With Big Valley due to mark its 100th birthday in 2014, it’s time to begin mapping out plans to celebrate this milestone. The first meeting of the Big Valley Homecoming/Centennial Committee will take place at the Legion Hall on Thursday, March 14, at 2 p.m.
Anyone interested in taking part in the planning of this celebration is invited to attend. If you can’t make this meeting but would still like to take part or if you would like more information, please call Jan at 403-876-2381. Come on out and bring along your ideas. We hope to see a lot of interested people there!
The Big Valley Senior’s Drop In Centre will be holding their Pot Luck and meeting on Tuesday, March 5, at noon. Military Whist is scheduled for Friday, March 8, and 22 at 7:00 p.m. Floor curling and Bingo take place every Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. while Crib is every Sunday at 1:30 p.m. This month a Floor Curling Tournament (Alberta 55) is planned for Wednesday, March 27, beginning at 10 a.m. Always popular in Big Valley, the Drop In Pancake suppers are scheduled for Monday, March 4 and 18.
The Big Valley United Church will be changing the service time to 7 p.m. beginning Sunday, March 3 through to Sunday, June 30.
The Big Valley Legion has scheduled a meeting for Monday, March 4, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Legion Hall.
Come on out for a terrific night of entertainment at the 2013 “Horseshoe Cup” on Saturday, March 16, at the Big Valley Agriplex. In case you don’t know, this is a charity hockey game between the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA) Cowboys and the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) Wagon Drivers.
The Horseshoe Cup has become a very popular annual event and never fails to draw great crowds from all over. The CPRA Cowgirls will be playing the WPCA Wagon Girls at 4:30 p.m. followed by the “Horseshoe Cup” at 7:00 p.m. A cabaret and auction will follow at the Big Valley Jubilee Hall. The auction will include items from the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Shane Doan and many more. All proceeds from the night’s games, auction and cabaret will go to the Cowboy Benevolent Fund. Don’t miss your favourite rodeo and wagon stars battle it out for a great cause. Tickets available at the door.
The Big Valley Inn had 12 players out for crib this week. Len Shaw took first place, Eileen Green took second and Dorothy Annable placed third. Trudy Spence won the booby as well as the 50/50 draw and Stan Nattestad won the regular draw. Everyone had a good time and we look forward to having Margaret Levesque and Ernie Petrussia joining us next week after their long and warm vacation.
At the Drop In Centre, 13 players came out for crib on Sunday, Feb. 24. First went to Connie Whiteside, second to Earl Ortman, and third to Ron Milton. This week the booby went to Donna Clark.
— BIG VALLEY BULLETIN