Kneehill County held their regular Council meeting October 8, 2019.

Policing Services Funding
As part of the Province’s consultation process in regard to policing costs, Council moved to direct Administration to send a response letter indicating Council’s concerns with the police funding proposal for Alberta. Alberta’s draft proposal includes 291 municipalities who are not currently paying for policing, to begin paying a percentage of frontline policing costs. Said the CAO, &ld

Ed and Terry Stephan, of Kneehill Funeral Services, will often stop at Tro-Val School in the mornings while on their daily walks. The children and staff love to start their day being greeted by Ed, Terry, Urnest and Cas(ket). Recently, they had a special delivery of a $300 donation to the school’s Forgotten Lunch Program. Tro-Val School staff and students want to thank Ed and Terry and their beautiful dogs for their generous donation and welcome visits.

It may take a while before the final numbers are tallied for the Linden-Acme Foodgrains Growing Project, but organizer, Earl Jeninga is fairly confident the running tally for the project (since 2004), which includes the government matched funds may hit the eight million dollar mark with this year’s record producing crop.

This year’s crop was wheat and the first tests (taken on Sept. 25 & 26) were running at or close to number one. If the combines are calibrated properly, the cro

For the Carbon School, September 30 marked a very special day as they had the dedication or “blessing” of their Cultural Appreciation Center. September 30 is also National Truth and Reconciliation Day, and Orange Shirt Day, a day to honour the Survivors (and thousands of children who died) in the Residential School system.

The uniquely designed “Cultural Appreciation Center” is in the form of a tipi canvas prepared by the Native Brotherhood Group of inmates in the Drumhe