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LOOKBACK: Farmer charged with shooting suspect

The Town and County of Stettler ended a two-year annexation dispute. A joint memorandum of understanding outlining how each municipality will grow in the future was unveiled at a news conference in Stettler on Monday.
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ONE YEAR AGO

• The Town and County of Stettler ended a two-year annexation dispute. A joint memorandum of understanding outlining how each municipality will grow in the future was unveiled at a news conference in Stettler on Monday. The agreement, reached with help from a provincially appointed mediator, sets aside 14 quarter sections of immediate and long-term growth areas for the town.

• A Tees farmer, who was alleged to have shot at suspects stealing his quad, faced seven charges, including criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

Police said three males were seen outside the outside the house, and two of them jumped into a truck while the third took off on a quad that had been parked outside. Police said the fleeing quad was pursued by a man in a truck and forced off the road. Police alleged the truck driver fired two shots from a shotgun at the suspect as he ran away. Brian Russell Knight, 38, was also charged with pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, assault, discharging a firearm, dangerous driving and possessing an unregistered firearm.

FIVE YEARS AGO

• A 10-member committee made up of students, staff and parents nixed the idea of school uniforms for Rocky Mountain House’s West Central High School. After researching the pros and cons of uniforms, the committee decided to update the student dress code instead.

• The battle over Terri Schiavo’s life prompted many Central Albertans to consider living wills. Calls to the Office of the Public Guardian for the Red Deer region jumped sharply after the Florida woman became the centre of legal battle involving her parents and her husband.

10 YEARS AGO

• Surveys conducted by the Red Deer Regional Airport Authority indicated support was strong for east-west air routes. The survey was conducted among travel agents and business people.

• After managing perfect 6.0 scores in two previous meets, Red Deer’s Jamie Salé skated a poor final program and finished fourth and out of the medals with her doubles partner David Pelletier at the world figure skating championships.

25 YEARS AGO

• A turn-of-the-century mine would soon open as a new and affordable campsite for non-profit organizations. Big Brothers and Sisters were well on their way to opening their new camp Camp Alexo, 20 km east of Nordegg on the Shunda Creek Road. The camp was intended to give affordable accommodation to its members. After some lobbying, Big Brothers and Sisters were able to get a ten-acre site from the provincial government, on a 24-year lease, for a dollar a year.

• Two playmates who jumped over a wall and dropped 14 metres to a roof below had to be rescued by fire fighters equipped with an aerial truck and basket. The playmates — two German shepherds — suffered severe bruises but no broken bones. They were apparently playing in the emergency parking lot at Red Deer Regional Hospital when they jumped over a 1.5 metre cement wall and fell to the parkade roof below.

50 YEARS AGO

• The 1960 budget of the Red Deer Public School Board, an organization that was nearing the million dollar a year mark, was affirmed at a point meeting of the board and city representatives, showing increases of over 20 per cent in all major categories of revenue and expenditures. The budget was balanced a $860,779, which included a requisition of the City of Red Deer for $560,200, an increase of about $100,00 from the previous year.

• The unremitting task of watching over the public health in Alberta’s largest health Unit — a program which covered 20 municipalities with about 57,000 people — was described in an annual report that was presented to the Board of the Red Deer Health unit by Dr. C.G. More, medical officer of health. In the continuing battle against the threats of poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, diphtheria, infectious hepatitis (jaundice), whooping cough, typhoid and many other communicable diseases, members of the 14-person Health Unit staff during the hear held hundreds of clinics, gave thousands of preventative “shots”, and carried out regular inspections of infants, pre-school youngsters and school children throughout the widespread Unit.

90 YEARS AGO

• At a meeting of the Humdingers Club held on March 18, a number of the business men of the town were present to discuss the question of a gymnasium for Red Deer. Among those present were Rev. Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Payne, Mr. Botterill, Mr. Gamble, Mr. R.L. Gaetz, Mr. Whitehouse, Dr. Huestis, Rev. Mr. Brown, Mr. Lund, Mr. Caswell, Mr. A.T. Stephenson, Mr. Howlett, Mr. Ramsey, Mr. Dave Wright.

• Mr. C.W. Hamilton sold the White Lunch Cafe business to Messrs. Morris & Rectro, late of Calgary, the transfer taking place on Tuesday. The new owners intended to remodel it entirely taking out the partition so as ti include the store hitherto occupied by Mr. N. White with the Gourlay piano.

100 YEARS AGO

• Local hospital officials announced they had reduced their annual deficit from $949 in 1908 to just $72 in 1909.

• The Advocate reported Haley’s Comet was visible to the naked eye.