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Claresholm Local Press 1987-03-18 - 1988-04-27
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1988-03-09
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gt; canaoe unday rday ble nins ison only sled Jed atile Jed clw 505 an ed, Jing les. -hp ds etal lem of and or hy art Environment Minister. Ken Kow- alski, and Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Constituency MLA, Fred Bradley. recently announced the awarding of a 97 million contract to construct .the main dam portion of the Oldman River Dam project The contract, awarded to WA Stephenson,Construction (Western) Ltd. - S.C.I. Engineering and Con- struction Inc. of Calgary. is one of the largest single construction con- tracts ever awarded by the Govern- ment of Alberta In makingthe announcement this morning in Lethbridge, Mr. Kow- alski reiterated the provincial gov- ernment s support of the project and reaffirmed Alberta Environment's commitment to effectively carry out the large scale integrated water management plan for Southern Al- berta announced by the Alberta Government in 1980. This plan in- volves.the creation of off-stream re- servoirs, on-stream storage and con- servation measures. The Oldman River Dani isa'vital component of this plan and without it full utilization of Southern Al- berta's water resources cannot be achieved, the Minister stated As such, the awarding of this contract should be.a proud day for the many Albertans who have long recognized that reality and who have steadfastly supported this pro- ject for almost a decade. Mr. Kowalski added his personal appreciation and that of the Pre- mier, the Honorable Don Getty..for the renewed support the project has received over the last few months from the public and local govern- ments. 4 re a Dy POS Pa (7 Ee Ras VOLUME 63 - NUMBER 10 PRICE: 35 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1988 CLARESHOLM, ALBERTA, CANADA Rapid construction of new hospital southwest corner of town is proceeding ahead ofschedule with crews working well into The construction of the new Willow Creek-Claresholm Auxiliary Hospital and Nursing Home seems to be making visible progress almost daily. Construction of the facility at the Main dam contract awarded . In announcing the main dam con- Under the main dam contract tract. the Minister also indicated W.A. Stephenson Construction that tendering of an associated rip (Western) Ltd. -S.C I. Engineering rap contract will proceed im- and Construction Inc.. will be re- mediately. Rip rap is the large rock sponsible for the construction of works which will be placed on the , the 249 foot (76 metre) high earth upstream face of the dam to prevent: embankment which will contain erosion. About 560.000 tons of rip close to eight million cubic metres of rap will be required. fill materials essentially obtained The tendering of this rip rapcon- from nearby borrow deposits. Con- tract will further provide economic struction will begin this summer opportunities for Albertans. Alberta after the river has been cofferdam- companies and Alberta com- med and diverted around the actual munities, construction site, Initial activities fil 3 DE aan oe, the night and on Sundays. will inelude draining the site, exca- vation of overburden materials to expose the bedrock and final site preparation. The bulk of fill place- ment will take place in 1989 and 1990. The project is scheduled for completion by December, 1990 with the spring run-off collected in 1991 The Oldman River Dam project isan Alberta project using Alberta contractors. engineers, and sub-con- tractors. Mr. Kowalski told an au- dience of more than 150 representa- tives from Southern Alberta Municipalities. Improvement Dis- tricts. Irrigation Districts. local Chambers of Commerce. and Farm organizations The Oldman River Dam project is located about miles (ten kilometres) northeast of Pincher Creek in southwest Alberta. On com- pletion. it will permit flow regula- tion and on-stream storage of a de- pendable supply of water to meet the area s existing needs. As well. it will ensure a year-round water sup- ply for some 50 communities includ- ing Lethbridge. Medicine Hat and Fort Macleod In addition. the dam will permit another 170.000 acres to be irrigated As well as the project's longer term benefits, it is anticipated that the actual construction of the dam will create 2.100 man-years of em- ployment. Throughout the construc- tion period. approximately 30 per- cent of the needed work force was expected to come from surrounding communities within a 40 mile (65 km) radius of the dam site However. as of January 31. 1988, records indicate that 61 percent of the man-hours worked have been worked by local.residents and that more than 1 million has also been spent in the local area an goods and services Six Five bids in total were received for the main dam contract. Alberta Constructors Ltd. an Edmonton- based joint venture involving the Foundation Company of Canada Limited. PCL gineeringKL.td and North American Constragin Ltd. was the second lowest bidde 109.648.294 88 Denes ws a gt; na Werine 3 : Public assistance Over the weekend of March 5 and 6, the Pepper Mill Restau- rant in. downtown Claresholm was broken into and robbed. The RCMP are asking resi- dents to please look around their property to see if they-canfind a black inner cash drawer which was removed from the premises. In the robbery. a small amount obmoney was taken Anyone with any, knowledge of this crime is asked to contact the local RCMP Detachment at 625-4444. Your cooperation is most appreciated. Flower boxes The Claresholm Business A3- sociation hopes to coordinate a program this spring which will help to beautify our downtown. Arrangements have been made with Ray s Garden Centre to supply window boxes to the businesses interested. In the spring, the Garden Centre will come around and plant already blooming flowers in each of the boxes. Instant beautification The more interested, the better the price and, of course, the more appealing it will look. For further details and to get involved, you are asked to con- tact Ray s Garden Centre Playschool on the The Claresholm Playschool has been a busy organization lately, The parents have been busy renovating their new home, which is on the southwest corner of the Town Office build- ing. F Tuesday, March 8 was their first day at the new centre. The three and four year olds enjoy -two mornings a week at the centre and learn a vast variety of things. At present, there are 18 at the playschool Not ony has the playschool moved, but they also have a.new name. After taking suggestions move for a name, the parents voted on their choice, There was a tie for the best name, but it was de- cided to go with Learn-a-lot Playschool To help cover the costs of re- novatingsand moving, the plays- chool will be putting on a spaghetti supper and games night on Saturday, March 19. The Lions Club will serve the supper at the Community Centre, starting at 5:00 p.m. Some of the games will be b an bag toss, face painting, cake walk, etc. A fun night for the en- tire family ment plant 5 February 29 - Weather in review From Claresholm s weather office at the Day High Low Precipitation Monday 12; 10 Tuesday 0 -4 trace of snow Wednesday 10 1 Thursday 4 3 1.8mm rain, 2 m snow Friday 11 14 Saturday M1. 1 Sunday 9 4 water treat- March 6, 1988
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Image 1051 (1988-03-09), from microfilm reel 1051, (CU11351981). Courtesy of Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.