Hey Folks;

Well, we have booked the meeting room for Beer and Bull in Drayton Valley, Ab for Thursday July 7th, 7:00 pm. It will be @ the Lakeview Inn & Suites, 4302-50th Street (formerly the Black GOLD Inn) Thought that Gold thing would be good, but they went and changed their name. Have 40 so far and counting, so looks like a good one. Have 6 new ones on board, some have bought already, some want to listen to the bull before they committ, others are wanting to buy more.

We have room for 80 in that room so, please let me know if you would like a spot.We would love to have all that can come. Murry has confirmed he is to be there and is looking forward to meeting some old and new faces.

Yes Mimi, they DO have Lime Beer, and yes Mr Vegas, they Do have Coffee.

Mimi ---You wanted a little history on DV. so, here it is--

An Oilfield town of 6500 people, born around the 1954 find of the Cardium sands, depth 4500 feet, quantity 20 billion barrels. Very tight formation and only appx 20% produced so far. With the new Horizontal drilling program, perfected in Baken field in Southern SASKATCHEWAN, the wells have gone from producing 50 barrels a day, to 50 barrels an hour. Some speculate it will give DV an extra 50 years of oil production.Thank you Saskatchewan.

I dont think you will run out of Lime Beer here cuz we have NINE Liquor Stores, 10 hotels/Motels, 2 with pools, 2 with water slides.

There are 5 campgrounds, 6 golf courses within a 20 minute drive, 3 fishing/ swimming lakes, and several parks boasting hiking trails, quad trails, horse riding trails, and in the winter cross country skiing and downhill skiing.

If its education you're after, we have 7 schools as well as a secondary education institution call the Education Consortium.

Weyerhauser has a huge sawmill here, and we are in the process of setting up a world renowned "Bio- Mile. We also have a pilot project happening to process the 13 billion tonnes of deep coal between Wabamun and the Pembina Forks out on the Trunk Road.

You wont starve either cuz we have 2 McDonalds, Dairy Queen, Tim Hortons, A&W, Kentucky Fried, Subway, as well as various other steak houses and fast food outlets.

If you need to get your "REAR END" fixed here there are 4 major car/truck dealerships here including Ford, Chev, Dodge, and Toyota and various other repair shops.

We have a Wal-Mart, Canadian Tire, Brick, Marks Workwearhouse, Napa, Fountain Tire, Cal Tire, OK Tire, and a Gregg Distributors being built as we speak,

We have a Sobeys and an Extra Foods and also have 3 bulk fuel distributors, and a UFA farm Store, as well as a major truck stop.

We have an Omniplex with 2 ice skating surfaces and a 6 sheet curling rink, and at least 7 slo -pitch ball diamonds and an outdoor soccer field.

Hopefully, young Lady, this insite into DV will entice you and a few others to visit our fine town, drink a few beers or coffee,and enjoy our hospitality, as we will, no doubt, enjoy your visit.

Not sure if we can do anything about your own "rearend" but maybe if Bushboy comes-----who knows?????? looks like there is a lot to look after.

Rinky