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Little Drummer Girl A little drummer boy looks towards a fellow classmate while performing for a crowd of parents, grandparents and teachers at this year’s carol festival in the Provost Public School. ©Provost News Photo. Print version in December 24 edition of The Provost News. Want to Subscribe to The Provost News? Click here.

Editor’s 2003 Christmas Wish List • Some snow for the snowmobilers. • A huge U.S. market for live cattle returned to livestock growers. • A lump of coal for those who insist on putting paint on buildings that don’t belong to them. • An improved Provost News. • That economic report called Rural Alberta: Land of Opportunity dealing with East Central Alberta that was promised us by our MLA Doug Griffiths and our deputy premier—way back in September. • Continued activity in the local oil patch. • The purchase of all those Empress of Ireland artifacts by Canadians —not foreigners—so the owner of them can take his money and retire. • More beautiful spaces built for an aging population so our friends and relatives don’t have to move to other centres for care.

• The cloning of mosquitoes that can’t carry West Nile Virus. Or better yet, just no mosquitoes. • Camp Quality’s return to rural Alberta where so much care and devotion by local volunteers was put towards it. • Poison that really works wonders to get rid of those billions of grasshoppers. • Another successful motorcycle rally here. • No smoking in all tax-payer operated buildings. • More provincial and national wins or achievements by so many people from the area. • More students to take advantage of the Provost Outreach School. • Less spam for e-mail users. But a long distance thank you to Telus who has figured out a way to detect and mark most of those absolutely silly e-mail messages that we’re just holding our breath to receive. • A joyous reflection and celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Full story and pictures in December 24 edition of The Provost News. Want to Subscribe to The Provost News? Click here.

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