Community Volunteers Corner Alberta's Giving Spirit
The Times highlights how volunteers power Tabor and District Adult Learning Association and local emergency services. It cites the 2007 Canada Survey on Giving Volunteering and Participating showing 52 percent of Albertans volunteering, averaging 172 hours per person, with 24 854 000 hours contributed nationwide in 2007. The piece lauds volunteers as essential across sports, churches, education, and community events.
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Proud to be in Tabor community dinner shows collective kindness
A reader praises Tabor for its strong community spirit. They describe a recent event cooking 1,000 plus dinners, silent auction support, and volunteers who donated time and money. The piece highlights local effort, family values, and pride in small town compassion over city wealth.
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Calgary
Lethbridge
Taber Times Seeks Community Bloggers
The Taber Times invites local readers to contribute as bloggers on www.tabertimes.com. Writers may cover topics from baking and gardening to library and museum news. For details contact Garrett Simmons at 403-223-2266 or email gsim mons tabertimes.com.
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Taber farmer’s scare and lacrosse Hall of Fame induction
The article recalls a grain bin incident in which Taber area farmer Casey Bydevante witnesses his son Brett fall into a hopper and is rescued hours later. It also notes Greg Saunders being inducted into the BYU Lacrosse Hall of Fame during a visit to Provo. It includes short retrospectives from 1991 to 1944 with local notes on farming, council actions, and war drive totals.
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