Westlock News

Seniors at Smithfield Lodge could lose their homes in the wake of a recent agreement signed between the Westlock Foundation and Alberta Health Services.

The Village of Clyde’s dissolution study continues uninterrupted by the pending municipal election this fall, even though no new viability review team meetings are scheduled until after the final ballot is counted.

There will be at least one new name on the Westlock town council ballot this fall after William Norton declared he is running to claim a seat around the council table.

Former Pembina Hills school division Supt. Richard Harvey did not appear in Barrhead Provincial Court last week. Harvey was scheduled to appear on July 23 to enter a plea on the fraud charges he is facing, but was not in attendance.

There is no doubt in Gerry St. Pierre’s mind how well last week’s 2013 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games went. “In my humble opinion, this was a tremendous success,” said the chair of the Games committee.

A Westlock resident says she was targeted by the “grandparent” scam recently, wherein a con artist phones up a senior citizen pretending to be one of their grandchildren and in need of money.

Blaze of Glory, a Bon Jovi tribute band from Vancouver which features lead singer Ted Moore (above), opened the July 20 Flatbush concert event at the community complex. Hundreds of spectators — from Barrhead to Slave Lake — came out to the event for a night of fun. The cover band Aerosmith Rocks also appeared and sang a wide variety of tunes.

“We’re ready!” Those are the words of Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games chair Gerry St. Pierre with the Games slated to start this Thursday.

A groundswell of support has emerged to investigate amalgamating the town and county of Westlock into a single municipality.

Thousands of dollars worth of merchandise have been stolen from a pair of Clyde Corner gas stations. Mounties say the Clyde Fas Gas was hit by thieves around 1:35 a.m.