{"id":40542,"date":"2026-01-12T07:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=40542"},"modified":"2026-01-10T22:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:06:40","slug":"special-day-at-bowsman-arena-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/special-day-at-bowsman-arena-christmas-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Day at Bowsman Arena Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Submitted by: Amy Hofford<\/p>\n

On Sunday, December 21st the Bowsman Community Skating Arena hosted their annual Community Christmas Party.<\/p>\n

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A heartfelt thank you to the Bowsman Lions for their generous contribution to our event, which allowed us to provide free hot dogs and hot chocolate to everyone in attendance, along with treat bags for the kids. We also extend our sincere thanks to Ferlin Abrahamson for bringing his horses and offering sleigh rides, which added a truly special touch to the day. <\/p>\n

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Lastly, thank you to Santa for making time to come out and visit the kids. <\/p>\n

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The Bowsman Lions also provided the rink with an AED machine, an important addition that enhances safety and emergency preparedness for everyone who uses the facility. <\/p>\n

Our arena would not be operating without our hardworking volunteers, who dedicate countless hours to preparing the ice and maintaining the facility. Thank you all for your commitment and for working so hard to ensure our doors remain open! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: Amy Hofford On Sunday, December 21st the Bowsman Community Skating Arena hosted their annual Community Christmas Party. A heartfelt thank you to the Bowsman Lions for their generous contribution to our event, which allowed us to provide free hot dogs and hot chocolate to everyone in attendance, along with treat bags for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,21],"class_list":["post-40542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-snow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}