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Spot Top Stories This Week - April 22, 2009
 
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Euro-tech on farms with Sloan Helicopters
Above is a photo of Kim Rossil, chief
pilot for Sloan Helicopters, flying one of their units.
Unlike most girls Rossils early inspiration was Star Wars'
Han Solo not Princess Leia. See more in the story "Euro-tech on farms with
Sloan Helicopters"
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Euro-tech on farms with Sloan Helicopters
The Swan Valley, just south of Kinuso, is not an area normally
associated with high-tech aviation.
Ghana - Trip also a chance to visit old friends
Sydni McCue is a young resident from High Prairie who has made
a difference in Africa through self initiative and fundraising.
She visited Ghana for the first time in October of 2007 for two
and a half months on a volunteering trip. Upon returning, she worked
various jobs to save up for her next trip to Ghana to spread funds
raised from an event in the summer of 2008. She took her second trip
to Ghana on January 26, 2009 and just recently returned on March 2,
2009. This is the fifth article Sydni has sent us describing her
trip, and the different activities she did while visiting Africa.
Celebrate Earth Day April 22
Today, Wednesday, April 22nd, is Earth Day. This observance was
founded in 1970 by the United States Senator Gaylord Nelson. At
a conference in Seattle, Washington in 1969, the Senator from
Wisconsin proposed that there should be a nationwide event to
celebrate environmental issues.
Owl to live rest of life in captivity
Tanaya, a short-eared owl found injured in Peavine Métis Settlement
last fall, will live out her natural life in captivity at the Alberta
Birds of Prey Foundation in Coaldale, near Lethbridge.
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