By Andrew Bailey, Editor.

On Wednesday November 23^rd, Tena Friesen launched her new book Pushing Through Invisible Barriers: A Canadian Mennonite Story at the Tumbler Ridge library.
 
The event was well-attended as over 30 people sat in the audience eagerly anticipating Friesen’s presentation. She spoke clearly and was visually assisted by a projector screen behind her which displayed excerpts from the book, as well as photos, and maps. Tena provided context for the visuals through thorough explanations as they appeared.


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By Andrew Bailey, Editor.

The Tumbler Ridge library hosted a Ten Thousand Villages craft fair over the weekend. Ten Thousand Villages is a member of the World Fair Trade Organization. It is a not-for-profit organization that sponsors workshops in third world countries. According to the organizations website, “Ten Thousand Villages began in 1946 when Edna Ruth Byler, a Mennonite Central Committee worker, visited volunteers in Puerto Rico who were teaching sewing classes in an effort to help improve the lives of women living in poverty.”


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The Grizzly Valley Players Haunted House made its triumphant return this past Halloween after taking last year off for a budgetary induced hiatus. Participants were lead through a wide array of exhibits: some fun, some spooky, some terrifying. The costumes were elaborate and the characters created a fantastic Halloween fantasy as participants were guided through each haunting scene. 




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By Andrew Bailey, Editor


For the past eight years Don and Terry Blunden have been delighting trick or treaters with their sensationally decorated house on Greenwood Street. This year they kicked their status of Halloween royalty up a notch by turning their backyard into a terrifyingly haunted Halloween paradise


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