Family Violence Prevention Month declaration

Written by Stu Salkeld

Town of Stettler Mayor Sean Nolls, front row left, and County of Stettler Reeve Larry Clarke signed a proclamation Oct. 27 at the town office declaring November as Family Violence Prevention Month in the community. Middle row from left is Dianne Petersen, Judy Leflar and Bernadette Schofer, victim services chair, while back row from left is town councillor and course facilitator Gord Lawlor, Edna Stuart, facilitator Melvina Annas and Judilone Beebe, program coordinator. Missing from photo was course facilitator Eric Rahn.

About the author

Stu Salkeld

Stu Salkeld, who has upwards of 28 years of experience in the Alberta community newspaper industry, is now covering councils and other news in the Stettler region and has experience working in the area as well.

He has joined the ECA Review as a Local Journalism Initiative Journalist.

Stu earned his two-year diploma in print journalism from SAIT in Calgary from 1993 to ’95 and was raised in Oyen, Alta., one of the communities within the ECA Review’s coverage area.