In 2013, 28-year-old Drew Cook passed away suddenly of a heart condition that he didn’t know he had. A year later, his widow, Ashley Humphrey, decided to host a fundraiser in his memory called Heaps of Dreeps.

“We wanted to do something in memory of him and thought, what better way to do it than to have a huge summer end party, all the while raising money for a great cause?” Humphrey says. “It also raises awareness of heart disease [to] maybe prevent this from happening to someone else.”

This year’s event will be the third Heaps of Dreeps fundraiser and will be held on September 10. The event runs from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. Children are free and allowed until 6:00 p.m. There will be games, a bouncy castle, and face-painting for kids.

Every summer, Rainbow Stage in Kildonan Park puts on two different plays. This year, the performances are Cash: Ring of Fire and Shrek.

The next time you’re looking for a creative and fun night out, you may want to try a painting class at Ark Ceramics. The shop hosts Paint Your Own Pottery Parties and is located on Main Street in Landmark.

Christian recording artist and Niverville native Amanda (Falk) Cook is alive and well and living with husband Jacob Cook in Redding, California.

If you’ve been out to local fairs and festivals this summer, you may have heard of The Band RBB, a local group that plays rock and blues. Their most recent show was Summer in the City, Steinbach’s annual fair, this past June.

Local artist Joe Ashwell always has a project or two on the go. Although painting is his favourite artform, his mediums range from walls to vehicles to objects.