Vicki Brooker

ASHMONT – Parking was at a premium and Ashmont Agriplex was packed to the doors on Saturday afternoon as hunters from across a wide area of the Lakeland displayed their trophies from successful hunts at the 2023 Buck of the Season.

The first minor hockey tournament of the 2023-24 season started off on Friday evening with a very special event, a Teddy Toss to support Santas Anonymous in Elk Point.

ELK POINT – Elk Point Town Council showed keen interest in the preservation of Elk Point and area’s history when Marvin Bjornstad and Lawrence Zarowny of the Elk Point Historical Society attended the Nov. 27 council meeting.

F. G. Miller High School held its 30th Annual Crusader Craft Show on Nov. 25 with a full house of vendors.

The first three performances of ‘You Cant’ Beat the House’ had near-capacity crowds at the Elk Point Allied Arts Christmas Dinner Theatre howling with laughter.

Elk Point 4-H Beef Club held their annual Weigh Day at Kotowich Evergreen Farm on Sunday, with the starting weights of their steers carefully recorded to determine rate of gain when next spring’s shows and sale come around.

The lineup of activities for this Friday's Christmas Extravaganza, jointly hosted by the Elk Point and District Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Committee, just gets longer and longer.

Along with a three-bloom rating, which Elk Point Economic Development Committee chair noted, “We squeaked in by one-tenth of a per cent,” the EDC recently received a total evaluation resulting from the Aug. 2 visit by the Communities in Bloom judges.

Senior citizens from across the Town and County of St. Paul packed the All Saints Ukrainian Cultural Centre on Wednesday at the St. Paul Regional FCSS and Family Resource Network hosted the Santa’s Seniors Festival.

Much of the November meeting of Elk Point and District Chamber of Commerce focused on the upcoming Christmas Extravaganza.