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902 USL ONIGTING TAILVISIOI1 91Z AUVUGIT TAILVISIONT pth . 82nd YEAR - Number 15 e Gazette Published Weekly at Olds, Alberta Wednesday, April 14, 1982 The town has been grappling with two bothersome problems and the RN ied eee Wace above picture illustrates the solution to one and the answer in part to the second. Planters i to be insufficient for trees and an ntended to beautify downtown. Olds were found attraction for. vandals. They were found, though, to be ideal roadblocks ee ae and two of them found their way general plan now law to the west entrance of the fairgrounds and sports complex. The town assures: that proper traffic signs. will be potential hazard. erected to warn drivers of the most assessment appeals are :cjected Olds court of revision reduced assessments on three properties but rejected the vast major- ity of appeals brought before it last month. Of nine separate ap- peals involving 59 pie- ces of property, court upheld assessments on 55 properties. Two of the submissions were from complainants seeking information on methods used to assess property for the pur- poses of taxation. The largest reduction was given Ekstrand Holdings Ltd: Thirty two acres. of land in Northwest Olds had or- iginally been assessed at 283,610. It was reduced substantially to 9,200 after court heard that the land is presently being farm- for development in the near future, as the West. Silverthorn sub- division. Olds new hospital and elemen- tary school is slated for construction on the property. Cega Properties Ltd. s lots in Olds west end will retain their assessment. The com- plainant did not appear in court. Court also re- jected appeals submit- ted by G. and H. Doer- ing, R.H. Bell and Sons Livestock, and J. and D. Verheulen. Court lowered as- sessments for Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison and United Feeds. United Feeds, which curtailed operations following a December, 1981 fire which destroyed most of its Olds feed mill, ered from 257,100 to 128,600 because of machinery lost. Assess- ment on the building was lowered from 298,450 to 149,230. The court of revision sits annually to rule on property assessments. This year s court con- sisted of Town Council- lors Ken Gillrie, Jules Muller (chairman), Ha- rold Jensen, Ed Allen and Gordon Peterson. Assessors G. Maiden and G. Skoreyko from the department of mu- nicipal affairs also at- tended to explain as- sessments and advise the court. R. Goruick acted as court clerk. Alberta Agriculture Minister, Dallas Schmidt has announced that nominations are again being accepted for the Alberta Agricul- ture Hall of Fame. The deadline for their ac- ceptance is June, 30, 1982. Albertans who have made important contri- - butions to the devel- opment of agriculture in Alberta, Canada or on the international scene, and who hold Canadian citizenship, ed. This land is slated had its assessment low- Olds Town Council has to get a firmer grip on its Family and Com- munity Support Services depart- ment, Mayor Bob Armstrong said of the FCSS director. Council and the FCSS board will have to work together to formulate guidelines for the department, the mayor said. Council, he conceded, hasn t been keeping close enough tabs on the department: This has never been done before. The mayor plans to attend the next meeting of the FCSS board scheduled for Monday to begin developing those guidelines, he said. The future of the department is not in jeopardy, though, he said. The (FCSS) director quit. That s happened three or four times before without threatening the existence of the department, he said. Armstrong was responding to the resignation last Thursday of FCSS director Cathi Neale Ward. Hired two years ago when the depart- ment was called Preventive Social this week following the resignation, shakedown in works Services (PSS), she left the town s employ after meeting with Arm- strong, town manager Ron Hilton, Councillors Jules Muller and Ed Allen, and former PSS board chair- man Bridget Galvon. Ward, 27, this week said developments in the town office over the past six months led to her resignation, She declined further comment except to say. that she was placed on probation by manager Hilton in February for reasons she didn t divulge. She also pointed out that she was the longest employed inside worker for the town. While Armstrong didn t disparage Ward nor her job perfor- mance, he did criticize both the FCSS board of directors and Town Council, saying there has been a lack of communication between the town. All councillors have to become aware of what FCSS is all about, he said. FCSS has to become more respon- sible to the town, he indicated, especially in terms of spending and comportment. are eligible for nomina- tion. Recognition in the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame is the highest honor Alberta agriculture can bestow on an individual, says Mr. Schmidt. Service to the agricul- tural sector is the basic qualification for inclu- sion in the hall of fame. A life of dedication to the betterment of agri- culture -has distingui- shed each person cho- sen in past years. Prof- essional or voluntary involvement in farming or rural life will - be considered by the se- lection committee if the nominee has made an outstanding contribu- tion in his or her spe- cialty. The committee will give preference to peo- ple associated with the practical aspects of ag . riculture, including farming and ranching. However, agricultural business people, pro- fessional agrologists and rural community workers will also be considered. Selection of men and women to be named to the hall of fame is made by a committee repre- senting farm men and women. Nomination forms are available from district extension offices throughout -the prov- ince and from the Al- berta Agriculture Hall of Fame, 10th Floor, Agriculture Building, 9718-107 Street, Ed- monton, Alberta, T5K 2C8. The forms are designed to help nom- inators in presenting background informa- tion and supporting evi- dence as to. the candi- date s contributions to iculture. Since its establish- ment in 1951, the Al- berta Agriculture Hall of Fame has honored 52 Fothering- ham visits Olds Southam News col- umnist, Alan. Fother- ingham was in - Olds. Monday. His column from the Vancouver Province reprinted in the Gazette in mid- March produced some angry outbursts from area residents. While those tirades didn t faze Fotheringham a bit, he did want to find out what Olds-Didsbury voters were saying and thinking having elected a separatsist represen- tative to the Alberta Legislature. His pithy columns are a regular feature in the Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Province and many other South- am publications. He is also a regular contribu- tor to MacLean s mag- azine. Ms. Sylvia Fraser, a writer for Chatelaine will do a feature story on Mr. Fothering- ham for that well known magazine. To get material for that feature Ms. Fraser is touring the west with the Southam columnist. seek hall of fame nominations men and women for outstanding contribu- tions to farming, ran- ching, and the quality of rural life. Their por- traits and a description of their accomplish- ments can be seen at ithe Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame display, located on the main floor of the provincial museum in Edmonton. Men and women se- lected for Alberta Agri- culture Hall of Fame in 1982 will be honored at a banquet and cere- mony during Agricul- ture Week in the latter part of February.1983. high school split tops board items Mountain View Board of Education was ex- pected to: begin dis- cussion today on the feasibility of dividing in two, the Olds Junior Senior High School, as recommended by the recently-completed Sage Institute of Can- ada study into pro- blems with the insti- tute. An ad hoc committee was struck last month to investigate possible means of dividing the school into two separ- ate entities, one for junior students and the other for seniors. The committee was formed in response to recom- mendations emanating from the Sage study. The committee was di- rected at a special meeting held March After four revisions, several pub- lic meetings and countless submis- sions spanning about 16 months, Town Council gave final approval Monday to the Olds General Muni- cipal Plan. The Plan, in accordance with the provincial Planning Act, charts the future growth of the town and sets down guidelines for the present and future town councils to follow. It takes a general approach to eight basic community components: hou- sing, the economy, transportation, physical environment, recreation, education, utilities and public ser- vices, and social services. Although mostly general, Council by adopting the plan, has assumed a mandate to accomplish some significant tasks in the near future. For example, in education Council must seek a joint use agreement with the Mountain View Board of Education and Olds College to avoid duplication of facilities. Council must investigate the feasi- bility of establishing a regional land fill site, in o-operation with sur- -rounding municipalities and gov- ernment agencies. ' The plan also deals with several specific public works projects: road and sewer upgrading. The Plan, for the most part though, is general and has been at various times described as a mo- therhood document. Unlike the Land Use Bylaw passed by Council in 1980, which deals with specific land usage regulations, the General Plan is a statement of objectives and philosophies. According to the preamble to the 26-page document, the Plan is intended to secure the orderly, economical and beneficial development and use of land, while maintaining and improving the quality of the social environment. It also seeks to improve the quality of the social environment. Bi Lengthy process The General Municipal Plan, in its present draft, was first presented to Council in December, 1980, by the Red Deer Regional Planning Com- mission. The Olds Municipal Plan- ning Commission subjected it to a total of four revisions following public meetings and written verbal submissions. First reading of the bylaw to adopt the Plan passed through Council Mar. 22. Prior to final approval Monday, a public hearing into the Plan was held. No significant objections were raised and the final two readings gained unanimous acceptance by the councillors and Mayor present. The Plan maps Olds future growth. No immediate plans for expansion of the present municipal boundaries are found in the docu- ment. Authors of the Plan, given population projections, feel future . growth can be accomodated within the present incorporated area. The Plan proposes that the town develop towards its boundaries in northwest and southwest direc- tions. Industrial areas will follow patterns already begun, with dev- elopment restricted primarily to the southeast and northwest quad- rants. Commercial areas will be re- tained in the downtown core and a- long Highway 27, generally. Provi- sion has been: made for the new hospital and school planned for the town s northwest and another school - if the need should arise - in the southwest. The plan is not written in stone. It is subject to annual review. It will also be reviewed upon the election of each new town council, upon significant variation in circumstan- ces under which the plan was drafted and upon receipt of major development proposals which do not comply with the plan. Tories organize anti-metric dinner Carstairs business- man Brian Pound, in- censed over the firing of federal civil servant Neil Fraser, has organ- ized a dinner meeting to focus attention on metrification and the erosion of personal freedoms in Canada. Mr. Pound has teamed up with Stephen Stiles, the Conservative can- didate in the :recent by-election, to present Peterborough M.P. Bill Domm, speaking ag- ainst continuation of the federal govern- ment s program of me- tric conversion. Domm will be speak- 26, to report on its preliminary findings at today s meeting. A complete report on the Sage study will be presented to the public at a meeting at the Olds High School next Wednesday (April 21). At this time, Sage s Dr. Bryant String- ham and school offi- cials will be available to explain the study s procedures and to an- swer questions. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. able in each of ing at a dinner in the Didsbury Memorial Complex on Monday, April. 19th. Red Deer M.P., Gordon Towers, whose views on metrifi- cation are well known, will also be heard. Pro- ceeds of the dinner will be contributed to the battle to reinstate Fra- ser to his position in the federal government. Tickets for the dinner at 25.00 each are avail- the towns in the Olds- Didsbury riding. Canada s economy cannot bear the added expense of continuing the conversion to met- ric at the present time, says Pound. The people do not want it and now that our main market for export products, the U.S., has put their pro- gram on hold, it is sheer folly to continue it in Canada. In addition, both Pound and Stiles are deeply concerned with the firing of Neil Fraser after he spoke out ag- ainst metric conver- sion. In effect, said Stiles the Trudeau government has told the entire civil service of Canada that they no longer enjoy the fund- amental freedoms of speech and dissent that are essential in a free society. The gag im- posed on Fraser will have the effect of in- timidating all civil .ser- vants from speaking out. in the future, even though they alone may have knowledge of mat- ters about which the Canadian people should be informed. We hope the idea behind this protest will catch on elsewhere in Canada where people are concerned about government trampling on individual free- doms says Pound. With Agriculture Minister Whelan now pushing the cattle in- dustry into metric con- version, it is time the government got the message that the peo- ple in this part of Canada don t want it and cannot afford the cost. We don t know if the government is lis- tening yet, but the ex- pected large turnout next Monday should give the government a kick in the right direc- tion.
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Image 249 (1982-04-14), from microfilm reel 249, (CU12511894). Courtesy of Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.