Jets sign fuels debate over town park recognition policy
Ken McDonald Memorial Sports honour for the Tabor Jets Western Canadian Championship has sparked a dispute between the rec board and the Jets over approval procedures. Town council suggested keeping the sign for a year while a signage policy is created as cooperation and communication falter in Taber’s sports community.
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Enchant Park
Jets
Vauxhall Spurs
Ken McDonald
Tabor Jets
Rec Board
Rec
Taber
Editun
Hockey Board
Wynn
Jets Sign Debate Sparks Community Letter
Local reader objects to rec board removing a sign honoring a hockey team. The writer claims no notice was given, questions authority, and urges keeping banners public to recognize a Western Canadian champions.
Sign honoring volunteers who built and celebrate Jets field
EDITOR laments delay in town council and recreation board decision to honor volunteer coaches who erected a sign at their own expense after a Western Canada Championship for Tabor. He praises coaches, players, and lasting volunteerism that built and fills the field for future generations.
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Go Jets
Rec Board
Western Canada
Tabor
Taber Town Chronicles 1953 1954 Local Happenings Overview
Taber Alberta records show a series of civic milestones from 1953 to 1954 including the new post office design progress under Campbell Hope Brownlee and Associates, the dial telephone switch over, a large civic voter turnout, health unit planning, air raid drills, the Sky Vue Drive-In opening, polio scare measures, post office building progress, railway water supply talks, a major church fundraising milestone, and the Travers Dam opening as well as municipal projects like a curling rink bylaw vote and a new water purification plant. The entries list prominent local figures such as MLA Roy S Lee and Minister Gordon Taylor, plus regional entities like the M D of Eureka and Taber town council.
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Tabor
Edmonton
Campbell, Hope, Brownlee and Associates
Ottawa
Taber
Gordon Taylor
Alberta
Roy. S Lee
M.D
Eureka
Coaldale
Barons
British Columbia
Provincial Health Board
Post Office
Department of Agriculture
Department of Public Works
RCMP
Canadian Pacific Railway
Taber’s United Church
Central Home and School Association
LDS
Jun Dumas
Beryl Finch
Delhi
India
Little Flamingo
Prairie Provinces
K. Ohashi
J. Shimbashi
Omer Male
Taber Coal Co
White Ash
Chin Lake
Chinook Health Club
Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto
Ernest J. Farmer
Toronto Conservatory
Travers Dam
the Merchants
High River
Pincher Creek
Barnwell
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Very Park
Alberta Newspaper Group, Inc
Street
Coleen Campbell
Garrett Simmons
Canada
U.S
Overseas
Mail Reg
Istratio
Preston Manning
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