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Newspaper
The Taber Times
Location
Taber, Alberta, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 2006
Page
6
Readers urge the Enchant Community library to reject Chinook Arch and keep funds within the M.D of Taber. They cite low local usage, high per capita costs, and concerns over services, preferring local access and funding for 90 percent of residents.
A letter criticizes Horizon School Board for targeting support staff with pay cuts. The writer argues aides, mainly women, lack pensions and are the division’s lowest paid workers, calling the move demoralizing and demanding fair treatment. A principal praised for resisting cuts is noted.
Plan for Taber and District Irrigation Impact Museum marks its 10th Harvest Supper with a new exhibit titled Canada Built Through Immigration Why they came to Taber and why they stayed. The display honors Protective Services and local police and fire departments. Coal mining spurred Taber growth with mines like Reliance Canada West White Ash and Coal City employing 2 500 tons daily output and 50 000 in payrolls. Laborers from Nova Scotia England Scotland and Wales arrived as Canada West opened in 1905 and by 1907 a 500 person payroll grew alongside housing schools and hospitals.
Alberta gardener Alan Makarchuk wins a first place with a 595 pound pumpkin at Green Haven Garden Centre. He plans to enter a Smoky Lake contest for roughly 700 pounds with a $1200 prize. He grows using Atlantic Giant seeds and intensive compost.
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