Redcliff Tax Rise Sets Higher Home and Business Bills
Redcliff homeowners face a 14.95 percent tax hike as the 1981 budget assigns residential rates to 100 mills and non residential to 129.18 mills. A $5,000 assessment would pay about $500 residential and $647.75 non residential, with due date August 31 and a 12 percent penalty after. Count Everett Burk cited total assessed property value at $11.161 million and outlined tax allocations for school, hospital, and foundation requisitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Foundation
Redcliff
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Cypress View Foundation
Everett Burk
Burk
Art Dirkson
Moore cancels cemetery appeal in Seven Persons dispute
The administration of Improvement District No. 1 cancels its appeal over subdividing the Seven Persons graveyard. Minister Marvin Moore withdrew the appeal to seek a local peaceful resolution, keeping the April 8 denial of the subdivision in effect while the pivot road over graves remains allowed.
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Marvin Moore
R.J.C. Ford
Southeastern Alberta Regional Planning Commission
Medicine Hat
Planning Board
Fleming
APC
Lutz Perschon
Ford
Moore
Alberta Planning Board
Perschon
Lillian Ost
Seven Persons Historical Society
Ost
Famous Players plans four screen cinema in downtown
Famous Players Ltd of Toronto bids over a half million dollars for the Glanville Ford site at First Street and Sixth Avenue S.E. The MPC will review the plan with basic sketch elevations and seating for 1,172 as Vic Link notes. The city bought the property for 650,000 in July 1979.
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Famous Players Ltd
Toronto
Glanville Ford
First Street
Sixth Avenue
S.E
Municipal Planning Commission
Don Murray
Famous Players
Murray
Vic Link
MPC
Link
Medicine Hat
Prominent rancher Hargrave Mitchell dies at 71
Hargrave Mitchell 71 a leading district rancher died Monday. Born in Medicine Hat he ran the family cattle ranch northeast of the city since the 1940s. He served on the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede board and as vice president of the Western Stock Growers Association in the 1940s. Survived by wife Clara June daughters Sheila and two sons Ian and Neil and two sisters.
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Hargrave Mitchell
Mitchell
Medicine Hat
Jim Mitchell
Bert Hargrave
Hargrave
Reinhold Lehr
Western Stock Growers Association
Lehr
Ian
Neil
Clara June Mitchell
Sheila
Helen
Nora
Second Gulf gas leak found at Medicine Hat station
A second gasoline leak has been found at the Holiday Gulf 1978 Ltd station near the Trans-Canada Highway in Medicine Hat. Eight test holes were drilled after a prior leak at John's Husky Car-Truck Stop, with findings showing a small leak and ongoing tests to determine extent and movement. Authorities warn air odors in Kensington homes may be unrelated as tests continue.
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Medicine Hat
Holiday Gulf (1978) Ltd
Redcliff Dr. S.W
John’s Husky
15Th St. S.W
Peter Schonekess
Alberta Environment
Calgary
Finn Spanggaard
Gulf Canada Ltd
Spanggaard
M.J. O’connor and Associates
Kensington
Howard Christie
Alberta Environment Earth Sciences Division
Christie
Gulf
City to lower gas system pressure to save reserves
Medicine Hat officials consider cutting distribution pressure from 70 100 pounds to about 30 to curb losses as the Many Islands field depletes. A $1 057 000 tender for two compressors may be awarded to Solar Turbines International, with total costs possibly up to $1 545 000.
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Medicine Hat
Many Islands
Utilities Committee
Solar Turbines International
Kerr
Cultural centre joint-use guidelines outlined for city and college
The Allied Arts Council presented criteria for a city college cultural arts centre joint-use agreement. The plan assigns ownership to the college, cost sharing for city programming, and city staff coordination. The timetable targets a June 16 college board reply with access from 7 am to midnight and separate areas for city and college use.
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Richard Helm
the News
Eileen Sissons
Allied Arts Council
Sissons
Community Cultural Centre
Ted Grimm
City and College
Draft annexation policy aims to guide Medicine Hat growth
Ajit Atwal of the Southeast Alberta Regional Planning Commission says a draft annexation policy could be ready within a month as Medicine Hat plans for population growth to about 103 000. The RPC study will tackle boundary expansion funded by a provincial IVHP grant of 3000, part of 6235 for the region and 155331 province wide. Community programs and publicity grants may support home fairs sports days and brochures with submissions due by June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Ajit Atwal
Southeast Alberta Regional Planning Commission
RPC
Atwal
Medicine Hat Stampede Readies 1981 Opening Ceremonies
Mayor Ted Grimm will preside July 23 as Medicine Hat marks the 1981 Stampede. Board eyes ticket packages at $3 for groups of 12 50 75 and 100 to boost attendance with center grandstand seating. Ticket booth opens July 1 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saan’s Lot. Ian C. Mac Donald resigns as Stampede director. Andrew Snaddon named associate publisher at The Medicine Hat News.
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Medicine Hat
Stampede Board
Stampede
Saan
Third Street
S.E
Ian C. Mac
MacDonald
Medicine Hat News
The
Andrew Snaddon
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Lloyd Busse
ID Administration
Rj.c. Ford
Doug Fleming
Movie Film
Medicine Hat Mall
Prairies
Don Mit
Chell
College Drive
Robin Schlaht
Rick Pedersen
Kensington Area
M. J. O'Connor and Associates
Monton
Ald
Ken Sauer
Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd
AGCL
Vancouver
Hawthorn, Mansfield, Towers
Medicine Hat Committee For
TYDP
Donald
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