News from Meadow Lakes, Big Lake, Houston

November 27, 2005

Kristen Seine\For the Frontiersman

Big Lake

Tickets are on sale now for the annual Big Lake Chamber of Commerce's Tour of Lights and Poker Run on Dec. 9. The tickets sell for $25 each at the Hangar, with maps of the homes, and the winner - the one with the best poker hand (see next week's column for more details) - gets half the pot. Get yours now, as the more people participate, the bigger the pot grows!

Snow is the topic for this week's story time and story hour on Wednesday at the Big Lake library. Assistant librarian Peggy Oberg will read &#8220Snowman at Night,” a story of how snowmen come alive one evening. Kids will make snowflake ornaments with beads and pipe cleaners. &#8220They make great Christmas decorations,” Oberg said. Kids at the afternoon storybreak (grades K-3), from 3:45-4:30 p.m., will have a snack. Story time, for kids ages 3-5, is at 11 a.m. For more information, call the library at 892-6475.

The Mid Valley Lions Club will have weekly meetings through the holiday season at The Hangar's conference room. For dates and times, call Nancy Rogers at 892-8484..

Meadow Lakes

Katie Conover, library media specialist at Meadow Lakes Elementary, reports that 93 people attended "Donuts for Dads” on Nov. 17 at the school's library. That followed their rousing success with &#8220Muffins for Moms” last month. Conover said school staffers were very pleased with the turnout. &#8220Not only moms and dads were invited,” she wrote, &#8220we had many grandparents, uncles/aunts, older sisters/brothers and neighbors bring students in.” She said the school tries to offer family events before school, during school, after school and evening, as it is &#8220working hard this year to increase parent involvement. It is our goal that parents feel comfortable and welcome in our school, thus creating a positive attitude towards education.”

Meadow Lakes Fire Service Area Board of Supervisors meets Monday at 6 p.m. at Station 71. It's a special meeting to discuss the next move regarding capital improvements projects.

Houston

Coed varsity basketball season kicks off at Houston High School Monday with practice starting at 2 p.m. Activities director Jamie Smith predicts a big turnout. &#8220We have about 60 kids involved in the program,” he said, &#8220probably 15-20 percent of our student body.” And the school's teams usually do well, he added. &#8220We have a pretty decent team this year,” he said.

There'll be drama, intrigue, vengeance and carnage at Houston High School the weekend of Dec. 2-3. No, it's not mid-terms or even the prom Š it's dinner theater, and it's being put on by six of the school's very best drama students. &#8220Murder Rides Again” is &#8220kind of a western murder comedy murder mystery,” said drama teacher Julie McCartney. &#8220Basically, an outlaw has begun shooting up a town, but he dies halfway through the play. The audience tries to figure out who killed him.”

In true dinner theater fashion, the actors will serve drinks, then salads, then spaghetti, then desserts in between acts. The audience submits their guesses, then the last scene reveals who dunnit. The winner will get a to-be-determined prize.

Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for adults in advance, or $10 for students, $12 for adults at the door. Kids ages 3-8 are $5. The show begins at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased from the actors: Ross Rawliuk, Ashley Pond, Molly Hawkins, Lewis Dischner, Donna Gallant, and Mallory Smyth or at the school.

For more info, people may call 892-9433.