Jimmie Snow visits Leduc/Edmonton Rush's Leduc Connection

Last night Jimmie Snow, son of Country Hall of Famer, Hank Snow visited Leduc Alliance Church to share his story of faith through music and story. The Pipestone Flyer's publisher Ted Okkerse was one of three special guest performers. Ted performed several country gospel songs and despite threatening to toss rotten tomates at him if he "sucked" I didn't have to target the tomatos at him, much to his delight. In fact Ted did so well, it brought a tear to the eye of his lovely wife. Way to go Ted. Even though Country Gospel isn't normally my cup of tea, it was a superb concert. Jimmie's wife Sheri is a complete doll and we really connected! The full story of the concert will be in NEXT week's issue!

This morning I went to the Leduc Recreation Centre as the Edmonton Rush made a major announcement with their new connection with the City of Leduc. Full details will appear in THIS week's issue. After the press conference, though I was able to catch up with the President of the Edmonton Rush who was more than willing to give back to the kids of Leduc as he offered up Season Seats for the upcoming Rush season which begins in January. He generously has donated seats for the Leduc Atom Roughnecks Tournament in early December! Which I think is absolutely fabulous. So you might want to check out the tourny to bid on the tickets as they also announced a major trade in the NLL receiving one of the league's leading scorers. The staff of the Edmonton Rush are excited about some of the off season moves they have made this year and are excited about the upcoming season. Check out the Rush as they begin Training Camp at the LRC on Dec. 5!

One more little tidbit of info to share with you is the MNP Riggers Food Drive. The team will be accepting non-parishable food items and cash for the Leduc & District Food Bank as well as items for Santa's Helpers at the Nov. 25, Dec. 4 and Dec. 11 home games. MNP Riggers fans are encouraged to bring their donations for the Food Bank and Santa's Helpers organizations as we enter the Christmas Season and consider helping those less fortunate than us!

Until next time.....
Nadine