City special events fund nearly exhausted in 1997
Aldermanic officials warn MIKE BEREZOWSKY MEDICINE HAT funds for special events are almost used up with about 300 dollars left of a ten thousand dollar 1997 allotment. The Canada Day fireworks receive two thousand. Terri Clark Homecoming gets five thousand five hundred. Additional two thousand two hundred supported other groups earlier year as six months remain. council will reassess grants but warns funding is limited and first come first served.
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Medicine Hat
Graham Kelly
Kelly
Public Services Committee
John Hamill
Council
Hamill
Crops Doing OK Across Southern Alberta After Rain
Alberta Agriculture reports that scattered rain has restored moisture to adequate levels and crop conditions are generally good. Disease and pest pockets exist in some areas while haying and baling progress, with first cut yields around average to slightly above average. Northern regions show leaf disease nitrogen deficiency and yellowing from excess moisture.
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Medicine
Alberta
Alberta Agriculture
Department
Bow Island Beanfest Kicks Off With Rodeo and Music
Bow Island and District Ag Society hosts a three day Beanfest ending June 29 featuring rodeo finals and a Strathcona Musical Ride. Free Friday barbecue, family festival, parade by John Brocklesby, pancake breakfast, and Beef and Bean lunch draw about 3,000 attendees.
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Bow Island
Bow Island and District Ag Society
Strathcona
Nan MacLean
Chamber of Commerce
MacLean
Bert Knibbs Ball Park
John Brocklesby
Senator Gershaw School
Brocklesby
the Legion
Health Authority board faces election debate reopens
Palliser Health Authority members consider 100 percent elections while Alberta officials push for appointed boards until 2001. Dorothy Patry argues elected directors boost democratic accountability, while Lorne Tyrrell warns of higher costs. Rob Renner outlines current provincial policy and reviews GST impacts.
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Medicine Hat Pase
Health Authority Board
Dorothy Patry
Patry
Patty
Alberta
Health Authority
University of Alberta
Lorne Tyrrell
Medicine Hat
Rob Renner
Palliser
Ron Witzke
Reform Party
Witzke
Palliser Health Authority Board
Tyrrell
Renner
Torch Relay Lights City As World Police Fire Games Begin
Firefighters and police officers carried the torch through Medicine Hat on the southern Alberta leg toward Calgary for the World Police Fire Games opening. About 100 spectators welcomed runners including Special Olympians while Ald. John Hamill received a city torch. Twenty three Hat officers and firefighters compete, with torches from Grande Prairie Crowsnest and Cold Lake meeting in Calgary for opening ceremonies.
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Sam Leung
Kevin Heinrich
Medicine Hat
John Hamill
City Hall
Calgary
Lethbridge
Alberta
Grande Prairie
Crowsnest
Cold Lake
McMahon Stadium
Hat
Heinrich
Delirne Sharpe
The
Australia
North America
San Diego
Provincial Court Fines Bar Fight Suspects in Assault Case
Eva 22 of 398 16th St NE pleaded guilty to assault and two failure to report charges after a bar fight in which a bottle was smashed. He received 950 dollars for assault and 150 and 400 dollars for failing to report on May 16 and May 23. Also fined were Donald Floyd Southern 42 of Redcliff for driving with a 500 dollar fine and 90 day license suspension after a May 24 crash with alcohol odor. Faron Michael Dirk 39 Medicine Hat fined 750 for uttering threats after a June 6 call. weapons seized and Dirk prohibited from owning firearms or ammunition for five years.
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Mason Eva
Eva
16Th St. N.E
Cchief Cro
Darwin Greaves
Bruce
Hill
Medicine Hat
Diettich Eva
Donald Floyd Southern
Southern
First St. Redcliff
Greaves
Faron
Michael Dirk
Dirk
Greaves Court
Tremblay Pleads Guilty To DUI After High Speed Stop
At 1134 Ross St SE Tremblay pleaded guilty to driving with a blood alcohol level above .08 after police observed swerving at about 2 40 am on May 18. He was fined 650 and banned from driving for one year.
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Brian Alexander Tremblay
Remblay
Ross St. S.E
Tremblay
BATUS anniversary festivities mark Hat gala weekend
The British Army Training Unit Suffield prepares a weekend of events in Medicine Hat and at CFB Suffield to celebrate 25 years of BATUS. Open house Sunday features tanks, games, a mock battle, and a Freedom of the City ceremony on Saturday in Medicine Hat.
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Medicine Hat
Suffield
Canadian Forces Base
Batus
Steve Kidd
Royal Tank Regiment
Cfb Suffield
Vancouver
Redcliff United Way
H.A. Bud Olson
Col. Bellamy
Don Kylle
Ted Grimm
Riverside Park
Shell
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