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Vol. LXV, No. 18 City – 40 pages March 28, 2017
Always better – always better read Inside We Deliver Page 9 Seniors’ Scene Page 10 and 11 City Page Page 12 Entertainment and Dining Guide Pages 15 to 18 Hello Beautiful! Pages 20 and 21 Obituaries Pages 22 and 23 Who Can You Count On? Page 25
Medivac drone technology in Camrose! is
Spring Car Care Page 28 to 33 Classifieds Pages 35 to 38
News Features City proposes future school site . . . . . . . . . 8 Foolish Acts take over Bailey stage . . . . . . . 18 Mayor signs proclamation for Meals on Wheels Awareness Week . . . . . . . 24 Tigers reap gold, Trojans collect silver. . . . 33 Reflections Column by Bonnie Hutchinson. . . . 4
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We now know that the Hospital helipad is capable of handling takeoff and landings of pilotless helicopters! Thanks to futuristic thinking and, much to their credit, the brilliant design team from the government went ahead and incorporated tomorrow’s technology into the local, recent helipad blueprint and build. This, we now realize, necessitated the significantly raised and heated landing surface, which discretely houses the navigation technology capable of guiding a medivac-drone to the absolute dead centre of the heated concrete landing pad. This week, the first of several trial runs of a full-size medivac-drone helicopter will take place. Seventeen-year-old Michael Phools, a self-proclaimed geek and computer whiz-kid who won first place in the renowned 2016 Las Vegas World’s Gaming Competition, has been training extensively on the sophisticated $7 million medivac-drone. Though he will never leave the hangar, Michael will be the pilot-in-command on the debut flight. He will operate the high-tech helicopter from a $1 million palm-sized game console. The craft will depart from the Edmonton International Airport and touch down at the Hospital in Camrose eighteen minutes later. For safety reasons, a trained helicopter pilot will be available during the first and subsequent four test flights. However, to duplicate reality, Captain Emilia Baron will be restricted to laying on a stretcher keeping her eyes closed during the entirety of each test flight. She will be monitored by live video camera to ensure compliance with the government-crafted aviation regulation. In the event of an emergency the Captain will be contacted by text message to move to and take over the controls of the medivac-drone. Don’t miss this milestone event! It all happens this Saturday, April 1 at 9 a.m. – rain or shine. Story continues on page 34.
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Photo by Ron Pilger
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