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by GEORGE VANDERBURG
MLA Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
MLA Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
Time to take a bow... My
Remembering heroes ViewPoint
Unpaid leave to It always representing a step by Adrienne Tait Rob Merrifield
care for seriously seems to come From the further in their child's Member of Parliament for Yellowhead
ill relative too soon, but Publisher’s Desk journey to adulthood.
it's graduation Dana McArthur This is a time where
time again from the spotlight is Alberta organ and tissue
Kindergarten to High School definitely on the graduates. As well
Letter to the Editor students in Edson and Yellowhead it should be –they have donation –registry agent launch
County. accomplished so much.
Finals are being prepared for, However, it is also a time where
stress is being managed (or maybe Rob
There is also fears, according not), and diplomas are being parents can look back with pride at
all the parent/teacher meetings,
to the Wildrose, that the NDP
Building Canada Plan counted. hours helping with homework and Merrifield
may be pulling funding for
self-managed care. Self- Students are excited, and special projects, the countless hours Member of Parliament for Yellowhead
managed care allows undoubtedly nervous, as they look driving them to school activities,
and all the things parents do to help
forward to the beginning of a new
Tip greater flexibility in West Yellowhead MLA Robin Campbell
Letter to the Editor Policy meeting individual chapter in their lives. their kids succeed.
The Weekly Anchor welcomes letters to the of needs and certainly Parents have followed the As caps and gowns are donned it is
editor. was of benefit in my progress of their children with love tangible proof of a job well done by Rob
All letters are published at the discretion of the the Hat mother’s care. and encouragement (and a great the Grads. But it also stands as a
editor-publisher who reserves the right to edit deal of prodding at times) as these credit to the parents, teachers, and Merrifield
for clarity, length and libel. Letters published young students advanced from one role models that helped them along Member of Parliament for Yellowhead
do not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs grade to the next. Each the way. Letter to the Editor
of this newspaper. All letters must bear the achievement, each milestone Congratulations —everyone! Policy
name of the writer and include the address and The Weekly Anchor welcomes
the NDP invoking closure on
telephone number, which will not be published. letters to the editor. Man in the
debate for Bill 6 despite
Letter to the Editor Wildrose MLAs tabling a Red Hat
petition signed by over
All letters are published at the discretion of the by Craig McArthur
30,000 Albertans who are
Thank you from Harry Rusk for Camsell Hospital story editor-publisher who reserves the right to edit
against the bill.
for clarity, length and libel. Letters published
in the May 8th edition of the Weekly Anchor do not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs
of this newspaper. All letters must bear the
name of the writer and include the address and
telephone number, which will not be published.
Riding Update: splendid job on our article May 8th in the and said, "Harry, please come and be our guest the great and sweet blessings I've received over Independent seniors’ advocate needed Robin Campbell, MLA
Adrienne Tait did a most positive and
all the years so I became a Christian at a Bible
here in Nashville, I got you on the Grand Ole
Weekly Anchor. I am getting plenty of various Opry, plus the Ernest Tubb Midnight 11 Camp in 1975, so now I spend the majority of Hello again… West Yellowhead
appreciative responses to her great work. jamboree." I am so honored, and thank the my time trying to help others that need help of
Besides all the wonderful comments are Good Lord that I was on these two stages until some sort. to fix long-term care: Eggen by Carlo Klemm
OP/ED questions of what happened after you sent 1994. Like I said, long story short. I want to
Hank Snow your recordings as he requested, God has certainly blessed me with so much. I motive, inspire, and encourage you all no The Weekly Anchor
Keeping In Toucheeping In Touch
etc? It's a heartfelt pleasure for me to clarify traveled the world with my music to the matter how hard and bleak the "roads of life Member of the K
Edson & District Chamber &
this topic! golden shores of Cuba, Mexico, Hawaii and may look, never, ever think of giving up, keep From the Evansburg/Entwistle Chamber by GEORGE VANDERBURG
by GEORGE VANDERBURG
going on the right paths of life! Remember, if a
I gladly did as he asked about my records and onto Europe, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Poland
MLA Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
Fall statement shows federal gov’t borrowing additional $32 billion got a recording contract in 1966. I fulfilled his and such. I walked the places that Jesus mountain was glass it would be hard to climb, Publisher’s Desk MLA Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
questions. And starting in late 1968 things walked in the Holy Land and more. go around it! Concentrate on what's best for Dana McArthur
began to happen for me! Amazing, for a boy raised on a trap line in life. Stay and get away from all malice, and
I first saw Hank when he came to visit us Northern British Columbia, lost my only sins of this world; don't do drugs or any kinds
patients at the Camsell hospital in June 13th, brother and dad to TB before I was age 7, and of alcohol and tobacco" ...and learn to forgive
Riding Update: 1952. I decided then and there that I was going lost mom when I was 15. I spent four years in all that wronged you ...don't sit, complain and
to follow in his steps and become a Country the Camsell hospital with TB from age 11 to criticize, but encourage and help someone in
Music singer and guitarist. 15 and was put in a private room to die in 1950 need today ..."God" bless.
Long story short, I got on numerous CTV, (I was in that hospital 1949 to 1953). I
CBC, ITV, and other television shows across survived, but I was alone at age 15 after mom Pastor Harry Rusk Views & News Rob
died.
by Deanna Mitchener
Canada. 20 years from that day when I first
Jim Eglinski saw him, Hank phoned me on June 13, 1972 I've always wanted to do some good for all Merrifield Conservative

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