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Antique Tractor Club hosts
inaugural supper fundraiserSee story p.2
Well done,curlers!
See column p.16
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Parker Beausoliel-Heintz (right) narrate a story about the pizza dough sticking on the top as Cooper d’Entremont listens to him amused at the SES Playschool baking event on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Joanna Nesom, a.k.a. The Bread Lady from Leduc, Alberta has come for a week-long visit to Stettler visiting various organizations sharing her love of bread making, as students participate in her experiential presentation, learning about where wheat comes from, how it is made into fl our and then into bread.
County budget anticipates tax hikeSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Stettler County Council had nothing but praise for its staff at its Wednesday, Jan. 13 meeting, who have been hard at work snipping and cutting at its budget for 2016. Staff managed to cut roughly $925,000 off the budget, bringing it into the black for the coming year.
Some of those cuts came
through staff being able to find used equipment. One of those purchases, a loader, ended up netting a $100,000 savings through buying used.
After having only the most minor tax increase in 2015, as a result of the new rec-reation agreement with the Town of Stettler, county res-idents this year should be ready for a three per cent tax increase, the anticipated
amount the budget was built around.
This year’s budget ex-penditures come in at $33,749,518, with revenues of $28,280,633, giving a net deficit of roughly $5.5 mil-lion. However, once amor-tization is factored in, the deficit turns into a $17,444 surplus, staff explained.
Tim Fox, the County’s CAO, said after the meeting that the government provides a
guideline for tax increases and the county works hard to stay well within those guidelines. With this in-crease, Stettler isn’t at the top or at the bottom of tax rates for counties of similar make-up and size.
Councillors approved the budget as presented, with a minor amendment com-ing from a modified FCSS budget.
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Antique Tractor Club hosts inaugural supper fundraiser
MOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The Antique Tractor Club hosted its inaugu-ral supper fundraiser along with Stettler Town and Country Museum on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at the Stettler Town and Country Museum, raising over $6,000 in raffl e tickets.
Although it was the fi rst supper, the raffl e was being held for the second time for the two organi-zations.
Walter Haustein, presi-dent of the Antique Tractor Club said he was quite pleased with the turnout and wished to make this an annual event.
“This was hugely suc-cessful, I think, given the number of raffl e tickets we sold,” said Haustein. “It was not only a fundraiser but a social evening for the members and friends of the tractor club.”
With the tractor club always working in tan-dem with the muse-um, the total amount of $6,230 raised from the 623 $10-raffl e tickets would be used towards agriculture exhibits and education at
the museum, assisted by the club.
“Although this is the second raffl e draw in con-junction with the trac-tor club, we learnt from the past year to sell the tickets a little longer, so we started out in June 2015, unlike in 2014 when we sold the tickets for a shorter period, which wasn’t as successful,” said Karen Wahlund, manager, Stettler Town and Country Museum.
The funds will also be used to maintain and im-prove tractors and agricul-tural equipment already cared for by the museum.
With 46 people in atten-dance enjoying a delicious
supper made by some of the members, the visi-tors also had a chance to be entertained by Kevin Falkenberg’s introduction to ‘Hornet Aerial Imaging Corp’, a presentation about drones/imaging.
There was an in-house raffl e draw where three tractor books were do-nated by Alfred Erichsen, winners of which were Don Barnes, Ken Jones and Dan Wasyleshko, besides a stool donated by Wells Furniture, which was won by Kara Wahlund.
According to Haustein, the tractor club came into being in 2013 when some of the members decided to form a social organi-zation, where they could help one another to main-tain their old antique trac-tors sharing knowledge and camaraderie.
“That was the beginning of the club and how it was born,” added Haustein. “Now we try and spread the awareness in the com-munity through various events like the tractor pull in July and the threshing demo in October, besides taking part in all the pa-rades around the county.”
Haustein said the club is a way to maintain the region’s culture and pre-serve old antique agricul-tural and farm equipment and tractors.
“It was a great evening with great fellowship,” said Wahlund. “We’d like to thank all local and area businesses for helping us sell the raffl e tickets and a special thanks to all those who displayed the tractor for the raffl e.”
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Walter Haustein, president of the Antique Tractor Club serves up a plate at the fi rst Antique Tractor supper fund-raiser on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
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Police looking for window shootersSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The Stettler RCMP is hoping someone in the community may have in-formation about who shot the windows of a down-town Stettler business sometime over the week-end of Jan. 15-17.
Staff at Stettler Chiropractic came into work on Monday, Jan. 18 to fi nd that a vandal over the weekend had shot their windows in several
locations with some sort of pellet or bb-gun, RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Phil Penny said.
Police are currently in-vestigating the incident and following up on leads, but are asking anyone who may have witnessed or heard anything about the matter to contact them with the information.
The cost to replace the large panes of glass is in the thousands of dollars.
Anyone with infor-mation can contact the
Stettler RCMP at 403-742-3382, or remain anony-mous and phone Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).Driver-swap doesn’t fool police
A driver stopped by po-lice tried to avoid trouble by switching places with his passenger, a ploy that didn’t fool the arresting offi cer.
On Saturday, Jan. 16 around 1 a.m., police stopped a driver near 57 Street after running the
plate revealed the owner did not have a licence. The vehicle pulled over and the driver quickly switched places inside the vehicle with the passenger.
The now-passenger was asked to provide a road-side sobriety test sample, which was failed, result-ing in a charge each of im-paired driving and driving without a licence. It was also revealed the individ-ual had warrants pending out of another detach-ment. The actual passen-
ger was not charged.Email fraud targets busi-nesses
Police are asking local businesses to be on their guard after a local busi-ness notifi ed them of a fraud attempt.
The company in ques-tion received a spoofed email — an email made
to look like it came from a legitimate company — asking them to transfer money. The local company did not fall victim to the scam and notifi ed police.
Penny said business-es who believe they may have lost money to such a scam should contact police.
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Bad decisions in seeing, feeding kids net mother fi nes
STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
A Stettler woman’s desire to see her children, who are in foster care, led to a series of bad decisions that netted her a criminal record and multiple fi nes.
At its fi rst sitting of 2016, the Alberta Provincial Court branch in Stettler heard that on Oct. 30, 2015, Jennifer Stang drove an uninsured vehicle from the Stettler area to Drumheller, where her children resid-ed. As Stang was having fi nancial diffi culties at the time, her insurance had lapsed just days before the journey to Drumheller due to an inability to pay.
As part of her visitation with her children, Stang was required to provide lunch and had made the journey with all the fi xings for sandwiches, except for bread. She stopped at a grocery store in Drumheller and picked up two loaves of bread, but when at the till to pay, said she forgot her wallet in the car and left the store, the court was told.
She then returned, snatched one of the loaves, and fl ed the store and left the area in her car.
The police were called and later that day Stang turned herself into police, returning half a loaf of bread — the rest having been used to feed her chil-dren.
While Judge D.J. Plosz commended Stang for putting her children’s needs above her own, he did condemn her for her actions, noting that the choices she made that day would result in some expensive fi nes.
For the driving without insurance, Stang netted the minimum fi ne of $2,875. For the theft of bread, she was fi ned $150.
“You have a pretty ugly record for such a young woman,” Plosz said. “Your future doesn’t look too good if you keep this up.”
If Stang is unable to pay the fi nes she’ll end up serv-ing jail time, though Plosz gave her time to pay and, along with duty counsel, suggested looking into pro-grams that would let her work off some of her fi nes.
Curtis Dyck also ended up with a fi ne after he was caught with a loaded fi rearm on Nov. 22, 2015. The court heard that shortly before 11 a.m. on that day, Fish and Wildlife did a random hunter check on Dyck and found that there was a live round in his barrel and one in the magazine of his bolt action rifl e. For that, Plosz fi ned Dyck $150.
While the docket was thick with cases to be seen due to only one court date being held in December, the vast majority of the matters before the court were put over until later in January as the accused sought disclosure, counsel or admittance into programs.
Effort to revive COP takes fi rst step on FridaySTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The fi rst step in engag-ing the community in re-ducing crime is fi nding out how much interest there still is in programs like Citizens on Patrol (COP), which this year of-fi cially closed down.
To fi nd out the answer for Stettler, the RCMP de-tachment is holding an information session at the Stettler Recreation Centre,
upstairs, on Friday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.
According to Stettler RCMP detachment com-mander Sgt. Phil Penny, programs like COP are an important aid to police as they work to keep com-munities safe.
“I think it’s important to have volunteers who are willing to assist us, be our eyes in the communi-ty,” Penny said. “We can’t be everywhere…this gives people a change to have
a hand in crime preven-tion.”
He said the program, which ran successfully for several years in the com-munity, was very helpful to the local detachment, and he’s hoping interest from the community will see it reborn. The infor-mation session will ex-plain what’s required of volunteers, what sort of involvement is expected of people who sign up to be part of COP, as well as
answer any outstanding questions.
“The policing of 30-40 years ago doesn’t work,” Penny said. “Now, it’s a cooperation between ev-eryone. We need the com-munity to be engaged in the solution.”
Const. Carter Boytinck, the COP-liaison offi cer at the detachment, will be addressing the session though Penny said he hoped he would be able to stop in.
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Clearview reviews and updates policiesMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The Clearview Public Schools division has re-viewed and updated its existing policies in a motion tabled by trust-ee Ken Checkel and car-ried forward by the board unanimously in their reg-ular board meeting on Thursday, Jan. 14.
Peter Neale, associate su-perintendent of business and fi nance of Clearview Public Schools said, “The updates were done after public meetings and con-sultations with our school
principals and division leadership.”
According to Neale ear-lier this year, as part of the board’s continuous improvement for the school division, the trust-ees fi nished a review of the Clearview’s foundation statements that include their mission, vision, and education motto, as well as the principles used in decision-making.
“As these new principles highlight the exciting di-rection Clearview is head-ing towards to provide more success for students, the previous guiding prin-
ciples were no longer needed, which prompt-ed the board to delete or amend many of the poli-cies that held the previous policy principles,” added Neale.
Section 600 of the policy handbook was reviewed to determine which should be policies under the re-sponsibilities of the board, and which ones adminis-trative procedures under the responsibility of the superintendent.
“This is a continuing process started in 2014 to formalize a separation be-tween policies and admin-
istrative procedures, pre-viously both being under the responsibilities of the board,” said Neale. “All of the policies in section 600 were decided to be best refl ected as administra-tive procedures, except for school facility closures which will continue as a policy.”
In 2014 the Clearview Board of Trustees and se-nior administration dis-cussed setting the ‘prin-ciples and priorities’ for Clearview Public Schools, which will direct the es-sential work of the school division over the next three years.
Superintendent Barron led the Board of Trustees through the principles and priorities brought forward from Aug. 2014 and Sept. 2014 board meetings.
In considering the items, trustees considered many previous discussions with the various communities from 2013, division lead-ership discussions includ-ing the 2014-15 budget consultations, conversa-tions with school councils throughout 2015, discus-sions with local munici-palities, and the Board of Trustees’ workshop from early 2014.
The board reviewed with the superintendent the board workshop that was
held on Sept. 14, 2015 to review the principles and priorities in detail, and to establish the new and ex-citing priorities.
“One of the priori-ties, ‘Revisit Clearview’s Foundational Statements’ was completed in 2014-15 and was removed as com-pleted,” said Neale. “The Board reworded some of the principles and priori-ties to ensure that they re-fl ect the direction for 2015-16, and four priorities were added to further build our successes toward student learning.”
The new policy for foun-dation statements, which was passed on Nov. 2015 captures the broader themes for the various principles in place prior to 2014-15 and provides for a more general framework that can apply across the full spectrum of policies, strategies and directions that Clearview is heading.
“We review policies year-ly and make sure they are in line with current legis-lation and in line with our priorities, principles and foundation statements,” said Cheri Neitz, board chair and chair of the pol-icy committee. “Last meet-ing started the process of cleaning up the old guid-ing principles and making way for the new ones.”
Among the ones deleted were Policy 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, and 901 “Guiding Principles”.
According to Neale, the revisions will make it eas-ier for Clearview staff, parents and communities to understand the funda-mental principles for de-cision making for trust-ees, senior leadership, and staff when determining what is best for students.
“This goes to the deci-sions we make every day in supporting the suc-cess of our students, and in determining the long-term strategies needed in moving Clearview Public Schools forward,” added Neale. “It is exciting to be part of a process that cre-ates a simple yet mean-ingful way to ensure our efforts always have stu-dents and staff fi rst, creat-ing a ‘First Choice’ school division.
Clearview’s next poli-cy meeting is set for Jan. 26 when the board will start the process of look-ing at the government’s document, ‘Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning Environments that Respect Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Gender Expressions’ in-cluding ‘What’s new in the School Act?’
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Clearview offers support to RDC bid to turn into university
MOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The Clearview Public School Dvision has extended its support to Red Deer College (RDC) in its attempt to transform into a Polytechnic University in a letter dated Dec. 22, 2015.
According to the Clearview Public Schools board, with RDC becoming a polytechnic university, students of Stettler and counties of Stettler and Paintearth will get greater opportunities to pursue careers that neces-sitates getting a university degree.
“Clearview has a great relationship with Red Deer College as it stands now and a Polytechnic University will only enhance and give more opportunities to our stu-dents for study and in receiving a degree,” said board chair Cheri Neitz. “Therefore, we have sent a letter of support in their bid to
become a Polytechnic University.”The board noted that a university in Red
Deer would be more accessible and af-fordable for students who graduated from Clearview Public Schools to continue their education after high school.
“Once a Polytechnic University is up and running it will provide another choice for students who are looking to further their education,” added Neitz. “With a university that close to home, (it) could help many students with some of the fi nancial bur-den of living in another community while striving to attain a degree, as some of our students could live at home and attend university.”
Clearview believes there is a need for Red Deer College to attain Polytechnic University status because of Central Alberta’s strong population growth and economic development.
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Tim Fox honoured for three decades in public service
STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
In 1986, Tim Fox was hired by the rural mu-nicipality of Lacadena as assistant administrator, beginning what would turn out to be a career in public service spanning three decades.
Fox was honoured by the County of Stettler council at its Wednesday, Jan. 13 meeting for his three decades of contri-butions to public service and presented with a painting by Reeve Wayne Nixon.
Over three decades, Fox has worked in rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, region-al districts in British Columbia, and for the past 11 years, the County of Stettler. He didn’t start in public service though; instead, he laboured with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.
“It was a fairly physical, demanding job,” Fox said. It was through working with the Wheat Pool that Fox had his first brush with administrators, people he worked with who became friends.
“Just through listening to them, and seeing how they enjoyed it, and look-ing at a future for myself, I thought there was ex-cellent opportunities for me in administration,” Fox said.
Without a post-sec-ondary education, Fox turned to correspon-dence courses at the University of Regina, and while working at the Wheat Pool earned his Class C administration certificate. It was enough to leave the Wheat Pool behind, and he started his stint at Lacadena. That lasted a year as as-sistant and another as administrator, before he moved north to the RM of Sliding Hills.
Fox continued to do post-secondary corre-spondence courses and earned his Class A ad-ministration certificate, opening up several more opportunities in the pub-lic service. Those oppor-tunities brought him to British Columbia, where he and his family stayed for four years before re-turning to Saskatchewan, where he worked as ad-ministrator in Craik.
“We had a young fam-ily and felt moving back to Saskatchewan was at-tractive to us,” Fox said of the decision made by him and his wife. “We spent 10 years there, and then we moved to Stettler.”
With the children grown, it was the perfect time to move, and Fox was itching for the chal-lenge of a larger commu-nity, he said. Stettler was searching for a new CAO and it was providential for both.
During his 11 years in Stettler, Fox has helped steer the county toward several achievements, many of which he takes great pride in.
“One of the things I’m extremely proud of is the establishment and even-tual nearly completed Shirley McClellan Water Authority,” Fox said. “I’ve been part of that since the start, and we’ve only got a few more com-munities to hook up. It’s been a lot of work, but it’s provided treated water to almost all of the communities in the county.”
Fox was also involved in the creation of a rural water master plan for the county, which was made possible through a grant from the province. The master plan means that eventually, should all go according to plan, resi-dences outside of com-munities in the county will have access to the water system too.
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Stettler County Reeve Wayne Nixon, left, presents county CAO Tim Fox with a painting at the Jan. 13 council meeting. The reeve and council recognized Fox for 30 years in public service, the past 11 which have been at the County of Stettler.
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Land leases and another controversy brewing
MUSTAFA ERICINDEPENDENT EDITOR
It looks like we may be head-ing into another major contro-versy involving the agricultural establishment, this time focus-ing on mainly the cattle busi-ness.
Leader of the Alberta’s smaller opposition party, David Swann of the Liberals issued a state-ment calling on the provincial government to better manage province’s pastures by holding leaseholder ranchers to ac-count.
“This past summer the Auditor General was unequivocal in his position that Alberta’s lease sys-tem was outdated and unfair. Today, we have another report that Alberta taxpayers are los-ing out on millions of dollars,” said Swann in his statement. “The previous government was supposed to take action in 1999 – how long will Albertans have to wait?”
With economy in dire straits and revenues shrinking rapidly in many forms, royalties, taxes and whatever one can think of, Swann’s appeal will likely find friendly ears among the government quarters. Although not much, additional $40 to $50
million revenue per year can help the government to plug some holes in this environment of scarcity.
The question is whether Ms. Notley and her cabinet will dare to take on the ranchers on an-other agricultural issue that may easily turn into a conflict and make it even more difficult for the provincial government to recover from the bashing it has received from the rural communities after Bill 6 was introduced and passed.
Here it looks like we are fac-ing another situation where-by an issue left undisturbed by successive Progressive Conservative governments now comes to haunt the NDP gov-ernment.
The conclusions reached by the Land Institute of the University of Alberta at the end of their review of the lease ar-rangements do appear to sup-port immediate action aimed at reviewing the current regula-tions governing the leases held by ranchers.
One important factor that needs to be taken into account is that some leaseholders them-selves agree that the existing model of leasing grazing land to ranchers creates “haves and
have-nots” among them, with the luckier ones generating rev-enues from the oil and gas pro-duced in the area they lease.
One of the stakeholders in the debate, Alberta Wilderness Association concurs. Cliff Wallis, speaking for the organization has reportedly described the current system “super flawed.”
The Alberta Grazing Leaseholders Association ad-mits the program isn’t perfect, but they don’t completely agree with auditor general’s conclu-sions that an immediate and thorough review is required.
The government has launched its own review of the land leas-ing process and among the par-ties they have been consulting is the Land Institute of University of Alberta, which is suggest-ing that Alberta’s Surface Rights Board should also be involved in the shaping of new regulations for land leases.
We have yet to see how this debate will shape up in the coming days and weeks, but one can be certain that no oppor-tunity will be missed by politi-cians to extract some political capital out of this debate as well.
Under the current circum-stances, whereby Ms. Notley
and her cabinet are widely re-garded as hostile by the rural population while at the same time they have the responsibil-ity of governing the province to the best of their ability and in the interests of all the people of Alberta, there is likely to be some acrimonious debates over the issue.
And there is yet another com-plicating factor, the weather.
With El Nino phenomenon having so far caused a drier than average winter, unless the spring comes with satisfacto-ry precipitation levels to add much needed moisture to soil, pastures might well be degrad-ed substantially if overgrazed, a situation that might require a centrally controlled process of intervention to maintain the health of the grazing land.
It is admittedly a very complex problem and one would hope that, unlike with earlier legisla-tive initiatives, the government and other stakeholders could find a way of addressing var-ious aspects of an issue that apparently has been left alone more than it was supposed to. And it would help a lot if all the parties would agree to listen to the voice of science in tackling this problem.
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Another achievement Fox is proud of is the building of the county’s reserves, which was at a slim $2-3 million when he took the administration helm. Now, it’s nearly $16 million.
“Budgets have been successful
with very minimal tax increases,” Fox said. “We’ve had successful and clean audits with no concerns over the years. It’s been a great feat.”
For those who might be interest-ed in pursuing a path in adminis-tration, Fox said the key to success
is continuing to build one’s edu-cation.
“Never stop learning,” he said. If you start in one branch of admin-istration, learn about others so you can move around the various departments and understand a bit about everything.
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Stettler’s Jewel Theatre pulled out all stops to make the first screening of the latest Star Wars instalment, The Force Awakens memorable for the community with hosts wearing costumes, dressed as characters from the movie to greet customers for the spe-cial show on Friday, Jan. 15.
“Before we even knew when we were getting Star Wars, we knew we wanted to do an event for it,” said Rose Chapman, general man-ager of the theatre. “We have found that the best formula is to offer tick-ets that give customers a package deal, so we had $25 tickets including admission to the show, a medium pop, medium popcorn in a very neat Force Awakens pail, a candy treat, door prizes and a great atmosphere.”
The theatre teamed up with Stettler Dodge
and was able to throw in door prizes.
“We were lucky to have many awesome door prizes sponsored by Kelly Hicks and his team for both gala shows,” said Chapman. “Everyone was really excited about the chance of winning a Star Wars prize and we also had the street in front of the theatre closed off as Dodge drove down several new vehicles for people to look at, includ-ing a fantastic Star Wars Jeep.”
There were 120 people who attended the gala shows with some sport-ing costumes from Star Wars.
“We had fans of all ages and everyone seemed to enjoy the evening, and thanked us for anoth-er fun night out at an affordable price,” added Chapman. “A lot of peo-ple at the gala had al-ready seen the movie elsewhere, but the film is so good people are coming back for a sec-ond or third time to see
it.”The theatre will run
the movie for two weeks, from Jan. 15–28, in 2D and 3D.
With a lot of logistics and other parameters to take care of, the theatre will not be able to play the earlier movies of the series.
“Unfortunately there are a lot of factors that go into playing older movies open to the pub-lic, so there are no plans to play the old Star Wars unless a group of super fans rent the theatre out,” said Chapman. “We would, as always, like to thank all of our custom-ers who come out for a mini break to enjoy a movie with us and thank you to Stettler Dodge for sponsoring another great event.”
The Oscar nominated movie The Revenant star-ring Leonardo DiCaprio will be opening on Feb. 5, while Kung Fu Panda 3 (G) will be screened on Feb. 12 for the Family Day long weekend.
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Stettler Minor Soccer in urgent need of coaches, coordinators
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With soccer season approaching fast Stettler Minor Soccer Association (SMSA) is in need of some volunteers who will take on the roles of coordinators for U4-U1o and a house league coordinator for the upcoming season.
“Once again, Stettler Minor Soccer Association is looking for volunteers and referees,” said Krista Stewart, SMSA travel team coordinator. “We have to hold our Annual General Meeting every October due to our bylaws and realize that not everyone may be in ‘soccer’ mode, but this year the board is made up of all travel teams parents and we were unable to fi nd anyone to take house league po-sitions.”
Stewart said that the SMSA must have a house league coordinator for the U4-U10 age groups and coordinators for each of these age groups in order to run soccer for these young children.
“U4 means under the age of four, U6 under the age of six and so on and this is all determined by the year in which they were born, so children being born in 2013 can start playing soccer,” said Stewart. “Our U4 program usually has roughly between 50 and 70 kids, while U6 and U8 are the big age groups with 60-80 and U10 usually drops back to around 50.”
Without coordinators, 200 children would not be able to play soccer unless volunteers are willing to come forward.
“No position is terribly time consuming if all positions are fi lled,” said Stewart. “The house league coordinator organiz-es sponsorship and ordering of t-shirts, besides organizing the wind up, giving equipment to each age group coordina-tor and corresponding with parents and coaches.”
According to Stewart, each age group coordinator fi nds coaches, divides the children into teams, sets up an orange schedule and hands out equipment to the coaches.
“Volunteering in one of these positions
is also a great way to get a feel for soccer as your child advances into the higher age groups, but all we have now is a U10 coordinator,” added Stewart. “We also desperately need adult and child referees this year.”
Alberta Soccer Association will be hold-ing two referee clinics in central Alberta in the spring of 2016 and SMSA will shoulder the cost for volunteers to take this course.
SMSA also pays all referees and lines-men throughout the season for each game.
“There are weekend tournaments in central Alberta and volunteers will be asked if they would like to work at those games too,” continued Stewart. “The lon-gest game is 90 minutes and the pay for the longer games goes up accordingly.”
Children must be turning 14 this year in order to attend the referee courses.
The games this season are from Monday through Thursday at 7 p.m. every night.
“Lastly, we always need coaches for the younger age groups and luckily enough over the last few years we’ve had some awesome high school students and young people step up and help out with these age groups even though they have had no children participating,” continued Stewart, who feels that volunteers would not need a deep well of soccer knowledge to coach the younger age groups, as SMSA have books available and older coaches who are willing to help and guide.
“Some of the most enjoyable times for me as a parent have been watching and listening to my children and their team mates on and around the soccer fi eld,” said Stewart. “Please, please take the time to allow yourself that same privilege with your son or daughter.”
Registration for the upcoming soccer season will take place between Feb. 22 and 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Stettler Recreation Centre.
Contact Stettler Minor Soccer at their SMSA Facebook Page to volunteer, or get in touch with Krista Stewart at 403-741-9733 or Melaine Cheater at 403-741-7875.
Jewel Theatre marks new Star Wars movie in style
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Guests dress up as characters from Star Wars at the mega-opening of the latest in the series, The Force Awakens at the Jewel Theatre on Friday, Jan. 15.
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Put Wednesday, Jan. 27 all day from 12 a.m. to 12 a.m. on your calendar because we need all the readers we can get for the Reading Smackdown 2016 for Family Literacy Day to beat other Parkland Region libraries. Whether it’s the news on your phone, a cereal box, a book, or an instruc-tion manual, we all read throughout the day. This practice gives us plea-sure and improves liter-acy skills. Help us win by registering your 15 minutes with us in one of the following ways: 1) come in, 2) Facebook us 3) call 403-742-2292 or email spl@prl.ab.ca 4) or fill out the form on our website.
You want to create the next medical discov-ery but you don’t know where to start. The plug just broke on your pop-corn maker and you are sure it can be fixed but you don’t know how. Or sometimes you just gotta build. Maybe you just want to learn some new skills and have a desire talk to like-mind-ed people. If so, Make, Take, Create Time on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. is for you. This drop-in time is unscripted and ad hoc for ages from 5 to 99. Just show up and we’ll use the library’s tools and re-sources to help you flesh
out your ideas and pos-sibly hook you up with local talent to help you make your idea a reality or help you explore an interest. Mark Fox will be here with the expertise to help you out. Everyone welcome.
Tech Time For Seniors is back on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. If you got a new device for Christmas, bring it in. The library’s knowledge-able staff can help with your computer, tablet, phone, eReader, camera or other device one-on-one. This service is also available by scheduling an appointment in ad-vance at 403-742-2292.
Why not come to the library on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 12:30 p.m. for a Rick & Morty Marathon? The series follows the misad-ventures of alcoholic sci-entist Rick and his eas-ily influenced grandson Morty, who split their time between domestic family life and interdi-mensional travel. Ages 13+.
Register for this soon, because it will be great. This is Green Screen
Valentines Cards & Make your Handwriting into a Digital Font on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 10:30 a.m. Make awesome cards for every-one you love. Pose in cos-tume in our photo booth, then learn how to put your picture on a fun dig-ital background and sign your masterpiece with a brand new font based on your writing! Ages 8 +
Tickets are now avail-able for the second last movie of the 2015-2016 season of the Stettler Film Circuit. Join us on Monday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. for The Lady in the Van at the Jewel Theatre. This film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Keep an eye out for ad-ditional activities on our website (spl.prl.ab.ca) and Facebook page. And if you have an activity you’d like to do/see at the library feel free to approach us!
It is of paramount importance that we know the way homeMyrmecology is the study of ants and
these little creatures make for a fasci-nating study! Theology is my forte, but the following is a cursory synopsis of my foray into the world of ants.
There are more than 12,000 species of ants. An ant’s brain has only 250,000 cells, compared to an almost incon-ceivable number in the human brain. However, it is apparent that they use their brain cells well!
Ants are mentioned twice in the Bible. Proverbs 30:25 says that “Ants, who seem to be feeble, store up food all summer long.” The writer is, Solomon, was speaking comparatively and his focus, stated in the previous verse, says that ants are “small but very wise”. Ants are not the world’s strongest animal, but they are in the top 10. The average ant can lift 20 times its own weight. A typical eight-year-old girl, with compa-rable physical strength, would be able to pick her daddy’s car up and carry it out of the garage for him.
A little earlier in the book of Proverbs, the indolent and unmotivated are in-structed to study the ant, and to follow its example. It says, “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise…it stores its provisions in sum-mer and gathers its food at harvest…” (Proverbs 6:6–8). Ants are creatures with character and as such the lessons are plentiful, powerful and pertinent.
Productivity…ants have a life expec-tancy of 45 – 60 days, yet they accom-plish phenomenal achievements in that brief time. And they share as they work, for they have two stomachs; one, con-suming food for their own body and a second so that they can share food with
others.Partnership…ants form a community
or society and are seldom seen alone. Their colonies, up to 35’ below the surface and sometimes covering 500 ft.², are complex cities with different compartments for various activities. In these colonies they work together with precision as a team.
Perseverance…most of us, especially as children, intentionally or uninten-tionally, have disturbed or damaged an ant hill. Typically, before we’ve moved on, several ants are crawling up our legs seeking vengeance, while many more are already furiously repairing and re-building. Ants aren’t quitters!
Planning…as Solomon pointed out earlier, the ants prepare ahead of time so that they are ready for whatever comes. What a good example! While I surmise that many people have planned their retirement, I suspect that relative-ly few have seriously pondered eternity.
Perception…ants have a remarkable sense of direction. They travel signif-icant distances from the colony and can still manage to fi nd their way back. Perhaps of all the characteristics of the ant, this one is most important…it is of paramount importance that we know the way “home”.
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Five years after the Arab SpringFive years ago this
month, the “Arab Spring” got underway with the non-violent overthrow of Tunisia’s long-ruling dic-tator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. He dared not order the army to open fire on the demonstrators (be-cause it might not obey), he was running out of money, and eventually he flew off to Saudi Arabia to seek asylum.
In an Arab world where satellite television broad-casts and social media had effectively destroyed the power of the censors, practically everybody else spent the four weeks of civil protest in Tunisa tensely watching what the Tunisians were doing. When the Tunisian revo-lutionaries won, similar non-violent demonstra-tions demanding democ-racy immediately broke out in half a dozen other
Arab countries.It felt like huge change
was on the way, because the world had got used to the idea that non-vi-olent revolutions spread irresistibly, and usual-ly win in the end. The ground-breaking “People Power” revolution in the Philippines in 1986, for example, was followed in the next three years in Asia by non-violent de-mocratisation in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Bangladesh, and
failed attempts at non-violent revolution in Burma and China.
Similarly in eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the col-lapse of the Communist regime in East Germany in 1989 was followed by non-violent democrati-sation in all the Soviet-dominated “satellite” countries by the end of the year. The Soviet Union itself broke up in 1991, and some of its component parts also be-
came democratic. Non-violence was a magic po-tion, and people assumed that it was bound to work in the Arab world too.
They were wrong. The non-violent movements demanding democracy spread just as fast, but their only lasting success was in Tunisia. Egypt and Bahrain are back under autocratic rule, and Yemen and Syria are both being devastated by civil wars and large-scale foreign military in-tervention. Libya is also being torn by civil war (although the revolution there was never non-vi-olent).
You can hardly blame people for trying to get rid of the old regimes – they were pretty awful – but beyond Tunisia the endings were uniformly bloody and tragic.
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Five years after the Arab Springcontinued fronn page 9
Five years ago this mWas there some systemic reason for this, or was it just a lot of bad luck? There is great reluctance to pursue this question, because people are afraid that the answer has something to do with the nature of Arab society or Islamic culture. They shouldn’t worry.
Islam is not incompatible with democracy. Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country, had a non-violent democratic revolution in 1998 and continues to be a thriving democracy today. Turkey has been democratic for decades, although Recep Tayyib Erdogan, the current president, is doing great damage to the country’s democratic institutions. Pakistan and Bangladesh are both democracies, al-though turbulent ones.
These four countries alone account for almost half the world’s Muslim. In the Arab world democracy is a much scarcer commodity, but it does exist, most notably in Tunisia itself. Several other Arab countries, like Jordan and Morocco, have a signif-icant democratic element in their politics, although the king retains much power.
So what went wrong with the “Arab Spring”? In the case of Bahrain, the problem was that the majority of the population is Shia, but the ruling family is Sunni and saw the democratic move-ment as an Iranian plot. Neighbouring Saudi Arabia saw it the same way, and sent the Saudi army in to crush the “plot”.
Yemen was a lost cause from the start, since there was already an incipient civil war in the country. Now it’s a full-scale war, with for-eign military intervention by a Saudi-led coalition that includes half the countries in the Arab world, and the non-violent protestors are busy hiding from the bombs.
Syria was a hard case since the Ba’athist regime, in power for more than 40 years, had accumulated a great many enemies. The Alawite (Shia) minority who dominated the regime were terrifi ed that they would suffer from revenge-taking if they lost power, and were willing to fi ght to the last ditch to keep power.
But it is also true that Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and later the United States as well, encouraged an armed uprising in Syria that undercut the entire non-vi-olent movement. It probably wouldn’t have succeeded anyway, but it really didn’t get tried. And in Egypt, the non-violent revolution actu-
ally won.The victory didn’t last long.
The Muslim Brotherhood won the election in 2012, and the urban, secular mi-nority who had made the revolution panicked. They
asked the army to intervene, and the army was happy to oblige – so now the army runs the country again, after a massacre of non-vi-olent Muslim Brotherhood protesters in 2013 that was
probably worse than the slaugher on Tienanmen Square in 1989.
Egypt is by far the biggest country in the Arab world. If it had not thrown its de-mocracy away, about a third
of the world’s Arabs would be living in a democracy today. It was very bad luck, but non-violent revolution is still a viable technique – and democracy is still just as suitable for Arabs as it
is for Poles, Peruvians or Pakistanis. It’s just going to take a little longer than we thought in 2011.
Gwynne Dyer is an indepen-dent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Council moves facility plan to next stage
Despite concerns about the costs of the new county shop and admin-istration facilities on the part of some of the coun-cillors, council voted to move the facility project onto the next stage.
With an aging shop that’s in need of repair and renovation and an admin-istration complex bursting at the seams, the county purchased land last year with an eye toward build-ing new facilities. Plans for the new shop and ad-ministration facility are nearing completion, and an outline of anticipated costs was presented.
Councillor Ernie Gendre, who returned to council looking healthy after an undisclosed health emer-gency prevented him from attending last month, said he had concerns about the variance allowed in the projected costs.
Representatives from Scott Builders, the compa-ny chosen by the county to
create the plans, explained that until tendering was done, more definitive numbers couldn’t be pro-vided. Tenders could not be put out without coun-cil approving the current state of affairs and moving on to the next stage.
The next stage would see the plans be complete — what remains to be complete is the very fi ne details, the Scott Builders representatives explained — and a request for pro-posal be put out to the business community to solicit tenders for the var-ious part of the projects.
With Alberta industry taking a hit due to the slowdown of oil projects, now is the perfect time to have this project go to tender, council was told. With so many companies looking for work, tenders will be very competitive.
Scott Builders, as the contractor, would review the tenders and make rec-ommendations to coun-cil, who would select the winning tenders. Council was also told putting out requests for proposals
doesn’t mean that people will be hired. What that will do is give council exact numbers so it can decide whether or not the project will go ahead as a complete project or if the county will build the shop complex now and the rest later.
Council will also have to decide whether or not it will pay for the project completely with a loan, or part with a loan and part using reserves. Over the past decade, the county has built up $9.5 million in reserves.
Due to the importance of the project, each coun-cillor was asked to speak before a vote was held on the matter.
Joe Gendre said he ap-proved going to the next step, as did Ernie Gendre, though both reserved opinions on the following stages.
Les Stulberg said peo-ple were “too hung up” on today. Instead, he suggest-ed, council needs to look ahead 50 years from now, and how much it will cost the county to dither now.
James Nibourg agreed.Greggory Jackson noted
that the economic situa-tion made it smart to work on the project now, from competitive tenders and competitive loan rates.
The only person not in favour of moving on to the next step was councillor Dave Grover, and at the end of the matter, he was the sole vote against the project moving to the next stage.
Botha asks for helpWith the resignation
of its CAO, the Village of Botha, currently going through a sustainability review, has had trouble attracting a new CAO to head its offi ce. Thus, the community turned to the county, asking if it would be able to help.
After brief discussion, the county agreed to allow Shawna Benson to step up as CAO, but now that needs to be ratifi ed by Botha council.
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Big day of hockey in Big ValleyThe second annual Hockey Day in Big Valley is
scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23 at the Big Valley arena. Corrections to the day’s schedule are as follows: 9 a.m. Endmoor/ Big Valley Mites Elks vs Alix Avalanche; 11 a.m. Endmoor/ Big Valley Novice Thunder vs Stettler Black; 1 p.m. Big Valley/ Endmoor Atom Swordmen vs Stettler Atom B; 3 p.m. Big Valley/ Delburne Peewee Thunder vs Viking; 5:15 p.m. Delburne/ Big Valley Bantam Outlaws vs 3 C’s Coyotes.
Homemade soup and pies will be available in the concession and there will be prize draws and a pro-gressive 50/50 that will run all day. Come down to the Big Valley rink and cheer for your favourite players.
The Big Valley United Church would like to thank the community for their support throughout the year. Your generosity to the food bank at Christmas made the celebrations of ten families brighter. A special thank you goes to Ann for her shopping and for organizing the hampers and to all her helpers.
We are also extremely thankful for the work Val does throughout the year to keep families in need sup-plied with the basics.
The Big Valley Elks will host a fundraiser featuring Yuk Yuks Comedy Entertainment on Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Big Valley Jubilee Hall. Cocktails begin at 5 p.m. with supper prepared and served by the ladies of the Royal Purple at 6 p.m. Yuk Yuks hit the stage
at 7:30 p.m.For more information contact Quinton Baird 403-
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Nineteen players came out for crib at the Big Valley Inn on Sunday, Jan. 17. First place went to Teresa Greig, second to Len Shaw and third to Dale Kobi. Caroline and Gloria shared the booby and Stan Nattestad won the draw. The next tournament is on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. New players are always welcome.
January’s Book Club selection is now available at the Big Valley Library. “Unspeakable Gift” by local author Carole Lauweryssen is the story of a woman’s reunion with her biological family. Be engaged as you follow her path through the unknown, not only through reunion with her family but also in a moving spiritual journey that spans the decades before and after this life-changing event. Join in the discussion on Friday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. at the Big Valley Library.
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Olive oil scam sounds familiarA visit to Arizona saw your
columnist learning about the intricacies of growing and processing olives into oil, specifically at the Queen Creek Olive Mill just outside Phoenix. It’s more of a bou-tique agri-tourism operation, but it is integrated being it grows, processes and retails mostly its own olives. They appear to be quite successful, but any expansion could be hampered by expensive real estate that surrounds the op-eration. Their olive groves are of the oil variety; it turns out there are 700 varieties of edi-ble and oil bearing types. The olive groves in Arizona are irrigated by highly subsidized water from government distri-bution canals. In the scheme of things, production in the US is small, and growers/proces-sors have to be clever market-ers to survive.
Most of the world’s olive oil comes from the Mediterranean area, with only small amounts grown in California, Texas and Arizona. The US supplies a mere 2 per cent of their own consumption and serves mainly the high-end premi-um extra-virgin grade market. American production is high cost and pales in compari-son to massive low-cost grow-ing/processing in Spain and Italy that involves hundreds of thousands of acres and mil-lions of tons of olive oil. That’s why American olive oil can cost $25 per bottle compared to $6 for the European brands. But
there are other reasons olive oil from the Mediterranean is cheap: the European Union at various times subsidizes pro-duction, industrial processes like chemical extraction are used, and wide-spread fraud is fairly common in the market-ing of olive oil. The latter has proven beneficial to American processors/marketers as they are rarely implicated in the adulteration of olive oil.
The massive olive oil fraud involves the grading and la-belling of the product, specif-ically “extra virgin olive oil”, the high-end premium grade. Numerous investigations by government agencies, con-sumer groups and universities have found that the virgin-ity of the oil consumers are buying can be highly doubt-ful. Random tests have shown that as much as 70 per cent of imported olive oils labelled extra virgin is actually not of that grade. Studies also found that many so called olive oils were adulterated and diluted with other oils like sunflower and soybean oils. The cen-tre of the oil fraud seems to be located in Italy and it’s nothing new. Ancient records show that olive oil fraud ex-isted as far back as Roman times. Back then, there were Roman authorities who in-spected the origin of olive oils and had a labelling system in place. Compared to what exists today, the Romans were more advanced in dealing with fraudulent olive oil. The
problem today is that even though there are internation-al standards as to what con-stitutes extra virgin, there is little testing or enforcement of the standards. The other problem is that taste-testing for better quality oils is diffi-cult as most consumers can’t tell the difference between extra virgin and an average quality olive oil – even one that is mixed with other oils. Governments generally won’t get involved in formal test-ing and labelling because of cost and the fact that there is no food safety concern. All of that has given American olive oil producers and marketers a marketing opportunity as they go to great lengths to authen-ticate and guarantee their oils as being “extra virgin.”
The olive oil fraud reminds one of what goes on in the organic food business in North America. Like with the dubi-ous labelling of extra virgin, the label “organic,” certified or otherwise, is no guarantee that the product is actual-ly organic. That’s because of two realities shared with the premium olive oil business – testing of organic food prod-
ucts is sporadic at best (in fact its vigorsely opposed by the organic lobby business) and consumers in virtually all instances can’t tell the dif-ference between organic food and regular food. As with the labelling of extra virgin olive oil, consumers put their blind faith with marketers and re-tailers and trust that if its labelled organic it must be organic. Most organic labelled food products are imported, but does anyone, except the deluded, actually believe or-ganic products from China,
Central America, Southeast Asia and elsewhere are guar-anteed organic? If the authen-ticity of extra virgin oil can be so easily manipulated by producers/marketers in de-veloped sophisticated west-ern European countries, then fraudulent organic food label-ling in corrupt less developed parts of the world should be just a regular matter of doing business. It would seem that without a robust testing pro-tocol, it’s buyer beware - be it for olive oil or organic food products.
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Well, it has been a week of typical Alberta weather, one day plus 5 next minus 20. This weekend was re-ally a challenge to spend any time outside; at least the days are getting light-er. I noticed this morning that it was light by 8:00 am instead of 8:30 so that helps to lighten the mood as well.
The men’s bonspiel is fast approaching and the kitchen shift schedule is posted at the post offi ce, so check it out to see if you got a shift sometime over the next four bonspiels. They are never too hard or too long and a little bit of volunteering does the heart good. If you are in-terested in signing up for any of the bonspiels, give Jackie and Brooks Watts a call to get your team or yourself registered. As a seasoned curler will tell you, the best way to pass time in the winter is to spend it in a curling rink with good companions.
I hope you will join me this Wednesday evening at the library for craft night. If you have a knitting proj-ect on the go or would like to learn the basics of the craft, stop in around 7
p.m. and we can give it a go. I was talking to a friend who liked the idea of craft nights and proposed that she could teach us how to master the basics of felt-ing and build some felt dryer balls next month. So in February, on the 24th, we will try our hand at that. There will be a small cost for the materials but otherwise it will be just learning.
There are a few 2016 community calendars left at the library so stop in if you still need one to enhance your décor. They help keep the library going so give it a thought. There are also so many online and in-house opportuni-ties available with a mem-bership to the library, come in and let me give you a tour.
The Big Valley/Rumsey
Elks are hosting a fund-raiser on Feb. 27 at the Big Valley hall. They have engaged the Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Entertainment group, so there will be three different entertain-ers coming. Supper at 6 and the comedians will hit the stage at 7:30; go to an excellent organization because, really, who hasn’t benefi tted from the Elks at some time or another.
I thought I would close with a little Canadian hu-mour for this week:
Q: Did you hear about the war between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia?
A: The Newfi es were lob-bing hand grenades; the Nova Scotians were pull-ing the pins and throwing them back
Q: What’s the difference between an American and a Canadian?
A: A Canadian not only has a sense of humour but can also spell it
Have a great week.
Valentine’s dance is on Feb. 14There will be a gener-
al meeting for the se-niors at 12 today at the seniors’ centre and crib will be played after the meeting. Please bring lunch. Under discussion will be the renovations to the building.
The next Dance Jam will be on Sunday, Feb. 14 from 1 to 4 p.m in the IOOF Hall. Come on out on this Valentine’s and enjoy the music, prizes and visiting.
This is not just for seniors, but for every-one. We would like to
see more people from Erskine come out to this.
Coming up at school is the Opera “Steadfast Tin Soldier” on Jan. 21, sun-glasses day on the 22nd, Farm Safety on the 26th. There will be no school on Jan. 29 — it is PD Day.
Some more history about the Erskine Post Office: Minni Hanna took over the post office from Andersons and re-tired in 1961.
At that time Bill Scotland built a small room in the corner of his store. When fire broke
out, all the mail was saved and a temporary post office was set up in the butcher (I have no idea where that was). Bill then bought a two-room house from Mr. Bagshaw and moved it to Erskine. Bill retired in 1967 when it was taken over by Eva Summers.
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Calling all Donalda and area not-for-profi t groups: Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 FCSS Funding. If your group is planning a program in Donalda that addresses a need for our families, children, or se-niors you may be eligible. For more information or to pick up an appli-cation, please contact Anna Volk at 403.883.2345. or cao@village.donalda.ab.ca
The Donalda & District Ag Society would like to invite any and all walk-ers to make use of their indoor arena facility. We are offering this as a free community service. If interested please contact Beth at 403.883.2891. or echo-glengardens@hotmail.com. Once we have an idea of numbers, dates and times will be decided.
The next Kidz Klub will meet at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Sharon
Lutheran Church. This is an afterschool program for kids ECS –Grade 6. The leaders are from the Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute in Camrose, and they teach the kids about Jesus’ love through games, crafts, music and more.
There will be a puppet theatre held on Wednesday, Jan. 27,2016 at the Donalda Senior Drop-in Centre from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Families are welcome. Join us for puppet theatre, puppet craft, snacks and songs. This special event is brought to you by the Stettler Adult Learning, Family Literacy and Stettler Early Childhood Coalition.
Birthday wishes this week go out to Brian Ternes, Declan Cartier, Ian Charles, Lee White, Lexi Strandquist, Julie Bergstrom-Siemens, Mark Pearson, Nigel Bergstrom, Shannon Leguerrier, August Hurren, Don Lane, Jean Crumly, Lauryn Kneeland-Whiteside, Sandra Seale, Monica Affl eck, Barbara Horton, Emy Gordon, Yvonne Larson and Fred Last. Happy birthday to all.
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PATTY STEEN403-368-3820
14 STETTLER INDEPENDENT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016
Little ones learn about breadWhat an incredibly fun week
at Stettler Elementary School…On Wednesday, Jan. 13, staff
at the school took almost 120 students in grades 4 through 6 to Canyon Ski Hill for the fi rst of three skiing trips this year. Students were able to choose snowboarding or skiing, and were provided with lessons from the staff at the ski hill. We also had several parents attend and provide assistance for our students as well. It was fabulous to hear all the chatter and gig-gling as our students replayed all of their adventures on the ski hill during the ride back to Stettler. For many students, this was their fi rst opportunity to ski and for some it may be the only time that they have this chance, so it is such a worthwhile en-deavour for our students.
Our Grade 5/6 students also continued to work on basket-ball skills and learned basket-ball related games this past Monday as they met together after school as part of the extra-curricular program. Our Grade 4-6 students are also continu-ing to work on choral speech. Each grade meets on different days to learn lines and to prac-tice performing and intonation. These students are working on public speaking skills and will perform in front of the adju-
dicators in April as part of the Music Festival.
Our youngest students also enjoyed a couple of very ed-ucational and enjoyable days as “The Bread Lady” came to visit us. On Monday, Jan. 18, and Tuesday, Jan. 19, Mrs. Joanna Nesom of Let’s Bake traveled to Stettler to make bread with our playschool students. The Bread Lady fi rst began with the whole group, during circle time, to discuss what the day would look like and share an interac-tive story. The students then learned about the wheat grind-ing process, the parts of a grain of wheat, and the importance and practice of thorough hand washing. Each child was then outfi tted with a baker’s hat and apron, and in groups of four the children used the supplied ingredients to make their own batch of bread. While the bread was “resting,” each child made a cinnamon knot for their own
personal snack. After their areas were cleaned up, the students went back to circle time to learn how wheat is planted, grows, and is harvested and then the children were able to rotate through various stations set up around the playschool. Overall,
the students had a great time and learned a lot about where bread comes from and how it is made. As well, I am certain that their families enjoyed the fruits of their labour at supper time once they were home.
During this upcoming week,
our students will once again enjoy skiing, The Steadfast Tin Soldier (a cultural performance brought to us by Alberta Opera, Subway lunch on Friday, and Penguin Day for our kindergar-ten students. Always a busy and fun time at the school.
Contributed photo
Youngest students enjoy the taste of making their own bread in their baker’s hats and aprons during Bread Lady’s visit to Stettler Elementary School.
Help needed to revive interest in curlingWork has commenced on the
curling rink ice in anticipation of the upcoming bonspiels held the first week in March. The popularity of curling has waned in the past 10 years. We ask that all curlers pick up a newcomer and introduce them to this fine sport.
Reminder to anyone still needing a phone book, they are available at the snack shack.
The volunteer fire department responded to a fire in one of the bins at the transfer station this week; a reminder to make sure your garbage doesn’t have any-thing smoldering in it.
Congratulations to Lee and Becky Fowler on the arrival of a 7 lb. 2 oz. baby girl, Olivia Jean, born on Jan. 10 in Stettler. This is the fourth grandbaby for Dan and Clara Fowler. Becky’s mom from Red Deer is spending a few days getting ac-
quainted with the wee one. Olivia is a direct descendent of Harry and Celia Duncan, who homesteaded south of Halkirk prior to 1910; Duncan story on page 523 of Home Fires. Six daughters, Beattie, Peggy, Celia, Doris, Fern and Jean and three boys, Alec, Jim and Donald all remained in the Halkirk area not only as siblings, but as friends and neighbours. Olivia is the 12th girl of this large extended family whose middle name is Jean in honor of Aunt Jean, who had no
daughters.Word has been received on
the passing of Violet Fawcett of California. Vi is the daughter of Bob and Nellie ( Neilson ) Fawcett and the niece of Anne Neilson.
Jr. high basketball teams have started regular games at the school with the boys playing a close game against Christ King last week. Our sr. high teams out of Castor are also doing well playing at tourna-ments in the area.
Grandma Nelda Malloy from Montreal left for home last week having spent an extended Christmas holiday with Derek, Heidi and family.
Coming up: Jan. 21 – Regular hall board Bingo at 7:30 pm; Feb. 6 – Elks seafood and hypnotist; Feb. 11 – Halkirk Seniors’ floor curling bonspiel . Phone Jacquie or Paul at 884-2565.
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Diploma exams have startedThis week at Wm E
Hay Stettler Secondary Campus, diplomas have started up and will be
continuing until the end of January. Basketball is still going strong for all teams.
This week is the last week of classes for se-mester one for the senior high.
The junior high students went skiing on Thursday
to Canyon ski hill. The senior high students are going on Jan. 28 to Nakiska in Banff.
The bottle drive for New Orleans raised just under $ 4,000 last weekend on Jan. 9.
Thanks to all who par-ticipated and contributed.
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First village meeting coming up
LOUISE BELLAIRBOTHA BOOSTER
Come on out this morning, and every Wednesday morning, at 10 a.m to the Botha Seniors’ Centre to enjoy a great visit with your friends and neighbors over a cup or two of hot refreshing coffee. They would love to see you all there.
Then, that afternoon and Thursday af-ternoons starting at 1 p.m., come out again for a friendly game of fl oor curling.Everyone is more than welcome to join in.
This coming Saturday, Jan. 23 is Braddon Morris’ birthday, so if you see Braddon make sure to wish him a happy one. Happy birthday, Braddon; hopefully you have a fantastic day.
Also on Tuesday, Jan 26, Donna Morris and Christine Wedrick are celebrating their birthdays. So happy birthday ladies, hope you two, also, have a fantastic day.
The village meeting will be held next
Thursday, Jan. 28 evening starting at 7 p.m. at the village offi ce, this will be the fi rst one in 2016 and you will not want to miss out. These are very important meetings, so make sure you come out that evening.
Sorry about advertising the wrong date about the Old-Thyme Monthly Dance, for some reason I advertised the 24th, but all these dances are held usually every last Sunday of each month starting at 1:30 p.m. So this one will be held on Sunday, Jan. 31. This will be their Valentine Dance, so please feel free to wear something red in color.These dances are usually a pooled luncheon too, so they are asking everyone who attend to bring with them buns/sandwiches, salads or dessert with you to share with everyone for this.
Bingo takes place this evening at 7:15 p.m. with doors open at 6:30 at the Botha Seniors’ Centre. So come on out and try your luck out, who knows you could be one of the lucky ones.
Full upcoming month for Byemoor Beef ClubBAILEY MUSGROVE BYEMOOR 4-H BEEF CLUB
On Jan. 11, Byemoor 4-H Beef Club had a meeting at Shayla Schilling’s house.
We discussed old busi-ness, which included the Christmas skating party. On Dec. 18, 2015 at the Byemoor Arena we went skating for our Christmas party.
We played a variety of games on the ice and then had pizza and snacks.
At the meeting, we also discussed upcom-ing events. 4-H district ski day, which our club is hosting this year, will be held on Jan. 31, start-ing at 10 a.m. at the Alliance ski hill.
We discussed having an information day on
March 13, when mem-bers will learn more about the beef indus-try and skills developed throughout the 4-H year.
Additionally, we set a date for public speaking. Our club public speaking will take place on Feb. 23 at the Byemoor school at 7 p.m.
We will also have our next meeting at public speaking.
Well done, curlers!Congratulations to the
local curling team of Justin Jones, Jim Krautt, Tyler Stulberg and Allan Norlie on winning the A Event in the 32-team Hanna Farmers’ Bonspiel on the weekend — good curling guys!
Congratulations to Logan Gutsche and his Hanna team mates as well on winning the B Event.
Get well wishes go out to Lee Hunt who is sporting a cast on her wrist follow-ing a weekend mishap. We wish you a speedy recov-ery, Lee.
Congratulations to Len Schofer Sr. on cele-brating his 90th birthday with a large gathering of family and friends at Paragon Place in Stettler on Saturday. Len was a longtime resident of the Byemoor district before re-tiring to Stettler. We wish you many more happy birthdays, Len.
Curling fans Eugene Nixon, Wes Walker, Doreen Nixon and Becky Nixon were among those taking in the Continental Cup, an international curling com-petition held in Las Vegas.
Dale and Dee Green, along with friends Charlie and Wynn Nemetz of Stettler, enjoyed some fun in the sun with a winter get-away to the Bahamas.
Also enjoying a break
from winter were Larry and Lorene Stulberg and their family Cody, Alicia, Hayden and Easton Scheerschmidt and Bud, Krystal, Jack and Boyd Stoutenberg. They enjoyed the warmth of the Mayan Riviera at a resort near Tulum, Mexico.
We extend a message of sympathy to Marie and Danny Grams and fami-ly on the recent passing of Marie’s mother. Our thoughts are with the Grams family in their time of loss and sadness.
The Endmoor – Big Valley Swordmen team played ex-cellent in the tournament in Caroline on the week-end, making it to the A fi nal but lost out. Endmoor Vipers girls’ team played a double-header in Hanna against Brooks.
Skip and Anita Mappin
were in Edmonton on the weekend for a provincial 4-H conference.
Keep in mind the second annual Hockey Day in Big Valley on Jan. 23 and sup-port the young local hock-ey players. Schedule is:
9 a.m. — Endmoor / Big Valley Thunder Mites vs Alix
11 a.m. — Endmoor / Big Valley Thunder Novice vs Stettler Black
1 p.m. —Endmoor / Big Valley Atom Swordmen vs Stettler
3 p.m. — Big Valley / Delburne Peewee Thunder vs Viking
5:15 p.m. — Big Valley / Delburne Bantam Outlawas vs 3 C’s
Humorous quotes — “It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.” — Chinese proverb.
Celebrating births and birthdaysShe’s here! Bill and Joyce have a new
great granddaughter, the 15th to be exact…and born on Jan. 15!
Tenley Marie Radomske, six pounds six ounces was born in the Red Deer hos-pital to Cole and Myranda Radomske of Penhold. Their fi rst! Proud grandparents are Sue and Brad Bauman of Erskine and Denise Radomske, great grandparents Bill and Joyce Hansel; Donnie and Eileen Bauman. Congratulations to all!
Happy 60th anniversary to Joe and Maxine Hansel, whose anniversary is Jan. 25.
Doug and Kay Hankinson spent a relax-ing week with Kay’s brother Wayne and Margery Glasier.
Birthday greetings to Chandler (15 on the 24th) and Bridget Skocdopole (13 on Jan. 4). Parents Greg and Richelle Skocdopole and family hosted a combined family cel-
ebration on Saturday, Jan. 16 with grand-parents Stan and Gloria Diegel, aunts and uncles, Wade and Ybiette and family; Arden and Deanne and family; Tasha and family (Aaron was working).
A cougar has been spotted in and around Gadsby by several persons this past week. Fish and Wildlife Services have been notifi ed. Hopefully it was just passing through. A positive confi rmation is needed before anything can be done.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016 STETTLER INDEPENDENT 17 Sports
Wildcat girls beat Camrose and Lacombe, boys lose to LacombeMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Stettler Wildcat girls took on Camrose on Wednesday, Jan. 13 as they played a disciplined game to come out on top, winning 32-27.
Jessica Lane was the top scorer with six points, while the other players scored in the lowest offen-sive score that they have had so far.
“We worked on discipline to get them to read the defence and to screen away in our offence,” said coach Kim Poapst. “We lost Shayna Brower for a few games due to an ankle sprain on her birthday at the last game, as we wait for Emily Brown’s ankle to heal.”
According to Poapst, the team’s strengths have been the ability and desire to run, although they still need to be aware when to slow the game down and run the half court game.
“It is improving but they just need to keep prac-ticing and playing games to improve,” added Poapst.
The Wildcat girls played a convincing game against Lacombe as they defeated them 63-28 on Monday, Jan. 18.
Although the first half started slow with too many turnovers, the Wildcats were up by 5 at half.
“We settled down in the second half and took care of the ball with great team effort,” said Poapst. “It was great seeing some SES students and Junior High students in the stand, as you need to see the game to improve your skills and team play.”
The top scorer was Sydney Poapst with 17 points, including three three pointers.
Reesa Garez had 13 points and Jessica Lane and Megan Kobi had a three.
“Our foul shooting was better and almost all our players were on the score sheet,” said Poapst. “There was great defence by all players and very little fouling.”
Wildcats will face host Notre Dame in Red Deer on Feb. 3.Boys beat Camrose, but go down to Lacombe
Stettler’s boy Wildcats took over a well-matched Camrose team, and gained confidence by beating them 66-64 on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
“We continue to work on our shooting and attack-ing the basket to force the defence to break down,” said coach Warren Aspenes.
However, when the boys faced the formidable and disciplined team from Lacombe on Monday, Jan. 18, when it was easy to see the gaps in their game play.
“We had only one practice since our Camrose game so the boys did the best they could tonight against a strong JV team from Lacombe,” said Aspenes.
Wildcats lost to Lacombe 85-50.Possible trip to Cuba
Girls’ basketball team have an opportunity to travel to Cuba next Christmas to be coached by the Cuban national team and to play four games against a Cuban team of similar age group.
“The girls are fundraising to offset the cost by ref-ereeing the junior high tournament, which not only gives them the opportunity to raise money for their trip but also helps them to learn how to ref if they wish to ref into high school and after they gradu-ate,” said Poapst. “The girls learn how to volunteer their time and give back to the sport and schools, besides learning that being the ref and always mak-ing the right call is harder than it looks.”
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Casey Wright of Stettler Wildcats leaps in to score for his team in their game against Lacombe on Monday, Jan. 18. Stettler lost 85-50.
Lightning win one, lose two, playoff still possibleINDEPENDENT STAFF
A game that tasted like fl at beer at the begin-ning turned into a nail-biter at the end with the Stettler Lightning, fi ght-ing tooth and nail for a playoff spot, extracted a hard-earned win from the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex on Wednesday, Jan. 13 de-feating host Stampeders 5-4.
With both teams equal-ly clumsy in moving the puck and executing plays, the fi rst period of the game looked more like a practice session for roughing and slashing, as players of both teams between them accumu-lated almost as much penalty time as play time and scoreboard showing no points for either side.
In the second period, boarding, roughing and slashing continued with players of both teams, particularly the larg-er sized ones, missing no opportunity to get entangled with oppo-nents at either end of the rink. Things start-ed to change, however, when Lightning took the
lead in the sixth minute with a mid-range shot by Linden Heidecker. The Stampeders took less than a minute to respond to get on the scoreboard with the equalizer. Six minutes later Lightning scored once again as Matt Johannson found the back of the Stampeders’ net. Just 12 seconds from the end of the second, hosts scored to equalize once more: 2-2.
When the Stampeders scored in the second minute of the third to take the lead for the fi rst time in the game, the focus of the teams turned noticeably, and inevitably, to the game of hockey away from skir-mishing as time started to get shorter and short-er to win the two points. As the Lightning tried to respond, the Stampeders scored yet another one rendering the task of a comeback even more dif-fi cult for the visitors. But the Lightning were not going away.
Two minutes after the Stampeders’ 4-2 lead was placed on the score-board, Lightning reduced
the lead to a single point with Dylan Houston. That goal raised the quality of the play even more with both sides stepping up good puck movement. When the last two min-utes of the last period arrived, Stettler bench called a time-out with the hope of at least tak-ing the game to over-time with an equalizer, and it paid off. Towards the end of the 19th min-ute, Braydon Whiteford scored from close range for the Lightning, at least securing the over-
time. But the visitors had more up in their sleeve: Just 12 seconds from the end of regulation, Steven Fletcher of the Lightning made the optimum use of the chaos in front of the Stampeders’ net to keep his team’s playoff hopes alive: 5-4.
The Lightning didn’t fare as well in their week-end games, though, los-ing both to Mountainview and Blackfalds.
Stettler got them-selves on the score-board fi rst during their Saturday, Jan. 16 game
in Mountainview. Three minutes into the fi rst, Heidecker snuck the puck past the Colts’ netmind-er. After that, though, the period belonged to the Mountainview Colts, who scored a blistering eight goals, including two powerplay points.
After a breather be-tween periods, the sec-ond saw Stettler recover some of their momen-tum, with a goal by Johannson and another from Derek Muhlbach narrowing the score gap to 8-3. Stettler’s defence picked up and the Colts were kept out of their net.
Penalties hurt the Lightning in the third, as two back-to-back Colts goals came courtesy of the Lightning being shorthanded. Muhlbach snatched another goal, bringing the tally to 10-4, but a fi nal Colts goal brought the game to a close 11-4.
The following day, the Lightning travelled to Blackfalds, where a nail-biting game ended in a 4-4 tie, forcing over-time.
By the end of the fi rst period, the Lightning trailed the Blackfalds Wranglers 4-1, with Muhlbach sneaking in Stettler’s sole goal. The second was a mad scram-ble as Stettler worked to even out the game, fi rst through a powerplay goal by Whiteford, and then a regulation goal by Kieran Rost.
Starting the third 3-4 for Blackfalds, it was a desperate scramble to keep the Wranglers from scoring while trying to tie up and pull ahead. With fi ve minutes left in the game, DJ Kistner tied it up, but the Lightning couldn’t manage to pull ahead.
The game went to a three-round shoot-out, with Stettler scoring once to Blackfalds’ twice.
The Lightning return home this Friday, Jan. 22, to play Mountainview, and then again next weekend to play Coaldale. The game scheduled for Friday, Jan. 29 in Castor has been cancelled as the Medicine Hat Cubs will not be completing the season.
Mustara Eric/Independent editor
Lightning’s Linden Heidecker scores the fi rst goal of the game against Ponoka Stampeders on Wednesday, Jan. 13 helping boost the quality of hockey in the rink.
18 STETTLER INDEPENDENT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016
Boys place second, girls fourth at jr. tournamentMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus Junior B Basketball tournament was held the past weekend on Saturday, Jan. 16 with participating teams from Innisfail, Bluffton and Camrose.
Coaching the boys’ team was Brittaney Code, who was quite pleased with the performance as the boys placed second, playing a very competitive team from Camrose, Charlie Killam, and lost a well-fought close game 42-28, with Will Brennan the highest scorer of the game with eight points.
The boys fi rst played Innisfail, winning 30-24, Michael Angelo Garcia being the top scorer with seven points.
Their second game against Bluffton was a more con-vincing win with a score of 41-21, with Garcia scoring 14 points in the game and being the highest scorer again.
“The boys are really starting to come together as a
team,” said coach Code. “The season has just begun and they have already improved immensely since their fi rst game of the season which was on Tuesday, just three days back.”Girls lose to Charlie Killam of Camrose, coming in fourth
Stettler girls had a great win to start the tournament as they defeated Innisfail by more than 20, with a fi nal score of 62-34.
However, their second game against Bluffton ended in a disappointing defeat with the score being 60-30.
In the fi nal game for third place, Stettler lost to Charlie Killam of Camrose 50-40.
“In the third place game, the girls played very well and we had some awesome offensive rebounds from Meghan Coulthard, with Brooke Mulgrove playing a great game as well,” said coach Amy Kobi. “We are a very young team and are improving with each game we play, but I’m very proud of all the girls.”
According to Kobi, Stettler girls make a very unselfi sh team.
“The girls are always looking to pass to each other, and we are going to continue to work on our offence,” added Kobi. “These girls are a great group, are all eager to learn and I feel privileged to be their coach.”
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Meghan Coulthard of Stettler scores against Bluffton in their second game on Saturday, Jan. 16. Stettler lost 60-30.
Bantam Girls go down to West Central 5-2STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The Stettler bantam girls’ hockey team was handed one of its rare loss-es when it hosted the West Central girls at Stettler’s red rink on Sunday, Jan. 17.
The 5-2 loss came after a scramble of a game, which saw both teams visit the penalty box multiple times before the fi nal buzzer signalled the end of play.
West Central was fi rst to score, bringing in the only goal in the fi rst period, and were fi rst to score in the second period as well. That sec-ond-period goal was answered fi ve minutes later by an unassisted goal by Keely Adams, who slapped it by the West Central netminder.
Abby Heidecker narrowed the gap about six minutes later, bringing the score to 2-2, but in the last min-utes of the third, West Central pulled ahead.
The third period was fractious, with both teams netting themselves a passel of penalties as they fought over the puck. Despite a couple of powerplay opportunities though, Stettler was unable to fi nd the back of the West Central net, while West Central scored two more goals to secure the win.In other hockey news…
Stettler Atom A Storm headed to Eckville on Jan. 16, losing a close 6-5. Waylon Blumhagen, Bret Hymers, Carter Zuk, Quin Hansel and Rhys Pederson scored. The following day, the team headed to Sylvan Lake, where they lost 13-6. Cade Wilkie and Hansel scored two goals each, with Hymers and Zuk each scoring one.
On Friday, Jan. 15, the Atom B team lost 5-4 to Coronation. Hayden Baker, Zachary Zimmer, Tyler Miller and Kaden Muhlbach scored. The follow-ing day brought an 8-2 loss in Castor,
with Zach McCord and Zimmer scor-ing.
Atom C Storm hosted the Maskwacis Hawks, winning 10-1. Rylen Mohn scored four goals, Broc Chick three, Brandon Enyedy two, and Adam Kromm one for the fi nal tally.
On Jan. 16, the Stettler Peewee A Storm headed to Killam, where they lost 4-3. Goals were scored by Kaleb Bowers, Brier Devnich and Chance Morbeck. The following day brought a close 3-2 loss in Eckville for the team, with goals by Zachary Bryson and Justin Devloo.
Stettler Midget A Storm headed to Red Deer on Saturday, Jan. 16, where they beat host Red Deer 5-4. Three goals by Matthew Sylvester, and solos from Kameron Bainbridge
and Mark Bengert won the day.The Stettler Midget B Storm headed
to Viking on Friday, Jan. 15, where they lost 5-3. Ryan Mielke, Scott Verhoeven and Riley Cornelssen scored. The next day, the team won 2-1 over Hardisty/Hughenden, through two goals by Brendan Pederson.
Midget C hosted the Rimbey Renegades on Sunday, Jan. 17, losing 8-1. The sole Stettler goal came from Derek Smyth.In girls’ action…
The Stettler peewee girls’ team headed to Athabasca, where they de-feated the host 13-0 on Jan. 16.
The Midget girls traveled to Leduc, where they defeated the host 3-1. Two goals by Kierra Scollo and a solo from Jesse Squires provided the win-ning momentum.
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Abby Heidecker in charge of the puck with opponent player from West Central in close pursuit as the Stettler bantam girls took over West Central in a home game on Sunday, Jan. 17. West Central won 5-2.
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The family of Agnes Rushton would like to thank our many relatives, friends and neighbors for the kind expressions of sympathy extended to us following the death of our dear mother, grandmother and nana. The cards, fl owers, food, hugs and kind words, and memorial donations were truly
appreciated. A special thanks to the staff at Paragon Place for their care, the Stettler Funeral Home for their assistance, the Stettler UCW for the lovely lunch, clergy Jan Richardson
for her understanding, Evelyn Shursen and the choir members for their beautiful music, and Terry & Joan Rushton
and Dale & Debbie Simon for the music Mom so enjoyed. Your sympathy and thoughfulness will always be gratefully
remembered.~ Garry & Janey and family
~ Betty Ann and family.
The family of Blair Chapman would like to send their sincere, heartfelt thanks to so, so many. Blair was such a special, unique man and he is dearly missed. Of the forty years he lived he managed to have such a remarkable impact on so many lives. We only hope that he will continue to be a part of our community in your thoughts, memories, smiles and laughter. To Barry Haner, Malcolm Fischer, Donna Hoopfer and Blain Chapman for their written words of memories and affection that were read at Blair’s memorial service. To Corinne, the staff at Stettler Funeral Home, and Todd Reinholt Life Celebrant, for their compassion and guidance through a diffi cult time. To Teresa’s Catering for a wonderful luncheon. And to everyone who sent cards, food, fl owers, made charitable donations, attended the funeral and have since stopped by for a visit - your kindness and compassion has been overwhelming and we are so very thankful.
LYLEGladys Mae (nee Dye)July 9, 1921 - Jan. 8, 2016 In the early hours of a cold winter morning, Mom released her tenacious hold on life. Surrounded by her loving family at the Red Deer Regional Hospital passing peacefully with dignity and was ever so beautiful to her end. Gladys was born in Langdon, Alberta, the fourth child born to parents Roger and Viola Dye into a family of 6 girls and twin boys. She was raised on the farm and took her schooling at Ripley school which only taught to grade nine. She started working in 1937 as a chore girl, babysitter and whatever was needed. She joined the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in 1942, spending 3 1/2 years in Skinner Barracks, Calgary, Vermillion and Currie Barracks, Calgary. She was discharged in 1945 and married Leonard Lyle in 1946. They resided in Alix where they raised 1 son and 4 daughters. Gladys was a member of Sincerity Rebekah Lodge #38 for many years and also a member of the Alix United Church, their choir and the handbell choir. She was civic minded and actively participated in the community. She loved sports, playing basketball in the army and later on baseball for the Alix Ladies team. She was our biggest cheerleader no matter what her kids or the grandkids played. Her many likes included hockey, curling, bingo, movies (with popcorn), casino trips, family reunions, her grandchildren, oh yes, and ice cream! Gladys was predeceased by her mother and her father, her stepfather, her husband Len, her daughter Delena, her sisters Edna, Winnie, Ruby and a brother Robert. She was predeceased by many other very close family members, in-laws and friends. Surviving Gladys is her son Wayne (Silvia) of Thunder Bay; daughters Wendy (Gerald) of Red Deer, Debbie (Jim) of Tsawwassen, and Dixie (Doug) of Alix; her grandchildren Nick, Bonnie, Dr. Patricia, Ryan, Derek, Demi and Christopher; and her great grandchildren Destiny, Josie, Olivia and Emmerson. Also surviving her are sisters Dorothy, Betty and brother, Roger plus too many others to mention. Mom lived a simple life, never learning to drive but rather walking everywhere. She never acquired a taste for even coffee or tea but loved a hot cocoa with marshmallows. As many of our friends will attest, weekend mornings at our house always started special with pancakes and homemade whipped cream. Our house seemed to be the go-to place for all our friends and she has remained special to all of them throughout the years. Keeping with mom’s wishes that there be No Funeral, we are choosing instead to have a celebration of her life on July 9, 2016 this summer in Alix, on what would have been her 95th birthday. A reminder will be posted at that time. Donations in Gladys’ memory may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting
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TELFORDMr. Terence (Terry) Boyd Telford passed away January 7, 2016 at the Red Deer Hospice at the age of 78 years. Terry is survived by his wife Sylvia Telford of Stettler; daughters: Michelle Telford (Michelle K.) of Saskatoon, Tracy (Lutz) Kintzel of Red Deer and Nicole (John) Thorsteinsson of Stettler; two grandchildren Roam and Taiga Thorsteinsson of Stettler; nieces, nephews, cousins; and many dear friends.Funeral services will be held
Friday, January 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium, 4707-70 Street, Stettler, Alberta.Memorial donations may be made to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6 or a charity of your own choosing c/o Stettler Funeral Home, Box 1780, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0. Sympathies may be forwarded to the family by signing the guestbook at www.stettlerfuneralhome.com.
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The Family and Community Safety Program Project requires a temporary In-Home Support Worker, to cover the East Central Alberta Region. This position may be lled by 2 part-time workers or one full time worker, depending on location, between January 2016 - September 2016.
Reporting to the ACAA Program Director, the In-Home Family Support Worker(s) are responsible to work on client teams led by ACAA childhood abuse therapists to create and support the delivery of individual family plans to be implemented by families and school sta . Workload will be 5-8 families over a nine month period, commencing no later than February 1, 2016. In some cases the client will be a child receiving therapy, in others, it will be a parent whose trauma from childhood abuse is interfering with their healthy parenting.
Candidate(s) will require considerable independent initiative, a high degree of con dentiality, strong interpersonal skills, a desire to provide support and coordination within a team environment and exercise strong communication skills. Applicants should possess a high skill level and also an ability to work alone. Travel within the region is required.
Education Requirements: A diploma or degree in social work or human services related disciple is required.
Experience: The incumbent(s) will be experienced in working with parents and families on issues of emotional expression, interaction, and communication with at least 2-3 years of directly related experience. Work experience in the elds of child abuse and family violence is required and experience in-home is desirable.
Other: Knowledge of Microsoft O ce, basic o ce equipment, and online communication is required. Travel within the region of East Central Alberta with own vehicle is required.
Please direct resumes to:Program Director, Association of Communities Against Abuseby e-mail to: acaaprograms@gmail.comin person at: 4704-55 Street Stettleror by mail to: P.O. Box 2132 Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0
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Gitzel & Company Chartered Professional Accountants is a public accounting rm based out of Stettler and requires a full-time seasonal receptionist to help with administrative and receptionist duties beginning in mid February and running through the end of April 2016. Candidates should be comfortable in a high paced o ce environment, have good client relationship skills, be able to multi-task various duties, learn quickly, work well with others and be comfortable with basic computer software programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
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Auctions 1530BIG STRAPPER
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COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 10th Annual Red Deer Collector Car Auction & Speed Show.
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Auctions 1530UNRESERVED AUCTION.
Autos, tools, surplus, collectibles, furniture and more. 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 23. Scribner Auction. On location: 121 - 15 Ave.
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UNRESERVED WOOD-WORKING AUCTION.
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WantedTo Buy 1930CASH paid for older dirt bikes, mini bikes, enduro’s, quads and trikes up to 500cc. Running or not and in any condition. Please call 780-246-1299.
WANTED - SHED ANTLERS. Buying shed
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Livestock 2100 BRED heifers, Blacks & Sim X, calving Mar. 20;
403-843-6463
Grain, FeedHay 2190HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Spring-thrashed Canola. Buying:
oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged
or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan
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oats. Delivery available. No Sunday calls please. Phone 403-704-3509 or
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Houses/Duplexes 3020ALIX 850 sq. ft. 3 bdrms,
2 1/2 bath, fi nished bsmt, 5 appls, close to school and daycare. $900/mo. $900 DD utils. not included,
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Kimberly 403-690-5828
Cottage/Seasonal 3070I HAVE fi ve vacation weeks
for sale at Fairmont Vacation Villas. The dates
range from now until October 2016. At this point, there is great
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luxury villa for $78.57 per night. Call 403-742-3384
(genuinely interested person only please).
Offices 31101000 sq. ft. space for month to month lease $900/mo. 4802-50 ST. Stettler. Avail. immed. 403-690-3400
DOWNTOWN Business Has ROOM TO RENT for professional. Utilities and air
conditioning includedwith rent.
Available immediately For more information
please call, 403-742-2006.
FOR LEASE 1800 sq. ft. of shop and/or offi ce space. In new 3 bay shop. Will
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StorageSpace 3160
ManufacturedHomes 4090
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Farms/Land 4070
PublicNotices 6010
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For Sale 4150
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Investments ......................4410Money Wanted ................4420Money to Loan ................4430
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Transportation#5000-5300
Automotive Services ........5010Antique & Classic Autos ....5020Cars ..................................5030SUV’s................................5040Trucks ..............................5050Heavy Trucks....................5060Vans/Buses ......................5070Motorcycles ......................5080Campers ..........................5090Motorhomes......................51005th Wheels........................5110Holiday Trailers ................5120Tent Trailers ......................5130Utility Trailers ....................5140ATV’s ................................5150Boats & Marine ................5160Snowmobiles ....................5170Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180Auto Wreckers ..................5190Vehicles Wanted ..............5200Car/Truck Rental ..............5210Recreational VehicleRental ..............................5220Trailer Rental ....................5230Misc. Automotive ..............5240RV’s ..................................5300
Cars 5030THIS WEEK’S
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Public Notice#6000
Public Notices ..................6010Special Features ..............6050
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AL-ANONBrenda 403-742-0990
Betty 403-742-5673
ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY403-346-4636
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BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT Pat Lattery
403-742-3759
BIG BROTHERS &BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION
403-742-5437 during business hours
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780-672-1035
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COCAINE ANONYMOUSPager toll-free
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County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277
PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE
Invitation to TenderThe County of Stettler is accepting tenders on the following lease land:
Roll Number Legal Land Acres Description (more of less)Parcel # 1 5092 NE 36-35-20 W4M 67.23
Tender is for the period beginning July 1, 2016 and ending October 1, 2016.
All tenders are subject to County Policy which is available at the County Office and at www.stettlercounty.ca.
Tenders must contain: name, address, and telephone number of lessee, the legal land description, Parcel Number, and annual bid amount for land desired. Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Lease Land” addressed to: Quinton Beaumont, County of Stettler No. 6, Box 1270 Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0.
Tenders must be received by 4:00 p.m., February 3, 2016
Successful bids will be notified by February 16, 2016.
Lessee is required to pay annual taxes.
Grazing period each year is July 1 to October 1.
Any further information can be obtained at the County office or by calling Director of Agricultural Services Quinton Beaumont.
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CKCS dances through JanuaryTARA KROESGRADE 6 TEACHER
Christ-King has had a busy start to the New Year. The last two weeks that students have been back for have been fi lled with the startup of many different activities.
The basketball season for the CKCS Chargers is officially underway. Although practices began before Christmas, the season’s games began on Jan. 6. The boy’s team has played Stettler and Halkirk thus far. Although they conceded both games, the boys played well and enjoyed getting back on the court. The girls have played Stettler and Donalda. They, as well, lost both match-
es, but are determined to continue improving throughout the season. The boys’ team is excited to travel to Sylvan this weekend for their fi rst tournament.
The CKCS Spirit Squad has also been very busy throughout January. The fi rst Spirit Day was Jersey Day on Jan. 8. Students were invited to wear their favourite jerseys in order to win the Spirit Day Trophy for their class. With the most partici-pation and enthusiasm, the Grade 4/5 class took the prize. The trophy will once again be up for grabs this Friday, with Twin Day taking place.
With the colder weather settling in, Spirit Squad
has also started up Dance Party Fridays. All class-es are invited down to the gym at lunch recess to follow Spirit Squad dance leaders in cho-reographed Zumba-like dances. Dance lead-ers Shelby Sobchyshyn, Autumn Wyness, Bailey Strandquist, Hannah Van Straten, Brandy Kennedy and Charlotte Walker have been working hard each week to master the steps in order to make the weekly event a suc-cess. Dance Party Fridays is part of CKCS Health Action Plan, and is an exciting way to get our students up and moving. Students, even as young as our Kinder-Kids, are always excited for Fridays
to roll around.CKCS will be wrapping
January up with their junior high Muchmusic Dance. Invites have been sent to surrounding schools, and Spirit Squad is busy planning the event. The Muchmusic Dance is always popular due to the big screens that are set up to play music videos to accom-pany the songs. The night will be fi lled with a con-cession, prizes and fun. Students are invited to sign up with their school for Jan. 28. It will run from 7-10 p.m. for grades 6-9. There will be an ad-mission fee. For more information please con-tact Christ-King Catholic School.
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Spirit Squad dance leaders lead fi rst Dance Party Friday of the year.
According to the National Association of Realtors® 2015 Profile of Home Staging, 49 per cent of realtors representing buyers say home staging impacts most buyers’ final decisions. Home staging is the act of preparing a home for sale by presenting it in such a way as to appeal to as many potential buyers as possible. Professional staging firms often address a home’s interior to reduce clutter and rearrange furniture with a goal toward making a strong impression on prospective buyers during open house events or private showings.
The NAR Profile found that the living room is the most important room to stage followed by the kitchen and the master bedroom. Eight-one per cent of realtors said staged homes make it easier for prospective buyers to visualize properties as their future homes. In addition, 10 per cent of realtors said homes decorated against buyers’ tastes will negatively impact the homes’ values, further emphasizing the potential benefit of staging homes rather than showcasing existing homeowners’ personal preferences.
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General Motors of Canada will pay two bi-weekly lease payments as defi ned on the lease agreement (inclusive of taxes and any applicable pro-rata amount normally due at lease delivery as defi ned on the lease agreement). After the fi rst two bi-weekly payments, lessee will be required to make all remaining scheduled payments over the remaining term of the lease agreement. PPSA/RDPRM is not due. Consumer may be required to pay dealer fees. Insurance, license and applicable taxes not included. Additional conditions and limitations apply. GM reserves the right to modify or terminate this offer at any time without prior notice. See dealer for details. ^ Offer available to qualifi ed retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered between January 5 and February 1, 2016. 0% purchase fi nancing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on select new or demonstrator 2015 GMC vehicles excluding Yukon, Yukon XL, Sierra 2500 HD Diesel, Savana, Canyon 2SA and Canyon 4x4. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $45,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $535.71 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $45,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight, air tax ($100, if applicable) included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA/movable property registry fees, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers may sell for less. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. ††Lease based on a purchase price of $31,048, including $713 Loyalty Cash (tax exclusive) for a new eligible 2016 Terrain SLE-1 AWD (3SA/K05). Bi-weekly payment is $182 for 48 months at 0.9% APR, on approved credit to qualifi ed retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. $0 down payment and a $0 security deposit is required. Payment may vary depending on down payment or trade. Total obligation is $18,912, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $12,926. Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, registration, taxes and optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited-time offer, which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. **Lease based on a purchase price of $40,253, including $713 Loyalty Cash (tax exclusive) and $1,000 Lease Cash (tax inclusive) for a new eligible 2016 Acadia SLE-1 AWD (3SA/K05). Bi-weekly payment is $207 for 48 months at 0.49% APR, on approved credit to qualifi ed retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometer limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $0 down payment is required. Payment may vary depending on down payment or trade. Total obligation is $21,504, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $19,341. Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, registration, taxes and optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited-time offer, which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. † $12,000 is a combined total credit consisting of $1,000 Loyalty Cash (tax inclusive) and a $11,000 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Sierra HD gas models (excluding 1SA 4x2), which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and fi nance rates. By selecting lease or fi nance offers, consumers are foregoing this $11,000 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. 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Discounts vary by model. ¥ Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 Silverado or 2016 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between January 5 and February 1, 2016. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on eligible GMC vehicles (except Canyon 2SA, Sierra 1500 and HD); $1,000 credit available on all GMC Sierra models. Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Company to verify eligibility. 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