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Spuds for Seniors; 100th Street Reopening Celebration

Bountiful Harvest at Charlie Lake Community Garden Some 1500 hills of potatoes were harvested at the Charlie Lake Community Garden on Saturday morning by dozens of volunteers. In addition to the Community Garden’s potatotes, there were many hills specifically planted for local Seniors. Once the potatoes were harvested, the work wasn’t done, and volunteers then…

Tania Finch

September 30, 2024

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Bountiful Harvest at Charlie Lake Community Garden

*Volunteers harvested potatoes for Seniors at the Charlie Lake Community Garden (© Tania Finch)*

Some 1500 hills of potatoes were harvested at the Charlie Lake Community Garden on Saturday morning by dozens of volunteers. In addition to the Community Garden’s potatotes, there were many hills specifically planted for local Seniors.

Once the potatoes were harvested, the work wasn’t done, and volunteers then harvested 248 pumpkins from the Charlie Lake School pumpkin patch.

*Harvesting potatoes for Seniors (© Tania Finch)*

Official Grand Re-Opening of 100th Street

*Council celebrates the reopening of 100th St with a ribbon-cutting ceremony (© Tania Finch)*

Five years of construction, traffic distruptions and detours finally came to an end three weeks ago, when 100th Street finally, permanently re-opened to traffic. On Saturday, Fort St. John city council celebrated the completed project with a ribbon cutting ceremony, BBQ, face-painting and other kids’ activities as well as a downtown business crawl contest.