Radar Dismantled After 35 Years of Service
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Be “One of a Million” 2 MCPL FRÉDÉRICK DORÉ Contest Winner It gave them a clear picture System (TRACS) radar in 1982. 2016. of the skies surrounding Cold This was the first solid state A team of technicians CFMWS Launches 5 The Cold Lake skyline Lake in any weather, giving electronics radar used by the from 4 Wing TIS, 3 Wing is changing. The Area them the bearing, distance, RCAF. Bagotville and 14 Wing CAF Appreciation App Surveillance Radar (ASR) tower, altitude and identification of The ASR-SSR radar Greenwood is demilitarizing easily recognizable by the golf every aircraft in range. The outlasted its life expectancy the old radar. The demolition ball shaped dome mounted radar was connected to the by about 15 years thanks is a massive undertaking, as on a 20-metre tower, is being NORAD network, helping with to maintenance by heavy it is composed of hundreds of torn down after more than 35 the defence of Canada. radar technicians and later thousands of parts. years of service. Originally called the by ATIS technicians. Due to The radar’s life at 4 Weekly The ASR and Secondary Westinghouse on route radar, parts shortages and changing Wing might be over but the Surveillance Radar (SSR) the ASR replaced the 1960s- technologies, a replacement ASR dome and dish will be Movies This Week 4 combination were the bread era Marconi radars. That project was initiated in preserved for posterity at the Padre’s Corner 6 and butter of the air traffic replacement project started in 2009. 4 Wing’s new ASR/SSR, Cold Lake Air Force Museum. controllers at the Instrument 1979, and Cold Lake received manufactured by Airbus, was The display will be open by the Entertainment 7 Flight Rules Control Centre. its Terminal Radar and Control put into service in September end of this summer. 780-594-4414 Fax: 780-594-2512 5118 50 Avenue, Cold Lake Helping you is what we do! www.northernlightsrealestate.com 4601 Snowbird Lane 5103 53 Avenue 42108 Twp Rd 614 603 16 Avenue 106 22 Street 4704B 48 Street $120,000.00 $165,000.00 $200,000.00 $204,500.00 $209,000.00 $229,900.00 Approved Brookfield/IRP Supplier Nous offrons un service bilingue Northern Lights Realty Ltd. 702A Rocky Way 6014 52 Avenue 102, 801 11 Street 2029 4 Avenue 4709 63 Avenue 2604 6A Avenue INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED $259,000.00 $274,900.00 $274,900.00 $319,900.00 $349,000.00 $399,000.00 Page 2 The Courier News & Publishing Tuesday, May 16, 2017 “Be One of a Million” 4 Wing Buy and Sell Lot Contest Winner Is Open CFMWS One of a Million” contest. presented Corrigan with 4 WING MFRC $5 deposit and will be ends on September 30, Her name was entered a $3,000 Air Canada asked to provide proof owners must return Catherine Corrigan, in the draw for having gift card and two travel Do you have a vehicle of insurance and vehicle their numbered sign to a Canadian Armed referred her friends vouchers, each valued for sale? The 4 Wing registration. The lot be eligible for the $5 Forces veteran from to apply for a CF One at $2,000 (USD), from Buy & Sell Lot is now is open to all 4 Wing refund. All vehicles that Kelowna, BC, is the card. Government Vacation open to owners wanting Defence Team members: have not been sold must winner of Canadian Mike Ward, Associate Rewards and Our to sell cars, trucks and full-time public servants, be removed from the lot. Forces Morale and Director General, Morale Vacation Centre - Resort recreational vehicles, NPF employees, Regular Refunds will be given in Welfare Services’ “Be and Welfare Services, Vacation. including trailers and or Reserve Force the first week of October. boats. The lot is located members or contractors For more information, in the parking lot east of working on base. contact the MFRC Front the Wing Theatre, in the Once the vehicle is Reception at 780-594- gravel area. sold, or when the season 6006. To place an item on the Vehicle Buy and Sell Lot owners must come in person to the MFRC Front Reception where they will register the vehicle and receive a numbered sign. All vehicles must display appropriate sign or they will be subject to towing. Owners must pay a iClipart Spot a Typo? Coffee’s On Us. Spelling mistakes and typographical errors happen to the best of us. At The Courier, though, we take pride in striving for an error-free paper. If you find a typo or a spelling error in The Courier, report it to thecourier@telus. net. We’ll buy a coffee (or equivalent) at the CANEX Tim Hortons kiosk for the first CFMWS person to report the error. If you’re the first to find a mistake in a headline, we’ll buy Mike Ward of Morale and Welfare Services presents Catherine Corrigan, you a Tim Hortons Take 12 for you and your crew! winner of the “Be One of a Million” contest, with the prize valued at $7,000. Error reports (if any) from each Tuesday edition will be accepted until Friday of that week. Happy hunting! JEff GAYE bike that had been he had a licence but stolen. Back then, in no car; so he bought a “The Newfie Bullet” my young adulthood, I bike and we rode. was the passenger commuted everywhere The bicycle, you train that used to by bike. I didn’t have see, was not invented cross Newfoundland. a drivers licence, but so vigorous athletes The trip between St with a bus pass in could get a workout. John’s and Channel- the winter and pedal It was invented as an Por t-Au x-B asques power in the summer, easy way to get around took 23 hours at an I got around pretty if you’re too lazy to average speed of 20 well. walk. miles per hour. The places I Every spring I “Such is the Pathway to the Stars!” Newfoundlanders worked were generally resolve to ride my bike "Telle est la voie vers les étoiles!" say it was the only five miles or more to work more often. modern conveyance from my house, a The Millennium Trail • STEAM - Programmation axée sur • STEAM/Aviation Focused Programming mentioned in the Bible pretty easy commute. makes it easy and l'aviation – in Genesis, where On weekends I used enjoyable, so there’s • ơ Ȉ± ơ Immersion in Cold Lake (K to 8 and it is written that the to just hop on my really no excuse. And programme de français immersion à late entry up to Grade 4) Lord made all things bike and ride all over I feel like I owe it to Cold Lake (M à 8e année et possibilité that creep and crawl Winnipeg, all day long. my old friend The d'entrée tardive jusqu'à la 4e année ) • Recognized for “Very High” student learning achievement upon the earth. I didn’t wear a cycling Newfie Bullet. • École reconnue pour son rendement I adopted the jersey or cycling shorts scolaire très élevé • On-site Out of School Care provided through 4 Wing MFRC with reduced name and gave it to my or cycling gloves or • Service de garde avant et après l'école rates for K and Grade 1 10-speed bike in 1979 cycling shoes. I didn’t ơ ͠ escadre (tarif réduit pour les élèves de • Free busing for all students in the when a friend and I think of myself as a la maternelle et de la 1re année) Cold Lake area rode from Winnipeg “cyclist.” I was just to St John’s. I still ride • Transport gratuit pour tous les élèves • Free school supplies for riding my bike. de la région de Cold Lake Kindergarten students “The Newfie Bullet” And that’s pretty today. We’ve put in a much how Rob and I • Fournitures scolaires gratuites pour les élèves de la maternelle Ph: 780-594-1404 lot of miles together. decided we would ride Building 54 Tamarac Crescent I bought it in 1978 to Newfoundland. We 4 Wing Cold Lake to replace another didn’t have air fare; Now accepting registrations for K - Gr. 8 English and French Immersion www.artsmithacademy.ca Proud to be part of Northern Lights School Division No. 69 www.nlsd.ab.ca From the Editor’s Desk NEWS Tuesday, May 16, 2017 The Courier News & Publishing Page 3 Community Council Makes a Difference CAPT SARAH ROGERS, Parr Sports Centre reception personnel will remove all AETE desk.