Jake's Gift staged by Legion in Taber for Remembrance Week
The Legion sponsors a themed play at Parallel Church Auditorium Taber on October 26 at 7 p.m. The one act one woman show by Julia Mackey chronicles a WWII veteran’s Normandy visit and his meeting with a village girl. Proceeds support the Legion and a poppy campaign launch follows. Burns Wood, Taber’s sole surviving WWII veteran, will attend. The event marks 100th anniversary of the RCAF with a lobby display and a Fallen Heroes Foundation print presentation.
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Jake
Royal Canadian Legion # 20
Julia Mackey
Mackey
Normandy
France
Juno Beach
Isabelle
Chester
Canada
Tabor
Legion
Fallen Heroes Foundation
Mary Ann Smith
Smith
RCAF
Burns Wood
Wood
Filipino volleyball tourney returns for second set in 2024
The Filipino Canadian Association of Lethbridge Alberta FCALA led by Vic Visitacion hosted a two day autumn volleyball tournament at The Boys and Girls Club Gymnasium October 12 to 14. Six teams competed including guest youth squads Coed Blue and Coed Pink with Golden Spikers defeating Lethbridge Prime for gold.
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Vic Visitacion
FCALA
Brgy West
Lethbridge Prime
Golden Spikers
Fusion Vizdak Bridge
Team Coed Blue
Lethbridge
Dreamline
Cool Smashers
Calgary
Genesis Center
Agent D Sports Management Group
Knowledge Shapes Power and Shared Insight
English philosopher Francis Bacon linked knowledge to power, arguing true grasp of subjects comes from education and understanding. The piece notes few people truly value knowledge, urges sharing to grow it, and frames knowledge as a safeguard for ideas.
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Francis Bacon
Knowledge as humanity’s edge across time and power
A column extols knowledge as humanity’s driver of invention, morality, and survival. It traces history from medieval clerical literacy to Western dominance, citing intellect as the key to progress, supremacy, and the capacity to tame nature and rule others.
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South Asia
Animal Kingdom
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