聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 248 鈥� Carlyle, is thankful for recent community support and in turn has also been doing its part within the area it serves.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A very special act came from Garnet and Shelby Goud.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Legion member, Lyle Basken, explained: 鈥淭hank you for helping out at the Legion hut. I had met with Garnet one day and we were talking about a little bit of work we wanted to do on the Legion hut and he had some metal at his shop on his acreage that might work. He asked me if I鈥檇 take him by the hut,鈥� laughing Basken added, 鈥淚鈥檓 not sure he knew where it was.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淏ut, he said, 鈥業鈥檒l look after that.鈥欌��
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Garnet simply said, 鈥淭he Legion had done a lot of work inside and were looking at working on the outside, so Shelby and I just decided we鈥檇 help.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This help has led to the building looking like new again and a lot of appreciative Legion members.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Inside the Legion, Clareen Makelki, pointed out a donation of new chairs as well which came through the Community Grant Program, which the Town of Carlyle has access to.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In addition to thankfully receiving community support in their efforts at the Legion hut, the Carlyle Legion also gave back. The Legion recently donated a set of DVDs to both G.F. Kells High School and Arcola School. The DVDs are titled 鈥淐anada Remembers.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚鈥檝e seen episodes on TV from this series, mostly around Remembrance Day, and they are very good,鈥� Nedra Clark, president of the Carlyle Legion, explained. 鈥淭he history teachers at the school are planning to use them in their curriculums.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Maurice Saltel, principal of G.F.K. High School, stated: 鈥淵our work is always appreciated. Thank you for your continued support of the kids and the teachers in our building. It鈥檚 greatly appreciated.鈥�
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