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OLD FASHIONED HARVEST - As part of the Lacombe Culture and Harvest Festival last weekend, members of the L.A. Vintage Machinery Club demonstrated how harvest was done many years ago by using a threshing machine. Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express

MILESTONE: Lacombe Blacksmith shop receives Municipal Historical Designation – PG 3

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Local students lend a helping hand to the communityResidents of Lacombe and the

surrounding area found that they could count on a little extra help last week thanks to the students of Burman University.

The event took place through-out the day with students trav-elling out into Lacombe and the surrounding area to participate in community service projects.

“I think it’s important to have the focus off of ourselves, I guess. I think it’s very benefi cial to us because in serving we learn to be servants, you know. And I think that’s a very important part of having people who love each other and who serve each other lovingly,” said event orga-nizer Jessica Richter.

Students were given the option of 27 different service projects in and around the City.

They could participate in any-thing from highway cleanup to mural painting. Projects also in-cluded residential service, hang-ing Christmas lights and paint-ing City dumpsters.

“It was wonderful. A really great afternoon,” said Maureen Mackenzie, who works for the

City of Lacombe. This is the second year that Burman has worked directly with the City for the project, although it is the seventh year that they have held the event.

“I couldn’t give you fi nal num-bers but before, signed up, we had 140 signed up,” Richter said, adding that on the day of the project anywhere from 130 to 140 students showed up, as well as a number of faculty and staff bringing the total to around 180 people out in service to the cause.

According to Mackenzie, the students were, “Wonderful stu-dents to work with,” she said.

She added that the City hopes to participate in the project again next year.

“Today we’re sending different groups around the community and here we’re actually paint-ing garbage cans and bringing a little bit life and vibes to the City corners,” said Ben Amoah, a second-year student at the University.

“I think it helps us recognize that we’re not the only thing that exists in the City of Lacombe and that we have to look out for the people around us and just be impactful to the people around

us,” he added.Richter said she believes serv-

ing the community is good for the self.

“I think it’s also deeply benefi -cial, even if we’re talking about just for ourselves. I think it’s something that makes us feel

good as people, to serve others as well. So I think it’s a win-win situation both ways.”

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HELPING OUT - Students from Burman University painted garbage bins owned by the City of Lacombe last week. Students were out in full force last Thursday helping with community service projects that ranged from yard cleanups to mural painting. Zachary Cormier/Lacombe Express

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Lacombe Christian School celebrates 70 yearsOn September 10th,

1945 at 9 a.m. Lacombe Christian School opened its’ doors and welcomed

27 pupils to the one-room schoolhouse which is located on Woodynook Road, west of Lacombe. Miss Alida Keegstra was the sole teacher to instruct these 27 pupils, in eight different grades.

Soon the original school room became too small and from generation to generation the school fa-cilities expanded. In 1967, the Lacombe Christian School Society and the Calvin Christian School Society united for the

strength of Christian ed-ucation in the communi-ty. And so, on Sept. 5th, 1967, the ‘country school’ joined the ‘town school’ in its’ present location on 58 St. in Lacombe. At that time, the school employed four teachers to instruct the 128 pu-pils enrolled, compared to the 2010-2011 school year enrollment report at 342 students and 34 staff members.

Today, the two-campus school which anchors 58 St. has far surpassed the original founder’s projec-tion of Christian education in the Lacombe area.

Refl ecting on the 70

years that the school has been in operation, current principal Martin Folkerts stated: “We are thankful to God for the abundant blessings we as a school have received over the past 70 years. We also re-member the many par-ents and grandparents who believed that their children were a heritage from the lord and that they must be trained for kingdom service. Their support and desire for Christian education have been one of the biggest strengths of our school. During these years many children have walked through the hallways of

Lacombe Christian School and it is our prayer that they are a now blessing in their community and that they can also look back with pride and joy at the education they received here.”

The original one-room school house has been preserved in recent years by the Lacombe Christian School Historical Society, which has labored on the project as a public dis-play of God’s faithfulness. Many jovial memories were made in the school, as well as many life-long friendships.

-Submitted by the Lacombe Christian School

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015 LACOMBE EXPRESS 3

History in the making as landmark is formally recognizedThe Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum receives Municipal Heritage designation

The City of Lacombe is be-ginning to set itself apart as being known provin-

cially for preserving and recog-nizing its historical structures and heritage.

Continuing on that legacy is the City’s Municipal Historic Resource Program.

This past Saturday, during the Lacombe Culture and Harvest Festival, dignitaries, Lacombe and District Historical Society representatives, volunteers and members of the public gathered on the doorstep of the City’s newest historical resource, the Lacombe Blacksmith Shop and Museum located along 49th St. in the downtown core.

This building, that functions both as a museum and a fully operational blacksmith shop, with industrial metal siding and original wood fl oors, is now marked as signifi cant in the de-velopment of what the Lacombe region has become today.

Mayor Steve Christie, City Councillor Bill McQuesten, MLA Ron Orr, Lacombe County Reeve Paula Law and MP Blaine Calkins gathered to commemorate the special occasion. A plaque was placed in front of the building, a testament for all to see the his-toric signifi cance.

“Right here in Lacombe we take great pride in our heritage and we place great value on the preservation of our historical buildings,” said Christie. “It is my honour to be here and to cele-brate this municipal designation and historical treasure right here in Lacombe.”

The Lacombe Blacksmith Shop was established in 1902 by A.F. Weddle. The building sits on its original site and has already re-ceived a provincial historic des-ignation in 2011. The shop was purchased by the Lacombe and District Historical Society in 1991 and was then restored as a mu-seum.

In its early existence, the build-ing changed hands quite often, but was consistently used as a blacksmith shop until around 1939 when it became a welding shop and a place for general metal working.

“Over the years there have been

many additions and changes to it, but the original forge contin-ues to be used for blacksmithing,” said Christie. “I wonder if Weddle and many other blacksmiths that worked in the shop in the early days realized the signifi cance of their contribution to our commu-nity. I know they would be very proud that their legacy has been preserved, is being honoured and celebrated today, more than a century later.”

Executive Director of the Lacombe and District Historical Society Marie Peron also ac-knowledged the importance of the shop in the community’s history.

“In the context of the Province of Alberta, this is the oldest op-erating blacksmith shop in the province today, so it is a gem that really makes our communi-ty stand out province-wide,” she said. “You can really be proud that we’ve done a great job pre-serving it and we are still able

to operate the original forge too during our public demonstra-tions for the community.”

Lacombe and District Historical Society President Jennifer Kirchner said she was pleased to see the shop being recognized by the community. “It is a really important place,” she said.

Noting that it may not be, on the exterior, as aesthetically pleasing as other buildings in the City, it does hold much sig-nifi cance.

“It’s a little rougher than what we are used to,” she said. “It’s not the glorious Flatiron building or one of the beautiful homes in the community. It’s an industrial building and those don’t typical-ly get protected by communities or by the province. They tend to disappear.”

She said the group of volun-teers who operate the shop are still using the same skills that blacksmiths of a century ago would be using in the very same

building. Once a month the group of hard working volun-teers get together in the shop to work on projects and learn the historic skill of bending iron and forming it into shapes by heat and trip hammers.

“I can’t help but wonder what farms in the County still have tools that were made in the shop,” said Kirchner. “I wonder what homes, what pieces of fur-niture that were actually built with nails that the blacksmiths made here. It’s curious to see how this building helped build the whole community, helped support the agriculture commu-nity, helped build the business-es, helped build the downtown and the whole community that we get to enjoy and love today.”

This was the second Municipal Historic Resource designation made by the City of Lacombe. The fi rst building in Lacombe to receive the prestigious desig-nation was St. Andrew’s United

Church this past year. The desig-nation was noted as a milestone for the City, already known as a community that recognizes its history.

In 2009, the City began docu-menting its heritage resources in Lacombe through the creation of a Municipal Heritage Survey. St. Andrew’s United Church and the Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum were two of the 55 buildings/resources identifi ed in the Municipal Heritage Survey and the Municipal Heritage Inventory to be preserved.

The municipal designation will ensure the blacksmith shop, and other buildings that are later designated, will be pre-served and protected. The des-ignation also enables the shop to receive funds from grant pro-grams and other initiatives to assist in repairs and restoration efforts towards the 113 year old building.

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HISTORIC - A ceremony was held last Saturday to mark the Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum’s designation as a Municipal Historic Resource by the City of Lacombe. From left are Lacombe Heritage Resources Committee representatives Chuck Bourn and Ellen Corea, Lacombe and District Historical Society President Jennifer Kirchner, Mayor Steve Christie, Lacombe and District Society volunteer blacksmith Bill Marquardt and Lacombe and District Historical Society Executive Director Marie Peron. Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express

BY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS

The City of Lacombe and Lacombe County are working collabora-tively to plan for future growth on lands adjacent to the City of Lacombe – within Lacombe County – by updating their Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP).

“The updated Lacombe IDP will provide a collab-

orative approach to man-aging the City’s and the County’s land uses, which will ensure the interest and needs of both mu-nicipalities are met, while also creating a synergy to plan for future econom-ic growth,” said Lacombe County Senior Planner Anita O’Driscoll. “The IDP will develop policies

that build on the City’s and County’s existing strengths and also devel-op future joint projects that will foster and sup-port continued economic growth in the region.”

An IDP is a planning doc-ument that directs growth in the area surrounding the city of Lacombe. The plan helps to determine

development goals, de-termine compatible land uses and provides a frame-work for City and County cooperation.

“Cooperation between the City and County is important to ensure the successful growth and de-velopment of the Lacombe area,” said City of Lacombe Planner Jennifer Kirchner. “We are looking forward to engaging the public throughout the develop-ment of this plan, ensur-ing that the IDP refl ects the goals and needs of Lacombe County and City

of Lacombe residents.”The existing IDP was

approved in 2007. The document is in need of an update in light of the Lacombe region’s sus-tained growth and chang-es to legislation. Stantec Consulting has been hired to work with the IDP Steering Committee on this project. The project will be completed in four phases:

Phase 1 – Project initia-tion (September 2015)

Phase 2 – Current state analysis – ‘Where are we now?’

Phase 3 – Principles, draft policies and preliminary land use concept - ‘Where are we going?’

Phase 4 – Finalizing the Area Structure Plan (ASP) - ‘How will we get there?’

The IDP will be devel-oped collaboratively with stakeholders and the pub-lic.

The fi rst opportunity for public input related to this project is an open house slated for Nov. 10th from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30p.m. at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (5214-50th Ave.)

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Blaine Calkins seeks re-election in Red Deer-Lacombe riding

Incumbent Conservative Member of Parliament Blaine Calkins is seeking re-election this month.

Calkins is seeking re-election in the new federal riding of Red Deer-Lacombe, which covers a large area including north Red Deer, Blackfalds, Lacombe, Eckville and Ponoka.

Calkins, who has served as MP for the past nine years in the riding of Wetaskiwin, said he is encouraged by the positive support he has received so far on the campaign trail.

“I’m really impressed with how many young people are getting involved and understanding what the stakes are in this election as far as our economy and as far as our whole country is concerned,” he said.

Calkins said he’s been out to many doorsteps in north Red Deer and has visited all the communities within the riding to meet with voters and hear their concerns.

“It’s a long campaign but the pace is a little bit more tempered, so I get to spend more time which is actually better,” he

said. “It’s been a much better campaign from that perspective.”

Calkins said one of the main issues he is hearing at the door is the economy, particularly from those who work in the energy sector and the oil patch.

“We’ve got one hit already with the low oil prices and of course, there’s been some compounding issues from tax hikes at the provincial level that have made it even worse,” he said. “A lot of people are worried about being able to get back to work and being able to feed their families. That’s the focus that we’ve (the Conservatives) had all along. By keep-ing taxes low at both the corporate and business levels, taxes for individuals and families and even dropping the GST, peo-ple have had more resources to look after themselves with, to grow our economy and to grow their businesses.”

He said Prime Minister Stephen Harper has policies already in place and he is doing a great job in responding to those big economic questions. “We’ve (Canada) got the wealthiest middle class in the world, the best net growth record in the G7 since the recession, the best debt to GDP ratio in the G7, the OECD has us on target for the best economic growth, we had a balanced budget last year and we are already poised for a surplus,” he said

of Canada’s current economic standing.“We did have a little dip in growth,

but when you compare Canada to what every other country is doing, we are fairing a lot better. That doesn’t mean that everything is great and rosy for everybody, but we sure are fairing a lot better. When you get those economic fundamentals right, then you are in good shape going forward.”

Calkins grew up on a farm just north of Lacombe and still calls the City his home. With an early background in agriculture, followed by a career in wildlife conserva-tion, he also worked as a computer sys-tems technician at Agriculture Financial Services Corporation in Lacombe and as an instructor at Red Deer College.

“In the background, I was on Lacombe town council and volunteering for the Conservative cause behind the scenes federally for a long time and then even-tually, when the previous MP decided he was going to retire, I put my hat in the ring,” said Calkins.

He was fi rst elected as MP in the former riding of Wetaskiwin in 2006 and then was re-elected in 2008 followed by the 2011 federal election.

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Lacombe’s fi rst annual Trash to Treasure Week promotes reuseThe City of Lacombe is inviting local

residents to participate in the fi rst annu-al Trash to Treasure Week, a communi-ty-wide celebration of reducing, reusing and recycling from October 4th to 11th.

“Lacombians are increasingly aware of the many negative impacts of a throw-away consumer culture,” said City of Lacombe Utilities Manager Chris Huston. “The City’s Trash to Treasure Week pro-gram provides residents with an opportu-nity to extend the life of their gently-used possessions, so that unwanted but reus-able items don’t end up in the landfi ll. There is also the feel-good factor when you pass on an item that will be treasured by someone else or the excitement of fi nding a second-hand gem.”

Getting involved in the Trash to Treasure Week program is easy. From October 4th to October 11th, simply place unwanted but reusable items at the front of your property by the curb. Mark your items

with the word ‘free’ using masking tape or stickers, so that people know what’s available for the taking.

When you’re out hunting for gen-tly-used treasures, please take only the items that are marked ‘free’. Respect one another’s properties; please don’t drive or park on lawns. Do not discard your un-wanted items on another resident’s lawn.

At the end of the week, remove any-thing you want to keep. Only leave out items you wanted collected during the Fall Community Clean-up Campaign, which begins on Tuesday, October 13th.

Health Canada outlines the potential risks of second hand items for your safety and security. Visit http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/cons/info_sec-ondhand-produits-eng.php for more in-formation.

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BOLT Transit marksone year in service

BOLT Transit, the bus service that connects Lacombe and Blackfalds to Red Deer, has now marked over one year of service.

After review, several service level changes are now on the way including an early arrival time in Red Deer, a 4:45 p.m. departure time from Sorensen Station in Red Deer as well as additional time added to the express round trip and local route, al-lowing ideal arrival times for high school students.

Lacombe City councillors approved the review and service level changes at their regular council meeting on Monday night.

BOLT was started last year as a partnership to connect the three communities together and is provided as a service by Red Deer Transit.

“Council is pleased to see that BOLT Transit is attracting a strong base of 1,200 to 1,600 riders a month, which helps to promote the livability of our City,”said Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie. “However, there are always opportunities for effi ciencies to make this regional public service more sustain-able.”

City of Lacombe Community and Economic Development Manager Guy Lapointe said overall ridership has been consistent throughout the year. The main groups identifi ed that use the service are commuters and students, including those who attend high school, Red Deer College and Burman University.

“There was a need to add additional time into the bus schedule to improve overall operational effi ciency and service reliability,” he said. “The changes amount to 15 minutes of additional time

for the express round-trip and 21 minutes added to the local route to accommodate the new Abbey Centre stop in Blackfalds.”

The increased times and frequency of the bus service does maintain current service levels for most riders, however with the earlier departure time from Red Deer, some commuters may have to adjust their schedules.

Some operational concerns were also identifi ed during the review and on board survey conducted earlier this month. Council also approved changes to these concerns. Three bus stops in Lacombe were recognized as having safety and accessibility issues. The stops (northbound Woodland Drive, southbound C&E Trail/Elizabeth Park and south-bound arena) will now be moved to address the concerns.

“Consistent feedback has been that both existing and potential users would like to see the route ex-tended to Red Deer College and Bower Place Mall,” said Lapointe. “This would not be practical for BOLT Transit, given both the additional cost and extend-ed length of the trip. However, Red Deer Transit is willing to pilot a program between Nov. 1st, 2015 to Nov. 1st, 2016 which would allow BOLT bus pass holders to transfer onto Red Deer Transit’s Route 10 at no additional cost.”

The Route 10 bus in Red Deer includes stops at Red Deer College, Bower Mall and the Red Deer Hospital.

Soon Red Deer Transit will be moving towards an automated fare system which will abolish paper tickets. Cash will still be accepted on the bus.

The BOLT Transit changes will come into effect on Nov. 1st.

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Lacombe County is set to begin taking steps to reduce air pollution emissions.

In a press release that was put out last Friday, the County announced that they have begun the process of creat-ing the mandatory response action plan that was mandat-ed last week by the Alberta Government for the Red Deer air zone.

The action plan is being cre-ated in response to the results of the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards report is-sued last Wednesday, which indicated that the Red Deer region had failed to meet na-tional air quality standards.

“Within the management plan there are a number of steps that we are taking,” said Lacombe County Environment Coordinator Blayne West during an interview.

The County released their first Environmental Management Plan in 2014, which outlined a plan to re-duce its carbon footprint. They released a second supplemen-tal report last week.

West said the County has

begun to put plans into action that focus on reducing energy consumption and the County’s ecological footprint.

These plans include an in-ternal staff idle reduction pro-gram in an effort to reduce the emissions made by County employees and vehicles.

The County also has made improvements to their inter-nal lighting and plan on in-stalling solar panels on two re-mote shops in the next couple of years.

“We’re generating our ener-gy in power plants so we’re reducing our energy consump-tion,” West said, adding that cutting energy consumption will lead to a reduction in the amount of emissions those power plants reduce.

She also said Lacombe County is working with the City of Red Deer, Red Deer County, Alberta Environment and Parks, Alberta Health Services and various industry members to create a response action plan to further improve the air quality in the area.

“The response action plan will be coming out in the next couple of weeks,” she said.

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Documents pertaining to the development permits may be inspected at City Hall, 5432-56 Avenue, during

regular business hours.

Anyone claiming to be aff ected by the approval of the Permitted Uses with Variances or Discretionary

Uses may submit an objection within 14 days from the date of notice. The appeal must be in writing,

accompanied with a $50.00 fee and be directed to: Lacombe Subdivision and Development Appeal Board,

Attn: Secretary to the SDAB, 5432 - 56 Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1E9

Permitted Use Take notice that the following development permits have been approved as PERMITTED USES in that they conform in every respect to the Land Use Bylaw:

permits have been approved asry respect to the Land Use Bylaw:

DEVELOPMENT PERMITSCurrent to October 1, 2015

DATE PERMIT# LOCATION DEVELOPMENT October 1 61/252.93 7109 Cobb Street Existing Shed

October 1 61/252.96 11 Green Court Shed – Storage, Greenhouse, Workshop

October 1 61/252.95 5006 50 Avenue Retail Sales of Electronics

October 1 61/253.00 #103 3402 Hwy 12 Fascia Sign

As I write this column, I realize that it is only three months until Christmas and I break out in a cold sweat. There is so much to do. Why can’t I be like those effi cient people who have been ordering the Christmas craft books since March? Why do I have great ideas and leave everything till crunch time? I’m sure there’s a book in the library on this very topic.

The children are excit-ed about autumn and the coming of winter. They have been creating won-derful fall crafts and one little girl said, “I know why we call it fall. The leaves fall, the fl owers fall, the snow falls and the tem-perature falls. It’s all about the falling.”

The Mary C. Moore Public Library Book Club will be meeting Oct. 6th at 7 p.m. in the Read and Relax section of the library. We will be discussing The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht. Everyone is welcome.

Our Lego Club begins Oct. 6th from 3:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. in the Servus Room upstairs in the LMC. Ages six and under must be accompanied by an adult. Meet fellow Lego

enthusiasts and have fun building and playing. We are in dire need of volun-teers. Please inquire at the library. A Criminal Record Check and Social Services Check are required (paid for by the library). A huge thank you to everyone who donated to the club.

There will be a short or-ganizational meeting at 3:45 p.m. so please plan to stay with your child for a few minutes.

There have been some changes to our schedule for the Armchair Travel Lecture Series. On Oct. 13th at 7 p.m. in the LMC we will still have a lecture on The Camino Way: The Way of Saint James but the presenter will be Beverly Hagan. We thank Beverly for stepping in to present.

As well, the Local Colour Series has been changed. On Oct. 22nd at 7 p.m. in

the LMC the lecture will be ‘Civilian Daily Life in Ukraine’, presented by Warren Kreway. The robot-ics lecture will be present-ed in November.

We are accepting dona-tions of gently used books and handmade crafts for the Friends of the Library Book and Craft Sale on Nov. 26th. Donations will be accepted at the library until Nov. 25th.

Our book this week is The Secrets of Lake Road by Karen Katcher. This is a haunting story about the destructive power of se-crets. This is a gripping and suspenseful women’s fi ction and will be enjoyed by fans of Lisa Scottoline and Heather Gudenkauf. Let me know if this is as good as the blurb sounds.

On a more serious note, I know that on cozy eve-nings it’s great to curl up with a snack and a good book but sometimes that snack can be the demise of a good book. Please take care while eating and reading. Cheezies, fried chicken and salsa can-not be removed from the pages of books and we have to buy a replacement copy. On the other hand

carrot sticks or apples are seldom lethal to a book and are a healthy alterna-tive for the reader as well.

There, I’m done lecturing.Please come visit us

soon. Time is wasting. Get your Christmas craft

books today.Mary Poole is the children’s

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Many fun upcoming events at the local library

Annual Oktoberfest celebration set for Oct. 17th

The annual Lacombe Knights of Columbus fundraiser Oktoberfest is set for Oct. 17th.

Held at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (LMC), Knights of Columbus member Reuben Konnik said the German-themed evening is sure to be a treat for attendees.

“It’s really a good night out,” he said. “You can’t go wrong.”

The evening features a large meal, German beer and pretzels paired with the music stylings of the Emeralds, a crowd favourite. The Emeralds Show and Dance Band, originating from Edmonton, have been keeping audiences from around the world moving on the dance fl oor and are sure not to disappoint on a Saturday night.

“Many people come just for the Emeralds,” noted Konnik. “They are a great band to dance to.”

The delectable meal will be catered by Bob Ronnie and features traditional German food like bratwurst and sauerkraut.

“It’s a huge meal,” said Konnik. “We will also have a pork roast and other options.”

Served throughout the evening will be, in true Oktoberfest fashion, straight from the keg German beer along with tradi-tional Bavarian pretzels. The cash bar will also feature other beverages like wine.

Konnick said the idea of the Bavarian-style event was birthed around 10 years ago when a former member of the local chapter, who came from a German back-ground, suggested the idea. Originating in Bavaria, the beer festival and travelling fair is now known worldwide. Many other countries and communities have also

created their own version of the celebra-tion in late September, early October.

The Lacombe Knights of Columbus were looking to do a major fundrais-er to support community projects and Oktoberfest made the mark. The annual fundraiser has grown over the past de-cade and continues to be successful in supporting youth community projects.

Overall, the long standing service club has approximately 62 members. Proceeds from past Oktoberfest fund-raisers have gone towards the ME Global Athletic Park, the Lacombe Skatepark and several playgrounds. For the past two years proceeds have gone towards Central Alberta Youth Unlimited’s YU-Turn housing project in Lacombe.

As for this year, a project to support has not yet been selected, but Konnik said the group will select a project soon.

“It will be youth focused within the community for sure,” he said.

The Knights of Columbus often focuses on youth community projects but are not limited to just supporting youth projects.

Konnik said the Knights have four guiding principles, and the Oktoberfest fundraiser is their way to fulfi lling the charity aspect of their club.

On Oct. 17th, the bar opens at 6 p.m., with the meal beginning at 7 p.m., fol-lowed by the dance.

Konnick said tickets are still avail-able, but they are selling well. Attendees should pick up their tickets as soon as possible to ensure their attendance to the popular event.

Tickets are $50 and are available by asking your local Lacombe Knights of Columbus member or at the Culinary and Gift Shoppe (5017 50th Ave.) in Lacombe.

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“It’s free and all the events are in one place.”Quinne Vandermolen, Ponoka

“The fi reworks and all the free events.”Tiffany Oud, Lacombe

“The best part is how it’s all about the kids. There’s so much for them to do.”Nairooti Pandya, Lacombe

“I like how it gets families involved.”Kari Turner, Lacombe

What is your favourite part of the Lacombe Cultureand Harvest Festival?Yourself!Yourself!

Asked around the Lacombe Memorial Centre by Sarah Maetche

Community rallies to grant child’s wishThis past Monday the City of

Edmonton became riddled with crime and a pint-size crime fi ght-er stepped up to the plate.

Edmonton Oilers Captain Andrew Ference was kidnapped by Mysterio, a villain that lurks in the streets of Edmonton.

There appeared to be no hope, until the Edmonton Police Service called for a superhero’s assistance. No not, Batman, Ironman or even Superman were called into action. It was Spider-Mable to the rescue.

Spider-Mable is not a new cre-ation by Marvel or a DC Comic character you have yet to hear about, but a six-year-old girl who

is battling leukemia. Through the Children’s Wish Foundation her wish, to act as her favourite su-perhero Spiderman for a day, was granted through teamwork and planning with many key players including the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Police Service.

After she was called into ac-tion, Spider-Mable’s fi rst stop was to meet with City of Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson who granted her full access to the city to track down the missing Oiler.

Next, she made a stop at the downtown police headquar-ters where she learned it was indeed villain Mysterio that had

taken Ference. It was on to the West Edmonton Mall Waterpark for some superhero training where Spider-Mable was joined by Spiderman as she ziplined to rescue another character called Black Cat.

After lunch, the superhero group went to Galaxyland to fi nd clues where Ference could possibly be. The clues led to the Edmonton Valley Zoo and with help from the famed Lucy the elephant, Spider-Mable was able to locate the miss-ing captain and take down Mysterio.

All along the way, at every loca-tion in the city Spider-Mable vis-ited, crowds of people were there

to cheer her on and fi ght crime. People from all of the world fol-lowed the caper via social media, encouraging Spider-Mable to com-plete her crime-fi ghting mission.

While the day was a dream come true for Mable, it was also a moving experience for many who participated or came to cheer her on as she fought the villain.

With many resources in com-munities like Blackfalds and Lacombe, we should be able to grant ‘wishes’ like Mable’s too. All it takes is a child in need of some encouragement, an idea and a community that rallies behind that idea with support.

Young students with diabetes should get equal treatmentFor parents of kids with

diabetes, the beginning of each new school year brings not only the usual preparations, but also fears for their child’s health and safety. This is especially true if their school or school district does not have a policy to ensure staff are knowledgeable about dia-betes, know how to prevent emergencies and are able to assist students with daily diabetes tasks.

Type 1 diabetes af-fects more than 34,000 Canadian children under the age of 19. Another 1,800 have Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is when the body is unable to pro-duce insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar. It has no known cause or cure and usually begins in childhood and is the most common diabetes in children.

Type 2 diabetes is the most common among all people with the disease, where the body either cannot effectively use or produce enough insulin. Type 2 diabetes usually

develops in adulthood, al-though more children and adolescents are being di-agnosed.

Most students can man-age their diabetes inde-pendently or with mini-mal support, and they can fully participate in school activities, including gym, fi eld trips and celebrations. However, some, especially very young children with Type 1 diabetes, may need trained personnel to help administer insulin, monitor blood sugar levels or super-vise food intake and activ-ity. Students with diabetes may also need fl exibility in school rules to prevent low or high blood sugar, and, in some cases, may also need help with recognizing “lows” and “highs.”

A supportive school en-

vironment is critically im-portant for keeping chil-dren with diabetes safe and healthy.

Proper diabetes manage-ment reduces the risk of life-threatening emergen-cies, prevents or reduces the risk of serious long-term complications, such as heart disease, limb am-putation, kidney failure and blindness and ensures that students with diabetes are able to learn and par-ticipate fully in school ac-tivities. Yet only fi ve prov-inces have guidelines for children with diabetes at school: Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and British Columbia.

At the school-board level, some boards and even individual schools have developed policies, leading to a patchwork of different care standards among school districts and even among schools in the same district. Many schools and districts have no diabetes policies in place at all.

It is important that all

children with diabetes be afforded the same protec-tions and given the same opportunities to succeed, no matter where they live or attend school.

It is a team effort to en-hance the health, safety, emotional well-being and participation of each stu-dent with diabetes.

Everyone has a role in the care of the student to ensure a safe and healthy school experience. Parents and guardians need to notify the school of the diagnosis and meet with the school to develop an Individual Care Plan (ICP) so the necessary supports are arranged. School per-sonnel need to participate in annual diabetes educa-tion, training and resource review to learn how to manage diabetes, includ-ing emergency procedures.

But perhaps, most im-portantly, our provin-cial governments need to make proper diabetes management at school a priority.

Every province and ter-ritory should establish

clear standards of care that school boards can fol-low to ensure the safety, health and optimal edu-cation for children with diabetes.

In the interim, school boards can begin the pro-cess of creating pragmatic guidelines such as those outlined by the Canadian Diabetes Association so that diabetes care across regions is equitable, safe and organized. Clear and consistent policies are bet-ter for the schools, better for families and provide an open and transparent process for communities to work with.

Everyone should also work to prevent students with diabetes from experi-encing stigma and discrim-ination by promoting a positive, caring and inclu-sive learning environment through communication, education and cooperation.

Dr. Jan Hux is an expert ad-viser with EvidenceNetwork.ca and Chief Science Offi cer for the Canadian Diabetes Association. Her column is dis-tributed through Troy Media.

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and upcoming community

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Habitat for Humanity Family

Selection Information Session:

Habitat for Humanity Red Deer

Region Society is hosting an

information session on Oct. 8th

at 6:30 p.m. at the Lacombe

Memorial Centre. This is an

opportunity for the public and

interested families to come

to an information session to

learn about who Habitat for

Humanity is and what we

do. It is also the fi rst step in

selecting four new families to

move into our new duplexes in

Lacombe. Eligible families will

be encouraged to apply at this

meeting, and any interested

families must attend an Infor-

mation Session before being

considered for a habitat home.

Calling all musicians: There’s

a new place to blow your

horn. A jam session second

and fourth Thursdays from 7

p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lacombe

Legion starting on Oct. 8th. $2

each. For more information

call Rod at 403-782-1842.

Red Deer Legion Pipe Band- Pipes

and pints: Join the Red Deer

Legion Pipe Band at Bo’s Bar &

Grill on Friday, Oct. 16th at 7

p.m. for a night with the boys

of St. James Gate (SJG) and the

Red Deer Legion Pipe Band

(RDLPB) for our annual pub

night fundraiser. The evening

will include the RDLPB, SJG,

a silent auction, a 50/50 draw

and much more. Tickets are

$20 and are available from any

RDLPB member or by calling

Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183.

Come join us for an evening

of fun and entertainment.

The Parkland Classical Singers,

a community choir based in

Lacombe, is looking for more

members. If you like to sing,

please join us. Rehearsals are

held on Thursdays from 6:30

p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wolf Creek

Community Church, beginning

Oct. 15th. Two performances:

Christmas 2015 and Spring

2016. For more information,

call Carolyn 403-782-7365.

Central Alberta Foodgrains Bank

Project: the Harvest Day Bar-

becue is set for Saturday, Oct.

10th at noon. For 20 years the

group has been growing crops

locally with all proceeds going

to help disadvantaged people

throughout the world. Everyone

is invited to come out and cheer

on the harvest. This year’s fi eld

is located 10 minutes southeast

of Lacombe. Take Hwy. 12 east

of Lacombe to RR 26-1. Turn

right, travel one mile and the

fi eld is on the right hand side.

Friends of the Library will begin

a new season of Armchair

Travel Series 2015/16. On Oct.

13th at the LMC County Room

at 7 p.m. Beverly Hagaan will

present information about The

Camino Way: The Way of Saint

James. Come and enjoy Beverly

taking you on a new exciting

trip. Light refreshments will

be served. Admission is free.

Pamphlets of coming events

are available at the library.

St. Andrew’s United Church youth

choire for ages fi ve to 18.

Meets Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m.

contact Jessica at 403-352-5486

or [email protected]

St. Andrew’s United Church Adult

Choir for those 18 and old-

er. Practices on Wednesdays

from 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Contact

Roberta at 403-782-0443 for

more information. Cost is free.

Life is sacred. Join the National

Life Chain of Prayer: 2 to 3 p.m.,

Saturday, October 3rd along

Hwy. 2A near Woodland Drive,

Lacombe. Signs provided.

Invitation to join CNIB Peer Sup-

port Group: The Peer Support

Group is a program dedicated

to helping CNIB clients adjust

to vision loss. Feelings of fear,

anxiety, intimidation and anger

are extremely common in adults

who are diagnosed with vision

loss. The goal of the group is to

help transform these feelings

into those of confi dence and

independence through edu-

cation and group discussions.

The program is facilitated by a

volunteer who has gone through

the process of adjusting to a

life with vision loss. The group

offers seniors a way to connect

to others experiencing similar

challenges. Participants receive

empowering, practical and useful

information about vision loss

and how CNIB services can help,

as well as suggestions from other

participants on how to reduce

the impact of vision loss on

their daily lives. There is no cost

to participate in the program

which will meet once per month.

The group meets at the Spruce

Terrace located at 5002 – 51 Ave.

Lacombe Farmers’ Market will be

at the Lacombe arena parking

lot starting 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Come every Friday morning for

homemade baking, eggs, fruit,

vegetables, crafts, jewellery,

jams, honey, woodwork and lots

more. We “make it, bake it or

grow it,” just for you! The last

market will be held on Oct. 9th.

Call 403-782-4772 or 403-877-

1280 for more information.

Lacombe Walking Group

Wednesdays from 12-12:30

at Medcombe Walk-In-Clinic.

No Registration required.

Kozy Korner — Tuesday Dinners

every week at noon. The hot

meal includes dessert and

coffee at the Senior Centre.

Lacombe Dance Lessons – social

and choreographed ballroom

dancing. Traditional Two-step

or Cha Cha/Jive. For details

phone Cliff at 403-782-4094.

Quilting and crafts held at Black-

falds United Church on Mon-

days at 9:30 a.m. Help make

quilts or bring your own quilt/

craft to work on. Check out

our website at blackfaldsunit-

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The Lacombe Legion has bingo

on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the

upstairs hall. Coffee time runs

Wednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m.

($2 for coffee, tea and cookies).

On Fridays, there are four meat

draws and tickets are $2/set

of three tickets. Draw starts at

6:30 p.m. On Saturdays, there

are four meat draws which

start at 4:30 p.m. Chase the

ace starts after meat draws.

Parkinson Alberta Education offers

supports groups for persons

with Parkinson disease, family

members and caregivers at

the following Central Alberta

locations: Red Deer, Lacombe,

Innisfail, Olds, Three Hills and

Castor. Visit www.parkinsonal-

berta.ca for more information.

New to Lacombe? Contact La-

combe Welcome Wagon for

free maps, information about

the City & area, as well as free

gifts from local businesses. New

baby in the family? Contact

Donna Korpess with the La-

combe Welcome Wagon at 403-

782-0475 for free information,

baby product samples as well as

free gifts from local businesses.

Youth Unlimited Drop-in Activi-

ties: Drop-in activities now run

every Tuesday from 6 – 9 p.m.

with ball hockey on Mondays

and Wednesdays from 6 – 9

p.m. Girls only drop-in is also

Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m.

Thursdays Grade 3-6 drop-in

program runs from 3:30 – 5:30

p.m. and Grade 4 and up pro-

gram from 6 – 9 p.m. Cost is 2$

for drop-in and ball hockey with

drop-in 10 passes at $10 and

ball hockey season pass at $50.

Taoist Tai Chi a relaxing, low

impact exercise; continuing

classes year round, for those

who have completed begin-

ners or have learned Taoist

Tai Chi before. Participate in

classes of your choice. Avail-

able in Red Deer, Lacombe,

Rocky Mountain House and

Innisfail. Contact 403-346-


Affi rm – providing safe and confi -

dential support to people of all

sexual orientation and identity,

their families and friends. We

meet in Lacombe. For more in-

formation, call Marg at 403-782-

1887 or Ross at 403-782-3671.

Imperial Daughters of the Em-

pire is a non-profi t women’s

volunteer program that raises

money in support of numerous

initiatives supporting educa-

tion. Meetings are held on the

fourth Tuesday of every month

and begin at 7:30 p.m. at St.

Andrew’s United Church. For

more information about the

group, feel free to contact Mary

Lou Wilson 403-782-3923.

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Let’s talk about the importance of smoke alarms and escape plansIt’s Fire Prevention Week from Oct. 4th

to 10th and the Lacombe Fire Department would like to remind residents to think about house fi res, both in preventing out-breaks and reducing their impact should you have the misfortune of suffering one.

For the past decade, my annual mes-sage has been centered on residential smoke alarms and escape plans. These are critical elements of any good emer-gency response or home safety plan, but statistics show the message just isn’t sinking in. Maybe I need to make it more immediate and relevant. Please read on.

Last year, I publicly mentioned that fi res can get big fast and that survivability in a house fi re diminishes rapidly after as lit-tle as three minutes. Several credible lab-oratory tests have verifi ed that number and it is the basis for the ‘three minute drill’ – a plan to get you and your family safely out of the house within three min-utes – for which I advocate. Please visit

www.3munitedrill.alberta.ca for more in-formation.

In recent national surveys, respondents felt that six minutes was a more realistic number and that it really comes down to what you consider an acceptable risk. Maybe you’re thinking, blah, blah, blah; however, I have data from right here in Lacombe to pique your interest.

On April 12th, our 911 operations centre received a call from an alarm monitoring company advising dispatch staff of an active alarm in a house on Elisa Close. That call was answered by operators at 17:04. Dispatch paged out the Lacombe Fire Department at 17:06. Dispatch then received multiple reports of a fi re visible to people in the area for that location, and that information was relayed to us at 17:10.

Now, you may be wondering how long it took for the alarm company to receive and transmit that alarm. I have looked

into that in the past and that interval is typically less than a minute. This means that the fi re started inside and then ex-tended outside the house within six or seven minutes. By the way, this situation would not be too different if your house was affected.

Maybe three minutes is the right amount of time to exit a house fi re? Maybe three minutes takes practice, es-pecially for homes with young children? Maybe having a reliable smoke alarm on every level of a home is worth the small investment?

This week I’m asking you to take a few minutes to clean your smoke alarms, change the batteries if needed and test them. And please, take the time to prac-tice a family emergency evacuation drill to a predetermined muster point. I sin-cerely hope you never need it, but you will best ensure your family’s safety by being prepared.

The City of Lacombe has a great fi re department. It is staffed predominantly with dedicated volunteer members who train seriously to meet and exceed indus-try standards and who desire to provide a professional public service. Our fi refi ght-ing equipment is good and getting better all the time. That said, we cannot possibly arrive at your home and conduct a rescue in fi ve or six minutes.

We need you to do your part to keep your loved ones safe. Smoke alarms can make the difference between life and death in a fi re by alerting residents in time to escape safely, but they need to be installed in all the required locations, in-cluding bedrooms. They need to be work-ing properly, so that people can be im-mediately alerted and gain the precious seconds needed to deal with the situation and safely escape from a house fi re.

Ed van Delden is the chief of the Lacombe Fire Department.

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It takes a great deal of courage to willingly place yourself in harm’s way, but that’s what fi rst re-sponders like fi refi ghters do when they are called on to respond to emer-gencies. We rely on these brave men and women to dash into a dangerous sit-uation — when everyone else is running out — in order to save lives and pro-tect property.

In Lacombe, we are for-tunate to have a dedicated team of volunteer fi refi ght-ers who are committed to protecting us by answering the call of duty, day and night.

The Lacombe Fire Department (LFD) has a long history of quiet her-oism that began in 1907, and it has grown with the community over the years to meet the increased de-mand in both the number of calls and the types of services needed.

Today the LFD is staffed

by a full-time fi re chief and approximately 35 to 40 com-mitted and capable volun-teer members, who stand ready to serve Lacombe and area residents in their time of greatest need.

I can personally attest to this, as I have served as a member of the LFD from 1998 to 2010. My 12 years as a volunteer fi refi ghter taught me a great many useful skills. It also provided me with a strong sense of pride in my community, and a deep personal satisfaction in knowing I helped to make a positive difference in the lives of those who live and work in Lacombe.

Lacombe’s growing pop-ulation has placed in-creasing demands on our emergency services that extend beyond fi re-related emergencies. In order to respond to this increased demand, the LFD has in-corporated additional training for its volunteers to meet the need for more varied types of services.

Our firefighters are trained to respond to many different types of emer-gencies, including fi re sup-pression in both municipal and rural environments, rescue extraction from motor vehicle collisions and farm equipment acci-dents, hazardous material response and surface and shore rescues from still or slow-fl owing water bodies.

There are some emer-gencies that merit the help of substitute provid-ers, such as confi ned space entry. In these instances, the department enlists the assistance of responders from Nova Chemicals and/or Red Deer County.

Communication to fi re-fi ghters in an emergency is accomplished by page-over radios that are car-ried by all members. We now have a rotational on-call crew that is ready to respond to certain types of alarms and small fi res, as well as three additional crews that are available as needed.

In the event of an emer-gency, fi refi ghters are ex-pected to respond with the fi rst truck leaving the fi re hall within 10 min-utes. If you see vehicles with fl ashing green lights on their dashboards, be advised that they are vol-unteer fi refi ghters on their way to the fi re hall to re-spond to a call. Please pull over to the side and give them the right of way — they may be on their way to help someone you know.

The fire department also has an outreach team that regularly visits local schools to educate students about fi re safe-ty through fi re prevention activities, a move that I wholeheartedly support. I believe prevention educa-tion is the best way to mit-igate the risks associated with fi res and many other emergencies.

The LFD service area encompasses the City of Lacombe, and extends south and north into Lacombe County, east of Gull Lake and west toward Clive. The Lacombe County Mutual Aid Organization (LCMAO) has an under-standing of support with Ponoka and Blackfalds. We all work together to ensure the safety of residents throughout our region.

LFD members hold themselves to the highest standards of performance.

Recruits undergo three to four months of basic train-ing, followed by six months of probation and an oppor-tunity to work with a part-ner on responses. Ongoing training throughout their career is offered to ensure volunteers continue to hone the necessary skills to perform their job as safely as possible.

I am pleased to report that post-response sup-port is available to mem-bers through the Employee Family Wellness Program provided by the City of Lacombe.

As well, a member of the clergy is on hand to offer counsel to members

following emergency re-sponse situations.

In closing, I want to men-tion that the fi re depart-ment is always looking for volunteers to bolster its ranks, for both frontline and support services. As mayor, and a former fi re-fi ghter, I encourage anyone who wants to give back to the community to join the LFD family.

If you are interested in becoming a member, please visit www.lacombe.ca for more information and to complete an appli-cation, or call the LFD at 403-782-1230.

Steve Christie is the mayor of Lacombe.

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Fire Prevention Week focuses on smoke alarms in the bedroomStatistics from the United States show that at least one

half of all home fi re deaths occur between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., the time when most people are asleep. Canadian experts are certain the same trend exists here. To em-phasize the importance of being awakened during an overnight fi re emergency, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is placing increasing focus on having a working fi re alarm in every home bedroom with their theme - ‘Hear The Beep Where You Sleep.’

“We know that smoke alarms double your family’s chance of a safe escape. But to provide that critical early warning, they need to be installed in all the required lo-cations and they need to be working,” said Carol Heller, a home safety specialist with Kidde Canada, the country’s leading smoke and carbon monoxide alarm manufac-turer.

Canada’s National Building Code calls for the instal-lation of hardwired smoke alarms in all bedrooms for newly constructed homes. But for existing and older homes, it is largely up to individuals to make the right safety decisions. At a minimum, smoke or combination smoke/CO alarms should be installed outside every sleeping area.

Across North America, from Oct. 4th-10th, fi re depart-ments will be reinforcing the basics of home fi re safety. There are several events throughout the month from classroom educational programs for teachers, primary school visits by fi refi ghters and a myriad other special community events to educate and promote awareness for fi re safety.

“Fire Prevention Week is a great time to remind people that if you’ve taken down a smoke alarm after burning

the toast and forgotten to put it back up, or removed bat-teries and left an alarm unpowered, you are placing your family at serious risk,” said Heller. “This is not a trivial issue. In almost two-thirds of fatal house fi res, investi-gators fi nd that smoke alarms were either not present or were missing batteries.”

Heller’s other cautionary advice centres on aging smoke alarms. She is quick to point out that even if an alarm sounds when you push its test button, that only means circuits are working and power is getting to the unit. It does not mean the alarm’s sensors are operating at full sensitivity.

After being exposed to years of dust, cooking grime, pet fur and other airborne contaminants Heller warned sensors can lose responsiveness, possibly slowing the alarm’s reaction time and reducing escape time. That’s why the NFPA recommends that if your smoke alarm is more than 10 years old or you can’t remembers its age, whether it is hardwired or battery powered, replace it immediately.

Where installing smoke alarms in bedrooms may not be feasible, Heller noted the latest generation alarm technology can help provide peace of mind.

“Talking alarms that call out a warning in addition to beeping can help wake sleeping family members,” she said. “As well, Kidde’s newest Worry-Free alarms that have a 10-year battery you never need to replace for the life of the alarm also simplify safety.”

New 10-year battery wireless alarms also interconnect, so when one sounds they all sound.

Find more Fire Prevention Week tips and programs for families, teachers and fi refi ghters at www.safeathome.ca.

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READY TO RESPOND - Clive Fire Department Captain Steve Zaytsoff shows the students what he looks like in his full bunker gear during a visit to Clive School last year during Fire Prevention Week.

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SAFETY FIRST - A member of the Clive Fire Department explains the features and equipment on the department’s new fi re engine during a visit to Clive School last year during Fire Prevention Week. photo submitted

Thank you to all the men and women of the Thank you to all the men and women of the Lacombe Fire Department and mutual aid Lacombe Fire Department and mutual aid partners. We appreciate your extraordinary partners. We appreciate your extraordinary

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12. Productive land

13. Playfully mischievous one

15. Liquorice-fl avored seeds

16. Changed or modifi ed

18. Used to strengthen and

harden steel

19. Extinct fl ightless bird of

New Zealand

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24. Payment (abbr.)

27. Blood-sucking African fl y

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31. Used to have (Scottish)

33. ___ Ming: Houston

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42. Brews

44. Mix with society

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52. Farm state

53. Weak-willed (Yiddish)

56. Madwort

61. Cause to expand

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63. Former German tennis

champion

65. Professional intent on

career

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Linebacker

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this week, Aries. Bring along a trusted advisor

who can steer you in the right direction if you have

questions.

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balance, Taurus. Many

activities are coming up,

and you have to figure out a

way to juggle them all. This

will take some creativity.

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TAURUSApr 21/May 21

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this week. Even though

it may seem like you can

never get enough, over

time something special

may lose its spark. Practice

moderation, instead.

Cancer, everything will

work out the way it should

if you keep a smile on

your face this week and

continue with the status

quo. Soon you can shake

things up.

GEMINIMay 22/Jun 21

CANCERJun 22/Jul 22

Leo, you may be

compelled to get

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community or a volunteer

project this week. A desire

to give something back

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You have a sof t spot for

underdogs this week,

Virgo. Anyone who

seems to be str uggl ing

wil l have your attent ion,

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Libra, this week presents

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or even animals in need.

If ever there was a time to

take up a cause, now is it.

You have plenty of extra

time to lend a hand.

Scorpio, you may find

yourself waking up extra

early just to accomplish

everything you need to get

done. Try not to burn the

candle at both ends for

too long.

LIBRASept 23/Oct 23

SCORPIOOct 24/Nov 22

Sagittarius, you will enjoy

downtime much more after

you complete an impor tant

task and feel a sense of

accomplishment. Rest may

still be a few days away, so

be patient.

Capricorn, things may be a

little confusing of late, but

you will find a clear path

to get things done. Ask a

friend or colleague to lend

a helping hand if things get

too hectic.

SAGITTARIUSNov 23/Dec 21

CAPRICORNDec 22/Jan 20

AQUARIUSJan 21/Feb 18

PISCESFeb 19/Mar 20

Relationships are very

impor tant this week,

Aquarius. Nur ture both the

personal and professional

relationships that you want

to grow, and you will be

happy you did.

Pisces, the earlier half of

the week may be hectic,

but things will return to an

even keel as the days press

on.

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ARTS & LEISUREDean Brody brings co-headlining tour to Red Deer

BY MARK WEBERLACOMBE EXPRESS

Country artist Dean Brody is set to hit the stage in Red Deer next week along-side Paul Brandt for their co-headline tour, The Road Trip Tour.

The duo plays the Centrium Oct. 6th.“So far, so good - what a blast,” said

Brody of the tour so far. “It’s been awe-some.”

Brody recently released his fi fth CD Gypsy Road. The record features the top 10 single Upside Down which also recent-ly landed CMT Video of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards.

Gypsy Road has been described as his most winning and original collection of songs, a fact confi rmed by the fi rst sin-gle Upside Down. It’s fi tting for a guy already possessed of a boatload of CCMA and JUNO Awards including twin 2014 Country Album of the Year prizes for his fourth disc, Crop Circles.

“It was really cool - we had never won in that category before,” he said of the clip which was shot in California and directed by Margaret Malandruccolo. “I’ve worked with some amazing directors, and Margaret is one of them. It was re-ally cool to share this with her, and see her win as well because she really is an amazing director and visionary.

“You just never know - sometimes you do a video that is a little bit less involved and it gets nominated, and then there might be something you spend more time on and it doesn’t get nominated.”

The link throughout Gyspy Road is Brody’s ability to tell stories that resonate emotionally as well as musically, creating characters that scan as real people. “It’s funny but I can’t really write for more than an hour at a time,” he said. “After that I start to lose perspective,” he said.

“A lot of my songwriting comes out of editing. I’ll write something, then walk away from it and do something else and then keep coming back to it.

“I have instruments scattered all over the place and I like noodling on things. I learned three chords on the ukulele and wanted to try and write something,” he said. “I think it really helped take Upside Down into a more playful, sum-mery place. You can’t write a ballad on a ukulele,” he laughs. “I try and do some-thing different - I don’t want to put out songs like a cookie cutter or in a template kind of process.

“I don’t really consider myself as good a songwriter as an editor. I have friends

who can sit down and write a song in three hours and they can have perspec-tive on it. For me, I need to step back from it.

“I might come back to it the next day and think where it needs to go. The editor in me says I need to change this part of it, or make it go in this direction. I have friends who can get that bird’s eye view of a song in a moment; for me, it takes me time to get that bird’s eye view.

“It’s like brainstorming - there aren’t really bad ideas - you just kind of throw them out there and put together a skel-eton of a song. It’s like framing a house. You get get the melody down - which is the framing and then you fi nish the house and that’s the lyrics.

“It’s really magical how it starts out as something you do off in a corner some-where, and you have no idea whether it’s going to resonate or not. Then you go into the studio, the musicians put their hands to it and their art, and the song builds into something that everybody hears and recognizes. It’s exciting being a songwriter, because you can see it go from zero to 100.”

Early infl uences in Brody’s musical jour-ney run the gamut from Dwight Yoakam to Johnny Cash.

“Dwight Yoakam was the bridge for me into country music. There was guy doing something kind of different, doing his own thing. It was really country and it was super cool. Johnny Cash - I read his book years ago, and thought what a life and what a story.”

Gypsy Road indeed covers huge emo-tional terrain. Witness the plaintive Footprints of a Giant, galvanized by the 2014 shooting of 24-year-old Corp. Nathan Cirillo as he stood guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Ottawa’s National War Memorial, leaving behind a fi ve-year-old son.

Another passion that is close to his heart is the Dean Brody Foundation, which through fundraising and aware-ness, supports the work of grassroots organizations who share a passion to res-cue and rehabilitate young girls who are victims of human traffi cking and modern day slavery.

He came across a book called Remember

Me, Rescue Me written by English writer Matt Roper who journeyed to Brazil to learn about that country’s horrifi c child prostitution scene. “It broke my heart, so I contacted Matt and asked what can we do?”

Roper was all set to sign up for journal-ism school in London when he abruptly left the offi ce, hopped a jetliner to Brazil and launched his search for contacts to help tell the story. He’d already grown quite familiar with the country after doing research for an earlier book called Street Girls.

That harrowing tale told the story of what it meant to, “Create a new prospect of hope and life for young girls” who would otherwise have little or nothing to look forward to.

Meanwhile, Brody’s Foundation’s man-date is to help bring hope, healing and justice to vulnerable and exploited girls around the world. “It helps to keep things in perspective.”

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16 LACOMBE EXPRESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015ARTS & LEISURE

Cutting back on drugs cured by a ministerWhat’s the response that

shocks me most during my many speaking tours?

It’s the huge combina-tion of drugs swallowed by many North Americans. Equally amazing, most people have no idea why they’re taking them. Over-medication is dangerous. It also results in staggering costs for the health care system.

So can North Americans cut back on drugs? And what non-medication cured an ailing retired minister?

The fi rst question to ask your doctor is why you are taking so many drugs. This seems so logical it hardly needs mentioning. After all, these same peo-ple wouldn’t think twice about asking the car me-chanic what was done to correct the noise in their car’s engine. So never ac-cept a drug without asking why the body needs it.

It’s also vital to ask the doctor how long to take a drug. For instance, one person I met had been tak-

ing a proton pump inhibi-tor (PPI) for 10 years. These drugs are prescribed to ease the symptoms of se-vere heartburn. But during that time the patient had never inquired nor been told whether he could stop the medication to see if his symptoms had subsided. A few months would have been an adequate trial pe-riod. And drugs such as painkillers should have a short period of consump-tion due to the risk of drug addiction.

Remember, as you age it’s even more vital to ask questions about drugs. Age brings grey hair but also decreased ability of the liver to metabolize medication (get rid of it)

and it’s harder for the liver to excrete it. A high dose may therefore cause un-intended consequences. Doctors usually start with a low dose prescription and increase it slowly. But it’s always wise to ask the doctor after a period of time if the dose can be safely decreased or elim-inated. A major problem today is that, due to the in-creasing number of drugs available, it’s more likely that adverse drug interac-tions will occur.

In some cases this will decrease the effectiveness of one drug or increase the risk of a serious side effect. For example, common painkillers such a ibupro-fen (Advil) used with war-farin (Coumadin), blood thinners, may increase the risk of bleeding. Herbal remedies can also react with prescription drugs.

For instance, the publi-cation Consumer Reports on Health says that black cohosh used to treat meno-pausal symptoms can in-

crease the risk of side ef-fects from antidepressants, blood pressure drugs and cholesterol lowering- drugs (CLDs). Remember that any new symptom after starting a drug can be a drug side effect. It’s amaz-ing that many people I talk to have no idea that their muscle pain and fa-tigue could be the result of their medication. And what is more tragic is that some people on CLDs do not realize they may have developed Type 2 diabetes because of this medication.

A Danish study of 120,000 people showed that from 25 to 50% of those tak-

ing CLDs developed this disease. Many years ago a patient told me her father, a retired minister, was ail-ing. He had little desire to eat, was losing weight and sat idly in his chair day after day.

His doctor had died and she could fi nd no one to care for him. So I visited him in his home. I dis-covered he was taking a large combination of drugs such as antidepressants and blood pressure med-ication, which can cause fatigue. It was possible to pitch out several of his unneeded and outdated medications. And much to

his surprise, I substituted an old and tried remedy. I suggested a few ounces of wine before lunch and the evening meal.

A short time later his daughter called to say he was now taking walks, had regained his appetite and was back to his normal self. I don’t recommend this remedy for everyone. But I’m convinced that in selected cases a sip of ‘vino’ has a greater impact on the health of seniors than the universal tenden-cy to over-prescribe anti-depressants.

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J O N E S

African Children’s Choir to visit Lacombe


The African Children’s Choir will be making a stop in Lacombe next week as part of their North American tour.

The group consisting of 18 children, ages seven to 11 from Uganda, will enter-tain audiences with a lively and vibrant show on Oct. 9th.

The performance will feature African songs, dances and drumming along with traditional spiritual and gospel favour-ites.

North American Choir Operations Manager Sarah Lidstone said the group began their tour in March in the United States and have been working their way from the east coast.

“We were in the Maritimes and now we are working our way west,” she said. “We will end our tour in Vancouver.”

The traveling show is offered as free of charge, with funds raised going towards children’s choir programs including ed-ucation, healthcare and development programs.

The African Children’s Choir is op-erated by Music for Life (MFL), a hu-manitarian organization that operates in seven African countries including Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Through their mission to create leaders of tomorrow through education, MFL has educated over an approximate 52,000 children and impacted over 100,000 peo-ple through development programs.

“Our mission is to work with children that are vulnerable or are in needy situ-ations,” said Lidstone. “We will go into a community and we partner with a social worker or a community leader. We try to seek out the children that are in need of an education and whose families cannot provide them with reliable education or meet their basic needs.”

The children will audition for the choir, and if chosen, they will tour with the choir program for a year and then return to Uganda to receive an education.

“Really it’s just the beginning with their relationship with the choir,” said Lidstone. “Their education will be pro-vided by sponsorship and through our

organization, on to college and univer-sity.”

This particular show features a tight blend of traditional African music.

“The children drum, they dance and they have beautiful costumes that are from Africa,” explained Lidstone. “They also do English music that will include some gospel favourites like This Light of Mine and He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands that people will recognize.”

Throughout the concert there will be an opportunity to make donations. A few tables will also be set up with handmade items made by former choir members, along with CDs, DVDs and t-shirts.

“This is more than just a concert and these children’s lives are going to be changed,” said Lidstone. “When they re-turn to Africa and as they continue to grow, they will become educated.”

The African Children’s Choir will be performing at the First Baptist Church (Twp. Rd. 40-5) on Oct. 9th at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation. As this is a community event, donations will also be accepted for the food bank.

For more information about the choir, visit www.africanchildrenschoir.com.

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MUSIC FOR LIFE - The African Children’s Choir from Uganda will be performing in Lacombe on Oct. 9th. photo by Lynne Dobson


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COACHES Do you want your team covered?

SPORTSBantam Raiders take down Stettler Cougars in recent game

In their fourth game of the season, the Lacombe Bantam Raiders managed to harness some serious power.

The Raiders took on the Stettler Cougars last Saturday in a home game and managed to come out victorious with a 48-24 win.

Bantam Raiders Head Coach Fred Knip said the game was electrifying from the beginning. “Stettler had come into the game undefeated and averag-ing 65 points a game,” he said. “They were the top dog to beat. We were not sure how we were going to fi t in.”

During training the week be-fore, the team ensured they were in shape, so they could match the speed of the Cougars.

“And if we couldn’t keep up with them physically, then we had to outsmart them and that’s kind of what we did,” said Knip. “We changed a few players around and we threw in a couple of wrinkles as for plays.”

Knip said the coaching staff knew it was important the Raiders got on the scoreboard right out of the gate, which would then give them the upper hand. The Cougars had yet to have a team to score on them thus far in the season.

“If we could score on them, maybe we could neutralize some of their big players, so that’s what we did,” he said.

Right after the opening kick-off, Raider Richard Jans grabbed the ball and ran down to the Cougars eight yard line.

“I think that confused them a little,” noted Knip. “No one had ever done that this year to them. We made a few adjustments to our game to suit what they were playing and before we knew it, we were up a few touchdowns and they didn’t have any. It just seemed to take all the air out of their balloon. They didn’t sail anywhere after that.”

The Raiders continued to hold down their lead and were sit-ting with 48 points by the half.

The Cougars scored a few touch-downs in the second half, but the writing was already in stone - a defi ning victory for the Raiders.

With the big win, the Raiders now sit at 3-1, which sets them up perfectly for a playoff posi-tion towards the provincials in November.

The fi rst game the Raiders played, bringing in their one loss, was against Hunting Hills High School.

“We were woefully unprepared for Hunting Hills and they beat

us,” said Knip.The Raiders then met Ponoka

followed by Notre Dame High School in the following two games, which brought out the Raiders’ confi dence and knowl-edge they could harness their power.

Knip said he is happy with the team’s progress this season.

“They have worked incredi-bly hard,” he said. “A team that works together, they seem to be moving forward. They are hard-working kids. We have a lot of

young people that have come up from the PeeWee’s.

“It really seems like this was a defi ning game. It was an ob-stacle in front of them and they knew how they could win. They came out on fi re and it was just so exciting to see.”

This past Saturday’s Bantam Raiders game was one of three games played at ME Global Athletic Park as teams from Lacombe and Area Minor Football played locally for Football Day in Lacombe.

The Atom Chargers took to the turf fi rst, hosting six teams from around Central Alberta.

Rounding out the day was the Lacombe PeeWee Explosion who took to the turf for the fi nal kick-off at 3 p.m. against Sylvan Lake.

The Bantam Raiders will be taking on Lindsay Thurber next on Oct. 3rd at Great Chief Park in Red Deer. Kick-off is at 4:30 p.m.

They will also be hosting a bot-tle drive throughout Lacombe on Oct. 17th.

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RAIDER POWER - Lacombe Raider Richard Jans makes a run past the 10-yard line, dodging Cougars as he goes, during last Saturday’s game. The Bantam Raiders dominated over the Stettler Cougars with a fi nal score of 48-24. Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express


The Blackfalds Wranglers earned themselves a big win during their home opener against the Airdrie Thunder last weekend.

The Wranglers moved to 1-0 in the season thanks to a big 8-2 win over the Thunder on Sunday at the Blackfalds Arena.

“It wasn’t maybe an 8-2 game but it ended 8-2 so we’ll take it,” said Head Coach Sean Neumeier after the game. According to Neumeier, the game was a lot closer than the score would suggest.

“Their goalie had a tough night that game.”

The game started out strong thanks to a power play goal by third-year for-ward Garrett Glasman at the 4:52 mark of the fi rst period. The Wranglers fol-lowed that up with goals from Andrew McLennan, Toran Corbier, and a power play marker by Wally Samson to jump to a 4-0 lead at the end of the fi rst, despite being outshot by the Thunder 10-9 in the period.

“We forechecked real-ly well actually. We put a lot of pressure on their D, which forced turnovers which we were able to

take advantage of,” said Neumeier.

The second period was the same story for the most part. Bryce Boguski picked up the fi rst of two goals on the night thanks to as-sists from Bryce Marshall and McLennan. Then, at 19:02, Samson scored his second of the evening on a pass from Glasman to give his team a commanding 6-0 lead. Airdrie, however, answered back just 40 sec-onds later thanks to a goal by Dylan Mccuaig, break-ing a potential shutout by Blackfalds goaltender Klay Munro. Munro stopped 33 of the 35 shots he faced.

The second period ended with the score at 6-1 for Blackfalds, despite the fact they were outshot by Airdrie 25-17 in the fi rst two periods.

“Like I said 8-2 doesn’t really tell the tale of that game. They’re a pretty good team. Klay Munro played really well and we scored on the chances that they gave us,” Neumeier said.

The Wranglers added two more goals in the third thanks to Boguski’s sec-ond and Samson’s third. Airdrie managed to solve Munro only once more with a goal by Carter Hill at the 15 minute mark of the period.

When asked what he thought the team could improve upon, Neumeier said they need to work on their defensive play.

“Our D-zone is going to be a work in progress,” he said, adding that because it’s the beginning of the year, it may take some time for the defense to settle in.

The Wranglers are now preparing for next week-

end’s challenges, including games against the Cochrane Generals and the Strathmore Wheatland Kings.

“We’ve just got to keep things simple,” Neumeier said. He added he thinks the team has a pretty good chance of winning.

“If we make an effort we should be able to walk out of there with points on the board for sure.”

The coach noted, how-ever, the season is going to be a competitive one. The Wranglers are going into this campaign with the goal of a provincial title, which they’ll need to win the league to compete for. And, to make things harder, they’ll have to do it without the talents of two of their best players. Robin Carlson, who led

the league in scoring last year, is out with an injury and Glasman is out after breaking his leg earlier this week.

“We lost two thirds of our top line at the beginning of the year. Everyone’s got to step up now and one way or the other take care of business until these guys get healthy.”

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My daughter has begun her third year of university and is studying Canadian literature. I know this because the books on my coffee table are by familiar authors such as Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler and she moans now and then about how some of her least favorite au-thors are Canadian.

When I envision all things Canadian (including design) my mind travels to the East Coast and to the homey way of life that is enjoyed there.

I know that Canadian design is not all log cabins and Hudson’s Bay blankets but it seems to be a stereotype stuck in my head as I dream of a cozy room adorned in plaid somewhere in the Canadian wil-derness.

When I consider the designers I follow on social media, Canada has a vast array of design styles.

Yanic Simard and Glen Peloso are two of my favorite Canadian designers who are both based in the Toronto area and who

both have an international style which is infused with metropolitan looks and European accents.

When designers are well travelled it allows them to experience other forms of style and different colour palette options which they then bring back to their home base.

Candice Olson is another favorite of mine who is also based in the greater Toronto area. Unlike her male counter-parts, I fi nd her design style to be more comfortable using natural woods and reclaimed pieces. It may be the female nurturing side that brings the coziness to her designs while the top male designers of our country choose the cleaner edge of

urban design.The variances between designs is thrill-

ing to me and all so very Canadian.We often look past our borders to envy

the design that is going on around us when it is evident that we have an abun-dance of talent right here within our provinces.

From Jane Lockhart who is creating trendy, urban designs to Higher Ground (right here in Alberta) creating beautiful, rustic log furniture; we are more than the sum of stereotypes that seem to make up Canadian design.

This country is brimming with varied and talented interior designers and cre-ators of fi ne furniture who know how to modernize or rusticate an interior and create a space that is truly Canadian.

Canadian design can be warm and natural yet it can be cool and industrial, it all rests on your decisions and your personal taste.

The lovely thing is, there is no wrong answer!

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There are options ranging from slick glass enclosed high rise buildings to cen-tury-old homes with pot-bellied stoves and original chinking between the wood slatted walls.

The craving for superior design can be satisfi ed in every delicious way in this country, we are fortunate to live in such a diverse and beautiful place.

Whether you have a stuffed moose hanging above your fi replace or have an abstract piece by Douglas Coupland in your home, you are Canadian!

Embrace the vastness of our country and its incredible diversity in design; we are blessed and bountiful and it only takes a moment to widen your hori-zons and discover all the creativity that Canada has to offer our homes and our lives.

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