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The Brick defies Sunday bylaw

The city had no plans to lay a second charge against The Brick which opened for a second Sunday in defiance of a city bylaw.
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Jennifer Masikewich runs through the icy water of Sylvan Lake. The six-year-old couldn’t resist trying out the water

25 YEARS AGO

• The city had no plans to lay a second charge against The Brick which opened for a second Sunday in defiance of a city bylaw.

A second charge or court injunction to stop the openings was unlikely until the court ruled on a least one of five other charges said city development officer Ryan Strader.

• A Red Deer man sent a one-man petition to city council to have Sylvan Lake Trail renamed 59th Avenue, complaining the street “does not point in the direction of Sylvan Lake.”

Mayor Bob McGhee supported the name change and reports from the city RCMP detachment and fire departments also said they would not object to the idea.

50 YEARS AGO

• Fishing regulations reached sport stores in the city and anglers learned that trout aggregate limits had been reduced and that a greater number of streams in the Central West Country were to be closed.

Trout, grayling and lake trout aggregate limits were reduced. Trout and grayling day limits were 10 fish of one species or 10 fish in the aggregate. The limit the previous year was 15. Lake trout was reduced to a day limit of five instead of 10 the previous year, with a possession limit of 10.

• A decorated car driven by Ben Janko and containing four other passengers left Red Deer on a Chamber of Commerce, non-stop, promotional and good will trip to Vancouver sponsored by Ultra Sales and Service.

President of the local chamber Mervin Hewson, one of the passengers, was to present a copper plaque to the Mayor of Vancouver, a gift from the Mayor of Red Deer.

On the return trip the party called at all Chambers of Commerce in the U.S.A. and Canada en route and presented as gifts, gavels made by Kerry Wood of Red Deer in diamond willow, a local wood, suitably inscribed.

90 YEARS AGO

• If the weather had been favourable, a most successful affair would have been the result of the entertainment given under the auspices of the Baptist Young People’s class in the school assembly hall on Tuesday evening.

In spite of the storm, a good number of people turned out and had the pleasure of enjoying an excellent program of music, songs, sketch and drill which would be worthwhile repeating at some future date when the weather would likely be more settled, according to the opinion of those present. Nearly every item was encored and a number were responded to.

The talent, both instrumental and vocal, was something to be proud of, and when the opportunity occurs to listen to them, the public should not fail to seize it.

• The retail stores employees formed an association at he Orange Hall on Friday night, and some 60 to 70 have given in their names as members of the organization.

Mr. C. H. Snell was chosen President, Mr. M. McGregor secretary-treasurer, and Messrs. Hamley, D. A. Smith, Harrison, Miss McIntyre, Mrs. Best, Miss McBride, Executive. The half-holiday question was also discussed, and a committee appointed to meet the Retail Merchants Association.