I can not believe that we have just printed our 12th issue of the Pangman Community Newsletter. Where has the year gone.
Visit the Newsletter page to read the December issue and other past issues of the Pangman Community Newsletter.
I would like to thank the community for all their support of the Newsletter.
A meeting of the Pangman & District Economic Development Board was held following the informational meeting with South Prairie Railway.
The main topic of discussion was the South Prairie Railway and the building of the platform so the train could stop in Pangman.
A committee to oversee the building of the platform was created. This committee consists of Ed Howse, Kathy Bryson, Merlin Broughton, John Colbow, Chuck Jacques, John Metke, Eileen Tunall and Boyd Tourscher.
Our next meeting will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2011, 1:00 pm at the Community Centre.
The Pangman Economic Development Board and the Pangman Rec Board sponsored the Southern Prairie Railway informational meeting on Wednesday November 30, 2011 at the Community Centre. Guest speaker was Cheryl Generous, CEO of South Prairie Railway.
Cheryl presented a slide show with information on the South Prairie Railway plans. They are planning to have Theme Trains, including a Pioneer Train, Stargazer Train and Pitchfork Fondues and Train Robberies (all money from the Train Robberies will be donated to charity. They also hope to rent out the train for private events like weddings.
The train will run on Saturday, Sunday and on Long Weekend Monday’s from May to October. The train will start in Ogema and visit Horizon and Pangman. Their motto is “Pulling the Past into the Future”.
To have the train stop in Pangman we will need to build a wheelchair accessible platform and have some events for the tourists to see, ie Farmers Market. The train will stop here for about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Following the presentation Cheryl answered questions about the Train. Coffee and Donuts were served.
For more information about South Prairie Railway visit their website at www.southernprairierailway.com and read more about the trains on their blog.
On June 25th we held our first Farmers Market for 2011. As well, we had a Community Garage Sale Day with about 5 garages sales around town.
It was quite nice for most of the morning, but close to noon it started to rain, again.
There were quite a few vendors at the market selling a variety of items, including: garage sale items, homemade pies, pizza, Norwax, Avon, books, crafts and “Pangman Puddles”, a delicious deep fried bread dough in the shape of “puddles”.
Quite a few people were out for the Market. The Pangman & District Economic Development Board sold 50/50 tickets and provided coffee.
The Farmers Market will be held every Saturday from 9 to noon until Thanksgiving Weekend (October 8, 2011) and is sponsored by the Pangman & District Economic Development Board.
We hope to see you there.
The Pangman & District Economic Development Board has arranged for coffee time to continue at the Community Centre until June 17th. Then the Pangman Recreation Board is taking over hosting coffee time. Coffee will be served Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 11:00 am.
Thank you to the United Church Ladies, Catholic Church Ladies, Pangman Library, Ladies Auxiliary, Abundant Living Church Ladies and the Rec Board for helping to serve coffee. Your help is greatly appreciated.
If you are in town, be sure to drop in for coffee, we would be glad to see you.
On May 28, 2011 the Pangman & District Economic Development Board hosted a Market Mall and BBQ at the Community Centre.
Quite a few people came out on this rainy day for coffee, Hamburgers, Pop. and chips as well as did some shopping at the Market Mall.
There were six vendors at the Market Mall selling baking, farm eggs, Norwex, crafts, books, 100 year memorabilia, homemade pizza, freshly made Elephant Ears, and more.
Winner of the 50/50 draw was Rhonda Pingert.
This will be the last Market Mall until fall. The Farmers Market starts on Saturday, June 25, 2011. If you plan on having a table at the Farmers Market call Debra at 442-2055.
There was a Loonie Pot Luck Lunch held at the Community Centre on May 17th. Everyone brought a dish and paid a loonie for the lunch (to help offset costs of coffee and juice).
There was a variety of hot dishes and, of course, delicious deserts. Everyone had a good time and lots to eat.
The May issue of the Pangman Community Newsletter is available. You can pick a copy up at the Post Office (on the bulletin board) or you can read it on-line.
If you have any announcements or articles you would like in the June newsletter please contact Debra at welcome@pangman.ca or call her at 442-2055. Deadline for the June newsletter is May 31st, 2011.
During the time that the Cafe is closed for renovations the Pangman & District Economic Development Board has arranged for coffee to be served at the Community Centre from 8:30 am to 11 am. Coffee/Tea is $1.00.
We would like to thank the following local groups for participating in this community coffee time:
Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you there.
On Saturday, March 19th, the Pangman and District Economic Develpment Board held their second annual meeting.
We had annual reports on Finances and Website stats. In the year 2010 the website had 3,337 visitors with 1,834 being new visitors to the website. We had 14 Website Sponsors in 2010 and set up a web page for 6 of the sponsors. In 2010 we had 20 Members.
Once again we held our Farmer’s Market during the summer of 2010 and plan on holding them again this summer. We started hosting a Market Mall at the Community Centre on the 3rd Saturday of the month in November 2010.
In the summer of 2010 we made arrangements with a hairdresser from Ogema to do hair at the Community Centre every 2nd Thursday of the month.
We held our annual elections and our new executive is:
The Mission Statement for the Pangman and Area Economic Development Board is: To promote and support projects which will enhance our community and build for the future.
We changed our calendar year to be from Jan to December with our Annual Meeting and election of officers in March. Please remember that your yearly membership is due in January of each year at a cost of $10.00. If you wish to purchase a yearly membership you can contact Debra at 442-2055.
Our next meeting is on Saturday, April 16th, 1 pm at the Community Centre. Everyone is welcome.
