Man Survives Crash
A single vehicle crash took place on Monday afternoon when this oil tanker wound up in the ditch about seven miles south of Provost on Highway 899. One man at the scene told The News that the 18 year old driver got himself out of the vehicle and started walking south on the highway until someone picked him up and took him to Provost for medical attention. ©Provost News Photo.

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M.D. Reeve Re-elected
Tom Schneider has been re-elected by acclamation as Reeve of the Municipal District of Provost No. 52 on Thursday afternoon, April 12th, The News has learned.

Schneider had told The News on April 9 that it was approximately a couple of weeks before that when he notified the administrator of his decision to resign.


The M.D. met on April 12th in Provost but the Reeve, when reached by telephone was too busy to give The News details of his decision.

Schneider had not resigned his councillor’s seat, in Division 1. Schneider has served two terms as reeve before this one.

Watch for next week's Provost News, April 18th edition for more information.

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Provost News Website Chosen
For Golden Web Award
The Provost News has been informed that its website provostnews.ca has been reviewed and awarded a 2001-2002 Golden Web Award.

The site, originally developed by sister company Internet Alberta inter.ab.ca/ has been changed in recent months and is updated at least weekly by webmaster Brett Holmes who is in Grade 12 and works part-time at The News.

Internet Alberta was also informed that two other of the sites it developed for customers won awards from the United States based International Association of Web Masters and Designers (I.A.W.M.D.). The other two sites are:

http://www.jacksondodge.com
http://www.secure-one.com

Web site winners are voted on by the association members that represent over 130 countries worldwide.

I.A.W.M.D. sponsors and affiliates include some of the world’s largest and most respected companies, including: GE, Microsoft, Hertz, K-Mart, Amoco, TTI, Budget, FTD, Alamo, AOL, BigBallot, NBCi, American Greetings and a multiple of other name brand companies, as well as health care and other service providers.

Originally intended exclusively for web masters and designers, the growth of the Internet has created many new and related career opportunities. The I.A.W.M.D. has opened its doors to all of the professionals in these areas as well.

Today, the I.A.W.M.D. membership consists of professional webmasters, designers, programmers, network administers, graphic artists, software consultants, sales persons, engineers, system administers and many other Internet related professionals world wide.

These members of the I.A.W.M.D. review and rate submitted web sites on design, originality and content.

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