By Al Jones
The Lone Butte, Horse Lake Community Association (LBHLCA) president Natalie Sass has announced they have received the gaming grant of $10,000 which is used to host various community events like the recent senior's Cabin Fever lunch, Easter, Halloween and Christmas celebrations as well as Lone Butte Rocks (LBR) which will be held on July 15 this year.
The LBHLCA also received a $3,000 grant from the Cariboo Regional District to assist with the yearly LBR celebration.
The next LBHLCA meeting and the first LBR's meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14 at 7 p.m. at the Lone Butte Community Hall (LBCH).
Community lunch
The recent cabin fever lunch, held on Feb. 26 at the LBCH saw about 60 free tickets given out.
Members of the community enjoyed a choice of homemade turkey soup and/or corn chowder, Caesar salad, turkey, ham or egg salad sandwiches, many desserts and refreshments while once again enjoying the music of the Cariboo Ramblers.
Willie Giesbrecht sang lead vocals and played guitar, Rob Diether played banjo and guitar and sang backup vocals, Marg Huber played the keyboard, Rob Boeham played lead guitar and Earl Erickson was on the harmonica and they performed many old time country favourites.
4-H Club news
The Lone Butte 4-H club had a successful dinner/auction fundraiser on Feb. 25 and organizer Chanelle McBride says they surpassed their fundraising goal.
The winners of the pork raffle were Deanna Brennan and Charity Musgrave.
McBride extends their appreciation to all who supported this event with a special thank you to Donna Barnett who not only came out to support the 4-H event, but volunteered as auctioneer and "did a great job."
Historical Association news
The Lone Butte Historical Association (LBHA) also would like to thank Barnett for her personal donation of $1,000 which helped with the caboose foundation and the connection of hydro to the caboose, which was done by Garth's electric.
The next meeting of the LBHA will be at 7 p.m. on March 15 at the Alice Singleton Heritage House.