Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Vol. 42, No. 35
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Break-in at Viking Petro, ATM stolen A thief or thieves got clean away after stealing Viking Petro Canada's ATM in the early morning hours of Aug. 22. By the time the Viking RCMP arrived after receiving a commercial alarm at the station, the thieves were gone. Police found the front doors of the Petro Canada convenience store had been pulled open from the outside causing major damage. Inside was a missing ATM, along with other items that were taken. As of Tuesday this week, the doors into the convenience store were still damaged and shut with a sign saying, ""Door is broken. Please use Burger King side door." RCMP say the incident is still under investigation. The doors of the Petro Canada convenience store in Viking are closed for the time being pending repairs after thieves forced it open last Thursday morning and stole the ATM.
County agrees to enter into road agreement with P&H Patricia Harcourt Editor
Beaver County Council will be entering into an agreement with Parrish and Heimbecker Limited to upgrade Range Road 132 and Township Road 480 to provide access to the development on E1/2 of 3-48-13-W4. A motion by Division 5 Councillor Dale Pederson, on which the regional elevator terminal is located outside of Viking, was passed at
council's Aug. 21 regular meeting. However, the vote was four councillors in favour and one opposed, with Deputy Reeve Gene Hrabec stating: "I think we need the road." But Hrabec said it was being built to too high a standard. As currently proposed, the road will have a base stabilization of cement followed by an application of chip seal. "Even though we get money back in taxes," Hrabec said, he still preferred applying terracem
on the road instead of doing a rebuild. But Pederson said the traffic would be of much higher volume on the roads going in and out of the grain terminal facility, so the rebuild was necessary. "I do believe we need a superior road," he said. Councillor Kevin Smook (Division 1) agreed. "I think it's progressive for Beaver County," he said. "I'm in favour of it." Pederson proceeded with another motion
passed by council that the county issue a tender to upgrade Rge. Rd. 132 and Twp. Rd. 480 as follows: a) The standards set out in Alberta Transportation Standard cross-section for RLU210G-100 and Alberta Transportation Standard cross-section for Service Roads RLU-208G-90 with the exception that the road shall be constructed with a nine (9) metre top rather than a 10-metre top; b) Base stabilization
using cement and an application of chip seal to provide a dust free surface similar to pavement. Public Works Director Darby Dietz told council that the road "may not be constructed this year," adding there may be a chance of getting "better tenders in January or February than now." Wetland agreements likely couldn't be completed until midSeptember and other agreements with landowners could take
another four to six weeks. "The end of October means we may not get the work started this fall." Hrabec said this was another reason to be against the motion for a higher standard of road as a terracem application could have been done this fall and "be off the books." But Pederson responded that he worries about the base of the road in question. "I just think we've got to do it right," See P&H P4