Centennial weekend lights up Medicine Hat with Jubilee events
Saamis Jubilee Weekend promises three days of celebrations led by Lord Moran visit and the Community Historical Train. Mayor Ted Grimm hosts officials while RCMP and military ceremonies showcase Trooping of the Guidon and a Ross Memorial Tank dedication. The event features a candle cake, street dances, a beer garden, fireworks, and a Sunday Old Fashioned Picnic with 10 cent treats.
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Saamis
John Bokstein
Bokstein
Lord Moran
Canada
RCMP
Medicine Hat Burrows
Don Macdonald
Macdonald
Burrows
Lord
Lady Moran
Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Medicine Hat
Police Point Park
Ted Grimm
City Hall
Edmonton
Alberta
Cypress Centre
Athletic Park
Joanne
South Alberta Light Horse Regiment
Lions Park
Grimm
Brian McKinley
British Military Tradition Behind It,’” Macdonald
Ross
Amy Hargrave dies at Walsh ranch after illness
Amy Laura Hargrave 59 wife of MP Bert Hargrave died at the Walsh ranch home. Born in Medicine Hat she lived on the Hargrave ranch since 1946 with their three children Harry Colby and Nairn. MLA Jim Horsman praised her help to Bert while he pursued politics.
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Amy Hargrave
Walsh Ranch
Amy Laura Hargrave
Bert Hargrave
Walsh
Amy
Medicine Hat
Hargrave
Albert
Bertha Reinhardt
Irvine
Harry
Colby
Nairn
Ottawa
House of Commons
Minor
Bert
Jim Horsman
Edmonton
Horsman
Rural neighbors meet to boost Southern Alberta towns
Neighbors from Southern Alberta plan a one day Southern Alberta Regional Development Conference at Lethbridge Community College to share rural development ideas. John Melicher of the Rural Education and Development Association says locals lack knowledge of others’ efforts. Ilona Stapels notes projects include a death by own action prevention centre a main street program soil salinity discussion and a model pheasant farm.
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Southern Alberta
John Melicher
Rural Education and Development Association
Lethbridge
Department of Continuing Education
The
Rural Education and Development Association, Uniform
Institute of Cultural Affairs
Ilona Stapels
Linity
Stapels
The Pen of My Aunt at Fireball Theatre gives light WWII humor
The one act Gordon Daviot comedy opened Tuesday at Fifth Avenue United Church basement. Rod Dal Collo plays a nameless traveler who barters with a German corporal, while Rosa Vince and Deb Asher shine early. Directed by Ruth Milne, shows run daily at 12 15 p m through June 18.
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Fireball Theatre
Gordon Daviot
France
Fifth Avenue United Church
Rod Dal Collo
Patrick Dirk
Rosa Vince
Ruth Milne
Firehall Theatre
Builders to Start on Twinning Work East of Medicine Hat
The Alberta highway twinning project from the Saskatchewan border to Banff National Park proceeds with tenders called. Contractors may submit by June 17 and bid packages are available at Transportation Department offices in Lethbridge Calgary or Edmonton or at the Alberta Roadbuilders Association. About nine kilometres of highway east of Medicine Hat will be twinned with construction expected to begin early next month.
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Kiwanis Riverside Park
Trans-Canada Highway
Medicine Hat
North Western Coal and Navigation Company
South Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Banff National Park
Alan Waller
Waller
Transportation Department
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta Roadbuilders Association
City man fined for refusing breathalyzer test
A 25 year old Ronald Dirk of 1803 19th Ave was fined $2000 in provincial court by Judge George Lynch Staunton after refusing a breathalyzer test following a routine police stop revealing an open bottle in his car. Dirk has prior related offences in 1978 1979 and 1980. The hearing notes include another youth Dubroy fined for disturbances and curfew breach. Besplug elected jury trial on assault causing bodily harm with preliminary inquiry set for July 20.
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Ronald Dirk
19Th Ave
George Lynch-Staunton
David Carter
Dirk
Carter
Dubroy
Warren Besplug
Third St. S.E
Redcliff
Court of Queen’s Bench
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Copper Penny
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Arena Convention Centre
CP Rail
Crescent Heights
Shortgrass Saam
I Orient
Randy Smith
Ross Glen
Frank Webber
Review
Deb Asher
Vince
Deb Usher
Scott
Darren Dubrey
Balmoral St. S.E
Corona Hotel
Fifth St. S.E
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