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Long-time Slave Lake resident had terrible first impression
Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader On November 1, 1966, Don and Ruth Whillier decided to check out Slave Lake. Ruth had been through the town when she was a child during World War II, but Don had never been. Don had applied…
Remembering Duane Kerik, the M.D. of LSR’s first reeve
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Duane Kerik was like a lot of his friends and neighbours; there were things about local government he didn’t like and he wasn’t shy about saying so. Unlike most of them, however, he stepped up and did…
North Dakotan involved with start of adult ed in Kinuso
Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Northern Lakes College started out as a Community Vocational Centre, which provided adult education in various communities. In Kinuso, Lorentz Lorentzen was the teacher for 13 years. In a cutline in a 1974 Northland Free Press…
Gerard Mercier settled in Alberta and not by the ocean as he hoped
When you’re born in 1914, one sees a lot of changes in a lifetime.Even when he came out west, Gerard Mercier’s original plan was to settle his roots down in the Vancouver area, where he could live by the ocean.…
Don and Brenda Ebbett: Couple’s dedication to Legion is unmatched
Chris CleggSouth Peace News Just how does a man who has seen most of the world during a long military career, coupled with an unfettered passion for sticky buns, end up in the High Prairie area? And his wife, who…