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GraduationsPages 15-19

Dewberry Races: ResultsPage 22

TriathlonPage 31

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24June 2013Volume VIII-Issue 466

Susan Howard Memorial Walk Participants in the June 20th, Fun Walk/Run in Memory of Susan Howard, were in for a soggy stroll as the week long rainy weather continued through the event. The cloud cover and moist conditions did not dampen spirits though, “They are tears from Susan” expressed Phil Howard to the room filled with family, friends and Crisis Line Supporters. Pictured above (L-R) Back; Amber Sanford, Lorraine Dibben, Phil Howard, Shauna Frankiw, Judy Walsch, Janice McLaughlin, Carla Anderson and Barb Dahoy. Front; young Edwin Sanford and Marcia Jacula. See More Page 2. Photo Trudy McKenzie.

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In its second year the Susan Howard Memorial Fun Walk/Run was held once again at the Vermilion Provincial Park although a double booking saw the partic-ipants gathering at the group camp area across from the CN Station.

As with so many events this past week the wet weather played a factor in the event, reducing some attendance numbers and making for a soggy run. It did not however, dampen the spirits of those who arrived to honour the memory of Susan Howard and the cause that was near and dear to her heart, the Crisis Line and Kids Help Line.

There was the festive spirit of a family reunion as participants arrived prior to the run. Phil Howard, husband of the late Susan Howard, extended a welcome to

family, friends and run supporters before sharing a touching poem that has offered him comfort:

“If I could bear the burden of your sorrow, I would. If I could but for a minute take away your pain and make it mine, I would. If I could tell you there’s a reason for this, I would. I’d do anything to take away your hurt. But sometimes the road of life

makes unexplainable twists, unfortunate turns and the whole world seems cold and heartless. I can not tell you how sorry I am that I cannot shelter you from this. But I can tell you this, I’m here. If you want to talk, I’m here. If you want to cry, I’m here. If you need help, I’m here. You are my wife, I love you.

Following the welcome by Howard, Judy Misick had the gathered crowd hopping, stretching and moving during a fast paced warm up session that had all well prepared to walk the pink ribbon path.

Numbers for this year’s walk had over 35 walkers and runners in attendance rais-ing $1800 in funds for the Crisis and Kids Help Line. Although the figures are down slightly from last year’s event, organisers were well pleased and appreciative of the support considering the weather condi-tions.

Af te r 7 y e a r s s e r v i c e to t h e community, Vermilion Detachment is saying goodbye to their Victim Services Coordinator Petra Pfeiffer. As Coordinator for the Battle River Vic tim Assistance Society, P fei-ffer has overseen the provision of support to victims of crime in Vermil-ion, Kitscoty, Provost and Wain-wright. Based in Wainwright, Pfeiffer was no stranger to Vermilion and the

other communities for which she was responsible, ensuring her team of 13 volunteer advocates were trained to a high standard and available to assist members of the community in need. Pfeiffer was also instrumen-tal in establishing an Assistant Coor-dinator position in Vermilion which allowed the supervisory burden to be shared resulting in greater efficiency and effectiveness.

Pfeiffer leaves Battle River for a new position as the Coordinator for Wetaskiwin and District Victim

Services Society. Bill Carter of Clandonald, the A ss is tant Coor-dinator wi l l take the helm unti l P fe if fer ’s replacement arrives in the fall.

Vermil ion Detach-ment would like to say a heartfelt thank you to Petra for her service to our community and wish her well in her new endeavours.

Local News

Trudy McKenzieReporter

Sgt. McGinley Submitted

Jada Sanford displays the Crisis Line tattoo available during the Fun Walk/Run held June 20th in honour of her Grandmother, Susan Howard. Photo Trudy McKenzie.

Sgt McGinley presents Petra P feif fer with a Detachment Commander’s Certificate of Appreciation for her service to the community. Photo Submitted.

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3The Vermilion VoiceJune 24, 2013Issue 466

In a weekend filled with athletic events Vermilion event planners simply took the weather in stride and that includes the East/West Chapter of Alberta Carriage Driving Association Horse Driving Trials held June 15th and 16th at the Vermil-ion Agricultural Society grounds.

The trials which are made up of three separate events; Dressage, which tests the horse and drivers ability to precision drive, Cones a speed and accuracy event and Marathon an obstacle 5 Km speed event had a soggy start and low spec-tator numbers, however maintained a good showing when it came to competi-tors with 26 drivers arriving to compete.

Competitors ranged in ages from 9 years old to driv-ers in the ir 70 ’s and arrived from A l b e r t a , S a s k a-toon and BC. The judge for this year’s competition trav-elled from 100 Mile House in BC and the Technical Dele-gate responsible for ensuring the chal-lenges are set up both properly and safely arrived from Kamloops, BC.

S a t u r d a y ’ s results saw Madis-son MacDonald from Vermilion taking 1st place in the Pre-training Division. In

Preliminary 1st p l a c e w e n t t o Darlyne Copeland with 2nd p lace being achieved by Cynthia Crook. Intermediate 1st place was Judy O r r- B e r te l s e n from Kevisville, AB who was the o n l y co m p et i-tor in this Division for highly experi-enced horses and drivers.

S u n d a y ’ s results had Pre-training, 1st place awarded to Diane Schmidt from Vermilion. Training 1st went to Leanne McLean from Corona-tion, AB 2nd place to David Sim from Saskatoon, SK and Cynthia Crook took 3rd place. For Preliminary 1st place finisher was Steve Remus from Red Water, AB; 2nd place went to Cynthia Crook. The Intermediate Division 1st place finish went to Judy Orr Bertelsen.

For the weekend the overall winner was Cynthia Crook who held a 1st, two 2nds and a 3rd place finish by event’s end.

Staged with many volunteers, event planners expressed “Without these volunteers there would be no event at all.”

Judge, Carolyn Dobbs noted at the official closing, “This was an extremely pleasant group to be with. You had all levels of competitors and the show ran without any accidents, run-aways or incidences. For a show with that many competitors, that was amazing. Your volunteers were among the best that I have worked with throughout B.C.”


Dwayne and Cindy Stewart participated in the East/West Chapter of Alberta Carriage Driving Association Horse Driving Trials in the Cones event with horse Oliver.Photos Trudy McKenzie.

Steve Ramus in his carriage pulled by his Morgan named Kahlua did a fairly successful clip around the Cones event on Saturday June 15th. Ramus achieved a first place finish June 16th in the Preliminary division.

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Meeting on areas of common interest on economic growth and job creation, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford agreed to work together for the benefit

of British Columbians and Albertans.“Both Alberta and British Colum-

bia benefit when we work together to grow the economy and create jobs,” said Premier Clark. “As the economic powerhouses of Canada, it’s in the national interest for us to succeed.”

“Today marks a step forward for both of our provinces,” said Premier

Redford. “We have a shared interest in responsible resource development. When Alberta and British Columbia do well, all of Canada does well.”

At the f i rs t meeting s ince the re-election of Premier Clark’s govern-ment, the two Premiers agreed on the need for responsible energy develop-ment in both provinces.

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This past week-e n d w e h e l d t h e

shower announcing the impending arrival of my family’s latest additions. Due in October my daughter and her husband are expecting twins!

I t h a s b e e n a l o n g a w a i t e d announcement, the first children for them and grandbabies two and three for me.

The arrival of any child is not only a blessed event it is also the arrival of a great deal of work; times that by two and it can be an event quite overwhelming to the uninitiated. I am thankful that my daughter only lives across the street enabling me to offer much assistance as she takes these first steps into parenthood.

A far dif ferent time than when I delivered my last baby 23 years ago, even before delivery I have been accompanying my daughter to

a myriad of tests and examinations; partly due to the expectation of twins and partly due to the advances in medicine that allow for ever clearer ultrasounds and tests.

Knowing full well that I would be unable to fulfill both the very large challenge that is covering all of this town’s agenda of events as reporter and assist my daughter’s through-out her pregnancy, which will include a move to Edmonton for the last two months of her pregnancy; I have been working with the Vermil ion Voice ownership to come up with a work-able solution.

A town this busy frankly needs the efforts of a focussed reporter capa-ble of committing the effort neces-sary to get to your many events and stories.

W i th th is in min d an d severa l months ahead of us the paper began its search and last month we were thrilled to bring on-board Shan-non O’Connor. A reporter with a good sense of humour both in her person

and in her writing style, a willingness to learn and an interest in discov-ering what makes this town and our community tick.

The past month has been quite an event of discovery as I have seen our towns and communities through her eyes. It is funny how we so often forget or take for granted the little details that surround us, having been exposed to them on a regular basis. Yet when someone new arrives to point them out it is like discovering them again for the first time.

It is equally a self discovery when having to withdraw from something you have been totally immersed in for so long and then learn how to hand over the reigns, no one who knows me well has ever accused me of handling change well or letting go easily.

As I transition from full time report-ing to part-time reporter/Editor and full-time grandmother I am not fool-ish enough to imagine there will be no hiccups along the way, I beg the patience of our readers and owner-

ship during the process. I am however thrilled to see the

paper gain a new creative voice and an improved abil ity to cover ever more local news with the additional support of a second reporter along with the abil ity to continue to be involved in a paper I have taken great pride in participating with.

Keep your eyes on us Vermilion I think this new growth will only make us better!

Don’t forget to drop off your entry for the Tour Your Town Contest at the Vermilion Voice, June’s Fantastic prize package will be drawn by end of week.

Beefs and BouquetsSend us your beef or bouquet! All beefs and bouquets should be emailed to:

[email protected] with ‘Beefs and Bouquets’ in the subject line.

They must be under 25 words, and in decent taste. It is at the discretion of the editor which ones will be published. All beefs and bouquets must be emailed by Thursday

3pm in order to be considered for publication. Any beefs and bouquets that are

received after this time may be considered for the following week’s publication. Only

beefs and bouquets that are sent by email will be considered.

Letter to the Editor

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Thank you to the Dr.’s, Nurses and staff for the gentle, compassion-ate and professional care while I was there.

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A great big bouquet and sincere thanks to the person who found my purse in a grocery cart and took it to Customer Service. Your honesty and kindness will never be forgotten.

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Letter to the Editor

Recently I’ve noticed a number of Letters to the Editor in local papers from Liberal Members of Parliament, on topics such as student summer jobs. These MPs should have the decency to inject at least some truth and reality into their propaganda. For instance, in the case of student summer jobs, our government has actually increased funding by 10 million dollars per year on an ongo-ing basis. This is the simple truth. Our Government is remaining focused on jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity for Canadians.

O n e way we’re d o in g so i s by investing in the Canada Summer Jobs initiative. We’re proud to announce the creation of 36,000 jobs for Cana-dian youth through the program.

Creating these jobs for students

benefits not only youth and employ-ers, but local economies as well. That’s why our Government perma-nently increased the funding for the Canada Summer Jobs initiative by $10 million.

O u r G o v e r n m e n t ’ s a c t i o n o n youth unemployment stands in stark contrast to that of the Liberal party. While they talk a lot about wanting to help spur job creation, they continue to play pol itical games by voting against job-creating legislation such as our Economic Action Plan.

So while Liberals are just talking about helping youth and misleading them, Canadians can rest assured that our Conservative Government is focused on helping connect them with available jobs.

Sincerely, Leon Benoit, MP Vegreville-Wainwright


W o w J u n e i s r e a l l y f l y i n g b y

for some reason, the rain has been hampering activities a little but the liquid sunshine is needed, both for the crops and fire hazards. It even has my garden growing in great spurts already, radishes are almost ready and I can watch the potatoes grow, I’m eating onion greens already.

I l o v e m y o n i o n g r e e n s a n d radishes, I enjoy a good salad, noth-ing like an onion green and radish sa lad, a l l that let tuce and other vegetables are simply a filler in that salad.

I want to get out f ishing and a shore lunch is calling me, but the rain has literally dampened things a little, best wishes going out to all the flood victims across Alberta.

Record water levels are being seen as snow melts high in the mountains are aided by the rain and causing

disasters all across Alberta. It looks like the last couple of years it’s either fire or water.

Unfortunately we humans depend on water sources and most commu-nities were built around rivers, lakes and other water sources and unfor-tunately those communities were built on flood plains. Many of those small communities are now big city’s with the city centers on those flood plains. Fortunately as the city’s grow and as flood plain land area is used up, we can then bui ld on h igher ground.

Strangely enough we humans tend to rebuild in the exact spots after floods, knowing full well that one day it will happen all over again, it would cost a lot less in the long run to tear these areas down and build beautiful camp grounds and parks there.

In this modern age we don’t have to walk down to the rivers or other water sources to fetch a pail of water, bathe or do laundry, so it’s time to rethink our logic. Build the city on higher ground around these now

beautiful parks and campgrounds in the heart of the city, and when floods happen, we will likely have enough warning to evacuate the park areas quickly. Damage and costs would be minimal compared to a city centre, as well as the danger of loss of life, one day we may learn, but in my heart I doubt it.

I l ive on high ground above the Battle River ’s huge river val leys, even if it ever crested them my home is still way above that. If I ever am in danger of flooding, I will most likely see this big boat float by with two of each animal aboard.

A l l th e f i s h p o n d s h ave b e e n stocked across Alberta, and all the lakes and ponds that were winter killed will be active again, the fish may be small this year, but will still make a fun day with the family.

I am preparing as my deep sea fishing trip approaches quickly, I am so very looking forward to that, the drive to the west coast alone will be an adventure for me. The mountain scenery and wildlife is breathtak-

ing alone and will be an adventure in itself for me, I have travelled to the interior of BC before and it never fails to leave me awe struck, just that drive excites me greatly. I can’t even imagine how I will feel when I see the Pacific Ocean for the first time or as I walk barefoot and stand in the Ocean beholding its over whelming size, sights smells and sounds.

I will finally be able to cross that off of the “Bucket list”, as a huge milestone adventure in my lifetime. I imagine I wil l be standing there taking it all in for some time.

Then there is the fishing adven-ture, the highl ight, catching and seeing f ish that are b igger than myself is going to be awe inspiring to say the least, I am told we will see Orca or killer whales as big as our boat.

I am also looking forward to the taste of fresh caught seafood, which I am to ld tastes nothing l ike the seafood we get here in the prai-ries, to say I am excited would be an understatement.

One thing that does concern me is that I was told even on a calm day as the waves gently rock the boat, combined with no horizon I may feel “ver tigo handicapped”…What the heck is that?

I understand its sea sickness, but with a twist, now being a prairie boy I have stood on southern Alberta prai-rie land where if I turned slowly in a circle there is nothing but horizon. And of course that prairie wind sort of rocks me around a bit, so I should be somewhat prepared right?...why is it when I ask people that for assur-ance all they do is laugh or smile?

I will be sure to pack a bottle of seas sickness pills, nothing short of being swallowed by a great white whale is going to hamper this trip for me.

A l th o u gh b ow hunt in g seaso n is only 70 sleeps away, it ’s hard to focus on anything else but this fish-ing adventure. Isn’t there an adven-ture you have to cross of that bucket list waiting for you this summer?

When the Smoke Clears

Never throw that old bucket until you know the new one will hold water, besides that old one prob-ably has a very important list in it!

Around The CampfireStratton

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Good Start for VipersAt the June 20th Vermilion Rotary Breakfast meeting the Viper Swim Club received $500 toward the purchase of new starting blocks which cost $1500 each. (Left) Pat Calyniuk was on hand to present to club members a bit of the Viper history and to accept on behalf of the Vipers the donation from Rotary President ,Jean Vidal. “It is wonderful to have such a supportive community organization,” expressed Calyniuk who also noted to Rotary members that Walter Scott started the Vipers 30 years ago (father of Beckie Scott) and that this year there are 32 swimmers enrolled. Photo Voice Staff.TREGAN

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famous waterfront where ships have loaded and unloaded from por ts worldwide, we saw container boxes piled high seemed like endlessly as the train slowly passed along. The scope of the place is really eye ¬¬¬open-ing. Soon the train came to the turnaround place, Halifax is as far as it goes. My cousin Lynn and her husband Leslie Milberry were waiting for us at the station and though I hadn’t seen Lynn since she was a little girl, I recog-nized her at once. She certainly is her Mother’s daughter. The bags were on the go around and we picked them up, grateful that they had arrived safely too!! What a thrill it was to travel through this wonderful really neat country, it certainly lived up to all my expectations for sure.

We made the 80 odd mile trip across Nova Scotia to the little town of Digby on the Bay of Fundy and we really liked the scenery all along the way. There is certainly a lot of charm in the neat and trim houses and yards and the rugged beauty of the landscape.

I guess the best part is the old time quality of the folks you would meet at every stop and the feeling you were among friends. It touched me imme-diately. It was so really wonderful to have folks that opened up their home and took the time to show us around the country. It’s amazing the things that you can learn from people who have lived or are born to and love their home country. They weren’t long in having me love it too. It’s charm is hard to resist. In the old classic ship building era of Digby and in the heyday of the fishing boom, there were many elegant homes and buildings built and today they still survive, all well kept and preserved. You can tell that good times had prevailed. Now with the f ishing and timber somewhat

depleted, Digby is a tourist and senior Mecca and is like any Western town with the Walmarts, Tim Horton’s etc. to help you feel at home. You couldn’t help but notice that the prices are much toned down to suit the economy not enhanced like our oil industry.

I couldn’t help but realize the strong family ties to my Wilson heritage as many businesses still have the Wilson name so prominently displayed. It was really touching to see my name in books in museums that have records of families that originated in other coun-tries and established homes in Nova Scotia. The Wilson family emigrated from Yorkshire England with other families and I got to see their graves and the resting places of family that started the Wilson clan in Annapolis Garden in Nova Scotia. Grandpa Wilson came west in the early 1900’s and left all his folks behind. You can see why I so wanted to visit that particular part of Canada.

Les and Lynn took us to visit every highlight of their home country and

see the tidal rivers that run both ways. You simply have to see it to believe it. I never tired of driving through the area and seeing the little ports with the lobster boats and scallop drag-gers. We even visited a fish plant and watched about 20 people on either side of a stainless steel chute as fish slowly slid by. They opened the fish and removed the insides and heads. Fascinating how fast they worked!! Any chance I had, I ordered haddock fish. It was a treat like so many expe-riences that kept happening.

We travelled to a little town of Beau River and took in a “Hoedown”. I got my name on a list of performers and was treated to an audience that was so very enthusiastic, I hated to sit down. I think every Canadian should take the opportunity to travel to Nova Scotia and see how really wonderful our country is. I know I’ll always remem-ber the scenery, the tides and beau-tiful lakes and streams, and above all the wonderful, generous and really fine folks that live there.

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You are not a loser if you don’t know what

you’re going to do after you graduate from high school. Knowing that you’re going to be asked over and over again: “well, what are you gonna do?” I recom-mend being prepared.

“I have some great plans, but they’re not finalized yet.” Or, “I’m consider-ing a couple of options, but I need more information before I decide for sure.” Or even, “you know, I don’t want to rush into anything just yet; it’s a pretty big deci-sion and I want to take my time thinking about it. But thanks for asking. I’m sure I’ll figure it out.”

As if there isn’t enough pressure on new graduates, just in getting through the angst of late teenagehood, the gritty intensity of young relationships, and what sometimes seems the blatant inapplicability of high school, kids at this time of year are constantly interrogated about their future plans by well-meaning adults.

“What are you gonna do?” If you knew the answer to that at age 17 or 18 years, you could record a video, upload it to youtube and become an instant savior/celebrity for a universe of high school graduates. In the process, you could relieve a lot of tension.

Kids can’t wait to get out of high school. Freedom from the long halls of scratched up and dented lockers, the stench of tedium, the regulated realm of rules. They want to break out, to finally have some control of their own lives, to slip out from under the giant thumb of twelve or thirteen years of educational regimen. They want a taste of the elusive elixir of Adulthood.

Graduation Day hovers in the near distance. There’s so much going on in June. Projects to complete. Exams to crush or be slain by. Summer beckons. Suddenly, it’s all before you. The shim-mer of graduation finally arrives with all its juxtaposed formality and wild exulta-tion. The long awaited ritual concludes and excitement temporarily subsides in the space between school and the anticipation of long summer days. The

part-time job evolves into full-time pay cheque. Long weekend nights vibrate with new freedom found with familiar friends and the collective light-hearted exuberance of youth-on-the-cusp, the dizzy euphoric feeling that you’ve made it through. You’re young, you’re immor-tal, and the world is all yours.

And then, and then...September. Like a mysterious messenger who brings both calm and panic, depending upon whether or not you have a Plan. You realize with a tingle of fear that some important part of you has already slid into the past while you weren’t watching, and along with it some of the friends you previously could count on seeing each and every day. It’s a new world, this September, and you know somewhere deep inside that it’s going to be a good one, you just can’t tell yet in this unfamiliar landscape how things work or how you fit into the fabric.

These paths have been trodden by many before you. The fear, that tickle of insecurity you feel some mornings when you step outside on your way to work or to college...they’ve been felt before by hundreds, thousands like you. You’re on your own now. It feels like only yester-day when you were piling into a car with four of your friends to get some lunch and then cruise around awhile before afternoon classes commenced. It feels like only yesterday when you were blast-ing that old cd of your parents’ music and singing along wantonly off-key to Alice Cooper’s: “I’m 18...and I don’t know what I want!”

Time sure does move fast. Sometimes,

in the quiet, you find yourself longing for a return to high school days. Stuff back there looks so easy now that you can look back wistfully from your new look-out. You are not alone in those fleeting moments of nostalgia. It’s the familiarity, that’s all. It’s the comfort of the known that draws you to idealize the high school days that you despised at times when you were actually living them.

See those people up ahead of you, the ones a few years older than you are now? It’s likely that they felt the same at first, stepping into this new, wider world. We all cling a little to the safety of the known, to the people to whom we feel connected, and to places where we have been before.

But then we emerge from that safety zone. We get to know ourselves on a new level, develop preferences and the confi-dence to seek them out. Our characters take shape, along with our individuality. We form opinions, accept responsibility, take on new experiences, learn to defend what it is we believe is true and valuable. We move forward, our steps becoming more and more certain on the runway.

In a few years, people don’t ask anymore what it is that we’re going to do. We’re doing it, and no matter what it is, it is valid and we are worthy.

On Graduation Day, we launch ourselves into the unknown, slightly unsteady yet trusting that we’re going to be just fine. We’re going to find a way to traverse to the other side.

It’s all part of life’s long, incredible ride.

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Quinoa can be purchased in bulk at most health food stores and some grocery stores. The seeds are round and slightly gold colored. The seeds are covered with saponins, which contain phyto nutrients, however the saponins are bitter. To remove the bitter taste, place the quinoa in a mesh strainer and rub the seeds together under running water.To cook add 1 part quinoa to two parts water and cook for 15 minutes, or until the seed expands into a small but slightly spiral shape. Quinoa can be eaten as breakfast porridge or in place of rice. Cooked quinoa can be added

to s a l a d s o r m a d e into a pudding, much the same way as rice pudding. The seeds can be added to soups and stews. Quinoa has an agreeable taste and is noted for being easy to digest. You may want to give this ancient super food a try and celebrate all of its benefits.

I spent the last week in Philadel-p h i a w i t h t h o u -s a n d s o f o t h e r

financial professionals at the Million Dollar Round Table’s annual meet-ing and conference. What an incred-ible experience. MDRT is the larg-est conference of its kind hosted by the premiere association of financial professionals.

Being a renowned financial profes-sional is a dream of mine. That dream is going to take courage, persistence, education, and dedication. Darcy and I have lots of other dreams as well. The one uniting factor for all of our

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required for our basic debts. It`s not that we`re trying to profit from trag-edy, but because if something were to happen to either one of us, we would still want the other to expe-rience all the things we`ve planned together. Even if we can`t be part of it.

At MDRT one of the main platform speakers spoke about the value of life insurance. Stretched across the six on-stage screens was a picture of the Capilano Bridge in Northern Vancouver. Investing and saving for the future is like crossing that bridge. You can walk a little slower with surer

footing, but it just might take you longer to cross. Or you could adopt a more convicted and steady pace. No matter the speed or gait, very few would consider crossing the bridge if it didn`t have guard rails. You may not hold on to the guard rails your entire journey, and that`s fine. But in the case of an unexpected breeze or loose plank, you`ll be happy for something to grab onto.

Insurance is a guardrail on your journey. With a guardrail of the right strength and the right height, cross-ing life`s bridges can be an enjoy-able experience for everyone, even for the ones who stumble. Life insur-ance isn`t about death, it`s about life. It`s about being able to pursue your dreams and cross your bridge

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The Good Life Institute is hosting a geocache event on Friday, June 28th as part of the Canada Day Celebra-tions taking place at Vermilion Provincial Park throughout the day and evening. In conjunction with the geocache event and The Good Life Institute, a class on how to make your own geocoin (personal-ized geocache trinket) is being offered by Cheryl Scott of Cheryl’s Leatherworks. Both the geocache event and the leather-work class will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the CN Station in the park.

Brand Development Coordinator with The Good Life Institute, Geoffrey Person, said “Anyone can do it (geocaching) and it is easy and fun.”

Geocaching combines “the best of technology” with our desire to explore the unknown, added Person.

Almost everybody has access to the technology that is required for a geocache, which is a simple GPS system that can be easily downloaded on a smartphone. For those who do not have a smartphone or

who don’t want to download the app, hand held GPS systems will be made available for free on the day of the event courtesy of the Vermilion Wellness Coalition.

With GPS in hand the modern day trea-sure hunt can begin. Vermilion Provincial Park is just one example of the dozens of geocache sites that are established in the Vermilion area. “This is a user led hobby,” said Person.

The objects are hidden through-out the park. Once the GPS has led you to the general area it is up to you to find the object. A good place to look is behind trees, between shrubs and beneath rocks. Depending on the type of container the object is in, some treasures are easier to find than others. Person has seen anything from military style foot lockers to clear Tupperware containers used for hidden cache treasure.

Once the object is found, a log book containing relevant details such as, the last date the object was discovered, if the object was taken, what object was it replaced with (geocache etiquette) and tips on terrain are recorded by the previ-ous “cacher” and should be updated by

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a global endeavour. The geocoin is some-thing that can be tracked around the world by logging onto the geocaching.com website. Many people geocache while on vacation and bring and take geocoins with them to place in geocache sites around the world. A geocoin that started out in a leatherwork class in Vermilion Provin-cial Park could potentially be tracked to a Botanical Garden in Australia.

Geocaching is as serious as you want to make it; this is part of its appeal. You can do it during lunch, while vacationing, in a group or alone, said Person.

The geocache and the leatherwork class work well with the other events that are going on in the park for Canada Day. “After a leisurely hike dinner is already taken care of,” said Person referring to the BBQ that will also be taking place in the park. And don’t forget to stick around for a movie and fireworks, he added.

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I come from a mining town in Ontario, (Sudbury). We have a lot of miners in our community but not many cowboys. In the past, I have used the word cowboy as a means of describing people that have an edge to them such as “cowboy drivers.” (drivers exceeding the speed limit). But I never fully understood the real mean-ing of the word cowboy until I attended the FOCUS luncheon on June 13th at the Legion which honoured Curtis Anderson with a “Friends of FOCUS Award.”

FOCUS states this recognition is “Awarded to an individual or an agency that has provided exceptional help and support to FOCUS resulting in the on-going stabil-ity and success for our organization within the community.”

I confess, I had never heard of Curtis Anderson before the luncheon, so I did not know what to expect in terms of his story or his speech. When he got up to the podium and began to tell his story in “His Road to Recovery” speech, I was blown away.

The chronological timeline took me step by step on his journey. The juxtaposition of the simple act of losing your balance with the horrific implications of losing it while

riding a bull, heightened the horror of Curtis’s accident at the Ponoka Stampede on June 26, 2002. For most people, the journey might not have even started. Few people survive having their head smashed twice by a bull’s head.

But this is where Curtis Anderson’s “Road to Recovery” began and what a courageous journey it is. While listening to his speech I noticed he only spoke of the accomplishments he made from day to day, week to week, month to month and year to year; he never referred to the pain he surely must have endured. Accom-plishments like learning to eat, speak, write and drive again became the hall-marks of his journey, not the pain. This focus put him in a position to be empow-ered by his situation not victimized by it. This is a choice, but it is not an easy choice to make.

I was humbled by his speech and put my own small complaints, like waiting in line, into perspective. If someone like Curtis could relay his momentous journey with a smile on his face surely I could wait in a line-up with a small measure of grace and awareness that at least I am able to stand in a line-up.

After hearing Curtis’s speech, I real-ized my definition of a cowboy as a risk-taker was incomplete. Yes a cowboy needs

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In his “Road to Recovery” speech Curtis quotes Kelly Armstrong who said, “I may not ride bulls forever, but I will be a cowboy forever.”

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The 2012 Alternative Agriculture Markets Report found that almost three-quarters of Alberta households (nearly 1.1. million) visited a farmers’ market in

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As summer approaches, farmers’ markets will be buzzing with consumers looking to purchase some of the tastiest food Alberta has to offer. Most markets have started their 2013-14 season, and it is anticipated that there will be high atten-dance numbers at markets throughout the province.

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The grade one students went to the Vermilion Provincial Park on June 10 for a day of fun, adven-ture and learning. Gary Walsh showed the students the beaver damn and lodge. They learned many interesting facts about how beavers meet their needs. The students also walked to the trout pond and bird blind to observe animals and learn more about how they live. We would like to extend a huge thank you to Mr. Walsh and all the parent volunteers who made this day possible.

On June 13, the grade two students visited the Paw Prints Pet Shop at the Vermilion Mall, where they learned about animals and how to care for various crit-ters. The shop has a wonderful selec-tion of pets such as guinea pigs, snakes, frogs, and hedgehogs. Ollie the parrot is always a hit with visitors as he calls out and dances.

The grade six students took their annual trip to Camp Encounter on June 13 and 14. 46 students, accompanied by 16 adult supervisors, experienced canoe-ing, rock wall climbing, archery, a team challenge course, and “ninja” training. Throw in an information scavenger hunt, a massive game of capture-the-flag, a campfire complete with s’mores, and our traditional VES motorboat races, and you can easily understand why they keep going back. They hit a perfect weather window, which they all appreciated. That meant the water was perfect for “canoe wars.” It is so much easier to be one with

nature when it is dripping off your face like that. Thanks to the many parent supervisors – they may have broken the VES adult/student ratio record, which was probably a Camp Encounter record to begin with. Thanks also to our super bus driver, Phil. Congratulations to the grade sixes. VES has an excellent repu-tation at Camp Encounter, and this year’s group certainly maintained it.

On June 14, the grade 3 students traveled “back in time” on June 14, when they visited the Ukrainian Cultural Heri-tage Village. It is an open-air museum that depicts the history of the Ukrainian immigrants who settled in this region. Students enjoyed visiting the one-room school house, grocery store, fully-func-tioning elevator, blacksmith house, and RCMP station along with many other businesses in the town site. Over thirty historic structures have been relocated to the museum, restored and furnished, then staffed by costumed role-players who re-enact the historic routines and activities associated with that house-hold, institution or business.

The grade one classes had the oppor-tunity to Climb Through Time at the museum in Paradise Valley on June 17. The weather was perfect for learn-ing about how our communities have changed over time. After visiting the museum, students had the opportu-nity to try games and activities from the past. Our parent volunteers were much needed and appreciated. Thank you to all the parents that took time from their day to lead groups through the museum displays.

W e h a d o u r l a s t AR assembly for the year on June 19. Mrs. W e b b m a d e i n t r o d u c -tory remarks saying that it was a special a s s e m -bly because students spent hours be ing “ T h e B e s t T h a t T h e y Could Be” and we were here t o r e c o g -nize all those students. Mrs. Doherty had 24 students in drama club; Mrs. Bauer had 22 s tudents in hand b e l l choir; Mrs. Mahaffy recognized 28 students in triathlon; Ms. Birch had 18 in art club; Mrs. Haslehurst and Mr. Faull had 18 school patrollers; Mrs. Faull had 43 running club/long distance runners; Mr. Harvey and Mr. Beecroft had 30 in the milk monitor club; Mr. Beecroft had 23 play basketball; Mrs. MacMillan had 43 library club members; Mrs. Tomkins recognized 12 friends committee members; there were 5 grade 6 advi-sory members; 20 students came out for volleyball. This is a total of 286 students,

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Dates to Remember: June 24 – Track and Field Day; June 26 – AR Celebration Day; June 27 – Grade 6 Celebration and last day of school for students; August 29 – First day back at school; Sept. 2 – Labor Day (no school); Sept. 12 – Open House and 10 years of Roots Babies Celebration; Sept. 20 & 23 – P.D. Days (no school).

The grade one students enjoying time at the Provincial Park, learning from Mr. Gary Walsh. Photo Submitted.

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School News

Vermilion Elementary SchoolKaren KingSubmitted


Can’t pick up your report card on June 27? Drop off a self-addressed stamped envelope at the office and the report card will be mailed to you.

On June 12, J.R. held a final pep rally which also served as a farewell to several staff who will be away start-ing September. Grade 11 students Colby Bowman, Tyler Mi l lar, and Clayton Smith hyped up the crowd, flung prizes, and MC’ed the event. Brock Howard (gr. 7) wished good luck to Miss Campbell in her future endeavors; Kale Wilhelm wished the best to Mrs. Innes expecting her first baby this summer, wonderful retire-ments to Mrs. McNeill by Tara Rozka (gr. 9) and Miss Christie by Shanna Gould (gr. 11), and Kali Brodbin (gr. 11) made me feel all warm and fuzzy when she wished me the best of luck in art school next year.

The junior high Family Social was organized by Mrs. McNeill and hosted at J.R. on June 13. The evening started with a potluck and ended with dancing. Over 75 were in attendance including parents and students. Mrs. McNeill witnessed many of the moves that she taught in junior high physi-cal education class re-enacted on the dance floor that night, by students

and even their parents (some of who she also taught)!

On that same day, Mr. McNei l l and his P.E. 10 crew paddled loaded canoes along the North Saskatch-ewan River for their overnight trip. Students who ventured into the great outdoors included Ryan West, David McCrae, Jaren Marsh, Colton Katuski, Koti Hopaluk, Evan Howard, Alexis Neuman, Beaudon Rogers, Stehsha Zayac, Ward Hollen, Julia McCrae, Shjon Moneta, Madison Long, Shelby Myhre, Jordan Sikora, and Fraser Lumley. Sarah McCrae, a Marauder graduate, returned with canoeing certification and accompanied as a fun and knowledgeable chaperone. The wet weather let up for those two days and let the group paddle in the sunshine and sleep in dry tents.

The annual junior high ball day, organized again by Mrs. McNeill, took place on the last Friday of classes. That afternoon, the entire grade 7, 8 and 9 group headed to the ball diamonds on the east end of Vermil-ion and spent the day batting, throw-ing, stealing, and running. After their final game, Marauders were treated to hotdogs and water before heading back to school.

The grade 10 and 11 students were envious of the junior high ball day, requested the same, and got what they wished for on the last day of classes! On June 19 they were at the

ball diamonds and enjoying the social event before switching into study mode in time for exams.

Grade 12 students’ diploma exams began on June 12 and conclude this week. As for grade 7 to 11 exams, they began on June 20 and will also finish before students are let out officially for summer starting on June 27.

Thanks to Remax and The Crisis Line for donating water for our exam-writing students, and to Vermilion Co-op for donating gift certificates to purchase snacks for the writers of the provincial achievement tests!

Dates to Remember: June 27: report card pick-up, June 29: Class of 2013 Graduation.

The Junior High gr. 7 to 9 group after their game on Friday, June 14th.Photo Submitted.

School NewsJ.R. Robson News

Monica ToSubmitted

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Once again we must share our appre-ciation for the community’s support towards the magazine fundraiser. Money raised from this fundraiser offsets the costs of yearbooks for our students and helps with transportation costs for elementary field trips.

The 2012-2013 yearbooks are almost ready to be sent for printing and should arrive back at our school in October. If you would like to purchase one, they are $25.00 each.

Our graduation section of the year-book would be very plain if not for Kimberley Morritt from DragonHare Studios in Vermilion. Kim generously lets us use her pictures for our yearbook and just words cannot express the apprecia-tion of her generosity.

Did you notice the new concrete bench and picnic table on the east side of the school? The new bench and picnic table were funded through the HSHF (Healthy Schools Healthy Futures) pilot program this year. One of the pillars of compre-hensive school health is a healthy envi-ronment, along with nutrition and activ-ity. We are hoping that having outdoor seating areas on the secondary side will help promote positive socializing of the secondary students at Mannville School, and an increase use of the basketball court and the new outdoor volleyball net. Basketballs, volleyballs, baseball equipment and footballs are available for the secondary students to use at noon hour. This area will also be of benefit to

our community as well, after school and throughout the summer.

Mannville School was chosen for a FunTeam Youth Leadership pilot proj-ect. Connor Roland and Keisha Sharp submitted a proposal to run an activ-ity program for grades 3-7, focussing on badminton and volleyball skills. Their goal was to give our young students the skills and confidence to participate in school sports at the junior high level while having fun. It was a six week program. FunTeam and RecTeam is an Alberta based organisation promoting skill based, family friendly, non-competitive activity programming for youth. Check out their website or contact Mrs. Tod about other opportunities that FunTeam can offer our community.

We are glad to announce that the HSHF program has been funded for one more year! Mrs. Tod has sent out a survey for families and students to provide feedback about this year’s initiatives, as well as give us direction for next year. Secondary students will be surveyed this week as well. The youngest family member in each elementary class was given the survey to take home. Any secondary families that did not receive a survey can locate it on the Mannville School Website, or may email [email protected] if they have any feedback about this program.

The grade two class has been busy caring for some lovely little insects. They arrived as caterpillars which quickly developed into chrysalises. Mrs. Thompson and the students were thrilled to catch one butterfly emerg-

ing, a very rare oppor-tunity! The students are studying many insects in their new science unit and are enjoying the outdoor excursions to catch glimpses of insects in their habitat.

Davin Charron, Joseph M c l a u g h l i n , K a r l e e Melnyk, Keisha Sharp, and Reagan Hryhirchuk took part in a very odd yet courageous event last Saturday. The Under-wear Affair, which took place in Edmonton, was a 10km run in support of all “below the belt” cancer research. Participants started from the Butter-dome, crossed the Groat Road Bridge into the river valley, ran back across the Low Level Bridge and returned to the Butterdome. Although participants were welcome to participate in their briefs, there were many inter-esting, fun costumes worn. Edmonton raised more than $600 000 towards the event, and more than 1,100 runners participated. Davin and Joseph are already forming teams for next year. We look forward to seeing you guys partici-pating again, and even topping your amounts raised this year! Thank you everyone for supporting our Mannville youth in reaching their goals!

May 8th, 2013 marked the gradua-tion for our Health Care Aide students.

Mannville students Quinn Peden (2011) and Meagan Derksen (2012) received their diplomas on May 8th for the Health Care Aide Program. The Health Care Aide Program was a pilot project that was partnered by Buffalo Trail Public Schools, Norquest College and Alberta Health Services.

The graduation program and luncheon took place in Wainwright. Our school division had 24 graduates from this program. A glance ahead: Report Card Day – June 27th. If you are unable to pick up your report card (after 12 p.m.), you will need to leave a self-addressed envelope at the school.

Even though it was Formal Day at school, Ryan Symington continued to work on his CTS project in his suit. Helping him is Connor Roland.Photo Submitted.

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School News

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Mannville School News

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Elementary CelebrationJune 19th was a day of celebration and recognition at the Vermilion Elementary School (VES). During a morning school assembly students from a host of clubs and committees were named off and their participation was celebrated by fellow students and faculty. Recognized during the assembly were such activities as Crossing guard club, art club, the friends committee, library club, VIBE advisory, the lunch hour intramural club, which participated in a number of athletic endeavours including; curling badminton etc. also recognized were students participating in the milk program, volleyball club and more. During the lunch hour the VES Kindergarten Students from Classes A and C performed several musical numbers before their audience and before receiving their graduation scrolls. Photo Trudy McKenzie.AboveLed by instructor Bonnie Bauer the Kindergarten graduating class performed several musical numbers during their graduation ceremony from Kindergarten A were; Dane Bast, Gavin Cadrain, Kaili Giles, Mya Jaremco, Madison McRobert, Cale, Cale Meissner, Tawfiq Mirzad, Saif Mohammad, Lukas Myshaniuk, Aubree Nelson, Taelor Nelson, Kirsten Selte, Jenna Stewart and Natalie Zubiak. Kindergarten C; graduates were; Mason Campbell, Derek Cote, Mason Croke, Kaleigh Cronin, Ava Crowe, Matty Davis, Dana Fox-Scobey, Tehya Gould, Khye Jackson, Cole Krys, Havanna Lane, Kairi Perrault, Kiran Singh, Felicity Winchester and Addison Young. Photo Trudy McKenzie.

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(L) Gert Isert (M) Jenny Borysiuk and (R) Doreen McIntrye helped out in the kitchen at the Senior Centre Tea and Bake Sale on June 18th at the Vermilion Senior Citizen’s Centre.

A good crowd showed up at this year’s Senior Tea and Bake Sale, with prizes totalling over $750. Photos Shannon O’Connor.

Fundraiser for the Senior Centre, Betty Deschambault, announced the raffle and door prize winners. Five hundred tickets were sold for $5 each. Funds raised from the raffle, door prizes and bake sale will be put back into the Senior Centre for upkeep, said Deschambault.

Senior News


On May 7th VIBE held an art contest to celebrate Mental Health Week. Entrant Courtney Corbiere submitted a four piece canvas painting and achieved a top ten finish for her work.

The piece caught the eye of Vermil-ion RCMP Sgt. Mike McGinley during the community voting portion of the contest and he was able to purchase her painting.

The work is now on display in the Vermilion RCMP Detachment.

VIBE, which is a Mental Health Capac-ity Building project (MHCB) was also able to announce this week that following the receipt of a letter from Health Minister Fred Horne, their program has received a positive evaluation. In fact since the initial five pilot projects in 38 schools the 2006 MHCP project has grown to include 119 schools in 47 communities throughout Alberta. Horne advised that the Vermilion

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The Dewberry Chuckwagon races have wound up for another year and the CPCA drivers have headed to the next race on their pro circuit tour in Wainwright where drivers again faced challenges thanks to Mother Nature during the June 20th-23rd event in a season that has not held favour-able weather conditions thus far.

The weather held for only two of the three days in Dewberry allowing for 36 runs on both Friday and Saturday, however Sunday was washed out when too much moisture caused the track to become unsafe, making for a disappointing early end to the June 14th-16th event.

The two days that were able to be completed saw Dallas Dyck finishing 1st and 2nd in his Site Boss Inc wagon and achieving the fastest run for the weekend with his 1:08.63 posted time which placed him 11th overall in the driver standings with 145 points.

Top ten finishes on day 1 Dewberry

were; 1 Dallas Dyck, Site Boss Inc 1:08.632 Jamie Laboucane, Holts Powder River

Sales 1:09.03 3 Shane Nolin, Ranchwest Supply

1:09.25 4 Layne Bremner, Deneco 1:09.28 5 Shane Nolin, B&R Eckels 1:09.53 6 BJ Carey, Southern Spur 1:09.54 7 BJ Carey, Astec Safety 1:09.92 8 Brian Laboucane, Sidekicks / Davco

1:10.04 9 Ray Mitsuing, Dream Catcher Log

Homes 1:10.11 10 Kris Molle, PWM Steel 1:10.13 Top ten finishes for day 2 Dewberry

were;1 Vern Nolin, Bob Jacks Sheet Metal

1:09.91 00 2 Shane Nolin, Ranchwest Supply

1:11.47 00 3 Chance Bensmiller, Xtreme Oilfield

Services 1:11.50 00 4 Brian Laboucane, Sidekicks / Davco

1:11.56 00 5 Jamie Laboucane, Shadwin Trucking

/ Ken-X Energy Ltd 1:11.62 6 BJ Carey, Southern Spur 1:11.78 00 7 Dallas Dyck, Site Boss Inc 1:11.96 00 8 Devin Mitsuing, OL Energy 1:12.19 009 Ray Mitsuing, Dream Catcher Log

Homes 1:12.40 00 10 Jim Knight, Border City Oilmens

1:12.91 Results for the two day Aggregate were;1 Vern Nolin Bob Jacks Sheet Metal

2:20.49 2 Dallas Dyck Site Boss Inc 2:20.59 3 Shane Nolin Ranchwest Supply

2:20.72 4 BJ Carey Southern Spur 2:21.32 5 Brian Laboucane Sidekicks / Davco

2:21.60 6 Jamie Laboucane Holts Powder River

Sales 2:22.00 7 Ray Mitsuing Dream Catcher Log

Homes 2:22.51 8 Shane Nolin B&R Eckels 2:22.61 9 Chance Bensmiller Xtreme Oilfield

Services 2:22.76 10 Kris Molle PWM Steel 2:23.07 Following the Dewberry runs and head-

ing into the Wainwright challenge the top ten driver standings will be: tied for first second BJ Carey and Shane Nolin with 213

3 Brian Laboucane 207, 4 Vern Nolin 203, 5 Ray Mitsuing 190, 6 Jamie Labou-cane 186, 7 Devin Mitsuing 177, 8 Kelly Morin 162.5, 9 Layne Bremner 155 and 10 Todd Baptiste 151.

CPCA Racing continued in Wainwright June 20th - June 23rd followed by Onion Lake June 26th - June 30th, then off to the Calgary Stampede July 5th - July 14th before returning to our area during Lloydminster’s Colonial Days July 10th - July 12th.

Race results and standings are cour-tesy of the CPCA website and more CPCA details can be accessed through this site at www.cpcaracing.com

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Boost for Clandonald Early Childhood ProgramClandonald Early Childhood Kindergarten received funds raised from the June 5th and 6th hot dog sales held by the Western Financial Group. The hot dog sales raised $1311.20 and with a grant from the Western Communities Foundation of $500, a total of $1811.20 was presented to (back left) Kelsey Gadke, the Clandonald Kindergarten teacher by Eileen Cholowski of Western Financial Group. Also on hand to pick up the cheque were members of next year’s class, (L-R) Dailyn Oddan, Jack Lawrence, Erin McCormack and Jake Oddan.Photo submitted.

Community Closet Gives BackFrom Left: Rose Hardy, Helen Buchanan, Miriam Moisan, Olga Myshak and Paulette Eaket.On Friday, June 21 volunteers from the Community Closet in Vermilion presented a cheque for $2,500 to Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation (STAR) representative Miriam Moisan who was happy to arrive from Edmonton to accept the donation. We are very grateful for the support we receive each year from this organization said Moisan. Photo Shannon O’Connor.

Sharing top spot in the driver standings with Shane Nolan, BJ Carey pictured here in the Southern Spur/Astec Safety wagon, added to his points with a 6th and 7th finish on day 1 in Dewberry followed up by a 6th place finish on day 2.

Pulling ahead of local Chance Bensmiller, Vern Nolan took top spot on day 2 of the Dewberry Chucks in his Bob Jacks Sheet Metal wagon, while Bensmiller settled for a third place finish in his Xtreme Oilfield Services rig.Photos Trudy McKenzie.

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As Vermilion-area crops start to grow and another hail season begins, farm-ers across the province are hoping to be spared from the kind of record hail damage that battered crops in every part of Alberta last year.

“Last summer was the worst hail year we’ve ever seen. There were only 11 hail-free days all summer, from early June to mid-September,” says Brian Tainsh, Manager of On-Farm Inspections with Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC), the Crown corporation that admin-isters crop and hail insurance in Alberta on behalf of the provincial government.

Hail pounded crops in every region of the province last year, including the County of Vermilion River, triggering more than 11,000 claims and record payouts of almost $450 million through AFSC’s Straight Hail Insurance program, and the Hail Endorsement rider that many farmers add to their crop insurance each spring. “There wasn’t one AFSC office across the province that didn’t have hail claims reported,” says Tainsh, noting the previ-ous record hail year in Alberta was 2008 when hail claims totaled more than $265 million.

Moisture Increases Hail RiskWhat this year’s hail season will bring

is still anybody’s guess, says Tainsh. He points out hailstorms in late May and early June have already triggered claims in the Vulcan and Lethbridge areas of south-ern Alberta – although crops at such early stages of growth have great potential to recover from hail damage.

Environment Canada Meteorologist, Dan Kulak, says it’s too early to tell what the summer holds. “Alberta is a hail capi-

tal, so we know we’ll get hail. The ques-tion is how much. A lot depends on what happens through the rest of June and how much moisture we have going into July. The wetter it is, the greater likelihood of hail,” he says, noting high humidity last summer was a key factor that contributed to so many hailstorms.

Kulak points out there are three ingre-dients for hail – heat, surface moisture or humidity, and a trigger. “The sun is often the day-to-day trigger. It shines on the mountains, warming up the air, which then rises and often produces storms that move eastward from the foothills. If that warm air collides with cooler air moving in from the mountains, the storms can be intense. Alberta is designed for hail production and the mountains play a key role,” he explains.

Hail is InevitableCory Hlus says hail seems to be inevita-

ble every year on his farm west of Vermil-ion near Innisfree where he grows about 5,000 acres of canola, wheat, barley, and oats. “Every year we seem to get some sort of hail damage. Guaranteed.”

Last summer was the worst hail year Hlus has ever witnessed in 20 years of farming. He considers himself lucky that he sustained only 10 to 50 per cent damage on 3,600 acres after being hammered by two hailstorms. “Some guys around here had 100 per cent hail damage. There was nothing left.”

With input costs and commodity prices so high, Hlus says protecting himself against hail is a priority. He says that’s why he takes Straight Hail Insurance in addition to the Hail Endorsement rider on his crop insurance.

Early Hailstorm ProtectionAn increasing number of farmers are

choosing to ‘Auto Elect’ Straight Hail coverage at the same time they purchase

crop insurance in April, says Tainsh. “It gives them a two per cent premium discount and protects their crops against hailstorms early in the season.”

That early protection is important, he says. “If farmers wait and their crops are struck by hail before they’re insured, fields with more than 25 per cent damage become ineligible for Straight Hail Insur-ance for the rest of the season.”

Straight Hail Insurance is available any time during the growing season at AFSC offices, and takes effect at noon the day after it’s purchased. “Farmers also have the option of purchasing it online – giving them 24-hour access and a two per cent discount,” says Tainsh. “But first they need to contact AFSC for an activation code to enter the online site.”

75-Year Hail MandateIt’s been 75 years since Alberta passed

special legislation giving AFSC its mandate to provide hail insurance in every corner of the province – even the highest risk areas, says Tainsh. “Many farmers couldn’t get hail insurance back then because the risk was too high for private insurers to take on. That’s why the Alberta Hail Insurance Board, which later became AFSC, was initially created – to ensure every Alberta farmer has access to hail insurance,” he explains. “That’s still an important part of our mandate today.”

For more information about hail insur-ance, farmers can contact their nearest AFSC office or the Call Centre at 1-877-899-AFSC (2372).

Horoscope/Sudoku and SolutionsTake a break and distance yourself from your everyday dilemmas. It's important to have fun and relax with friends in order to rejuvenate. A mini vacation or day trip will encourage you to live in the moment and enjoy life more.

Share your thoughts and make plans to do something special with the person or people you �nd most entertaining and fun to be with. Taking care of your needs �rst will improve your attitude and your productivity. Love is in the stars.

Put some time and e�ort into your future. Consider what you have accom-plished and what goals you have yet to achieve. You'll �nd a way to turn something you've always enjoyed doing into a worthwhile endeavor. Your actions can make a di�erence.

Take on a challenge that will make your life more inviting. A couple of personal changes will boost your con�dence. Express your thoughts and feelings and you will resolve personal issues that have been bothering you. Love is on the rise.

Don't fold under pressure. Stick to what you can do without causing undue stress. Expand your personal interests and friendships and enjoy what life has to o�er without feeling obligated to look out for everyone else. A change will do you good.

Your involvement in a volunteer group will lead to new friendships. Dealing with a cause will give you a better sense of who you are and what you are capable of doing. Participation will be the key to future opportuni-ties.

Don't let life spin out of control. Listen to complaints being made and �nd solutions that will allow you to move on and enjoy the things that make you happy. Embrace change and accept the inevitable. Don't fold under pressure.

Getting together with friends will brighten your day. Rely on your memory and experience when a decision needs to be made. Utilize an idea you have been considering and you can make a positive change to your professional or personal path.

Fix up your place or consider making a move. Taking care of personal paperwork will encourage you to make changes that will bring you higher pro�ts. A partnership will enable you to expand a project you want to pursue.

Address personal issues. Discuss your feelings and what your plans are for the future. Don't let a challenge lead to an impulsive move you may regret. Think clearly and act reasonable and you'll have overcome any obstacle you encounter.

Forget about your responsibilities and take a break. Feeling re-energized will help you attack any challenge with vigor and stamina. Once you take the opportunity to relax, you'll discover ways to solve any problem you face.

Socialize, participate and share your thoughts and ideas. Getting together with someone you �nd interesting will lead to an interesting opportunity that will allow you to use your skills, experience and knowledge to earn extra money. Love is on the rise.

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For the first time in Lakeland College’s 100 year history, more than $1 million in bursaries, awards and scholarships was presented to students during the academic year.

“In total we awarded $1,054,902 in awards to students who attended Lakeland College in the 2012-2013 academic year. What a great achievement to celebrate in our centennial,” says Geretta Partington, financial aid and awards officer at Lake-

land College.The almost $300,000 increase from

last year’s total of $758,497 is attributed to many donors increasing the value of their awards plus 26 new award donors or programs, some with multiple awards. For example, the new Saskatchewan Advan-tage Scholarship program resulted in $85,740 in awards being presented to 171 Lakeland students.

“Eclipsing the $1 million mark is a trib-ute to the many donors who have stepped up to help support students and families with the cost of post-secondary studies,”

says Phil Allen, vice president of student services and advancement at Lakeland College.

There were 1,091 awards, scholar-ships and bursaries presented to students during the year. Some students received one award; others received multiple awards. Recipients were selected for many reasons including academic excellence, campus leadership, community involve-ment, financial need and participation in Rustlers athletics.

“Lakeland College has made it a priority to increase the number of awards available

to our students so we can help them mini-mize their costs. In 2007, there were 446 awards totaling $470,000. We’re thrilled that both the number and value of awards have more than doubled in the past six years,” says Allen. “With our Centennial Campaign continuing, I’m optimistic we’ll have a large increase in awards once again next year.”

For information on the awards program at Lakeland College visit www.lakeland-college.ca/financial-aid.

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One of the reasons Margaret Page enrolled in business at Lakeland College was to inspire her children to pursue post-secondary stud-ies.

“I couldn’t keep telling them that a college or university education was important when I didn’t have one myself,” says Page, the recipient of the 2013 Lakeland College

Distinguished Alumnus Award for the Lloyd-minster campus.

In her convocation address to the Class of 2013, Page spoke of her first day of studies at Lakeland. It was a January morning and she was one of the first people to arrive for class. As she waited to enter the classroom, she noticed that most of the other students were recent high school grads. She started to doubt her decision to enrol.

After pacing around the hallway and debating whether to head for home, she convinced herself to go back. A young student named Myrna stretched out her hand and said hello, and then started to introduce her to other students. “We walked into the classroom and my life was forever changed. In my first 10 minutes I learned so much. I learned about the Lakeland way which is to extend your hand to someone who needs it,” says Page.

Page graduated with distinction from accounting in 1996 and then management in 1997. Now living in Vancouver, she is the founder and director of two businesses that serve ambitious professionals: Beyond the Page Coaching and Etiquette Page Enter-prises.

“Grads, as you wake up each morning, I want you to ask yourself, ‘What can I do today to show the people I love that I really love them? What can I do today to really live? What can I do today to really make a differ-ence?’ If we do that… we need to live in our stretch zone and that’s where we can ever

excel,” says Page, referencing Lakeland College’s motto.

The Right Honourable Don Mazankowski received an Honorary Bachelor of Applied Business Degree during the ceremony. The former Member of Parliament for Vegreville represented the Alberta side of Lloydmin-ster for 25 years. He played a central role in the establishment of the Husky Lloydminster Upgrader.

Receiving an honorary credential from an institution he’s been involved with for more

than 50 years was a gratifying moment for Mazankowski. “I’m very proud to be associ-ated with Lakeland College. To me Lakeland is very unique. To me it’s a learning insti-tute with a human touch. To me it has special character. Its rural roots are fundamental to its DNA,” he says.

To be recognized during the college’s centennial makes the honour even more special, says Mazankowski.

“What a remarkable success story,” he said. “Lakeland adapted to changing times and conditions and it provided for a sound leadership and lofty vision. In so doing, it has shaped the economic landscape of this region and it has laid the foundation for what is today one of the finest educational insti-tutes of learning and research in our prov-ince,” says Mazankowski.

More than 240 graduates from degree, diploma, and certificate programs were recognized at the Lloydminster campus. Joshua Firlotte of Lloydminster, a gradu-ate of the Heavy Oil Operations Technician program, received the President’s Medal at the Lloydminster campus. The award is presented to a graduating student at each campus who has demonstrated excellence in academics and leadership in student activi-ties.

2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the official opening of the college. The first class had 34 students – more than 600 Lakeland students were eligible for convocation this spring.

Receiving special honours were The Right Honourable Don Mazankowski and Alumnus Margaret Page. (L) Don Mazankowski is presented with his special honours from Lakeland College Chairman of the Board Milt Wakefield.

Margaret Page, the recipient of the 2013 Lakeland College Distinguished Alumnus Award for the Lloydminster campus addressed the Lloydminster graduates during their convocation on June 7th. Photos submitted.

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(L) Mannville Councillor, Al Good has some fun with golfing companions David Marynowich, from the County of Minburn and Mohammed Elenany, from Urban Systems at the Riverside Golf Course Invi-tational Golf event.

Over 30 registered for the 5th Annual Mannville Invitational and for the second

year in a row organizers faced inclement weather, despite tweaking the events date and moving it from May long weekend to the June 20th date this year. The weather did not appear to prevent golfers from enjoying the challenging course and shar-ing a laugh or two at one another’s golfing progress. Organizers expressed that the tournament was about networking, “Our focus is to promote our golf course and to network with companies we have done

business with. It’s nice to put a face to the person on the other end of a phone line.”

Expressed Donna Poliakiwski, Mannville Office Manager.

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Two hard working students from J.R. Robson School are in for the experience of a lifetime this summer. Grade 12 student, Wilson Quon and Grade 11 student, Courtney Heck have both accepted offers to participate in paid travel and research opportunities through two different programs.

Quon has been accepted to attend Student Summer Camp in China (Beijing and Harbin) from July 16 to July 31. This is a collaborative effort between the government of Alberta and the People’s Republic of China. Only 20 students in the

province between the ages of 14-18 have been selected to attend. Part of Quon’s air fare will be subsidized by Alberta Educa-tion and the domestic costs in China will be subsidized by Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters.

Heck will also be traveling, but closer to home. She will be conducting research for the Women In Scholarship, Engineer-ing, Science And Technology (WISEST) Summer Research Program at the Univer-sity Of Alberta in Edmonton. She may also have the chance to do field work placement in Medicine Hat and Calling Lake Alberta. This program runs from July 3 to August 14. Courtney was selected as one of 40 participants from a pool of 130 applicants.

This is a paid Student Researcher position.Although they will be in different parts

of the world, both are looking forward to the unique educational opportunities that each program will afford them.

Quon is looking forward to “everything” the experience has to offer. He has been to Beijing once before to visit family but it was so long ago he hardly remembers the trip. “This time I actually get to learn,” said Quon.

Some of the things he will learn include: Chinese culture in Harbin such as kite making, calligraphy and Kung-fu. To further increase cultural awareness the 20 students will also visit a Chinese school, and participate in cultural excursions in Beijing.

Part of Heck’s learning experience will take place in a lab at the University of

Alberta where she will analyze footage of nesting Ferruginous Hawks to determine what influences their nesting behaviour. She will also assist in converting these findings into data and permanent storage in a database.

Heck is really looking forward to work-ing in the field. “I think it will be a lot of fun.” The field work, under the direction of a Supervisor, includes visiting the sites where the bird footage is recorded.

Both Quon and Heck recognize these opportunities as stepping stones to their ultimate career paths.

Quon is planning to study General Sciences at university with the possibil-ity of transferring into Engineering after the first year. “This experience will help me broaden my perspective,” said Quon. “It will help me in the future because no

matter what business I go into, I won’t be one-sided.”

Heck applied for the Student Researcher position because it is directly related to the veterinary career she wants to pursue. “I want to be a vet because I love dogs,” said Heck. She has two Irish Wolfhounds, one Labrador retriever and four Shelties. She admits she will “miss her puppies,” but says this experience will help get her into the school of her choice when she

graduates next year.

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PUBLIC NOTICEREGIONAL WATER IS COMING TO

VERMILION SOONAlberta Central East (A.C.E.) Regional Water System

We are anticipating the ACE regional water to arrive this week. As we transition over to the new water system we will be flushing the new water through the lines starting

with the southwest side of town.

During the flushing process you may notice an odor and a reddish color to the water. This is a reaction between the new chloramines in the water and the built-up deposits in the copper lines of your home. The water is safe to drink during this time and the

reaction should be minimal in areas with PVC or concrete water mains. If you notice a slight reddish colour or odour turn on your cold water taps for approximately 5-10 minutes and the water should run clear. It will take up to 8 weeks for the new water

to completely run through Vermilions system.

It is important that you check your water prior to washing your clothes. If you notice a reddish color please refrain from washing your clothes and turn on your cold water taps for approximately 5-10 minutes and if the water remains reddish please call the

Transportation and Utilities Department at 780-581-2415.

Extensive flushing throughout Town will occur during this 8 week period and your call will help the Town effectively monitor the flushing. Your patience is greatly appreciated

during this time as our crews are working hard to clear the water in yourneighbourhood.

For more information, please visit our website at vermilion.ca orcall us at 780-581-2415

(L) Wilson Quon and (R) Courtney Heck.Photo Shannon O’Connor.


Effective 9:00 am Monday, June 10, 2013 the 75% weight restriction was removed from the majority of gravel roads in the County of Vermil-ion River. The following gravel roads remain banned at 75%:

• Range Road 20 from Town-ship Road 512 to Township Road 510

• Range Road 24 from Town-ship Road 494 to Township Road 485

• Town sh i p Ro a d 49 0 f ro m Highway 897 to Range Road 24

• Tow n s h i p Ro a d 512 f ro m Highway 897 to Range Road 20

Please note that Township Road 510 from Highway 897 to Range Road 35 will remain banned at 50% until further notice.

Weight restrictions have NOT been removed on oiled roads, with the exception of Range Road 20 from Hwy 16 to Hwy 619. It is anticipated that these bans may be lifted in mid-June, weather conditions permitting.

T h e we i g h t re s t r i c t i o n s we re implemented on April 2, 2013 in an effort to minimize damage to our road infrastructure during the spring

thaw. The County of Vermilion River extends our appreciation to industry stakeholders for their cooperation and compliance with reduced weight allowances while the road bans were in place.

Check www.vermilion-river.com for listing of weight restrictions remain-ing in effect and notification on future changes to weight restrictions.

Western Financial Group’s community barbecue in Wainwright gave the town a chance to meet the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) outriders. L to R: Dale Mitsuing, Aric Pare, Mick Nolin, Brett Nolin, Logan Pethick were on site signing autographs, handing out bandanas and taking pictures with community members. Western Financial Group is a major sponsor of the CPCA which competes across Alberta and Saskatchewan, including in Wainwright from June 20 to 23. Photo submitted.

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Ruth Marie OldenburgOctober 10, 1928 – April 15, 2013Ruth Marie Oldenburg passed away at the age of 84 with her family at her side after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma cancer.Ruth leaves to mourn her beloved husband of 61 years, Roy, her son, Roger & Sonia of Vermilion and her daughter, Rena & Chris Allin of Jasper. Also mourning her loss and remembering her fondly are her six grandchildren; Karen (Durwin) Selte, Shannon (Colt) Arnold, Melanie (Kyle Alward), Cassi, Natalie & Sean and her great grandchildren, Rhyan, Ashton, Tenley & newest great granddaughter, Cole Ruth Arnold. Ruth inspired her family and many people with her spunky strength of character, intelligence and strong work ethic. She was always on the go whether at her sewing machine, in her gardens, on the farm or running

in any of the numerous races where she was a National & Provincial Senior Games champion.Ruth had unbreakable spirit and always maintained hope in her race to beat cancer. Her wish was to remain at home for as long as she could and her family was grateful for the excellent care from Dr. Kenyan and sta� for her 3 weeks in Lloydminster Hospital. Thanks also go to Dr. C Venner of the Cross Cancer Institute for his compassion and kindness.A funeral to celebrate Ruth’s life was held at Vermilion United Church on April 20, 2013. We wish to thank Rev. Charlie McNeil, the Pallbearers, Neil Purser for reading the eulogy, organist Dixie Farkash, Karen Selte for the picture presentation and Alva & Harry of Crossroads Funeral Chapel.The family wishes to thank all of you for the �owers, cards, food, visits, calls, prayers and charitable donations. In lieu of thank you cards, a donation will be made to the Cross Cancer Institute.Roy, Roger & Sonia, Rena & Chris and families

IN LOVING MEMORYI remember how you fill our home with the smell of fresh-baked cookies without knowing that you were really filling our hearts with the warmth of your love.

I remember how you could fix a wound on the outside without knowing that you were really healing a hurt on the inside.

I remember how you could look into my eyes and lend me an ear without knowing that you were really listening to me with your heart.

But most of all, I’ll always remember the special way it makes me feel to call you our Mother and count you my friend.

We all miss you.

Edna Joyce CookOct. 28 1931 - June 23, 2007

Arlene, Darrell, Kody, Darlene,Ken, Dallas, Bob, Eva.

Bob Drury: 1933-2012Shane Drury: 1958-1977

In the quiet of the evenin’on a far-off lonely knoll,

A night bird cries out sad-likeand it reaches in your soul.

And it sends your mind to placesthat stay hidden in the day,

Places long forgottenwhere you used to draw your pay

And you recall the gatherin’sand the brandin’s and the dirt,And one old ornery mama cowthat tore your last good shirt.

A cold-back bronc one mornin’that started off your week.

By droppin‘ you and your new chinksfor a washin’ in the creek.

You can laugh at all the bad times now- your muscles ache no more

So little money in the bankthat most folks called you poor.

But you knew where your riches lie.- your children and your wife

So rest in peace and thank the Lordyou lived a cowboy’s life.

Your Family

Temporary foreign workers can now nominate themselves for permanent residency under an expanded Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP).

Foreign workers in Alberta now have a new option to stay in Alberta perma-nently. The Alberta Work Experience Category of the Alberta Immigrant

Nominee Program lets eligible foreign workers apply to nominate themselves for permanent residency. They need to have worked in a key in-demand occu-pation for two or more years and meet other program and federal government requirements. More than 100 occupa-tions are eligible.

“We have many skil led foreign workers already here working and contributing to our communities and

our province,” says Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk. “The Alberta Work Experience Category will have a posi-tive effect on the lives of those foreign workers who will now be able to stay permanently.”

In Alberta, the unemployment rate has been consistently under five per cent for the last year and we have a projected labour gap of 114,000 workers by 2021. Through the Alberta Work Experience Category, the Alberta Government is assisting temporary foreign workers with the skills needed

in Alberta to stay permanently and keep our economy growing. The new category is taking applications until November 28, 2013.

“Every day, I see the skill and dedi-cation each of these foreign workers bring to their job,” say Ben Sawatzky, CEO, Spruceland Millworks Inc. “As an immigrant myself, I’m glad to see the Alberta Government has created this opportunity. It gives hope to the dreams of my staff and their loved ones back home.”

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Weight Restrictions Lifted On Gravel Roads In County Of Vermilion River

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F r o m L e f t : G r a c e J o h n s t o n , C a e l y n B y k e w i c h and Dominic P a i s l e y learned about minerals at one of the science stations set up on the lower l e v e l o f t h e library as part o f t h e t o u r.Photos Shannon O’Connor.

Assistant Librarian, Barb Worobec teaches Vermilion Public School’s Grade 2 students about the Dewey Decimal System at the Vermilion Public Library on Thursday, June 20.


It began with the desire of a group of Vermilion parents to have their young athletes experience a Triathlon and to have a race closer to home, explained parent, and volunteer Rebecca McCullough.

Contacts were made with Geof-frey Person of the Good Life Institute, a staff member at Lakeland College who happened to be related to the owner of a Triathlon race company and by March parents and organizers had a race scheduled, a sponsor signed up and an early registration online and were being promoted.

The first Vermilion Triathlon, sponsored by Rock Solid was centred around the Lakeland College Aquatics Centre, where athletes utilized the pool for the swim portion, raced their bicycles on a track set up between the College and the Lakeland Emergency Training Centre and did the

run portion along the paved and unpaved trails around the College.

Race day saw many local athletes but also included athletes from as far away as Calgary, with athletes at all levels of

the sport participating in adults (male and female), Kids of Steel for children from 6-15 years, juniors and even a Sprint course, a Tri-a tri for the uninitiated to the sport. Ninety-five participants arrived as early as 7 a.m. for the staggered start that had racers swimming then cycling and finally running to the finish line.

The first woman to cross the finish line at the Rock Solid Vermilion Triathlon on June 16th was Vermilion’s own Diane Urwin.

Urwin completed the Sprint race with a rock solid time of 1 hour 22 minutes and 55 seconds. The overall winner of the Sprint race was Matt Ward of Lloydmin-ster with a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 40 seconds.

Rob Dibden, Race Director for Human Powered Racing, said the event was a “huge success.” Referring to the course itself Dibdden said, “The adult bike course featured long gradual climbs and fast descents rolling through farmland. The run

course was fast and flat.” A fast course is perfect for both begin-

ners and athletes looking to improve personal bests.

“Everyone I spoke to said that they really enjoyed the course. We have already started planning the 2014 event,” said Dibden.

The past two weekends have been busy for youth level soccer players in Vermilion. Each of our teams from U12 and up participated in the Camrose Night Classic, and we did not come home empty-handed! The U14 girls brought home silver medals after a nail-biter in the gold medal match against the home-town team, and one of our U12 boys teams won their playoff match to bring home bronze medals. Many other close, hard-fought battles were played by all of our teams, who represented our club very well.

The U14 and U18 Lakeland District playoff tournament, the Lakeland Cup, went ahead despite the rain on the week-end. Our U14 girls do not want to see a

shootout again, as they played in two and narrowly missed out on the bronze medal. Coach Rob Pulyk commended the girls for their hard work despite a depleted bench and injuries. Our U14 boys team saw a large improvement in overall standings this year over last, and dad Zenon Kotowich noted that the team gelled very well this year, and that coach Cathy is extremely proud of them. Our U18 boys, though not winning any medals this year, were a “great bunch to coach” and “played their hearts out”, according to Coach Ted Wheat.

Next up is the Lakeland Cup in St. Paul for our three U12 teams and the U16 boys on the weekend of June 22nd, and our final season wrap-up, including the Derek Bucharski awards ceremony, next week.

Take a Ride - Kids of Steel participant Emma Cleland.

Take A Run – Sprint race participant, Diane Urwin is the first woman to cross the finish line.Photos Shannon O’Connor.

Take Us Out To The Ball FieldGrade 9 student, Jake Wynnychuk exhibited great baseball form with a big hit at the J.R. Robson school tournament on Friday, June 14 at the Pioneer Park Ball Diamnonds. The tournament is now in its third year and “It is a lot of fun for everyone,” said Phys.Ed Instructor, Leona McNeill.VIBE provided hot dogs and water for the students and at the end of the day everyone who participated went home with a freezie, proving you’re never too old for baseball or treats.Photo Shannon O’Connor.

Roar Bantams D e feat Col d Lake HeatIn a 15 -3 finish t h e Ve r m i l i o n Roar Bantam s doused the Cold Lake Heat and will be heading into the June 21st L l o y d m i n s t e r p l a y o f f s o n a winning streak.P h o t o T r u d y McKenzie.

Two Wainwright players were hot on the heels of this lone St. Paul player who was pressing forward in Wainwright’s end.Photos Shannon O’Connor.

Vermilion played defensively against Lac La Biche in this match-up.

Sports

Triathlon To Run Again In 2014

The Lakeland Cup

Shannon O’Connor & Trudy McKenzieReporters

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