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Viking Pee Wee Win tournament
The Viking Shell Pee Wee Gas Kings won all four of the games they played over the weekend to take top spot in the tournament the team hosted.
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Word on the Street
On Nov. 28, police were informed of a break and enter to a residence in Bruce.
The residence is currently uninhabited but when the caretaker attended to check on the property, she found entry had been gained and property was missing. The investigation into this matter is continuing.
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Auto Repair changes hands
As of last Thursday, Dec. 1 Garry’s Auto Repair has been renamed 50th Street Auto Repair.
Patrick Tkaczyk and Alan Mickelson bought the business from longtime owners Garry and Linda McDevitt.
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Lloyd Snelgrove will not seek re-election.
At a meeting of the directors of the Vermilion-Lloydminster Progressive Conservative Association on Monday, Nov. 28 incumbent MLA Lloyd Snelgrove
announced he will not seek re-election for the PC party in the next Alberta provincial election.
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Local hunters bag wild boar NE of Viking
The plan to spend the early afternoon and evening moose hunting about 10 kilometers northeast of Viking turned into a hunting expedition which ended with an almost unbelievable result.
Shannon Lancaster, a provincial meat inspector, joined Randy Petroskey and Petroskey’s two sons, Rory and Jessie, for an afternoon hunt in search of a moose.
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Distribution of tax delayed
The distribution of funds collected under the town’s recreation tax levy was put on hold at the request of council during the regular Viking town council meeting Monday, Nov. 21.
Mayor Marlene Grandinetti asked for clarification on the meaning of the bylaw saying that as she read the document, the tax was intended to help cover the costs of general repair, maintenance, and operations of the Town of Viking recreational facilities and was never designed to be distributed to service organizations.