Innisfail News

Town council has agreed with an administration recommendation to spend nearly a quarter of a million dollars for a new plow truck – despite some public concern too much money is being spent during the current recession.

Dozens of local residents came out to the Fox & Hound pub during the evening of June 4 to show their support for the residents of Fort McMurray whose lives were turned upside down during last month's devastating wildfire.

For more than 30 years, flying enthusiasts and members of the public have taken in the annual Fly-In Breakfast, presented by the Innisfail Flying Club. “It's an awareness event that we hold,” said Jim Romane, treasurer for the Innisfail Flying Club.

A voluntary phased re-entry for the safe return of Fort McMurray residents will begin June 1 if future wildfire conditions do not delay restoration efforts and all conditions for re-entry have been met.

The town could once again face west side controversy over last week's approval of a plan to create a new 700-metre-long berm that could leave a multi-acre “big shallow hole” at the intersection of Highway 54 and 42 Street.

Kids just want to help. And more than 100 young students from kindergarten to Grade 4 at Chinook Center School did it in a positive, big way during a one-day school-wide Passport to FUNdraiser event for the evacuees of Fort McMurray.

As Innisfail-area farmers, my husband Vern and I worry about drought and hail but never about having to leave our land because of flooding.

This year, as in previous years, the 4-H system has helped the community. As the years go on the Knee Hill Valley 4-H Beef Club will continue to help. This 4-H club has helped in so many things that it is impossible to keep count.

Local pipers with the Innisfail Legion Pipe Band shone at the Ogden Legion Indoor Highland Games this spring. The event took place in Calgary on April 30 and included four first-time competitors from the Innisfail pipe band. “They did very well.

The West Central Wranglers have been working hard with our horses to get ready for our Regionals competition. The Regionals take place at Red Deer's Westerner Park from June 3 to the 5.