Members of the Municipal District of Provost No. 52 have unanimously declared the M.D. an “Agricultural Disaster Area.”

The declaration was made at a specially called conference telephone call on Thursday morning, May 23.

The News was invited to the 8 a.m. speaker phone meeting with administrator Iris Larson in the M.D. building when all councillors called from different areas.

Councillors on the phone and voting for the declaration were: Larry Swanson, Allan Murray, Tom Schneider, Fritz Crone, Len Kjos, Jack Roworth and Brent Mercereau.

Roworth, who made the motion said that there has been no moisture here the last two winters and the problem “covers all areas of the M.D., especially the east end.” Reeve Crone said before the vote that he “can’t argue the point” that this is a disaster area.

The declaration would not trigger any provincial or federal aid but that if a federal crop program is set up, then Crone says, this would make the M.D. eligible for funding. He added that people in other areas have been getting rain and “don’t realize the extent of the problem here.”

For Full Story see May 29 edition of The Provost News
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