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Snow Lake got an early Christmas present last week, when the town's public works crew transplanted a tree on the empty lot next to the Town Office. The 15-foot White Spruce, which was dug up in the Anderson Lake area, will be the town's perpetual Christmas tree. Shortly after the tree was planted, the entire lot was sodded and as a result is now quite pleasing to the eye. The Lions Club normally moves a tree onto the edge of Main Street each year and it is thought that this tree will negate that requirement and allow the club to decorate a live tree in a permanent location, rather than one that has to be cut down each year. Moving from Christmas to birthdays, on Saturday July 17th, the Seniors' Center was the location for an 80th birthday celebration for longtime Snow Lake resident Don Milburn. Close to 60 people showed up to wish Don the best. These included out-of-town visitors, Cheryl (daughter) and Lavern Riemer and their children Bethany and Luke from Swan River, Joe (son) and Anna Milburn and son Josh from Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, and Mark (nephew) and Bonnie Jakubowski and children Jeff and Jamie from Preeceville, Saskatchewan. After Iona Johnston welcomed everyone, another out-of-towner, Irene Schellenburg, got the celebration going by playing, "Happy Birthday" on the piano while those in attendance sang. Knowing Don, I'm sure he felt secure when they lit the candles on his cake. Two of his grandsons, Marc and Curtis, just finished taking an Emergency Fire Fighter course and would have had things well in hand, had the sizable blaze atop the cake gotten away on them. Cake, coffee, and fellowship were enjoyed by all, as one of Snow Lake's favorite guys turned 80 years young. On the recreation front, I recently asked the community's recreation director, Stephanie Foy, for an update on this year's Triathlon. She advised that this year, the annual race was dreadfully under attended. "There was only one adult entered in the adult category," said Foy. "However, Snow Lake's Lem Randall finished with a personal best time of 53:33:73." The adult triathlon consists of 400m swim, 15km bike and a 3 km run. Foy added that there were only three entrants for the youth classification, and all were from out of town. "Two of them were from Swan River and the other was from The Pas," she said. These younger athletes swam 200m, biked 5km and ran 2 kilometers. The rec. director stated that it was too bad that local kids didn't take part in the event as she really doesn't know how she could have promoted it any better. Ms. Foy also advised of a number of other upcoming activities. She noted that the Physical Arts Dance Camp, featuring Winnipeg's X-Company, would be in Snow Lake from July 27-29. At this camp, participants can choose to take part in a wide range of activities which include: Funky Jazz, Theater Improvisation, Stage Combat, Beginner Kung Fu, Film Making, Hip Hop Dance, and Theater Xtreme Dance Combat. Also, the second annual Junkyard Wars is coming up on July 31st. Groups of four or fewer take part in this mock up of the popular television program. It all gets started with the unveiling of this year's project at 10 a.m. on the 31st at the town's dump.
