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Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013
Volume 15 Number 39
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County wants Rimoka’s Bethany Group removed By Amelia Naismith The majority of Ponoka County council was hunting for the termination of the Bethany Group’s contract, to severe ties between the group and the Rimoka Housing Foundation. However, that suggestion was not accepted by the Rimoka board and was instead accepted for information, at their Sept. 18 meeting. Coun. George Verheire stirred a passionate discussion at council’s Sept. 17 meeting.
He moved to send a letter of suggestion to the Rimoka board to end working relations with Bethany Group within 30 days, following the stipulations of the contract. The motion passed in a 3-2 vote with councillors Verheire, Keith Beebe and Gawney Hinkley in favour and councillors Paul McLauchlin and Reeve Gordon Svenningsen opposed. “I think this would be a very good move on their part in order to save the integrity of
Rimoka as it is right now. We’re losing that very fast,” Verheire told council. McLauchlin, who is also the board chair of Rimoka, was caught off guard by his colleagues’ decision to send the letter and felt there were other options available to deal with the concerns of council and residents. “At the end of the day there’s a due process for complaints and I think the definitely includes you taking your complaints back to Bethany and finding a resolution,” he said.
“It was a pretty positive meeting actually,” McLauchlin said in an interview. “It was a strong message.” To move forward from the letter, he says the board is going to work harder to keep the lines of communication open between town and county councils, the Rimoka board, Bethany Group and the residents. “I think, for the most part, this is really a message for continual improvement,” said McLauchlin.
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Single vehicle crash: On Sept. 16 at 2:45 p.m. on Highway 20 north of Rimbey RCMP and emergency crews responded to a one-ton Ford pulling a trailer carrying a flare stack. The truck rolled onto its roof, but the trailer stayed upright. The driver who escaped out the side window was not injured. The front of the roof was totally crushed. Please see RCMP report on page 13. APN Photo
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