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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 16:57 |
It is a circumstance many school boards have to deal with that have small rural populations within its jurisdiction.
After much deliberation with stakeholders, the Horizon school board passed a notice of motion at its Feb. 23 board meeting to close Coutts Community School. Ward 5 trustee Terry Michaelis dissented.
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Written by Greg Price
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 16:53 |
With how shy she can be at times, Irene Merkle blushes and wonders what all the fuss is about.
That’s because Merkle was given the Senior of the Year award at the Kinsmen Club of Taber’s Heritage Supper on Feb 22.
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Written by Garrett Simmons
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 16:52 |
Third and final reading has been given to a bylaw that will gradually change utility responsibilities from renters to owners.
At Taber town council’s Feb. 22 meeting, third and final reading was passed by a 4-1 vote, as Mayor Ray Bryant and Couns. Terry Sargeant, Abe Andres and John Papp voted in favour, and Coun. Louie Tams was the lone dissenter. Couns. Garth Bekkering and Murray Rochelle were not at the meeting.
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Written by Trevor Busch
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 16:52 |
Government funding shortfalls, combined with fiscal adjustment and a clawback of reserves have left Horizon School Division in a desperate financial situation for the coming 2010-11 school year.
That was the dire message delivered to a crowd of parents and citizens by the Horizon School Division board at the community meeting last month in Taber in the W.R. Myers gymnasium.
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Written by Trevor Busch
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:28 |
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church has a new priest, one that hails from a continent away.
Father Patrick Furtado took over the parish since coming to the community from another parish in Calgary.
“It’s been four years since I came to Canada. I worked in Fort Saskatchewan, close to Edmonton, and then three years of city life in Calgary, and now further down south. Prior to that I worked in India.”
Furtado grew up on the Indian subcontinent and has served as a priest for 18 years.
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