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Cody Brett Silver Valley AB 11.8
Piggin’ string at the ready: Silver Valley’s Cody Brett played down his calf with a time of ll.8 during the Brooks Kinsmen Rodeo tie down roping at Friday morning’s slack event. Canadian and American cowboys and cowgirls took in the two day event at the Kinsmen Rodeo grounds, south of Brooks June 7 and 8. [...]
Read More →Cenovus unveils MERV, the fire and rescue gator-aider
Hugo Brees | The Chronicle: City of Brooks Fire Chief Kevin Swanson (right) takes his Assistant Chief Stu Luchies for a quick spin in the department’s newest acquisition, a Mini Emergency Response Vehicle, donated by Cenovus Energy on June 7. The $60,000 Gator crossover utility unit is a welcomed addition and will be shared throughout [...]
Read More →Irresponsible driver behaviour at height of storm irks mayor
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: A 40-minute deluge June 2 did more than test the ability of Brooks’ storm sewer system. Water was deep enough in one intersection, motorists, who for whatever reason decided to cross the puddle, found water rising over the hood of their vehicles. Some vehicles stalled and needed help getting out. [...]
Read More →High school, college partnership again on agenda
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: The announcement of the new Uplands School earlier this year ended a decades-long period where the County of Newell was passed over for new school construction. The inclusion in its annual capital planning priorities — a long term wish list — for a new high school in partnership with Medicine [...]
Read More →SPEC’s Connections program to shut down
Quinton Amundson | The Chronicle: The SPEC Association for Children & Families (SPEC) is set to lose a community program that has been considered instrumental in reducing local youth crime. The National Crime Prevention Council has ceased funding the program due to budget cuts. The program will shut down at the end of June. This [...]
Read More →County AGM: Hwy. 873 corridor plan blasted
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: An Alberta Transportation Highway 873 corridor management study came under fire May 21 during the County of Newell’s AGM held in Patricia. “Let’s get back to ‘what’s the simplest, best way to fix it or change it in the future,” offered Frances Hargrave. “What they propose — in my books [...]
Read More →Tougher food-safety rules in the works this summer
Maintaining a healthy summer: Grilling season has arrived and backyard barbecues have once again taken center stage. When grilling this summer, be sure to take certain precautions to protect against food borne illness and cross-contamination of food to prevent E. coli 0157: Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: For some, the warmer weather means scrubbing down [...]
Read More →PC riding association re-elects Bartsch
Top job: Karen Bartsch of Brooks has been re-elected as president of the Strathmore-Brooks Progressive Conservative Riding Association, a position she has held for over a decade: Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: A well-attended May 3 Strathmore-Brooks Progressive Conservative Riding Association AGM at the Bassano Elks Hall re-elected its president who now has been in [...]
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Almost there
Steer wrestler Devon Porter gets into position as he drops onto his steer during the Kinsmen Pro Rodeo. The Ponoka competitor wrestled his animal down for a time of 7.8; the event was won by Big Valley cowboy Jeremy Harden with a solid time of 4.4 during the Friday morning slack at the rodeo grounds. [...]
Read More →Alwin Bouchard, Scandia
Performing on all cylinders: Roper Alwin Bouchard from Scandia set the tone during the Friday morning, June 7 Brooks Kinsmen Pro Rodeo slack in the Tie Down Roping event with a 9.4 time on his ride. His solid equine partner performed to a tee, allowing Bouchard to dismount and tie his calf in record time. [...]
Read More →You never know who’ll show up to the party
Hugo Brees | The Chronicle: Pro rider at the barrels: Taylor Fallon from Whitesboro, TX clocked in a time of 17.384 to capture the open class D1 on Nef at the Summer Series Jackpot: The storm of less than a week ago that saw area roadways fields and riding arenas drenched with a rain fall [...]
Read More →Olympian in the city:
Olympic gold medalist Jean-Luc Brassard chats with RCMP Cst. V. Holz and Mayor Martin Shields before cycling with École Le Ruisseau students, on June 1. Brassard, along with a team of Francophone cyclists, are participating in an event called The Great Crossover bike tour that began in Vancouver and ends in Quebec. The cyclists stopped [...]
Read More →Brooks Bandits earned their party
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: It was a grueling path to the RBC Cup, but for the young men hooting and hollering from the back of trucks May 21, you wouldn’t know it. Grinding through a 60-game regular schedule and over 20, post season appearances in three different provinces — one almost 5,000 kilometres away [...]
Read More →Brooks Bandits are number one from start to finish
Hugo Brees | The Chronicle: The Brooks Bandits defenseman Chris Muscoby, forward Anthony Petruzzelli and Bandits Captain Cam Maclise celebrate Maclise’s empty net goal on May 19, clinching the 2013 RBC Cup win in Summerside, P.E.I. The insurance marker, scored at 19:30 of the third period, gave the Bandits what they had set out to [...]
Read More →Fencer earns bronze at Canadian Fencing Championships
Epee bronze: Fencer Katelyn Marshall’s efforts at the Canadian Fencing Championships in Quebec paid off; she brought home a bronze place in her pool: Quinton Amundson | The Chronicle: Katelyn Marshall said she fenced beautifully at the Canadian Fencing Championships that took place in Gatineau, P.Q. As a result of her efforts, she returned home [...]
Read More →Brooks Bandits Papaioannou named CJHL Coach of the Year
The man behind the bench: Brooks Bandits GM/Head Coach Ryan Papaioannou (centre, right) has been named Canadian Junior Hockey League 2013 Coach of the Year. He has been with the organization as head coach since November 2009 guiding his team to back-to-back AJHL Championships, to the 2013 Western Canada Cup and ultimately to the 2013 [...]
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TREX displays at campus, library
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: Both the Brooks Public Library and the Medicine Hat College Brooks Campus feature Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibitions (TREX) this month. The library gallery is featuring “Memories of the Farm”, a collection of paintings by Calgarian Hazel Litzgus. “This display makes you think about home, wherever that is. [...]
Read More →Galaxy Dance Festival
Eleven dance studios from throughout southern Alberta, including three local studios, performed at the April 5 to 7 Galaxy Dance Festival held at the Griffin Park ampitheatre in Brooks. The annual event saw over 475 dancers adjudicated by professionals Dean Ozen and Rhonda Gillrie. Friday performances included hip hop, jazz and classical ballet; Saturday focused [...]
Read More →Call of the Land marks 60th
Call of the Land: From left, Miss M. Sears, Everett McCrimmon and Stu Wilton, who were the first co-hosts of the program: Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: First broadcast on April 1, 1953, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s farm radio program, Call of the Land, celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. Call of the [...]
Read More →April 2 meet and greet at Library gallery
Brooks artist Richard Wood prepares to hang his first palette knife creation at the Brooks Public Library. Wood’s oils and acrylics will be on display in the library gallery in April: Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: Artist Richard Wood is a renaissance man: vibrant and open to new ideas. “I was in an art show [...]
Read More →Band kicks off North American tour in Brooks
Singer-Songwriter Lauren Mann — Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: Could anything be more whimsical than whistling while playing the ukulele? Maybe, but even Lauren Mann admits she lost herself to it. “I Lost Myself” a song Mann penned for her latest release “Over Land and Sea”, is an infectious toe-tapper. With it’s über pop overtones, [...]
Read More →Spring theatre
The Tumbleweed Theatre Company opened their Homegrown local playwright festival on Mar. 8 with a musical revue before a packed house. Seen here, Michael Glynn Macdonald captivates the audience in his performance of “Just A Gigalo”. The musical revue was followed by six plays written and directed by local artists. Tumbleweed playwrights will be back [...]
Read More →Music festival set to roll
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: March 11 is the date many area musicians, singers and thespians have scratched on their calendars as the start to the annual Brooks Music Festival. The non-competitive festival will take to area stages — particularly Griffin Park Theatre — to celebrate a variety of disciplines including band, strings, piano, choral, [...]
Read More →Brooks Christian rocker can sing
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle Brooks can sing, it can play and it can write songs, all in the embodiment of one 23-year-old Christian rocker, Doug Parker. Dougie Parker Band (DPB), Parker’s latest project, released its debut EP “Like Wildfire” (http://www.myspace.com/thedougieparkerband ) in 2012. His strong and soaring vocals accompanied by subtle guitar volume control [...]
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Newell District 4–H to host annual beef show and sale
Quinton Amundson | The Chronicle: The annual heifer show and steer show and sale is set to take place today (Sunday, May 26) and tomorrow at the Silver Sage Community Corral. This two-event has always proven to be popular with the event drawing good crowds. Five different 4-H groups — Dusty Plains, Brooks & Area, [...]
Read More →Dollars fall in place for Medieval Faire
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: The Medieval Faire’s 10th anniversary is beginning to look like something to joust about. With the Canadian Destinations Group (Heritage Inns) and Canalta Group (Super 8 and Ramada) each sponsoring $10,000 with and a $13,000 federal Building Communities Through Arts & Heritage grant, the Faire has been able to book [...]
Read More →Fries with that order?
City of Brooks Mayor Martin Shields (right), was one of about 30 local celebrities helping out May 8 with McHappy Days at the local McDonalds Restaurant. Last year the event raised over $5,000 locally to benefit Ronald McDonald House. Lee Walter of Bassano said he heard it was McHappy Day and had to come down [...]
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Just become involved: Ken and Aletta Langille, seen here with granddaughter Maddison, are this year’s Citizens of the Year. Arriving in Brooks 40 years ago, the couple stayed and raised a family. Volunteering is a part of their humble commitment to the community: Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: Communities are made up of a lot [...]
Read More →In search of a forest on the prairie
Male White-winged Crossbill: Hugo Brees | The Chronicle: The White-winged Crossbill is far from being on the endangered list, but is a little displaced when spotted nesting in the Duchess area this past week. This medium-sized finch much prefers the habitat of the northern boreal forests of Eastern Canada, B.C. and Washington where seeds are [...]
Read More →Mentors building resiliency to be recognized
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: The Brooks and District Resiliency Committee will celebrate adult mentors who have made a difference in the lives of area students, March 26. Resiliency is the capacity to rise above difficult life circumstances. It is how to cope with life’s “tough stuff”. The 12th Annual Resiliency Celebration will recognize 30 [...]
Read More →Chomping great time
The Great Big Crunch arrived in Tilley on Mar. 7 with the Tilley School students taking part in the nation-wide blitz to encourage healthy eating as they each bit into an apple as part of the campaign. The initial event has extended its crunch-ability diet to other fruits and vegetables such as carrots and celery. [...]
Read More →A weighty challenge
Alcoma School in Rainier held its first ever science fair on Feb. 15 under the scrutiny of a team of judges from the school and Medicine Hat. School Principal Dana Kohlman was pleased with the event’s huge success in which every student from Gr. 3 to Gr. 9 participated; 37 scientific experiments were on display. [...]
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April crime stats improve say RCMP
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: While a nagging problem of assaults in Brooks is unpreventable, stronger police visibility in April resulted in crime statistics dropping where they could and increasing because of policing. “The only remarkable thing is that across the board, (statistics) are down,” Brooks RCMP Staff Sgt. Tom McNulty reported to the Safe [...]
Read More →Brooks man charged after brandishing pellet gun
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: Two separate 911 calls to police March 25 could have resulted in a serious take-down situation or worse. Police were initially called around 8:30 a.m. near the front of the high school where a man was hanging out of a passenger side window of a van and waving what looked [...]
Read More →Natural Person Powers invoked to restrain Brooks man
The Chronicle has also been receiving letters from an anonymous writer. This one dealt with Chugg’s Feb. 6 Brooks Provincial Court appearance: Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle: Warren Chugg appeared in Brooks Court of Queens Bench Feb. 28 where Justice R.A. Jerke issued an immediate civil restraining order against the Brooks man prohibiting him [...]
Read More →Chugg proceeds to summer trial
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle A Brooks man accused of harassing a local politician will have his day in court Aug. 19. Warren Chugg pled not guilty Feb. 6, to unlawful harassment under the criminal code resulting from offences between July 22, and Oct. 4, 2012. He will be heard in a trial with a [...]
Read More →Man of interest under investigation in assault case
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle Charges have yet to be laid following a viscious early morning assault Sept. 16, 2012. Two women returning home from late night partying around 3 a.m. The Brooks women, one in her 30s and another in her 40s were returning from late night partying around 3 a.m. at a downtown [...]
Read More →Crime prevention through education
Medicine Hat MP LaVar Payne was in Brooks on Jan. 18 to announce the Federal Government’s continued support for the SPEC Association of Children and Families Connections Leadership and Resiliency project in the amount of $284,355. The funds will extend the project for an additional six months, bringing the total funding to more than $1.8 [...]
Read More →Crime committee becomes organized
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle The Safe Communities crime reduction subcommittee is moving quickly to become an organized and focused entity in Brooks and area. The fledgling group met for only the second go in early January and featured even more stakeholders — including two high school students — at the table. “We’re filling in [...]
Read More →RCMP: December busy month for impaired charges
Mickey Dumont | The Chronicle RCMP impaired driving investigations for December rose substantially over previous years marring what would otherwise have been a quiet holiday season. RCMP opened 24 impaired driving investigations during the busy December party period resulting in 15 charges. In November there was 11 cases, October, 10 and in September there were [...]
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