A sunny fine day at Whitecourt.
A 10.00 meet at the Forrestry Interpretive Centre where we met John Dahl a very senior member of the community, a Rotarian and President of the Community Heritage Society. It was John that had led the building on the Centre. John had the Team singing before he left.
A 10.00 meet at the Forrestry Interpretive Centre where we met John Dahl a very senior member of the community, a Rotarian and President of the Community Heritage Society. It was John that had led the building on the Centre. John had the Team singing before he left.
A short safety video and we were off to the Alberta News Print works for a guided tour with Katrina.
At the plant were were made more than welcome by all whom we met and the process was explained at every stage. It was truely fascinating to find everyone on the staff so involved in the economics of running the plant, the price of energy being monitored every 20 seconds. The paper rollers and driers had paper running over rollers at 1900 ft per minute!
At the end of the tour Iain thanked Katrina and the rest of the works team and presented Katrina with a token of the team's appreciation.
We were next off to Rochford Lake a beautiful lakeside setting where a camp fire was expertly lit by Ralph and Iain and we were all able to make hot dogs and 'smores' (Marshmallows with chocolate bar bushed inside and sandwiched between two crackers - Delicious!
After a walk around the lake it was back to the host's to prepare for the evening meal at the Casino.
Other Members of the Club and John Dahl joined the team for a fine meal at the Casino, once again the quality of the food was excellent and the quantities huge!
Iain thanked the hosts and the Club for accommodating the Team and went on to present tokens to Gwen who had done a splendid job of arranging the stay and the programme. A quaich was presented to Nevis and Fred for their contribution to the visit.
And so to bed!
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