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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 04, 1990
Page
3
Spectrum organizers report a strong three day turnout at the festival with Children’s Festival activities at Medicine Hat College drawing large crowds. Leigh Smythe credits broad attendance and positive energy, noting a packed petting zoo lines for hot air balloon rides and thriving Art in the Park offerings.
Musicians and organizers pressed on through city outages and weather at the Medalta Pottery Site Sun ey festival. A 450 strong crowd endured delays from sound issues and a midafternoon outage before Valdy James Keelaghan and the Great West Orchestra delivered a rain softened set. Ice sculptors from the Alberta Sculptors Association demonstrated skills as raft races and a second sculpture show drew crowds despite showers. Police restricted access to the beer garden, and Charlene Skidmore led the kayak dash with the BP Schooner winning decoration.
Medicine Hat MP Bob Porter urged crowd to engage in heritage issues during a dedication at the Medalta pottery site unveiling a Historic Sites and Monuments Board plaque. Dr Charles Humphries representing the board praised preservation efforts and cited Kaslo and the S S Moyie restoration as inspiration.
Alberta environment forecasters say the South Saskatchewan River will stay high through the week as Bow River releases keep upstream levels elevated. Officials at Ghost Stream Reservoir will open gates to lower the Bow while forecasts promise minimal rain for Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
A metre-long bull snake allegedly shorted a circuit breaker at a city power plant causing a 32 minute outage in Medicine Hat Sunday. Plant manager Herb Kollross said the creature crossed the breaker like a wire, with restoration rapid but uncertain drone.
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