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1990-05-30
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o e*a gt; -3 C- c s a O*. K J gt; rr a - lt; ro The Gazette Your Hometown Weekly Newspaper Wednesday, May 30,1990 Issue No. 22 An abandoned waterline that was never shut off by the Town of Olds is being blamed for this flooding behind 51 st Avenue. Area residents Arne Buch (left) and Harry Cooper (right) look over the damage the four-month-old leak has caused. Buch pulled children from muddy waters just a few weeks ago and Cooper has been keeping a close watch on the level of the water. Who needs a river to have a flood by Anthony Connolly A four month old waterline break behind 51st Avenue is causing problems for some residents whose homes border the body of water. The body of water, knee-deep in some locations, is the result of a leak in the water- line near Broyce International and Mountain View Association for the Mentally Handicapped, Mayor Robert Armstrong said. Lorraine Cooper, 4249 - 51st Ave., says the water has been accumulating behind her home since January and is making the ground around her home soft and muddy. The water is right behind us. We were out there last night and our driveway is just like a sponge, she said. You step on it and it census results in June by Anthony Connolly The Town of Olds will know how many there are of us come the end of June when administration receives the 1990 Census results. 1 e 1990 version of the census, the last one com pleted in 1988, was conducted the first two weeks in April, Town Manager Ron Hilton said. The results of the survey, performed by six canvassers, were sent to the Red Deer Fitness phone-in Do it and dial in Take 15 minutes today, May 30, and walk, jump, run or skip rope into the Canada Fitweek's Participation Challenge. After completing your 15 minutes of any exercise you like call the town office, at 556- 6981, to record your name as part of the challenge. This year's Participation Challenge is between the town of Olds and the town of Napanee. There are plenty of chances to perform your 15 minutes throughout the day in the town. Main Street Mania will take place, today, at noon on 50th Avenue in a group participation exercise program. There's free aquacize classes at the pool between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. this evening. Also this evening is the slowpitch challenge that takes place at the O.R. Hedges diamonds beginning at 6:30 p.m. and going until 9:30 p.m. To register ji st call the town office. To cap off the day's events there is a Participation Parade scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Olds Centennial Park. Mayor Robert Armstrong will lead a walk about the community from the parade gathering as well Regional Planning Commission for tabulation, he said. The commission will input the Olds figures into the computers in orders to perform an analysis. The statistics will be used by various groups including the government which uses the figures to calculate per capita grant monies, the town manager said. Agencies such as hospitals, municipalities, schools and health units use census results in regards to age distribution. When the figures are supplied to the administration they will be made public. From 1986 to 1988 Olds experienced no growth as it is recorded on the census, he said, but there definitely was some growth. There was no growth in that period of time, but I'm not sure that was due to the census, I think there was a growth, it's just that the one previous to that had been overstated. just keeps moving. Cooper, who contacted the Olds Gazette to complain about the water, says the Town of Olds came and dug behind her house in late January looking for the leak, but couldn't find anything so the town just piled the dirt back in. In the meantime a small lake has formed in the alleyway, she said. The water just keeps coming, Cooper said. It's just laying there in a great big lake. As a result, she says, the ground under her home and yard has become saturated with water. She says also the water has become a community hazard and is a potential site for a drowning. A neighbor recently had to yank children out of the water because they had become stuck. You know kids and water. The kids got in there and got stuck, they were stuck up to their knees in mud. They were screaming, he (the neighbor) came and pulled them out and their boots came off, Cooper said. If he fnadn I been there and those kids had fallen over they could have drown. Mayor Robert Armstrong, who visited the area where the water is on Wednesday, said town crews will begin searching for the leak this week, but will not put up protective fencing in the meantime. Both Cooper and neighbor Arne Buch, who lives at 4245 51st Avenue, say they have been told by town officials that the body of water is ground water. I can't hardly get in the driveway from the alley there because of the water, and that never happened in 14 years, Buch, who has lived on 51st Avenue for 14 years, said. That's not ground water, there's a leak someplace. And the leak is causing his driveway to sink into the ground. Armstrong says the damage is on Broyce International's lot. They are set to dig in there, as soon as, in fact they were supposed to start the first of this week, but the rain backed the date off, the mayor said. Weather permitting town crews will begin to pump out the water and search for the leak soon, he said. howl at the moon Friday, under the light of the moon, the loonie goes loony in Olds. It's that time again when the merchants that line our streets loosen their collective ties, lose their marbles and just plain go -- MAD. For it's Midnight (Moonlight Madness in Olds, Friday, June 1 from 6:00 p.m. to Midnight. Check out the insert in this edition of The Olds Gazette to make sense of all the sales and savings. Rocky V) Henda by Anthony Connolly The Municipal District of Rocky View is interested in discussing the purchase of the Anthony Henday Waterline, it was revealed in town council, Monday evening. commission develops southwest by Anthony Connolly Ar area plan detailing the development of southwest Olds for 20- 30 years into the future was unveiled at town council, Monday. The area plan, called the South-West Area Structure Plan, prepares the town of Olds for the eventuality of developing that sec- Lion of the town. The plan presents a residential area, a potential school site and a highway commercial zone on the south side of Highway 27, the plan's document states. The report, presented to council in brief form, covers areas of transportation, natural area preservation, and short term residential and education facility development. What (the plan) does is if somebody in the future wants to develop that property, they know how it's going to be developed, Hilton said. The plan also allows the town of Olds to begin developing services for the area. Town council gave the plan bylaw first reading, Monday evening. ants me Town Manager Ron Hilton told Olds council that he was contacted Friday by a Rocky View councillor with news that the municipality is interested in the water- line. The MD of Rocky View wishes to open discussions on the Mountain View water- line. he told council. He said the municipality has a private firm that is interested in purchasing and operating the line. The Anthony Henday Waterline is currently a point of study for both the provincial government and an ad hoc waterline board, made up of the communities the line services. The province is eager to sell the line, and the communities of Cross- field, Carstairs, Didsbury, Olds, Bowden and Innisfail are considering a buy-out. Hilton said a special meeting of the Mountain View Regional Waterline Board has been called for this week. The MD of Rocky View is interested in meeting with the board, he said. But that meeting won't happen until the board has a chance to convene and decide a course of action. The ultimate decision would come from PubUc Works Minister Ken Kowalski. council passes 3.52 mill rate increase by Anthony Connolly On average ratepayers in Olds will pay about 40 more in taxes this year as town council approved a 3.52 percent increase in the mill rate, Monday evening. The residential mill rate goes from 26.73 in 1989 to 27.67 this year, Director of Finance and Administration Darcy Webb said. This means on a residential property, assessed at 42,000, the 1990 taxes wiU be 1,162 or a 39 increase over last year. For non-residential property the increase amounts to 120 more on the tax bill. The non-residential mill rate increased 3.60 percent up 34.85 this year from 33.64 the year previously. A business property assessed at 100,000 would pay the 120 increase for a tax bill of close to 3,500, a coun cil document shows. The mill rate is established by factoring in the requisitions of municipal authorities and the town's own budget. The hospital requisition this year is 52,549, the county school's 1,056,231, provincial school fund 182,957, planning fund 21,288 and the Mount View Foundation requisition is 48,446. fall election if Meech dies said Waters by Anthony Connolly A fall federal election will be called if the Meech Lake Accord fails to be ratified, Senator-elect Stan Waters said in Olds, last week. Waters, speaking before a packed Olds and District Chamber of Commerce meeting, said since the resignation of Lucien Bouchard from the federal cabinet the chances of a fall election increased. More Quebec MPs Will resign after June 23 if the accord is not ratified, he said. And with the resignation of just 22 more MPs the federal Progressive Conservatives will lose their majority, the Reform Party senator said. And in a further prediction Waters said the Reform Party, in the next federal election, will vie for as Continued on Page 5 1 1 J mWrnb 1 -J J w 1 -* *nm * 4 mmm mmVt M-p-** f**9B * 1 t L9. M L m T 11 J *9 r - I BIImJ - J The Olds High School female golf team captured first place honours at the South Central High School Zone Playdowns held May 22 in Carstairs. The team of Kim Qually, Kareen Qually, Laurie Hildebrand and Stacey Harper will be representing the zone at the Alberta School Association Provincial Championship June 1 and 2 in Camrose.
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