Located 90km East of Calgary, the Hamlet of Gleichen, Alberta is a community with a long history and deep roots. With close ties to Cluny to the East and Siksika Nation to the south, Gleichen is home to a number of services, businesses, community groups, schools, and recreational facilities. With a population of around 400, Gleichen is currently under the governance of Wheatland County.
On January 16th, the Olympic torch will come through Gleichen. Meet at the Gleichen and District Community Centre around 2:00 pm for hot chocolate, tea, coffee, and goodies. Bring your camera and get your picture taken with the torch.
Join us for lunch or dinner, Tuesday through Sunday for the month of November, opening 7 days a week starting December. Look for our expanded menu including take out dinner options coming mid November. Call 403-734-3909.
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Kids Halloween Party, Saturday October 31st 5pm – 8pm, Gleichen Recreation Complex. Free Hotdogs and cupcakes for kids under 12. Bring your costume and skates, kids under 12 in costume skate for free!!
This is just a little off the record information to tell you that over the next few weeks, your Community Association Board may have some good news items to share with everyone.
This would probably come under the heading of PROGRESS. Absolutely no guarantees but things do appear to be favorable right now.
Stay tuned to this website as it will be up to date and new posters around town.
The Gleichen Fall Fair and Parade was held on Sat. Aug. 22nd and came off as a roaring success.
The Parade was fantastic with the Mounties in their Red Serge leading. Then came the Piper and the Drummer. From there the entries were strung out for quite a way, with dignitaries in the convertibles, a number of floats from the surrounding area, horse and riders, kids with their wheels and the entries for the bed tournament, there was a few older vehicles from the show & shine and finally quite a number of Fire Dept equipment from the surrounding communities.
The Show & Shine had a full field of entries. Maybe even more than they thought they would get. Sure was a lot of gleaming paint and chrome. The entries varied from quite old, fully restored, to somewhat newer but completely restored in cars, trucks and farm tractors.
The Fair itself had good crowds and were quite busy throughout the day.
All in all it was a very successful event and people are already asking what we are going to do for next year. BIGGER AND BETTER!
With just over two weeks left until the fair everyone should be busy getting their photos organized, their baking in the deep-freeze and all their other projects finished up. The hail probably didn’t do the gardens any good but we can still hope for good items in that department. Fair entries are accepted on Thursday August 20, from 5:00pm to 8:00 pm. Although the bench show is a major part of the fair, there are plenty of other activities related. The Show and Shine, the Chili cook off, and the Rodeo add up to a fun filled week-end. Start making plans for August 21 and 22.
There are currently no upcoming events.
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