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From the Smoky Lake Signal, Wednesday, November 25, 1981. Used with permission. Out with the Old... November 20th saw the demolition of one of the original buildings in Smoky Lake. The Western Seeds building had been vacant for a few years before it was bulldozed. The building was originally a livery stable, and was built in the early 1920's by a Mr. Smithaniuk to accommodate the horses that farmers drove into town with. He charged 25¢ to 50¢ a night. Owndership passed through the hands of Goerge Chahley and Mr. Warzin. When there were no more horses coming into town, the barn was left vacant for some time. Then Western Seeds took the building over and used it for seventeen years.
And in with the New The official opening of Waskatenau's new Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator was held November 20th at 2 pm. MLA George Topolnisky and Waskatenau Mayor Viola Ceklic, as well as Wheat Pool officials, gave speeches to honour the occasion, and expressed hopes that the new elevator will mean fewer lines-ups and delays for the farmers. Then, two pioneers of the local pool, John Tkachyk and John Kurylo cut the ribbon. Art Fowler was unable to attend to assist in the ceremony. The new elevator is the double composite style, and has a capacity of 170,000 bushels. There are two "legs" so that grain can be loaded into railway cars at the same time grain is unloaded from trucks. This system should be more efficient than the old single "leg" style where the grain could only move in one direction. Computerization of the weighing procedure will mean faster times for loading railway cars. Without the computer, the elevator manager has to fill the hopper, weigh it and empty it manually in order to put the right weights of grain into the cars. now, all he has to do is program the computer by setting a few switches and the computer pretty well looks after the rest. Assistant Manager of the elevator, Andy Yurkiw, said, in reference to the computer, "he doesn't take a coffee break, or talk back or anything like that."
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