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Student carpenter MacGregor Clark holds a nail while Hearthaven Lodge manager Carol Dyck prepares to nail it down. Students from William E. Hay’s carpentry classes are building a shed to house the growing number of scooters owned and used by the lodge’s residents. Please see our story on page 9.
Town formally approves budget Kinsmen playground project receives unanimous council support Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER At their May 19 meeting, Stettler town councillors approved the final version of the 2015-16 budget. The delay in formally approving the budget was necessary because staff had to make adjustments to the anticipated costs of gasoline, which due to the lower gas prices has come in below what was expected.
After that adjustment, and the signing of the recreation agreement with the County of Stettler, the budget was ready to be sealed and so it was with a unanimous vote. Councillors also went through recommendations from the Committee of the Whole, which heard requests from groups in the community requesting funding for projects for the coming year. Council approved a request
from students from William E. Hay Composite High School to help fund the cost of a tri-caster 40 multi-camera mixer, which would be used by its arts and visual department. It also received a request from the Skate Park association regarding solar lights. The councillors approved the request for lights on a trial basis, and if they do not work out, agreed to buy the lights from the skate park so they can be installed elsewhere in the commu-
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nity. The trial period will gauge if the lights are a disturbance to people in the community, though councillors admitted they were not expecting problems given the use already experienced at the skate park and the lack of complaints received since its opening. Councillors heard that the Skate Park association had also repaid a loan given by the Town last year. continued on page 4
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