Gleichen keeps their Mother’s Day tradition going

Manny Everett

Times Contributor

 

It might not have been breakfast in bed, but the Gleichen Fire District treated moms with a breakfast fit for a queen on Sunday morning at their arena.

The Gleichen Fire Department Volunteers served up pancakes, sausage, bacon, ham, eggs, hashbrowns and toast to a number of hungry moms and their families. They have been putting on this breakfast every year for the last four years, which was started by a dispatcher for the department Barb Clarke.

The fire department members share the responsibilities of cooking the breakfast and serving and welcoming moms to this event. The breakfast is free to moms and family members have to pay for their meal. There are many sponsors and donors for the event to help cover the costs.

Barb Clarke and Jerry Heine (Officer) made everyone welcome as they came into the arena. All moms were presented with a coffee mug and Lindt Chocolates to take home as well as entering their names into the door prizes for the morning. There were door prizes for every mom with a ticket by the end of the morning. The main door prize was a gold necklace and charm with mom engraved on it. All the doorprizes were donated by local merchants and merchants from Strathmore who have contributed for the last couple of years. Richard Clarke (Fire Chief) also donated some of his beautiful framed photos for some of the door prizes. Barb Clarke makes all the baskets herself and is dedicated to making this a great event.

In the middle of the morning, a special presentation was made to a special mom, Mrs. Ivy Bogustie, for all of her community work that she has done through the years. Bogustie was instrumental in bringing the water tower to then the Town of Gleichen. She is also actively involved in the cemetery and memorial committees in town. The presentation was made to her by son Richard Bogustie (who also happens to be a volunteer fire fighter for the community), grandaughter Allison and Richard and Barb Clarke. The presentation included not only the kind words of thanks to Bogustie but a framed picture of the water tower for her to take home, taken by Clarke.

It was a fabulous morning with a great breakfast and wonderful event that has been getting bigger every year.