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Exodus of Cattle to the U.S. Sets Record
Some of the cattle from local ranches being sorted at Provost Livestock Exchange before being shipped out of the area while a drought was on-going over the summer. ©Provost News Photo.
Provost and area ranchers contributed to a record setting year as the number of feeder cattle and calves that moved from Canada to the United States in 2002 reached 450,000 head.
Full story in January 8 edition of The Provost News.
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Division 4 Councillor Resigns M.D. Seat
Municipal District of Provost No. 52 councillor Brent Mercereau has resigned his seat and is moving out of the district.
Municipal District of Provost No. 52 councillor Brent Mercereau has resigned his seat and is moving out of the district.
Spokesman for the M.D. 52, Iris Larson said that he turned in a letter of resignation on December 31.
He has filled just less than half of a three year term for electoral division 4.
Nomination day for a new councillor will be held on January 27 and if an election is required it would be four weeks after the nomination day—making it February 24.
Mercereau had served one three year term before the one he recently resigned from.
Story and picture in January 8 edition of The Provost News.
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Looking for House, Man Wins $300,000 Dream Home
Ben Meier who spends much of his time between Provost and Red Deer dealing in houses was without a permanent residence when he found out he won a Red Deer Kinsmen lottery on New Year’s eve. His name was drawn for a house valued at over $300,000.
Meier told The News that when he was in Provost on January 2 that “I couldn’t believe it” and that the win took a while to sink in.
He had sold the last house he was living in three months ago and moved temporarily from a five bedroom house at the time to the current two bedroom apartment he is in now.
He still has rental properties in Provost so is back here at least every month.
Meier bought one ticket while there were 5,400 sold, raising $150,000 for the service club.
His fiance, Jackie Molyneux meanwhile had purchased four tickets.
Meier, 47 said that he will probably keep the home especially since his fiance fell in love with the large ensuite bathroom including a jaccuzi bathtub. They will move in on February 1.
The home comes with appliances, window coverings and a home theatre.
The home was the Red Deer Kinsmen’s 21st home that was raffled off.
The local man also was the winner of $1,000 from a recent Provost Museum Society draw.
Story and picture in January 8 edition of The Provost News.
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