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Many people were glued to their favouritenews broadcaster as reports came out on Oct.22 about a shooting at Parliament.A lone gunmen shot and killed Cpl. Nathan

Cirillo, who was guarding the War Memorialin Ottawa, before heading towards the Parlia-ment building where he was later killed bySergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers.That same morning, three teens from Strath-

more were in the area while on tour with theEncounters with Canada group. There werefour busses of students, two had previouslystopped at the memorial and the other twowere on their way to it.

I had passed by and I had seen the sol-diers and I had taken pictures of the memorialfrom the back, so I hadnt seen it yet, but Iwas on my way back about maybe 30 secondsbefore the shooting occurred, maybe half ablock away, said Jaimie Betterton, a Strath-more High School (SHS) student.

She said her tour guide, as soon as the shoot-ing happened, was very open about it. Thebus was about a block away and was quicklyrerouted, dropping off the tour guide beforeheading to the dorms.

So when we were driving back, right aftershe told us that, we had turned the corner. Youjust saw all the ambulances, all the cops andthe city was just immediately evacuated withina matter of minutes, said Betterton. My main(thought) was oh my gosh, its in Canada. Youhear about it in other places, but (not) it ac-tually being where you are and consideringCanada is home.

Halee Grimsdale, a student with SHS, wason a different bus at the same time. The stu-dents on her bus started looking up at whatwas happening, and when they heard the

shooter was headed towards Parliament theypanicked a bit.

We were all kind of in a panic on the bus,(thinking) whats happening thats wherewe were supposed to go next, said Grimsdale.

Back at the dorm the girls were reunited andwere watching the news with the other stu-dents, when the fire alarm went off. It causedsome panic because the students were toldthey were on lockdown, and then they weretold to evacuate the building.

Were already panicking about oh my goshthis guys on the loose, some psycho and nowwere out here and something is wrong withour building I didnt feel safe at all at thattime, said Betterton.

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Strathmore songstress Kirstyn John-son is glad a couple people told her toenter the Cowboys Star contest held inCalgary Sept. 26-Oct. 24, after winning$10,000 in cash and prizes.

I was second last but I was luckynumber seven, seven has always beenmy number I was like this has gotto be a good thing, so I sang and ev-erybody cheered and it was fantastic.It was so fun and there were so manypeople there, in one part of the songtheyre all waving their arms along withme, said Johnson.

I have never had an experience likethat, because Im normally playing pia-no, so I have never played for that largeof a crowd where I just get to sing andhave them react to me.

She sang Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys asher winning song, which can be foundon her website kirstynjohnson.band-zoogle.com. Each Friday night eight to

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It was a big deal for me, it was abig step. Theres nothing wrong withcoming second because it shows thatyoure getting a lot of recognition still,youre just not getting that top spot,

and I know theres always going to besomebody out there better than me, ora million people better than me, butthe fact that I got this recognition andthe people at Cowboys who were run-ning the event were so excited to seeme win, it was a really good feeling,said Johnson.

In 2013 she competed in the Much-Music and Coca Cola Covers Competi-tion, coming in second place, and thisyear she was in the top six of the Stam-pede Talent Search in Calgary.Johnson won $2,000 cash, 10 hours

worth of recording time at the BeachAdvanced Audio Production, and Rock-it Vocal Studios will do a personalizedvocal program with her. She also hastickets to every Cowboys concert forthe next year, and will get to be theopening act for one of the headliners.The win and prizes will allow her tomove forward with the work on herCD, which she has been saving dili-gently for.

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new, unreleased tracks at Up! 97.7which was her prize for the StampedeTalent Search. She is now offering thosetwo tracks for free to anyone who joinsthe mailing list on her website, http://kirstynjohnson.bandzoogle.com.Johnson can next be found at the

Shoppers Drug Mart on Nov. 8 as partof the gala for breast cancer awareness.She will have a tri-fold board up show-ing her accomplishments over the lastfew years, and 50 per cent of the totalsales of her CD will go to the cause.

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The evacuation didnt last long, and fortunately the stu-dents were allowed back inside. They were then on lock-down for the rest of the day and most of Thursday.

For Deb Betterton, when she got the text from Jaimie, shefelt helpless being across the country.

I just wanted her home, said Deb, who had even calledEncounters to see if the kids could come home early. Mymain concern was the safety, not only of mine, but of all theyoung kids that were there and really living out here in thewest, you hear about this stuff in the east or anywhere in thecountry and its easy to turn a blind eye. Until theres somesort of correlation, until you have someone whos there, youhave a connection there. It was scary.

She said she didnt actually break down until Jaimie senther the picture of the back of the War Memorial, then it re-ally hit home for her and she thought about what could havehappened and how different the day could have been.

I thank God that my daughter wasnt there, but the pos-sibility of her being there was very high, it was a matter oftiming, said Deb.

Both girls said they were only minutes away from the me-morial when it happened.

On Thursday, the group went to the cemetery, and origi-nally they were going to light candles and set up memorialsfor the soldiers who have died in the past, but because of theevents of the previous day, they then laid a special memorialfor Cirillo.

Im still overwhelmed I think, coming to school Ive hadso many questions about it, said Jaimie. I dont think any-body will ever really understand it from our perspective,even if we tell it over and over again. I think her perspectiveis different than mine because we were on different busses.I was like literally down the street.

Though some of the events were obviously cancelled be-cause of the shooting, the girls did both get to take partin a number of exciting activities. They were there for themedicine and health week and went to the Cancer ResearchCentre, where they did some hands on work; they took partin workshops and cultural activities like African dancing. St.Johns Ambulance came and taught them about first aid. Theylistened to different speakers and took part and workshops,and prior to the shooting, they did get the chance to go toParliament and listen to Stephen Harper speak.While the trip was a bit more than they both had bargained

for, they would both love the opportunity to go back and seewhat some of the other programs offered are.

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Strathmore Council Procedural Bylaw #07-11 and amendments thereto.Any person or group of persons, or person acting on his or their behalf, who claims

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Councillor. Pursuant to t he Municipal Government Act revised statues of

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Strathmore, AB T1P 1J1Dated at the Town of Strathmore, in the Province of Alberta, this 20rth day of

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No Person shall engage in any conduct or activity in a Park which may:

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(b) disturb the use or enjoyment of the Park by any other user of a

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

At the beginning of October Lang-dons new waste management and curb-side recycling program began.

Like any other program theres al-ways a few glitches when you get go-

ing, but they definitely have tapered off.In the beginning we had some challeng-es with missed pick-ups that type ofthing, now most of the calls are relatedto a technical glitch that weve got, saidDave Whitfield, Solid Waste and Recy-cling Advisor for Rocky View County.

For some reason were having somepartial pick ups where the contractordumps the bin but theres maybe oneor two small bags left in the bottom.

Were working with the contractor onthat to see if we can resolve that issue.For a new program I think it is going

very well.Discussion about waste management

began two years ago when Rocky ViewCounty sent representatives to Langdonfor community consultations.

The thing with waste is the cost oftipping fees is going through the roofand so leaving everything the way it is,is never something you can do when

youre dealing with garbage and re-cycling, said Rocky View CouncillorRolly Ashdown. So by moving to ahigher amount of recycling and a lesseramount of garbage, first off its good forthe environment and the second thingis its a lot cheaper.

Prior to implementation of the new

program, residents had two bags of gar-bage at the curb and then in order torecycle an item, residents would haveto physically bring it in to a recyclingdepot.

Residents were asked during the con-sultations what they wanted to do. Thecart options were black carts for gar-

bage, the blue carts for recycling, andthe green carts for composting.

A percentage of them wanted to gowith the black carts so you can auto-mate services and a percentage of them

wanted go with the black and blue cartsso you can have the garbage and thenalso the recycling and then another por-tion wanted to go with the black, the

blue and the green carts, said Ash-down.The report was brought forward to

council and it was decided to go withthe majority, which would be a combi-nation of the blue and the black carts.

They (council) thought, if theres twobags of garbage, most likely half of thatis going to be recyclable materials, soinstead of having 120 litres times two,

which half is recycling, they went with120 litre bin and they went with a 240li-tre larger recycling bin and so the feesfor the garbage went down a little bit,said Ashdown.

Fees for waste removal went from$12.50 to $20 per month, which in-cludes the costs for the garbage, the re-cycling and reimbursement to the coun-ty, which paid for all of the bins.After 90 days Rocky View County ad-

ministration will be taking a look at the

Langdon recycling programprogram and seeing how the programis working with the community, makingsure the bin sizes are correct and so on.Ashdown lives in Langdon, and said

he deals with the same things that otherresidents do, including the new wastemanagement program.

I think its kind of neat, you take yourpile of papers and thrown them in the

blue bin, you take your cans and throwthem in there, its great, said Ashdown.A list of what can and cant be recy-

cled can be found at rockyview.ca un-der services, garbage, Langdon collec-tion. Theres a page for concerns, whichis monitored daily. There will also bea frequently asked questions sectionposted as questions continue to comein. How well the program is working todate is not available, but in both Whit-fields and Ashdowns opinions ... thingsseem to be going well.

Strathmore RCMP are currently

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Students from Brentwood Elementary enjoy the sunshine by participating in their annual Fun Run on

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Run in the Sun!

The United Church annual thrift sale took place

on Oct. 23-25. Adam Ivey (l-r), Javin Gibb and

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Recently both Calgary and Edmonton have been pressedto publish what is known as a sunshine list.A sunshine list details all municipal employees who earn

more than $100,000. Included are salary, benefits, positionand name.

Ontario has had the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Actsince 1996, which includes the province, municipalitiesand a host of other public entities. BC, Manitoba andSaskatchewan also have the same municipal lists. The 2013list from Toronto alone has close to 4,900 employees. Theincrease in the size of the list was the subject of muchpress when contract changes for fire services added a largenumber of new names to the list.

Calgarys new CAO (the highest ranking bureaucrat), JeffFielding, was recently hired with a base salary of $315,000plus up to 10 per cent bonus at councils discretion. Thisputs him at 82 to 90 per cent of retiring Toronto CAO JosephPennachettis salary of $382,000 depending on his bonuses.Edmonton City manager Simon Farbrother earned about$350,000. Edmontons population is just under 900,000citizens, Calgarys is just under 1.2 million compared withTorontos population of just under 2.8 million.

The salaries for those reporting to the CAO remain amystery as they are not published in Alberta. From my ownexperience, council conversations about staff salaries arealways uncomfortable. Councils have typically left the taskof salary increases in the hands of the city or town manager.The pushback for higher salaries is the competition with theprivate sector and need to have compensation that attractspotential employees. What is interesting is that in the 2013municipal administrators survey, 45 per cent of CAOsindicated they would stay in that role in Alberta for sevenor more years and 47 per cent for six or less years. Themajor reason for those that anticipated leaving in the shortertimeframe was retirement.

So the question remains, have Alberta municipalities beenwell served keeping the salaries of those highest paid outof the public spotlight? From 2002 to 2012 the number ofmunicipal employees relative to the population has gone

Municipalities growing in cost and number

SHERRY MALMBERGWheatland District 4-H

The Wheatland District 4-H Council held ourannual record book competition last week, andalthough the number of books submitted forcompetition where down, the quality of bookswas fantastic.

Congratulations to Sarah Wolfs for placingfirst with three excellent record books. Sarahsis a member of two clubs and completed booksin Jumping and Intermediate Horsemanship 4-7for Rusty Spurs in Strathmore and a Market Lamb

book for the Standard Sheep Club.All the other winners were from ArrowwoodRiver Wrangler with Codi Ashbacher for SeniorHorsemanship 4-7, Mya Ingraham, IntermediateHorsemanship 1-3, Olivia McLean, JuniorHorsemanship 1-3, Amy Malmberg, Senior Quiltingand Kyle Malmberg, Intermediate Woodworking.The winners books move on to compete at the

Calgary Regional level record book competitionin Airdrie. All of the members who submittedbooks did a great job and a big thank-you to theparents that volunteered to mark at both Districtand Regional level.

One for the books!

up. In 2002, on average there were 9.2 full timemunicipal employees for every 1,000 citizens.That number has risen 24 per cent to 11.4employees per 1,000 citizens in 2012. In the bigcities of Calgary and Edmonton, the number iseven higher at 12.4 full time municipal employeesfor every 1,000 citizens.The dollar increase to cover staff salaries and

contracted labour is even more aggressive. In2002, municipalities paid the equivalent of $688per citizen for employee salaries. Combined withcontracted labour that amount was $985 percitizen. Ten years later, in 2012, that number hadballooned 80 per cent to $1,240 per citizen for

salaries and up 68 per cent to $1,653 for salariesand contracted labour.

Employee costs remain the highest expense formost municipalities. They are worthy of scrutiny,something a sunshine list would provide.At your next council question period ask

would you be willing to publish a sunshine listfor our municipality?

(Patrick Bergen is the Managing Directorof Smart Towns Inc. a company that buildsexcellence in municipalities through comparativeanalytics. You can e-mail him at [email protected]).

Europebeckons

ALIERA CHERNOFF

Strathmore Rusty Spurs

Strathmore Rusty Spurs 4-H club started offthe year in September. It was a busy month thatstarted off with our Extreme Trail Clinic. Thegroup spent two days working with our horses.On the first day we did ground work and on thesecond day we rode our horses through obstacleslike the teeter totter, wooden bridges and wallmade out of pool noodles. We also had a health

clinic with Dr. Ford. She helped us measure howtall our horses are, take their temperature, andhow to find their heartbeat.

During our October club meeting we had our clubelections. Our new executive is President SarahWolfs, Vice President Megan Davidson, SecretaryBrooklyn Phelps, Treasurer Chanel Guichon, ClubReporter Aliera Chernoff, Snack Organiser AvalonStrauss, District Jr. Rep Elle Darr, Club HistorianMadison Phelps, Club Photographer Carlie Wells,and Roll Call Cobie Klassen.

Rusty Spurs on full swing!

KENTON ZANDEE

Strathmore High School Teacher

Strathmore High School is once again headingoverseas for an incredible journey in May 2015.The trip is primarily an historical venture with

students following in the footsteps of Canadiansoldiers who participated in WWI and WWII.The trip is conducted by EF Educational Tours

who has been the long-time provider of almost allof SHSs trips over the past 20 years and is partof their Victory in Europe series.These types of trips are only organized at

SHS every five years, and provide an incrediblythought-provoking, soul-searching opportunity forstudents. The school traveled on their inauguralversion of this trip in 2010 and it is limited to onlyfifteen participants.

Students participate in commemorationceremonies in significant historical sights such

as London, Amsterdam, Vimy Ridge and Paris,and follow the path of Canadian soldiers as theyliberated areas of Europe in both World War I andWorld War II.

This profound journey can get very emotionalat times, as students take part in a silent, solemnwalk to Groesbeek cemetery in the Netherlands,and will visit the poignant Beaumont Hamel warmemorial, where 900 Newfoundlanders arrivedon Day 1 of the battle, and 880 lost their lives thatfateful day.Today, a wailing elk statue facing towards

Newfoundland stands as a painful reminder ofthe incredible loss the province (and country) felt

back in 1916. SHS students will also participatein a parade to celebrate Canadian war efforts in

Wageningen, Netherlands.The latter truly makes the students proud to be

Canadian; in 2010, the SHS group paraded aroundthe city (with over 3,500 other Canadian students)and approximately 100,000 locals turned out tocheer on the Canadian students, as they knowwhat tremendous sacrifices Canadians made ontheir behalf to liberate their country.An incredible journey such as this ensures one

thing that Strathmore High School students trulyunderstand the sacrifices other Canadians madeon their behalf, and that it is their responsibilityto carry on the legacy of being a good citizen ofCanada today, and into the future.

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KEVIN SORENSON, M.P.,

CROWFOOT

Parliamentary Report

In 2006 Canadians elected ourConservative Government andduring that campaign I heard re-peatedly in our riding that Momand Dad should be in charge

of raising their children. OurParty was campaigning againstthe Liberals national day carescheme that would cost billionsof dollars a year and was tailoredto serve mainly urban dwellersliving in Canadas biggest cities.Rural families and families livingin small communities that wouldnot fit the Liberal plan would

be left behind.Since 2006, our Conservative

Government has provided fami-lies direct support that has givenevery parent in Canada (includ-

ing shift workers) $100 a monthto help raise a child six years ofage or under. As your Memberof Parliament, I believe that theeffort to support parents wasmost important because I heardthat so often when I was door-knocking and meeting with vot-ers during that campaign.

Today, we continue our effortsto strengthen the family unitand provide parents with use-ful tools to raise their children.Mom and Dad can truly choose

what is best for their children.Prime Minister Stephen Harp-

er has announced our Conser-vative Governments intentionto double the Childrens Fitness

Tax Credit (CFTC) and makeit refundable. The maximumamount of expenses that may beclaimed under the credit will bedoubled from its current $500

limit to $1,000 for the 2014 taxyear and subsequent tax years,and the credit will be made re-fundable effective for the 2015and subsequent tax years.

Our Government is on trackto eliminate the annual fed-eral budgetary deficit in 2015.

As your Member of Parliament,

I am very pleased that help-ing our youngest generation ofCanadians begin healthy andphysically active lives is one ofthe first steps we are taking asCanada moves to a financial po-sition of balanced books.

Many of you will recall thatthe Childrens Fitness Tax Credit

was also one of the first mea-sures we implemented afterforming government in 2006.It was introduced in our firstBudget in 2006 to help promotephysical fitness among children

Childrens Fitness Tax Credit to be doubled and made refundable

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the EditorIn reference to the Alberta Governments strategies

to help alleviate the logjam of patients in acute andemergency care, its important to remember that fam-ily members (along with friends) still provide the vastmajority of care for the patients well-being.

My own personal health has been affected by beinga family caregiver.While providing care and filling in the many gaps

to provide the necessary care for my loved ones well-being, I experienced the stressful toll on my physical,mental and emotional health. I also faced financialand workplace challenges while being a caregiver.

But Im not alone. There are over 500,000 caregiversin Alberta. Due to the aging baby boomers, the needfor even more family caregivers is going to explode.

We all need to care for the caregiver.Its critical that Albertans focus on the importance

of the well-being of family/friend caregivers. We needproactive strategies in place and action so that ourgrowing population of caregivers dont end up in hos-pital beds as well.

Colin MacPhailCommunications Coordinator

Alberta Caregivers Association

Looking out for Albertans well-being

by making it more affordablefor Canadian families to reg-ister their kids in fitness ac-tivities. We also provided theUniversal Child Care Benefitand the Childrens Arts TaxCredit.When fully implemented,

the proposed enhancements

to the Childrens Fitness TaxCredit will deliver additionaltax relief to about 850,000families who enroll theirchildren in eligible fitnessactivities. This tax credit cur-rently provides 1.4 millionfamilies with total tax relief

of approximately $115 mil-lion per year. We will contin-ue to put more money backinto the pockets of Canadianfamilies, where it belongs.

If you have any questionsor concerns regarding this orprevious columns you may

write me at 4945-50th Street,

Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9,call 780-608-4600, toll-free1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail [email protected] or visithttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevin-Sorenson/1636915206532795?ref=profile.

FROM THE OFFICE OF

KEVIN SORENSON

The Honourable Kevin Soren-son, Minister of State (Finance)and Member of Parliament forCrowfoot, issued the followingstatement:

In the midst of dangerousand tragic events yesterday onParliament Hill, I witnessedsome of Canadas finest menand women in uniform displaybravery that did our Nation

proud. Many others could havebeen harmed, but the courageof our first responders kept ussafe.

My prayers are with the familyand friends of Corporal NathanCirillo of the Argyll and Suther-land Highlanders of Canada.Likewise, my sympathies remainwith the family and friends ofWarrant Officer Patrice Vincent,who was killed earlier this weekby an ISIL-inspired terrorist. Wewill forever remember their sac-

rifice and willingness to protectus.This weeks events are a grim

reminder that Canada is not im-mune to the types of attacks wehave seen elsewhere around theglobe.Together, we will remain vigi-

lant against those at home orabroad who wish to harm us.We live in an increasingly dan-gerous and uncertain world, butCanada remains strong. Canadi-ans will never be intimidated.

Minister Sorensons addresses Ottawa attacks

The Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games Society received a donation from the ChinookCredit Union for $22,500 to help with costs on Oct. 27 at the library.

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Every bit counts!

Chinook Credit Union teller Saman-tha Flood serves three-year memberGene Moody during InternationalCredit Union Day on Oct. 16 at theStrathmore branch.

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JOHN GODSMAN

Times Contributor

The Clark family name originatesfrom Northern Ireland, where Barrysgrandfather Archibald was born in1872. He moved to Glasgow, Scotland

in 1882 and 13 years later in 1895sailed to Halifax, N.S.

In those days it took 12 days to sailacross the Atlantic Ocean! Another fourdays by train took him to Winnipeg,Man.After 10 years here, he moved further

west to Clair, Sask. arriv-ing there in 1908, wherehe homesteaded for therest of his life. Barrys fa-ther Samuel, was born inClair in 1911, and movedto Nanton in 1929 towork with his brother inthe trucking business.

Barry was born in HighRiver in 1951, because that was theclosest hospital to Nanton. He has anolder sister. His mother, Mildred La-then, was a war bride, and married hisfather in England in 1941. Barry livedand attended school in Nanton, thenjoined Canadian Western Natural Gas,now ATCO, in 1972 at the age of 21.

Initially, he worked in construction,building underground pipelines, beforemoving on to Customer Service in theiroffices on 11th Avenue SW.

In 1983, he was transferred to Strath-more, where he worked until retire-ment in 2008. After moving here, he be-came a volunteer fireman for 15 years,and for the past 20 years has and still isdelivering Meals on Wheels.

Sheilas maiden name was Carr. Hergrandfather John was born in Soreal,Que. in 1870, moved to St. Paul, Minn.

in 1904, and married Ida Nicholsonlater that year. They moved to Oyen,Alta. in 1912, and ran a grocery storefrom their farm. Sheilas parents Kenand Laura (McMurray) were married inOyen, and she was born there in 1952,the third eldest of eleven children.

Barry and Sheila met in Nanton in1971, while Sheila was visiting Nan-ton with a girlfriend. They were mar-ried in Oyen in April 1973, and havethree children - Melissa, Sarah andTyler. After she graduated from Hol-lingshead Business College in Calgary,

Sheila worked for boththe Alberta Wheat Pool,and Southern AlbertaInstitute of Technology(SAIT), in Calgary. Forthe past 24 years she hasworked with ATB Finan-cial here in Strathmore.Sheila is the chairpersonfor Meals on Wheels in

Strathmore, and has been a volunteer

for the past 30 years. They both advisedthey are always looking for drivers todeliver the meals.

Since growing up in Nanton wherethere was a dirt road race track thathis cousins raced on, Barry is still in-terested in NASCAR Auto Racing, to theextent he and Sheila have made manytrips to see races in the U.S., for exam-ple at Las Vegas, Phoenix and Daytona.When they moved here in 1983, the

population was 3,400, and now its inexcess of 12,000! Changes theyve seensince 1983 include the growth of thetown, all the box stores, the new swim-ming pool and recreation centre, andthe services and facilities now avail-

able.Drivers required for Meals on Wheels.Please call (403) 324-0655.

REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS

~ Barry & Sheila Clark

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LOOKING AT JESUS

Columbia University psychologists

discovered something quite remark-

able in a 1968 study. Over a period

of time, a research team dropped

specially identified wallets on

various streets in lower Manhattan.

They then kept track of how many

of the wallets were returned to their

owners. After weeks of checking,

the researchers discovered that

about 45 per cent of those finding

the wallets returned them within a

couple of days.

But then something unusual

happened. Not a single one of the

wallets dropped on June 5, 1968 was

returned. On that day a young man

named Sirhan Sirhan fired a bullet at

Robert F. Kennedy. Within hours the

entire nation heard the news that he

was dead. The researchers realized

that this tragic news had somehow

damaged whatever social bonds

had inspired people to return those

wallets.

Further studies established that the

hearing of bad news consistently

lessened peoples willingness to

help others. They also revealed that

good news concerning some helpful

citizen or heroic deed actually made

people behave more cooperatively.People are motivated to do good by

positive ideals. The best within us is

brought out by the heroic acts of oth-

ers. When we see kindness modeled,

we are more likely to be kind.

Apostle Paul says in Hebrews 12:2:

Looking unto Jesus, the author and

finisher of our faith, who for the joy

that was set before Him endured

the cross, despising the shame, and

has sat down at the right hand of the

throne of God.

We are looking at Jesus our model,

who endured the cross for us. When

we look at the life of Jesus we see a

self-sacrificial life, a life of service.

Jesus says in Mark 10:45, For even

the Son of Man did not come to be

served, but to serve, and to give His

life a ransom for many. If Jesus is

our model, we will exhibit the same

self-sacrificial attitude in our lives

and will serve others as Jesus did.

Looking to Jesus, we discover

everything we long to become. All

of the kindness, compassion, and

goodness we crave resides in Christ.

What a model He is. What a hero,

what an ideal. Looking at Jesus

positive example, we are changed,

transformed, and renewed. We

become like Him, whom we most

admire. Jesus example inspires us

to become better every day.

Pastor Ghena GirleanuStrathmore Seventh-day

Adventist Church

Pass the Salt

BOW RIVER ALLIANCE CHURCH

105 Main St. Carseland

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Pastor: Andy Wiebe

Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

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RCCG PECULIAR PEOPLE ASSEMBLY

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115A 3rd Avenue, Strathmore

403-667-7832Pastor: Dunmoye Lawal

Sunday Service: 10:30 amFriday (Divine Encounter): 7 pm

Thursday Bible Study: 7 pmwww.rccgstrathmore.com

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50 Maplewood Drive 403-934-2225Senior Pastor: Rev. Les Fischer

Childrens Pastor: Lori Dollinger

Youth Pastor: Kyle Lomenda

New Office Hours:9 am - 4 pm Tues - Wed - Thur

Worship Service: 10:30 am

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112 Lakeside Blvd. 403-934-2374Pastor: Dawn Nelson

Worship ScheduleThursday Evening 7:00 pm

Sunday Family 10:30 am

Christian EducationFor All - Ages 3-103Sunday at 9:30 am

Join us in Praising our Lord, Jesus Christ!

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Sundays 10:30 amCome join us for a spirit-filled time

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Meeting in the Lutheran Church112 Lakeside Blvd. 403-983-0081

Pastor: Ghena Girleanu

Services held every Saturday

Sabbath School: 10 AMWorship Service: 11 AM

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Masses: Saturday 5 pm Sunday 10 am

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Pastor: Darrell YoungAssociate Pastor: Byron Allan

9:30 am Sunday School for All Ages11:00 am Worship Service

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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

If you are interested in join-ing Clogging, then come downto the Lambert Centre to learnthe dance every Thursday night

starting at 6 p.m.Clogging is a folk dancewhere dancers use the heels onthe bottom of their footwear tocreate a beat to a specific music.Anne Godsman has been do-

ing this for 25 years, nine ofthem here in Strathmore, andthoroughly likes teaching a pas-sionate dance to people whoare starting out and those whoare experienced in clogging.

When I saw people doingit, it just looked like fun be-cause they really have all differ-ent kinds of upbeat music. Ina way like square dancing itsalso queued, to me it was good

easy exercise, you dont need

a whole lot of fancy shoes orclothes until youre into it, saidGodsman.

So I had done itoff and on for con-siderable time andjust had enough

time to do it regu-larly in Calgary andwe moved out hereand theres no wayI was going to driveinto Calgary in thewinter time foran hour or two ofdancing. Somebodysaid to me, startyour own group(and) Ive nevertaught anyone butmy family in mywhole life.

Godsman andher group call themselves theStrathmore Stompers because,

essentially, stomping is their ap-

proach to dancing with the beat.So I started then with a

couple of ladiesthat knew a littlebit about clog-ging and theytold some friends.

Weve got a groupof eight to 10 ofus that have beentogether almostfrom the firstyear, said Gods-man.

It is one of themost appealingthings, its some-thing you can dowithout a partner.There are a lotof ladies on theirown that wouldlike to do some

kind of dancing.There are two clogging class-

es that are run with a beginner

Stomp to Clogging

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

Aspen Crossing Railway Park received the LastSpike in a ceremony on Oct. 22.The park just completed a 14-mile-long track

that will extend through the whole site and ridethrough the scenic prairie landscape.

Owner Jason Thornhill could not be morethrilled for this day to come.

Weve been trying to bring this project to frui-tion for six years. It took a long time to deal withthe CPR to actually purchase the 14 mile trackand we needed a place for people to get on thetrain, so we built this spur line to go up to where

the station and the parking area is, said Thorn-hill.

We were holding dinner theatre last week,called the Last Spike, and I said we should doLast Spike here on the spur.

The Aspen Crossing staff wanted to get thespike in the ground before the ground froze andas a group had to work very hard to get one.

We had to work pretty hard because we want-ed to do it before it froze and of course we hadhydraulic spikers to make it a little easier to buildthe track in a faster time, said Thornhill.Thornhill believes it will be good for the south-

ern part of the province to appreciate what kindof history has been preserved in the area.

I think itll be good for all southern Albertans.Its just a piece of history saved, so many thou-sands of miles have been ripped up in the last 10years, its just nice getting to be a part of savingsome history, said Thornhill.

The new spur line will be in operation with thecars on the track on May long weekend 2015. Itwill operate every weekend and corporate eventscan be booked by calling Aspen Crossing at 403-534-2129.

Aspen Crossing receives Last Spike

session followed by a more experienced one.I get the beginners who have never done this before to

come in at 6 p.m. and then they learn the steps for aboutan hour. The experienced dancers come in (7 p.m.) and gountil 8:45 p.m., said Godsman.When you attend these classes, the group just simply en-

joys dancing and having fun.We make lots of noise (and) really just have fun. I always

do a demo to let new people sort of see what it looks likeand I use the same piece of music all the time because thereis a lot of stomping in it, she said.

Godsman uses a wide range of musical genres to stomp

to, including country and Irish dance.

Aspen Crossing

owner Jason Thorn-

hill hammered the

last spike into thenew train track on

Oct. 22. The track

is 14 miles long

and will be open for

tours on May longweekend next year.

Justin Seward Photo

The Strathmore Stompers

enjoyed heel clicking andstomping to the music on Oct.

23 at the Lambert Centre.

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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

Strathmore High School isholding their first ever Battleof the Bands competition onNov. 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. inthe high school theater.

We can have an a cappel-la group of two or three, but

were looking for bands withinstruments. It has to be atleast one SHS student, saidKaitrin McDonnell, event or-ganizer. On Nov. 14 from7-10 p.m. is the Battle of theBands, depending on howmany bands there are, if wehave a whole bunch itll beone or two (songs), if weonly have five bands itll be

two to three.McDonnell and her panel

of judges will determinewho will win the competi-tion based on if they canmake a musical sound andnot just a noise.

The determining (of win-ners) is whatever genre aslong as they can make a mu-sical sound instead of noise.

We just want to bring musicand want to raise some mon-ey for the music program,said McDonnell. So reallyif its a group that has been

performing together longerthan a week, they will prob-ably be successful and be in

the top three.McDonnell is hoping forone specific band to showup to showcase their talent.

So were hoping for thatfive piece band, (with) oneprogressive metal bandhopefully coming. They havea bass guitar, lead vocals

with the guitar and drum kitplus they have a pianist as

well, said McDonnell.The idea for the event is

to have some of the com-munity musicians and SHSs

band class come out andplay what theyre practicingin class.

So were hopefully goingto have a group of teachersthat are going to come andplay, we have a student band,a father/daughter group andour Glee singers, there are acouple girls from there. Then

we have our transitions classthat is going to do a segmentof Musical Therapy, said Mc-Donnell.The admission is free for

the bands but $5 at the doorfor guests, and the proceedsgo to the SHS music pro-gram.


SHS band supremacy

Another great Year of GrowingIn October The Strathmore Country Garden Clubs year was off to a

great head start with our photo contest. Winners - Single Bloom wasJen Parnel and Best Landscape, Best Container went to Christine

Wright. Each winner received a gift card to Home Hardware. Congrat-ulations Ladies!

The club held their AGM meeting and brainstormed projects/events

throughout the rest of the year while enjoying Tim Hortons coffee anddonuts.

Wednesday, November 5th, the Club will design their own terrariums:

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If you are a non-prot group and have a special event you would like to promotecontact us! Space restrictions mean keep info to a minimum.Email: [email protected] call: 403-934-5589 Fax:403-934-5546.

Have you updated your event? Please contact us directly to update your event in this community calendar.Phone 403-934-5589, or email your changes to [email protected].

Adult Volleyballfor the 2014-2015season runs every Wednesdaynight from 7-9 at CrowtherMemorial Junior High. Contactperson is Lavern Lein [email protected] or call (403) 934-7527.

HAPPY GANG 55+ Society 85Lakeside Blvd. Phone 403 934 2676.Fall & Winter Activities: Mornings:

Mon/Wed/Fri/ Mens Pool 9:00am,Yoga 10:00amTues/Thurs. Walking10:00am. Afternoons 1:30pm Mon.Line Dancing; Tues. Rummikube,Whist. Wed. Bridge, Mah Jong;Thurs. Canasta, Darts; Fri. Crib;Hall Rentals Christine (403) 901-1574

Nazareth Church WomensTurkey Supper Standard Hallon November 5 from 5pm-7pm.Tickets at the door.

Wheatland Weed ConsensusCommittee Fall Meeting onWednesday, November 5,2-4pm at the Wheatland CountyAdministrative Ofce. This meetingis to inform and disucuss currentWeed Control issues. EveryoneWelcome.

The Boob Tour - Friday November7 at the Strathmore Civic Centre.A standup comedy show ghtingcancer with laughter. Doors at7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm CashBar, Snacks, 50/50 Rafe, SilentAuction. Tickets or for moreinformation email [email protected] or call Patti VanBavel 403-934-9765 or Shelly Neal403-533-2263.

We Remember: A salute to ourtroops November 10 (10:30am-Noon) Strathmore Library Listento Remembrance Day stories andhelp us create a special thankyou banner to be sent away toour troops overseas.

Project Hope Annual GeneralMeeting November 17, 2014,

5:00pm at Wheatland ElementarySchool.

Rockyford Friendship Club GamesNightat the Rockyford FriendshipClub, Main Street, Rockyford, ABon Thursday, Nov. 20, from 7pm 10pm. Must be 18 yrs or older.Coffee and Tea will be available,please bring your own snack.Looking for members, for moreinfo call Betty Ann Goodfellow403-533-2366.

Library Christmas Market November 22 (10am-4pm) Geta jump start on your holidayshopping! Stop by the libraryand take home some holidaytreasures from an array of craftand home business vendors!strathmorelibrary.ca/craftfair

NaNoWriMo (National NovelWriting Month).6:30 Wednesdays,November 5/12/26 at theRockyford Library welcomes localauthors between the ages of 6and 106 to meet with others andnally get that book from themind to paper or computer. 403-533-3964 for information.

UFOs (Unfnished Objects) 6:30to 8:00 every Thursday at theRockyford Library. Bring yourunnished knitting/hobby/craftand visit. Call the library at 403-533-3964 for more information.

BRIDGING THE GAP - CommunityLunch Club social get togetherfor 55+ to have a themed lunch

served; together with a presenteron Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Theme: Falls Prevention; Tuesday,November 18, 2014 Theme:Dutch Culture From 11:00 a.m. 1:00 pm located at the Lord of allLutheran Church. To register callMarg at 403-901-7811. A Meet& Greet for Parents & Mentors come and meet some Parents,the Mentors, do an activity andhave a light lunch on Monday,November 3, 2014 Theme: RESP Save For Your Child; Monday,November 17, 2014 Activity:Memory Album. From 11:00 a.m. 1:00 pm located at the Lord ofall Lutheran Church. To registercall Rhonda at 403-901-7684.

Strathmore United WayPartnership Funding applicationsare now available for the 2015Grant Program. Local, non-prot agencies are invited tosubmit and application forfunding. Applications availableat Strathmore FCSS Ofce, 85Lakeside Blvd, or by web: www.strathmore.ca.

Chinook Credit Union donated $25,000 to the Friends of East WheatlandSociety on Oct. 28 to help with the new school being built that will housestudents from Hussar, Standard, Rosebud and Rockyford. Alan Larsen, (l-r)Golden Hills School Division Trustee, Ward 5; Christy Vandehaar, ChinookCredit Union LTD. Branch Manager, Hussar; Karen Peake, Friends of EastWheatland Society, Secretary; Kathryn Brown, Friends of East WheatlandSociety, Vice President; Jim Chisholm, Chinook Credit Union LTD. VP RetailOperations & Wealth Management.

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SHANNON LECLAIR

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The Strathmore Lions Club will be hosting a wine and

cheese open house at the golf course on Nov. 6, as a way tothank the community and encourage new members to signup.

The Strathmore Lions Club would like to thank the com-munity for their support over the past 76 years, said ShelleyHall, Lions member.

We appreciate the time and dedication the volunteersgave us throughout those many years. Without the donationsand support of the community we would not be able to pro-vide our services as thoroughly as we do year after year.

The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will go until 10p.m. with free cocktails and appetizers being served. Theclub will be showcasing some of the many works they havebeen involved in over the past 75 years. Everyone is wel-come to attend the event.

We would also like to invite anyone interested in volun-teering with the Lions Club, to please join us, said Hall.The Lions Club meetings are held on the first and third

Thursday of each month in the Chuck Mercer room at theCivic Centre at 6:30 p.m. Anyone interested in learning more,but unable to attend the open house, is asked to contactShelley Hall at 587-727-0369, or by email at [email protected].

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The Badlands Search and Rescue are currently looking forpeople who want to become involved on a squad that is veryactive and places emphasis on teamwork to save lives.

The qualification to get into our team is that you haveto be 18 years old or older, a resident of Alberta and youhave to have a clean criminal record Police Vulnerable Sector

Check, said Scott Campbell, president of the Badland Searchand Rescue.

So whether you are a 19, 20-year-old hunter thats out inthe bush all the time or a senior citizen, it doesnt matter webelieve there is a role for everybody.

If someone is interested in being a part of the team, theywill be required to take a multi-step training process to bequalified.

When you first come in, youll take what is the basic

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Once youre in and come to meetings in training, then we

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got a great core group of people here so its been a verypositive experience for everybody that has been involved,said Campbell.

Badlands Search and Rescue is always looking for recruitsto join the squad, so if you are interested, you can contactCampbell at 403-324- 3537.

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The Strathmore Lions are

once again selling tickets fortheir annual Christmas dinner.The dinner, which is open toeveryone in the community, isbeing held on Dec. 13 at theCivic Centre. Tickets are sellingfor $50 per person.

If someone wants to buya table of eight they get it forthe price of seven, said TrudyGrigg, who is helping with theplanning of the dinner.

Sentimental Journey, an18-piece band, will be perform-ing for the evening.

We wanted to make it bigger

and better by having big bandsin and we had a big band inlast year and it was very wellreceived. This band is differentbut supposed to be very, verygood so were looking forwardto listening to them, said Grigg.The Lions have been hosting a

Christmas celebration and din-ner for a number of years; theytook it over when the AquaticSociety disbanded.

It is a type of fundraiser,but is also a project where ourmembers can give back to thecommunity by providing a nice

dinner, good entertainment, anopportunity for small compa-nies to book a Christmas partythat doesnt cost and arm anda leg, in our area so they donthave to drive to Calgary andback, said Grigg.

Tickets can be purchased bycontacting a Lions member orby going to PJs Appliances orPro Water Conditioning. Ticketswill only be on sale until Dec. 9.

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

The Strathmore Pregnancy Care Centre (PCC), a satelliteof the Calgary PCC, held their official grand opening on Oct.21. The centre has officially been housed in the Aztec Build-ing since May. The PCC offers a safe and confidential placefor women to go when they think they might be pregnant.

If a woman were to suspect that she might be pregnant,we can do a pregnancy test right in our office with her, orif she does know shes pregnant we can still help her outas well, said Jenn Page coordinator of the Strathmore PCC.

From the point of finding out youre pregnant, PCC of-fers options counselling, going through all options availablefrom adoption to abortion to raising the child.

We tell her the risks and procedure with abortion. We tellher all the losses that come with each decision, and we justallow her to choose whatever is best for her, said Page.

Once shes chosen whatever option that is best for her, wehave ongoing support in a number of different ways for her.

If she chooses adoption there is a birth mom supportgroup, which leads the women through the placing deci-sion, through the placing choices that need to be done. PCC

can be an advocate for her throughout that process to getan adoption set up, to get her connected to other agencies.Theres also the option of group support with other womenwho are also placing their children up for adoption.

After she places there is a post-adoption support groupwhere she can discuss the emotions or struggles she may behaving afterwards.

If abortion is chosen, there is post abortion counselling,which again is offered in a group or individual counselling.Page said typically the women meet in a group but PCC doesoffer individual counselling if she is more comfortable withthat. The counselling provides a safe and comfortable envi-ronment where the women can talk about any struggles theymay be having with the decision.

We realize that society isnt very (accepting) of womenwho do chose abortion, so we just really give her that safeplace to come and work through anything that she might bedealing with afterwards, said Page.

Lastly, if women were to choose parenting there are anumber of classes and supports offered from newborn babycare and babys first year, to a parenting education group.

There are also life skill classes, budgeting and more.

Strathmore PCC is also offering to the moms-to-be cloth-ing, thanks to the new clothing room.This is for women who dont really have a lot, who cant

afford new clothing but still needs maternity clothing or ba-bys clothing, said Page.

This is specifically for low income women. They can startaccessing our maternity clothing right when they find outtheir pregnant and then they can start accessing our babyclothing when they are at month seven.The PCC will have clothing available for kids up to the age

of two. Page said PCC offers ongoing support for any optiona woman chooses.The PCC is run thanks to a strong volunteer base. Volun-

teers go through extensive training, roughly 45 hours of inclass, hands-on work, and role-playing to prepare them forworking with clients.

The Strathmore Pregnancy Care Centre is open Tuesdays1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursdays 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. They hope

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