Grade 7 students at Decker Lake elementary school, with the help of Brenda Payne, sewed together 98 cloth bags . Material was donated from community members and students brought stuffed toys from home to put into the bags. Some bags will be sent to a school in Uganda, and others to be added to the Samaritans Purse Shoeboxes. (Submitted photo/Lakes District ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ)

ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake and District Community Foundation donated $5000 to the Lakes District Fall Fair. The foundation’s grant cycle opens early in the year and closes by the end of March. Founded in 2006, the foundation has distributed well over $100,000 to successful organizations throughout the Lakes District. (Submitted photo/Lakes District ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ)

The initiative runs from May 16-August 31

Drop-offs will be available until June 10

May 18 was International Museum Day and the Lakes District Museum held a fun open house in regards to the day. Admission was free to the museum all day and they also had ‘What Am I’ contest, hot dogs and refreshments. (L-R) Lyle Graham–vice president, Val Anderson–director, Sharon Marr–director and Michael Riis-Christianson–curator. (Laura Blackwell photo/Lakes District ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ)

ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake nursing student receives money

Gustav (Gust) Braaten was one of the Uncha Valley’s most respected pioneers. Born in 1886, he and his family moved from North Dakota to Saskatchewan in 1910, and after homesteading there for a time, decided to try their luck in British Columbia. The family heard there was good farmland in the Lakes District, and in 1923, loaded their belongings aboard a Canadian National Railways train bound for ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake.

Move to Cure ALS walks happen across B.C. in June and although ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake isn’t an official site Ronda Payne is holding another fundraiser for her friend Barb. Tickets are being raffled off for this beautiful ‘Purple Dreams’ quilt, made by the very talented, and generous Jenny Pirie. Pirie created this amazing quilt for the fundraiser again this year. If you’d like to buy tickets, they are $5 each, and all the money will be donated to the ALS Society of B.C. - which helps everyone in B.C.

Deadman’s Island just out of ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake approximately two kilometers east of Radley Beach. Just one hectare in size, it is British Columbia’s smallest provincial park, and (having been established in 1933) one of the region’s oldest.