Athabasca News

At Edwin Parr Composite's junior high track and field meet last Tuesday, Mitchell Strandlund prepares to hurl the javelin as far as he can.

A 130-hectare wildfire raged five kilometres east of Donatville last week. Grassland Fire Department responded to the Donatville fire, which was reported last Tuesday afternoon.

Aspen View Public School Division is following steps to build a new school in hopes that in the near future, Edwin Parr Composite School (EPC) can be closed and a new high school opened at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex.

The 2013 Town of Athabasca capital budget was tabled last Tuesday due to an overwhelming turnout of 47 Street residents who would like to see the road paved.

A 43-year-old man was killed Sunday evening in a head-on crash along Highway 63 near Grassland. According to Boyle RCMP Cpl.

The Athabasca United Church celebrated its 100th year last weekend with three days of fun activities. On Saturday, sod was turned for a new centennial garden. Christine Theil (left) from the Athabasca Garden Club helps with the turning of the sod. Bessie Speers is the oldest member of the Church, and she was more than willing to help with the ceremony; student minister Monica Rosborough looks on.

All traffic traveling on Highway 55 through Athabasca will be detoured on to 43 Street, while an Alberta Transportation intersection project progresses. The detour was set to commence on May 21, and is scheduled to last for six weeks.

Aspen View Public School Division passed a deficit budget last Thursday, but superintendent Brain LeMessurier said the board is in a good position because of their reserves.

With reports of potentially substantial budget reductions to service providers for persons with developmental disabilities (PDD) throughout the region, MLA Frank Oberle has said the numbers won’t be as severe as first thought.

The Athabasca Dance Society put on a stunning year-end performance this past weekend at the Nancy Appleby Theatre with the three-day production of "Neverland " from May 10-12. (l-r) Amanda King and Kameelah Mroczek perform in the "Mist " dance in the second act of the evening.