2016
Vol. LXV, No. 27 56 pages May 30, 2017
Always better – always better read
Keeping Camrose green
Inside City of Camrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 to 15 Seniors’ Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 and 17 Who Can I Count On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 On the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 and 22 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 to 30
This Week's Flyers *partial coverage
To Camrose Homes To Rural Homes Tues. Thurs. With Booster
Brick Warehouse
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Canada Safeway
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Canadian Tire
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Hauser Home Hardware
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Ken’s Furniture
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Listen Up! Canada
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M & M Food Market
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Panago Pizza
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Pet Valu
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Real Canadian Superstore
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RONA
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Shoppers Drug Mart
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Walmart
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Wild Rose Co-op
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Liquor Barn
Do you get frustrated when your lawnmower will not start or when the skies open with drenching rain on the day you had planned to mow your lawn? Do you feel overwhelmed with keeping your small front and backyard in the City looking great? Or get weary from picking up the litter strewn about by irresponsible and inconsiderate people? How frequently do you have to dispose of branches or fallen trees following heavy winds from one of our frequent summer storms? Now imagine all of these typical homeowner obligations on a much more grandiose scale. Welcome to the role of City of Camrose Parks Director Chris Clarkson and his small crew of 10 year-round employees and 37 seasonal staff. Twenty of the casual staff members are new to the department this year meaning that each of these employees had to undergo two intense weeks of training. Thorough training is mandated in order to meet health and safety standards and to allow cross-training on the City’s line-up of parks maintenance equipment (eight ride-on, tri-deck and rough-cut mowers plus many gas trimmers, saws, etc.). Each is used to keep the City looking as neat and green as possible. Mowing and sweeping 600 acres of City parks, boulevards, hillsides, berms and other greenspaces weekly, plus irrigating Kin Park and Rudy Swanson sports facilities, is a serious responsibility for the summer crew of 20. Most are students, almost all of whom return to class at the end of August. It also comes at a significant cost to taxpayers – this year the City’s operating budget for the Parks Department is pegged at over $1.6 million. Reversal of the City’s Camrose Drive Naturalization Program (due to intense public pressure) will also impact the workload and cost for the City Parks Department with an additional 24 acres of mowing and trimming each week of the growing season.
News Features Real Estate Central Agencies Inc. Pages 31 and 32
Camrose seeing an increase in developments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Step into history through costumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Florence Sherbin celebrates 100 years of memories. . . . . . . . . . 17 Fly-in Breakfast celebrates 60 years of welcoming pilots. . . . . . . 18 Reflections Column by Bonnie Hutchinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Photo by Ron Pilger
Ready to tackle trimming and mowing of the expansive green space directly west of the Camrose Firehall are City Parks seasonal staff Melissa Boden, Nick Lehr, Amanda Mann, Torey Kunash and Melisa Marusak.