PAYETTE — Giving out pin-on poppies has been a tradition of the American Legion since the 1920s, in which members of the organization and their communities wear them to honor
PAYETTE — As summer fast approaches, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Treasure Valley got some big help from the local community. The help came in the form of
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PAYETTE â While many Apple Blossom Festival patrons will likely grab a slice of pizza or a funnel cake while visiting the carnival, the Payette Senior Center invites said patrons to come in for a charitable bite to eat.
The senior center will have its Baked Food Sale on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with proceeds to benefit its Meals on Wheels program. As part of its sale, the senior center will offer barbecue pork sandwich meals with chips and a drink for $7.
The senior center is located at 137 N. Main Street. For more information, call (208) 642-4223 or visit facebook.com/PayetteSeniorCenter/
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It’s apple blossom time in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba and elsewhere throughout the Prairies. Today I shall take readers via my flow of words on a lyrical song journey to Nova Scotia, billed as Canada’s Ocean Playground – so keep tuned.
When it’s Apple Blossom Time in Annapolis Valley
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Most people don’t know that Alberta Slim – birth name Eric C. Edwards, born in 1910 wrote the abovenamed classic song and he was also the very first to record it. Slim grew up on the prairies then moved further west to B.C. for most of his adult life. Numerous country music fans guessed and thought the reference song was written by another Nova Scotian, namely Wilf Carter, but such is not the case. Wilf who also had a connection to Annapolis Valley was born in 1904, and recorded the same song later. However, Wilf became better known as a country musi