Assault leads to fine and probation
In Taber provincial court on July 20, a former Vauxhall man pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon. Jang Soo Park, now of Smoky Lake, was sentenced to a $1,000 fine and one year of probation by Judge D.G. Redman. Further counts of assault and uttering threats to cause death were withdrawn by the Crown.
Crown prosecutor Richard Paziuk explained the facts of the case to the court. On May 24, officers of the Taber/Vauxhall RCMP detachment responded to a complaint of an assault that had occurred previously at a residence in Vauxhall. The female complainant had informed police the accused had physically assaulted her the night before, on May 23.

With their fundraising supper a success, supporters and volunteers are hoping this year’s Vauxhall and District Foodgrains Project will prove the same, despite abnormal conditions experienced during the spring and early summer, likely to impact yield projections.
Project co-ordinator Henry Schultz admits things could be better.
“Not as well as could be — not as well as other years, let’s put it that way. We’re growing hard wheat, the same as in previous years.”
That will probably put harvest later than usual.

Alberta producers with cropland affected by the heavy spring rains will soon have access to the recently-announced $450 million federal-provincial funded AgriRecovery relief program, intended to help farmers take immediate steps to protect and restore damaged cropland.
Amounting to $30 per acre in assistance for affected cropland, Alberta’s slice of the eligible payout to producers is $42.1 million, and will be administered through the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC).

The M.D. of Taber is issuing several claims under the Southern Alberta Disaster Recovery Program for its citizens, due to the heavy rains earlier this year, and the M.D. is making a claim for itself.
M.D. infrastructure has felt the wrath of Mother Nature with damage estimates anywhere between $500,000 to $700,000, with final numbers likely to be finalized in a couple of weeks.
“We have some significant claims, including the bridge that was lost along with road gravel,” said Derrick Krizsan, municipal administrator for the M.D. of Taber, referring to the bridge on Township Road 14-4, just east of Highway 36 along the Bow River. “We have ongoing pumping costs. We have a number of township and range roads in the M.D. that are continuing to be barricaded because of water over the road.”