Concrete pads have been poured and four new cedar picnic tables have been built for the Lone Butte, Horse Lake Community Association (LBHLCA) by the woodworking students at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School (PSO) just in time for Lone Butte Rocks (LBR) on July 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
LBHLCA president Natalie Sass says, “The tables look great and the students were rewarded with, as they requested, some donuts.”
PSO woodworking teacher Shawn Meville reportedly thanked the LBHLCA for the opportunity to design and build the cedar picnic tables for the Lone Butte Community Hall (LBCH).
When LBHLCA vice-president Howie McMillan originally approached Shawn with the idea of supplying, quality cedar boards from Fawn Creek Lumber for the students to work with, it turned out to be a big win-win project.
The students who built the tables included Jorden Jansen, Tyler Morgan, Levi Bedford, Wes Silverton, Austin Briand, Austin Wannop, Dakota Logan, James Last, Clayton Stobbart, Jeff Lamarche, Cheyanne Passmore, Sam Tracy, Curt Campbell, Curt Craig-Greene, Cooper Uphill, Brandon Balbirnie, Tanner Monkman and Tyson Huber.
On June 4, eight LBHLCA volunteers assembled the new storage shed in just over four hours.
Part of the requirement for the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) grant is that members of the community must be willing to assist the project as volunteers.
The project is now completed and the LBHLCA is very grateful to the NDIT for its financial assistance.
The LBCH now has new chairs for the benefit of all users and a new storage shed to store the old chairs for LBR.
Natalie, Howie, Mary Carter, Gayle Jones and this writer volunteered our time to help put the shed together with Ken and Chris Schmidt and AI Nelson still helping out and volunteering their time, even though both couples sold their homes and are leaving Lone Butte area.
Al and Heather, Ken and Chris will be very much missed by the Lone Butte Historical Association, LBHLCA and LBR, and the entire community is grateful for all the hard volunteer work you folks have done.
