Jaeger Jr. Recovering After Farm Accident Amputations
Jaeger Jr. is hospitalized in Calgary's Foothills Hospital after a farm accident south of Medicine Hat. His right arm and right foot were amputated following his coveralls getting caught in a tractor power takeoff shaft. He requires ongoing therapy and artificial limbs with the family stating he arrived by aircraft and waited hours before surgery.
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Medicine Hat
Jaeger Jr
Calgary
Foothills
Town and Country Packers Ltd
Jaeger
Justice finally catches up with Paul Cameron case
Paul Lloyd Cameron, 25, of Tabor, pleaded guilty in provincial court to impaired operation of a motor vehicle and failure to appear. Police observed a red Camaro driven erratically on Southview Drive S.E. around 4:15 a.m. on July 16, 1993. A warrant was issued in December 1993. Judge Philip Wambolt fined 500 for failing to attend court and 2000 for impaired driving, with a one year licence suspension.
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Paul Lloyd Cameron
Cameron
Tabor
Smith
Philip Wambolt
Jobs on the line in District 76 budget talks
About 20 teaching positions may be cut to balance the 1997 98 budget after a five percent teacher raise. Retiring posts won’t be filled to avoid layoffs, while trustees cite limited tax funding. The tentative 1997 98 budget was unveiled Wednesday. final approval comes June 25 after public input.
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Medicine Hatbout
Karen Charlton
Public Education Foundation director to step down in June
Arry Henderson announced Wednesday he will resign as executive director of the Public Education Foundation at the end of June after three years in the role. Karen Charlton praised his work and the board will seek a successor promptly to continue funding technology and special programs for schools.
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Medicine Hatarry Henderson
Public Education Foundation
Henderson
Public School Board
Karen Charlton
Ken Serr
Crestwood residents suffer trash delay after routing glitch
About 100 Crestwood Mobile Home Park homes were left with uncollected garbage for over a day when Zone 1 maps were redrawn. Utility officials called the error a "little glitch" caused by route overlap and large zones. Cleanup followed within hours and officials promise fixes, amid resident concerns over sanitation and pests.
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Medicine HA
Crestwood Mobile Home Park
Crestwood
Ralph Havinga
Havinga
Having
Crestwood Park
Lynn Jonker
Tannis Toohey
Calli
Josh
Bonker
Alberta private school funding bill dies in task force move
Bill 209 to raise private school instructional grants was pulled from the legislature and sent to a 10 month task force review. Ken Serr criticizes the move as a cop-out while Louise Hartung calls the review a step forward reflecting government consideration of private school funding.
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Medicine HA
Alberta
Ken Serr
Serv
Serr
Louise Hartung
Hartung
Cornerstone School
Vandals Strike Hat Flower Beds Along Carry Drive
Medicine Hat horticultural foreman Sandra Lofgren notes seven plants were vandalized in two beds on Carry Drive. She says incidents are rare and not reported to police due to low dollar value, with damaged plants being replanted and stored for spring planting.
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Medicine Hat
Carry Drive
Beeen Reece
Sandra
Alberta Growth Summit weighs windfall use and policy
Andrew Ehrkamp reports the Alberta Growth Summit in Edmonton will discuss how to spend a structural future surplus. Participants from labor, municipalities, education and health seek balanced growth with options including program spending, tax cuts, or debt reduction.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Liberal
Mike Percy
Percy
Hat Chamber of Commerce
Edmonton
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