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The
Weekly Anchor - MAY 5, 2008 Issue
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5040 - 3rd
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(as of April
25, 2008)
Train collides with Provincial Sheriff’s
EVANSBURG –
On April 27 at about 11:33 a.m., Evansburg
RCMP received a call of a Provincial Sheriff’s vehicle that was stuck on the
CN train tracks, 20 km west of Evansburg.
Immediate phone calls were made to CN to
have the trains in the area stopped but unfortunately, one of the trains was
too close and did not receive the call in time.
The train collided with the front corner of
the police car causing damage to the car but not the train.
The driver had exited the vehicle prior to
impact so no injuries were sustained.
CN Police are investigating the cause of
the Sheriff’s vehicle being high centered on the tracks.
GYRD enforces penalties for vandalism at
schools
A recent incident at Parkland Composite
High School in Edson where the boiler system was manually turned off could
have resulted in major infrastructure costs if the weather had been harsher.
As a result, students and staff were
subjected to a colder than usual start to their morning until Grande
Yellowhead’s maintenance department repaired the problem.
The school’s security camera network
recorded the incident and GYRD subsequently reported the incident for
further investigation by the local RCMP detachment as per the division’s
procedures.
“Vandalism and other negligent acts are
taken very seriously at Grande Yellowhead as the monies used to replace
damaged property equate to less dollars spent on learning for our students,”
said Dean Lindquist, superintendent of schools. “We will deal with all
these matters in a serious and direct manner.” It is GYRD’s Board policy
and practice to seek restitution for vandalism or other damage to division
property, and press charges as appropriate.
Grande Yellowhead appreciates the
community’s assistance when preventing and reporting activities which damage
or potentially threaten the safety of divisional schools, offices and
property.
Forest Industry Salute ‘Bertie the Beaver’
gets birthday bash May 10
by ANN STEFFES
Anchor Writer
Alberta Sustainable
Resources Development is celebrating Alberta Forest Week from May 4 to the
11th to showcase the recreational and economic benefits derived from
Alberta’s huge forest base..
Alberta Sustainable
Development’s Leslie-Anne Chapman, the Public Information, Education and
Outreach officers for the Foothills Division, said the week will see many
events, most of which seem to be aimed at the younger sector of the
public. The “Foothills” area encompasses the area from Evansburg to the
British Columbia border and from the Pembina to the Brazeau Rivers.
Chapman says this year’s
event, timed to coincide with Arbor Day, emphasizes not only fish, wildlife,
and trees, but also the new Alberta which deals with oil and gas
dispositions among other activities taking place in rural and forested
Alberta.
There are 11 other forest
areas in Alberta
and all of them will be celebrating the forests’ economic and recreational
diversity.
The Hinton Interpretive Centre will be the focus of
the week’s activities which will feature resource people at the Centre to
inform visitors about the
Interpretive Museum, and
the Alberta Forest Service Museum. The
Foothills
Model
Forest
will be open as usual, but will have a stronger emphasis on Keeping Alberta
Green.
The Alberta Forest Service will host a birthday party
for the iconic Bertie the Beaver. In the l950’s Walt Disney brought a film
crew to Kananskis Country to film a story on beavers. As a very big
thank-you for the help he and his crew received from the Alberta Forest
Service, he brought Bertie Beaver to life and presented him to the people of
Alberta as a symbol
of care for the Forests. Bertie was a forest symbol in lieu of the
United States’
anthropomorphic Smokey the Bear.
Bertie will be present at the
Edson Provincial Building
on Thursday, May 10 to hand out birthday cake, balloons and loot bags from
2:30 to 4:30. Bertie and his crew will also be in attendance at A.H. Dakin
School on Monday, May 5 from 9:00 to 9:30 AM.
Bertie may also been seen during the year at various
trade shows and Christmas parades to encourage Albertans to “Keep Alberta
Green.”
Foothills Male Choir to perform at Edson
by ANN STEFFES
Anchor Writer
Hinton’s Foothills Male
Chorus will kick off their annual spring tour at Edson’s Red Brick Arts
Centre May 9 at 7 p.m.
Chorus Master Bob Udell of
Hinton promises an even better show this year. Udell says a new dimension
has been added with “Tenor Power”. The regular chorus will be present as
well as the “Blue Diamond Quintet.” Two of the members of “Tenor Power”
are regular singers at Edmonton Opera performances. Udell has new material
for this year’s tour: “Nessun Dorma”, the late Luciano Pavarotti’s
signature aria, “New York, New York,” and the “Woodpeckers Song,” as well
as other favourite crowd-pleasers.
There will be 28 performers
on the Red Brick Stage this year. Udell is pleased with the growth of
Hinton’s choral community. He spoke of the new womens’ chorus, Eklectica
which now performs in Hinton. He is looking forward to the Chorus
performing with the St. Albert Brass Band some time this year. He
mentioned that Hinton doesn’t have adequate space for the performing arts,
and is looking for ward to the time when all arts groups can have adequate
rehearsal and performance space.
The Red Brick Arts Centre
has limited space so quick ticket purchase would be in order. Phone number
of the Red Brick Arts Centre is 723-3582.
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