Dinner brings 鈥榤eadows to menu鈥�
The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and Twin Meadows Organics Farm are providing the opportunity for people to learn how to prepare dinner with organic produce, and then eat the delicious meal.
Twin Meadows Organics Farm near McBride, B.C. supplies JPL with fresh, organic produce, as well as Jasperites through their food box program. The 鈥淔rom Meadows to Menu鈥� community dinner is a unique opportunity for JPL鈥檚 chefs to show the community how to prepare and cook the produce that residents receive in their monthly food boxes.
Tickets are currently on sale for Twin Meadows Food Box Program members, but on July 16 the invitation will be extended to the community. Tickets for non-box program members cost $40 and the deadline to reserve is July 19.
Admission includes dinner, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. There is also a cash bar.聽鈥淔rom Meadows to Menu鈥� is on July 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Gardner鈥檚 Cottage at JPL.
Flip reunited with owner
A special thank you was sent out to Jasperites who assisted in the search and location of Flip, the boxer that went missing from the Jasper Inn, June 26.
Joleen Hein, whose brother was on vacation in Jasper when Flip disappeared, sent out an email this week saying because of the efforts of Jasperites, who put the word out online, Flip was located in Vancouver.
Jim Hein, Flip鈥檚 owner, was contacted July 7 by a humane society, saying the dog had been there since June 28 and was about to go up for adoption.
The connection between Jim and Flip was made when a woman looking to adopt a dog put together the pieces after seeing Flip鈥檚 missing posts online.
鈥淲e all too often hear about the bad things in the world. This is one of the many amazing and happy things that happen in this world,鈥� wrote Joleen in her email. 鈥淔rom business owners to the citizens of Jasper, we were supported in our search for Flip. What an amazing sense of community the town of Jasper has.鈥�
Google Street View hits the trails
A team from Google is in Jasper collecting images of some of the park鈥檚 trails and secondary roads this week.
To do this, the team walks around with a camera called a trekker. This is the first year that the trekker is being used in Canada. The camera can go anywhere a person can hike, as it is situated above the hiker鈥檚 head as it captures 360 degree panoramic images.
Google has an agreement with Parks Canada that will see Street View capture more than 120 national parks and historic sites. Work in the parks began this spring and will continue through to the fall of 2014.
