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Year in Review: January, Febuary, March, April
SPN Staff
for South Peace News
January
Jan. 1, 2009: McLennan’s Jim Desrosiers and Heather Dixon celebrate the birth of their daughter, Giselle Eva Derosiers. She is the first baby born in the Peace Country in 2009 arriving at 12:55 a.m.
Jan. 1, 2009: The year begins with High Prairie town council hiking the rates for water, sewer, garbage collection and recycling.
Jan. 6, 2009: The High Prairie Regals begin the year with a 15-2 win in Valleyview. Tyler Shantz scores five goals and adds two assists.
Jan. 7, 2009: The High Prairie General Investigation Section’s Enhanced Drug Unit reports some cocaine has been cut with levamisole, a chemical hazardous to drug users.
Jan. 7, 2009: The Prairie River Raiders girl’s basketball team scores six points in the final 1:16 minutes but still lose 32-29 to visiting Valleyview Hillside. In boy’s action, Dakota Banta scores 14 points as PRJH defeats Hillside 31-28.
Jan. 7, 2009: Alex Marzotko scores 10 points as the St. Andrew’s Saints boy’s basketball team defeats the visiting Donnelly G.P. Vanier Vipers 43-26 while the girl’s team loses 41-14.
Jan. 7, 2009: St. Andrew’s School vice-principal Al Baird gets his hair cut during a charity fundraiser for Kelly Masson, who has bone cancer.
Jan. 8, 2009: The High Prairie chamber of commerce hires Joyce Stokes as its secretary.
Jan. 9, 2009: The High Prairie Zirka dancers perform for a delighted audience at Pleasantview Lodge.
Jan. 10, 2009: A poker rally is held in Faust to honour Peter Campiou, a former sledder always willing to help others.
Jan. 10, 2009: The Triangle Hall is the site of a spirited and entertaining jamboree.
Jan. 12, 2009: Winnifred Doris Babkirk passes away at the age of 75 years.
Jan. 14, 2009: George Keay attends a High Prairie town council meeting with concerns over delays for the proposed new hospital. Mayor Rick Dumont replies, “From what I understand, everything is proceeding as per what they told us before.”
Jan. 14, 2009: Yellowhead MLA Robin Campbell tells High Prairie town council that the northern part of the province is where Alberta’s economic future lies.
Jan. 15, 2009: Katimavik students bid farewell to High Prairie.
Jan. 17, 2009: The Fairview Kings win in High Prairie 9-4 to hand the Regals their second home loss in five days.
Jan. 17, 2009: Brad Cunningham wins $608 in the High Prairie Regals Frisbee Toss.
Jan. 17, 2009: The High Prairie Zirka dancers and Vohon perform at the annual Malanka celebration at the Elks Hall on the Stampede Grounds.
Jan. 17, 2009: The Brulotte family catches a cougar in one of their traps near Whitemud Creek.
Jan. 18, 2009: The High Prairie Atom Thrashers defeat Grande Prairie 3-1 to win the Lloyd Head Memorial Tournament in Grande Prairie.
Jan. 19, 2009: The first meeting is held in efforts to form a Junior B hockey team in High Prairie. Rick Dumont, Iner Gauchier and Hector Lamouche head the early bid.
Jan. 20, 2009: St. Andrew’s School forms a book club, which meets for the first time.
Jan. 21, 2009: James Cutrell passes away at the age of 78 years.
Jan. 22, 2009: The Pioneer Threshermen’s Association at Triangle is one of 76 recipients across Canada to receive a $10,000 grant through Farm Credit Canada’s AgriSpirit Fund.
Jan. 22, 2009: Elsie Hendry passes away at the age of 93 years.
Jan. 23, 2009: A party is held at J.B. Wood Extended Care Unit for George Lamouche, who turned 100 Jan. 7.
Jan. 23, 2009: The High Prairie Regals overcome two three-goal deficits but rally to win in Falher 9-7. Captain Lance Gauchier scores four goals and adds an assist in the win.
Jan. 24, 2009: Mike Lefley scores twice and adds five assists as the visiting Spirit River Rangers whip the High Prairie Regals 12-1.
Jan. 24, 2009: Over a dozen members of the High Prairie Quilt Guild attend the annual Quilt Till You Wilt at the United Church. Quilts made are donated to cancer patients.
Jan. 25, 2009: Jocelyn Heyde’s rink wins the High Prairie Ladies Bonspiel after defeating Marilyn Stevens 8-7 in the final.
Jan. 27, 2009: Faith Pardell and Brynn Halaburda win the Kendall Carlson Award for the Top Science Fair Project at the Prairie River Junior High School Science Fair.
Jan. 28, 2009: Loblaw says no new grocery stores will be built in Canada including High Prairie “in the near future”. Meanwhile town manager Larry Baran says work continues on the project.
Jan. 28, 2009: The Prairie River Raiders girl’s basketball team takes a 12-0 first half lead and go on to defeat the visiting Valleyview St. Stephen’s Rams 26-16. Elizabeth Potskin scores 10 points to lead PRJH. In boy’s action, PRJH defeats the Rams 34-14 as Harold Johnson and Johnathon Banta each score 10 points.
Jan. 28, 2009: Hayley Laughlin scores twice as the hometown High Prairie Young Guns whip Manning 7-1 in the first game of their two-game series in Peewee Female B Provincial play.
Jan. 28, 2009: High Prairie town council approves the installation of 12 new stop signs around town.
Jan. 28, 2009: Connie Roberts passes away at the High Prairie Hospital at the age of 63 years.
Jan. 29, 2009: The High Prairie Regals lose 8-3 at Valleyview to all but end their chances of placing first in the NPHL’s East Division. Ryan Reeves, Blaine Bablitz and Frazier Caron each score twice in the win.
Jan. 30, 2009: The Town of High Prairie and M.D. of Big Lakes are denied any grants in the latest round of Canada-Alberta Building Canada Fund grants.
Jan. 31, 2009: The High Prairie Regals send only nine skaters and two goaltenders to Fort St. John and are blasted 14-0.
February
Feb. 1, 2009: The High Prairie Bantam Thunder whip Fairview 9-3 to win a tournament in Camrose. They also defeated Foremost 8-1, the Edmonton Hawks 8-4 and Fort Saskatchewan 7-1.
Feb. 2, 2009: Trever Sekulich and Debbie Wales celebrate the opening of the RONA franchise in High Prairie.
Feb. 3, 2009: Peavine Bishop Routhier School students raise $244.24 which they donate to Darcy Anderson and Yvonne Noskey, who lost their home in a fire Dec. 27, 2008.
Feb. 3, 2009: Community booster Albert Babkirk turns 90; four days later a party is held at the Banana Belt Hall by family and friends.
Feb. 6, 2009: The High Prairie Legion donates $10,000 to the High Prairie and District Community Health Foundation for the CT Scan.
Feb. 6, 2009: TD Canada Trust donates $3,500 to the High Prairie and District Community Health Foundation for the CT Scan.
Feb. 6, 2009: St. Mark’s Anglican Church donates $1,670 to the High Prairie and District Community Health Foundation for the CT Scan.
Feb. 6, 2009: Devon Canada donates $10,000 to the High Prairie and District Community Health Foundation for the CT Scan.
Feb. 6, 2009: Monahan Ford Kawasaki donates $2,500 to the High Prairie and District Community Health Foundation for the CT Scan.
Feb. 6, 2009: Deerline Sales Ltd. donates $2,580 to the High Prairie and District Community Health Foundation for the CT Scan.
Feb. 6, 2009: Frank Morowski passes away at the age of 85 years after a car crash.
Feb. 7, 2009: Davis Baroldi scores three goals to lead the High Prairie Regals to a 7-2 win over visiting Peace River. The Regals end the season in second place in the East Division with a 10-15-1-0 record, four points behind Falher.
Feb. 8, 2009: High Prairie Skating Club members bring home 15 medals at the NorthWest/Peace Region Funmeet in Drayton Valley.
Feb. 8, 2009: Bernie Poloz’s rink qualifies for the Alberta Master’s Curling Provincials in High River after winning the A Event in Spirit River.
Feb. 10, 2009: Town Councillor Jeff Burgar questions rising auditor’s fees at council. Estimated fees in 2009 are expected to be about $65,000 whereas they were only $30,000 in 2005.
Feb. 10, 2009: High Prairie town council approves a $1.2 million debenture for the west side agri-industrial park.
Feb. 10, 2009: High Prairie town council approves NAPA’s request to convert hotel rooms into office space on the west side of his building.
Feb. 10, 2009: The High Prairie Young Guns punch their ticket to the Alberta Peewee Female B Provincials in Viking after blasting visiting Manning 15-5. Madison Nesom scores five goals in the win.
Feb. 11, 2009: Span West Ventures owner Joe Remai tells South Peace News the economic slump has slowed Cornerstone residential sales. Only four of 26 lots were sold.
Feb. 11, 2009: The M.D. of Big Lakes agrees to remove unsafe playground equipment at Carole Bannister School in Faust. The move became necessary when students began attending school from Kinuso during renovations.
Feb. 12, 2009: The High Prairie chamber of commerce agrees to write town council expressing concerns about heavy truck traffic parking along Highway 2 in town.
Feb. 12, 2009: The High Prairie chamber of commerce meets and wants different grain handling options for local farmers besides hauling grain to Falher.
Feb. 13, 2009: Tolko Industries closes its Slave Lake mill.
Feb. 14, 2009: Judy Fortier and Mike Fortier win the Joussard Superette Fishing Tournament with a catch of 17.98 cm. They win $792 for their efforts.
Feb. 15, 2009: West Division players sweep all major NPHL awards including Fort St. John’s Kip Noble, who wins the MVP and Best Defenceman awards. No High Prairie Regals win awards or named to the All-Star teams.
Feb. 16, 2009: Family Day activities draw 325 people to the Sports Palace for a morning and afternoon of fun.
Feb. 17, 2009: The hometown Grande Prairie Athletics defeat the High Prairie Regals 8-6 to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-five quarter-final series. Brenan Jones scores twice as the A’s break open a 5-5 third period tie with three straight goals.
Feb. 17, 2009: Scott Patenaude scores in double overtime to give the High Prairie Legionnaires the series win over Slave Lake and a berth at the Midget A Provincials in Ponoka. Slave Lake won the first game in High Prairie 3-2 on Jan. 14; High Prairie won the second game 6-5 forcing overtime.
Feb. 18, 2009: High Prairians Devyn Jones and Brianna Panasiuk are featured in a South Peace News story on their becoming Edmonton Rush cheerleaders.
Feb. 19, 2009: Kelly McLeod scores two power play goals as the visiting Grande Prairie Athletics defeat the High Prairie Regals 6-4 to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five quarter-final series.
Feb. 20, 2009: Approval is granted for a regional partnership group to begin clearing land for the Seal Lake Road north of High Prairie.
Feb. 20, 2009: Maurice Giroux, 55, dies in a house fire at Driftpile First Nation.
Feb. 20, 2009: Lyndsey Greer is presented with a $2,000 scholarship from the High Prairie Healthcare Auxiliary Society.
Feb. 21, 2009: The High Prairie Regals season ends after a 6-1 loss in Grande Prairie to the Athletics. The Regals are swept 3-0 in the series; Lance Gauchier scores High Prairie’s only goal.
Feb. 21, 2009: Bernie Poloz defeats Lyndon Drefs 7-5 in the A Event final to win the High Prairie Town and Country Bonspiel.
Feb. 22, 2009: A record 119 hands are sold at the Enilda Non-Motorized Poker Rally. Jim Essay wins the adult category, Kyle Pilkey the youth category.
Feb. 24, 2009: Peter Woodbridge tells the High Prairie chamber of commerce the forestry industry should prepare now for better times. The Lesser Slave Lake Economic Alliance hired Woodbridge to do a study of the forest industry in the region and develop a plan for new opportunities.
Feb. 25, 2009: Rick Dumont says he will take newfound information to a committee to decide if pursuing a Junior B franchise for High Prairie is worth pursuing.
Feb. 28, 2009: The Gift Lake School Metis Cultural Dancers perform at Northern Lakes College’s Northern Metis Celebration in Grouard.
Feb. 28, 2009: About 45 volunteers work non-stop and make over 400 apple pies at Pleasantview Lodge. Pies were presold with proceeds to be used to buy TVs for the residents.
Feb. 28, 2009: The St. Andrew’s Saints boy’s basketball team wins the Smoky River Junior High School Basketball League title at Valleyview after defeating Valleyview Hillside 52-40 in the final. The Saints defeated crosstown rivals Prairie River 33-32 in the semi-final.
Feb. 28, 2009: The High Prairie Stock Dog Trials are held at the High Prairie Agriplex.
March
March 1, 2009: The visiting High Prairie Young Guns defeat High Level 6-4 to advance to the Female Tier 3 Division final in All Peace Minor Hockey League play.
March 1, 2009: High Prairie RCMP are looking for a male and female who robbed the High Prairie Inn at about 9 p.m. The man involved in the incident had a handgun.
March 1, 2009: Bernie Poloz’s rink posts a 3-4 record at the Alberta Masters Curling Championships in High River and fall one game short of qualifying for playoffs.
March 1, 2009: A male and female are arrested after a drug bust in Grouard.
March 1, 2009: The Smoky River Ski Hill officially opens its chalet.
March 1, 2009: Leo Casavant joins the High Prairie PVR Realty team as an associate.
March 4, 2009: The M.D. of Big Lakes holds a public meeting in Faust to discuss the possibility of an east end water and sewer project.
March 4, 2009: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation slams High Prairie town council’s decision to not release the salary of CAO Larry Baran and the amount of money spent on meals. “This is taxpayer’s money, not their money,” says Scott Hennig.
March 4, 2009: Matthew Zwick tells South Peace News efforts are being made to revive the Hines Creek Oilers and re-enter the NPHL. Plans never materialize.
March 5, 2009: St. Albert lawyer Cam McCoy meets with about 25 people at the Grouard Kapawe’no Hall to discuss a possible class action lawsuit arising from the tainted syringe incident at the High Prairie Hospital in 2008.
March 5, 2009: Law enforcement and emergency services personnel are angry after a crank 911 call inconveniences dozens of people.
March 5, 2009: Woodland HP, who operates Youth Connections, celebrates its grand opening in High Prairie.
March 5, 2009: The Metis Nation of Alberta suspends Trevor Gladue for six years including all involvement in the organization.
March 5, 2009: Jared Gomes wins elementary honours and Riley Prevost junior high honours at the St. Andrew’s School Oratorical Finals.
March 7, 2009: The High Prairie Skating Club hosts its annual Ice Carnival to the theme ‘So You Think You Can Dance’.
March 7, 2009: Perry Brust defeats Robert Benoit 9-7 in the A Event final to win the High Prairie Men’s Curling Bonspiel.
March 7, 2009: Violet Carpenter passes away in Sicamous, B.C. at the age of 98 years.
March 8, 2009: High Prairie Skating Club members Michelle Laboucan and Erin Sebo make history as the only the second and third skaters in club history to pass their Gold Interpretive.
March 8, 2009: Camille and Antoinette Goutier of Joussard lose their home to a fire.
March 10, 2009: The Enilda Fire Department donates $2,250 to the High Prairie and District Community Health Foundation for the CT Scan.
March 11, 2009: Elder James Isadore performs a smudging ceremony as Driftpile First Nation celebrates the grand opening of their new community hall.
March 11, 2009: Cecile Francis Krupa passes away at the age of 75 years.
March 12, 2009: Joussard students begin a fundraiser for Grade 6 student Austin Norland, who needs a heart transplant.
March 13-14, 2009: The High Prairie Bantam Ti-Cats split four games at the Bantam B Female Provincials in Bonnyville and return home without medals. They defeat the GHCA Dinos 4-2 and Lloydminster 4-2 but lose to Cochrane 8-0 and Innisfail 13-0.
March 16, 2009: South Peace News wins its prestigious seventh Blue Ribbon Award from the Canadian Community Newspapers’ Association. Blue Ribbons are awarded to newspapers who finish in the top third in General Excellence in their class. South Peace News also placed third in Best Editorial Page and Best Front Page.
March 18, 2009: The Dawson Creek Canucks reveal plans on a bid to rejoin the NPHL. Brant Leer, vice-president of operations, says they will attend the NPHL’s spring meeting with their bid.
March 18, 2009: Carla Davidson organizes a benefit concert for Nathan and Kaidan Denty. Gary Fjellgaard performs a concert at the Gordon Buchanan Recreation Centre to raise money to buy a wheelchair-equipped van.
March 19-21, 2009: The High Prairie Young Guns win one of four games at the Alberta Peewee B Female Provincials in Viking. They lose to Strathmore 4-2, Provost/Macklin 3-1 and Lethbridge 4-0 but win their final game 2-1 over Calgary.
March 20-21: The High Prairie Legionnaire Midgets lose three straight games at the Midget A Provincials in Ponoka. The team loses 5-2 to Wetaskiwin, 7-2 to Taber and 13-4 to Olds.
March 20, 2009: Big Lakes Dodge welcomes hundreds of customers at its annual beef on a bun lunch, held this year to also celebrate Chrysler Canada leading the country in vehicle sales in February.
March 21, 2009: Bernie Poloz’s rink wins the High Prairie Closing Mixed Bonspiel after defeating Bob Heyde 9-2 in the A Event final.
March 21, 2009: A celebration is held at the High Prairie Elks Hall at the Stampede Grounds to mark MLA Pearl Calahasen’s 20th anniversary in office.
March 21, 2009: The hometown High Prairie Atom A Thrashers win the All Peace Minor Hockey League Atom A Tier 2 North banner after defeating Grande Prairie 7-2.
March 22, 2009: James Harris Carpentier passes away at the age of 84 years.
March 22, 2009: Eight High Prairie Skating Club members win 17 medals at the Totem Competition in Dawson Creek. Allyson Gauchier leads the way with gold medals in Elementary Freeskate and Primary Elements.
March 23, 2009: The construction of the new High Prairie Hospital tops the list of concerns at a community health forum held at the Gordon Buchanan Recreation Centre.
March 23, 2009: The community of Faust holds a farewell supper for Const. Brent Dobinson and Jason Marsden, who are both selected for the RCMP Musical Ride.
March 23, 2009: Helen Grammer and Elaine Smith open Ma’s Restaurant in the High Prairie Inn.
March 24, 2009: Bernie Poloz wins his fourth straight High Prairie Men’s Curling Club title with a 5-3 win over David Marx in the final.
March 24, 2009: The visiting Fort St. John Flyers win their first NPHL title after defeating the Grande Prairie Athletics 10-3. The Flyers win the best-of-seven final in six games.
March 25, 2009: Rick Dumont is elected president of the Junior B interim executive formed to try and organize a team in High Prairie.
March 25, 2009: Bernie Poloz wins his eighth High Prairie Mixed Curling Club title in 10 years with a 5-2 win over Bob Heyde in the final.
March 26, 2009: Kay Savill wins the High Prairie Ladies Curling Club title after defeating Maureen Butterfield 6-3.
March 27, 2009: A team comprised of Jessica Adams, Rebecca Adams, Candi Cook and Jaylee Wolfe win the Kinuso School Science Olympics competition.
March 28, 2009: The High Prairie Tigers Taekwondo Club returns home from Provincials in Calgary with 11 medals including six silver and five bronze.
March 29, 2009: The High Prairie Skating Club sends 18 skaters to the Peace Region Invitational and win 11 gold, six silver and seven bronze medals. Allyson Gauchier and Samantha Laboucan each win two gold medals.
March 30, 2009: Marilyn Belva Kocon passes away at the age of 64 years.
March 31, 2009: The High Prairie Beautification Society decides to dissolve. Larry Baran attends and is elected chairman and immediately motions to dissolve, as per his promised mandate.
April
April 1, 2009: Jeremy Pitts wins a Suzuki quad valued at $3,499 in the St. Andrew’s Grade 9 Travel Club draw.
April 1, 2009: Alberta Health Services goes smoke-free on all its properties in the Peace Country region.
April 1, 2009: High Prairie deputy fire chief John McDermott leaves High Prairie to assume the role of director of emergency management for the M.D. of Smoky River.
April 1, 2009: Lynne Pardell takes over as the High Prairie Fire Department’s new deputy fire chief.
April 1, 2009: Police taser a Peavine man who became very aggressive during an attempted arrest.
April 1, 2009: New weight training equipment costing $20,000 arrives at E.W. Pratt High School. Money raised to buy the equipment was raised by the school council.
April 2: Long-time High Prairie postmaster Laurie Savill passes away at the age of 82 years.
April 2-3, 2009: St. Andrew’s School Grade 4-5 classes perform the play Pinocchio to delighted audiences both performances.
April 2-3, 2009: High Prairie Elementary Grade 6 students stage two showings of The Aristocats Kids to delighted audiences.
April 3-4, 2009: ‘For What it’s Worth Antiques and Collectibles Roadshow’ comes to High Prairie at the Legion Hall. Appraiser Arthur Clausen examines 107 items.
April 4, 2009: High Prairie firefighter Mike Caron is named High Prairie’s Firefighter-of-the-Year at the Emergency Services Ball.
April 4, 2009: ATCO donates $50,000 to the High Prairie Fire Department for construction of the fire-rescue training facility at the airport.
April 4, 2009: The Prairie River Raiders win their fourth straight HPSD championship in Slave Lake. Raiders players win 13 medals in the tournament. St. Andrew’s athletes win nine medals.
April 6, 2009: The RCMP announce the Faust detachment will not be closing.
April 7, 2009: East Prairie’s Hillview School holds its first spring concert.
April 7, 2009: The Alberta government announces in its budget that money has been set aside to construct the new High Prairie Hospital. “We didn’t get rejected, thank goodness,” says Lesser Slave Lake MLA Pearl Calahasen.
April 7, 2009: A Kinuso School student, 12, who was being bullied, stabs a classmate and is charged with assault with a weapon.
April 8, 2009: South Peace News reports that High Prairie’s Allin Chalifoux wins free gas for one year (valued at up to $2,500) after winning a promotion at McLennan’s Kimiwan Konfectionary.
April 8, 2009: South Peace News reports that Pleasantview Lodge in High Prairie receives a $1.3 million grant from the Alberta government to upgrade the 27 existing units at the lodge.
April 8, 2009: High Prairie fire chief Ken Melnyk tells South Peace News he is alarmed over the fact that 50 per cent of fire calls to the department are false alarms.
April 9, 2009: Tilly Emily Gagnon passes away at the age of 96 years.
April 11, 2009: High Prairie Bethel Baptist Church Pastor Eric Kregel dresses as the Easter Bunny as part of an Easter Egg Hunt at the church.
April 14, 2009: The NPHL accepts the Dawson Creek Canucks back into the league at its spring meeting in Fairview.
April 18, 2009: Yvonne Fornahl and others meet at the High Prairie Inn to discuss the possibility of a community garden.
April 18-19, 2009: Over 2,000 people attend the annual Gun and Sportsman Show.
April 21, 2009: Big Lakes FCS holds the annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet at the Legion Hall and recognizes 50 volunteers.
April 22, 2009: Lindsey Keay, 6, is awarded the Peace Region CanSkater of the Year award.
April 22, 2009: Holy Family Catholic Regional School Division nominates High Prairie’s Karen Backs for the Edwin Parr Award.
April 22, 2009: News that a grant under the Alberta government’s resource road program has been refused shocks the M.D. of Big Lakes council. Together, with other parties, they lobby and the decision is eventually reversed.
April 22, 2009: The M.D. of Big Lakes refuses to place a bounty on wolves.
April 23, 2009: The sign goes up at the municipal services facility in Enilda, now known as the Craig Bissell Municipal Services Facility in recognition of the long-time councillor and fire chief.
April 23, 2009: Joussard School principal Natalie Cole-Lamothe sheds her hair in support of Austin Norland, a Grade 6 student in need of a heart transplant. Others at the school join and raise $9,594.62.
April 25, 2009: Velva Harding donates $200,000 to the High Prairie and District Agricultural Society to replace the bleachers at the Agriplex. The donation is made at the indoor rodeo - an event which Tommy Harding dearly loved.
April 22, 2009: High Prairie School Division nominates HPE Grade 1 teacher Melissa Isaac for the Edwin Parr Award.
April 24, 2009: Carla Auger and Peter Laderoute are named the Bowlers of the Year at the Enilda Mud Bowl banquet. Auger rolls a 348 to win the award, Laderoute a 356. Each receive $1 a point for their award.
April 25, 2009: St. Andrew’s Saints athletes Billy-Rae Belcourt, Jesse Lee, Nathan Gingerich and Hope Sauvageau all win badminton medals at the zone tournament in Valleyview.
April 28, 2009: The Edmonton Journal reports Gift Lake’s Tina L’Hirondelle, 39, is Alberta’s first death due to the H1N1 virus. However, Alberta Health Services does not confirm the report.
April 28, 2009: E.W. Pratt High School holds its talent show called Primavera. Neil Lamouche wins the singles category and $75.
April 29, 2009: Students in the Cosmetology class at E.W. Pratt High School hold a fashion show in the school’s gym. The makeup and hairdos are all done by students with clothing provided by local stores and students
April 29, 2009: Duane Nichols, Fern Welch and Louise Meyer chair a meeting at the Kisemanito Centre to attempt to form the Grouard and Area Historical Society. The organization’s goal is to preserve Grouard’s rich history.
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