The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

The Fun Country Riders of Strathmore presented the Gymkhana at the Chestermere Fair on Saturday Sept. 17. The excellent facilities at the Chestermere Recreation complex hosted all the events and the riders took home beautiful rosette ribbons.  Thanks to all the organizers including Debbie Myslicki for a great job! During the lunch break, Jordana Savard and Chayna Phillps thrilled the crowd with a trick riding demonstration. The Gymkana results are as follows: LEADLINE: Poles: 1. Nolan 2. Matta Stakes, Flags, Keyhole: 1. Matta 2. Nolan BANTAM: Barrels, Poles, Stakes: 1. Rachel Gagne  2. Hope Gagne JUNIOR: Barrels: 1. Cheyenne McElhone  [...]

CHESTERMERE – The country fair parade will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 17, and BMO Bank of Montreal is hoping that local kids will get on their bikes and participate rather than just watch the parade roll by. To spice things up, there will be prizes offered for the best-dressed sets of wheels. Participants can decorate in whatever theme they choose. BMO Mortgage Specialist and organizer Patricia Virk said that the contest is not limited to participants with bicycles. “The theme can be anything they want, and just about anything with wheels is welcome,” she said. “We want [...]

Friday, September 16 The Rec Centre’s “Teen Blast” will take place once again on the Friday evening from 6 to 11 p.m. The concession will be open, and there will be laser tag as well as a guitar hero tournament and a battle of the bands, sponsored by First Fire Productions. To enter the battle of the bands or for more info, email bob2011@firstfireproductions.com or visit www.firstfireproductions.com. The “View from the Top” wine and cheese tasting event will return this year. Starting at 7 p.m., visitors can watch the Red Ribbon judging from the curling rink’s lounge. Saturday, September 17 [...]

CHESTERMERE – Every year, organizers of the Chestermere Fall Fair hope to see an increase in entires for the Red Ribbon Competition. In order to up the entries and get people more interested in the competition, the Chestermere Agricultural Society has began hosting annual Preserving Our Skills workshops. Sitting down and trying to teach someone how to carve a wooden duck or paint a fabulous landscape would be tedious, but anyone can bake if they really want to. So, the Ag Society hosted a workshop this past Friday that taught participants how to make delicious, ooey-gooey cinnamon sticky buns. Around [...]

CHESTERMERE – The Chestermere Country Fair Red Ribbon Committee has come up with a delicious and creative way to support the local food bank. On Sept. 12, baking enthusiasts will be gathering at the recreation centre to produce a lineup of pies that will be auctioned off at the Fall Fair on Sept. 17. The event is open to both experienced pie-makers and those who would simply like to learn how to make a crusty masterpiece as well as support a good cause. The pies will be made on the 12th, and then frozen until they are baked in the [...]

Hey kids, there are a lot of new categories in this year’s Chestermere Country Fair Red Ribbon Competition for YOU! There is lots of time to get those entries ready, or practice baking, as the deadline to enter is Friday September 16th 2011 6pm. All entries must be at the Chestermere Regional Community Centre between 11am and 6pm to qualify…and there is money to be won! Last week you heard about the art prizes for junior and senior high, but there are prizes in the other child and youth categories as well. Not only will you win $3 for a [...]

Once again, it will be LEGO® mania at the Chestermere Country Fair Red Ribbon Competition, Sept 16th 17th 2011! Not only are there LEGO categories for Pre-school to Grade 4, there is an open category for Youth and the highly contested Craig Lawrence Memorial Lego Competition. It was Craig’s love of building LEGO, particularly emergency vehicles, which spurred the Red Ribbon to begin this competition in 2008, the year in which Craig, loved and well known Town Planner and Volunteer Firefighter was tragically killed in a car accident. Competition was up 50% last year. It is open to adults and [...]

The Chestermere Country Fair Red Ribbon is not all about pies, pickles, and paintings! The Horticulture Section is as much a traditional as the Handicrafts and Baking. It celebrates the green thumbs of our community. Our high altitude prairie plain poses a great challenge to grow anything. The Red Ribbon especially honours those whose tricks of the trade pay off. A Flower Trophy has been donated and is presented to the grower with the most points in posies. And gift certificate prizes are available from local garden centres. There are 31 categories of flowers, and also some popular categories ” [...]