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Archived Springbrook and Area News
September 2009
Sept. 30, 2009
Nine Years of Police Training at
Springbrook
Police forces from Calgary, Edmonton and the RCMP are in their ninth
year of public safety and crowd control training exercises at
Springbrook and the Harvard Business Park at the former CFB Penhold
military base. Included in the training is the mountain bike unit that
works and trains with provincial emergency medical service technicians (EMTs)
to protect them while they rescue and treat victims caught up in crowds.
Springbrook has proved to be an ideal venue for the exercises due to its
central location and its mix of buildings and urban environment.
Sept. 29, 2009
County Starts Construction of Springbrook Park Trail System
 Red
Deer County has started construction of a trail system in the treed and
meadow natural area south of the hamlet of Springbrook and Airport
Drive. The main spine of the trails is part of the Trans Canada Trail
system with branch trails emanating from it and will connect with the
town of Penhold along Range Road 271. Residents of the area have been
looking forward to the trail for several years. The county purchased the
natural area a few years ago when it was in the running for the
provincial police college. Some trails are expected to be paved and a
lookout is expected to be constructed near the wetland. Funding for the
trails has come from a variety of sources including the Trans Canada
Trail Foundation and Alberta TrailNet. The diagram above is a
conceptual plan from the county Open Spaces Master Plan but the final
routing of the trails may be somewhat different.
Red Deer Chamber Holds Business Event at Airport
Several business and other interested people dropped by Skywings
Aviation today to take in Business After Hours, a monthly event
sponsored by the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce at various locations. The
event was co-hosted by Skywings and the Red Deer Regional Airport with
representatives and an outdoor display by Northwestern Air and Swanberg
Air, two companies that are, or will be, providing regular passenger
service at the airport. Among the several displays, the Town of Penhold
had a booth explaining the progress of the new regional multiplex
currently under construction, the first phase of which is expected to be
open next year. Desserts for the event were supplied by Tipitinas.
Sept. 24, 2009
Hottest Day of Summer Yesterday
The temperature reached 34.2C at the Red Deer Regional Airport yesterday
to shatter the previous record set for that day of 29.2C set in 1990. It
was also the hottest day of the year with August 1 being the second at
31.1C. A record was also reached for Sept. 16 at 30.7C, for Sept. 17 at
27.1C and Sept. 22 at 29.9C. The average high for this time of year is
16C.
Sept. 20, 2009
Farewell to Zeke
Draws Several Community Members
The Springbrook Community Association hosted a 'Farewell to Zeke'
yesterday at which several friends and members of the community
attended. John 'Zeke' Szeryk has lived in Springbrook since 1974, 21
years before the community became civilian and was renamed Springbrook
from Mynarski Park, the military residences for CFB Penhold. Zeke was
instrumental in the formation of the community association in 1995 and
was a historical resource for the community's recognition of its roots.
He is moving to Thunder Bay to be with family in October.
Sept. 15, 2009
New Scheduled Air Services Announced
 The
Red Deer Regional Airport announced today several new scheduled
passenger services involving both a new airline to the airport as well
as an established one. Swanberg Air based in Grande Prairie will start
regular service from Red Deer to Grande Prairie on October 13 on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays with connections to Dawson Creek, Fort
St. John and Fort Nelson.
 On
November 12, the Swanberg service will be expanded south and east to
Calgary, Swift Current, Regina and Estevan on Mondays, Tuesdays and
Fridays. Also announced was a planned expansion of service by
Northwestern Air currently offering twice-weekly service to Fort
McMurray. Pending necessary approvals, the company plans to add
scheduled service from Red Deer to Kelowna and Abbotsford in the spring
of 2010.
 Several
dignitaries attended the announcement including Red Deer Mayor Morris
Flewwelling and Acting Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood as well as
officials from the airport authority, the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce,
Red Deer Regional Economic Development (RDRED) and the two airlines. The
expanded service is part of an overall plan to eventually have direct
service connecting Red Deer with Vancouver and Toronto. For several
months, the airport authority has been discussing such a proposed
service with Air Canada Jazz.
Sept. 12, 2009
World War II
Penhold Trainees Honoured
The memory of 34 Second World War airmen who died while training at
Penhold through the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan were honoured
during a re-dedication at the Red Deer Cemetery today. Of those killed
in training, two-thirds are buried in Red Deer Cemetery and the rest are
buried at Innisfail. To commend their service and to mark the 100th
anniversary of powered flight, members of 703 Wing of the Airforce
Association of Canada raised a new ensign at the BCATP cenotaph.
Sept. 10, 2009
New Condo Board Elected
The Springbrook Condominium Corporation held its Annual General Meeting
at the Springbrook Community Centre yesterday with about 25 owners in
attendance or represented. A new board was elected and a new executive
elected by the new members. Paul Rodrigues is the new
President, Mike Pye the new Vice President, Shane Norm the new
Secretary and Karen Boychuk the new Treasurer. Directors include Deena
MacNeill with Betty Stickland and Cindy Ellsworth continuing from last
year.
Sept. 2, 2009
Bus Stop
Construction Costs Double
A report to Red Deer County council yesterday indicated construction of
the 13 bus stops in Gasoline Alley and 9 bus stops in Springbrook for
the new rural transit service would cost up to $460,000, approximately
double the original estimate. Surveying, asphalt and concrete costs were
higher than anticipated due to unusual terrain at some of the sites and
because Alberta Transportation required some sites to be relocated from
the original plan. The additional funding will come from the Municipal
Sustainability Initiative.
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