Innisfail News

A Grade 10 student from Innisfail Jr./Sr. High School managed to swing her way into the top five at the golf provincials held in Fort McMurray Sept. 24-25. Courtney Dickson headed to the provincial competition after taking the zone title Sept. 18.

Councillors killed a plan that would have squished the remaining two phases of downtown revitalization into a single year at their regular meeting Sept. 24.

The town settled on a new electricity rate and confirmed the new gas contract at its regularly scheduled council meeting Sept. 24. Council agreed to hike the town's electricity franchise fee one per cent in 2013, leading to a $62.

Cross-country Chinook's Edge School Division will host a K-6 cross-country run Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Town council voted to keep the municipality's collection rate on electricity bills at 19 per cent for 2013 during its regular meeting on Sept. 24. The franchise fee agreement with FortisAlberta comes up for renewal each year.

The official opening of Main Street will be combined with the second annual Pumpkin Festival Oct. 27 for a ghoulish send-up to a summer of construction.

Shirley Husband moved from Bassano to Innisfail in 1999. The 80-year-old's kids were moving to the Surrey, B.C. area anyway, so she decided to settle here where she's enjoyed making a whole batch of new friends.

Search warrant Police executed a search warrant at a local hotel on the afternoon of Sept. 20, Cpl. A.J. Mand said. RCMP seized a stolen moped, hash oil, drug paraphernalia and various other items, he said.

When baby Tuff, a brown bear born in Kananaskis this year, was left by his mother his chance of a happy existence was next to nil.

The prospects that hit the ice at the Penhold Regional Multiplex Centre to try out for the Penhold Amazons on Sept. 26 were looking good. Rick Potter, one of this year's co-coaches, was pleased with what he saw.