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With only 10 teams entered this year, Clean Air Week Commuter Challenge 2011 still managed to commute a total of 2,351 kilometers over five days.

Howdy Williams Lake, neighbouring communities and rodeo fans!

Joan Harry (left) shows some of her leather and bead crafts to Trena Haller, Ashley Haller, Maria Alexis, and Shaylene Hutchinson at the Aboriginal Day celebrations in Boitanio Park Tuesday.

Children get an opportunity to greet Northern Secwepemc/Sugar Cane’s Kristy Palmantier and her horse Big Joe during the Aboriginal Day parade on Tuesday.

For the past few weeks, the grades 5, 6 and 7 students at Kwaleen Traditional Elementary School have taken their learning to the outside.

From Canada Day celebrations in Boitanio Park to the Stampede Parade, a karaoke contest, street party, entertainment in the Let R’ Buck Saloon and the Stampede Barn Dance there will be lots of activities to keep people entertained between the 85th annual Williams Lake Stampede rodeo performances next week.

In such a technologically savvy and digital-entertainment-oriented world, kids often end up spending more time indoors than out, and parents have begun looking for positive solutions to what has recently been recognized as “nature deficiency.”

John Hertel from Goldfield Canada Exploration was the guest speaker at the Horsefly River Roundtable meeting June 16.

Williams Lake and District Credit Union recently presented three $1,000 bursaries to graduating students of Williams Lake secondary schools.