Volunteers pack 100 hampers helping 337 people have a brighter Christmas

Volunteers pack 100 hampers helping 337 people have a brighter Christmas

The Tofield Community Hall was the centre of activity for Christmas hampers on Dec. 20th. Sharon Klassen (far right) directs the hamper packing mid-afternoon.

Caring hands gathered together on Thursday, Dec. 20 at the Tofield Community Hall to put together almost 100 Christmas hampers for those needing help to make the holidays a little brighter.

Satellites play barn-burner against first-place Northstars but fall 5-3

Satellites play barn-burner against first-place Northstars but fall 5-3

Satellites’ intense captain Ryan Olson stares down a defender

Tofield Satellites played a full-out barn-burner against first place Northstars but ultimately couldn’t quite keep up to the finely tuned Daysland team, losing 5-3 at Tofield Arena, Wednesday evening.

Beaver County Chronicle – A year in retrospective

JANUARY 2012

Beaver County’s Committee of the Whole considered draft level of service policies for road maintenance and snow clearance at its meeting on Jan. 4, 2012. The policy update was part of the County’s 2011 Strategic Priorities work program. “Council and Administration regularly receive feedback about the road network throughout the county so when we sat down to strategize in early 2011, it was clear that we needed better policies to guide the work we do,” said Beaver County Reeve Bob Young.

Don and Syd Sware of Tofield were presented Beaver County’s Farm Family Award. At the presentation were ASB Public at Large member Mark Giebelhaus, Councillor/ASB Vice-Chair Arnold Hanson, Reeve Bob Young, Councillor Sieko Scott, Deputy Reeve/ASB Chair Ron Yarham, ASB Public at Large member Donna Pope, and Councillor Dennis Miciak.

2012: Taking a look at the past year’s news events

JANUARY 2012

Police believe a series of thefts and break-ins, including stolen cars and a safe, are all connected to the same group of thieves who were travelling through the area over the holidays.

Deputy Mayor Conquest informed council that he has been re-elected as chair for the Tofield and Area Health Foundation. The community group formed to discuss recruitment of new doctors has become a sub-committee of the foundation.