Blackie Buzz
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assistance to sign up, please call our Help Line:
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June-July 2014
Hamlet of Blackie & District Community
Association
Next monthly meeting
Tuesday June 10th, 2014
6:30 pm IOOF Lodge Hall
Everyone welcome (including children)
We are currently working on the following
items:
 Blackie Centennial Memorial
 Rink and skateboard pad in Hill
Park
 Tree additions to Blackie Streets
and Hill Park
Happy Birthday Richard!
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Canada Day in Blackie
The day, Tuesday July 1st, begins
with the traditional Firemen’s
breakfast, followed by the parade.
There will be the bouncy castle,
petting zoo and a hay ride. The
Rebecca’s will serve beef on a bun.
The day winds up with spectacular
fireworks. Some events are not
certain at this time so watch for
posters and check the web
site prior to the date.
www.blackie.ca
You are invited to a 90th birthday
celebration for Richard Percifield
Sunday June 29th 2-4:30pm at the
Royal Canadian Legion 25 8th Ave.
SE (Veteran’s Way) High River.
Richard has requested no gifts or
cards. Those that wish to do so are
encouraged to make a donation in
Richard’s honor to the Royal
Canadian Legion Building Fund.
On behalf of the Community Association
and the residents, we thank the students,
teachers and staff for their effort in our
annual Blackie clean-up. Thank You!
Here are the Answers
1. Johnny's mother had three
children. The first child was named April. The second
child was named May. What
was the third child's name?
Answer: Johnny
2. There is a clerk at the butcher
shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13
sneakers. What does
he weigh?
Answer: Meat.
3. Before Mt. Everest was
discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mt. Everest; it just wasn't discovered yet.
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two
feet by three feet by four feet? Answer: There is no dirt
in a hole
5. What word in the English Language
is always spelled incorrectly?
Answer: incorrectly
6. Billy was born on December 28th,
yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this
possible?
Answer: Billy lives in the Southern
Hemisphere
7. In California, you cannot take a
picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
Answer: You can't take pictures with a wooden leg; you
need a camera to
take pictures.
8. What was the President's Name in
1975?
Answer: Same as is it now - Barack Obama
9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person
in 2nd place,
what place would you be in now?
Answer: You would be in 2nd place.. Well, you passed
the
person in second place, not first.
10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are
white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?
Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow.
11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field
and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks
would he have if he combined them all in another field?
Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they
all become one big stack.
With a timid voice and idolizing eyes, the little boy
greeted his father as he returned from work,
“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?” “Please
son, don’t bother me now, I’m tired”. “But Daddy,
how much do you make an hour?” “OK, twenty
dollars an hour”. “Okay. Daddy, could you loan me
ten dollars?” “The father yelled, “So that was the
reason you asked how much I earn, right? Go to
sleep and don’t bother me anymore.” It was already
dark and the father was mediating on what he had
said and was feeling guilty. Maybe he thought his
son wanted to buy something.
Finally, trying to
ease his mind, the father went to his son's room.
"Are you asleep son?" asked the father.
"No, Daddy. Why?" replied the boy partially asleep.
"Here's the money you asked for earlier," the father
said. "Thanks, Daddy!" rejoiced the son, while
putting his hand under his pillow and removing
some money. "Now I have enough! Now I have
twenty dollars!" the boy said to his father, who was
gazing at his son, confused at what his son just said.
"Daddy could you sell me one hour of your time?"
50 new books arrive at the Community
Library on Wednesday. Check it out!
ATB Financial
Monday to Thursday 10:00 am to 3:30
pm
Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
It is mortgage time. Need a new
mortgage or renewing a mortgage?
ATB has the best rate.
For more information call or stop in at
the ATB Financial in Blackie
403-684-0023
Blackie T.O.P.S. AB5183
“Take Off Pounds Sensibly”
T.O.P.S. would like to welcome
everyone in supporting one another
into their personal weight-loss
journey.
Meet at the Blackie
Library Wednesday morning 10 am
to 11:30 am. Hope to see you
there!
Submissions to the Buzz
Business advertising is available for a
donation of $10.00 per ad per month,
household advertising is $5.00 per ad and
must be paid for at the ATB Financial Agency
in Blackie, then left in the book deposit at the
library by noon of the 23rd of each month.
Free community event announcements and
other correspondence must be in writing and
dropped in the book deposit by noon of the
23rd. All submissions are subject to editing for
space and content. The Buzz does not print in
July or August.
The Blackie Buzz can be found online
at www.blackie.ca If you do not wish
to receive a paper copy, please
inform the postmistress.
I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met
was my father's equal, and I never loved any
other man as much. Hedy Lamarr
She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic
surgeon. Groucho Marx
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys
and rewards than being a father to my children.
Bill Cosby
Behind every great man is a woman
rolling her eyes.
Jim Carrey
Blackie and Gladys United Church
June 1st-10am--Gladys with Rev. Shin
June 8th – 7pm--Blackie with Rev. Shin. Join us
for a pot-luck supper at 6pm followed by worship
at 7pm.
June 15th-at 10am--Gladys
June 22nd- 10am--Blackie
June 29th-no worship-5th Sunday
July 6th at 7pm Gladys with Rev. Shin. Join us
for pot-luck supper at 6pm followed by
worship at 7pm.
July 13th- 10am Blackie with Rev. Shin
July 20th to August 17th – no services while Rev.
Shin is on holidays
August 23rd – 10am Blackie
August 30th – no service-5th Sunday
All are welcome. 403-684-3693
www.blackiegladys.weebly.com
Dinton’s St. Thomas Anglican Church
Services: 1st and 3rd Sundays 9 am
Minister: Reverend Diane E. Beaman
Incumbent
Contact: Gordon Strick 403-684-3846
Best advice I got from my dad:
"Treat others as you would be treated, don't
judge a person by how they look, your family
comes first, and help those around you who
need help."
— Cora
I know this is the most typical advice, but my
dad always told me to do my best. To keep at
what I believed in, and to realize that there
will always be days and people who will want
to hold me back.
— Jenn
The best advice my father gave me was never
spoken, but I observed it. My father never
talks about, degrades, or spreads gossip about
anybody. I think that is very admirable.
— Jill
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was
so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the
old man around. But when I got to be
twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he
had learned in seven years.
One of a Kind Designs
Machine Embroidery on T-shirts,
hoodies and light to medium jackets.
(Small quantities, under 25)
Hand knit sweaters, sweater-coats,
scarves, head bands and socks.
Handmade bracelets and
earrings
Handmade hats.
Our face book is now started:
One of a kind design
Foothills
We will have a table at the farmers market. For
more information:
call Shiela 403-684-3364
Fehr Construction
Scraper, Grader & Dozer Services
Road Building Site Grading
[email protected]
P.O. Box 100, Blackie, AB
David Fehr
Phone 403-684-2337
Cell 403-998-2047
Tom’s ATV Repairs
Home 403-684-3141
Cell 403-652-8273
Fax 403-684-3039
7 plus years of
experience
in service and
repairs
of Polaris
and other
makes and
models
“Take me out to the ball game”
Adapted from the British game of rounder’s — and
by extension, cricket — the game of base ball or
"town ball" became popular in the early 19th
century in South-western Ontario. The first
documented evidence of a base ball game in
Canada comes from a letter published in Sporting
Life magazine in 1886, a letter by Dr. Adam E. Ford
of Denver, Colorado, formerly of St. Mary’s,
Ontario and Beachville, Ontario, about a game 48
years earlier.
The first game was played in Beachville, Ontario,
about 40 kilometres east of London, on June 4,
1838, with a ball of twisted yarn and a club carved
from cedar. In the audience was a battalion of
Scots volunteers on their way to
mop
up the remnants of the Upper
Canada Rebellion.
Many Canadians claim that this
was the first documented game of
modern baseball, although there
appears to be no evidence that
the rules used in this game
were codified and adopted
in other regions.
Baseball was once so popular in Canada that there
was even talk of making it our national sport. The
story goes back far enough. The sport spread
quickly across Canada. They played “bat” in Red
River in the 1830s. The name of Blackie has been
synonymous with sports to everyone in southern
Alberta since its beginning. Sports in Blackie
started as it did in all prairie centers with rodeo and
horse racing.
Blackie has had many outstanding representatives
in team sports, winning numerous championships
and many other honours in baseball, curling and
hockey. In other sports such as tennis, golf,
badminton, basketball, soccer and trapshooting
that were participated in at various intervals.
Baseball was played in Blackie in the early 1920’s to
just after the second world war. Two years in
succession the team went to Camrose to the
biggest ball tournament in the west and each year
came home winners
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