Westlock News

Many talented performers, like R.F. Staples principal Pierre Ouimet, took to the Cultural Arts Theatre stage for an air-guitar fundraiser last Saturday night. Dubbed Rock of the Age, proceeds from the show will towards replacing seats in the theatre.

Pembina Hills trustees accepted the Westlock North Task Force’s report for information last Wednesday, declining to make a decision in order to have more time to go over the group’s proposal to establish a K-9 school in Dapp while closing Jarvie and

Westlock County ratepayers will have no increase in the mill rate for 2013 based on the budget council approved at the Jan. 22 meeting. “It’s good news for the county,” reeve Charles Navratil said.

Westlock County’s deputy reeve Conrad Sehn has died at the age of 67. Sehn was approaching the end of his second term on Westlock County council, to which he was first elected representing the Busby and Pickardville areas on Oct. 15, 2007.

Hypnotist and comedian Wayne Lee dances across the stage at Westlock Memorial Hall on Saturday in front of a row of sleeping participants (save one girl who was hypnotized to believe Lee wasn't wearing pants). Over 80 people turned out to the show, which was a fundraiser for Santa's Anonymous.

Westlock County council isn’t happy with the recommendation to close two of the three schools north of Westlock, but will respect the decision. “The parents made the decision and we live with it,” reeve Charles Navratil said last week.

In a perfect world Westlock would have two or three more doctors, but overall it looks as though the community is in good shape. Dr.

Town councillors are open to finding ways to keep the Westlock Seniors and Disabled bus running beyond the planned July 2013 shutdown. After listening to a passionate crowd at the Jan.

Former Pembina Hills school division Supt. Richard Harvey was scheduled to appear in Barrhead Provincial Court Tuesday, Jan. 8, to face fraud charges, but did not attend and has requested a disclosure file from the Crown and six weeks to review it.

Icy roads are being blamed for a collision near Villeneuve last Sunday, Jan. 6, that claimed the lives of two Westlock residents.