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Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014
Volume 16 Number 45
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See Story on page 13 International Quilters: Judy Frayn, Helen Anderson, Greta Cooke, Glnyss Salls and Jean Warta and Arlene Panasiuk get together weekly at the International Truck Museum to quilt and visit. The ladies are now busy completing this nine-and-a-half square-foot Rose of Sharon quilt started by the late Bobbi Anderson which required an extra quilting frame. Missing is Louise Craig and Audrey Munroe APN Photo
Town endorses groundwater monitoring program By Treena Mielke Town council has agreed to take a proactive approach towards ensuring the town’s water supply coming from the town’s largest producing well is not being affected by groundwater below the northeast wastewa-
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ter lagoon. At its regular meeting last Monday council gave the go-ahead to a recommendation by CAO Lucien Cloutier to spend $50,000 on a groundwater monitoring program and environmental assessment of the aquifer near the town’s lagoon. OPEN TUESDAY TO SATURDAY 11:00 am to 9:30 pm
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“It is important to emphasize that, at this time our water supply is safe and being carefully monitored in compliance with all Alberta Health Services and Alberta Environment requirements,” he said. Continued on page 3
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The town also agreed to allocate $18,000 in operational funding to continue to monitor the groundwater. The study is to establish whether or not connectivity exists between the water that is below the well and the lagoon, said Cloutier in his report to council.
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