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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
 SENSELESS VANDALISM – This slide in the playground was just one piece of equipment that was spray painted this past week costing taxpayers over $500 to clean up. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Earlier in the week, under cover of darkness, more than one individual saw fit to make their mark on the art world by writing vividly unfit graffiti on the playground equipment, benches, and two picnic tables.
And, as if that wasn’t enough to fill their lust for sharing their crude art with the public, their attention was turned to the men and women’s public bathroom.
The floors, walls, and bathroom stalls, inside and out, received samples of their graffiti work. Then to make a punctuation point they defecated in the urinals and sink in the men’s room and wiped the end result on the walls.
Mayor John Shevlin was upset. “This is an ongoing thing. It’s irresponsible. We have better things for our crews to do than clean up somebody else’s mess.”
Councilwoman Wendy Judisch who lives across the street from where the incident took place noted that she didn’t notice any unusual activity or vehicles at the park.
“It’s sad,” she said after going over to view the mess. There were little kids from the library playing on the other side of the park and Judisch noted, “They aren’t going to be able to use the restrooms, they will have to do something else.”
She went on to echo the mayor, “It’s going to pull a crew off their normal routine for a day.”
It cost the taxpayer $538 in materials and labor to clean up the offensive graffiti. |
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
For the I-O By Jan Nelson
 Shades of Pink – A Pink New Holland Pedal tractor from Torgerson’s of Ethridge will be on the auction block on Saturday night at the Hi-Line WABC tournament. Photo courtesy of Jan Nelson
A year’s preparation for the WAB Board will begin to unfold on Friday evening for the Caddy Auction to be held at the new Ringside Ribs in Shelby beginning at 6 p.m. with a free will donation supper of nacho bar and pizza.
Eleven caddies will take center stage ringside at 8 p.m. as Referee/Auctioneer John Fritz will take the women’s golf teams highest bids. It is always an exciting time to see what each caddy has to offer and who will bid the highest. We have some great new exciting caddies along with favorites returning. John always keeps the bidding lively and you never know exactly what to expect. Now if there is anyone out there that thinks that they would like to be a caddy, please let us know and be ringside on Friday night. It’s not too late to take your chance to see if you could be the caddy with the highest bid.
Saturday morning teams start rolling in at 8 a.m. to prepare their carts and final preparations for the costumes. You never know what you might see, it could be anything from Hawaiian Hula Girls, Toothless Hillbillies to some Rockin’ 50’s Poodle Skirts.... it’s a real Hoot!
After the opening ceremonies it’s a Best Ball Shotgun start with 120 golfers and their caddies hitting the golf course to show their support for Breast Cancer Patients at 9 a.m. Several competitions are held on the course throughout the day including finding the bras, WABC trivia, closest to the pin and a brand new car for a Hole in One! This year Van Motors of Conrad is once again sponsoring a Hole in One prize. It’s a beautiful 2008 Buick Lacerne on hole 16 with some other great prizes on all the par 3 holes. |
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
 CRASH LANDING – Cardinal left fielder Riley Styren races home from third base after the ball got away from the Fort Macleod catcher. The head first slide jarred the ball loose from Royal pitcher Taylor Wolstenhome and made the score 5-0 in favor of the Cards. The home boys went on to win 10-0 and take the nightcap contest, 14-4. I-O photo by Buck Traxler
With battery mate Bjorn Swanson, Robison allowed just one hit, a first inning single, walked two, sat down eight and went the distance in a game called after five innings with the Cardinals leading 10-0 (mercy rule).
Robison also helped himself at the plate, going 3-3 with a solo home run, two RBIs and two runs scored.
The Tri-County squad got their first run in the bottom of the second. Robison lined a safety down the left field line and made it to second when Orin Johnson fanned. Mike Shea brought him home with a sharp double to left center and the 1-0 lead.
In the bottom of the third Riley Styren led off with an infield single. Alex Macias laid down a bunt and beat it out for another infield hit. Brent Bandow smoked a liner to center field that scored two runs while he ended up at second base. Robison, up next, singled to left field scoring Bandow and a 4-0 lead for the Cardinals.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Cards got two runs without the benefit of a hit.
With the help of two walks, a sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk, a wild pitch, and a passed ball, two runners got the scores across the plate for a 6-0 lead.
In the fifth, Robison belted a home run over the left field wall for a 7-0 lead. The team came on to add three more runs for a 10-0 lead. The contest was called for the mercy rule.
District tournament action starts on Thursday at 8 a.m. The Cardinals, the number four seed, plays the Havre NorthStars who are the number five seed, after opening game ceremonies which take place about 5 p.m.
Former Conrad resident David Brown, now living in Tyler, Texas, will be back in town to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. |
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