$25,000 project:Sucker Creek band gets heating system

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By the time the weather starts turning colder this fall, residents of the Sucker Creek Indian Reserve will be able to turn on the gas and warm up in comfort.

Sucker Creek Band Chief Jim Badger says construction has begun on the quarter-million dollar project that will serve every residence on the reserve.

Badger says that the council has worked with Indian Affairs officials for over a year to bring the project to fruition. Band manager Ronald Sunshine, Badger says, prepared an excellent proposal and did a good selling job to get the project approved.

While not all agreements are in place, it is expected that Sucker Creek will purchase natural gas from Prairie River Gas Cooperative Ltd. through an agreement with Gas Alberta. The Town of High Prairie is contracted to supply services for the operation of the Sucker Creek gas utility for a period of one year.

Chief Badger says that the band intends to train reserve service man Rod Willier to take over operation of the utility as soon as possible.

The band is in the process of joining the Federation of Alberta Gas Co-ops.