The Buzz - June 15, 2015

 
 
Trevor Miller from Cargill discussed the new Canola Crushing Plant with the club this week.
 
The Buzz – June 15, 2015
 
President David called the meeting to order
 
Guests: Trevor Miller, Cargill Canola Crusher, Camrose County Councillor
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Health of the Club: all in good health
 
Maci Report: school classes end this week, just some tests and exams to go. Playing lots of pool and cards with Jerome and friends. Close to beating Jerome. Had a great time with students from 5360. Attended Gavin’s baseball game, big win. Accompanied LeRoy to soccer in Edmonton – both games were good to watch.
Announcements: Dues $250 due by June 30th, pay only $240 before then. Tyler and Dan Mac have Square readers if you want to pay by credit card.
90th Anniversary donation of $17,000 to assist the Legion in installing a lift and shelter to allow easier access to the basement motion has been made and seconded. Clarification that the facility is available to the public. The basement has a small banquet room, meeting rooms, Ladies Auxiliary office. Discussion ensued. The motion was defeated upon voting.
 
Happy Bucks: David T, Randal
  • Randal – million dollar rain
  • Ron – picked up wheelchairs; float plane air worthy again
  • Dan Mac – trailer plumbing, electrical repaired; celebrating 24th wedding anniversary
  • Donna – 2 weeks at cabin in Saskatchewan
  • Jenn – daughter blew knee out, gave appreciation of how helpful people are when you’re dealing with a wheelchair
  • Sheila – Blue Jays won 11 in a row, can’t wait to see them in September
  • Tyler – 5th wedding anniversary spent week in New York; elected director of Alberta Funeral Association
  • Jim – left Camrose in rain for Chamber Spring Fling Golf Tournament in New Norway to find sun and lack of wind; enjoyed the parade of vintage automobiles at Reynolds Museum
  • Dawn – Air Cadet parade on Thursday brought home why we support cadets – great youth
  • David T – Daybreak’s Rib Tickler was a wonderful event.




  • Guest Speaker - Trevor Miller - Cargill Canola Crusher, Trevor Miller
 
Check www.cargillag.ca for details and videos about various aspects of the new plant in the county just south east of the city.
 
 
Our facility started production in May. It takes in canola seed and produces canola oil, targeting 1.0K MT per day, and canola meal, targeting 1.5K MT per day. The oil can be refined to customer requirements as the batches are processed. Bottling if needed is done at Cargill’s plant in Clavet Saskatchewan. The meal is used primarily for hog and chicken feed. Cargill will draw on 1.3 million acres of the 4.9 planted in Alberta to meet its production target of 850,000 MT of canola seed in year one. Most seed will arrive by truck from within a 300 km radius of Camrose. Expect 150 Super Bs to enter and leave the plant every day. Rail facilities are available if the seed needs to come from a greater distance. Served by both CP and CN 17 km of track and 24 switches enable siting of up to 340 rail cars for shipment and storage. 30K MT seed storage is available on site.
 
Some interesting facts include:
 
  • Trucks are weighed and probed for grade as they enter the plant site and have dumped and left within a 6 minute window,
  • CP may block Highway 13 twice a day (at random times) for 5 minutes each to access the plant,
  • To self deliver to the plant a test, contract and orientation are required,
  • Cargill built a new road from the highway to the plant to avoid excess traffic on existing roads,
  • On site water use other than storage is primarily personal use not production use,
  • 50 to 75 full-time employees are needed to operate the plant,
  • Camrose County has updated a number of roads anticipating increased truck traffic in the future,
  • Cargill has been in Camrose since 2012 to develop the plant,
  • Cargill’s 4 business units in Camrose have supported the University, Food Bank, Battle River Watershed and many other community needs for a long time
 
Special Request:
 
Cargill is offering money for worthy projects. The Battle River Watershed Alliance is in the running. Here is a request for your vote(s) to support this effort.
Friends of the Battle River Watershed
 
At BRWA we are in the middle of a $25,000 funding competition and we need to show Cargill community support for our Explore More Program. Votes for our project idea is one way to show support. This is where you can help.
 
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Look for our Explore More project and VOTE.
You can vote every day but my experience says unless you have a sticky note to vote every day on your computer screen life gets in the way. This is where I can help. Let me know you have voted. After your first vote I can add you to the list of emails I vote for every day.
Thanks for your help. Feel free to share this with people you think also support the Battle River Watershed.
Regards,
David Samm,
General Manager
 
 
50/50: Dan Mac failed to draw the 3 of Clubs but did lead us in the 4 Way Test
 
Next Meeting: June 22 at Best Western Plus Camrose Resort Casino at 1145AM
 
Greeters/Judges: Roy W, Jenn
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Program: Maci Reporting on his experience in Camrose.