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1987-08-26
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The Gazette GH Onn Sue 9) , secul g er e e e 3 0 Published Weekly at Olds, Alberta - ce gt; a 0 pua23 ely Sones La Ano rc wy 3 Issue No. 34 Wednesday, August 26, A member of the Red Deer RCMP dusts for fingerprints while a member of the Olds detachment watches during an investigation of a break-in at L P Foods in Olds Thursday. Thieves broke through a rear vent sometime during the night, kicked in the office door and stole an undisclosed amount of money. The in- vestigation continues, but no arrests have been made. break-in not welcome It s not what you call the greatest. welcome in the world. Dave Pearson, owner and manager of L P Olds firm awarded contract A 1,391,257 grading contract in the Drum- heller area has been awarded to Richardson Bros. (Olds) Ltd. of Olds, Minister of Tran- sportation and Utilities Al Boomer Adair announced last week. This contract involves grading on Secondary Road 838 from the jun- ction of Secondary Road 837 for 18 kilometres to the west corporate limits of Drumheller. Like me, Stan Schumacher (Drumhel- ler MLA) recognizes the vast tourism potential of the North Dinosaur Trail, said Mr. Adair. That s why we're both enthusiastic about this project which will im- prove access to this in- creasingly popular Foods, the new grocery store in town, knew something was wrong Thursday morning when milk delivery men were bringing in their wares through.a door that should have been locked. Immediately suspi- cious, Pearson in- vestigated. All the cigarettes in the store were still on the shelf, but the office door was kicked in and a file cabinet damaged. Later it was discovered, an undisclosed amount of money was taken. And all this only two days after his store of- ficially opened for business. Rambo character threatens campers Weekend campers in the Tay River camp- ground, just west of Caroline, got a shock Friday night, when a Rambo type charac- ter entered the camp- ground and began threatening them. The man, dressed in camouflage clothing and brandishing a rifle and a compound bow, arrived in his vehicle and then threatened to kill all the campers, say unconfirmed reports. Campers, however, were able to talk to the man and convince him not to harm them by telling him there were more campers in another area. The man fled in his truck and the police were called. Innisfail RCMP responded to the gun complaint and along with assistance from the Sundre detachment, arrested a man. It was confirmed he was armed with a rifle and a compound bow. John Wendel Ar- chibald, 27, of Sylvan Lake, has been charged with unlawfully poin- ting a firearm and common assault in con- nection with the in- cident, said Innisfail RCMP. He will appear in In- nisfail provincial court September 14. You don't think this happens in a small town, but it does he said. Police were. im- mediately called and spent. two: hours. in- vestigating the crime scene. An investigation into the break-in and theft is continuing: So far no suspects have been arrested in con- nection with the break- in. But despite the theft of money and the damage to the file cabinet and the office door, Pearson isn t disillusioned about doing business in Olds. Customers, hearing about the unfortunate incident, have told him such things are not typical of Olds, he said. Besides, some good things have come out of the break-in. Weaknesses in the security of the store have been revealed and will or have been taken care of, he said. Please check your paper for expiry date Evergreens refuse disputed Centennial Park site The controversy sur- rounding land in Cen- tennial Park and the construction of a seniors drop-in center, ended Monday night when the Evergreens changed their minds about using the land. President Alma Allison told the town council the group is gratefully turning down the offer to use land in the northeast corner of the park. The group was hoping to build a drop-in center on the site, but op position about the location cropped up. We don t want to MVAMH The Mountain View Association for the Mentally Handicapped will get a F.C.S.S. grant of almost 8,000 from the town of Olds to help hire a community liaison worker, the town council decided Mon- day. The grant, initially approved by the Olds town council; is only 25 percent of.,the. total amount - needed to create the position. The other 75 percent is ex- pected to come from other municipalities in the county, the Horizon School, and the association itself, said a letter to the Olds town council. But. the money from the Family and Com- munity Support Ser- vices Board will not be officially approved until the Sundre, Didsbury, Carstairs and county councils approve their shares of the grant. Linda Skethar, managing director of Calgary weightlifting competition Two Olds Weightlif- ting Society members successfully competed in the Calgary Open Qualification Cham- pionships on Saturday, August 22, 1987. Bob Taylor, 15, con- tinues his meteoric rise in ranks with a 67.5 kilo snatch (148 lbs.) and a 85 kilo (187 lb.) clean and jerk. If Bob continues at this rate he should win the Jr. B Championships (un- der 16) this December in Olds. Gene Hammer, 32, coach and competitor, also in the 82.5 kilo class snatched 92.5 kilos overhead in one motion (203.5 Ibs.) and clean and jerked 117.5 kilos (25812 lbs.) for a new zone record. The next meet in the series is in Calgary again on September 26 at the Currie Barracks and is the Alberta Provincial Champion- ships. gets grant the MVAMH said she hoped the other coun- cils would follow Olds lead and kick in their share. The MVAMH decided to go to different municipalities in the county because since the group is a county- wide organization it would make the best use of the resources available in the com- munity. The community liaiso position would cost almost 32,000 for one year of operation. The person hired would be responsible for volun- teer support and promotion, parent sup- port, community liaison and compiling and distribution of resource materials, said Skeihar. We don't want to create more programs, just make better use of what we have, she said. separate this town anymore. We want it all settled and to get on with the building, she said. Instead of taking land in Centennial: Park, the Evergreens decided to go with land near the library. Allison said, in a later interview, before the Centennial Park land was offered, the library site was their first choice. The Agricultural Society is going to lease them land near the library, but some town land may be needed to build an access to the center, she said. The council im- mediately offered the group use of land west of the library and Allison accepted on behalf of the Evergreen executive board. She did say however, approval would be needed. from the entire Evergreen membership. A meeting is scheduled for August 31 to discuss the matter and she hoped all members would attend to help clear the air. The Centennial Park issue may have caused a lot of bad feelings within the membership so. hopefully the meeting will. bring things out into the open and clear matters up, she said. The controversy star- ted after the July 27 town council meeting when the Evergreens were given use of land in Centennial park for the building of a drop-in center, Councillors felt the town would back the resolution, but almost immediately - opposition began to surface. In the weeks following, two petitions circulated around town and on the August 10 meeting a large delegation ap- peared in the council chambers. Armed with 100 signatures and a letter, the delegation made their views known say- ing they were against the town's offer of land in the Centennial Park. The council planned to hold .a public meeting sometime in the next few weeks on the mat- ter, but since the Ever- greens changed their minds, there seems to be no need for the meeting. Despite the controver- sy, Allison said she ap preciated all the help the town council gave the seniors group, but the executive board felt it was necessary to end it. We don't want to make trouble for them anymore , she said. public AIDS seminar An information seminar on AIDS will be held for the public on September 22 at the Olds Junior/Senior High School, it was an- nounced. : The evening seminar will be part of a day long series of events in Olds in which college students and medical staff at the hospital will each have their own separate meetings on the disease. The town council ap- proved a F.C.S.S. grant of 502 to pay for some of the cost of the public seminar. A public information meeting on AIDS was first discussed in June following two sessions at the high school for students. Almost all at- tending approved of it, but some wanted a public meeting scheduled at a more convenient time. Shirley-Burstall, chairman of AIDS Calgary will return to Olds to participate in the public seminar. Dr. John Gill, who cares for all AIDS patients in Calgary, and Irene Kahler, a nursing specialist in Oncology. will also attend. The AIDS information seminar will be held in the West Gym of the school at 7:30 p.m. on September 22. former William (Bill) Bagnall, the former reeve for the County of Mountain View for 32 years, passed away in Dids- . bury on Wednesday, August 19. Bagnall was first elec- ted to the Municipal County of Mountain View in 1948 and spent the next 37 years as an elected official in the municipal district through the amal- gamation of the Olds School District to form the County of Moun- tain View. He was known as a leader and moving force behind many things in- cluding the develop- ment of the county form of government, the establishment of the County Ad- ministrative Center and major schools and libraries for the students of Moun- tain View schools. Bill Bagnall was born in Shrewsbury, Eng- land in 1910, where he was educated before moving to Canada in 1926. , He served in the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and the Princess reeve passes away Patricia Canadian Light Infantry for 17 years and retired as a Captain Adjutant. During his service, he was awarded the Canadian Forces upgrading of Decoration and the Queen s Coronation Medal. He also served in General Eisenhower s headquarters in Gran- ville, France and in General Patton s Third Army in Munich, Ger- man as an Official of the continued on page 2
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