Red Deer
on October 19 with his Taming the Hungry
Ghost: Addiction and Mental Illness program
at Crossroads Church from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Registration fee is $95 for the day including
lunch. Safe Harbour Society at 403-347-
0181 email lianne@safeharboursociety.org.
• Donations of a gas range, ride-on lawn
mower and a smaller bobcat are needed to
upgrade the Medicine River Wildlife Centre.
Tax receipt issued. Call 403-728-3467.
• Medicine River Wildlife Centre children’s
Sensory Camp on July 26 and 27. Children,
ages eight to ten years old will experience
amazing close encounters with wildlife. 403-
728-3467 or visit www.medicineriverwildlifecentre.
ca
• Lacombe Garden Club presents Hidden
Treasures yard and garden bus tours on July
28. Three tour times are available: 9 a.m. to
noon, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Advance
tickets are necessary; $15 at Hannas
Seeds, Lacombe.
• Staycation Weekend at Fort Normandeau
from noon on July 17 to 5 p.m. on July
18. Camp at the Fort for the weekend and be
a tourist in your own hometown. Fee includes
a tent spot, many on-site activities, continental
breakfast, BYO lunch, supper and gear. Tents
only. No alcohol at this family event. Register,
$50 per family, by 7:30 p.m. on July 15. Call
403-346-2010 for information and registration.
• Sunnybrook Farm Museum Day Camps
take young people back in time to experience
pioneer life in early Alberta. Feed chickens,
make butter, pump water, cook on a wood
stove, take part in fun farm chores, and explore
the 1889 log home. Some field trips
included. Camps run Monday to Friday from
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for ages five to 12 years
old. Early registrations recommended. Phone
403-340-3511.
• Mulan Jr. will be performed by Tree House
Youth Theatre on July 23 and 24 and again
on July 30 at the Scott Block. Tickets, $12 for
seniors, $20 for adults and $12 for under age
12, may be reserved at treehousetheatre@
gmail.com or call 403-346-9399.
• Upcoming Kerry Wood Nature Centre
events: Hunt for orchids in Cypress Hills Interprovincial
Park on July 9-11. Look for rare
plants at J.J. Collett on July 17 and again on
July 24. Travel to Waterton Lakes National
Park on July 20-22. Contact Eileen at 403-
886-4905 for registration and information.
