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Expired plate leads to charges

Aug. 11

Camrose Police received a 911 call regarding a male who was trying to get inside the residence of a female with whom he had no contact conditions. Police located the male on scene and he was arrested and charged with breaching his conditions.

A traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle with an expired license plate. The vehicle was also determined to be uninsured and the male had an outstanding warrant out of Edmonton. The driver was charged accordingly and given a new date to appear in court.

Aug. 10

A female called 911 to advise that she had just been threatened with a hatchet by another woman at her residence. Police attended the area where the suspect was located and arrested by police. During a search, police located the weapon along with a small quantity of methamphetamine. The female was charged with Assault with a Weapon, Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to the Public and Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Aug. 9

A local restaurant asked an intoxicated male to leave their business for causing issues. When the male returned and began yelling at staff, Camrose Police were contacted and the male was removed from the property. He was issued a trespass notice not to return to the business.

Police were dispatched to what was described as a large fight in the parking lot of Tabb Lanes. The males were separated and sent home.

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EARLY REGISTRATION DATES Tuesday, August 25: 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 26: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, August 27: 4 to 7 p.m. Registration throughout September, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 4 to 8 p.m. at the Camrose Academy of Dance office in the Chuck MacLean Arts Centre (below Wild Rose Co-op) 4809-52 Street, Camrose Phone 780-672-8535

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Vision Credit Union shares good news

By Paulette Robinson

Vision Credit Union president Alan D. Fielding conveyed excellent news regarding the impressive financial performance of the corporation for the 2019 fiscal year at the annual general meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 12.

The meeting was conducted in extraordinary social-distancing fashion in the expansive Barn B at Camrose Regional Exhibition.

“For the year, our assets grew 16.9 per cent to over $1.2 billion. Our income, before ProfitShares allocation and income tax, increased 14.8 per cent to nearly $19.3 million. We returned a whopping $12,580,000 to our loyal members through our unique ProfitShares

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program, which represents a 25 per cent rebate on loan interest paid by our members and/or a 25 per cent bonus on deposit interest paid to our members.”

Steve Friend, chief executive officer, noted in his printed report to membership that a record $6,069,511, in cash, was paid to members.

“One of the highlights of the year for our seventyyear-old financial services organization was the purchase of the Wetaskiwin Credit Union, from Encompass Credit Union, which is based in Wainwright,” noted Fielding. “This purchase means that an additional 3,000 members are now enjoying our brand of service and our unique profit-sharing program. Another milestone for 2019 was the construction and opening of an impressive new branch on Main Street, Stettler. This investment of $3 million into the town of Stettler shows our ongoing commitment to provide optimum full-service financial services to people in rural and entrepreneurial Alberta.”

“Vision Credit Union has a mandate to provide seamless electronic banking, as well as first-class in-branch banking experience, to all of our nearly 25,000 members,” according to board chair Alan

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WELCOMING MEETING FOR THEWELCOMING MEETING FOR THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP at the Recreation Centre (Hockey Arena) enter through central entrance, up the stairs to room 3. Wednesday, September 23, 5 p.m. Please attend. It would be appreciated if one parent of each dancer would attend this important meeting. Camrose Academy of Dance is a not-for-profit organization run by a volunteer board. We have been in operation for 31 years with the mission to provide individuals with the opportunity to develop their physical, mental and spiritual well-being through quality dance education. Dance classes begin Tuesday, September 8

Alan Fielding

Fielding. “Our growth and our success also meant that, on behalf of membership, we were able to give back an additional $130,000 in donations benefitting communities that we serve in east central and northern Alberta. We are proud local supporters of the communities where we live and conduct business.”

Introduced at the meeting were two new directors: Doug Tremblay, who will be the voice of members from the Manning and La Crete trade area; also Dean Nelson, who will represent membership relying on the Wetaskiwin branch of Vision Credit Union. Changes to the corporation’s bylaws were required to facilitate the additional board members.

Vision Credit Union, with 17 branches in 16 Alberta communities, plus a virtual banking branch, is Alberta’s third largest Credit Union. VCU employs 168 full- and part-time employees. The head office is located in Camrose.