This year, the Christmas Market was held on Dec. 1 at the 108 Mile Community Centre.
More than 300 people attended and the vendors reportedly had a successful day selling their quality products. It was nice to see new vendors participating.
Ingrid and Rainer Meyer were kept busy at the concession selling melt-in-your-mouth sandwiches. Ingrid, who helped organize the Christmas Market, was very satisfied with the final results.
The winner of the door draw prize was Chantelle Riggs.
School news
Report cards for the students at Mile 108 Elementary School were handed out on Dec. 13.
The Christmas Concert will be on Dec. 19 with two performances – one at 12:45 p.m. and the other at 6:45 p.m.
Come out and support the students and the school. The school is still collecting canned goods for the Loaves & Fishes Outreach.
The last day of school is Dec. 20 and the students go back to school on Jan. 6.
Roads better
Interior Roads appear to be doing a better job this year with the roads being kept clear of snow, as well as utilizing the full width of the roads.
Sanding is better as well and the rocks are not as large. Hopefully, this may save a few windshields.
Some roads, however, are still not getting enough sanding. Unfortunately, Thompson Road gets small amounts of sand at each end of the road but the whole road requires sanding as this is one of the busiest through streets in the 108 Mile Ranch, even the school buses use it.
School buses
There is still a problem with people trying to pass school buses in the 108.
There are drivers who believe they have the right to pass a school bus that is loading or off loading students. The buses have their lights flashing and the warning arms out while the students are getting on or off the bus, but still these drivers go by.
How can these drivers keep ignoring the basic rules. Obviously, safety of our students does not have high priority for these people.
A police presence certainly would aid in this problem.