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Looking for the best longhorn: VJV Auction market held its sixth annual horse and longhorn sale April 6. Thisone gives buyers a long hard look before it was sold. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

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CALUMET SYNERGY ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP

EXCELLENCE AWARD Calumet Synergy Association (“CSA”) would like to make the CSA Scholarship Excellence Award available to all present and former high school graduates planning to take post-secondary studies. The CSA would like to recognize those students and emphasize the importance of supporting their contributions to the CSA area.

Greater CSA Area roughly extends from Highway 2 east to Highway 56 and from Highway 611 south to the Red Deer River.

Should you have any questions or wish to apply for this Scholarship Award, the CSA contact is – Leanne Walton at 403-784-3437 to obtain the eligibility letter and application form. Deadline for the Application Form and Essay to the CSA contact is May 20, 2013.

Members of the Ponoka Ag Event Society receive a $50,000 CFEP grant from Alberta Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk April 8. Pictured are Cec Dykstra, Greg Bowie, George Verheire, Dale Olsen, vice-president Sherry Gummow, president Terry Jones and Doug Gill. Photo submitted

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Alberta Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk visited the Calnash Truck-ing Ag Event Centre April 8 and presented Terry Jones, president of the Ponoka Agricultural Event Cen-tre Society (PAECS), with a $50,000 grant from the Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP).

“The Ponoka Agricultural Event Centre Society is a wonderful ex-ample of how good things happen when organizations work together to achieve common goals,” said Klim-chuk. “The partnership between the Ponoka Agricultural Society, Ponoka Stampede Association, the Town of Ponoka and the County of Ponoka in developing the Calnash Ag Event Centre is connecting the community

while cre-ating new

social, cultural and economic oppor-tunities.

“As government, we are proud to help support the society with a Community Facility Enhancement Program grant of $50,000 for up-grades to the centre as together we continue to build Alberta.”

Jones was pleased to receive the CFEP funding. “With the re-cent completion of our permanent seating, we are seeing more people attending the functions that are com-ing to the ag centre.

“We will be adding to the number of stalls in the Ponoka County Heri-tage Stable and enhancing our cattle handling facilities with the funds re-ceived.

“The board of directors and staff at the ag centre are working together to create a pleasant experience for all exhibitors and attendees.”

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

There is a rhythm and flow to the evolution of the ag event centre’s growth and society president Terry Jones wants people to know things are go-ing well after recent issues. One of those issues involves Ponoka County pulling financial support after questions of equal representation were not dealt with.

Directors of the Ponoka Ag Event Centre So-ciety (PAECS) have been working with new staff to ensure people who want to make bookings have someone they can speak with. “Beryl and Terry Jarrett are handling the bookings.”

“The board is really happy with the staff and what they’ve done to keep it clean,” he added.

Jones is pleased to see the new grandstand seat-ing working out and has heard positive comments from attendees of the centre. “The seats are cool and they retract in and out.”

The differences PAECS has with its part-ners — Ponoka County and the Town of Ponoka — Jones is reluctant to discuss as he feels the fo-

cus should be on the positive aspects of the building. Since Ponoka County pulled its finan-cial support however, PAECS has not sought more money from the county and has with-drawn a request for $50,000 from the town.

“The goal of PAECS is to operate the building on its own

without funding from the partners,” he said. All the members of the board, who comprise

the two municipalities, the Ponoka Stampede As-sociation and the Ponoka Agricultural Society, have a vested interest in seeing the ag event centre do well, he added. “I believe the groups can and will come together.”

They have a long-term goal to get a bill-board sign up but the cost ranges from $60,000 to $100,000 and the group is working to pay back some of its debt before moving forward with a bill-board.

A new budget has passed and Jones feels con-fident PAECS will have a surplus for next year. He was reluctant to discuss board governance except to say they are working on how that would work. Certain bylaws need to be changed for that to hap-pen.

He also addressed the issues they have been having with the air exchange system. A second set of air filters help staff manage clean air intake and Jones believes a few more fans in the building will ensure proper air flow.

As staff are already in place Jones does not see a need to replace general manager Chas Lambert who was fired. The board will consider hiring a manager in the fall, he added.

The building is almost completely booked with only two dates available in July and one in Septem-ber and despite mainly horse shows at the centre, “I’m just open to anybody” Jones said.

Already groups such as the 4-H and the Broncs Rodeo Academy are using the building daily.

Right now there is an opening on the board as Don Letwinetz left recently as the commu-nity member at large; there is a committee looking into having a member at large on the board right now, said Jones.

PAECS receives CFEP grant

Plans moving ahead for PAECS and its events

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The Alberta government’s teacher framework agree-ment has been ratified by Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) board of trustees.

Teachers and WCPS can look forward to a four-year agreement from 2012-13 to 2015-16 with no salary in-crease for the first three years. The fourth year sees a two-per-cent increase plus a one-per-cent lump sum pay-ment on Nov. 15, 2015.

Trustees came to the agreement after a meeting April 3 with Gene Williams, executive director of strategic fi-nancial services for Alberta Education, and Doug Coffin, director of zone 4 services.

Chairperson Trudy Bratland was pleased to have Wil-liams clarify the agreement. “He allayed any concerns or misapprehensions that we had.”

For secretary-treasurer Joe Henderson, the deal helps administration plan for the future. “Getting a zero, zero, zero and a two, that’s pretty substantial monetary impli-cations for a school board.”

Salaries and benefits amount to $45 million that WCPS pays its teachers.

Henderson believes school boards and teachers have had to make compromises to ensure this deal can work. However a long-term agreement brings stability to school boards and can take away from negotiations becoming political.

Superintendent Larry Jacobs believes an agreement

over a longer period brings the focus back to the students. “So as soon as we get into that long-term contract ar-rangement we can focus on the really important things and not be sort of sidetracked.”

A negotiation process can take time away from ad-ministering students’ and schools’ needs.

Williams sat at the table with the Alberta Teachers’ Association and was able to convey some of the intent be-hind clauses in the framework agreement. He took extra time to explain two different clauses; the implementation of an exceptions committee and time limitations of 907 hours for teachers’ instruction time.

Williams expained that the exceptions committee was a decision made at the negotiations table, which pleased the ATA. “This is negotiations, it’s a give and take. ATA took a lot of comfort with the idea that this exceptions committee would have the ability to at least recommend something to a superintendent.”

Ponoka trustee Lori Jess feels the committee is adding more bureaucracy to the process. She used the example of professional development days to make her point. “What happens if a few teachers get together and say, ‘We don’t want to do that PD day…Let’s go to the review committee.’”

This would take extra time from students and admin-istration.

The first step would be for the teachers to deal with their principals and then the superintendent; this excep-


Schools in Ponoka can work out their budgets now that Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) has set the stu-dent allocation.

Grades 1 to 12 have been set at $4,912 with early childhood development or kindergarten approved at $2,470 per student.

In budget discussions April 3, superintendent Larry Jacobs was asked about funds needed for a school re-source officer (SRO). Most schools have factored in the cost for an officer in their budgets but Ponoka is slightly different.

Usually there is a cost-sharing arrangement for the officer; in this case WCPS is looking to share the cost with Ponoka County and the Town of Ponoka.

“That person would be wholly assigned to work with schools in a more proactive sense,” Jacobs said in an interview.

He feels an officer can help raise drug prevention awareness, positive citizenship and “all the kinds of things that come up for young people.” He sees the SRO with an office at the high school but would move around throughout the schools to address students’ needs.

“We’ve got commitments from obviously the school division. We have commitments from the County of Ponoka. We do not have a commitment from the Town of Ponoka at this point,” explained Jacobs.

He has been in dis-cussion with Mayor Larry Henkelman and CAO Brad Watson recent-ly in planning for an SRO and how that would work for the town.

“What we’re wait-ing for is the citizens and town council and the senior administration in Ponoka to consider this carefully and come on board to assist us,” said Jacobs.

The commitment to the town is approximate-ly $30,000 per year, he added. Possible changes af-ter May 15 framework agreement deadline

Money was budgeted for teachers’ salaries but if the new agreement with school boards and the prov-ince (see other school board story page XX) works out, WCPS may have extra funds to help schools with their budgets.

The board of trustees also agreed to take $20 off of the student allocation to help pay for updating technol-ogy in the schools. Pembina Hills distance learning

Trustees received a letter from Pembina Hills Re-gional Division about changes to the 2013 Alberta budget. Schools who have students taking a distance learning course will only receive 44 per cent of their student allocation, while a distance learning division gets the difference.

Pembina Hills would like to discuss these changes and their offerings to WCPS. Eckville trustee Karin En-gen feels Pembina should present to the entire zone. “I think all eight school boards in central Alberta could use it.”

The board of trustees agreed to invite Pembina Hills to meet with zone 4 school boards and superintendent Jacobs to meet with them.

Teachers’ framework agreement ratified by school boardtions committee would be a last resort. “But at the end of the day the board or su-perintendents office can say, ‘Thank you but were not changing our practice.”

The superintendent would have the chance to dictate what is reviewed.

For teachers requiring 907 instruc-tional hours, chairperson Bratland feels WCPS will manage the requirement but she sees some challenges for rural schools, which are already stretched thin.

Boards are able to negotiate with teachers who have more hours to bring down their hours over the next years.

“We haven’t really discussed the nitty-gritty of that,” Bratland said.

Williams suggests if teachers are not going to receive a raise for the next three years then the board has to give something in return to teachers. He believes there are ways to manage that time and leaves it to individual boards and teachers to work out. All or nothing for school boards and Alberta Education

The agreement gives all 62 Alberta school boards until May 15 to ratify the agreement. How-ever Jeff Johnson, Minister of Education does not say what will occur if some boards do not sign the agreement.

“The minister has been questioned about what that means and what that looks like and his con-tinual response has been, ‘We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.’” Hen-derson explained.

There are some av-enues left to the Johnson who could drop the deal

completely. This would force the boards to deal with teachers’ contracts locally or there could be a ministerial order forcing school boards to make a decision.

“They’re really reluctant to doing anything solid with that at this point,” added Henderson.

“I’m fairly confident that one way or another this will move along,” stated Brat-land.

She looks forward to the board of trustees’ plans for students.

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PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCHPastor Rob McArthur 403-783-5659

Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.Corner of Hwy 53 & Hwy 2A (former Crossroads Restaurant)

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHPASTOR DAVE BEAUDOIN

6230-57 Ave. Ph. 403-783-6404 Saturdays 9:30 - 12 [email protected]

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Currently meeting at Ponoka Christian School 6300-50 St.Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Everyone Welcome!www.baptistreformedponoka.org

PARKLAND REFORMED CHURCHSouth on 2A, West on Spruce Road 403-783-1888

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon Worship Service 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.www.parklandurc.org

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CHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLEPastor Jerry Preheim

3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500Worship Service 11:00 a.m. • [email protected]

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKASr. Pastor Paul Spate

5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org 403-783-5533Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

PONOKA UNITED CHURCH Minister: Beatrix Schirner [email protected]

Sunday Service 10:00 am.

5020-52 Ave. Ponoka Phone: 403-783-4087

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Pastor W. DellemanWorship Service 10:30 a.m.

½ mile south of Centennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain Injury 403-783-6012 • www.sonriseponoka.com

ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCHFr. Chris Gnanaprakasam, S.A.C.

Mass Times: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 9:00 a.m. Sunday5113 - 52 Ave., Ponoka, T4J 1H6 403-783-4048

ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCHRev. Alexandra Meek-Sharman (on leave)

Ven. Michael Sung, Priest in ChargeVoc. Deacon - Rev. Doreen Scott

5120 - 49 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4329Sunday Service: Holy Eucharist 10 a.m.

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5501 - 54 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4141Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School: 10:30am

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Sunday Service 10:30 am

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Cindy Gabert and Bev Koelwyn sing to attend-ees of the prayer breakfast.

Mayor Larry Henkel-man congratulates Rob McArthur for receiving a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal.

Pastor Brian Thomson spoke about his Home of Hope programs at the 11th Mayor’s Commu-nity Prayer Breakfast April 6.

Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye


After 11 years the Mayor’s Com-munity Prayer Breakfast continues as a tradition of prayer and fellowship.

Representatives and churches came to pray April 6 at the Kinsmen Com-munity Centre, for leader Mayor Larry Henkelman’s, Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins, who was in attendance, and Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox.

Calkins thanked everyone for com-ing and was grateful for their support. “I’ll need your prayers and your sup-port and your guidance.”

Mayor Henkelman feels these prayer breakfasts would not be possible without the work of the Ponoka Minis-terial Association. “Ponoka is a better place to live because of the ministerial association.”

He also introduced guest speaker Pastor Brian Thomson and a program called Home of Hope. “They’re looking after almost the population of Ponoka.”

Home of HopeAttendees had the chance to hear

how Thomson’s group, which helps impoverished women and children in Third World countries, has made changes around the globe.

These Homes of Hope in Rwanda, India, Kenya and the Congo are or-phanages for children. They are helping 4,000 children with a goal of 10,000. “Rwanda is the number 1 place in the world of children raising children.”

Many of them do not have a home, were born with AIDS or have parents who died from AIDS and have many needs.

“One of the first things you give the kids is toothbrushes,” said Thomson.

Kids usually suck on sugar cane, which makes their teeth rot. When he travelled to Kenya, Thomson found one of the biggest issues people faced was unwanted babies in poor neigh-bourhoods; rape or incest was causing mothers to throw their babies into a 30-acre garbage dump. To tackle that matter the group has hired a person to find those babies and they have signs posted at the dump entrance. Those signs ask mothers to contact the Home of Hope who will take the unwanted babies.

“It’s pretty much impossible to adopt a child from Nairobi,” explained Thomson.

One of the ways his group is deal-ing with this is to have people sponsor a child at their Home of Hope missions. “You can go and change someone’s life in a matter of minutes.”

He referenced U2 singer Bono who said: “A child should not suffer because they were born in this world.”

Children are also being given a pig as a long-term sustainable initiative. A pig provides value to a person who can breed them. More pigs helps a person become self-sustainable.

Another part of these programs is to provide women with micro-loans to help then find a place to live and a chance to buy some clothing. This sets them on an upward path and there is a more than 90 per cent repayment rate among women, compared to 40 per cent from men. “In one project alone we helped 81 women.”

Thomson is training 15 people in Red Deer for his 17th trip since these projects started.

Churches pray for community leaders

McArthur honouredPastor Rob McArthur was rather surprised to re-

ceive a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. MP Calkins presented the medal and said McArthur has earned the trust and respect of everyone in this community. “He’s a good friend to everybody.”

McArthur was quite speechless. “Thank you…I’m beyond humbled and very grateful.”

He feels there are others in Ponoka who are also deserving of the medal, especially among spiritual leaders.

“These are the men and women that lay down their lives for our community,’ stated McArthur.

MLA Rod Fox was unable to attend but sent a let-ter stating his greetings and gratitude.


Refl ections of PonokaRefl ections of Ponoka

Photo courtesy of Tributaries of the Blindman History Book

A hard working harvest crew in the Blindman River Valley area poises for the photographer in this early 20th century scene. Many of these young men who arrived in the district became known as the “Blindman River Bachelors,” who came seeking employment, while hoping to secure their early fortune, and possibly even meet a nice young lady with whom they could eventually settle down and raise a family in this always friendly neighbourhood.

By Mike Rainone for the News

There is no doubt our early pioneers worked hard and faced many challenges as they strived to make their mark on the prairies, but along the way they always tried to have a little fun, while also leaving a proud and exciting legacy of successes and milestones we will always enjoy and ap-preciate.

The pristine Blindman River Valley has always been known as one of the prettiest and most natural areas of the rolling countryside in west-central Alberta, and was the scene of some of the most active and early settlements of this region, beginning in the late 1800s.

The Blindman River and its many tributaries has been wandering through this area for many centuries, with humble beginnings in the northwest near Winfield, slowly meandering its way to the southeast before eventually join-ing the Red Deer River near Blackfalds. Early settlements that took advantage of these waterways over many decades included Montgreenan, Riverview, Bluffton, Medicine Lake, Hoadley, Iola, Lavesta, Western Sunset, Blindman River and Willisden Green which soon became flourishing farming areas and communities. With the publication of the delightful Tributaries of the Blindman History Book in 1973, pioneer families were able to share their colorful adventures and milestones and we take pleasure in passing some of them on to you.

The Blindman River BachelorsIt was written that in the early and active settlement of

this rugged west countryside many bachelors arrived seek-ing work on the farms, and a fine young lady and settle down with to raise a family. This delightful 1945 poem was written by a pair of school gals as a tribute, all in fun, to some of those eligible, colorful and rambunctious young gentleman.

In this land of bachelors we thought what fun it would be,

To name them as they came to mind, with each his oddity!

We hope that no feelings will be hurt, as we mean it just in jest.

Remember that there are others too, if your verse is not the best.

Dan Matthew of himself is proud, and really cuts a dash in any crowd.

Alvin Steeves is much the same, and casts longing looks at pretty dames.

Rueben Odenbach thinks that cute girls are dovey, and thus sold his farm to the fair Miss Lovey.

Horace Besse has a little log house, would he be scared of a little mouse?

He’s single, he’s handsome, he’s pleasing, he’s good, and I’ve heard the ladies say all that of Harry Mahood.

Ed Peterson has many cats, they flip through the air like monstrous bats.

Jim Peterson’s a neighbour true, his work would earn enough for two.

Harry Johnson’s a west woods man, but goes to town whenever he can.

Earl Wager bought a cab in fashion, to drive to town to buy his ration.

Andy McKenzie is not bad for looks, but he can’t even read out of little kid’s books.

Martin Blondin’s good at trapping, but he can’t figure

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Amazing tales from the wild, wild west of Ponoka

out why his dogs keep yapping. Hank Wagar would ask us to dance of

course, but he let us all know that his love is his horse!

Ace Bond keeps a flock of sheep, and plans on buying himself a jeep.

Dick White sent money to buy us candy, and we all think that Dick is a dandy.

George Beattie is a kind old man, he helps his neighbours all he can.

August Belter lives just west of the school, he’s busy gathering his winter fuel.

Freddie Shutz is not so very slow when the time came around for him to grow.

Allan Shutz came home on leave, with silver wings and three stripes on his sleeve.

Alder Solberg went to a dance, next day he lit in a ditch by chance.

Elton Aldrich is deemed good looking, but I warn you, never try his cooking!

A toast to active Levi Bessee, who is a cheerful 82, no less.

Our youngest bachelor is Darleigh Long, he serenades us with sweet love songs.

Dan can sure entertain them can’t he? Have you heard of their session of Penny-Ante?

Now in closing these gay mental labors, let us say we’re all proud of our bachelor neigh-bours!

A rabbit bonanzaDuring the winters of 1926 and 1927 the

rabbit population in the Blindman Valley had reached a peak and the bush was practically alive with them. The men of the district usually went out to shoot them while the woman helped at home with the skinning, stretching, drying and packing of the critters. Buyers would come around right to the individual homes to buy the rabbit pelts, paying from five to 14 cents apiece, while many of the carcasses were used as feed for the chickens and pigs.

Some individuals would shoot up to 100 rabbits a day, skinning them with a knife while they were still warm. In the winter of 1927 one chap is said to have shot 4,400 rabbits, realizing the first sign of prosperity he has ever known, but this “bunny bonanza” soon came to end in the spring, as they became scarce, and would not revitalitize their numbers until 1935.

The wild blizzard of 1951One of the worst and wildest blizzards in

the history of the west hit Alberta on March 16,

1951 after the Edmonton Weather Office had is-sued warnings on March 15 to be prepared for the worst blizzard of the century, with spring only one week away.

During the night the temperature dropped well below zero, winds reached more than 80 mph, whipping heavy snow throughout the dis-trict; by the next morning all roads in Alberta and Saskatchewan were blocked and all forms of transportation were grounded. Miraculously, the telephone lines remained only a few inches above the hard packed 10-foot-plus drifts and the municipal Caterpillar tractor had to finally give up trying to clear the roads. A few days later it took an oil company 14 hours to clear a quarter-mile stretch of road from Bluffton to the main highway.

Although many folks and vehicles were stranded for a few days, the horses and riders were able to get over the big drifts to tend to emergencies and no accidents or casualties were reported after this terrible snowstorm. The weather improved, the mail got through in a couple of weeks, spring thaw came quickly and spirits soared as a new season of hard work and spring socializing would soon begin in earnest.

Photos courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

Many of us over the years have learned never to take our lazy old Battle River for granted. These 1948 photos feature one of the worst spring floods ever to hit Ponoka, which completely flooded the lower portion of Riverside and many surrounding areas of the community, including the Highway 2A Bridge and portions of the CPR tracks. The inset shows Despiegelaire’s taxi stuck in the water, while in the other picture the old reliable horse and cart spent several days transporting members of the PMH staff back and forth from the railways crossing to the busy hospital road.


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The U.S.-South Korean military exercises will continue until the end of this month and the North Korean threats to do something terrible if they do not stop grow more hysterical by the day.

The Great Successor, Kim Jong-un, was shown signing a decree that ordered North Korea’s long-range missile forces to be ready to launch against the United States, while senior military officers looked on approvingly.

On the wall behind Kim was a map, helpfully la-belled “U.S. Mainland Strike Plan,” that showed the missile trajectories from North Korea to Hawaii, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and Austin, Texas. (Why Austin? Doesn’t he like indie rock?) It was a scene straight out of the villain’s lair in an early James Bond movie, except they’d forgotten to set it in a cave.

These threats are so palpably empty that the instinct of both the Pentagon and the U.S. State De-partment is just to ignore them. North Korea has no operational missile that can reach even western Alas-ka, no miniaturized nuclear warhead to put on such a missile, and no long-range targeting capability. But the politics of the situation demands the U.S. gov-ernment respond seriously to every threat, however foolish.

So recently the U.S. government sent two B-2 bombers all the way from Missouri non-stop to drop bombs on some uninhabited islands near North Ko-rea, just to remind Pyongyang that it can.

It’s all still just a charade so far, and the United

States would not even play this game if the logic of both international and domestic politics did not oblige it to respond. But it is playing nevertheless and the risk of miscalculation is quite serious.

The North Korean military doubtless understands that they must not get into a nuclear war with the United States, but they may believe that its dozen or so nuclear weapons make it safe for them to use conventional force without facing American nuclear retaliation. And they do have rather a lot of conven-tional military force at their disposal.

Kim Jong-un’s threats are being exposed as bluffs almost daily, and he may ultimately feel obliged to DO something to restore his credibility. It would probably be just a limited local attack somewhere but in the current psychological atmosphere that could es-calate rapidly to full-scale conventional war.

It would be a major war, for although North Ko-rea’s weapons are mostly last-generation, that is not such a big handicap in ground warfare as it is in the air or at sea. North Korean troops are well-trained and there are more than a million of them.

The North Koreans would attack south in a three-pronged thrust, accompanied by Special Forces operations deep in South Korean territory — just as

Is U.S. headed to war in Korea?

they did in 1950. The geography gives them few alternatives. U.S.-South Ko-rean strategy would also echo 1950-51: contain the North Korean attack as close to the border as possible, and then counter-attack up the west coast on an axis heading north through Kaesong to Pyongyang.

Even if the North Korean air force were effectively destroyed in the first couple of days, as it probably would

be, this would be a highly mobile, hard-fought land war in densely populated territory involving high casualties and massive destruction. The world has not seen such a war for more than 50 years now.

We really don’t need to see it again.Gwynne Dyer is an independent

journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Gwynne DyerGuest Columnist

Troy Media

There has been a nationwide outpouring of trib-utes to the late Ralph Klein, the popular and populist premier who died March 29 at the age of 70 from complications related to chronic obstructive pulmo-nary disease.

One of the most striking comments came from Paul McLoughlin, a journalist based in Edmonton, as he was trying to explain the roots of Klein’s popu-larity, which endured even as the premier resorted to extreme measures to curb the province’s spending and pay down the provincial debt. It seemed that for every enemy Klein made with teachers, health care workers or others caught in his cuts, he made four friends from the rest of the province.

It’s all the more remarkable people who share very little of Klein’s political philosophy — people like Green Party leader Elizabeth May, for example — could only find kind words to say of the man af-ter his death. If Klein were looking down from above to witness this current spectacle, one could imagine him having a little smile at the fact he has become untouchable.

The striking thing that McLoughlin observed — and quite correctly, I believe — is not the clichés we hear over and over again: that he did what he said he would do or that he ran to the front of parade (in his Klein’s own words). The striking thing is Klein un-derstood and spoke to Albertan exceptionalism — the desire to be something more and different from the

rest of the country.When we talk about exceptionalism in this

country, we often think of that other province that frequently finds itself standing alone from the others, on culture, the constitution and many other factors: Quebec. Alberta, it seems, is not so different from that eastern province in that their people also feel they are different — yes, even better — than the rest of the country. It’s no coincidence the only other province besides Quebec to seriously raise the issue of sepa-ration is Alberta. There is a part of us that feels we could do better on our own.

What makes Alberta the exception?• Its people are fiscally conservative. For the first

half of its history, Alberta was a poor province. Hard-scrabble citizens learned how to manage their money carefully, — and never forgot. Although some might say Alberta has lost its edge from the deepest days of its fiscal conservatism, the desire to avoid debt, even if it means personal sacrifice, is still a powerful pull.

• Albertans are deeply distrustful of federal pow-er, especially in the hands of politicians whose power base is rooted in central Canada. The National Energy Program, Pierre Trudeau’s western political Water-loo, has become a metaphor for a cohort of politicians who don’t know Albertans, and don’t appear to really

Why Alberta will really miss Premier Ralph Kleincare for their welfare.

• It is a province of mavericks, even if it’s the cornpone variety. As the bril-liant social observer Aritha van Herk so carefully traced in her polemical study, Mavericks: an Incorrigible History of Alberta, Alberta’s powerful alienation from central Canada is rooted in the very physical makeup of this province, and continues today.

• Albertans don’t believe in “gifts” from the state, favouring the contri-butions of families and friends over publicly financed welfare.

Klein understood all these things, right back to the days in the 1980s when he was mayor of Calgary, at a time when an underdog western upstart of a cowtown had the chutzpah to think it could host the world at the winter Olympic Games. His follow-up act was even more spectacular; as premier, he showed every other jurisdiction in the country that runaway budgets can be brought to heal. His imitators include Ontario’s Premier Mike Harris and even federal Liberal finance minister Paul Martin.

Exceptionalism is not an entire-ly admirable trait, of course. Is this province really better than the rest of

Confederation — or just more cocky? Is there not a sense of hubris at play? One wonders whether the swagger will outlive the resources that have fueled its economic prosperity.

And yet, the sense this province can do things better drives its people to reach further and try harder. It is part of the reason there is a palpable sense of disappointment that the well-mean-ing current premier, Alison Redford, cannot manage the province without incurring new levels of debt that threat-en to undermine the Klein legacy.

The spirit of Klein lives on, long af-ter frontemporal dementia cruelly stole his devilish wit. Ralph Klein made Al-bertans feel not only that they deserve a seat on the Confederation bus, but also that it is front and centre. Preston Manning said, “The West wants in.” He might have said, “The West wants to take the wheel.” It is for that reason that Albertans will cherish Klein’s memory fondly, and the rest of Canada will be-grudgingly have to admit he was one of the most interesting leaders the country has ever seen.

Doug Firby is Editor-in-Chief and National Affairs columnist for Troy Media.

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information contact Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services. Proposals must be submitted in writing to the undersigned no later than 2:00 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013. Faxed or electronic mail

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things. Come on down to the Library at 5110-48 Avenue. We look forward to seeing everyone!

Ponoka Food Bank DriveWoodlands Pathfinder Club is holding a food bank drive on Saturday, April 20, 2013. We will pick up food between 2-4pm. Residents should place their donation of non-perishable food items in a plastic bag and

leaving them on the front porch for pick up. If a donation is missed, please take it directly to the food bank.

Reminder…Spring is finally here, and the Town is reminding those who operate seasonal businesses i.e. grass

cutting, landscaping etc. that a business license is required to operate within Town limits.

Trailer Parking On StreetsTrailers (holiday or otherwise) may not be parked on the road unless it is attached to a motor vehicle by which it is carried, drawn or propelled. When attached to a motor vehicle, a trailer

is deemed part of the motor vehicle. The penalty for failing to comply with the Bylaw is a $60 fine. In addition, no person shall park a vehicle or holiday trailer on a highway for any continuous period

in excess of 72 hours or it is deemed ‘abandoned’. Abandoned vehicles are subject to a tow and a $230 fine.

Dear Editor:The Ponoka town council has a de-

cision to make. The tax notices must be sent out in the near future. For the last four years we have complained that the Town of Ponoka has inflated the cost of the 38th Street local im-provement.

Through our FOIP requests, the town has now revealed they did grossly overcharge the citizens on 38th Street paying for this tax. They even admit-ted, in writing, in the FOIP portfolio officer’s report, they made errors that resulted in some of the overcharges.

The question now is, with this year’s tax notice, will the town know-ingly and deliberately continue to overtax these citizens even after ad-mitting they made some errors or will they now tell the truth, apologize and correct this wrongful tax? This exces-sive tax has been a burden on some 38th Street residents, especially some seniors on a fixed income.

We discovered these wrong-ful charges June 13, 2012 when the town provided us with their FOIP re-sponse. Obviously the town officials knew about these errors long before

then. This explains all the blacked out documents they gave us, claim-ing they were trade secrets. Since June 23, 2012, on behalf of some of these residents, I have submitted three written requests for a refund and four written requests to address council as a delegation. All have been ignored or rejected. I have submitted a written summary to council of the wrongful overcharges amounting to approxi-mately $200,000. It appears the town wants to ignore this also.

But now they must send out the 2013 tax notices. So will council cor-rect, even the errors they have admitted to or will they continue to callously overtax some of their own citizens and do so on behalf of the people of Ponoka, whom they represent?

On Wednesday, May 1 we will have a meeting at the Ponoka County Office at 7 p.m. to give an opportu-nity to anyone interested, to look at the documentation on which we base our allegations and concerns. We will answer any questions or provide infor-mation as best we can.

Anyone is welcome to attend.Nick Kohlman

To tax or not to tax

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The fact Alberta has had just three Premiers during my 35-year oil and gas industry career is a remarkable testimony to the stability of Alberta politics.

Unfortunately, there was little stable about the province’s revenues during much of that period. When Pe-ter Lougheed became premier in 1971, the world price for oil was just $3.60 (all prices in US$) per barrel. The oil price rose slowly until the end of the decade, when it suddenly rocketed to $37 due to a combination of Middle Eastern tension and OPEC activism. Spirits were high as investors returned to the sector.

Then, as fast as that optimism had risen, it was snatched away. Oct. 28, 1980 is a date burned into my memory. That’s the day the Trudeau government introduced the National Energy Program (NEP); the most in-terventionist, confiscatory legislation in Canadian history. Investors fled and the industry entered four years of NEP purgatory that ended with the signing of the Western Accord between the Mulroney and Lougheed governments on June 1, 1985.

Months later, just as Lougheed handed the reins to successor Don Getty, oil prices began a precipitous collapse.

Don Getty was dealt a tough hand. Natural resource revenues plummeted from $4.3 billion to $1.6 billion in the first year of his tenure, leading to large deficits, exacerbated by his gov-ernment’s failed attempt to diversify the economy by establishing crown corporations to invest in the hi-tech sector.

In the case of one of these mon-ey-losing crown corporations, I sat on a volunteer board charged with

stabilizing and selling the company. Ironically, the buyer was Nortel. By 1992, Getty’s last year in office, oil prices had moved up to $20 per barrel but they were poised to drop continu-ously during the first six years of his successor’s term, reaching $12 in 1998.

That was the financial legacy Klein inherited when he moved into the premier’s office.

As a Calgarian, I had come to know Ralph during his years as the city’s immensely popular mayor. But running the province, particularly one so far in the red, was quite a different prospect. And while the Getty govern-ment eschewed spending cuts in the hope oil prices would come to the res-cue, most Albertans had come to see that as a false hope.

Those of us running oil and gas companies knew we would just have to hunker down, cut costs and focus on survival. Would the folksy, popu-list Ralph Klein follow through on his campaign rhetoric and do the same? The answer came when Calgary’s University Hospital Board, of which I was vice-chair, was served notice funding would drop by a massive 20 per cent. This was in line with cuts to other public sector spending but we never believed that health care spend-ing would, or could, be cut that much.

It was in the implementation of that new reality that I learned much about Klein’s leadership philosophy.

Continued on page 8

A lesson from Ralph KleinGwyn MorganGuest Columnist

Advantage. In 1993, government liquor stores were privatized; in 1994, every single vehicle license registry was turned over to the private sector; in 1996, the past practice of government loan guarantees to corporations, which cost taxpayers $2.2 billion by the early 1990s, was mostly stopped.

In 2006, when Klein retired, Alberta’s books were in tremendous shape. In 1993/94, Klein’s first budget year, Alberta’s net financial debt stood at $8.3 billion. By the time of his last budget in 2006/07, Alberta possessed net financial assets of $36 billion, a $44.3-billion turnaround in Alberta’s finances in 14 years.

At the end of the Klein era, Albertans were thriving, to the consternation of his critics who believed that when the government withdrew from borrowing, from public spending (the presumed remedy to every private prob-lem) and from corporate welfare, Alberta’s economy would crater.

But it didn’t. In the 1990s, in the years immediately following the budget cuts, Alberta’s economic growth was stronger than the Canadian average in every year but one and the unemployment rate had dropped from a high of 9.5 per cent in 1992, the year Klein became premier, to 3.4 per cent by the time he left office in 2006.

No person or politician is perfect. The late premier never took on the vested interests that have a quasi-monopoly grip on health care delivery. In education, the province did allow for experiments in charter schools but enacted few substantial reforms beyond that. That left a problem for future governments, given how those two sectors represent two-thirds of provincial program spending.

Some argue Klein and his colleagues were lucky, that oil and gas allows any politician to look good. Not so. Plenty of politicians in other resource-rich econo-mies from Russia to Argentina and from California to Quebec can and do torpedo prosperity. They do so with ill-advised policies, ones that hinder people from getting a job and which prevent families from building a pros-perous life.

In Alberta, Klein was a memorable premier because he had the humility to recognize government cannot do everything. Governments can and should set the basic “rules of the game,” enact sensible and not punishing regulations and tax rates, and then allow everyone to prosper.

So what was Klein’s legacy? No debt, moderate taxes, neutrality in the marketplace and thus policies that benefit families most of all. That is why so many of them moved to Alberta, found work, and prospered.

Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow with the Fraser Insti-tute and Director of Alberta Policy Studies.

Troy Media

With Ralph Klein’s death, many have tried to find a constant theme in his politi-cal life. The late premier was, to be sure, a populist. What else explains his repu-tation as a big spender when mayor of Calgary and then his switch to a prudent premier?

The explanation is not complicated: once the bills come due, even a populist politician will change course when the public sours on policy gimmicks, when they demand a government focus on the basics. That includes not bankrupting public finances or assuming taxpayers can be increasingly gouged to pay for po-litical vote buying.

In late 1992 when Klein assumed the Alberta premier’s chair, he faced a province that hadn’t balanced its books since the budget year that ended in March 1985 and interest rates that, since the mid-1980s, ranged from a high of 14 per cent to a “low” of just over five per cent. In other words, looking forward, more government borrowing was reasonably thought to be fiscal suicide.

In 1993, Klein’s first full year as premier, interest on the provincial debt hit $1.4 billion. To put that in context,

let’s contrast debt interest with program spending. That year, $1.4 billion in debt interest was equivalent to 33 per cent of Alberta’s health care expenses or 75 per cent of the cost of social services.

That reality is why Klein’s govern-ment cut spending as its first priority; interest payments increasingly prevented other options, be it on programs beyond just the immediate years, or on the oppor-tunity for tax relief.

The last Klein-era deficit was in fis-cal 1994, the reduction in debt started in 1995, and the resulting decline in interest payments (beginning in 1996) allowed Klein, Finance Minister Jim Din-ning and their colleagues, to create what the government tagged as the “Alberta Advantage.” It included a reduction in business and personal taxes and a move away from punishing multi-bracket per-sonal tax rates to a single tax rate on Albertans.

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Continued from page 7Rather than a bureaucratic, top-down approach to

the cuts, he charged hospital boards and administrators with the responsibility of determining how best to de-liver health care for less.

In Calgary’s case, we had to face the reality two aged and inefficient hospitals were much more costly to op-

erate than existing newer, under-use facilities. There was a great outcry against closing the 40-year-old General Hospital but Klein held his ground and supported our decision. The day the General came down, in one of the larg-est implosion demolitions in Canadian history, sig-nalled our new premier’s determination to bring his province back from the fi-nancial brink.

Klein’s approach to the province’s most im-portant industry reflected the same treat-all-equally approach. Formerly, each oil sands project had its own uniquely negotiated royalty terms. Provincial officials consulted with the industry and imple-mented generic terms, over the objections of some producers. Klein also simplified the con-ventional oil and gas royalty regimes and tied royalty rates to produc-tivity, thus unleashing the recovery of formerly uneconomic reserves. His government assiduously avoided special deals.

Ralph Klein’s phi-losophy was basically that government sets the rules and industry plays the game, which provided a vital component of stabil-ity in an industry subject to risks that include com-modity prices, market access and cost escala-tion.

These are lessons his successors would be wise to heed.

Gwyn Morgan is a Canadian business leader and director of two global corporations.

Ralph Klein had a lot to be proud ofGwyn MorganGuest Columnist

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Volunteer youths in Ponoka are going to be recognized for their efforts this month.

The Leaders of Tomorrow awards, sponsored by Encana will be presented on April 21 at Ponoka Elementary School, ex-plained chairperson Leanne Brusegard. “I really enjoy watching the youth and their excitement.

Winners have been determined back that information won’t be available until awards day; the names have been stored away

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Even the runner-up youths will receive a letter of thanks

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One man is in serious condition and two oth-ers are in stable condition following a series of stab-bings in Hobbema April 7.

Two men were driven to the Hobbema ambu-lance station at 4:40 p.m. with stab wounds. RCMP officers learned a third was also stabbed and found him on the Samson town-site.

The three victims were taken to Wetaskiwin hos-pital and later transferred to Edmonton hospitals.

The incidents are con-sidered gang related and all three men are known to police.

Hobbema RCMP community response unit and Wetaskiwin RCMP general investigation sec-tion are investigating.

Dear Editor:At the beginning of the Girl Guide year, the

First Ponoka Pathfinders and Rangers were chal-lenged to come up with a service project to help others. They decided that they would like to partic-ipate in a 30-Hour Famine to help raise money for the Canadian World Friendship Fund (CWFF). On March 22 and 23, six of these girls did just that.

Through CWFF, Girl Guides of Canada is able to support World Association of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) projects such as the World Centres and the World Thinking Day Fund. They also provide mutual aid for Guiding projects in developing countries that are designed to improve the lives of girls and young women and their com-munities. Contributions to the CWFF also support Canadian girls and women in need or attending in-ternational events.

What does all that mean? Well, one of the Rangers said: “CWFF collects money for pro-grams, activities and events for girls and women. It also supports international service projects and helps girls all over the world.”

When asked why the girls were participating

A former Ponoka Mountie has been charged with assault causing bodi-ly injury.

Const. Ron Lavallee of the Hobbema detach-ment faces a single count and was to appear in Wetaskiwin provincial court April 9.

The charge follows an investigation by a senior member from an indepen-dent RCMP unit. It results from a public complaint of excessive force used dur-ing a January 2012 arrest.

Lavallee, a seven-year RCMP member, is on medical leave and his duty status is under review.

Guides’ good turn: (Top to bottom) Kate-lyn Davis and Heath-er Kirk, Brooklyn Raby, Kalyn Bondy and Kassandra Hoff-man, Linda Davis and Ina Hart. Missing: Amanda Davis (the photographer).

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in the Famine, they were quoted as saying: ”I feel like we could really make a difference for others.” “The famine helped me realize that I shouldn’t waste food and that there are places in the world that need more help than others.” “It feels nice to help others who are less fortunate than I am. I be-lieve people everywhere deserve a chance to live like we do or at least better than they are right now.”

Before the girls collected their pledges, they were asked to research CWFF and WAGGGS so that they could fully understand what they were raising this money for. Through the famine, the girls were able to raise a total of $270.

I would like to thank not only my Pathfinders and Rangers but also the Ponoka Scouts for the use of the Scout Hall and to Ina Hart who didn’t real-ize until after she agreed to help me that I wasn’t going to feed her at this “camp.”

Makes me proud to be a Girl Guide leader.

Linda Davis


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A 33-year-old truck driver from Calgary was found dead in his truck April 7 at 5:30 a.m. after officers were asked to investigate. The truck was found near Secondary High-way 611 on Highway 2.

The truck was off the road and some ice had formed on it. Foul play is not suspected in the sudden death. Impaired Lacombe driver

A 19-year-old man faces impaired driving charges after providing blood/alcohol samples of .22 and .21. A pass-ing motorist saw a green Ford F150 in the ditch on the County Line Road April 5 at 6 p.m. The suspect also has charges pending for resisting arrest and transporting open li-quor. Impaired on the highway

Another man was charged with impaired driving after he was stopped for speeding April 4 at 9:30 p.m. He was travelling north-bound on Highway 2 south of Highway 53. Officers could smell alcohol coming from 40-year-old Calgary man who gave breath samples of .11 and .10. Man charged with assault

A Ponoka man has been charged with assault at the Co-op Trailer Park after alleg-edly hitting a woman April 8 at 11:30 p.m. After some investiga-tion it was determined he hit a woman who had visible swelling to her left eye. She also had bruises on her arms from a previous dis-agreement.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the dis-pute

If you have infor-mation on any crime call Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.


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From the Ponoka Stampede to the beautiful Battle River valley, Ponoka offers many attractions to tourists and visitors. The Ponoka News will be publishing a 2013 Ponoka Visitors’ Guide in May. Presented in pony-tabloid format with a full colour glossy cover, the 2013 Ponoka Visitors’ Guide will provide essential information for visitors and tourists who come to our community.

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St. Augustine students walk up to the Vimy Ridge Memorial in France. Photo submitted

Tombstones can be seen over the horizon at Omaha Beach American Cemetery in Normandy.

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History buffs can always rely on Europe to give them a perspective on past wars. St. Augustine Catho-lic School used their travel club as a tool to learning about the First and Second World Wars, explained social studies teacher Darren Jose-phison.

The club made tours to Vimy Ridge and Juno Beach and travelled to France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland to tie in with stu-dents’ curriculum.

“I wanted to get to Canadian mil-itary sites,” said Josephison.

Students also brought a $500 do-nation from the Ponoka Legion to

St. Augustine students take trip to remember warsgive to Vimy Ridge fundraising efforts. For Cole Howlett-McAuley, Grade 9, the trip was a les-son on the effects of war, especially at cemeteries where tombstones would stretch an entire area. “I found the unnamed tombstones very grounding.”

Vimy Ridge could be seen from quite far away as the monument is large and sits atop a hill.

“It was plain but still very beautiful,” he add-ed.

Anastasia Johnson, Grade 11, was also awed by Vimy Ridgee. “The monument was the main focus in that area.”

The trip was held March 20 to 31; it was quite cold despite a clear sunny day when students went to Vimy Ridge, she added.

Josephison hopes students can bring their ex-perience back to classmates. He feels travelling to Europe is not just to learn about the wars but

also to gain some cul-tural experience. “I’m hoping they can kind of share that and pass it on.”

Howlett-McAuley was also surprised at how many fallen sol-diers there are who cannot be identified. This left him thinking about how war can af-fect people’s lives.

Besides Vimy Ridge, Johnson also enjoyed seeing the Eu-ropean cities — with some being better than others. “It’s a toss-up between Paris and Mu-nich.”

Not only was it a chance for Josephison to teach students on war history but also to show students some of the differences with industry. Alternative power such as solar panels and windmills is prevalent in the coun-tries they visited.

Smoking, which used to be widely accepted inside build-ings, is not allowed compared to even a few years ago. But ciga-rettes and animal waste can still be found on city streets, he added.

Students from St. Augustine shared the trip with those from St. Anthony Catho-lic School in Drayton Valley. There were 21 travellers from St. Au-gustine and 31 from Drayton Valley.


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I never had the pleasure of meeting Ralph Klein face to face but I was able to attend several functions where he was a guest and I was always impressed by his down-home, gung-ho, let’s get ’er done style of politics.

His remarkable and often tumultuous and flamboyant career included eight years as the Mayor of Calgary and 17 years as a Tory mem-

ber of the provincial government, including 14 as our premier from 1992-2006. Ralph Klein died March 29th at the age of 70 following a lengthy illness. He will be fondly remembered, admired, and respected by just about everyone, whether you were a colleague, the opposition, a friend, a foe, or all the rest of us who so proudly call our-selves Albertans.

Throughout his colorful political ca-reer he affectionately became known to all

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of us as King Ralph, and right from the begin-ning was never afraid to passionately stand up for what he believed was best for all Albertans, no matter what. Klein, who in his early years was a road contractor, member of the RCAF, principal of Calgary Business College, and CFCN News anchor, was a man who always managed to stand out in a crowd, loved to mix it up on any issues and agendas, and usually took the time to stop and chat with everyone on just about any subject. Along the way this humble family man was also a great character who wore his heart on his sleeve, and out on the job was never afraid to lock horns with all levels of government on issues that were of vital importance to the communities, the prov-ince, and the nation that he represented.

In most cases his tough but true words and opinions came across as unfiltered, uncensored, and totally honest but when the debate was over there was always an invitation to stop and share lunch, a beer, a smoke, or a game of golf. In his unique and unflappable fashion Ralph always patiently listened to lots of opposition but then quite boldly and verbally declared, “This is what has to be done, so get out of my way and let’s do it,” but always stressing Alberta must live within its means and balance the books. We must never forget that during his leadership Alberta became debt free, and so prosperous and progressive that he even cut us all a bonus cheque.

Along the way he led the charge for Calgary to exceed a population of one million, helped to host a Winter Olympic Games, as well as to achieve ongoing successes, growth and prosper-ity that will carry on long into the future of the Stampede City. Once Ralph Klein reached the provincial government playground as a Con-servative MLA, he would continue to be heard and would be quickly elected, several times to the lofty position of premier. There were many promises along the way but no matter how tough they were to keep, Klein always remained true to his word and his convictions, admitted when mis-takes were made and eventually found a way and usually achieved what would be best and benefi-cial to all facets and age groups and all walks of life in our great Province of Alberta.

Perhaps our present and future governments, both provincial and federal, should take a page out of Ralph Klein’s powerful political adven-tures and successes, stressing such vital priorities as education and health services for each and ev-ery citizen, fiscal restraint as well balancing the books to assure a debt-free and prosperous future that will benefit all of us.

There is no doubt that many of us watched Ralph Klein’s memorial last week in Calgary, and were impressed by the countless tributes, tes-timonials, and stories that were fondly presented by past political leaders, colleagues, dignitaries and friends. Of course he may have upset a few people along the way in “Ralph’s World,” but above all, his strong and undying political cour-age and conviction for the taxpayers of Alberta will never be forgotten.

Thank you Ralph — you were truly a one of a kind first class leader and quality character!

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Fundraiser for Lacombe diabeticBy Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

People with type 1 diabetes will closely watch what happens to one Lacombe woman who has had it all her life.

Angela Walker, 33, was diagnosed with the au-to-immune disease since childhood and is looking at a possible cure through stem cell regenerative therapy. Her mother, May Hollman, is organizing a fundraiser to help pay for the procedure, which is estimated to cost $100,000.

The procedure, conducted in Germany, takes

neutral stem cells from unfertilized eggs to help regenerate tissues in the body, in this case Walk-er’s pancreas. Hollman heard about the procedure after meeting with a doctor in the United States. The cost was estimated at $250,000. “We wanted to do that but there’s no way we can raise that kind of money.”

Walker’s doctor in the United States spoke with physicians who administer the procedure in Europe; they reviewed her case and offered to come to the United States to conduct the first in-travenous treatment. The second session will be held in Calgary.

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To strengthen Alberta’s environmental record, the Progressive Conservative government needs to implement a strategy to reduce pollutants emitted from burning coal and achieve measurable reduc-tions in greenhouse gas emissions, said Wildrose environment critic Joe Anglin.

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CommUnity garden continues growthBy Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

For two years the CommUnity Garden in Ponoka has been growing at a steady rate.

With only six lots left, co-ordinator Kimberley Saunders feels the garden will be full for a third year. “I like that it’s a community effort and it gets people out.”

Located on 35 Avenue on the way to the Cen-tennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury, Saunders is working on a second location for next year.

The organic gardens are a way for someone who wants to learn the ins and outs of gardening or for a person who does not have their own plot, to plant fruits and vegetables.

“They (gardeners) can do whatever they want with it,” said Saunders.

The project encourages homegrown foods and helps kids understand where food comes from, she added.

People also use the gardens as a place to socialize and share tips with each other; the organizing commit-tee is also made up of avid gardeners, which she feels is an advantage to the community garden’s growth.

The gardens are fenced off to keep deer and oth-er animals out and plots are 10 feet by 20 feet for $20. Additional plots are $10. For those who have extra produce from their gardens Sunders

recommends donating to the Ponoka Food Bank.

Cultivate aherb garden

Many people cultivate gardens both inside and outside of their homes with a focus on adding aes-thetic appeal to their property. But a garden that boasts plants that are edible and pleasing to the eye is a possibility as well.

Herbs are versatile, capable of lending great flavor to foods while also playing different roles in personal health and beauty. Herbs can be grown to perfume homes and bodies.

When planting an herb garden, you may want to pay particular attention to the types of flavors and smells you like in your home and cooking. This will help you to narrow down the types of herbs you will plant. Herbs can grow well in con-tainers indoors, provided the soil is amenable and there is plenty of sunlight.

Herbs will grow best in well-prepared soil. Make sure that it is rich in organic matter and drains well. Also, for plants like parsley, be sure to have deep pots or dig deeply in the garden to

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warms up, you may want to begin herb cul-tivation indoors and then transfer plants outside during the sum-mer. Place most herb planters in a south-facing window of a home to ensure they get ample sunlight and to allow the soil to dry adequately between waterings.

With many herbs, leaf production will diminish on any stems that flower. It is essen-tial to pinch off flowers that form to encourage the herb plant to con-tinue producing leaves, which are the parts of the plant most associ-ated with seasoning and aroma.

Betty Cook, Kimberly Saunders, Jean Auvinge, Marlies Jonson and Louise LeBlanc work at a CommUnity Garden plot.

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Movies show powerful examples of faith and religionSo, I finally watched The Life of

Pi. It won a few Oscars this year and though it looked a bit artsy for me, I thought, “Oh well, a Canadian wrote it. Might be OK.” Besides, at the time I was on an airplane with little else to do.

It’s a film about a young man from South Asia who travels with his family from there to here. Or at least that was the plan. Soon into the trip the ship they are on sinks and Pi drifts across the Pacific Ocean, ultimately washing ashore in Mexi-

co. My reaction? At first I thought, hmm, yes indeed, that was an artsy film. My wife and I chatted about it for a bit and I went back to a novel I had with me.

A few weeks earlier we’d seen another Oscar winner. The Silver Linings Playbook is anything but artsy. The story deals with mental illness, how it affects people and their families. The two lead charac-ters are struggling to find their way, but soon discover they can’t do it on their own. My reaction to that movie

was different. It was blunt and a bit course but the story was immediately compelling.

At this point you may wonder how the two movies go together aside from the fact they both won Oscars. For me it goes something like this. In Life of Pi, a young man is forced to look at his own heart to discover what he is capable of both for good or ill. Faith and religion play large roles in his search that begins in the world of ideas. Should I be a Muslim or a Jew or a Christian or a Hindu? He asks himself and in some respects settles on all of the above. But as his religious life moves from ideas into the reality of living in a lifeboat for weeks on end, faith emerges. He’s been tested and survives the ordeal well enough to have a meaningful life on the other side.

Pat and Tiffany in Playbook have a similar journey to make. He has to deal with his bipolar disorder and the implications of being on medication for life. While she is grieving the loss of her husband who was killed on duty as a police officer along with the shame of her acting out in confu-sion after his death. They too face an ocean of questions, challenges and hardship to somehow make it intact to the other side.

So both films say something

powerful about the human condition. One is that people cannot make it on their own. Pi heals through telling his story to others so that he can let it go. Pat and Tiffany heal through accepting that their brokenness is common ground. Neither is better than the other; they are more when together than either could ever be alone. Another theme is that moving from brokenness and failure requires trust in something bigger than your-self or the ability to cope. Pi finds faith, the others find dance as their comfort.

In Deuteronomy 33.27, Moses writes to a people also going through an ocean of hardship to remind them that they are better together, they are in good hands, they will make it to the other side because someone is taking care of them. He says, “The eternal God is your refuge, and un-derneath are the everlasting arms.”

On Good Friday, Chris-tians remember another scene of outstretched arms. It’s the same re-minder all over again. In life as you find it, there will be trouble, confu-sion and frequent opportunities to find a better way. I hope you can find a hand, even two at that moment. A person who cares and will listen and the God who carries the wounded and loves beyond reason.

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4-H members fundraise for Ponoka youth with cancer

Dan Dixon covers his pancakes with syrup during the 4-H fundraiser for the Jeffery Family April 3. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye


A 16-year-old Ponoka teen and her family have had to deal with a life-changing event that has set in motion strong community support.

Emily Jeffery, a student at the Ponoka Composite High School (PCHS) was diagnosed almost one year ago with fibrobastic osteosarcoma, the same type of cancer that Terry Fox had. She was helping her father move some calves when she had pain in her wrist.

“We were carrying a calf…And Em said to me, ‘Dad I’ve gotta set this guy down, my arm hurts,’” ex-plained father Dan Jeffery.

They did not waste much time though and brought Emily to Dr. Robert Halse who immediately noticed swelling in her wrist. Mom, Doddi Jeffery could see from X-rays there were cysts in the bone. Initially specialists felt they were benign but a study of the samples showed cancer.

“That’s when we started doing our stuff,” ex-plained Mrs. Jeffery.

Within a few days of being diagnosed she was in the Stollery Children’s Hospital. Mr. Jeffery feels if there are any issues people should get them checked out. “You only realize what we’ve got in the Stollery until you’re in the Stollery.”

Emily had surgery in December and they hoped most of the cancer was removed but there is still a large amount there.

Since then, youths at PCHS have shown their sup-port by shaving their heads and raising funs to help the family with their expenses. This is not something the Jefferys are used to. They prefer to stay out of the

spotlight; being a part of the community that is now rallying behind them has changed everything.

Fundraising at PCHS was entirely organized by students who wanted to support Emily in her therapy. A 4-H fundraiser was organized by Laurie Montgom-ery with much support from the youth members. “It’s a story of hope. It’s a story of giving back to your community.”

Mrs. Jeffrey has Multiple Sclerosis and that has created other challenges for them.

4-H clubs held the fundraiser for the family April 3 at the Kinsmen Community Centre and Mr. Jeffrey has been at a loss for words. The youths especially have inspired him. “It’s blowing us away.”

He feels young people are not usually recognized for the positive things they do.

“They wanted to do this to respect my daughter and you know what? That is cool, that is really cool…Powerful!” said Mr. Jeffery.

Mrs. Jeffery has been overwhelmed by the experi-ence; friends from church and people they have done business with have shown their support.

Emily is the youngest of three kids and is quite mature for her age, explained Mr. Jeffery. Being on a farm is something she has always enjoyed and when-ever she gets a chance she will check on her animals.

“Anyone that has met Emily will know she’s ex-tremely good at what we do, which is calving out cows,” he said.

The challenge she faces is dealing with the exten-sion of her therapy. Initially the family had expected a certain completion date with treatment but there will

now be another three or four months. They travel to the Stollery Children’s Hospital and the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre and anyone who comes to visit must be in hos-pital gowns. Mr. Jeffery feels Emily has a solid outlook on what she has to do to get better.

The last time Emily came home the first thing she wanted to do was see how well her cows were doing. Calving is some-thing she loves, said her dad and she wanted to take care of her cows by tagging their ears.

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What a wonderful community we live in!

THANK YOUDan, Doddi & Emily Jeffery along with the Ponoka District 4H Clubs wish to thank

everyone who donated items, monetary support, baking and to those who worked the evening in support of the Emily Jeffery Fundraiser on April 3rd.

It was a huge success.

Young boys are noise with dirt who eat everythingThey are sugar and spice and ev-

erything nice.They are instant sunshine, bare-

footed angels wearing tattered blue jeans and sparkly T-shirts. They are small arms that hug ferociously and eyes so blue you can swim in them.

They are fun. They are warm and cuddly. They are lovely and they are better than a new Easter outfit or a chocolate bunny.

And the best thing about them is they call me grandma.

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And then he taught me, not by words, but by actions, the impor-tance of self-talk.

He is so quiet and gentle. He is the kind of kid whom grandmas such as I can brag about as a child who would not start a fight, much less get in one, a young man who abhors violence and no doubt, will grow up seeking peace and unity and love for all mankind in all the world.

And so when he broke that board with his bare hand while wearing some sort of white outfit tied with a striped yellow belt, I was, to say the least, taken aback.

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riving at my house the other day in the form of two preschoolers who came, destroyed, ate and then left.

They left happy with full tummies, leaving fin-gerprints all over my window. They are still there,

the fingerprints. And when I look at them, once again I am reminded of two little boys who said without saying it: “Grandma, being neat and tidy isn’t important, we are.” And somehow just by gracing my house with their little boy selves for a few short hours, they turned it into a home.

And I like that way better.My son also clued me in to what is really im-

portant when he called the recently.“Mom, they traded Ignila,” he said incredu-

lously.I smile into the phone and all the worries of

the day melt into nothingness.What? You’re kidding! The fact Jerome Iginla

is a 35-year-old veteran player who has played for the Calgary Flames for 16 years momentarily eluded both of us.

Iginla was and still is our hero.We elevated him to that status because we, like

everyone, needed a hero and Ignila who seemed to be made of hero like stuff, fit the bill.

Treena MielkeOn The Other Side

And so my son and I chatted about important stuff like the trading of heroes and when I hung up I had flashbacks of a Flames hockey game and the really good feeling I had being there with my son, munching on popcorn and yelling, “Go Flames, Go.”

Boys! Noise with dirt! That’s the sign posted on my grandson’s bedroom wall.

It’s probably true. I hope so. It’s more than enough for this grandma to make her smile.

High praise for sci-fi novelDuring the large gap

in between my book re-views, I have read what many people consider the best new science fiction book, Ender’s Game.

In this book, man-kind is waging a war with a race of aliens nicknamed the Buggers. In an attempt to create a stronger army, children who show extraordinary talent and intelligence begin training at the age of six. Andrew “Ender” Wiggin is one of those children and he is the third child in his family, although Earth laws state families may only have two children.

After he begins his training, he makes a name for himself at the school by showing his superb military skill and planning. While he becomes quite popular, he is also hated by many at the school. One of the primary events at the school is the war games, where the children don a special suit that locks up when shot by a special weapon. In this game, Ender shows great skill, and he is eventually given his own team.

This book is perhaps one of the best books I have read recently and maybe in all of this year. There are many political topics touched on, including the two-child policy, self-defense laws and xenophobia. While I would recommend this book to anyone able to fully understand some of the topics covered, I would not recommend this to people under the age of 12, the reason for this being there is a fair amount of profanity and some brutal subjects covered.

This book is also part of a series I would highly recommend, although none of the other books reach the height of greatness this novel can. This novel is excellent for people who enjoy soft science fiction, the Harry Potter series, and Dying of the Light by George R. R. Martin.

This tale is a must read, and I will give it a 9.75 out of 10.

Justin Kirk


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Finding a connection with a cat and daughterCats & Daughters by Helen Brownc.2012, Kensing-ton $15/$16.95 Canada 304 pages

How many kids do you have?

It’s a question that often comes up and when you answer it, you’re al-ways careful to add in the furry ones. And why not? Your four-footed kids are a lot like the two-footed ones: they’re messy, sassy, yowl-ing creatures with loud demands, stubborn im-patience and extreme insolence — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

Still, two-footed or four-, you can’t wait un-til your kids grow up. But as you’ll see in the new book Cats & Daughters by Helen Brown, matu-rity from them doesn’t always mean fewer head-aches for you.

Helen Brown’s daughter, Lydia, had al-ways been drawn to those less able.

When most high-schoolers were partying and playing, Lydia helped care for a handful of elderly folks and develop-mentally-disabled teens. She drove them around, made sure they were safe, and took them on interest-ing outings. Brown was forever astounded at the love and compassion her eldest daughter bestowed on people of all walks.

Yes, Lydia made her parents proud but when she embraced Buddhism and announced she was moving to Sri Lanka, Brown was horrified.

Years ago, Brown’s oldest son, Sam, was killed in a car accident and with the help of time and an eerily-understand-ing cat named Cleo, the family eventually healed. Now the comfort named

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Cleo was gone, Sri Lanka was in the midst of war and Brown couldn’t face the thought of losing another child.

But a different kind of danger was lurking at home: just after Lydia left, Brown was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a mastectomy and, thanks to Lydia ’s quick return and quiet care, Brown began to mend again.

That was when Jonah stalked into her life.Certain Cleo was a once-in-a-lifetime pet, Brown

had firmly insisted she’d never have another cat but, on one of those let’s-just-look outings, she fell in love with a cream-and-chocolate beauty. With Lydia heading once again to the monastery, Jonah the kitten seemed to

be just the thing for a sorrowful house.But Jonah was hyperactive. He was

demanding and he required more ac-coutrements than the average human toddler. And he was incredibly too inde-pendent.

Just like a certain older daughter…Tired of pet memoirs that wring

tears out of you until you’re exhausted? Me, too, so I’m happy to say Cats & Daughters is delightfully different.

Author Helen Brown has a won-derful sense of humor and that shows abundantly here, despite that she writes

about scary things mixed with the ubiq-uitous awww-inspiring pet and me stories. I enjoyed her ability to see the irony in any situation and she’s quick to dial up the optimism, which means — at the risk of being a spoiler — readers won’t have to endure a sappy-sad ending filled with tissues.

This is one of those books you leave on the table so it’s handy when you want to return to it — which will be of-ten. Whether your kiddies or kitties have two legs or four, Cats & Daughters is a book you’ll pounce on.

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Demand and spring weather risk on for grain buyersGrains are finally recovering a

bit after their sharp decline follow-ing the USDA’s March 28 stocks and planting intentions report. The bear-ish report dropped the market like a newborn baby giraffe coming out of the womb. This has eventually pushed some buyers to get back in the game. Particularly, while managed mon-ey (funds) liquidated a lot of their long positions in corn and soybeans, commercial end-users picked a fair amount of those contracts up. None-theless, it’s a “risk on” attitude as weather and demand are the variables currently being closely watched.

Specifically, up to a foot of snow could possi-bly fall in some parts of the Eastern U.S. cornbelt while cold temperatures slow the melt of the snow on both sides of the 49th parallel. North American farmers and traders aren’t the only ones concerned about weather implications though: a drier spring in southern Russia and Ukraine contrasts the wet weather in the U.K., France, Germany, and north-ern Russia and Ukraine. This comes at a time when the European Union wheat ending stocks are seen at a 35-year low of 9.5 million tonnes.

With markets lower than where they were a month ago, China bought one million tonnes of American soft red winter wheat late last week at a price of $330 per tonne, about $32 per tonne

cheaper than domestic Chinese wheat prices (after tariffs). Issues of fusari-um head blight in parts of the Chinese wheat belt has some analysts suggest-ing the Asian supernation’s estimated crop of 120 million tonnes isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Keep in mind, China’s 2012 wheat imports, which was mostly feed-grade wheat, were the highest in eight years.

Staying in Asia, a bird flu scare is deterring consumers from eating poultry, implying lower feed demand in the world’s largest buyer of soy-bean meal. Already 21 people have

been infected and a few have unfortunately passed away as a result. This is putting some downward pressure on the soybean/oilseed market. How-ever, the World Health Organization has already pumped China’s tires for doing a good job of containing the virus via the slaughter of tens of thousands of chickens and closing live poultry markets. Even if McDonald’s has cut its McNug-gets prices in half, you wouldn’t catch me dipping into any sweet’n’sour sauce if I was in China right now.

While the Asian market remains up in the air between Chinese demand questions, the weaken-ing of the Japanese currency, and North Korea being the “too drunk guy” at the party, weather is on many minds in North America. Western

Brennan Taylor FarmLead Breakfast Brief

Canadian farmers are just hoping the snow will melt so they can see some dirt but colder weather means another U.S. winter wheat freeze threat (Kansas and Oklahoma at the greatest risk). For a U.S. winter wheat crop that is at its worst start since 2002 (only 34 per cent rated good to excellent compared to 58 per cent this time last year), the lon-ger Ol’ Man Winter sticks around, the bigger potential loss of produc-tion.

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from Foam Lake, Sask., where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online grain marketplace. His weekly col-umn is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Break-fast Brief. He can be reached via email ([email protected]) or phone (1-855-332-7653).

Fundraiser auctionfor Foodgrains Bank

The Canadian Foodgrains Bank never know what to expect from their generous donors.

That’s why they encourage every-one to come out to their 12th annual sale April 17 beginning at 1p.m. at the Vold Jones Vold Auction Market.

Spokesman Larry Henderson ex-pects the usual donations of beef and dairy cattle, goats, rabbits and hay bales,

and this year’s sale will feature several bred heifers, and a butchered hog from Family Meats.

“It’s kind of a surprise on sale day,” Henderson said. “You don’t know what’s going to come in the door.”

Last year the sale raised $55,000 in support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s efforts to eliminate world hunger.

Like the rest of the farm community, the Ponoka Foodgrains Project is waiting for spring and sowing its crop.

To donate to the auction, contact Larry Henderson at 403-782-5218 or Peter Doornenbal at 403-783-2947.


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Longhorn auction: A longhorn cow listens to an auctioneer at VJV Auction’s sixth annual horse and longhorn sale April 6. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Canola weed outbreak from windSubmitted

Volunteer canola can be a very difficult weed to control in any situation, let alone when millions of seeds are left on the ground at harvest.

Dubbed the $1-billion wind by some, strong gusts up to 100 km/h were responsible for standing crop losses as well as rolling swaths last fall that shattered canola and led to significant seed loss. According to the University of Saskatchewan, an estimated 70 million bushels of canola seed were left behind, ac-counting for up to $1 billion in yield losses.

“Those winds were strong enough to scatter seed to neighbouring fields, so volunteer canola will be a major concern this spring,” says Robert Hornford, a technical specialist at BASF Canada “Volunteer canola will also have different growth stages than the seeded canola crop, causing management issues for herbicides and fungicide timing.”

Volunteer canola can be difficult to control. Weed seed can survive in the top few inches of soil for up to three years, making volunteer canola a threat for follow crops where it can compete with nutrients in the soil to rob yield.

Hornford recommends growers consider several steps to mitigate yield loss due to volunteer canola in any crop this spring:• Manage early weeds - Scout fields in early spring to evaluate a herbicide application that can eliminate volunteer canola early. Adding Heat herbicide from BASF Canada to an early glyphosate application be-fore cereals and pulses has been shown to help manage volunteer canola.• Rotate systems - If growing canola this spring, you may want to consider a different system. As part of the Clearfield Production System for canola, grow-ers gain access to such herbicide innovations as Ares — it controls tough grassy and broadleaf

weeds, including non-Clearfield volunteer canola.• Apply a fungicide - For canola, diseases such as blackleg can overwinter on volunteer canola to af-fect future canola crops. Applying a broad-spectrum fungicide such as Headline at herbicide timing can protect against such diseases when used preventa-tively.

“Volunteer canola from shatter can cause signifi-cant problems in future crops, and farmers are going to need to manage that risk this spring,” says Horn-ford.

“Growers should look for products and systems that offer new modes of action to gain flushing con-trol of volunteer canola — it is the most effective way to manage the threat.”

By Isaac McCaughey Crestomere 4-H Multi Club

Wow, the year is almost over for 4-H and Achievement Day is sneak-ing up fast.

Public speaking club level was held Jan. 26 at the Crestomere School. In juniors, first place went to Mckenzie Gillard, in second was Aden McTaggert and in third was Paige Jensen. The intermediate win-ner was Isabell Stamm, second went Kayn Bondy and third was Brad Doornewaard. In seniors, first place went to Morena Stamm. Everyone did great and good luck in the next levels.

On March 1 members provided their services to The Friends of Cre-stomere School raising funds for the playground. Fun was had by all for a great community cause. Thank you to all parents who came to help us out.

Members over the past couple months have taken part in district

Fun Days, public speaking events, winter camps, and off course project days. They include cooking classes: learning to cook an entire meal for the family or friends; wood project class: building birdhouses and nameplates, learning about hand and machine tools and they made a project for donation to The Friends of Crestomere School for auction; small engine projects: continue to learn tools and their uses, and learn-ing to take and put together the engines. Pet projects: learning about pets

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4-Hers learn the tricks of working with cows and calvesBy Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

There are different ways of work-ing with cows and calves and the UFA helped educate 4-Hers on some of those finer points.

The company hosted a Cattle College March 30 to 35 youths and invited experts to educate them on working with the animals, said Ponoka UFA manager Kevin Bur-gess. “It’s the first time we’ve ever done it at the request of one of the clubs.”

Members of six clubs attended the information session and were able to study a cow/calf simulator called Lucy and Lou. Veterinarian Marian Johnson from Bluffton gave youths some of the basics when it comes to calving and Wayne Skelton from Master Feeds gave tips on feed-ing cattle.

Burgess feels these projects help kids with current 4-H programs and

some of them are even working on cow/calf projects. “We’re just kind of helping out the leaders.”

Erin Fleck, leader for the Central 4-H Beef Club, enjoyed the experi-ence. “Our members thought it was really informative.”

Tips from Skelton on how much feed to give cows and when to in-crease it helped members look at planning their cow/calf-feeding schedule. The entire day was infor-mative.

“It was interactive enough and I think the kids were interested,” she offered. “All of our 4-H clubs are very thankful of all the support from the UFA.”

The day concluded with a session on UFA’s community involvement.

Members of the 4-H voiced their support of another education day and Burgess believes more will happen with a different theme.

4-Hers are presented the basics of calving using UFA’s cow-calf simulator, Lucy & Lou March 30. Photo submitted

Farm flooding preparedness tipsA particularly snowy winter and subsequently

wet spring thaw brings with it the chance of sea-sonal flooding, especially in southern Alberta. The best way for rural Albertans to prepare for this type of disaster is to be aware of the haz-ards and take action before there is a problem..“The number 1 thing to minimize damage is to locate the potential hazards on your property and their relation to water sources,” says Kenda Lubeck, farm safety co-ordinator with Alberta Ag-riculture and Rural Development. “This includes run off on the property. Potential hazards may be manure, fuels and lubricants, pesticides, herbi-cides, batteries and sources of electricity.

“Farm sites should be constructed so that the

risk of these contaminants being washed into a water source is minimized. Used chemical con-tainers should be removed from dugout banks and disposed of properly, surfaces around water wells should be mounded up to prevent water from run-ning down the casing, and manure piles should be clear of runoff areas to prevent contamination.”

If a flood warning is issued for your area, it is important to secure potable water as groundwater drinking sources could be contaminated. Flood-waters may seep into well casings, contaminating well water, and dugout water could be contaminat-ed as well. Enough potable water should be kept in reserve for humans and animals until all affected wells can be shock chlorinated or the treatment systems for dugout water have been followed. The water sources should then be inspected to ensure they are operating properly.

“Farmers should identify high elevation areas on their property where they could relocate or store animals, valuable property or any potential hazards that are portable,” says Lubeck. “This location may also need to house people in severe circumstances. Identifying a hill top that is large enough for all important items is vital.”

Any dams or canals on the property should be inspected annually. The inspection should include a check on the structural integrity of the item and identify any required maintenance issues. If the soil at the base of a dam is saturated, this may in-dicate that the dam could collapse in the event that any additional water or other such pressure is add-ed. In some cases it may be valuable to engineer a spill way in the dam or canal to alleviate pressure and minimize the risk of losing the entire system.

“It is vital that farmers and landowners have a plan in place prior to the threat of floods,” says Lu-beck. “A Rural Emergency Plan is a great tool to help farmers make a plan. This kit, available from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, helps farmers map out their farmstead, including the lo-cations of all hazardous substances, emergency equipment supplies, water runoff information, emergency phone numbers, checklists and any other key information emergency personnel might need. This will help ensure fast and effective deci-sions in the case of an emergency.”

In preparing for any kind of emergency or natural disaster, it is important to have a com-munication plan or strategy with your family or partners. Take into consideration that in flood conditions there may be no access to telephone landlines or power for extended periods of time. Discuss these situations ahead of time so everyone is aware of the plan.

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Raab returns with silverBy Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Wrestler Kelsey Raab has complet-ed her high school wrestling career with a silver medal at the Cadet Juvenile Na-tional Wrestling Championships April 4 to 7 in Saskatoon, Sask.

While she failed to win gold, Raab hopes to learn form the experience. Re-cuperating mentally is a challenge for her because of the time and energy she put into winning. She has placed every year, with a bronze medal in the first year and silver the last three years.

She lost in the first round against Vancouver wrestler Adrienne Lu in the 80 kg category and still has trouble talk-ing about the loss. “I’ve wrestled her twice before.”

Lu has beaten Raab twice out of their three matches but the Ponoka wres-tler knows there are lessons in the loss.

“I started good but didn’t finish it properly.”

At 18, she is now too old to compete in cadet/juvenile competitions and will now enjoy the summer wrestling camps available to her. Scouts from the Univer-

sity of Calgary who have approached her to join their team but nothing has been decided yet as it is still too early. Raab is somewhat nervous about what the future will hold. “Everything changes.”

However looking back at her last four years in wrestling, Raab describes the highlights of her high school com-petitions as the Pan American Games and the Cadet World Championships in Azerbaijan last year.

“Worlds was a lot more serious and in depth than the Pan American (games),” she said. “It showed me how mentally strong you have to be at that level.”

The majority of the work is mental — usually 70 or 60 per cent mental con-centration and the rest is technique.

“I’m also proud of winning provin-cials all three years,” Raab said.

She will tryout for Team Alberta that will compete in the 2013 Canada Sum-mer Games in Sherbrooke, Que. Aug. 2 to 17. Tryouts are April 20 in Wetaski-win.

Help youths have fun through KidSport PonokaSubmitted

Having the opportunity to experience the positive benefits of organized sports is an im-portant factor in the development of a child. Organized sport helps children to be physically active, improve their self-esteem and allows them to build positive relationships.

Unfortunately, for some children in Ponoka, financial barriers prevent them from playing in organized sports.

KidSport Ponoka, a not-for-profit volunteer

organization, was established this year to help provide financial assistance for registration fees to kids aged 18 and under. Through a con-fidential application process, KidSport Ponoka provides grants so children can play organized sport in Ponoka. KidSport Ponoka is part of KidSport Canada and joins more than 177 other Kidsport Canada chapters across Canada.

“We saw a need for this type of program in Ponoka as youth were missing out on sporting activities due to family finances. The volun-teers involved with KidSport Ponoka believe

that kids deserve the opportunity to play,” said Jackie MacGregor, chairperson for KidSport Ponoka.

“Quite often, the involvement of children in sports can make the difference in a youth at risk succeeding later in life as an adult,” added RCMP Staff Sgt. Cameron Chisholm, another volunteer with KidSport Ponoka.

As with many nonprofit organizations, Kid-Sport Ponoka relies upon the generosity of the community to function. All kids should have the opportunity to play and the community’s fi-

nancial support helps KidSport Ponoka achieve that goal. To date, support from Ponoka FCSS, Seafield Social Workers, Lions Club, Ponoka Professional Pharmacy, Creative Snaps, Midg-et B Hockey and the upcoming ATB Financial Outlaw Roundup has allowed KidSport Ponoka to commence providing assistance to Ponoka children.

For further information on KidSport Ponoka and the eligibility criteria for assis-tance, contact (403) 704-5450 or go to www.kidsport.ab.ca and select the Ponoka chapter.


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Coach Brady Teeling presents the Goody Award MVP of the Year trophy to Josh Simons during the PCHS Broncs high school football team banquet April 4. Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye


After six years of Broncs high school football, Coach Scott MacGregor has just announced a junior football team to act as a feeder team for the senior team.

The junior team is available to all players in grades 7 to 9, said MacGregor at the Ponoka Com-posite High School team’s banquet April 4. The biggest challenge is creating interest to have enough players. “Our toughest job is being able to convince young kids to play.”

Coach Glen Kawahara feels teaching these younger players will help them as they transition from boys to men. “Football is a great sport and a great activity for young men.”

He believes the team will help challenge players to better deal with their emotions and looks forward to what this season can bring. MacGregor is apply-ing to the junior league for the team to play either exhibition or league games and he hopes to see more than 25 players.

To help get Kawahara’s team afloat Cervus Equipment John Deere (formerly Agro Ponoka) has become the equipment sponsor for five years. “I knew right away this was something we had to be involved in,” stated branch manager Rick Cline. “I couldn’t be happier.”

He also enjoys seeing grades 7 to 9 students from all schools are included in the junior team.

“It’s a diverse crowd in this room and everyone’s included,” added Cline.

MacGregor is grateful to the company’s sponsor-ship as their helmets and mouth guards are the most expensive pieces in protective equipment. “They’re

The Goody Award awaits its recipient while coach Scott Macgregor speaks to parents.

top-of-the-line helmets.”Principal Ian Rawl-

inson is impressed with how quickly the team has grown in the last six years. Now with a junior team he is confident 30 to 40 kids will want to tryout. “That’s an impressive growth pattern.”

Despite a winless season for their first 12-man team last year, Rawlinson is proud to see Broncs players who kept showing up for practice at 6 a.m. and for “holding their heads high.”

MacGregor looks forward to the next few years to see how the junior team will support the senior team; as senior players graduate, junior players will step in with a few of years of football experience under their belts. “When we have momentum like this a lot of times things become easier.”

The banquet was also an opportunity to recog-nize players for outstanding achievement:• Lineman of the year- Jacobi Buffalo• Special teams player of the year - Logan Squires• Offensive player of the year - Ruger Dye• Defensive player of the year - Jordan Pritchard

• Rookie of the year - Cole Nelson• Goody Award MVP of the year - Josh Simons

This year’s graduating players received a team pic-ture and a jersey with their player number. They are: Jeremy Swampy, Jagger Chalmers, Logan Squires, Josh Simons, Christian Rabbit, Jordan Pritchard, Brian McDougall, Nick Grant, Cole Pritchard and Austin Way.

Tryouts for both teams start May 6 at 4 p.m. and junior players must bring their health care numbers to be registered.

Junior team sponsor Rick Cline for Cervus Equipment

Junior coach Glen Kawahara

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Quick reflexes: Daniel Patrick reacts to a birdie during a friendly badmin-ton tournament at Ponoka Composite High School April 5 and 6. (Far right) Sar-ah Green smashes the birdie against her op-ponent.Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Kinsmen live auction plannedBy Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

The Kinsmen Club of Ponoka is pulling out all the stops for their second live auction fundraiser.

Besides a menu that includes prime rib, partic-ipants will be able to dance to local entertainment picked by the club, said treasurer Greg Braat. “It’s going to be a blast.”

Last year’s fundraiser brought in more than $15,000 and Braat, along with co-chair Kenny Groot, felt the dinner was a positive way to thank philanthropists for their generosity.

There will be both a live and a silent auction during the evening for funds going toward a new toboggan hill.

“The bottom line is the Kinsmen try to respond to the community’s greatest need,” explained Braat.

There are two other plans for the club; to up-

date some aged playgrounds and to develop a BMX track. The track is a long-term goal for the club, explained Braat. The club hopes to have the track developed in such a way that maintenance is minimal but can be used in BMX Canada sanc-tioned events. “What we’d like to see is a track that is suitable for competitive races.”

A location has not been chosen for the to-boggan hill but Braat feels somewhere along the river valley would be ideal. The club has started discussing the idea with Wes Amendt, director of community services for the town.

“We look for things that are low cost if it can be,” expained Braat.

The auction is April 20 at the Kinsmen Com-munity Centre at 5:30. Tickets are running out so contact Greg Braat at 403-304-2829 or Kenny Groot at 403-318-6847.

TOM MCCONNELL

Thomas Edward “Tom” McConnell was born April 2, 1939 to Ed and Edith McConnell, eldest of four children. He was born at Vilna, Alberta. When Tom was about 9, the family moved to Blueberry Mountain, Alberta and when Tom was 11 the family moved to the Glaslyn area of Saskatchewan. Tom was a born and raised farm boy “couldn’t take that away from him”. After working on several farms he found his true “like” working with heavy equipment and doing mechanic work. He moved to Calgary, Alberta where he continued in his line of work. At the time of Tom’s hit-and-run accident July 1973, Tom was a CAT operator. He was in a coma four months at a Calgary Hospital and later he was moved to the Alberta Hospital Ponoka. A few years of care and rehab; with Tom enjoying the outside work and the garden crew working with Charlie Bowie. Alex and Jackie moved closer to work with Tom and his ongoing rehab and Tom left the hospital to live with Alex and Jackie on their acreage. He stayed well over 20 years, helping with chores, cutting grass and “picking up” pieces of wood and twigs around

the yard. He spent many hours “visiting” the animals. Every bottle fed lamb was named “Bobby McGee” after his favorite song! Even after Tom’s brain injury, if a vehicle was not running properly, Tom would stop and listen, say what he thought was wrong, and usually was right! After several strokes and Tom had difficulty walking, he was admitted to Long Term Care at Ponoka General Hospital. Thus began Tom’s “wheelchair years”. Oh boy, the Occupational Therapy staff were kept on their “efficient toes”, fixing, altering and measuring wheelchairs. When Tom was first admitted to the hospital, he was ever so helpful cleaning off tables after meals. He became too efficient though inasmuch as when he scraped plates off, he decided the cutlery had to go as well! The Recreation Therapy staff were incredible all through the years, arranging outings and many activities on the unit. Tom loved music so his fingers were just tapping in time to the musicians. The best of course, was good old country songs, especially fiddle music. Tom hasn’t walked for nearly 13 years but we all know that he is just “dancing up a storm in heaven”!Tom was famous for being so very appreciative and after anything was done (especially if it was a cup of coffee) he always said “thank you, thank you, thank you” - 3 times. The other thing Tom was famous for or rather the better word would be “infamous”; he was a pen collector and they didn’t have to be lying around! He would wheel himself into the office or behind the reception desk, and snoop and find pens. They could usually be found in his bag on his chair or in the drawers in his room! He enjoyed his long stay at Long Term Care as residents and their families, nursing, dietary and housekeeping were all his extended family and so good to him. Tom really enjoyed family visits and relatives were pleased he knew them all by name. Tom passed away March 30, 2013, three days before his 74th birthday. In honour of Tom, memories and cake were shared on his birthday at the Long Term Care unit.Cremation has taken place and the Interment will be held later with his parents at Glaslyn, Saskatchewan. Please make all Memorial Donations to the Long Term Care at Ponoka Hospital and Care Center.Tom is survived by his brother Alex (Jackie) of Bashaw, Alberta; sisters Margaret Moore of Kitimat, British Columbia and Muriel (Bill) Stewart of Lloydminster, Alberta; twelve nephews and nieces; twenty great nephews and nieces; special nephew Gordon Dube; several aunts, two uncles and many cousins. Waiting in heaven were his parents Ed and Edith McConnell; brother-in-law Gary Moore and many relatives. It will be hard to say thank you to ALL who have been in Tom’s ongoing care since his accident, when his life changed forever. You ALL have our deepest appreciation and thank you’s. To all the wonderful “extended family”, staff at Long Term Care, you always went the extra mile, and also to Dr. Chan. Thank you to Tom’s special friend, Rick Jackson and his wife Rhonda for always remembering Tom on his birthday and Christmas. Thank you to Pastor Len for all your humorous and encouraging visits, your prayers and kind words when we shared birthday cake. Humble and grateful appreciation to the earthly angels Dr. Johannes and Sarah Wianko, for the superb care and attention for Tom’s last few hours. Sincere gratitude to Marlon and Kyle and staff from Ponoka Funeral Home. Your care and attention make saying good bye easier. Again, thank you!To express condolences to Tom’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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Ivy StebnerOn April 6, 2013 Ivy Stebner of Ponoka passed away at the age of 78 years. Ivy was prede-ceased by her loving daughter Linda Giesbrecht, son-in-law Jack Prediger and grandson P r e s t o n S t e b n e r. S h e i s su rv i ved by he r daugh te r Sharon Prediger, granddaughter Jenni fer (Ryan) and great-grandchildren Logan and Labrie, grandson Allan (Marcie) and

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ELSIE HOFFMANElsie Viola Hoffman passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre at the age of 90 years. Elsie was born August 12, 1922 on the family farm near Hilda, Alberta, the tenth of eleven children born to Fred & Amelia Miller. She is the last of her “Miller” family generation. Elsie was predeceased

by her husband Emmanuel; son Keith; grandsons Chad and baby boy Hoffman; her parents and all of her siblings. She is survived by her remaining children and their families: son Larry (Sharon) and grandsons Justin and Jesse; son Stan (Debbie) and grandsons Tyler and Kelsey; and daughter Debbie (Lorne). A Funeral Service will be held at the Ponoka Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the CNIB or any charity of your choice. To express condolences to Elsie’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.



MARTHA MAKUSIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear mother Martha on April 2nd, 2013. She is survived by three sons Barry, Alvin (Silvana) and Jerry (Debbie), one daughter, B a r b a r a ( A n d y H a w i r k o ) . She is also survived by five grandchildren, Julie, Christopher, Jennifer, Jaylene and Billy. She w a s p r e d e c e a s e d b y h e r husband Arnold in 1992. A

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Truckers/Drivers 860DO you want regular home times, dedicated truck, a company that cares, bene-fits, exc. wages, safety bonus, year round steady work? We are looking for CLASS 1 drivers for flat deck work. Must know your cargo securement, be hard working and enjoy driving as you visit the 4 western provinces. Please contact 1-877-787-2501 or fax re-sume to 1-855-784-2330

BusinessOpportunities 870DO BUSINESS in Yukon! 1,831 sq. ft. prime ground floor retail space on the

Main Street in Whitehorse, Yukon, next to Starbuck’s. For floorplan/photos, call

1-867-333-9966.

Misc.Help 880

FULL-TIME MEAT MANAGER required at

Sobeys in Olds, Alberta. 40 hours per week.

Benefits. Fax resume to 1-403-556-8652.

HYDROVAC SWAMPERrequired immediately.

MUST BE ABLE TO PASSDRUG & ALCOHOL TEST.

CSTS ticket an asset. Must have own

transportation to & from Stettler shop. Hourly

wage to commensuratewith experience.

Monthly guarantee, with full benefits after 3 months.

Fax resumeWITH REFERENCES to

403-742-0509.

JOURNALISTS, Graphic Artists, Marketing and more. Alberta’s weekly

newspapers are looking for people like you.

Post your resume online. Free. Visit:

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DENTISTRY

Family Friendly Dentistry

Box 11004905 50 St.Rimbey, ABT0C 2J0

RIMBEYDENTALCAREDR. STEVE CALDER BSC DDS

Ph. (403) 843-2173Fax: (403) 843-2607

HEATING

“Committed to your comfort”

Advertise your business

in the Business

Directory!

EYE CARE

Drs. Heimdahl & ZoBell403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168

WWW.4YOUREYESONLY.CA • 5120-51ST AVE, PONOKA

- ADVANCED EYE HEALTH & VISION EXAMS- CONSULTATION & REFERRAL SERVICES- DESIGNER EYE WEAR & CONTACT LENSES- INSURED MEDICAL EYECARE SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL AGES

NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

OFFICE HOURSOFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday: Monday - Friday8AM - 12:30PM • 1PM - 5PM

This space could be yours for

$30PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

BIRCHLAND DENTAL CLINIC

- General Dentistry - Orthodontics - Cosmetic Dentistry - Bonding - Veneers

- Bleaching - White or Gold Fillings- Crown and Bridge - Implant Restorations

“WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME NEW PATIENTS”

DR. HUGH PORTER • DR. RICK BARRDR. JEFF BARR • DR. GREG EDWARDS

PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

4037835225 • 40378352355118 - 51 Ave., Ponoka, AB T4J 1R5

DENTAL CARE

Ph: 403-782-7722Fax: 403-782-7499

Robin Esau

[email protected]

Now Hiring

• MIXER DRIVERSMinimum Class 3 with air.

Please apply in personwith current driverabstract & resume

5410 - 50 Street, Wetaskiwin

or [email protected]

WETASKIWINREADYMIX

Now Hiring

• MIXER DRIVERSMinimum Class 3 with air.

Please apply in personwith current driverabstract & resume

5410 - 50 Street, Wetaskiwin

or [email protected]

WETASKIWINREADYMIX

Sur-B Enterprises Ltd.

BOBCAT SERVICE• Snow Removal• Driveways & Parking Lots• Post-Hole Augering - 6, 9, 12, 15• Corral Cleaning• Grading & Construction

Call Jim Ashbough 783-2764 or Cell: 588-0599Jack Surbey 783-5283 Cell: 588-0597

BOBCAT SERVICES

CONSTRUCTION

GARBAGE COLLECTION

SALES & SERVICE

Tues - Fri: 8:30 am-5:30 pmSaturday: 9 am-3 pm

403-783-51851-800-662-7135

Fax: 403-783-4635

BOTTLE DEPOT

Call Jim Ashbough 403-783-2764 or Cell: 403-588-0599Jack Surbey 403-783-5283 or Cell: 403-588-0597


$30PER WEEK

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PONOKA BOTTLE DEPOT

Open Monday - Saturday10 am - 5 pm

Closed Sundays & Holidays

We Now Recycle Milk Cartons for Deposit

3, 5520 Hwy 2A(Across from Husky)

403-783-6875

Motorcycles & ATV’s

SO008297

BRANDT is hiring for the following full-time permanent positions: SERVICE MECHANICS – responsible for performing routine mechanical and preventative maintenance duties in the inspection, maintenance and repair of construction, utility, forestry and rail equipment. Previous heavy duty or agricultural mechanic experience required. Positions will be located in Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary, AB. The wage range is $27.00/hr. - $52.00/hr. RESIDENT FIELD MECHANIC – responsible for the repair and maintenance of construction and forestry based equipment and attachments. Positions will be located in Brooks/Hanna, Bonnyville/Cold Lake, Drayton Valley, Edson, Whitecourt, Peace River, High Prairie, AB and Yellowknife, NWT.HDD FIELD MECHANIC – dedicated to Horizontal Directional Drilling, this position is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the Ditch Witch product lines. Position will be located in Edmonton, AB.FOREMEN – responsible for scheduling and supervising the work of Service Mechanics to repair and maintain construction equipment and attachments. Previous leadership and mechanical experience in a heavy equipment environment is considered an asset. Positions will be located in Calgary, Edmonton and Grande Prairie, AB.Applicants will require a minimum of 3 to 5 years experience and wages vary depending on qualifications and

experience. Premiums are available for shift and field work.

Please visit www.brandtjobs.com to apply for a career opportunity or call (306) 791-8923 for more information.

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

Calnash Trucking in Ponoka requires a journeyman 3rd or 4th year apprentice heavy duty mechanic. Must be self-motivated

with good written and communication skills. Competitive wages and benefi ts.

Please submit resume by:Fax: 403-783-3011


Calnash Trucking has an immediate opening for the following position:

Full Time Seasonal Positions

available immediately • Experienced Small Engine Mechanic • Labourer (Must have valid drivers license)

Apply in confi dence with resume to:

Wetaskiwin Radiator & Small Engine

5717 -40th Ave., Wetaskiwin Fax 780-352-9984 or

Email [email protected]


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Misc.Help 880 Misc.

Help 880POSITIONS REQUIRED for new outdoor aquatic

centre in Spirit River, Alberta. Pool Manager,

Lifeguards; http://townofspiritriver.ca.

Contact Bonnie at 780-864-3998.

RECREATION DIRECTORLooking for a student forto run a kids program 3

mornings/week in July & Aug. at Meridian Beach, Gull Lake Must have a car. If looking for F/T work, would work on the landscaping crew

for the remaing hoursand start in May.


EmploymentTraining 900COMMERCIAL BEEKEEP-ING Certificate Program. GPRC Fairview Campus. Extensive study of bee-keeping, queen rearing,

and honey business. Paid work experience. Af-fordable on-campus

residences. 1-888-999-7882;


Misc.Help 880

Misc.Help 880

Accounting 1010

Bookkeeping1050

EmploymentTraining 900COMPUTING CAREER = Great Career. Study com-puter technology programs at GPRC, Grande Prairie campus. Novice to expert. Circuit design and robotics lab, data communications

and networking lab. Diploma/University

transfer. 1-888-539-4774; www.gprc.ab.ca.

FAST TRACK to Partsand Materials Technician.

36 week program at GPRC Fairview Campus includes

work practicum. Challenge 1st and 2nd period apprenticeship exams in both trades.


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OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

Specialty Programs in Oil and Gas, Dental, Book-

keeping, Legal Secretary. GPRC, Grande

Prairie campus. Or take Microcomputer Office

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Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation

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LegalServices 1260

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

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HELP WANTEDPonoka Visitor

Information CentreSummer Operations

Open May 17-Sept. 2

Part-time hours availableLooking for an organized and personableindividual who is familiar with the Townof Ponoka and area. Training is provided.Ideal for post secondary student looking forsummer work.

Resumes can mailed, faxed or emailed to:

Ponoka & District Chamber of CommerceBox 4188 Ponoka, AB T4J 1R6

Fax 403-783-3886email: [email protected]

Closing date: April 17, 201

PONOKA CHRYSLER JEEP Employment Opportunity

Would you like a change in career, or a new employer?Due to an increase in volume we fi nd ourselves in need of a

CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISORCUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISORIf you have great people skills, computer skills, and a mechanical

aptitude we will teach you the rest.

We offer: up to date work practices, computer equipment, and exceptional training. We foster a team environment, with monthly

bonuses, and above average wage compensation.

Please apply now!

Reply in confi dence by email:

[email protected] Pateman

Service ManagerFax: 403-783-8140

SO007027

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Ponoka, ABJerry Witvoet Jr.

(1997)

PAINTING

Residential & Commercial• Interior & Exterior • Wallpaper hanging • Free Estimates

Serving Ponoka & Central Alberta for the past 35 years.

(403) 783-6335 Cell: (403) 783-1523

HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING


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Reaching 6000households weekly

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VETERINARY SERVICES

Commercial - ResidentialInstallations - Repair

24hr Emergency Service

3912 - 66 StPonoka, AB T4J 1J8www.wcmltd.ca

Ph: 403.783.3501Fax: 403.783.3531

[email protected]

8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday24-hour Emergency Call

Dr. Bill Frischke • Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Emily Ames

Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka

403-783-5200

CHILD SAFETY

FREE CAR SEAT INSPECTION 3rd Wednesday of the month

By appointment onlyTo register or for more information

call Christine at 403.783.3987 or email [email protected]

3 Certified Inspectors on StaffBattle River Insurance Ltd.The Co-operators 5103 48 Ave, Bay #3Ponoka, AB

SO008392

MÉTIS YOUTH SUMMER STUDENT PROGRAM

If you’re a Métis youth between 15 – 30 years old, and going back to school this fall, Métis Training to Employment Services can give you the assistance you need to land that summer job where you can gain employable skills and the pay cheque you deserve.

Call 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca

Funded in part by the Government of Canada.

TAX TIME!

Specializing in Farm Tax

Peter’s Tax PrepPROVIDING EXPERIENCED,

ACCURATE TAX SERVICE FOR OVER 30 YEARSTAX PREPARATION

Peter Mielke403-391-1054 or 403-887-3226

PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPING SERVICESNow accepting new clients in the

Ponoka, Lacombe, Rimbey & Bashaw area.Over 15 years experience covering all aspects of bookkeeping.

CALL LEAH 403.783.8498 OR 403.396.9089

– Strictly Confi dential – Reliable – Effi cient –

IS LOOKING TO HIRE A FULL TIME

BOOKKEEPER TO JOIN OUR PROFESSIONAL

ACCOUNTING TEAM. General responsibilities include AR payment

posting, AP invoice processing and month end billing, collections management and other responsibilities as required. Minimum two years bookkeeping and Excel

experience is required. Applicant must have a positive attitude and willingness to take on new challenges. We offer competitive wages, excellent benefi t

plan and retirement package. To apply please send resumé to

[email protected] or deliver to 430054 Don Laing Business Park

RR261, Lot 2. Ponoka PERMANENT EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITIES

Electrical Enclosure & Power Division

DANDY

Full Benefit Package & ProductionBonuses. Safe, Warm, Modern

Working Environment.

Fax or E-mail your resume inconfidence to:

A.C. Dandy Products Ltd.

Fax: 780-352-2249Email: [email protected]

• PARTS PERSON(Experience Preferred)

• SHEET METAL FABRICATOR• PANEL SHOP ELECTRICIAN


EmploymentTraining 900

Bookkeeping1050

Accounting 1010

ClassifiedsYour place to SELLYour place to BUY

Business Services#1000 - #1430

LegalServices 1260

IS YOUR CRIMINAL record limiting your future?

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Misc.Services 1290

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up

scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta. 403-318-4346

Misc.Help 880

Carpentry 1062

WellDrilling 1400

Misc.Services 1290

NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifieds. Reach over 1 million readers weekly. Only $269. + GST (based on 25 words

or less). Call this newspaper NOW for

details or call 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.

HOME PHONE RECONNECT. Toll free

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Like us on Facebook.

Misc.Services 1290

Our Hostess’ Gifts and

Informationare theKey to

Your New Community.

JUSTMOVED?

Heather Goodwin403-704-3647

[email protected]

PersonalServices 1315

Unplanned pregnancy may be

diffi cult to face.We care. For

confi dential help call 403-343-1611 (24 hrs.)

DATING SERVICE. Long-term/short-term

relationships. Free to try! 1-877-297-9883. Live

intimate conversation, Call #7878 or 1-888-534-6984.

Live adult 1on1 Call 1-866-311-9640 or #5015. Meet local single ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+).

TRUE PSYCHICS! For Answers call now 24/7 Toll Free 1-877-342-3036;

Mobile: # 4486; http://www.truepsychics.ca

Pet Services 1318CLINKERSKENNELS

403-783-6272

* Quality Boarding for your dogs & cats

*Proof of vaccinations and advance bookings required

HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 6 pm;

Fri. 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 7 pm; Sat. 9 a.m. - 12 noon;

Sun. 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. & 4 - 7 p.m.

www.clinkerskennels.ca

Rental -Misc 1350

Need RV or Self Storage?8’ X 10’ mini storage units

available for rent. Also RV storage. Secure compound.

Call Keith at First Call Towing

783-3636

Misc.Services 1290

Welding 1410

Auctions 153075 QUARTERS LAND, Oyen, Alberta - Ritchie

Bros Unreserved Auction. 1HQ, 30 Parcels

Farmland, 6 Parcels Grazing Lease, $37,300 Surface Lease Revenue.

Jerry Hodge 780-706-6652;

rbauction.com/realestate.

BIG STRAPPERAUCTIONS

SALES EVERY WED. @ 6 pm.

Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka

on 2A

ANTIQUE SALE 1st SUN. OF THE MONTH

AT 1 P.M. 403-782-5693 Check web-

site for full listingwww.bigstrapperauctions.net

BUD HAYNES Antique Auction. Saturday, April 20

at 11 a.m., Red Deer. Estate Laurie Alho of Lethbridge. Over 40 radios, furniture & furnishings. Phone

403-347-5855; www.budhaynesauctions.com.

Auctions 1530COLLECTOR CAR

AUCTION! 6th Annual Calgary Collector Car Auction, May 10 - 11,

Grey Eagle Casino. Over 100 pieces of memorabilia

selling No Reserve. All makes & models

welcome. Consign today 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102;

EGautions.com.

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 3rd Annual Edmonton Motor Show

Classic Car Auction. April 19 - 21. Edmonton Expo

Centre. Over 75,000 spec- tators. Consign today.

1-888-296-0528 ext. 102; EGauctions.com.

ESTATE AUCTIONFor E. Rosehill &guest consigners

Sun. Apr. 14,10 am Bowden Lions Hall,

Bowden, AB

Coins, Household furniture, Antiques &

Collectibles, Commercial popcorn maker,

Glassware, Crocks, Oil jars, Railroad lantern, Art, Craig upright brand player piano. Lots of misc. items. Just too much to mention.

Check web for pictures & full listing.

Sale is subject to additions and deletions.

Pilgrim Auction

Service

403-556-5531 www.auctionsales.caMEIER - 2 DAY Classic

Car & Truck Auction. Saturday & Sunday,

May 4 & 5, 11 a.m. Both days. 6016 - 72A Ave.,

Edmonton. 150 Classics. Consign today, call

780-440-1860.

BuildingSupplies 1550

METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Best prices! 36” Hi-Tensile TUFF-Rib 29

ga. Galvalume $.67 sq. ft. Colours $.82 sq. ft. 40 Year Warranty. ALTA-

WIDE Builders Supplies 1-888-263-8254.

STEEL BUILD- INGS/METAL BUILDINGS

60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120,

60x150, 80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206;

www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Firewood 1660LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging

403-318-4346

Health &Beauty 1700

RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME & leg

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Proven for over 32 years; www.allcalm.com. Mon-Fri, 8-4 EST. 1-800-765-8660.

Hot Tubs &Accessories1740

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Used appliances availableSix month warranty

Berni'sRefrigeration and Appliance Service

403-783-4880We deliver and install your purchases.

5306 - 60 ST, PONOKA, AB T4J 1K7

PH: (403) 783-6372 • FAX (403) 783-6345

“Reasonable rates on all your plumbing needs”Gas Fitting - Home Renovations - Drain Cleaning

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www.littlejons.ca

Hand Wash StationsHandicap Units

Trailer UnitsNew Solar Powered Units

with Running Water

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5110 -50 StreetBox 4414Ponoka, AlbertaT4J 1R7

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FABRICATION & PIPING• SHOP/PORTABLE

• CNC PLASMA CUTTING• ALUMINUM • SHEARING & FORMING

MAIN: (403) 783-7591FAX: (403) 783-8178

Website: www.harbinwelding.comE-mail: [email protected]

CASUAL COOK (2 years experience minimum)

CASUAL HEALTH CARE AIDESHCA Certifi cate or equivalent; CPR; First Aid

Email or fax your resume to:Cindy Osmond, Administrator

Email: [email protected] Fax: 403-783-3324

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Email in confi dence to: Attn: Craig Pateman

[email protected]

Carpentry 1062

WellDrilling 1400 Well

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Welding 1410

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Misc. forSale 1760

SAWMILLS from only $3997. Make money &

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Dogs 1840F1 LABRA DOODLES,

F1B GOLDEN DOODLES puppies. Visit

www.furfettishfarm.catext 306-521-1371

or call 403-919-1370

WantedTo Buy 1930

TAMARACK Lil Mule Logging Inc. is

now buying standing Tamarack. Minimum 10 acres. 403-318-4346

Livestock 210028 BULLS

For Sale

Black AngusRegisteredYearlings

Ph Jim(780) 387-6050

or Bert(780) 352-5064BAR-DALE LIMOUSIN,

ERSKINE, AB. 40, two year old virgin bulls

for sale at the farm. Fully guaranteed.

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Terry 403-740-5037Ricky 403-740-5711. email

[email protected]

BLACK ANGUS YEARLING BULLSQuiet disposition, quality

genetics and semen tested Vaccinated.. Also 2 yr. old

avail. George Lane 403-885-5732 or Ross Lane

403-860-2973

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KLIMEC FARMS(15) 2 year old and

yearling registered Black Angus bulls.

Semen tested.Phone 403-783-0229

LIMOUSIN Bulls Polled Red and black two year olds and yearlings. Semen tested. Combest Limousin Farm. (403)742-5211

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MEL’S MAINES & JANELLSHORTHORNS - Pure-bred red, red/white, and black maine and shorthorn yrlg bulls available. - Mel Barkley 403-740-4958

Livestock 2100PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year

olds. Semen tested and delivered.Vicwin farms

403-784-3517, 403-318-7363.

SIMMERON SIMMENTALS, Fullblood

Full Fleckvieh Bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds,

polled and horned, A.I. blood lines, very quiet,

muscled. 780-913-7963.

Poultry 2130ORDER NOW For Pick Up on April 18-20. 19 weeks

old Isa Brown laying hens.Linden, AB 403-546-3130

Pasture/Land Wanted 2180

WANTED PASTUREFor cow/calf

pairs or yearlings403-783-6750

Grain, FeedHay 2190

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oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or

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Houses/Duplexes 3020

HousesFor Sale 4020

SeedGrain 2200SEED BARLEY FOR SALE

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Houses/Duplexes 3020

PONOKA: 2 + 1 bdrm. 2 bath house 5 appls.,

single garage, n/s, no pets, $1000. rent/dd, + utilities.

403-783-4993

Condos/Townhouses3030NEWER 3 BDRM. condo, 5 appls., close to school.,

No Pets $1000/mo. PONOKA

403-348-3971

4 Plexes/6 Plexes 3050

FOR RENT IN PONOKA3 BEDROOM in very quiet 4-PLEX. Close to down-

town. 4 appliances 403-783-5493

Suites 3060AVAILABLE

IMMEDIATELY2 bdrm suite fully furnished.

Includes heat & water. $925/mo $925 DD

403-783-6011

* RIVERSIDE APTS. *Newly renovated

1 & 2 bedroom units in Ponoka: 3724-45 Street.

403-357-0287

BusinessesFor Sale 4140

Condos/Townhouses4040

Suites 30603 BEDROOM APARTMENT

IN BASHAW, $600/month. Avail. now.

Mature, no pets. 780-372-3949

Suites 3060

RESIDENTIAL 2 bdrm apartment in Lancaster c/w fridge, stove. $700/mo plus power,

Available May 1, 2013

2 bdrm apartment above Commercial Bldg. c/w fridge, stove. $650. /mo plus power, Available April 15, 2013

• All residences are no smoking and no pets damage/security deposit same as

rent unless stated otherwise.

Applications and references required for all properties. Working people preferred.

PROPERTIES FOR RENTGREIG HOLDINGS INC.

Contact Ernie Anderson at

Greig Holdings Inc. @ 403-783-8580

Bay 6, 5012 50 Street, Ponoka, Alberta

$159,900Starter or Revenue

Great for that Young Family!

Ph: 403-782-3141

– BARB HAY –Lifestyles

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Motorcycle repair shop – sales in excess of $480,000.00 and growingLiquor Store – land, buildings & eq. northern Alberta just $330,000.00Restaurant – no franchise fees, full service sales 1.4 M price $545,000.00Crane & Picker operation – well established, owners wish to retire sales 800,000.Wholesale Business – Cremation Urns – land & building sales $160K Price $349,900.Retail – Sales 2.4M 2 locations price $950,000.Lake Resort/ Convenience Store/Residence (Liquor Vendor) – Sales$150K - Asking $749,900.00

Call Bill Conroy or Keith Acheson @ 403-346-6655Independent Pizza- steady family bus, 75% takeout/delivery estimate net $172144DQ Grill & Chill- Opa Franchise- Sales growing could net $115350, regional major mall-food courtGlass Shop – going strong 30 yrs. Auto, builder, residential, commercial, 2 owners with 2 staffWinks Convenience Seasonal Fun Business- EARN net $82,000 May 15-Sep 30 specializing in family/school gatherings, kid’s parties/entertainment play gym equipment

Call Mark Hansen 10 am-5 pm Mon-Fri @ 403 343 0824 or email [email protected] above is a selection of choices please visit our website www.advantagecommercial.ca

BUSINESS AVAILABLE IN ALBERTA

Ponoka Veterinary Clinic Dr. Murray Jacobson Dr. Clayton West Dr. Ashley Shannon

Mon. - Fri.8 am - 5 pm

Sat.9 am - 4:30 pm

24 Hr.Emergency403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB T4J 1M1

VETERINARY SERVICES

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

• Specializing in water wells with PVC casing• Government grants in effect for farmers• New pumps & pressure system installation• Same day service - on most pump & pressure system repairs

Call Cliff today for a free estimate(403) 350-0106

Your water well solution for over 30 years

Darcy’s Drilling Services

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

Darcy SchmidtPh: (403) 783-2220

Fax: (403) 783-8828Email: [email protected]

• water wells drilled & serviced• new pump & pressure system installations• all types of pump repairs• well shocking

ECKLUNDWater Well Service

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• Install & Service Pumps• Shock Wells

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“The cool thing for me, as a father was that girl wanted to do her own tags. And you know what I thought? You go girl,” said Mr. Jef-fery.

If chemo-therapy and pill treatments go well, then Em-ily will have three to four months before treat-ment is complete. “They’re testing every week…If the tests aren’t positive then they add more time and more drugs.”

Despite the trials, the fam-ily is taking one week at a time but Mr. Jeffery feels these fundraisers would not happen in larger cities. He is proud of the care physicians and nurses have provided Emily — from the first diagnosis to the present day.

Mrs. Jeffery is grateful for the support she has from her church friends. “There’s oodles of people praying for us…I draw my faith from the Lord and that’s how it is for me.”

“This is small town Alberta…The thing that has just blown me away is how both with the high school and with this (4-H fundrais-er) is the young people that have stepped up,” dded Mr. Jeffery.

Suites 3060

FOR RENT2 bdrm suite on

main fl oor in adult building.

4 appl. Large deck, fi replace, quiet area.

N/S, N/P.$675/mo $675 DD

Plus utilities.

References required.

403-783-3693

ManufacturedHomes 4090

ALBERTA CUSTOM HOMES “Open House” Spring Sale. April 6 - 26.

Dealer and factory incentives available.

Don’t miss out. Inquire at 1-800-347-5590.

COMMONWEALTH HOMES invites you to our “Open House” April 6 - 21.

Special purchase incentives. Inquire at

www.commonwealthhomes.com1-800-341-6675.

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available in 9’ ceilings. Call Craig’s Home Sales for exciting new ideas!

1-855-380-2266; www.craigshomesales.com

SPRING SALE now on, until April 20 only. Save up to $6,000 on select stock homes. 16 different mod-els! Immediate delivery

available. Toll free 1-855-463-0084;

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home styles! RTM, Modular, and

Consignment. Homes starting at $65,000. Call

1-800-461-4632! 142 East Lake Blvd.,

Airdrie; www.unitedhomescanada.com.

Out Of TownProperty 4170ELINOR LAKE RESORT. 2.5 hours NE Edmonton. Spring Sale, fully serviced lake lots reduced by 15% May 17-31, 2013. Suitable for cabin/house, RV or in-

vestment. 1-877-623-3990; elinorlakeresort.com.

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Investments ......................4410Money Wanted ................4420Money to Loan ................4430

MoneyTo Loan 4430DO YOU NEED to borrow money - Now? If you own

a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lend

you money - It’s that simple. 1-877-486-2161.

Motorcycles 5080TWO WHEELIN’

EXCITEMENT! Motorcycle Mechanic Program. GPRC Fairview Campus, Alberta.

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AutoWreckers 5190

SCRAP FARM MACHINERY and

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large amounts. Call 780-918-9000.

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Ponoka CountyPUBLIC NOTICE

Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU

The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Aaron & Cody Lloyd to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

Reclassify SE 09-43-26-W4 (approximately 20.0 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future estate planning for the two families.

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular offi ce hours.

Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Offi cer Ponoka County 4205 - Highway #2A PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9Phone: 783-3333Fax: 783-6965 e-mail: [email protected]

Ponoka CountyPUBLIC NOTICE

Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU

The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Dougald & Janette Fawcett to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

Reclassify SW 5-42-26-W4 (approximately 31.5 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential Hobby Farm to allow for future residence for daughter and family.

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular offi ce hours.

Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Offi cer Ponoka County 4205 - Highway #2A PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9Phone: 783-3333Fax: 783-6965 e-mail: [email protected]

SAMSON CREE NATION WATER TREATMENT

PLANT TENDER

Samson and Pigeon Lake

Water Treatment Plants:

Process and Controls Improvements

Tender Available: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 10:00AM MST

Tender Closing: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 2:00PM MST

To obtain a copy of the tender, please contact:

Steve Vaivada, P.Eng.

Dillon Consulting Limited

403-215-8880 ext 4361

[email protected]

Request for ProposalsPonoka Mini-Golf

Th e Town of Ponoka invites written proposals for the lease and operation of the Ponoka Mini-Golf facility. Proposal Information packages are available to at the Ponoka Town Offi ce. For more information contact Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services.

Proposals must be submitted in writing to the undersigned no later than 2:00 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013.

Faxed or electronic mail submissions will be accepted.

Wes AmendtDirector of Community Services Phone: 403-783-0118 Town of Ponoka Fax #: 403-783-67455102-48 Avenue Email: wes.amendt@ Ponoka, AB ponoka.org T4J 1P7

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