Archived Springbrook and Area News
November 2009

Nov. 26, 2009
Plasco Plant Delayed Waiting for Green Funding
The 200-tonne-a-day Plasco regional gasification plant proposed for Red Deer County east of Penhold has been delayed while the company waits for a decision concerning their $23 million application to the federal Green Infrastructure Fund. The company hopes to get started early in 2010 on the waste-to-energy plant to be administered by the 9-member Central Waste Management Commission. The new technology Canadian company has demonstration plants operating in Ottawa and Barcelona, Spain.

Nov. 21, 2009
Regional Sewer Line Delayed Due to Funding Cuts
The much-needed $107 million regional sewer line between Olds and Red Deer will likely not be completed for two years as the provincial government has indicated to the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission that funding for the project will be delayed due to budget restraints. The commission is looking at ways for portions of the project to continue with the funding that is available. Both Olds and Innisfail need the project to be completed soon as their sewage treatment plants have already exceeded their life span. Work is already underway to install 25 km of pipeline between Innisfail and Penhold to connect with the existing Waskasoo line through Springbrook and on to Red Deer.

Nov. 19, 2009
Emergency Exercise Tests Airport Procedures
As a requirement of Transport Canada, Red Deer Regional Airport conducted a live emergency response exercise recently. About four dozen RCMP, county firefighters and patrol officers, airport staff, search and rescue volunteers, and staff from NavCanada and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority gathered to test their ability to respond to an emergency. The simulation included a plane with nine passengers and two crew being held hostage by an unknown armed assailant reportly carrying a bomb. Part of the excercise involved emergency workers finding a way to end the standoff safely and defuse the bomb. The primary goal was to test the ability of various agencies to communicate with each other and co-ordinate their efforts.
Central Alberta Historical Society Learns About Penhold Base History
Jodi Smith of Springbrook and Gary Hillman, both representing the Harvard Historical Aviation Society, made a presentation to the Central Alberta Historical Society yesterday on the history of the Penhold base from before World War II to the closure of the base in 1995.

Nov. 5, 2009
Phase 2 of Expanded Air Service Launched
The second phase of Swanberg Air scheduled passenger service began earlier this week at the Red Deer Regional Airport with hints that further expansion could occur in the future. A morning flight from Grande Prairie will stop in Red Deer and proceed to Calgary, Swift Current, Regina and Estevan. The flight returns later the same day on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. In October, the airline introduced service from Calgary, stopping in Red Deer, and continuing to Edmonton and Grande Prairie Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The two services compliment the existing service between Red Deer and Fort McMurray by Northwestern Air Lease.

Nov. 4, 2009
Aviation Society Pursues H-Hut as First Stage of Museum
A $200,000 project to build a replica of a H-Hut that housed servicemen who took part in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War is being planned for construction next year as the first phase of a proposed $5 million museum to be built by the Harvard Historical Aviation Society in Springbrook south of the fire hall.
Similar structures would have been built in 1940 on the Penhold base site and the name was derived from the shape of the building from the air. The H-Hut replica will give the society enough room for a restoration shop, museum space, gift shop and some rental space. Part of the reason for proceeding with the smaller project first is that Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton has offered the society a historic plane.
Community Association Elects New Board
The Springbrook Community Association held its Annual General Meeting at the Springbrook Community Centre yesterday with about 25 in attendance. The new executive includes Paul Pettypiece as President, Cathy Fowler as Vice-President, Linda Key as Secretary and Tara Lind as Treasurer. Other Board members include Christine Long, Katie Ingram, Tara Dyck, Virginia Holt, Keri-Anne Crockford, Jennifer Charles, Jeff Willmer, Lance Lenton and Caryn Cardinal.

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