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Council seeks to update outdated bylawsBY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Administration and council have made it a priority to improve the Town of Ponoka’s bylaws and as planners go through the list, they are finding gaps in the town’s rules.

All three bylaws that passed second reading during the regular meeting May 27 relate to infrastruc-ture in the Town of Ponoka. Council passed second reading to give resi-dents a chance to provide feedback into the bylaws.

The first bylaw discussed was the Storm Sewer and Storm Drain-age Services bylaw, which the town

does not have. These regulations are aimed at giving the town an opportu-nity to deal with rule breakers.

“There’s obviously some teeth in it,” said Mayor Rick Bonnett.

The 23-page document estab-lishes guidelines for inspections and decision-making processes sur-rounding land development. It also tackles minimum and maximum criteria with regard to design and construction of drainage structures.

The bylaw also authorizes fines for groups or individuals that con-travene its rules. Minimum fines for offences such as releasing prohibited materials in the sewer lines start at

$500, with specific penalties costing upwards of $3,000. The full list of fines can be found at www.ponoka.ca under Town Hall. Look for the May 27 town council agenda.

Questions on utility services

The second bylaw was called Utility Services. This 39-page document defines the roles of the Town of Ponoka and property owners with regard to operational efficiency and water supply integ-rity.

Coun. Tim Falkiner took issue with utility bill penalties for people who rent a home. The third item in the frequently asked questions states that utility services cannot be held in a renter’s name but in the property owner.

“This to me paints them (renters) as second class citizens,” said Falkiner.

He suggests utility bills can be used to build credit and this would make that a challenge.

Coun. Teri Underhill disagreed. She suggested that utility bills are a small part of establishing credit. She feels tenants would be better off to ap-ply for a credit card.

Town administration cancels approximately $12,000 per year in neglected utility bill pay-ments, explained acting CAO Betty Quinlan and she believed there are companies that use similar rules. This bylaw would help alleviate the loss in revenue.

Dave McPhee, director of operations and property services, added that this bylaw was last changed in 1991 and he feels council needs to stay up to date with current government rules, which are reviewed every five years.

Hydrants and fire lines

The third bylaw that passed second reading is called Hydrants and Private Fire Lines, which en-ables the town to regulate fire hydrants and private fire lines use.

McPhee said the town does not have a bylaw dealing with this issue.

The bylaw covers water management for busi-nesses or homes that tie into the town’s water line. It also deals with annual inspections, maintenance and distribution of water. Emergency management plan approved

Council approved third reading of the Mu-nicipal Emergency Management plan that clarifies how neighbouring towns work together in the event of a state of emergency.

Councillors have already begun training in the Incident Command System program, which pro-vides tools for people in emergency situations. Coun. Marc Yaworski was pleased with the report as he feels it puts the Town of Ponoka in a posi-tion of readiness should a state of emergency be declared. Coun. Loanna Gulka suggested coun-cils can no longer use the excuse that they did not know what to do, especially considering they are in a leadership role.

Councillors also adopted a Quality Manage-ment Plan (QMP) that sets uniform guidelines for building, electrical, plumbing and gas services. It also ensures compliance with Safety Codes of Al-berta.

The next review for the QMP is March 31, 2015 and puts the town on queue for reviews, which are supposed to occur every three years.THANK YOU

Ponoka Lions Club would like to thank the following for the sponsorship of the recent PURINA WALK FOR DOG GUIDES in Ponoka. Without the help of these sponsors this event would not have been made possible.

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Town trades 2 acres of land with Ponoka County for the Gym Club

BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Land within the Southwest Industrial Park area, do-nated by Ponoka County to the Ponoka Gymnastics and Trampoline Club, is going to be traded with the Town of Ponoka in favour of a better location.

The decision to approve the exchange of two acres of land came May 29 during a regular meeting, where council felt a trade may be a better option for the club. Ponoka County had donated two acres in the industrial park but made an offer to the Town of Ponoka to ex-change town property, of the same size, on Highway 2A near the Health Centre, explained Quinlan.

“It would be suitable to put the Gymnastics Club building on that land,” she added.

She feels the new lo-cation is better suited to having members attend as it is close to some of the schools in town. Ser-vice connections are also expected to cost the club less as they have already been developed on the Highway 2A property.

Quinlan says the es-timated cost for service installation on Highway 2A is $128,000, including road paving at $90,000, while in the Southwest Industrial Park the cost is estimated at $247,000 to develop a road and ser-vices.

Coun. Marc Yaworski asked when construction would begin. Annette Fenske, board director said once inspection is complete, they hope to begin construction imme-diately.

Coun. Loanna Gulka was concerned over the trade after the town had developed the property some years ago but Mayor Rick Bonnett suggested since the land has been vacant for a few years, the town might be able to re-cover the cost of services installed once a group such as the Gym Club de-velops there.

“We’re not (currently) recouping the cost,” said Bonnett.

Coun. Carla Prediger agreed with Bonnett and sug-gested the building could be a positive addition to the town as it improves recreation in Ponoka, and the club has stated its desire to make the building open to the community as they wish to build a walking track in the building.

Councillors authorized administration to develop a memorandum of understanding with the Gym Club over the future community use of the building.

The land on Highway 2A was originally owned by Ponoka County and transferred to the Town of Ponoka several years ago. One of the agreements with the transfer was if the land were to be sold, one half of the proceeds would go to the county, which would still ap-ply with the land exchange.

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Dairy cows perish in overnight barn blazeBY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

More than 100 dairy cows died in a barn fire in the early hours of June 2 west of Ponoka.

Members of the Ponoka Fire Department were called to the fire already in progress at approximately 1:30 a.m., on Highway 53. It took firefighters more than three hours to quell the blaze, which also destroyed the dairy barn.

The fire is under investigation but no one was hurt in the incident and it is believed several cows escaped the blaze.

Erratic driver caught twice

Receiving two tickets for erratic driving from the Innisfail Traffic Unit wasn’t enough of a warning for a 27-year-old Edmonton man who was stopped a second time on the same day, this time by the Ponoka Integrated Traffic Unit.

Officers received three calls complaining about a 2011 GMC Sierra being driven dangerously northbound on Highway 2.

He was reported to be swerving, tailgat-ing, weaving in and out lanes and travelling at speeds of 141 km/h. Upon stopping the vehicle, officers determined the driver had just received a ticket for careless driving and failing to produce valid insurance by the In-nisfail Traffic Unit.

He was arrested and is prohibited from driving without a person with a class 5 li-

cence. Police say witnesses stopped and spoke about what they have observed at the location of the arrest.

Liquor in vehicle

Police charged a 22-year-old Bradford, Ont. driver with transporting open liquor last week.

She was stopped in a silver VW Jetta May 29 at 5 p.m. for erratic driving on Highway 2 near Ponoka. Officers saw a marijuana bong, a small amount of mari-juana and the open liquor container.

Basement wall collapses

Heavy rain May 26 may have caused a basement wall in town to collapse.

It took the Ponoka Fire Department approximately

two hours to build a temporary load-bearing wall to ensure the building did not further collapse. No one was hurt from the wall damage.

Stolen vehicle found

Police are looking for information related to the theft of a Ford F350 from Devon recently.

The truck was found abandoned near Sunken Bridge west of Ponoka. The owners were notified and police are looking for the culprits.

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


Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship

CHURCH DIRECTORY

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]

NEW COVENANT BAPTISTREFORMED CHURCH

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

Everyone Welcome!phone: 403-783-6962 • 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

Associated Gospel Churches of CanadaCHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLE

Pastor Jerry Preheim • Pastor Matt Sealy3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500

Worship Service 11:00 a.m. • [email protected]

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKASr. Pastor Paul Spate

Erin Dirsten - Fac. Youth & Family Min.5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org 403-783-5533

Bible 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

SONRISE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

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

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Rev. Jessie Pei5120 - 49 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4329

Sunday Service: Holy Eucharist 10 a.m.www.stmarysanglicanponoka.com

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

Pastor Tim Graff • trinityponoka.ca

ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPPastor Fred Knip

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Fishing for an answerA gentleman in my church, who is an

ardent fisherman, recently caught a 53 cm Walleye out of the Battle River, just south of the Highway 53 bridge. The fish weighed in at just over 6lbs. He was quite proud, as was is the first Walleye he has caught out of the Battle.

I wonder how long that lazy Wall-eye meandered through the water before it found that hook? Why did my friend set up and cast his line where he did? It is incredible to consider the multiple decisions made and circumstances that aligned to put that fish on the plate.

The Bible tells a similar story that illuminates just how much God is work-ing on the behalf of those who know and love him. In Matthew 17, Jesus and his disciples arrive in the city of Capernaum. Upon arrival, the local “religious” mafia gets in the face of Jesus’ disciple, Pe-ter, to shake them down and see if Jesus would pay the local “temple” tax.

With a hint of doubt, Peter responds an affirmative, “yes”, and then heads into the home they were staying at, fully aware that they had no money. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I have been in that same position, trying my best to keep up appearances while I stare a stark reality in the face. Perhaps you have faced the prospect of not hav-ing money for a bill that’s due or have been confronted with a serious illness with little to no hope. Maybe you or

someone you know is in the midst of a marital breakup or experiencing great loss and you simply do not know what to do. I’ve been there. On that day, so was Peter.

The good news is Jesus was in the house. As Peter shuffled through the front door, anxious about what would happen next, Jesus reads him like a book. Before Peter even speaks to bring Him the bad news, Jesus encourages His friend. With just a few words, Jesus shows Peter who is really in control of life and all of its cir-cumstances. He ends his thoughts with a

direction – go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.

Peter had been a commercial fisher-man before he left all to follow Christ. He made his living sweeping the floor of the sea with a large net. He would draw a large catch and would sort through it. Each catch would present hundreds of options. But on this one day, Jesus di-rected Peter to drop one line. No Option A vs. Option B. In that one line, he had to put his trust in Jesus. The first fish he would catch would have a coin in its mouth. In that one fish, from that one line, Christ made the preparation for their tax problem.

Peter learned a lesson that day. He may have been reflecting on his experi-ence when he penned these words in 2 Peter 1:3 – “By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him (Jesus), the one who called us to himself by means of his mar-velous glory and excellence.”

No matter what circumstance you may be facing right now, Jesus has made every provision for you to overcome it. I encourage you to open your heart and your mind to know Him. By doing so, you will discover that He has truly made a preparation for you too.

Pastor Rob McArthur

Word of Life ChurchMember of the Ponoka Ministerial Association

Race for Kids far surpasses fundraising goalBY AMELIA NAISMITH

Only its second year in existence and Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Ponoka Youth Centre’s Race for Kids is already beating all expectations, bringing in thousands more than anticipated.

“It blew our goal out of the water,” said ex-ecutive director Beth Reitz. The organization, its volunteers and race participants were aiming to bring in $25,000. However, once the total was calculated, it was realized approximately $28,000 had been raised.

All the proceeds of the race, which took place

May 31, go toward the programming of the Youth Centre and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

“The money you raised stays di-rectly here, it goes to this building,” Reitz told the 20 teams of four before allowing them to stampede through the start gate and off to their first lo-cation.

This year’s race included a vast

cast of participants all looking for the top race time. Racers included a team of brides, dairy cows, Disney princesses and the Minions from De-spicable Me, among others.

Participants, while battling the heat, were tested in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, driving heavy machinery, pushing a car, compete in a relay fitness race, belly dance and catch cheesy snack food on their heads.

“It was amazing. It’s our second year and we learned from last year,” said Reitz. “We’re really excited, we’re already looking forward to next year.”

“It was amazing. It’s our second year and we learned from last

year.” Beth Reitz

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BY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS

Whether the little boys thought that it was a sissy thing or not, little girls have been dressing, cuddling, pampering, and playing with dolls since the beginning of time. Dolls of all sizes, shapes, personalities and nationalities have been life-like com-panions for generations of families, and even though their habits, their appearance and their cute little tricks may have changed just a little over the years, they have and always will be a special and joyful part of every little girl’s growing up world.

Dolls and puppets first appeared on the scene way back in 2000 B.C. when the Egyptians carved and fashioned crude figures made out of wood, clay, bone, and rock. These were hand painted and decorated with designs, symbols, and trinkets, and then placed on the graves to honour their leaders, their heroes, and their gods. As little girls started to discover the magic of dolls, they were mass produced from the 1400s on, along with the countless colorful and delicate accessories that instantly became a delightful play time part of every home.

Two new displays at the

Fort Ostell Museum.The congenial ladies at

the Fort Ostell Museum in the Ponoka Lions’ Centennial Park have just completed two amazing displays of early dolls and pup-pets as well as a special section that is ‘All about Baby’. The lat-ter features some of the unique prams, carriages, cribs, outfits and all the rest that were required to bring up generations of little duffers from birth to rambunctious youngsters, while the doll showcase includes characters of all ethnic and entertainment back-grounds, and are dressed in various costumes of those exciting times of days gone by. The rare and colorful collection is a must see for all ages, and will certainly bring back a lot of memories, chuck-les, and maybe even a few tears; and here are just a few of the highlights from the fun era where kids somehow survived without Barbie or Pampers.

*Popeye the Sailor Man was cre-ated by Elzie Segar and first appeared in comic strips in 1929. One of the most collectible characters in the world of comics, the powerful spin-ach chomping Popeye appears in the

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Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

This colorful new display at the Fort Ostell Museum depicts the early era of babies, dolls, and all the accessories, clothes, and toys that were required to bring up an ever growing family. The carriages were fashioned out of wicker and the finest materials, the high chairs were made or wood or tin, and each item had their own unique designs and craftsmanship! Please pop in and enjoy the memories, and bring the whole family along.

Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell MuseumThis amazing new display at the Ponoka Museum features early dolls, puppets and famous characters from throughout the world.

Ponoka display with his chatty girlfriend Olive Oyl.*One of the oldest forms of performance and

entertainment was the art of puppetry, with the first string operated characters appearing in Egypt as early as 2000 B.C. The Fort Ostell museum display shows several Marionettes, which were manipulat-ed from above, allowed an amazing freedom of movement, and de-manded extreme skills by the people who were pulling the strings.

*The first bisque porcelain dolls became very popular in 1860, and featured a realistic skin color and texture as well as the first mov-able head and jointed body.

*Kewpie Dolls were first created in 1909 for use in comic strips, but became so popular they were in-troduced as a line of delightful baby cupid doll characters. Created in bisque, hard plastic, vinyl, and soft rubber, they were still a cuddly item into the 1990s.

*What can we say about the infamous ‘rag dolls’, which have been traditionally made from spare household scraps for countless decades? Since the early 19th century, these simple but loveable charac-ters have lived on for many years in such delightful children’s stories as Raggedy Ann, Golliwogg, and Anne of Greene Gables, a doll of which now has a permanent home at our Fort Ostell Museum, com-plete with long flowing braids.

*Have you ever heard of a composition doll? They first appeared in the early 19th century, were made out of a composite material of sawdust, glue, cornstarch, resin, and wood flour, and were marketed as completely unbreakable, which I find unbeliev-able when it comes to the overwhelming energy of little girls and boys.

*Some of the most beautiful and exclusive ‘an-tique dolls’ were first made by Heinrich and Minna Handwerck in Gotha, Germany in 1876. Outstanding features included big almond shaped eyes, ball-joint-

ed composition body and fabulous costumes, which is a treat to see.

*A young art student by the name of Xavier Rob-erts used an old German technique to mold fabric with a needle and created the first line of dolls called

‘The Original Little People’. His concept featured delightful little characters, of which there were no two alike, came with their own birth certificates and name tags, and whom excited customers could adopt (not buy) their very own sculp-tured person for $30.00. The lucrative toy com-pany, which opened a Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland in 1979, would also in-troduce ‘The Cabbage Patch Kids’ and many more very popular and lifelike characters over the years.

*Fisher Price began making a series of dolls during the 1970’s that

they called ‘My Friend’. Over the years there would be Mandy and Jenny, who stood 16 inches tall, had rooted hair, and included a long line of outfits that had to be purchased separately in the large size.

*Most of the items in these new displayed have been kindly donated by families and individuals families from Ponoka and surrounding districts, and many of them were fashioned by members of the family, and have lasted for many generations. There is even a handmade door stop with a ceramic head and a stuffed body, as well as a unique homemade doll delicately made out of multi-circles of fabrics and joined together.

*As you look through the ‘All about Baby’ dis-play watch for the original wood rattle, those fluffy cloth diapers with the big safety pins, an old bath tub duckie, eating utensils and dishes with pictures, a bottle of castor and ZBT Baby Powder, toys, fancy hand-knit outfits, and much more. During your visit, don’t be afraid to ask questions, and please take some quality time to browse through a facility that is dedi-cated to our long and colorful history and heritage.

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OpinionIs Desmond Tutu right?

A botched process from start to finish

One of the wis-est men around, Nobel laureate Arch-bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was in Alberta last week.

He was invited to speak at a conference on First Nations trea-ties, climate change and, of course, the im-pact of oil sands on the process.

He was quoted in the Edmonton Journal as saying: “I don’t come as a know-all who is going to pontificate and tell you Canadians what you must do. I think I can almost say, without fear of contradiction, that you do know what you should do.”

Really?Do we (our provincial and federal

governments) know what we are sup-posed to do?

Archbishop Tutu’s words remind-ed me of a recent discussion I had with an area farmer on Harper gov-ernment’s agricultural policies.

His question was: “Do they (the feds) know what they are doing to us?”

I happened to be on a stroll just along the rail tracks on the beautiful spring afternoon last Sunday when a Canadian Pacific train with more than 120 cars was moving in a southerly direction. It perfectly represented the approach of our provincial and fed-eral governments to the economy of this country: For every grain car pulled by that train, there were at least two liquid tankers; whether they were carrying bitumen, petrochemi-cal products or liquefied petroleum gas, I don’t know, but they were not carrying grain for sure.

And this is at a time, when the House of Commons passed Bill C-30, a perfect example of a piecemeal ap-proach to a very serious problem, that of farmers’ huge losses this year be-cause of lack of capacity to transport their bumper crop to the ports to be exported. The bill is supposedly to force railway companies to allocate more capacity to ship grain from the prairies to open seaports.

One really wonders how serious this government is to really protect the agricultural sector in this country.

It has been known for sometime now, but a recently sur-faced article “Hungry for Land” (http://www.grain.org/article/entries/4929-hungry-for-land-small-farm-ers-feed-the-world-with-less-than-a-quar-ter-of-all-farmland) very succinctly makes the point that the more the corporate interests dominate the agricul-

ture, the less food we are going to have to consume, thereby having to pay higher prices just to stay alive while fattening the checkbooks of the corporate executives.

It shows with concrete figures that the real burden of feeding the world is currently on the shoulders of small farmers. It stresses that, for example, if all of Kenya’s farms matched the output of its small farms, the na-tion’s agricultural productivity would double. In Central America, it would nearly triple. In Russia, it would be six fold.

With the federal government now pushing for Bill C-18 to open this country’s agricultural sector to fur-ther corporate expansion, we might be well on our way to losing one of our greatest assets, our farmers, to monopolist policies.

Desmond Tutu is reported to have described the oil sands as “filth cre-ated by greed.”

The greed is very much a part of the approach ignoring the importance of agriculture in seeking to extract the maximum profits in the shortest possible time from the oil sands in northern Alberta.

At the expense of being accused of plagiarism, and inspired by this proverb attributed to First Nations of North America “when the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money”, I think our leaders should be warned that af-ter the last drop of bitumen extracted and sold in Alberta, we will still need land to grow food and people to culti-vate that land.

I very much hope that the elector-ate will remember that, too.

Mustafa EricEditor

Dear editor,Somehow Stephen Harper managed to take an

ordinary responsibility of the Prime Minister—filling a vacancy on the Supreme Court—and turn it into a major debacle, deeply unbecoming of his office.

Last fall Mr. Harper appointed Justice Marc Nadon to the Supreme Court, in an apparent viola-tion of the requirements for justices from Quebec. He was immediately challenged and Mr. Nadon was ultimately ruled ineligible this spring. The affair left the court short a justice familiar with Quebec’s unique civil code for nine months and counting.

Instead of seeking out the best candidate, Mr. Harper seems to have gone out of his way to find one who was more ideologically acceptable.

Quebec’s top judges and lawyers were largely bypassed, with four of six candidates on the short list reportedly coming from the Federal Court, de-spite the fact that no Federal Court judge had ever been chosen for one of the Supreme Court’s three Quebec seats. Along the way, the government ig-nored countless warnings that these judges were ineligible.

One of those warnings came from the Chief Justice herself. Months later, the Prime Minister smeared her, saying her advice was “inappropri-ate and inadvisable.” He picked an unprecedented public fight with our highest court, casting asper-

sions on its credibility to impartially.In fact, it was entirely appropriate for the Chief

Justice to warn the government that its short-listed choices may not be eligible.

Reportedly, the government went as far as to suggest to Justice Nadon resign as a judge and join the Barreau du Quebec purely to get around the rules. Fortunately, he thought better of it.

The appointment was mismanaged from start to finish. The integrity of the process was under-mined. The Supreme Court was smeared and left short-handed. The best and brightest of the legal community were spurned.

This mess has been a costly mistake. The gov-ernment spent about $245,000 on the botched selection, plus an estimated $146,500 on Mr. Nadon’s salary. Mr. Harper also a missed an op-portunity to increase diversity on the bench, as only one of his six appointments has been a wom-an.

Sadly, this is just the latest rebuke of the Con-servatives’ reckless justice agenda. The courts have already struck down many of their policies, including the closure of Vancouver’s safe injection site, harsh mandatory minimums and violations of the rights of child soldiers.

Canadians deserve better.Yours sincerely,

Sean Casey, MPLiberal Party of Canada Justice Critic


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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fi ghting for what you want to be tomorrow. ~ Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

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Seniors’ Week 2014In honour of the past, present and future contributions of the seniors of this community and throughout Alberta, I do hereby proclaim June 2 – 8, 2014, to be “Seniors’ Week.” ~ Mayor Rick Bonnett

Celebrate Environment Week, June 1-7Environment Week celebrates Alberta’s environment. It is a great time for Albertans to host and attend events that include some learning, some fun and some action. Action is doing something on purpose to lessen your impact on the environment. Celebrating and action projects are great ways to bring a community together towards a greener future. The choices we make at home, at work and at school all add up to make a big diff erence. Together we can have a big impact on Alberta’s environment.

Part Time Employment OpportunityPonoka Jubilee Library requires a student (age 15 or older) to fi ll the position of Page. This position off ers 15 hours every two weeks (some evenings and Saturdays required). The duties include: shelving; shelf-reading; shifting books; assisting staff with special projects; and occasional library detective work. The position will start within the second last week of June. If you are interested in becoming the library’s newest team member please forward your resumes by June 13th to: David Tremblay, Ponoka Jubilee Library. Box 4160, Ponoka, AB, T4J 1R6, Email: [email protected]

Library ActivitiesFlower Arranging Class: On Saturday June 21st, Ponoka Jubilee Library ishosting a Flower Arranging Class! From 12:00-3:00 you will be learning how to build your own mixed vase arrangement; personalizing it to make it really special to you. Cost is $65.00/person and includes a full fl ower bouquet, arrangement instructions & items needed for arranging. Space is VERY limited, so please come to the Library to sign up today! Don’t allow a beautiful bouquet of fl owers to ever look awful again! Community Garden: Ponoka Jubilee Library is starting a Community Garden! This garden is going to be a place built for the people, by the people, and we need your help! We will be having a raised bed building on Friday, June 6th at 1:00pm and a planting day in the second week of June; if you are interested in helping out with either please contact the library at 403-783-3843 or [email protected] will be posting updates about this project on Facebook, so “like” us to stay up to date!

Aquaplex & Recreation Update:Start training for the Tri Services Triathlon held June 15th!

Are You An Artist? The Aquaplex is searching for a local artist to design a mural for the vacant wall above the whirl pool. The design should incorporate the town`s ideals, and spirit. Deadline for a design is July 31st. Drop off at the pool.Ponoka Recreation Facility Sponsorship Opportunity Are you interested in sponsoring on of the Town’s recreation facilities such as the Arena, Aquaplex, Sport Fields or Mini Golf? For more information on the exciting opportunity, contact Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services at 403-783-0118.

Coff ee With CouncilThursday, June 12, 9 a.m. at Tim Horton’s. The fi rst 50 coff ees are free!!

Next Town Council MeetingsJune 10 & June 23 (Monday) @ 7:00 pm

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Construction SeasonNow that the warm weather is here, are you planning on building a deck to enjoy the warm weather? Or a garden shed for the new lawn mower? Please remember… most building projects require a building permit. Stop by the Town offi ce, or call us at 403-783-4431 for more information.

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Council authorizes refund to 38 Street

residentsBY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Town council has decided to re-fund $74,000 to 38 Street residents over local improvement overcharges.

Mayor Rick Bonnett and Coun. Loanna Gulka recused themselves from the meeting May 29 as they live on 38 Street and could be seen as being in conflict of interest. Coun. Carla Prediger chaired the meeting while acting CAO Betty Quinlan spoke on the proposed refund.

Interest in the decision was not lost. Long-time advocates for 38 Street residents Nick Kohlman and Bill Kuncio were in the gallery as well as former Mayor Larry Henkel-man.

“There’s been numerous dis-cussions over the years,” Quinlan explained.

She said the proposal showed the actual costs of the local improvement at $516,000, including engineering. The total proposed adjustments re-move $3,500 in gas line crossings, $33,600 to move a water line for a fire hydrant and $14,700 for a wa-ter line on 46 Avenue. Quinlan said some engineering costs totalling $17,508 were also removed from the local improvement costs.

Quinlan said she made an error

on the individual water lines costs when the project first started and proposed those calculations should have been assigned to each individ-ual property owner. “We’ve pulled those out of the calculation.”

After the new calculations and adjustments, Quinlan said there were three properties who were found to be owing money totalling $2,886, the Town of Ponoka being one of them.

“We would not ask somebody for more money back. We are proposing that we would just waive those ad-ditional fees,” she said.

If council approved the re-fund, Prediger said if any 38 Street residents who don’t have any legal representation still had issues, then they would need to speak with coun-cil or administration directly.

“Should there be any further discussion regarding the local improvement as agents, that discus-sion would have to occur with our lawyers, as agent to agent,” she ex-plained.

Bill Kuncio and Nick Kohlman are most known to act as agents for 38 Street residents and any requests for assistance on their part would have to occur with a town lawyer, added Prediger.

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for Kohlman

One of Kohlman’s claims is that the water line that was moved for

the fire hydrant does not exist. He suggests the refund does not answer the question of why residents were charged. He also wonders how he, as an agent of three residents, will be

able to find answers to his questions.

He wondered who would be responsible to pay for dealing with the lawyers, the 38 Street residents Kohlman rep-resents or the taxpayers.

“I don’t understand why they’re doing that unless they simply don’t want to deal with us,” Kohlman added.

Kohlman said one town councillor feels he will never be happy with 38 Street issues. However, Kohlman suggests there are un-derlying issues with town planners that have affected taxpayers over the years.

“They are refund-ing less than half of the overcharges and they’re calling it a resolution,” he stated.

Kohlman said he was unsure what to do next because he feels town administration is stonewalling on his requests, which makes people want to give up. Kohlman has a claim with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Al-berta (APEGA), who is currently investigating the issue.

The decision passed unanimously. Quinlan said recipients would be receiving a cheque with their refund amount. Refund amounts range from $1,163 dollars, at the lowest, to $12,675 at the highest.

PSC students Zane Fessler, Matthew Klimec and Kellyn Pritchard present a grave rubbing from fallen Ponoka WWII veteran Frederick Miller to his nieces Helen Rohl and Hazel Jahour May 28. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Broncs World Tour comes full circle BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

The Broncs World Tour has become world famous for the research that students have put into the history of Ponoka soldiers who died during the First and Second World Wars and much of their findings comes from the help of soldiers’ family members.

Last week three students, who studied the life of Frederick Keith Miller, who died in the Second World War, were able to show their findings to Miller’s nieces. Students Matthew Klimec, Zane Fessler and Kellyn Pritchard were able to gain a better insight into Miller’s life with the help of nieces Hazel Jahour and Helen Rohl.

They provided additional, pertinent informa-tion to help the boys complete their history project on Miller.

The students’ biggest worry was ensuring they honoured Miller appropriately. Without help from niece Jahour, the project might not have been as special, explained Klimec.

Jahour was pleased with their efforts. “It’s probably information we would never find our-selves,” she stated.

Teacher and founder of the tour, Ron Labrie, suggested connecting with family members is one of the more important aspects of the project.

“It’s an affirmation that what we’re doing is right,” Labrie offered.

The first call came to Jahour who said she

was just having an afternoon nap when she heard Klimec’s voice over the phone.

“She was some impressed and excited because she told me and phoned me,” added Rohl.

While Rohl did not know Miller as well as Ja-hour did, she said speaking with the students made his life more real.

The students had a hard time containing their excitement in presenting their findings to the niec-es, who they feel helped paint a bigger picture of Miller’s life.

“It was just an experience of a lifetime,” said Pritchard.

Despite some nervousness that he would not do a good job, Zane found he had a better under-standing of past world wars as well.

“My perspective on the war changed…I was more aware of the magnitude of the war,” ex-plained Zane.

The students presented their final essay, pic-tures and videos of the trip and a grave rubbing of Miller’s headstone to the nieces.

“My perspective on the war changed

…I was more aware of the magnitude of the war.”

PSC student Zane Fessler

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A Ponoka County tractor tills the two Lucas Heights Soccer Pitches May 27. The land was leveled and sod has been ordered for planting in the next few weeks.


Soccer pitch receives major improvements


For the last several years, the Ponoka Minor Soccer Association (PMSA) has been working to update both Lucas Heights soccer fields and with the collaborative efforts of the town and county, that dream is becoming a reality.

The fields were tilled last week and PMSA president Rob MacArthur hopes sod, which is on order, will be installed in the next few weeks. He praised Wes Amendt, direc-tor of community services for the Town of Ponoka, for ensuring things move forward.

“Wes has been awesome. He’s been just brilliant. He wants to see everything better,” said MacArthur.

MacArthur says Amendt found a plan from more than 10 years ago that was in-tended to properly develop the Lucas Heights Soccer pitches. He said the field is a natural drainage area and cannot accommodate any type of building or structure.

Planners at the time saw the field as an ideal spot for soccer pitches but for what-ever reason, the plans were never followed

through. The entire project is expected to cost

$47,000 and the town has contributed $15,000, which was allocated in the 2014 budget. Ponoka County has offered services to the association and county equipment has been leveling the field and tilling the land in preparation of sod.

Now PMSA is fundraising with two dif-ferent projects: one is a raffle and the second is through ATB Financial Outlaw Roundup, whereby individuals agree to be jailed briefly as a fun activity during the Ponoka Stampede. The group is said to have been already select-ed to be picked as outlaws for the roundup.

MacArthur feels ATB saw the commu-nity value of what PMSA is trying to do and he suggests when they host tournaments, business in town benefit. He feels this update is an exciting one and was pleased to see co-operation from both the town and county.

“Their attitude has been great with things,” he said.

PMSA has 320 kids registered and 25 adults in the Ponoka FC men’s Battle River league.


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Alyssa Rain and other St. Augustine Catholic School graduates stand at attention during O’Canada during the cap and gown ceremony May 29. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

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This year’s keynote speech during St. Augus-tine Catholic School’s graduation ceremony May 29 had students in stitches over anecdotes of many of the 23 graduates.

Teacher Darren Josephison gave attendees an insight into this year’s Grade 12 class and their ad-ventures over the years. While there are too many episodes to tell in just one story, Josephison pro-vided some important pieces of advice for students, many he had taught since Grade 7.

“I’ve had the pleasure of teaching all of you,” he stated.

He said they had grown into a wonderful group of young adults and felt the halls of St. Augustine will feel empty without graduates. “I am not a sap-py person, but I will miss you all.”

One piece of advice for students is to always ask questions rather than follow a person blindly and he reminded graduates of a famous quote by United States president John F. Kennedy. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

“I ask you now, as you move on to the next phase of your life, ‘what can you do for your coun-try, your community, your family, your friends and for God?’” Josephison added.

He posed a challenge to them to let their light shine through for the rest of their lives and feels the school will always look at this year’s graduating class with fondness.

Valedictorian provides her insightsNot only did valedictorian Anastasia Johnson

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ing from St. Augustine. She suggested students never give up in what-

ever endeavour they have and to delve into anything that is interesting. “We are all children of God. We are all meant to shine.”

Students’ reply and passing

of the torchA tradition at St. Augustine has students re-

plying to the keynote speaker and graduates Kara Casper and Darien Lloyd replied with their own memories of Josephison along the years.

“We’ve had many awkward yet fun moments in Mr. J’s class,” joked Lloyd.

Despite the fun times, Kasper said students were grateful for his mentorship over the years.

Another tradition at the school is Graduates passing the torch to the Grade 11 students. Lloyd and Ceanna Prediger gave Grade 11 students Kar-ley Janssen and William Lockridge some advice.

“Don’t be too hard on yourselves. You can nev-er be as good as us,” Lloyd joked.

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Graduates also presented the school with a gift of a metal depiction of Jesus Christ on the cross.

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The theme We Are Stars rang true last week during St. Augustine Catholic School’s graduation cer-emonies, with 23 students thinking of their bright futures.

Dignitaries, students and parents had a tough time containing their excitement during the cap and gown ceremony held in the St. Augustine gym, May 29. Principal Curt Baron said the graduates are entering a new phase in their lives.

“We need to welcome them and let them know that have their place in the world alongside us,” said Baron.

He suggested this year’s graduat-ing class had been a group all teachers enjoyed seeing grow. “They’re just such a cohesive group.”

He praised their diligence in get-ting to this stage in their lives.

Representing the Town of Ponoka was Coun. Loana Gulka, who said younger students will be looking up at this year’s graduates. She recommended that while their future is open to many possibilities, they should still enjoy life.

“To be a star, always remember it’s important to play,” said Gulka.

She suggested that graduates would be mentors to a younger gen-eration but she advised they also be unafraid to learn

“You should each set goals in your own life that will be like stars,” explained Gulka.

Representing the Cree First Nations was Samson Cree Coun.

Marvin Yellowbird, who was proud to announce that 25 Samson Cree youths will be graduating this year. He suggests education is a key to opportunities and praised three First Nations students graduating from St. Augustine.

He presented Anastasia Johnson and Alyssa Rain each with an eagle feather. He told the story of his son who witnessed the death of an eagle. That son took the eagle to an elder who said, “Use the feathers to hon-our others.”

Yellowbird felt this was an ideal opportunity to praise Rain and John-son for the efforts.

Kevin Booth, assistant superin-tendent of the St. Thomas Aquinas School Division congratulated stu-dents and told them this was a time of celebration. He advised they be willing to learn new things but says, “The world’s changed a lot since 1996.”

With a fast-changing world, Booth suggests graduates should not only rely on themselves but also on God.

Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox recommended students continue for-ward with their plans. “Whatever path you choose, I wish you all suc-cess,” said Fox.

The ceremony was followed by photos for family and friends and parents could be seen congratulating their children.


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Ponoka writer named in top 10 across CanadaBY AMELIA NAISMITH

After being encouraged by her mother to en-

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been ranked as one of the top 10 youth writers in Canada by World Literacy Canada and the Write for a Better World contest.

“She loves to write, so I knew she’d want to enter it for sure,” said Carla Roesler, referring to her daughter Tiana Roesler.

The home-schooled Grade 8 student has been writing and telling stories since she was able to pick up a pencil and her short story penned for the contest takes readers to India, where a tight-knit family works in the rice fields.

As part of the competition, the entrants had to craft their story around the first line, which was provided to them. “It had to be about someone who woke up in a different culture,” said Tiana.

She decided to set her story in India because she didn’t know much about the country and this was a good opportunity for research.

Although the competition’s deadline wasn’t until April, Tiana had already turned in her sub-mission by the end of March.

After breezing through her first draft in a half an hour, then re-writing the whole story, Tiana says it took a couple of afternoons to compete the manuscript.

She and her family found out she had made to the top 10 after her mother received a phone call. “I was excited, I called my dad (at work) and my grandpa,” said Tiana.

“I’m very proud of her. She works really hard at her writing. I think it’s very exciting . . . I think it made her feel she was doing a good job of her writing,” Carla added.

When she was six years old Tiana entered a writing competition and got her work published in a newspaper. The ambitious student also re-cently finished writing her first novel, a fantasy

piece, and hopes to publish it. “I like making up stories, especially fantasy stories.”

“I really like making up magical creatures and monsters and describ-ing them,” she added.

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Outreach students graduate as championsBY AMELIA NAISMITH

In a flurry of ties, brightly colored gowns and mortarboards, Ponoka Outreach School’s 25 grad-uates have moved on to the next chapter of their lives.

A celebratory First Nations culture Round Dance was also held during the ceremony this year to honour the graduates. The graduation was held May 29 at the Kinsmen Community Centre.

Accompanied by drums symbolizing a hu-man’s beating heart, the dance was held to celebrate the heart and drive of the graduates who completed their high school education, says prin-cipal Scott Lewis.

“If you look around the room, you’re going to see a room full of young people who have over-come some incredible obstacles,” said Lewis.

This year’s class chose the theme Be a Cham-pion and, in the wake of their schooling, that is what they have achieved on the many plains of their lives. “Part of being a champion is there are no such things as speed bumps in your lives, you just keep going and you make it happen . . . they truly, truly are champions,” Lewis said.

Although Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox had to leave for another engagement before he was able to give his speech, he had Ponoka Wolf Creek Public Schools trustee Lorrie Jess express his pride in his stead.

“Today you’re moving forward into the next phase of your life,” said Jess on behalf of Fox. “In the future you will look back at these last 13 years and you will be able to understand how important the groundwork of these years really was.”

While building their own foundation for the fu-ture, Fox’s speech told the students that what they learned from each other was just as important as what they learned from themselves and classroom lessons. “These all have now come together as you move into adulthood and the next chapter of your life.”

In her own speech, Jess spoke to the graduates about the opportunities that will be available with the lifelong passport they were about to receive: their diplomas. “Con-gratulations on earning your high school di-ploma you should be very proud of the hard work you’ve put in . . . your diploma will open many doors and it also means a future of end-less possibilities.”

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She went on to recognize that some students would go on to post secondary schools and others would immediately enter the workforce. While it may be “scary” for the recent graduates and hard on parents and guardians to watch the fledglings strike out on their own, King has no doubt the for-mer students will excel wherever they go.

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Concerns continue with Teaching Excellence reportBY AMELIA NAISMITH

A report containing 25 recommendations to im-prove Alberta’s education was released last month, and Albertan’s are still giving feedback on a num-ber of issues, including teacher evaluations, parent involvement, and perceived threats to principals positions.

A teleconference was hosted May 27 by Edu-cation Minister Jeff Johnson and Task Force for Teaching Excellence (TFTE) members Ron Young and Michele Mulder. It provided Alberta’s school councils an opportunity to voice their opinions on the report and asks questions.

There has been a lot of controversy surround-ing the report, as many different educational groups, such at the Alberta Teachers Association, as well as individuals across the province feel its intentions threaten teachers with the call for evaluations every five years.

A majority of the teleconference was spent explaining the thought processes behind that recom-mendation and dispelling confusion and anxiety.

“We believe strongly that we have excellent teachers in Alberta,” said Brad Vonkeman, president

of the Alberta School Council Association. He added the task force document was created to strengthen an already sound system.

“It’s not a report about getting rid of bad teach-ers, it’s about making everybody better. This report, I think, moves everybody along that continuum,” added Young.

With the report cov-ering a broad range of subjects Johnson says the document is not about pinpointing weak teach-ers, but instead is looking to build on all matters that will provide more advan-tages and opportunities to the students. “I want to emphasize that we’re extremely proud of our system . . . but we’re only strong because we look to continual improvements.”

One of the report’s recommendations states teachers should turn in a professional growth plan each year with an evaluation of those plans by their principal every five years to keep teachers account-able.

Further explaining the non-existence of a threat to teachers, Johnson says the evaluations are not meant to expose bad teaching practices through that process, because if there were a bad teacher in a school, the ministry would not wait for the five-year process to run its course to remove them.

A related concern centered around how, not only parents, but the community as a whole could and

should become more involved with the education of students. “I think the par-ent voice and the community voice is the one that’s been missing from edu-cation,” said Mulder.

This is why the report recommends parents have a place in evaluating teachers she added.

A listening coun-cil representative questioned why it would be necessary for teachers to receive feedback on their own individual profession-al growth plans.

Mulder likened the practice to a professional growth exercise. “It’s only that too often a per-son is too close to themselves to the areas that need improvement.”

Johnson and the TFTE members feel allowing parents and students to evaluate teachers will help close the gap between how teachers feel they are providing for their students and, in turn, how the students feel they are be-ing taught.

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ing thing . . . if it’s managed properly, it’s not meant to be a free for all,” said Mulder.

Another concern seems to be how teaching excellence will be defined and why some practices already com-mon in the province were named as recommendations. Johnson says those recommendations were made to en-sure everybody will have access to those “best practices.”

“What goes into those portfolios of excellence we need to have continuing dialogue about,” he added.

More unhappiness stemmed from the belief the TFTE sought to remove principals from their Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) membership. How-ever, Johnson and the TFTE members stressed to the more than 50 councils listening in on the teleconference that the document was not being put in place to create a “bureaucratic night-mare” or remove principals from their current roles.

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Inspiring Education: A Dialogue With Al-bertans began when our current Premier Dave Hancock was Minister of Education under Premier Ed Stelmach. In 2009, thousands of Al-bertans were engaged in conversations, both in person and online to gather their vision for K-12 education in our province for the 21st Century and well into the future. Education Ministry staff gathered a wealth of information, as people open-ly shared their vision, hopes, and dreams for the education system in our province as we face the ever-changing world around us. Under the guid-ance of a Ministerial steering committee, that

valuable feedback was used to develop a broad policy framework document that describes the overall direction, principles, and long-term goals for education in Alberta. You can learn more about the many initiatives behind Inspiring Education at inspiringeducation.alberta.ca/initiatives.

Inspiring Education recognizes that traditional education tools and content, as well as their meth-ods of delivery, are in a constant state of flux, as technology shapes our world in new ways every day. School division staff, administrators and trustees must be the agents of change in their school communities to ensure we keep pace with our rapidly-changing world. At the end of the day, everything we do should be in the best interests of the students we teach and serve. Inspiring Educa-tion also recognizes that every student’s learning journey evolves in its own unique way, with that student’s unique skills, interest and experiences shaping it along the way. The content we deliver, and the ways in which it is delivered, need to be fluid and adaptable to meet the individual needs of each student; Inspiring Education is the template that guides us towards that goal.

Much of this may sound theoretical, so what are the practical applications of Inspiring Educa-tion and how is it being put into practice at STAR

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Catholic Schools? From implement-ing the change from Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) to Stu-dent Learning Assessments (SLAs) to better gauge elementary and junior high student competencies at the beginning of the year, to the High School Flexibility model that allows older students more flexibil-ity in their learning rather than being restricted to the traditional instruc-tional-hour focused model, we’re making changes that will help our

students to learn in their own way, at their own pace. For more infor-mation on Inspiring Education, visit inspiringeducation.alberta.ca.

Dan Svitich [email protected] is a Ponoka Trust-ee on the STAR Catholic Schools Division Board. STAR Catholic Schools has more than 3,300 students in 10 schools located in Beaumont, Drayton Valley, Leduc, Lacombe, Ponoka and Wetaskiwin.

BY MUSTAFA ERIC

Ponoka Minor Soccer Associa-tion (PMSA) has approved a new code of conduct for parents and guardians of players on the rosters of their teams as well as for all spec-tators who watch the teams as they play for their league fixtures or dur-ing the tournaments.

The newly adopted code re-quires all spectators and parents/guardians to refrain from interfering in the decisions made by referees or coaches, to adopt a sportsman-like approach to the game, to the opposing teams and their players, and to categorically reject bullying in any form. The code also says that parents/guardians or spectators fail-ing to abide by this code could be

banned from further soccer games.“We wanted people to be aware

that we are not just enforcing a rule put upon us by the higher govern-ing body, but rather are adopting a standard from within,” said Rob Mc Arthur, President of the PMSA.

“The code has always existed,” he added. “However, we felt some in house standards might be appro-priate. Our hope is that PMSA will be the flagship association within CASA. We hold ourselves to a high standard.”

“I can’t overstate how hard we are trying to develop a strong club,…almost like a family. Not everyone will see eye to eye, but our leadership is united and that’s what matters.”

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Ponoka Youth Centre would like to thank the following sponsors for their support to the 2014 Summer Program!

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June is the glorious month of graduationMy wife and I will

be very excited and proud this month when our grand-daughter marches across the stage as a member of the Ponoka Secondary Campus graduating class of 2014. We have been so blessed to watch the same youth-ful pomp and pageantry with three members of our family in the past, and we hope and pray that we will be able to attend a few more in the future.

Mike RainoneHammertime

Graduation day will always be a glo-rious, glitzy, and colorful June occasion for hundreds of young students from our Ponoka and districts school systems, as well as throughout our province and our free and prosperous nation. They are sup-posed to be the best years of our young

lives, and after spending 12 or more of these busy but fun September to June sessions in the classroom, on the playing fields, in the gym, or in and around your community with new class-mates and friends, your graduation will be the first day of the rest of what we hope will be a

happy and prosperous future. Here is the Hammer’s special tribute and a little fun and best wishes to each and every one of our grads.

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TRACTORSFord 5640 FWA Tractor c/w FEL & 3 pth; JD 8450 4wd Tractor c/w 6 Way Blade; JD 4450 2wd Tractor c/w JD 158 FEL, Grapple, Joystick & Big Rubber; 1939 JD AR 2wd Tractor; Case 4494 4wd Tractor c/w Big Singles; Case 2290 2wd Tractor c/w FEL, Grapple, 3 pth & Only 3,400 Hrs; Case 1170 2wd Tractor; IHC 3688 2wd Tractor c/w Cab, FEL L& 3 pth; IHC 656 Hydro 2wd Tractor c/w Gas Engine, 2 Remote Hyd., 3 pth, 4585 Hrs Showing, 2nd Owner & New Back Tires; MF 2775 2wd Tractor c/w CAHR, 1000 PTO, 20.8x38 Duals; Vers 836 4wd Tractor c/w Duals, PTO & 5,500 Hrs; Duetz Allis 7085 FWA Tractor c/w Dual PTO, 3 pth & Bucket; Zetor 9540 FWA Tractor c/w Leon 700 FEL, Grapple, 3 pth, 3,700 Hrs on New Motor, $3,100 Work Order on Hyds, New Front Tires, CAHR & 85 Hp

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTFiat Allis FD255 Crawler c/w Finals Completely Rebuilt 6,500 Hrs Ago, New Rad & Fan Assembly, Excellent Working Order, 1949 JD MC Crawler

c/w Hyd. Dozer & Completely Restored; JD 772BH Grader c/w Snow Wing & New Rubber; JD 310 Loader Backhoe c/w Cab, Good Tires, 2 Buckets for Hoe & Showing 6231 Hrs; Hough 30B Wheel Loader c/w IHC 6 Cyl Diesel Engine, Cab, Heater, Converted to Quick Attach for a 3

in 1 Bucket, 1.75 Yard Light Materials Bucket, Pallet Forks, Bale Spear, Only 1 Owner & Shedded; Baron 16

Yard Hyd.

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Forks, Walk Through Pallet Forks, Rd Bale Spear, Assort. Skid Steer Tires, Receiver Hitch, 2 - Full Back Plates, 2 - Partial Back Plates, Brush Grapple Bucket & Stump Grinder; 72” Skid Steer Grapple Bucket; Auger Head Assembly for a Skid Steer; 2 - Lowe 1650 Skid Steer Augers c/w Bits; 2 - Lowe 750 Skid Steer Augers c/w Bits

SEEDING & TILLAGEBourgault 556-60 60’ Vibrashank Cult c/w Degleman 4 Bar Mtd. Harrows; JD 1650 50’ DT Cult c/w Bourgault 4 Bar Mtd. Harrows; Case IH 5600 31’ Cult c/w 4 Bar Mtd. Harrows; MF 15’ Cult; IHC 12’ DT Cult c/w Mtd. Harrows; IHC 10’ Chisel Plow; Graham Holme 10’ CultHorse Drawn Cult; Brillion 10’ Grass Seeder; Great Plains 16’ No Till Drill c/w Grass, Fert & Center Pivot Hitch; IHC 150 24’ Hoe Drills c/w Transport & Fert; Morris 12’ Hoe Drills c/w Grass & Fert; JD #12 End Wheel Drill; Case IH 8500 Air Seeder Tank c/w Pump; JD 2810 4 Bottom 3 pth Plow c/w Coulters; Kvernland 4 Bottom Plow

c/w Coulters, 3 pth, Depth Wheels & Long Sweeping Moldboards; MF 880 4 Bottom PlowFord 3 Bottom 3pth Plow c/w New Plow Shears; Deerborn 2 Bottom 3 pth Plow; JD 10’ Disc; 7’x16” 3 pth Blade Disc; Flexicoil System 82 80’ Field Sprayer c/w 1000 Gal Tank; Allied 40’ Harrows & Drawbar; 6 - 5’ Bourgault Packers; 3 - Packers

HAYING & SILAGE EQUIPMENTJD 568 Rd Baler c/w Mega Wide P/U, Net Wrap, Big Rubber, 540 PTO & Under 2800 Bales; 2006 JD 567 Rd Baler c/w Mega Wide P/U, Twine & Net Wrap, Variable Core & Hyd. P/U; 2 - JD 567 Rd Baler c/w Mega Wide P/U, Variable Core & Hyd. P/U; JD 567 Rd Baler

c/w Mega Tooth P/U, Variable Core, Push Bar & Hyd. P/U; JD 567 Rd Baler; JD 560 Rd Baler; JD 530 Rd Baler; NH 788A Rd Baler; NH 660 Rd Baler; NH 847 Rd Baler c/w Auto Wrap, Good Cond. & Shedded; 3 - Case IH 8465 Rd Balers; Case IH 8480 Rd Baler; Case IH 3650 Rd Baler; Vermeer 605XL Rd Baler c/w Twine & Kicker; Vermeer 605J Rd Baler c/w Field Ready; Vermeer 605G Rd Baler; Vermeer 605C Rd Baler; Hesston 565A Rd Baler; Hesston 514 Soft Core Rd Baler; Claas 2200 Big Sq Baler; JD 348 Sq Baler c/w Hyd. Tension & Tongue,

1/4 Turn Chute; IHC 430 Sq Baler c/w 1/4 Turn Chute; JD 946 13’ Flail Condi-

tioner c/w Hyd. Tilt; JD 1600A Moco; JD 1600 Moco; 2 - JD 1470 Moco; NH 1431 13’ Discbine; NH 499 Hydroswing

Haybine; NH 495 Haybine; 2 - Hesston 1150 Haybine; Hesston PT10 Haybine; JF 1050 Forage Harvester; Hesston 7500 Silage Cutter - Field Ready; JD 640A P/U Header for JD 6750 Chopper; Jiffy 700 Hi-Dump; Enorossi 450 Rotary Rake c/w New Crown & Pinion; Vicon 8 Wheel 3 pth Rake; NH 1002 Bale Wagon c/w Hyd.; Morris 881 Rd Bale Wagon c/w Good Working Cond.; 22’ Bale Rack c/w Holds 12 Bales & Hoist; NH 7’ Side Mtd. Mower

HARVEST EQUIPMENTJD 9650 Walker Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, 3560 Eng. Hrs & 2530 Sep. Hrs; JD 9650 Walker Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, 3823

Eng. Hrs & 2748 Sep. Hrs; JD 9610

Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, Fully Loaded & 2,400 Sep Hrs; JD 9600 Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, 30.5 Tires

& Hopper Topper; Case IH 2388

Sp Combine c/w 1015 P/U; MF 860 Sp Combine; 2004 Prairie Star 4952i Sp Swather c/w 2122 Eng. Hrs, 1676 Cutting Hrs,

25’ Grain Header & Double Swath; 2004

Prairie Star 4952i Sp Swather c/w 2078 Eng. Hrs, 1625 Cutting Hrs & Traction Unit Only; IHC 225 10’ Swather c/w Good Sickle & Guards, 8’ Conditioner & Field

Ready; JD 800 14’ Sp Swather c/w P/U; 1993 Trail Tech Dual Header Transport c/w Pintle Hitch, 2 - 7,000 Lbs Axles, Fits 2 - 25’ Headers, Hyd. For Direct Hook Up & Electric Over Hyd.; 2001 MacDon 922 Dual Drive 16’ Hay Header - Fits Most Westward & MacDons; MacDon 940 Dual Auger 18’ Header c/w P/U Reel; NH 971 Header; Farmking 13”x70’ Swing Auger; Westfi eld 10”x60’ Swing Auger

OTHER EQUIPMENTNew 20.8x38, 23.1x26 & 14.9x28 Tractor Tires; Jiffy 220 Silage Bunk Wagon; NH 352 Mixer Mill; 3 - New Turco TC180 6’ 3 pth PTO Rototillers c/w 540 PTO & Fits 35 to 55 Hp Tractors; Agrator 96” 3 pth Rototiller c/w 4 Spd Gear Box, 540 PTO & Like New Blades; JD 640 FEL & Grapple2 - New 3 pth Wood Chippers; JD 1508 Wing Mower; Badger 160 S/A Manure Spreader - Good Cond.; JD S S/A Manure Spreader; MF #15 S/A Manure Spreader; Hiab 5 Ton Knuckle Picker; 10’ Dozer Blade; 16’ SP Lumber Conveyor c/w Hitch & Wheels; Japer 3000 Gal Tank c/w Cam Locks & Last Used for Diesel

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2012 Load Trail 30’ T/A Dually Flat Deck Trailer c/w Beaver Tails & Pop Up; 2011 Big Tex 30’ T/A Dually Flat Deck Trailer c/w Beaver Tails & Ramps; New 2014 Double A 23’ T/A Equipment Trailer c/w 7,000 Lbs Axles; 2004 Goertzen 20’ T/A Gooseneck Flat Deck Trailer c/w Ramps; 18’ T/A Bumper Pull Flat Deck Trailer; 2002 Trail Tech 15’ S/A Snowmobile Trailer c/w New Tires, Rims & Wheel Bearings, Rebuilt Deck; 2007 Haulmark 16’ Enclosed Trailer; 2005 Haulmark 16’ Enclosed Trailer; Cargo Mate 7’x12’ Trail Blazer Enclosed Trailer; 1996 Southland 26’ Tri-Axle Gooseneck Stock Trailer; 4 Star 18’ T/A Alum. Gooseneck Stock Trailer; 1/2 Ton Truck Box Trailer; 2010 Ford F550 4x4 Crew Cab Cab & Chassis c/w Diesel, Auto, Loaded & Deck; 2007 Ford F550 4x4 Reg Cab Truck c/w Hiab 026T Picker, V10, Auto, Deck & Underhood Air Comp.; 1998 Ford F550 4x4 Super Duty Crew Cab Truck c/w Flat Deck, Gear Vendors 2 Spd Axle, 5th Wheel Plate, Diesel & 129,251 Kms; 1999 Freightliner T/A Gravel Truck c/w Cat C12 Engine, 16’ Box & 10 Spd; 1969 Fargo T/A Grain Truck c/w 16’ Wooden Box & Hoist, V8, Gas, 4&2

MISCELLANEOUS2006 Swedish Logosol PH460 4 Sided Molding Planer c/w 4 Heads, Interchangeable Knives & Blower Unit, 220 Single Phase Power & Less than 100 Hrs, Southbend Metal Lathe c/w Good Cond., Lots of Extras, 3 & 4 Jaw Chucks, 4’ Bed & Tool Lathe, Wood Lathe c/w Cutting Tools, New 11Rx22.5 & 11Rx24.5 Truck Tires, 12’x16’ Tripod & Chain Hoist, Truck Box Hoist, Large Metal Frame Assembly, New Leon Manure Spreader Beaters, Nailers, Stapler, Dewalt Saws, Makita Saw, 10’ Vac Hose, JD Pressure Washer, 500 Gal Water Tank c/w Bowie Pump & Hyd. Power Cyl., 2 - Steel Tool Boxes, 2 - Metal Storage Racks, Work Bench c/w Lighting & Peg Board, Air Hose Connectors & Gauges, Misc. Solar Panels, Tractor Canopy, Fert. Roller, Dynablast Pressure Washer, 600 Gal Bulk Milk Tank, Boat Propeller, Assort. Of Barrels, HUGE Selection of Tools, 3 - New 8” Gas Powered Ice Augers, 12 Yards of BC Pink Shale, Assorted Flat Belts, Magnetos & Fly Wheels for Stationary Motors, Plus Much Much More, 3 Bale Rd Bale Feeder, Miami 130 Bu Creep Feeder, Assort 24’ Stand Up Panels, A Quantity of Sucker Rod, 2 7/8” & 2 3/8” Pipe, 35 Jts of 3 1/2” Pipe & Many Many More Items too Numerous to Mention

NEW TOOLS2 - 10’ 20 Drawer HD Metal Work Benches, Aero Pro DW50 Demolition Breaker c/w 65 Lbs Weight & 2050W Motor, Aero Pro DW45 Jack Hammer c/w 31 Lbs Weight & 1700W Motor, Aero Pro DW25 Jack Hammer c/w 22 Lbs Weight & 1050W Motor, 2 - Loncin MS100 6.5 Hp Plate Compactors c/w Water Tank, 2 - Loncin MS20 6.5 Hp Plate Compactors, Loncin MS10 6.5 Hp Plate Compactor, 2 - Powertek PT36L 10 Gal Wheel Barrow Air Compressors c/w 6.5 Hp, 2 - Kende CD265-ES 265 Amp Battery Charger/Starters, 2 - Aero Pro RP7488 HD 1” Air Impact Wrenchs, 2 - Rongpeng RP7460 3/4” Air Impact Wrenchs, 2 - Rongpeng RP7404 1/2” Air Impact Wrenchs, 2 - Aero Pro CN45 Air Coil Roofi ng Nailers, 2 - Rongpeng RP9800ST Air Flooring Nailers - Staples or Nails, 2 - Rongpeng CFH9028 Air Framing Nailers c/w 28 Degree Clipped Head, 2 - Rongpeng CFN9034 Cordless Gas Powered Farming Nailers, 3 - HD Tire Changers, 8 - Welding Helmets, 20 Gal Air Compressor, 7 - 3”x30’ Tow Straps, 10 - Battery Load Testers, 4 - Alum. 12”x89” Loading Ramps, 10 Gal Sand Blaster, 25 - 10” Saw Blades; 200 - 4.5” Metal Cutting Wheels, 25 - 14” Metal Cutting Wheels, 10 - 100’ Outdoor Extension Cords, 10 - 2” Ratchet Straps, 4 - 18” Chain Saws, 1/2 Ton Transmission Jack, 5 - 100’ Rolls of Snow Fence, 5 - 50’ Rolls of Rubber Air Hose, 3 - Air Hose Reels, 2 - 1” Drive Air Impact Wrenchs, 5 - 2 Ton Floor Jacks, 3 - 3 Ton Floor Jacks, 2 - 10 Ton Hyd. Porta-Power Kit

GENERATORS, WELDERS & PUMPS All New Unless Noted

Deutz 3 Cyl Air Cooled 35,000 KWA Diesel Power Plant c/w 120/240, Skids & Less than 100 Hrs on Total Rebuild - Used; Cat 22303 6 Cyl 3 Phase Diesel Power Plant on a Skid - Used; 4 - King Power 10,000 LN 5 KW Diesel Silent Generators; Powertek 9000H

9.0 KW Gas Generator c/w Electric Start; 2 - Powertek 7500CL 7.5 KW Gas Generators; 2 - Powertek 6500Cl 6.5 KW Gas Generators; 2 - Powertek 3000CL 3.0 KW Gas Generators; 2 - Powertek 950DC 950 Watt Gas Generators; 3 - JD 1 1/2 Hp Pump Engines - Used; IHC 1.5 Hp Stationary Engine - Used; Fairbanks Morris 1.5 Hp Stationary Engine - Used & No Magneto; Houle 8’ Liquid Manure Pump c/ 5 Hp Electric Motor & Used; 2 - Powertek LTP80C 3” Waterpumps c/w 6.5 Hp; 4 - 3” Gas Engine Water Pumps c/w 6.5 Hp; 2 - Powertek LTP50C 2” Waterpumps c/w 6.5 Hp; 2 - Kende MIG105G 120V Wirefeed Welder; Lincoln Ranger 10,000 Welder c/w Used & Only 242 Hrs

CARS & TRUCKS, RV EQUIPMENT, LAWN & GARDEN Selling at 1:00 p.m.

2007 GMC 1500 4x4 New Sierra SLT Short Box Truck c/w Gas Engine; 2005 GMC Duramax 3/4 Ton 4x4 Truck c/w Fully Loaded; 1992 GMC 1/2 Ton 2wd Truck c/w V8 & 5 Spd; 2003 Chev Trail Blazer LT Extended 4x4 SUV; 2003 Chev 3/4 Ton 4x4 Crew Cab Short Box Truck c/w Duramax, Allison Auto & Fully Loaded; 2001 Chev 3/4 ton 4x4 HD Truck c/w New Brakes & Exhaust, Windshield, Vehicle Saftey, Ready to Go, 6 Ltr V8, Auto, Air & Tilt; 1985 Chev 3/4 Ton 4x4 Truck; 1986 Chev Raised Roof Van; 2004 Ford F150 4x4 Super Crew Cab Truck c/w Gas Engine & Auto; 2001 Ford F350 4x4 Crew Cab Truck c/w V8 & Auto; 1997 Ford F150 2wd Truck c/w 4.6 Ltr, V8, Auto, Reg Cab, AC & Tonneau Cover; 1969 Ford E100 Raised Roof Van c/w Semi Camperized & 71,000 Original Miles; 2006 Dodge 3500 4x4 Reg Cab Long Box SLT Dually Truck c/w 6 Spd Stnd & 5.9 Ltr Cummins Diesel; 2006 Dodge 3500 4x4 Reg Cab SLT Dually Truck c/w Auto, 5.9 Ltr Cummins Diesel, Service Deck & Tool Boxes; 2005 Dodge 1 Ton 4x4 Crew Cab Dually Truck c/w 5.9 Ltr Diesel, Auto & Loaded; 1993 Dodge 3/4 Ton 4x4 Club Cab Truck c/w Air, Tilt, Cruise, Power Windows & Doors, Cummins Diesel & Trailer Brakes; 2 - 2010 Dodge 3500 Dually Boxes; 1989 Mercedes 420SEL Car c/w Runs Well, Power Windows & Locks; 1999 Tahoe 30’ T/A Bumper Pull Holiday Trailer c/w Rear Bunks, Front Queen, Slide Out, Awning, AC & Fully Self Contained; Wilderness 90cc Quad; 2 - New HD Bi-Parting Wrought Iron Driveway Gates; 2 - JD LX188 Riding Lawn Mowers c/w 48” Mowers; Craftsman Riding Lawn Mower; 42” Quadivator c/w Spring Harrows & Electric Lift; 60” Front Mtd. Power Broom; 3’x42” Garden Tiller; Oilfi eld Truck Topper; Truck Topper for 1992 Ford

LUMBER Selling at 10:00 a.m.2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 2x12 8’ to 20’ Lengths of Spruce & Fir, All grades Including Construction. Approx. 250,000 FBM; Assorted 4”x6”x10’, 4”x6”x8’ & 3”x4”x8’ Lumber; 4 - Lifts of Misc. OSB19 - Stacks of Fence Posts

TREES50 - 4’ Spruce Trees & 50 - 5’ Spruce Trees

BUILDINGS40’x60’x21’ Gable Truss Storage Building c/w Industrial PVC Covers, 13’x15’ Drive Through Doors at 2 Ends, 3’x6’ Entry Door, Waterproof, UF & Fire Resistant; 2 - 30’x85’x15’ Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Buildings c/w Commercial Fabric, Waterproof, Fire Resistant, 13’ Drive Through Doors & 6’ Entrance Door on 2 Ends; 2 - 20’x30’x12’ Peak Ceiling Storage Shelters c/w Commercial Fabric, Waterproof, Fire Resistant & Roll Up Door; 2 - 20’x40’ Full Enclosed Party Tent c/w 800 Sq Ft, Doors, Windows & 4 Side Walls; 20’x40’ New Party Tent; 8’x20’ Log Cabin; 40’ Sea Can; 9’ Steel Storage Container; 8’ Steel Storage Container

Machinery Terms & Conditions: Cash & Cheque, G.S.T. Will Apply on Some Items, All Items Must Be Paid For On Sale Day.

Real Estate Selling at 12:00 Noon

UNRESERVED REAL ESTATE AUCTION OF THE LAVESTA COMMUNITY HALL

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014, RIMBEY, ALBERTATIME: 12:00 NOON

Selling In Conjunction with the 34TH ANNUAL SUMMER MACHINERY

CONSIGNMENT SALESale Conducted Just East of Rimbey at our Sale Site

Land Located 8.5 Kms North of Rimbey on Hwy #20 to Hwy #607, 8.6 Kms West on Paved Hwy #607

REAL ESTATESelling the Lavesta Community Hall being 1.88 Acres M/L and located on part of the SE 29-43-3 W5M. The Hall is a 22’x66’ Frame & Cement Block Building with a Metal Roof & Vinyl Siding, Hardwood Floors, Propane Furnace, Electricity & Water, Kitchen with Cupboards, Fridge & Stove as well as Outdoor Toilets.

All measurement are approximate and need to be verifi ed by the purchaser.Real Estate Transaction are being Handled by MORRISON REALTY (403) 783-0556Real Estate Terms & Conditions: 10 % Down on Sale Day. Balance & Possession on or before July 14, 2014. If Balance is NOT RECEIVED by July 14, 2014 the Deposit will be Forfeited as Liquidation Damages.

All Items Must Be in The Sales Yard by Wednesday June 11,

2014 at 5:00 p.m.!

3 Rings Will Sell Simultaneously

Sale Conducted by:

ALLEN B. OLSON AUCTION SERVICE LTD. RIMBEY, ALBERTA License No. 165690

(403) 843-2747 Sale Site | 1 (855) 783-0556 Toll Free | E-mail: [email protected] | Homepage: allenolsonauction.com

3434thth Annual Summer Machinery Annual Summer Machinery Consignment Auction

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014, RIMBEY, ALBERTATIME: 9:00 A.M. INCLUDING A FARM DISPERSAL FOR DOUG & SILVA CULSHAW MISCELLANEOUS: 9:00 A.M. MACHINERY: 9:30 A.M. LUMBER: 10:00 A.M. REAL ESTATE: 12:00 NOON CARS, TRUCKS & RV’S: 1:00 P.M.

LUNCH WILL BE AVAILABLE LOCATION: JUST EAST OF RIMBEY, OFF OF HWY 20 • LISTINGS ARE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS • FCC FINANCING IS AVAILABLE

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TRACTORSFord 5640 FWA Tractor c/w FEL & 3 pth; JD 8450 4wd Tractor c/w 6 Way Blade; JD 4450 2wd Tractor c/w JD 158 FEL, Grapple, Joystick & Big Rubber; 1939 JD AR 2wd Tractor; Case 4494 4wd Tractor c/w Big Singles; Case 2290 2wd Tractor c/w FEL, Grapple, 3 pth & Only 3,400 Hrs; Case 1170 2wd Tractor; IHC 3688 2wd Tractor c/w Cab, FEL L& 3 pth; IHC 656 Hydro 2wd Tractor c/w Gas Engine, 2 Remote Hyd., 3 pth, 4585 Hrs Showing, 2nd Owner & New Back Tires; MF 2775 2wd Tractor c/w CAHR, 1000 PTO, 20.8x38 Duals; Vers 836 4wd Tractor c/w Duals, PTO & 5,500 Hrs; Duetz Allis 7085 FWA Tractor c/w Dual PTO, 3 pth & Bucket; Zetor 9540 FWA Tractor c/w Leon 700 FEL, Grapple, 3 pth, 3,700 Hrs on New Motor, $3,100 Work Order on Hyds, New Front Tires, CAHR & 85 Hp

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTFiat Allis FD255 Crawler c/w Finals Completely Rebuilt 6,500 Hrs Ago, New Rad & Fan Assembly, Excellent Working Order, 1949 JD MC Crawler

c/w Hyd. Dozer & Completely Restored; JD 772BH Grader c/w Snow Wing & New Rubber; JD 310 Loader Backhoe c/w Cab, Good Tires, 2 Buckets for Hoe & Showing 6231 Hrs; Hough 30B Wheel Loader c/w IHC 6 Cyl Diesel Engine, Cab, Heater, Converted to Quick Attach for a 3

in 1 Bucket, 1.75 Yard Light Materials Bucket, Pallet Forks, Bale Spear, Only 1 Owner & Shedded; Baron 16

Yard Hyd.

Scraper ; P a l l e t

Forks, Walk Through Pallet Forks, Rd Bale Spear, Assort. Skid Steer Tires, Receiver Hitch, 2 - Full Back Plates, 2 - Partial Back Plates, Brush Grapple Bucket & Stump Grinder; 72” Skid Steer Grapple Bucket; Auger Head Assembly for a Skid Steer; 2 - Lowe 1650 Skid Steer Augers c/w Bits; 2 - Lowe 750 Skid Steer Augers c/w Bits

SEEDING & TILLAGEBourgault 556-60 60’ Vibrashank Cult c/w Degleman 4 Bar Mtd. Harrows; JD 1650 50’ DT Cult c/w Bourgault 4 Bar Mtd. Harrows; Case IH 5600 31’ Cult c/w 4 Bar Mtd. Harrows; MF 15’ Cult; IHC 12’ DT Cult c/w Mtd. Harrows; IHC 10’ Chisel Plow; Graham Holme 10’ CultHorse Drawn Cult; Brillion 10’ Grass Seeder; Great Plains 16’ No Till Drill c/w Grass, Fert & Center Pivot Hitch; IHC 150 24’ Hoe Drills c/w Transport & Fert; Morris 12’ Hoe Drills c/w Grass & Fert; JD #12 End Wheel Drill; Case IH 8500 Air Seeder Tank c/w Pump; JD 2810 4 Bottom 3 pth Plow c/w Coulters; Kvernland 4 Bottom Plow

c/w Coulters, 3 pth, Depth Wheels & Long Sweeping Moldboards; MF 880 4 Bottom PlowFord 3 Bottom 3pth Plow c/w New Plow Shears; Deerborn 2 Bottom 3 pth Plow; JD 10’ Disc; 7’x16” 3 pth Blade Disc; Flexicoil System 82 80’ Field Sprayer c/w 1000 Gal Tank; Allied 40’ Harrows & Drawbar; 6 - 5’ Bourgault Packers; 3 - Packers

HAYING & SILAGE EQUIPMENTJD 568 Rd Baler c/w Mega Wide P/U, Net Wrap, Big Rubber, 540 PTO & Under 2800 Bales; 2006 JD 567 Rd Baler c/w Mega Wide P/U, Twine & Net Wrap, Variable Core & Hyd. P/U; 2 - JD 567 Rd Baler c/w Mega Wide P/U, Variable Core & Hyd. P/U; JD 567 Rd Baler

c/w Mega Tooth P/U, Variable Core, Push Bar & Hyd. P/U; JD 567 Rd Baler; JD 560 Rd Baler; JD 530 Rd Baler; NH 788A Rd Baler; NH 660 Rd Baler; NH 847 Rd Baler c/w Auto Wrap, Good Cond. & Shedded; 3 - Case IH 8465 Rd Balers; Case IH 8480 Rd Baler; Case IH 3650 Rd Baler; Vermeer 605XL Rd Baler c/w Twine & Kicker; Vermeer 605J Rd Baler c/w Field Ready; Vermeer 605G Rd Baler; Vermeer 605C Rd Baler; Hesston 565A Rd Baler; Hesston 514 Soft Core Rd Baler; Claas 2200 Big Sq Baler; JD 348 Sq Baler c/w Hyd. Tension & Tongue,

1/4 Turn Chute; IHC 430 Sq Baler c/w 1/4 Turn Chute; JD 946 13’ Flail Condi-

tioner c/w Hyd. Tilt; JD 1600A Moco; JD 1600 Moco; 2 - JD 1470 Moco; NH 1431 13’ Discbine; NH 499 Hydroswing

Haybine; NH 495 Haybine; 2 - Hesston 1150 Haybine; Hesston PT10 Haybine; JF 1050 Forage Harvester; Hesston 7500 Silage Cutter - Field Ready; JD 640A P/U Header for JD 6750 Chopper; Jiffy 700 Hi-Dump; Enorossi 450 Rotary Rake c/w New Crown & Pinion; Vicon 8 Wheel 3 pth Rake; NH 1002 Bale Wagon c/w Hyd.; Morris 881 Rd Bale Wagon c/w Good Working Cond.; 22’ Bale Rack c/w Holds 12 Bales & Hoist; NH 7’ Side Mtd. Mower

HARVEST EQUIPMENTJD 9650 Walker Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, 3560 Eng. Hrs & 2530 Sep. Hrs; JD 9650 Walker Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, 3823

Eng. Hrs & 2748 Sep. Hrs; JD 9610

Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, Fully Loaded & 2,400 Sep Hrs; JD 9600 Sp Combine c/w 914 P/U, 30.5 Tires

& Hopper Topper; Case IH 2388

Sp Combine c/w 1015 P/U; MF 860 Sp Combine; 2004 Prairie Star 4952i Sp Swather c/w 2122 Eng. Hrs, 1676 Cutting Hrs,

25’ Grain Header & Double Swath; 2004

Prairie Star 4952i Sp Swather c/w 2078 Eng. Hrs, 1625 Cutting Hrs & Traction Unit Only; IHC 225 10’ Swather c/w Good Sickle & Guards, 8’ Conditioner & Field

Ready; JD 800 14’ Sp Swather c/w P/U; 1993 Trail Tech Dual Header Transport c/w Pintle Hitch, 2 - 7,000 Lbs Axles, Fits 2 - 25’ Headers, Hyd. For Direct Hook Up & Electric Over Hyd.; 2001 MacDon 922 Dual Drive 16’ Hay Header - Fits Most Westward & MacDons; MacDon 940 Dual Auger 18’ Header c/w P/U Reel; NH 971 Header; Farmking 13”x70’ Swing Auger; Westfi eld 10”x60’ Swing Auger

OTHER EQUIPMENTNew 20.8x38, 23.1x26 & 14.9x28 Tractor Tires; Jiffy 220 Silage Bunk Wagon; NH 352 Mixer Mill; 3 - New Turco TC180 6’ 3 pth PTO Rototillers c/w 540 PTO & Fits 35 to 55 Hp Tractors; Agrator 96” 3 pth Rototiller c/w 4 Spd Gear Box, 540 PTO & Like New Blades; JD 640 FEL & Grapple2 - New 3 pth Wood Chippers; JD 1508 Wing Mower; Badger 160 S/A Manure Spreader - Good Cond.; JD S S/A Manure Spreader; MF #15 S/A Manure Spreader; Hiab 5 Ton Knuckle Picker; 10’ Dozer Blade; 16’ SP Lumber Conveyor c/w Hitch & Wheels; Japer 3000 Gal Tank c/w Cam Locks & Last Used for Diesel

TRAILERS & TRUCKS

2012 Load Trail 30’ T/A Dually Flat Deck Trailer c/w Beaver Tails & Pop Up; 2011 Big Tex 30’ T/A Dually Flat Deck Trailer c/w Beaver Tails & Ramps; New 2014 Double A 23’ T/A Equipment Trailer c/w 7,000 Lbs Axles; 2004 Goertzen 20’ T/A Gooseneck Flat Deck Trailer c/w Ramps; 18’ T/A Bumper Pull Flat Deck Trailer; 2002 Trail Tech 15’ S/A Snowmobile Trailer c/w New Tires, Rims & Wheel Bearings, Rebuilt Deck; 2007 Haulmark 16’ Enclosed Trailer; 2005 Haulmark 16’ Enclosed Trailer; Cargo Mate 7’x12’ Trail Blazer Enclosed Trailer; 1996 Southland 26’ Tri-Axle Gooseneck Stock Trailer; 4 Star 18’ T/A Alum. Gooseneck Stock Trailer; 1/2 Ton Truck Box Trailer; 2010 Ford F550 4x4 Crew Cab Cab & Chassis c/w Diesel, Auto, Loaded & Deck; 2007 Ford F550 4x4 Reg Cab Truck c/w Hiab 026T Picker, V10, Auto, Deck & Underhood Air Comp.; 1998 Ford F550 4x4 Super Duty Crew Cab Truck c/w Flat Deck, Gear Vendors 2 Spd Axle, 5th Wheel Plate, Diesel & 129,251 Kms; 1999 Freightliner T/A Gravel Truck c/w Cat C12 Engine, 16’ Box & 10 Spd; 1969 Fargo T/A Grain Truck c/w 16’ Wooden Box & Hoist, V8, Gas, 4&2

MISCELLANEOUS2006 Swedish Logosol PH460 4 Sided Molding Planer c/w 4 Heads, Interchangeable Knives & Blower Unit, 220 Single Phase Power & Less than 100 Hrs, Southbend Metal Lathe c/w Good Cond., Lots of Extras, 3 & 4 Jaw Chucks, 4’ Bed & Tool Lathe, Wood Lathe c/w Cutting Tools, New 11Rx22.5 & 11Rx24.5 Truck Tires, 12’x16’ Tripod & Chain Hoist, Truck Box Hoist, Large Metal Frame Assembly, New Leon Manure Spreader Beaters, Nailers, Stapler, Dewalt Saws, Makita Saw, 10’ Vac Hose, JD Pressure Washer, 500 Gal Water Tank c/w Bowie Pump & Hyd. Power Cyl., 2 - Steel Tool Boxes, 2 - Metal Storage Racks, Work Bench c/w Lighting & Peg Board, Air Hose Connectors & Gauges, Misc. Solar Panels, Tractor Canopy, Fert. Roller, Dynablast Pressure Washer, 600 Gal Bulk Milk Tank, Boat Propeller, Assort. Of Barrels, HUGE Selection of Tools, 3 - New 8” Gas Powered Ice Augers, 12 Yards of BC Pink Shale, Assorted Flat Belts, Magnetos & Fly Wheels for Stationary Motors, Plus Much Much More, 3 Bale Rd Bale Feeder, Miami 130 Bu Creep Feeder, Assort 24’ Stand Up Panels, A Quantity of Sucker Rod, 2 7/8” & 2 3/8” Pipe, 35 Jts of 3 1/2” Pipe & Many Many More Items too Numerous to Mention

NEW TOOLS2 - 10’ 20 Drawer HD Metal Work Benches, Aero Pro DW50 Demolition Breaker c/w 65 Lbs Weight & 2050W Motor, Aero Pro DW45 Jack Hammer c/w 31 Lbs Weight & 1700W Motor, Aero Pro DW25 Jack Hammer c/w 22 Lbs Weight & 1050W Motor, 2 - Loncin MS100 6.5 Hp Plate Compactors c/w Water Tank, 2 - Loncin MS20 6.5 Hp Plate Compactors, Loncin MS10 6.5 Hp Plate Compactor, 2 - Powertek PT36L 10 Gal Wheel Barrow Air Compressors c/w 6.5 Hp, 2 - Kende CD265-ES 265 Amp Battery Charger/Starters, 2 - Aero Pro RP7488 HD 1” Air Impact Wrenchs, 2 - Rongpeng RP7460 3/4” Air Impact Wrenchs, 2 - Rongpeng RP7404 1/2” Air Impact Wrenchs, 2 - Aero Pro CN45 Air Coil Roofi ng Nailers, 2 - Rongpeng RP9800ST Air Flooring Nailers - Staples or Nails, 2 - Rongpeng CFH9028 Air Framing Nailers c/w 28 Degree Clipped Head, 2 - Rongpeng CFN9034 Cordless Gas Powered Farming Nailers, 3 - HD Tire Changers, 8 - Welding Helmets, 20 Gal Air Compressor, 7 - 3”x30’ Tow Straps, 10 - Battery Load Testers, 4 - Alum. 12”x89” Loading Ramps, 10 Gal Sand Blaster, 25 - 10” Saw Blades; 200 - 4.5” Metal Cutting Wheels, 25 - 14” Metal Cutting Wheels, 10 - 100’ Outdoor Extension Cords, 10 - 2” Ratchet Straps, 4 - 18” Chain Saws, 1/2 Ton Transmission Jack, 5 - 100’ Rolls of Snow Fence, 5 - 50’ Rolls of Rubber Air Hose, 3 - Air Hose Reels, 2 - 1” Drive Air Impact Wrenchs, 5 - 2 Ton Floor Jacks, 3 - 3 Ton Floor Jacks, 2 - 10 Ton Hyd. Porta-Power Kit

GENERATORS, WELDERS & PUMPS All New Unless Noted

Deutz 3 Cyl Air Cooled 35,000 KWA Diesel Power Plant c/w 120/240, Skids & Less than 100 Hrs on Total Rebuild - Used; Cat 22303 6 Cyl 3 Phase Diesel Power Plant on a Skid - Used; 4 - King Power 10,000 LN 5 KW Diesel Silent Generators; Powertek 9000H

9.0 KW Gas Generator c/w Electric Start; 2 - Powertek 7500CL 7.5 KW Gas Generators; 2 - Powertek 6500Cl 6.5 KW Gas Generators; 2 - Powertek 3000CL 3.0 KW Gas Generators; 2 - Powertek 950DC 950 Watt Gas Generators; 3 - JD 1 1/2 Hp Pump Engines - Used; IHC 1.5 Hp Stationary Engine - Used; Fairbanks Morris 1.5 Hp Stationary Engine - Used & No Magneto; Houle 8’ Liquid Manure Pump c/ 5 Hp Electric Motor & Used; 2 - Powertek LTP80C 3” Waterpumps c/w 6.5 Hp; 4 - 3” Gas Engine Water Pumps c/w 6.5 Hp; 2 - Powertek LTP50C 2” Waterpumps c/w 6.5 Hp; 2 - Kende MIG105G 120V Wirefeed Welder; Lincoln Ranger 10,000 Welder c/w Used & Only 242 Hrs

CARS & TRUCKS, RV EQUIPMENT, LAWN & GARDEN Selling at 1:00 p.m.

2007 GMC 1500 4x4 New Sierra SLT Short Box Truck c/w Gas Engine; 2005 GMC Duramax 3/4 Ton 4x4 Truck c/w Fully Loaded; 1992 GMC 1/2 Ton 2wd Truck c/w V8 & 5 Spd; 2003 Chev Trail Blazer LT Extended 4x4 SUV; 2003 Chev 3/4 Ton 4x4 Crew Cab Short Box Truck c/w Duramax, Allison Auto & Fully Loaded; 2001 Chev 3/4 ton 4x4 HD Truck c/w New Brakes & Exhaust, Windshield, Vehicle Saftey, Ready to Go, 6 Ltr V8, Auto, Air & Tilt; 1985 Chev 3/4 Ton 4x4 Truck; 1986 Chev Raised Roof Van; 2004 Ford F150 4x4 Super Crew Cab Truck c/w Gas Engine & Auto; 2001 Ford F350 4x4 Crew Cab Truck c/w V8 & Auto; 1997 Ford F150 2wd Truck c/w 4.6 Ltr, V8, Auto, Reg Cab, AC & Tonneau Cover; 1969 Ford E100 Raised Roof Van c/w Semi Camperized & 71,000 Original Miles; 2006 Dodge 3500 4x4 Reg Cab Long Box SLT Dually Truck c/w 6 Spd Stnd & 5.9 Ltr Cummins Diesel; 2006 Dodge 3500 4x4 Reg Cab SLT Dually Truck c/w Auto, 5.9 Ltr Cummins Diesel, Service Deck & Tool Boxes; 2005 Dodge 1 Ton 4x4 Crew Cab Dually Truck c/w 5.9 Ltr Diesel, Auto & Loaded; 1993 Dodge 3/4 Ton 4x4 Club Cab Truck c/w Air, Tilt, Cruise, Power Windows & Doors, Cummins Diesel & Trailer Brakes; 2 - 2010 Dodge 3500 Dually Boxes; 1989 Mercedes 420SEL Car c/w Runs Well, Power Windows & Locks; 1999 Tahoe 30’ T/A Bumper Pull Holiday Trailer c/w Rear Bunks, Front Queen, Slide Out, Awning, AC & Fully Self Contained; Wilderness 90cc Quad; 2 - New HD Bi-Parting Wrought Iron Driveway Gates; 2 - JD LX188 Riding Lawn Mowers c/w 48” Mowers; Craftsman Riding Lawn Mower; 42” Quadivator c/w Spring Harrows & Electric Lift; 60” Front Mtd. Power Broom; 3’x42” Garden Tiller; Oilfi eld Truck Topper; Truck Topper for 1992 Ford

LUMBER Selling at 10:00 a.m.2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 2x12 8’ to 20’ Lengths of Spruce & Fir, All grades Including Construction. Approx. 250,000 FBM; Assorted 4”x6”x10’, 4”x6”x8’ & 3”x4”x8’ Lumber; 4 - Lifts of Misc. OSB19 - Stacks of Fence Posts

TREES50 - 4’ Spruce Trees & 50 - 5’ Spruce Trees

BUILDINGS40’x60’x21’ Gable Truss Storage Building c/w Industrial PVC Covers, 13’x15’ Drive Through Doors at 2 Ends, 3’x6’ Entry Door, Waterproof, UF & Fire Resistant; 2 - 30’x85’x15’ Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Buildings c/w Commercial Fabric, Waterproof, Fire Resistant, 13’ Drive Through Doors & 6’ Entrance Door on 2 Ends; 2 - 20’x30’x12’ Peak Ceiling Storage Shelters c/w Commercial Fabric, Waterproof, Fire Resistant & Roll Up Door; 2 - 20’x40’ Full Enclosed Party Tent c/w 800 Sq Ft, Doors, Windows & 4 Side Walls; 20’x40’ New Party Tent; 8’x20’ Log Cabin; 40’ Sea Can; 9’ Steel Storage Container; 8’ Steel Storage Container

Machinery Terms & Conditions: Cash & Cheque, G.S.T. Will Apply on Some Items, All Items Must Be Paid For On Sale Day.

Real Estate Selling at 12:00 Noon

UNRESERVED REAL ESTATE AUCTION OF THE LAVESTA COMMUNITY HALL

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014, RIMBEY, ALBERTATIME: 12:00 NOON

Selling In Conjunction with the 34TH ANNUAL SUMMER MACHINERY

CONSIGNMENT SALESale Conducted Just East of Rimbey at our Sale Site

Land Located 8.5 Kms North of Rimbey on Hwy #20 to Hwy #607, 8.6 Kms West on Paved Hwy #607

REAL ESTATESelling the Lavesta Community Hall being 1.88 Acres M/L and located on part of the SE 29-43-3 W5M. The Hall is a 22’x66’ Frame & Cement Block Building with a Metal Roof & Vinyl Siding, Hardwood Floors, Propane Furnace, Electricity & Water, Kitchen with Cupboards, Fridge & Stove as well as Outdoor Toilets.

All measurement are approximate and need to be verifi ed by the purchaser.Real Estate Transaction are being Handled by MORRISON REALTY (403) 783-0556Real Estate Terms & Conditions: 10 % Down on Sale Day. Balance & Possession on or before July 14, 2014. If Balance is NOT RECEIVED by July 14, 2014 the Deposit will be Forfeited as Liquidation Damages.

All Items Must Be in The Sales Yard by Wednesday June 11,

2014 at 5:00 p.m.!

3 Rings Will Sell Simultaneously

Sale Conducted by:

ALLEN B. OLSON AUCTION SERVICE LTD. RIMBEY, ALBERTA License No. 165690

(403) 843-2747 Sale Site | 1 (855) 783-0556 Toll Free | E-mail: [email protected] | Homepage: allenolsonauction.com

3434thth Annual Summer Machinery Annual Summer Machinery Consignment Auction

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014, RIMBEY, ALBERTATIME: 9:00 A.M. INCLUDING A FARM DISPERSAL FOR DOUG & SILVA CULSHAW MISCELLANEOUS: 9:00 A.M. MACHINERY: 9:30 A.M. LUMBER: 10:00 A.M. REAL ESTATE: 12:00 NOON CARS, TRUCKS & RV’S: 1:00 P.M.

LUNCH WILL BE AVAILABLE LOCATION: JUST EAST OF RIMBEY, OFF OF HWY 20 • LISTINGS ARE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS • FCC FINANCING IS AVAILABLE

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continued from page 19*Today you have all been set adrift with a diploma for a sail and lot of nerve for your oars, which will hope-fully be driven on a mostly straight course by desire, hard rowing, and countless goals and lofty dreams along the way.*A young graduate should quickly realize that among the necessities of life is living it to the fullest.*Your families are extremely proud of you. You can’t imagine the sense of relief they are now experiencing, and this would likely be the most opportune time to ask for money.*You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.*Always shoot for the moon, and even if you miss, you will land amongst the stars.*Graduation Day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents, they come home as contempo-raries, and after 18 years of child raising they are now unemployed.*If opportunity doesn’t knock throughout your adven-tures in life, just go ahead and build another door.*On this your special day please take a few precious moments to show your ongoing respect and apprecia-tion for your parents, your teachers, and your friends. It was our parents who got us up each morning and sent us off to school with a healthy lunch, they some-how managed to provide their growing siblings with the same hip clothes that EVERYONE else was wear-ing, and they generated just enough amazing patience and tough love for all of us to survive our wild and woolly teenage years.

Our teachers, whether we liked them or not, ac-cepted our mostly smiling but often mischievous faces each and every morning, put up with our bad habits, and somehow managed to get us through those tough subjects and assignments for 12 memorable years. Both at school and at home these amazing individuals helped us get through the toughest days, the best days, and all the way to summer holidays, when we all got a little space from each other.

You must never forget your school chums and team-mates, male or female, who stuck by us down those hallowed halls of learning through thick and thin, sharing the homework load, and always being there to join in on a celebration of success, or to dry a tear when a childhood sweetheart crush suddenly crumbled. Cherish their memories, and hopefully along the path of life we will continue to stay in touch, to become neighbours, or to meet again at those gala class reunions.

What to look forward to for your

college years*You will eventually consider macaroni, MacDon-ald’s, and all other take out or thaw-out quickie meals as real food.*You will actually learn to like doing laundry at home, will long for mom’s home cooking, and will really ap-preciate an occasional visit from family, along with their life-saving monthly care-packages.*You will find that two miles is not too far to walk to a party, and it won’t be very long before you start think-ing and sounding like your room-mate.*You will wear dirty socks and the same sweater three times in a row, and on some days you will find that you’d rather clean your room than study.*You will schedule your classes around your sleep

habits and soap operas.*Computer solitaire is now more than just a game.....it’s a way of life; while black lights and highlighters will become the coolest thing on earth.

Please be very proud of what you have accom-plished, go ahead and celebrate your successes with family, class-mates, and friends today, then grab every opportunity and strive to take it to the next exciting step into the bright future of tomor-row. In the meantime, get out and bask in the sun-shine, and have a great week, all of you.

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We are Students. Instructors. Leaders. Lifelong Learners. We are proud central Albertans. We are RDC.

Red Deer College celebrates the contributions our communities have made in helping us achieve many successes during the past 50 years. We’re proud to celebrate with the City of Red Deer, which has proclaimed June 2 to 8, 2014 as RDC Week.

RDC – Celebrating 50 Years of Community, serving the learning needs of our students and our region.

For information about Red Deer College | www.rdc.ab.ca

Celebrating with Our Communities | RDC Week

June is for grad


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Alberta’s students are among the best in the world. To keep it that way, quality teaching is critical. Our teachers are dealing with significant challenges like new technology and curriculum, diverse student needs – and too many young teachers are leaving the profession. At the same time, Albertans want more accountability for what students are accomplishing in school.

‘Doing what’s best for our children.’ That was the direction I gave last year when I formed the independent blue-ribbon Task Force on Teaching Excellence. This dedicated group of educators, school leaders, educational consultants and community leaders used their combined knowledge and experience to make recommendations to achieve continuous improvement in teaching excellence.

Task Force membership includes:

• Chair Dr. Glenn Feltham – President and CEO of NAIT with an extensive academic and professional background• Vice Chair Sandra Jansen – Associate Minister of Family and Community Safety, MLA for Calgary-North West• Naresh Bhardwaj – Associate Minister of Services for Persons with Disabilities, MLA for Edmonton-Ellerslie and former teacher• David Dorward – MLA for Edmonton-Gold Bar, Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Accountant• David Fraser – Executive Director of Corporate Services with Edmonton Public Schools with more than 30 years of human resources experience• Dr. Sharon Friesen – Vice Dean and Associate Dean of Professional and Community Engagement in the Werklund School of Education at the

University of Calgary, recipient of a Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence• Dr. Irene Lewis – a former teacher and the President Emeritus of SAIT Polytechnic, named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women 2010/2012• Dr. Craig Loewen – Dean of Education at the University of Lethbridge, recipient of ATA’s Educational Research Award• Mackenzie Martin – a University of Alberta education student, former representative on the Alberta Education Minister’s Student Advisory

Committee, recipient of the TD scholarship for Community Leadership• Everett McDonald – MLA for Grande Prairie-Smoky, former reeve, former trustee• Brent McDonough – former teacher serving as an advisor to the Masters in Educational Studies Program at the University of Alberta, co-chair

of Inspiring Education Steering Committee, former chair Edmonton Public Library, former member U of A Senate• Michele Mulder – Executive Director of the Alberta School Councils Association, former president of the Alberta School Boards Association• Andy Neigel – President and CEO of Careers: The Next Generation, has taught at NAIT and the University of Alberta• Shelley Ralston – National Director of Talent and Culture for a Fortune 500 company, Chair of the Red Deer College Board of Directors, recipient

of the Women of Excellence Award 2008• Laurie Thompson – a current teacher and ATA member, principal at Kikino School – recognized as one of the top 25 Schools in Canada in

Today’s Parent magazine• Ron Young – a current teacher, principal and ATA member with more than 30 years of experience

After hearing from 3,000 Albertans, their report is in. Some of their recommendations include:

• Increasing the time available to teachers for preparation and collaboration• Internships and reduced workload for first year teachers• Adopting a formal mentorship program to provide more support for beginner teachers, as well as new school and district leaders• Improving evaluation process for teachers and the professional growth plan process• Requiring teachers to maintain certification, with evaluations conducted – with the purpose of demonstrating professional growth and continual

evidence of performance – every five years• Increasing access teachers have to technology and specialized supports and services• Requiring new school leaders to complete a leadership program• At education faculties, increasing the amount of current practicum requirements to provide student teachers with more classroom experience

before they graduate• Requiring post-secondary institutions to look beyond grades to suitability when admitting education faculty applicants• Increasing transparency and effectiveness of process for complaints of teacher competence or unprofessional conduct – the Task Force report

does not recommend splitting the ATA into a college and a union, it prefers the government to work with the ATA to resolve the current issues• Increasing empowerment for principals to deal with teachers that need to improve their skills – the Task Force report does not recommend

removing principals from the ATA, it prefers the government to work with the ATA to resolve the current issues

Your government won’t make any decisions without hearing from parents, teachers and everyone who cares about our children’s education. It’s your turn to have a say.

Provide your feedback by June 15, 2014 at education.alberta.ca/TeachingExcellence

Doing what’s best for our children.

Jeff JohnsonMinister of Education


PONOKA DROP-IN CENTRE IS

CELEBRATING

Seniors’ WeekJUNE 2 – 8!

THURSDAY,JUNE 5!9 – 11 AM

5015 - 46 Ave. Ponoka

Join us for a

FREEPancake Pancake

BreakfastBreakfastDrop by &

meet our executive & program directors!

AT THE CENOTAPH (WEST OF THE DROP-IN CENTRE)

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #66

Commemorates

FRIDAY, JUNE 6 AT 9:30 AM

Everyone Welcome!Followed by refreshments at the Legion

SUBMITTED BY BERNICE EDWARDS

Did you know that many Alberta Lakes have stewardship groups that are formed by individuals interested in protection and/or restoring the quality of their local lake? These groups meet a number of times a year to plan activities to educate the

public and to generate support for their lake’s protection.

One such a group is “The Friends of the Chain Lakes Society”. The Chain Lakes are three con-nected lakes by the “Parlby Creek” that flows its way eastward into the Large Buffalo Lake. The headwa-ters/wetlands of these lakes begin on

Mark your calendar to improve protection of lakesthe south side of High-way 53, three miles east of Ponoka, and ex-tend in a southeasterly direction for at least eight miles/13 kms. The first two lakes are in the Ponoka County and with a small por-tion of the second Lake and the third lake in the Lacombe County. The entire region consisting of wetlands headwater, lakes and surrounding watershed area covers a little over 30 sq. miles /48 sq. kms

The lakes today have at least 30 private resi-dences living within the designated, protected watershed area. Two more properties are owned by the fish and game associations, one being the Ponoka group, on the first lake, the other being the Lacombe group on the second lake.

This Chain Lakes waterway is an important habitat for many kinds of birds, fish and a variety of wild life.

The more recent increase of intensive livestock farming expanding much closer to these lakes has meant greater volumes of manure spreading on land dangerously closer to the lakes’ watershed, has caused a much higher volume of nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, to enter the lakes

during spring run-off and heavy rain storms. Such elevated nutrient concentration in the lakes causes undesir-able increases in algae blooms on the lakes surface,

in low dissolved oxygen concentration in the water, as well as degraded habitat for fish.

In a 1974 Chain Lakes study, the following was stated: “The lakes are beautifully clear....and 18 inch Jackfish (Northern Pike) are routinely caught...the Chain Lakes are in fact the only good fishing lakes for many miles around, far better than Red Deer, Gull, Samson or Buffalo Lakes. This is a resource of regional importance and should be protected accordingly.”

Sadly, this is very far from the truth today.The mandate of the Friends of Chain Lakes

Society is to seek ways to safe guard and restore these lakes and it’s surrounding environment. Pub-lic awareness and concern for our Alberta lakes and environment is paramount to the future of a healthy, improved environment.

For a number of years, this society has been holding annual public information meetings with guest speakers who are highly recognized and professional environmentalist individuals. This year’s annual meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12 at 7 p.m. in the Scott School Hall, located 4.5 miles south of Highway 53 (three miles east of Ponoka) on Scott Road. The guest speaker will be Jason Cooper, a senior fisheries biologist for the Government of Alberta and The Ministry of Envi-ronment and Sustainable Resource Development. He also works within the Red Deer River to North Saskatchewan River Region. He has been based

in Red Deer for the past seven years and is re-sponsible for managing fishery resources with-in the majority of the central region of this province. He interacts with many levels of government and other organizations concern-ing fish population, habitat and various levels of planning and development activities. He will discuss issues that concern us locally and how his staff can provide an up-to-date fisheries assessment.

Alberta’s lakes be-long to all Albertans. If you enjoy the many attributes and pleasures our lakes offer us, you need to set aside this time and come join oth-ers with a similar love of lakes and our envi-ronment

For more in-formation phone 403-783-6233 or 403-784-3511.

Ponoka CapitolTheatre

4904 - 50th St.Ph. 403-783-3639

PLAYING June 6-June 12June 6-June 12

SCREEN #1

Blended117 min2:00 PM

Sat & Sun

8:00 PM Daily

Rated PG

SCREEN #2

X-MenDays of

Future Past 2D131 min2:00 PM

Sat & Sun

7:00 PM Daily

Rated PG

AGES 1264 $10.00

AGES 211 & SENIORS $7.00

TUESDAYS & MATINEES

$6.003D $3 EXTRA


FRIDAY, JUNE 27 & SATURDAY, JUNE 28FRIDAY, JUNE 27 & SATURDAY, JUNE 28

PONOKA STAMPEDEPONOKA STAMPEDE

Doors open at 8:30 pm Continuous Music

Spirits & Coolers ServedNo Minors

TICKETS: $15.00www.ponokastampede.com

Mammoth2 PIECES OF I.D. REQUIRED

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The rhythmic chant of a livestock auctioneer is a staple sound at the VJV Auction Mart every Wednes-day, but not many people realize that some of those auctioneers are world-renowned for their abilities.

Most recently, auctioneer Shaw Gist won the Canadian Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Re-gina, Sask. He is now the sixth champion auctioneer from VJV Auction Mart. These auctioneers have the gift of selling cattle using the quick calls buyers as-sociate with an auction.

Gist says ever since he was a young boy, auc-tioneering was a profession he wanted to follow. “I actually started going (to VJV) when I was two years old with my grandfather.”

“Mom thought I was at school all day but I was out playing hookie with my grandfather,” Gist re-membered fondly.

His mother would turn a blind eye to his trans-gressions as she could see he had “the bug” and knew that was all Gist wanted to do. Years later, Gist attend-ed the Western College of Auctioneering in Billings, Montana. He said he took an intense three week course and then started out at VJV Auction Mart as a cattle sorter.

The trick to winning the award? Gist says an auc-tioneer has to know the product they are selling, the clients he is selling to and he has to be able to keep buyers interested. It is a skill Gist says is not for ev-erybody.

“It’s a pretty big deal to be the best for the year,” he stated.

Gist is heading to the International Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Calgary in July of this year. He represents the Livestock Markets Associa-tion of Canada and looks forward to the challenge.

He has been at the auction mart for the last 13 years and credits past winner and co-worker Dan Skeels, who not only won the Canadian championship but also the International Auctioneer Champi-onship and the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship where participants come from the United States and Austra-lia to compete.

Skeels is the only Canadian to have the World Championship under his belt and one of a few to win the triple-crown. He too has some bragging rights this year. Skeels was invited to the first Masters Cham-pionship where former winners, who can only win once, have the opportunity to compete against past-winners.

His skills earned him a win. “It’s just like the (golf) Masters. They give you a

green jacket,” Skeels stated. Skeels said the trick for any good auctioneer is

knowing how to get buyers to keep bidding. “My job is to make you give a little more.”

VJV Market owner Blair Vold hired Skeels in 1989 where he started in a similar position as Gist, sorting cattle. Since becoming an auctioneer, Skeels has found the right balance of rhythm, voice control, crowd interaction and ensuring a sale goes smoothly.

VJV auctioneers have the gift of gab“We’ve had huge success here

and they’ve (VJV Auction Mart own-ers) been so good promoting us,” said Skeels.

Blair Vold said he has always felt a strong auctioneer is key to a good price for producers and he said Skeels has been an important part of that success.

“Danny’s our veteran leader and

auctioneer. He’s been a mentor to a lot of them,” said Vold.

He also praised Gist for being of the same calibre. “He (Gist) works hard for his job.”

This is Gist’s first Canadian cham-pionship but he has also received reserve champion titles in other years.

VJV auctioneer Shawn Gist was the winner at Canadian Livestock Auctioneer Champion-ship recently in Regina, Sask. Photo submitted

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Ponoka Jubilee Library is flexing its green thumb.

Library manager David Tremblay had wanted to start a community garden at the library since he

started the job over a year ago. However, a lack of space always put the project on hold.

Now problem has been solved with the help of the Town of Ponoka. The lot behind the library is owned by the town and, after a meeting between Tremblay and the town’s directors, it has been

offered as land for the garden. “The town is really gung-ho about it,” said Tremblay.

The library’s gar-den is going to run on a different principle than the garden under the care of Ponoka’s Family and Commu-nity Support Services (FCSS) organization.

“It’s going to be a true community gar-den,” said Tremblay. He explained people won’t be required to purchase plots, but the garden — which will contain both flowers and food — will be maintained by willing volunteers within the community.

“Because it won’t be anybody’s specific food, the food is being given to the Ponoka Food Bank,” he added.

The initial set up of the garden will take place June 6 and Trem-blay says anyone with mentoring capabili-ties and knowledge of gardening and bedding is welcome, as well as any other volunteers willing to drop by.

“We’re hoping to get a lot of interest in it, it’s a way to beautify the community,” said Tremblay.


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Bluffton, Alberta Sale Starts at 10:00 a.m.

2nd Ring Starting on Machinery at 12:00 NoonDirections: 1 Mile East of the Bluffton School, 1 1/2 Miles North on Rge Rd 25

TRACTORSCase 4690 4wd Tractor c/w Only 3490 Hrs, 20.8x34 Tires, Duals & Degelman

14' Blade; Case 970 2wd Tractor c/w 18.4x38 Tires; Case 970 2wd Tractor c/w

18.4x38 Tires; Case 970 2wd Tractor c/w 18.4x38 Tires; Case 1070 2wd Tractor - For Parts, Good Motor & Tires, Transmission Problems; White 1470 4wd Tractor c/w FEL & 3 pth; JD 730 2wd Tractor c/w Diesel, Partly Restored, Electric Start, Not Running; MM 2wd Tractor

TRUCKS & TRAILER1978 Ford 700 Cab Over c/w 18' Box, Triple Stage Hoist & Mtd. Drill Fill; 1974 Ford Cab Over c/w On Propane & Air, 16' Steel Box & Hoist; 1984 Ford 3/4 Ton 4x4 Truck c/w Dewies Bale Fork & Rebuilt Engine; 1975 Ford 1 Ton

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MISCELLANEOUS3 - 300 Gal Fuel Tanks; 25 - Bird Houses; JD Grain Tester; Gallagher Fence Tester; Beam Scale w/ Extra Weights; Electric Motors; 4 Bag of Clover Seed Pasture; Mixture Plus Alsike, Timothy & Alfalfa; 40" Inserted Tooth Saw Mill Blade; Buzz Saw Blade; Antique Steel Wheels; Old Steel Pulleys; Gear Boxes; Angle Iron; Pipe Shafting; Large Pulleys; Large Assortment of V Pulleys; Sheets of Used 22' Long Tin

MISC. SHOP SUPPLIES100 Boxes & Trays of Shop Supplies; Boxes of Pipe Fittings/Bolts & Hyd. Fittings; Metal Screws, V Pulleys & Ball Hitches; JD & NH Parts; Cam Locks; HD Chain Hooks; PTO Parts; NH Haybine Guards; Timing Lights; Filters for Case & Ford; New Brake Pads; Battery Booster; Ford Parts; Plus Much Much More; 2 Bags of Baler Twine; Chains, Hyd. Rams & Tires; Approx. 60 to 70 Pallet of Misc. Iron; Plus Lots & Lots of Scrap Iron

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VJV MARKET REPORTMARKET REPORT MAY 28, 2014

On Wednesday, May 28, 2014- 1593 head of cattle went through our rings & 130 head on the

Canadian Satellite sale TOTAL - 1723

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D1 - D2 cows 102.00-110.00D3 - D4 cows 94.00-100.00Holstein cows 84.00-98.00Heiferettes 110.00-125.00Bologna Bulls 120.00-132.00Feeder bulls 120.00-140.00

Young Bred CowsOlder Bred Cows 1400.00-1800.00Good Bred Heifers: NONECow/calf pairs (younger) 1800.00-2400.00Cow/Calf pairs (older) 1300.00-1800.00

Rd Bales 32.50-Rd Bales NONERd Bales NONE

Good Feeder Steers 1000 lbs Plus: 150.00-167.00Good Feeder Steers 900 lbs Plus: 160.00-185.00Good Feeder Steers 800 lbs Plus: 185.00-200.00Good Feeder Steers 700 lbs Plus: 205.00-230.00Good Feeder Steers 600 lbs Plus: 220.00-240.00Good Feeder Steers 500 lbs Plus: 225.00-250.00Good Feeder Steers 400 lbs Plus: 220.00-225.00Good Feeder Steers 300 lbs Plus: 200.00-250.00

Dairy Steers 120.00-140.00Baby Calves Dairy Type: 85.00-170.00Baby Calves Beef Type: 275.00-480.00Hay: Sq Bales 6.25-8.00Straw: Sq. Bales NONEGreenfeed: Sq. Bales. NONE

Heifers 135.00-155.00Heifers 135.00-170.00Heifers 150.00-185.00Heifers 185.00-200.00Heifers 200.00-220.00Heifers 220.00-235.00Heifers 220.00-240.00Heifers 200.00-240.00

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Bandits win again BY LUCAS WILLIER

SOFTBALL COORDINATOR

The Ponoka Bandits came off another win-ning week with a scoring frenzy over Rimbey Squirts 15-12. The Bandits came out strong from start to finish offensively maxing out runs in every inning.

Taylee Woytowich , Chloe Wilton, and Cassidy Burnett lead the scoring with seven or more stolen bases.

The Ponoka Mites team played at the 59 Avenue diamonds against Stettler, and al-though they have improved drastically, the home team came up short.

The Loewen sisters are improving each game and their aggressive offensive running will start to pay off for the team in the games to come. Great job Devon and Payton!

U16 Storm remain undefeated

BY MUSTAFA ERIC

Ponoka’s U16 Storm continue on their march to advancing to provincials in regu-lar league play with another win and one draw in the course of last week.

In their first game against Lacombe on Tuesday, May 27, the Storm had to stage a comeback in the last 15 minutes of the game to tie the score with Markus Baitinger and Lewis McDowell putting the numbers on the scoreboard.

“We (the coach-ing staff) felt we dominated this game and we were not wor-ried even when we were down,” said head coach Gurjit Sandhu of the Storm.

“Goalie Justin (Hyink) was sharp but didn’t really stand a chance on the two goals as one was a penalty shot which he got a hand on and the second was a re-bound,” he added.

He also praised the opponents’ goalie. “He had a brilliant game making good

saves,” he said.“The boys learned that not putting their

chances in the net can come back to haunt them and will be an issue we will deal with in coming practices.”

The game against Stettler FC was a dif-ferent story.

This time the hosts were relentless in their efforts against the visiting Stettler side. They main-tained possession for most of the game and controlled the pace of the play. Scorers were again Markus Baitinger (3) and Lewis Mac-Dowell.

“This was an-other game where we showed our strength as a team and dominated for 80 minutes,” Sandhu said. “But the last 10 minutes lazi-ness started to creep into the game when we were up 4-0 and Stettler took advantage and scored twice.”

He said the Storm had again failed to convert many opportunities but that Stettler goalie also had a part in it.

Tough Tackle: Zach Key (#27) is brought down as he tries to sneak through the Lacombe Rams defense while Cam Kirstin (#7) observes the posi-tion during the first jamboree of the season in Lacombe on Friday, May 30. The third team in the Lacombe jam-boree was the Sylvan Lake Lakers.

Head coach Scott MacGregor said he was happy with the efforts of senior Broncs during the event. “It helped us prepare for the jamboree in Camrose on June 7,” he said. “Our defense showed flashes of brilliance and we need get quicker in and out of the huddles.”

The Jr. Broncs, for their part, finished up their spring camp on Sunday, June 1. “The team really had a great time with many of the players experiencing a game situ-ation for the first time,” MacGregor said.

Photo by Mustafa Eric

Ponoka keeps head high in men’s soccer

SUBMITTED

In a game interrupted by a blowing storm for about half an hour, Ponoka FC managed to defeat hosts Leduc 3-2 on Sunday June 1. Following the kick-off at 6:00 p.m., thunderous lightning and rain forced the referee to suspend the game after the first 30 minutes of play, when Ponoka was in the lead with 1-0.

The game was shifted to another pitch but weather continued to be a negative factor as both teams struggled to control the ball when it was in the air.

In the end, Ponoka came out of the scoring dual at the top with all three points scored by Kian Blanchette.

Ponoka FC play their next game on Sunday in Camrose.

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“The boys learned that not putting their chances in the net can come back to haunt them and will be an issue we will deal with

in coming practices.”Head Coach Gurjit Sandhu


BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Small white balls and the wel-fare of central Alberta’s youths were the focus on May 31 as the annual Youth Unlimited golf tournament got underway at the Ponoka Golf and Country Club.

“We expect to raise $30,000,” said Youth Unlimited executive director Jacob Schellenberg. The money raised from the golf tourna-ment goes toward the operating costs of the organization’s programming.

Youth Unlimited is a faith-based organization serving the communi-ties of Ponoka, Rimbey, Lacombe and Red Deer. It takes a “holistic” approach to children of any or no denominations. “We will work with any kid, we see the potential in any kid,” said Schellenberg.

With work that ranges from in-struction in a child’s classroom to fun activities in their down time, those associated with Youth Unlim-ited look to create a foundation of wellbeing in several different areas

of youths’ lives. “We see the benefits in the lives of kids . . . we get to help them write their positive stories,” said Jerel Peters, area director for Youth Unlimited.

The tourna-ment has been operating for more than a decade, with its last eight years in Ponoka. This year 148 golfers teed off, putting in their time for the cause. “Work-ing with students is hard work and it’s a lot easier with the community behind you,” said Schellen-berg.

There were also some big prizes up for grabs at a num-ber of the holes. The tournament boasted two $10,000 holes and a $35,000 Ford mustang was also thrown into the mix.

Golfers tee off for Alberta’s youth

Krista Simanton presents and congratulations

RYAN KOEHLI winner of the 2013/2014

“Dave Simanton Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award.”

Ryan has coached the Ponoka Midget A hockey team

for the past two seasons. He is also very involved with the

North Central Minor Hockey League sitting as Vice President

of Bantam/Midget level, as well as always volunteering to

Hockey Alberta functions. This past season he was the

Director of Player Operations at the Alberta Winter Games

for the boys hockey team.

DAVE SIMANTON MEMORIAL VOLUNTEER AWARD

Bryan Noordhof (left) works his short game during the Youth Unlim-ited golf tournament while teammates Norman Noordhof (center) and John van Gyssel look on. Photo by Amelia Naismith

BY BRIAN VOSSENBLACKPRESS

While the Locos put in a strong effort, it wasn’t enough to catch up to the Wranglers.

On June 1, the Lacoka Junior Locos hosted the Calgary Wranglers. Although Lacoka put up a good fight, the final score was 17-11 in favour of Calgary.

Assistant Coach Drew Dougherty said they made a fair try in the game.

“It was a solid effort, we were in it for most of the game,” said Dougherty. He went on to say that Lacoka has trouble getting all its players to prac-tices at the same time, making it difficult to work on team systems.

Dougherty also said that was a key factor in Sunday’s game as the Wranglers were able to spot the Locos were using a help defense and adjusted their game accordingly. Lacoka then switched to a man-on-man defense, but weren’t able to adjust as easily as they have not been able to work on the different system in practice.

It was an even match. Both teams played a hard, fast and physical game that was exciting to watch.

Calgary opened up scoring with a quick goal within the first minutes of play. Lacoka, on the other hand, were slow to get started at first, but were well in the game by the end of the period, especially after scoring a power play goal to end the first tied at 5.

In the second, Lacoka opened scoring within the first two minutes and both teams began trad-

ing goals back and forth. As the period wore on however, Calgary gained a strong foothold over Lacoka, taking the lead and beginning to slowly widen the score gap.

Lacoka did its best to keep up, but the strong Calgary defense made the strongest Locos scorers work hard for every shot, tiring them out and cut-ting down on scoring opportunities.

Dougherty said that the Wranglers’ ability to play a stronger defense than the Locos was prob-ably the biggest factor in the game. While there were some defensive holes, Lacoka’s goaltender was quite strong and Dougherty added that goal-tender Zac Atsinger probably played his strongest game of the season on Sunday.

Astinger faced 61 shots by the end of the game and made some impressive saves. While he let a few in, each time a goal was scored, he would shake it off and prepare to face the next shot as if nothing had happened.

In the third period, Calgary continued to pull ahead of Lacoka. After fighting tooth and nail against a superior defense for two periods, Laco-ka’s offence was worn out and not able to close the gap, losing he game 17-11 at the final buzzer.

While the Locos have been fairly even this season, they have lately been on a bit of a losing streak. In addition to Sunday’s game, the Locos lost 13-12 to the Strathmore Venum and lost an-other two games the weekend before.

While the team has good chemistry and works well as a unit, the players seldom have the op-

portunity to practice as one. Dougherty said the key to turning Lacoka’s game around is getting all the players to prac-tice at the same time so they can work on strat-egies as a team.

Locos come up short in high scoring game

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Ponoka will be well represented on the girls’ Zone 4 soccer team heading to the Alberta Summer Games in Airdrie this year.

Emma Bendera, Leah Jensen and Madison McLaren were all chosen to complete the team of 18 during soccer tryouts for the U13 girls’ and boys’ teams, held in Ponoka May 24 and 25.

Over 40 boys took their chances for the boys’ team and over 30 girls put in a great effort for the girls’ team to represent Zone 4 in the Al-berta Summer Games July 24 to 27.

Choosing the best players for both teams was a challenge, ex-plained Dave McCarthy, Central Alberta Soccer Association technical director.

“There was a lot of discussion,” said McCarthy.

He told players that even if they were not picked, they should not be disheartened. Scouts and coaches were focused on putting a team to-gether that would represent Zone 4 strongly.

“The key for us is making sure that we get the balance right,” he ex-

plained. The boys’ head coach Wade

Groenwegen van der Weiden, said there were many quality players and choosing went down to little details. At times he would look at six players for a specific position, knowing that he could only pick four.

“If our 15 best were strikers, we can’t take them all,” explained Groenwegen van der Weiden.

The girls’ scouts found simi-lar difficulties in determining who would be a good addition to the team. Girls’ assistant coach Deanne Good said narrowing the number down to 18 was tough. Finding the right bal-ance of leaders, followers and team players was her focus.

“We’re looking for the speed and the intensity and the skill level,” ex-plained Good.

Three Ponoka girls picked for Summer Games soccer team

“If our 15 best were strikers, we can’t

take them all.” Wade Groenwegen van der Weiden,

coach for the Zone 4 boys Alberta Summer Games soccer team.

Madison McLaren keeps her eye on the ball during Alberta Summer Games soccer tryouts in Ponoka May 25. McLaren and three other Ponoka girls made the Zone 4 team. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

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Friday, June 13 1:30 pm

Saturday, June 14 9:00 am

Sunday, June 15 9:00 am

Cattle Cutting Cattle Cutting

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Thursday, June 12 5:30 pm

Friday, June 13 7:00 pm

Saturday, June 14 7:00 am

Cowboy & Cowgirl PromCowboy & Cowgirl Prom

Saturday, June 14 6:00pm

at Stagecoach Saloon

With inspirational guest speaker

AMBERLEY SNYDER - “Count your blessings”

Amberley was and still is a strong rodeo competitor even

though she is in a wheelchair paralyzed from the waist

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ALBERTA HIGH SCHOOL

Jasmin Johal of Ponoka’s U12 Thunder executes a perfect inside cut in keeping the ball away from a defender in the game against Camrose on Thursday, May 29.After an earlier loss and a tie against the same team, the Thunder this time came out victorious with a 5-1 final score.“Our girls have since been training hard and have been getting stronger both in their individual skills and in working together. They are recogniz-ing the importance of teamwork and this was evident in their play in this game,” said coach Calvin David.

Photo by Mustafa Eric

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

In its first ever showing in

Ponoka, the Aurora Arabian Horse

Association and its competing members strove to illuminate the diverse range of skills possessed by Arabian and half Arabian horses.

Arabian horse show highlights breed’s strengths“We’re really happy to be in the Ponoka area,”

said Aurora Arabian Horse Show president and show manager Diane Dyck. Most of the associa-tion’s members hail from the Edmonton area and 144 horses competed in the show that took place May 30 to June 1 at the Calnash Ag Event Centre.

Halter, country English pleasure, hunter, dressage and jumping were all factored into the three-day show. “It just shows the versatility of the Arabian,” said Dyck.

“The versatility of the Arabian is something we’re very proud of, of our breed,” she added.

During the show’s classes, the judges — some recognized on an international level — were looking for top conformation, manners and a good match between the horse and rider. “And of course how well they transition from gait to gait,” said Dyck.

“I’m very impressed with the horses that have come out. You can tell the amount of time the riders have spent with them. You can see the commitment of these people,” she added.

Each class held an average of eight competi-tors and the judges awarded first through sixth place.

Along with ribbons, there were also prize items up for grabs ranging from leather show bridals to brushes and blankets in some of the adult classes and the junior classes. “We have

special gifts arranged for the junior exhibitors to encourage them,” said Dyck.

The May 31 and June 1 portion of the show was a region 17 — Region 17 sweeps from Brit-ish Columbia across to Manitoba — qualifying show. Dyck says the Ponoka-based show is a Class A show and is important in a competitor’s path to regionals. “Our members are not just con-cerned about this show, but they’re trying to get points to qualify for regionals.”

The morning and evening of May 30 kept competitors busy with Sport Horse in Hand, which contained 62 entrants, and in the evening, Sport Horse Under Saddle; 23 entrants. Both per-tain to region 17. “It’s a class in itself,” said Dyck referring to the two classes adjacent to the quali-fying show.

The afternoon of May 30 was a region 3 and 4 qualifier. “We’re qualifying horses to go to re-gion 3 and 4 in the States,” said Dyck.

“(In) the States you’re really going against the cream of the crop. Not that we’re not here, but they take showing very seriously. It’s very much a huge business down there,” she added.

Dyck says many of the horses at the show work with trainers on top of the time spent with their riders and it can be seen in their conforma-tion and manners. “These are horses that can definitely compete at those levels.”

Kathy Padgham (front) and Angela Padgham compete in the first Au-rora Arabian Horse Association show in Ponoka, in the Arabian West-ern Pleasure AAOTR 19 years and over class. The show ran from May 30 to June 1 at the Ponoka Calnash Ag Event Centre.


In Memory of Evion PritchardJune 4, 2013

We think of you often since that sad dayone year ago when we had to say good bye.

We have our memories as the days and months go by and we will never forget.

Our thoughts of you ever so dear.When we visit your resting place tears are shed and no

one knows the heartache as we turn and leave you.

Loved and sadly missed,Marlene, Terry, Sandra, Jenna, Jordan, Ethan, Joshua,

Corey, Kaylay and Kent

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HORNETTRichard James

Richard was born on September 30, 1990 in Mackenzie, British Columbia and passed away on May 14, 2014 in Ponoka, Alberta. Richie spent the last three years in Ponoka. He will be lovingly remembered by his father Robert (Sherry Buskas); his mother Maureen (Ray Garrett); his brother Michael (Cherri Carlson); his

sisters Dani (Scott Carlson) and Keri Hulsman (Kevin); his nieces and nephews Riley and Hope Hornett, Cache and Shade Carlson, Ryder and Blaire Hulsman and his grandparents Robert (Arlene) Hornett. He was predeceased by his grandmother Ruth Hornett and nephew Garrett Hornett. A Funeral Service has been held. If friends desire, donations may be made to the Edmonton Epilepsy Association, 11007 124 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5M 0J5.

To express condolences to Richie’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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LAFRENIERE Mary Jane (Hagemann)On May 29, 2014 Mrs. Mary Jane Lafreniere (Hagemann) passed away at the age of 98 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her children Audrey Williamson (Alex), Irene Thomas (Bill), and Wayne Hagemann (Dorothy); grandchildren Wesley Williamson (Katherine), Sandra Williamson-Leadley (Martyn), Shel-

ley Thomas, Joanne Thomas, Lori Hagemann, and Rob Hagemann (Shelagh); great-grandchildren MacGregor Williamson, Aidan Williamson, Jayden Hagemann, and Rylan Hagemann; extended family Linda Goehring (Lee) and family, Mary-Lynn Allen (Ken) and family, Gary Raab, Eldon Raab (Debra) and family, and Bryon Raab; as well as many other relatives. She was predeceased by her fi rst husband Louis Hagemann; second husband Roland Lafreniere; and siblings Edith Simanton, Ernest McDowell, Robert McDowell, and Clifford McDowell. A Funeral Service will be held at the Ponoka United Church at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 6 with the Interment Service following at Forest Home Cemetery. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to Ponoka FCSS, The Rimoka Foundation (Endowment Fund), or the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. To express condolences to Jane’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements entrusted to PONOKA FUNERAL HOME

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MULLINRodney ‘Rod’ Michael

On May 28, 2014, Rod Mullin of Wetaskiwin passed away at the age of 70 years.Rod is survived by his loving family; wife, Judy; children, Christine (Brent) Frandsen, Joanne (Dean) Graff, Matthew Mullin and Robert (Nichole) Mullin; grandchildren, Eric, Ashlyn, Karianne and Kyle

Frandsen, Sheldon and Emilee Graff, Peyton and Jayden Mullin, and Rose Mullin; brother, Wesley (Gail) Mullin; sisters-in-law, Leona Grimm, Betty Recknagle, Judy Zimmel and Iona Chaytors; mother, Margaret Mullin; brother, Michael Mullin as well as numerous extended family members, hunting buddies, neighbours and friends. Rodney was predeceased by his father, John Mullin.Memorial Service: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Baker Funeral Chapel, 5302-50 Avenue, Wetaskiwin with Reverend Louis Morin offi ciating.In Rod’s memory, donations are gratefully accepted to the Vang Cemetery Fund, Wetaskiwin Health Foundation (Palliative Care Room) or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

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Nicole and Timothy Fher would like to announcethe birth of their fi rst child, a boy,

Garrus ViktusBorn 1:07 a.m., Olds Alberta on

May 19th, 2014 Weight 7 lbs., 15 oz.

Very happy grandparentsJeff and Nancy Woolley of Ponokaand Theresa Ellsworth of Rimbey

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PONOKA OFFICE ASSISTANTCalnash Trucking has an immediate opening for an Offi ce Assistant. In this position you will be responsible for general offi ce duties, data entry, computer skills with knowledge in excel/word, and accounts payable/receivable. Must be energetic, self motivated, above average communication skills, and organized.

We off er training, excellent remuneration and benefi t Package.

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6526 – 44 Ave., Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Rowland, Parker & Associates LLP is a Chartered Accounting rm located

in Ponoka, Alberta and currently has a full time permanent career opportunity in the secretarial eld available.

Applicants should possess excellent computer skills, with experience working with Excel and Word being preferred.

The successful applicant should have strong interpersonal skills as they will be required to work directly with the public on a daily basis.

This position carries a signi cant amount of responsibility, and applicants should be self-motivated, have the ability to work independently, multi-task, and must respect the highly con dential nature of the job.

Only applicants looking for a serious career opportunity need apply.

Send applications to:

Rowland Parker & AssociatesAttention: Lynnette HychaBox 4008, Ponoka, AB, T4J 1R5Or fax: 403-783-6170Or email to [email protected] indicate salary expectations with application.Only successful applicants for an interview will be contacted.

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PONOKA VICTIM SERVICES

FULL TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (35 hours/week)Responsible for facilitating the delivery of eff ective services to victims of crime and tragic circumstances in the Ponoka area through the planning, development, implementation, administration and evaluation of agency policies and procedures in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of the Attorney General and under the direction of a Board of Directors. As the successful candidate you have knowledge and understanding of the social service agency, sound knowledge of the justice system, and awareness of justice issues around victimization needs.

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- Through work or participation, a sound knowledge of the justice system, social services, community, and victimization issues

- Adaptability; Flexibility with unusual shift requirements- Excellent oral and written skills - Detailed and well developed computer skills- A good sound knowledge of Finance and budgeting - Demonstrated organizational, management and supervisory skills.- Strong leadership, motivational skills especially when working with

volunteers. - Not-for-profi t sector experience- Passion, empathy and objectivity- Integrity, Dependability and the ability to build and maintain trust

Please submit resume and cover letter by email to [email protected] Applications of interested and qualifi ed persons to be submitted by

5pm June 13, 2014. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY | PONOKA YOUTH CENTRE

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT3537 HOURS/WEEK

Required Qualifi cations:- Minimum Grade 12 diploma (Sec. Ed. in relevant fi eld preferred)

- Exceptional people skills

- Excellent organizational abilities

- Profi cient computer knowledge (Including Word and Excel)

- Previous administration experience

- Ability to make a 1 year commitment

Resumes will be accepted until Friday, June 13, 2014or until suitable candidate is found.

Position commences Monday, June 23, 2014

Please apply to:Ponoka Youth Centre/Big Brothers Big Sisters

Box 4115/#4 5004 54 Street, Ponoka, AB T4J 1R5

Phone: 783-3112 Fax: 783-3108


Ponoka Christian School is currently ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS to work with students during the 2014-

2015 school year. (Exact start date yet to be determined). There are two positions available—

one part-time and one full-time. Interested applicants should forward a cover letter and

résumé by June 19, 2014 to the contact below.

Mr. Robert Morris, PrincipalPonoka Christian School

6300 – 50 St, Ponoka, AB T4J 1V3Fax: 403 783-6687;

Email: offi [email protected]

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Service Masters Security is hiring Semi Retired Couples and Individuals for manned security gates.

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depending on the contract term and location within Alberta. We collaborate with you to develop a work schedule that suits your lifestyle.

Valid tickets such as: AB Security guard license, H2S, First Aid, CSTS, WHIMIS are considered an asset for immediate employment. HOWEVER training can be arranged for the right applicants and all persons interested are encouraged to apply!

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Interested candidates should submit resumes in confidence to [email protected] or contact Ken Kernohan directly at 1-306-948-5262

CALNASH TRUCKING LTD IN PONOKArequires an immediate

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Excellent wages and company benefi ts

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E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected](Attn: Shop/Parts Person)

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Lube Bay TechnicianWe are currently looking for a Lube Bay Technician at our Ponoka location. If you have a positive attitude and a great work ethic, we would love to hear from

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

BOBCAT SERVICES

SALES & SERVICE

BOTTLE DEPOT

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

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)

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

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Fax: 403-783-4635

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OVERHEAD DOORS

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403-963-5000

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PERMANENT EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITIES

Electrical Enclosure &Power Division

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ACREAGE & MOVING AUCTION

For Glen & Verna Peters Ray & Eleanor Strang

Sunday June 8 - 10 a.mLocation: East of Olds overpass on Hwy 27 to Hwy #791, then north 4

miles to Twp #334 (Windborne Rd), then east to RR. #274, then north..

Watch for signs.All acreage equipment,

Tractors, 3 pth equipment, Shop Tools, Anitques,

Collectibles, Household.... Check the web for full listing and pictures...

Pilgrim Auction Service 403-556-5531

www.auctionsales.ca

ANTIQUE& COLLECTIBLE AUCTION.

June 7, NamaoElementary School, 10 a.m.Car models, Coca-Cola,

vintage soda shop/ice cream parlor, antique/vintage tools, furniture,

much more. Details: www.spectrumauctioneering.com

780-903-9393.

AUCTION SALE.Saturday, June 14, 9 a.m.

Welding & heavy dutymechanic tools/equipment.

Acreage equipment.SW of Stony Plain, Alberta.

Details: www.spectrumauctioneering.com

780-960-3370 / 780-903-9393.

AUCTION SALE.Wednesday, June 18,

5:30 p.m.Acreage North of Onoway. Toyota RAV4, 2 western saddles/tack, Massey 44, Yamaha 350 quad, more.

Details: www.spectrumauctioneering.com

Call 780-960-3370 / 780-903-9393.

MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, June 7, 11 a.m.,

6016 - 72A Ave.,Edmonton.

Over 150 guns- Handguns, rifl es, shotguns,

hunting and sporting equipment.

To consign call 780-440-1860.

UNRESERVEDAUCTION SALE

- Leroy Rasmuissen Estate.Friday, June 13 at 10 a.m.,

Nanton, Alberta.Tractors & shop equipment; www.theauctioncompany.ca

UNRESERVEDAUCTIONS. June 11,Onoway - Waldowski,

780-967-5603;2-JD 2010’s, JD 60,

M & AR Tractors.June 12, Kitscoty - Weirs,

780-846-2487; Inland 2000 bale picker; Enrossi 12 wheel rake; NH 660; NH 499; JD 77221 P. type;

Case 2390 & 2090; grain bins & more. June 14, Athabasca - Johnson,

780-689-6205; Scat Trac 1500 skidsteer; Wilson

stock trailer; Case 2390; 2004 Duramax; NH499;

Case 8460; JD 9350 H.drills; 1998 20’ Marathon jet boat; 2009-3 pontoon 24’ Crestliner boat; guns, Skidoo’s, quads. June 21

& 22, Redwater, 780-446-9555; 3-2012 JD

568’s 2-956 Moco’s; F. King 2450 bale picker;

yard will be full. June 22, Redwater - Antiques,

Collector Tractors & Vehicles; 1970 & 72 SS Chevelles; 1974 GTX; 2008 Viper; 1951 Merc.; clear vision pumps, windmills, huge amount. View online:

www.prodaniukauctions.com

UNRESERVED PUBLIC FARM & HORSE

RITCHIE BROS AUCTION.June 7, 2104

at Teepee Creek, Alberta for North Fork Farms.

Featuring 2008 Charmac 8’ X 37’ 3 horse angle c/w living quarters, tack room.

Hardwood, bathroom Onan 3600 gen set, slide-out,

roof storage, loaded. One way C-Cans 8’, 15’ & 20’; 12’ X 20’ one car garage,

12’ X 19’ cabin.2008 Honda 680 quad,

2007 Redneck 800 side X side. Over 60 free standing

panels many with gates. Bobcat T250 & JD 250

skidsteers - 6way dozer blade, new sweeper,

buckets, pallet forks, pallet forks extensions & bale forks all to fi t skidsteers.

2008 GMC 3500 Dually & 2003 Dodge 3500 both rigged to pull. Horses 2

teams, 3 saddle horses & 1 reg. foundation Quarter

Horse Stallion (Grullocolour) all demo the day of

sale. Mega new horse equipment featuring new 16” Billy Cook Pro Roping Saddle, quality harness sold right off of teams,

new collars, eveners, neck yoke. 3 Bobsleighs one

new and original, 6 horse wagons - 2 horse trailer.

For complete list of details & photos visit:rbauctions.com.Phone owner,George James

780-831-0089 orMike Slon,

Territory Manager 780-518-6249.

Travel 1385


Services 1290

Welding 1410 Welding 1410

WellDrilling 1400 Well

Drilling 1400 WellDrilling 1400

Buy & Sell#1500 - #1990

Aircraft ..............................1510Antiques & Art ..................1520Auctions ............................1530Bicycles ............................1540Building Supplies ..............1550Business Machines ..........1560Cameras & Accessories ..1570Children’s Items ................1580Clothing ............................1590Computers ........................1600Concert & Event Tickets ..1610Equipment - Misc. ............1620Equipment - Heavy ..........1630Tools ................................1640Farmers’ Market &Food Basket......................1650Firewood ..........................1660Lumber ............................1670Garden Supplies ..............1680Lawn Tractors ..................1690Health, Dietary, Beauty ....1700Household Appliances......1710Household Furnishings ....1720TV’s, Stereos, VCR’s ........1730Hot Tubs & Accessories ..1740Jewellery ..........................1750Kid’s Deals........................1755Misc. For Sale ..................1760Musical Instruments..........1770Music Lessons..................1780Piano & Organs ................1790Office Supplies ................1800Pets & Supplies ................1810Pet Services ....................1820Cats ..................................1830Dogs ................................1840Sports Cards ....................1850Sporting Goods ................1860Collectors’ Items ..............1870Swap, Barter & Trade ......1880Travel Packages ..............1900Wedding Supplies ............1910Recycled Products............1920Wanted to Buy ..................1930Items to Give Away ..........1940

Auctions 1530

Auctions 1530

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Used appliances availableSix month warranty

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

DENTISTRY

Family Friendly Dentistry

Box 11004905 50 St.Rimbey, ABT0C 2J0

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

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EYE CARE

Drs. Heimdahl, ZoBell & Kallal403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168

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NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

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

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Fax: 403-782-7499

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VETERINARY SERVICES

VETERINARY SERVICES

Commercial - ResidentialInstallations - Repair

3912 - 66 St, Ponokawww.wcmltd.ca

[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. Patricia Kelly

Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka

403-783-5200

CONCRETE SERVICES

Leo CabralServing Ponoka & Area

Ph: 403-783-6428 Cell: 403-783-1905

- Residential- Commercial- Agricultural- Stamped Concrete- Exposed Concrete

Specializing in:

On-Farm Mobile Veterinary Services

Ultrasound-aided Reproduc ve Programs

CETA Cer ed Dairy and Beef Embryo Transfer

Herd Health

Bovine Veterinary Services

Dr. Bruce Wine

Phone 403-391-1684


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Largest colour selection in Western Canada.

Available at over 25 AlbertaDistribution Locations.

40 Year Warranty.Call 1-888-263-8254.

STEEL BUILDINGS.Hot savings - spring sale!

20x24 $4348.25x24 $4539.30x30 $6197.32x36 $7746.

40x46 $12,116.47x72 $17,779.

One end wall included. Pioneer Steel

1-800-668-5422;www.pioneersteel.ca

LOGSSemi loads of pine, spruce,

tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

BEAUTIFULSPRUCE TREES.4 - 6 ft., $35 each.

Machine planting; $10/tree (includes bark mulch and

fertilizer). 20 tree minimum order. Delivery fee:

$75 - $125/order. Quality guaranteed. 403-820-0961

MASSIVE TREE SALE. Hardy tree, shrub,

and berry seedlings.Perfect for shelterbelts or landscaping. Full boxes as low as $1/tree. Bundles of 10 as low as $1.29/tree.

Free shipping.Replacement guarantee.

1-866-873-3846 ortreetime.ca

SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make money &

save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd:

www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899

ext. 400OT

CLENRIDGE HOOFTRIMMING offers hooftrimming for cattle in a

standup hydraulic chute.Contact now for price and

availability. Will travel. 403-598-0170 or

587-377-2961

BLACK ANGUS BULLS (yearlings)

Ideal for heifersLow birth weights

Semen tested403-783-3935

20BullsFor Sale

Registered Yearlings

Black AngusCall Jim

387-6050(780)

FOR SALE.Simmeron Simmentals, fullblood full Fleckvieh

yearling bulls, polled and horned, A.I. bloodlines, veryquiet, muscled. Website:

simmeronranch.ca.Martin 780-913-7963.

PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year

olds. Semen tested and delivered.Vicwin Farms 403-784-3517, 403-318-7363.

SHORTHORNBULLS FOR SALE,

REDS, ROANS AND WHITES. Semen tested and delivery

within 100 miles.www.

prospecthillshorthorns.comLes & Shelley Peterson,

780-877-2444.

FEED BARLEY.Paskal Cattle Company in

Picture Butte area islooking for Feed Barley.

Put more $ in your pocket. Sell direct to us.

Please call Main Offi cefor details. 403-732-5641.

HEATED CANOLAbuying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed.

Buying damaged oroffgrade grain.

“On Farm Pickup”Westcan Feed & Grain,

1-877-250-5252.

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE,

Come see us at:4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab

ALL THE FEED YOUR ANIMALS NEED!

403-782-3333Dealer of Masterfeeds

BRIGHT’S SEED FOR SALE

Wheat-Cert. Harvest HRS/Foremost CPS

Barley-Cert. Copeland/ Cowboy/Coalition

Oats-Seed Oats. Call 780-855-2240/780-678-6329

CERTIFIED SEEDFOR SALE.

Busby Barley, Stride Oats, Jordan Oats.

Guaranteed, fully tested.MAGIC SEED FARM

Greg Jones 403-783-6495 or 403-704-6277

SEED Barley & Seed Oats for Sale. 2 Row & 6 row high yielding varieties

available. Suitable for grain or silage. High germination

& vigour. Seed treating available. On Farm scale.

Larry Trautman, 403-843-2733, Mark Trautman 403-843-3474

AVAILABLE JUNE 15 Smaller farmhouse w/4 appl.

w/att garage. Not suitable for children. Retired/semi retired preferred. Utilities

incl, N/P $850/mo D.D. $600

403-783-2523

RIMBEY 4 bdrm. house w/ att. garage, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, 403-704-3634

Near CoronationPark & TrailsFor Sale or Rent

Lovely 1484 sq.ft. 2 storey 1/2 duplex In Woodlea 3 bdrms. up, 4 bath,

Bsmt. newly developed. Dble. garage. Fenced back yard on creek.

Hardwood fl oors.Avail. Now.

Walk to work downtown. $339,900

Rent $1700 + utils. $1700 s.d. required

No pets, No smokingAgent selected

403-396-5516 cellor Mon-Wed 314-4318

Condo for rent in SylvanLake. 1 bed + den and

u/gd parking. All util exceptcable. $1200/month.

403-630-8515

PONOKA 3 bdrm. newer townhouse, 3 bath, 5 appls. rent $1400. 403-704-1221

PONOKA: 3 Bedroom townhome close to schools and recreation, available July 1. $1100. mo./d.d. N.S, no pets. rent incld’s town bill and one paved parking spot with plug in. Call Mary 403-783-6609

FURNISHED BACHELOR SUITE FOR RENT

IN PONOKA.TV & utils. incld. $550/mo.

403-963-0204

PONOKA: Upper 1 bdrm. suite, clean, bright, recent

reno’s, 3 appls, shared laundry, pets/smoke free.

Adult bldg. Must be employed, avail. July. 1, $775. mo. + 1 mo. d/d.

780-372-2294

* RIVERSIDE APTS. *Newly renovated

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

403-357-0287

ROOMMATE WANTED for executive home

N/S, N/P, no drugs, no childrenSocial drinker onlyClean & responsibleReferences required

403-790-6255 or 403-319-7948

BuildingSupplies 1550

Firewood 1660

GardenSupplies 1680

Misc. forSale 1760

Agricultural#2000 - #2290

Farm Equipment ..............2010Haying Equipment ............2020Tractors ............................2030Combines & Headers ......2040Fertilizer Equipment..........2050Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060Equipment Wanted ..........2070Farm Custom Work ..........2080Farm Auctions ..................2090Livestock ..........................2100Livestock - Exotic..............2110Sheep ..............................2120Poultry ..............................2130Horses ..............................2140Horse Boarding ................2150Riding Supplies ................2160Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170Pasture Wanted ................2180Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190Seed Grain ......................2200Seeding & Tillage ............2210

Farm CustomWork 2080

Livestock 2100

Suites 3060

GarageSpace 3150

Grain, FeedHay 2190

SeedGrain 2200

SeedGrain 2200

For Rent#3000 - #3200

Acreages/Farms ..............3010Houses/Duplexes ............3020Condos/Townhouses........3030Manufactured Homes ......3040Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050Suites ..............................3060Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070Roommates Wanted ........3080Rooms for Rent................3090Motels/Hotels ..................3100Offices ..............................3110Stores/Commercial ..........3120Industrial ..........................3130Warehouse Space............3140Garage Space..................3150Storage Space ................3160Land ................................3170Pasture ............................3180Mobile Lot ........................3190Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Wanted to Rent#3250 - #3390

Acreages/Farms ..............3255Houses/Duplexes ............3260Suites ..............................3270Rooms..............................3280Manufactured Homes ......3290Housesitting Wanted ........3300Garage Space..................3310Storage Space ................3320Stores/Commercial ..........3330Office Space ....................3340Industrial ..........................3350Warehouse Space............3360Resorts & Cottages..........3370Pasture/Land....................3380Mobile Lot ........................3390

Acreages/Farms 3010

Houses/Duplexes 3020

Realtors& Services 4010

Houses/Duplexes 3020

Condos/Townhouses3030

Suites 3060

RoommatesWanted 3080

Central Alberta’s LargestCar Lot in Classifieds

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StorageSpace 3160

KING OF THE ROAD RV STORAGE,

24hr video security, pavement to site, on hwy.

2, 10 mi. North of Red Deer, pull-throughs avail.

403-782-7775

Real Estate#4000 - #4190

Realtors & Services..........4010Houses for Sale................4020Houses Wanted................4030Condos/Townhouses ........4040Acreages ..........................4050Acreages Wanted ............4060Farms/Land ......................4070Farms/Land Wanted ........4080Manufactured/Mobile Homes ..................4090Income Property ..............4100Commercial Property ......4110Industrial Property ............4120Cottages/Resort Property ..4130Businesses for Sale..........4140Buildings for Sale ............4150Lots for Sale ....................4160Out of Town Property ......4170Investment Opportunities ..4180Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

Condos/Townhouses4040

* *$309,000* *#314 6 Michener Blvd.

Welcome To One Of Red Deer’s Premier Adult

Complexes! 1 bdrm. 2 baths plus Den open concept

condo is in new cond. Immed. poss. Enjoy great views & privacy. Call TIM MALEY,

Re/Max 403-550-3533

EXCLUSIVE LUXURY RIVERFRONT CONDOS

FOR SALEin Downtown Red Deer.

Call Renee at 403-314-1687 for Inquiries.

ManufacturedHomes 4090

CROSS COUNTRY HOMES

SUMMER PROMO.20 X 76 Gourmet kitchen

loaded with upgrades, under $130,000. 16 X 76

Oasis below $90,000!Visit us in Acheson or call

780-470-8000; www.crosscountryhomes.com.

COMMERCIAL BAYS

FOR RENT4205 - 64 St., Ponoka, AB

34’Lx16’W with 16’ high ceiling. Suitable for Truckers, Farmers, Boaters, Contractors, or Anyone needing Secure, Heated Storage.

SPECIAL SPRING RATES!

Call ERNIE at 780-335-6767

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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Hours of Business:Monday - Friday7:30 am - 5 pm

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PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

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403.783.8322Serving Central Alberta

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Hand Wash StationsHandicap Units

Trailer UnitsNew Solar Powered Units

with Running Water

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TREE SERVICE

BEST PRICE TREE SERVICEOVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

SPECIALIZING IN DANGEROUS TREES

COMPLETE REMOVAL & CLEANUP

403.396.7623

• Topping • Dropping • Slashing • Stump Grinding & Tree Disposal • Tree ChippingFREE Estimates | Fully Insured

DELUXE 2 BR SUITES FOR RENT

4205 - 64 St., Ponoka, ABIncludes: Fridge, Stove, Fireplace, Air

Conditioning, Window Coverings, Oak Cabinetry with Corian Countertops,

Balcony, High Security Card Locks, All Utilities except Telephone.

Quiet Adult Complex, Age 40+, No Pets, Special Spring Rental Rates!

Call ERNIE at 780-335-6767

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CENTRALCALL

403-742-3344(24 hrs.)

Locally owned and operated

1275 sq. ft. 3 bdrm bungalow bi-level, large covered deck, oversized detached garage. Beautifully landscaped yard. $239,000.

OPEN HOUSESATURDAY, JUNE 7, 201411 a.m. to 3 p.m.22 Robinson Place,

Bashaw, AB


HousesFor Sale 4020

Acreages 4050

Motorhomes 5100

ManufacturedHomes 4090

SHOWHOME SALE.Substantial savings to be had! Need room for whole

new display!Visit Grandview Modular

Red Deer to see the quality and craftsmanship

that set us apart. 1-855-347-0417; www.grandviewmodular.com;

[email protected]

Cottages/ResortProperty 4130ELINOR LAKE RESORT.

Lots selling at 25% off listed price, or 5% down on

a rent to own lot with no interest over 5 years.

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

SANDY COVE RESORT,Pine Lake

Lake front lots for fullownership titles

& season lot rentals.Cheapest in the area, $3000.

Call 306-402-7776

MortgagesBought/Sold4190

BANK SAID NO?BANK ON US!

Equity Mortgages forpurchases, debt consolidation,foreclosures, renovations. Bruised credit, self-employed,

unemployed ok.Dave Fitzpatrick:

www.albertalending.ca. 587-437-8437,

Belmor Mortgage

DO YOU OWNREAL ESTATE?

I offer 1st & 2nd mortgages with no credit check.Get approved today.Call 1-866-405-1228

or email: info@fi rstandsecondmortgages.ca

Financial#4400 - #4430

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

MoneyTo Loan 4430

DO YOU NEED TOBORROW MONEY - NOW?If you own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lend you money - It’s that simple. 1-877-486-2161.

GET BACK on track! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need money? We lend! If you own your own home

- you qualify.Pioneer Acceptance Corp.

Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420;

www.pioneerwest.com

Transportation#5000-5300

Automotive Services ........5010Antique & Classic Autos ....5020Cars ..................................5030SUV’s................................5040Trucks ..............................5050Heavy Trucks....................5060Vans/Buses ......................5070Motorcycles ......................5080Campers ..........................5090Motorhomes......................51005th Wheels........................5110Holiday Trailers ................5120Tent Trailers ......................5130Utility Trailers ....................5140ATV’s ................................5150Boats & Marine ................5160Snowmobiles ....................5170Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180Auto Wreckers ..................5190Vehicles Wanted ..............5200Car/Truck Rental ..............5210Recreational VehicleRental ..............................5220Trailer Rental ....................5230Misc. Automotive ..............5240RV’s ..................................5300

Trucks 5050

2009 RANGER XLT 4x4, 70,000 kms., exc. shape, $12,900. trades cons. 403-598-0682

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IN THE ESTATE OF DARWIN WILLIAM WEIDEMANNlate of Ponoka, Alberta,

who died on the 9th day of May, 2014.

If you have a claim against this Estate, you must fi le your claim by the 4th day of July, 2014 and provide details of your claim to:

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Representative209 - 10th Avenue S.

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PUBLIC NOTICE TO OWNERS OFTHE VILLAGE OF ALIX,

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

SECTION 251 - THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACTTAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Village of Alix, in the Province of Alberta, has given fi rst reading to Borrowing By-law No. 413/14 which will, upon fi nal passage and approval, authorize the proper offi cers of the said Village of Alix to borrow monies from the Alberta Capital Finance Authority by way of debenture issue, to pay for the cost of the following municipal purpose(s), namely the Design Preparation for the Water Distribution System and Upgrades to the Sewage Lagoon (within/outside) the limits of the said municipality;

Th e total cost of the aforesaid project amounts to $545,000. After deducting from this cost the amount of $45,000 to be received by way of municipal reserves, the net amount to be borrowed on the credit and security of the municipality at large by the issue of debentures is $500,000.00. Th e debenture is to be repayable to the Alberta Capital Finance Authority in 40 equal consecutive semi annual installments of combined principal and interest, the semi annual interest not to exceed fi ve per centum (5.0%), or the interest rate as fi xed from time to time by the Alberta Capital Finance Authority;

NOW THEREFORE NOTICE is hereby given by the Council of the Village of Alix that, unless a petition of the owners for a vote on By-law No. 413/14 is demanded, as provided for by the terms of Section 231 of the Municipal Government Act, the said Council may pass the said borrowing by-law. All persons interested are hereby notifi ed and they are required to govern themselves accordingly.

DATED at the Village of Alix, in the Province of Alberta, this 21st day of May, 2014.

Village of AlixPer: Bonnie Cretzman

Chief Administrative Offi cer

INFORMATION FOR ELECTORSPursuant to Section 1(i) of the Municipal Government Act an “elector” means:

1. A person who is eligible to vote in the election for a councillor under the Local Authorities Election Act.

Pursuant to section 47(1) of the Local Authorities Election Act a person is eligible to vote in an election if he:

a) is at least 18 years old,b) is a Canadian citizen, andc) has resided in Alberta for the 6 consecutive months immediately preceding election day and is resident in the area on election day.

A poll may be demanded in the Village of Alix by electors equal in number to at leasta) in the case of a municipality other than a summer village, by electors of the municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the population andb) in the case of a summer village, by 10% of the electors of the summer village

in accordance with the provisions of section 223 of the Municipal Government Act and in accordance with the provisions of section 251 of the Municipal Government Act.

Th e petition for a vote must be received by the Chief Administrative Offi cer within 15 days of the last publication of this notice and shall contain on each page “an accurate and identical statement of the purpose of the petition”. (Further requirements of the petition are provided in section 224 of the Municipal Government Act.)

DATE of the last publication of this notice is the 11th day of June, 2014.

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PUBLIC NOTICEAmendment to Land Use

By-Law 7-08-LU The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Jerry Dodds to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

Reclassify Pt NE 14-42-26-W4 (approximately 6.5 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential Hobby to allow for future subdivision of the rezoned area.

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 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 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 1V9 Phone: 783-3333 Fax: 783-6965 Email: [email protected]

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By-Law 7-08-LU The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Ronald, Patricia & Helen Hagemann to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

Reclassify Pt NW 7-42-25-W4 (approximately 5.0 acres total) from County Residential Hobby District to County Residential to allow for future subdivision of the rezoned area.




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By-Law 7-08-LU The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Delbert & Donna Merrill (Agent-Ken Merrill) to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

Reclassify Pt NE 18-42-25-W4 (approximately 5.0 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future subdivision of the rezoned area.




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By-Law 7-08-LU The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by LBM Holdings to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

Reclassify Pt SW 10-43-26-W4 (approximately 18.5 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future subdivision of the rezoned area into possible 2-9 acre parcels or 3-6 acre parcel.





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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PROPOSED

AMENDMENTS TOTHE LAND USE BY-LAW

Ponoka County Council intends to amend the Land Use By-Law to allow applications for medical marijuana production in Direct Control districts only. This would allow Council to regulate and control the use and development of land and buildings in any manner it considers necessary. The public would have the opportunity for input at Public Hearings.

Also, as a result of the adoption of the Highway #2 Corridor Study, Council will consider amending the Prime Location Commercial district of the Land Use By-Law and adopting a new zoning for Residential Mixed Use.

Before making a decision on the matter, Council will hold a public hearing at which any person may ask questions or state their opinion. This hearing will be held at 11:15 a.m. onJune 17, 2014 in the Chambers of the Ponoka County Offi ce, 4205 Highway #2A in Ponoka.

The proposed by-laws may be viewed at the County Offi ce or will be mailed, emailed or faxed to anyone who requests it.

Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Offi cer

Ponoka County 4205 -Highway #2A

PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9 Phone: 783-3333

Fax: 783-6965 Email: [email protected]

BY GWYNNE DYER

To the vast surprise of absolutely nobody, Field Marshal Abdel Fatah al-Sisi won the Egyptian presidential election last week. Moreover, he won it with a majority that would pass for a resounding triumph in most countries. But it is a disarmingly modest majority for an Arab Man of Destiny.

Not for Sisi the implausible margins of victory claimed by Men of Destiny in other Arab countries, like the 96.3 percent that Egypt’s last dictator, Hosni Mubarak, claimed in his first election 21 years ago, or the spectacular 100 per-cent that Iraq’s Saddam Hussein allegedly got in his last election in 2002. No, Sisi just claimed 93.3 percent of the votes, a number low enough that it might actually be true.

Sisi’s real problem is that even with the media cowed and the full resources of the state behind him, only 46 percent of eligible Egyptians turned out to vote. He had confidently predicted an 80 percent turnout.

As an aspiring dictator who overthrew the country’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, only one year ago, Sisi needed a big turnout. At least 1,500 protesters have been shot dead in the streets, and a mini-mum of 16,000 political dissidents are in jail. Sisi has shut down a popular revolution and he needed to demonstrate massive public support for what he did.

He didn’t get it. Towards the end of the scheduled two days of the election, the people around him panicked. The interim prime minister, Ibrahim Mahlab, let slip that bare-ly 30 percent had voted so far – and the regime abruptly announced that there would be a third day of voting. An unscheduled public holiday was declared, and non-voters were threatened with a large fine.

In the end, Sisi’s officials claimed a 46 percent turnout, although journalists reported that many polling booths were almost empty on the third day. But let’s be generous and as-sume that 40 percent of eligible Egyptians did vote.

If 93.3 percent of those people truly did vote for Sisi, then he has the support of just over one-third of Egyptians. Other Arab dictators have ruled their countries for decades with no more popular support than that, but it will probably not sustain Sisi through the hard times that are coming. Too many Egyptians are struggling just to feed their families.

Egypt’s economy is running on fumes, and there would not even be enough bread for people to eat – Egypt is the world’s largest importer of wheat – if Sisi were not getting

massive infusions of aid from Saudi Arabia and most of the smaller Gulf states, which are very happy that he is killing off the Egyptian revolution.

But even the great wealth of the Gulf kingdoms cannot win Sisi more than a breathing space: all of them together have only about a third of Egypt’s population. And there is no good reason to believe that the Egyptian army, which is now effectively in charge, has the skill to resolve the coun-try’s grave economic problems. Indeed, its highest priority will be to protect its own massive business empire.

Sisi talks about how Egyptians “must work, day and night, without rest” to restore the economy after three years of revolutionary chaos, and his budget plan calls for slash-ing energy subsidies by 22 percent in one year. Austerity is not going to win him any thanks from Egypt’s poor, how-ever, and his political honeymoon will not last long.

What will happen after that can be predicted from the results of Egypt’s only fully free election two years ago. Mohamed Morsi and another Islamist candidate got a total of 42 percent of the votes in the first round of that elec-tion, while the leftist candidate, Hamdeen Sabahi, got 21 percent. (Morsi won in the second round, when Sabahi and two other candidates had dropped out.)

We can safely presume that few Islamist supporters voted at all in last week’s election. It’s clear that most of Sabahi’s former supporters also abstained: he was the only candidate who dared to run against Sisi, but he only got 3 percent this time. Islamists and leftists therefore make up the majority of the 55-60 percent who did not vote for Sisi this time – and that is good news for him, because the two groups have very little in common.

Those who did vote for Sisi were mostly people with no strong ideological convictions who were simply exhausted by the turmoil of the past three years. They voted for “stabil-ity”, and believed Sisi’s promise that he could deliver it. So long as they go on believing that, a deeply divided opposi-tion poses little threat to him.

But most of the people who voted for Sisi thought that when he said “stability”, he really meant an improvement in their living standards, and it’s most unlikely that he can deliver that. When they lose faith in Sisi, the opposition will achieve critical mass, and it probably won’t take more than two years. The Egyptian revolution is not over yet.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose ar-ticles are published in 45 countries.

Egypt’s Man of Destiny – For a While

Good planting conditions and favourable weather in the U.S. has led to corn prices dipping slightly over the last week joining wheat prices on the downtrend, thanks to a more bearish global picture. Old crop soy-bean prices have popped recently, hitting 11-month highs as crush margins and meat prices in China are improving while the balance sheet in the U.S. is still fairly tight. Domestic Chinese prices for soymeal, corn, wheat, and pork have all rallied in the last month, with pork prices leading the way, up 20 per cent. With this move to the upside in soybeans and to the downside in corn the last few days, it is thought that more acres that have yet to be planted (AKA swing acres) could be seeded with soybeans instead of corn. However, there’s still a two dollar spread between July and September contracts (and a $2.50 spread to November from July!). The main reason for the large difference is the expectations for a huge U.S. crop com-ing off in three-to-four months. Still, at these prices, some producers are getting a better margin than planting corn. The soybean market seems to have little effect on the canola trade currently though as the Canadian oilseed staple is slightly lower and relatively quiet amidst seeding.

The canola trade has seen brief moments of strength on thoughts of delayed seeding in the Canadian Prairies, a new crusher in Quebec needing 500,000 tonnes a year, & upgrades to Richardson’s Yorkton, SK bringing their total annual crush capacity to 1.5 million tonnes. However, it’s speculated that there’s still a fair amount of the oilseed available in West-ern Canada and more analysts are expecting a record E.U. rapeseed crop this year. Further, some good sunshine and

warmer temperatures have increased seed-ing completion percentages. That being said, there’s more than a few producers saying the extra shot of moisture is good for the soil but I would say there’s a few areas who are hop-ing for less beer clouds so the drill can be put away for the year (worth the precaution to have tow straps on standby!).

It’s been in negotiations for the last de-cade, but China and Russia have appeared to have finally become best friends and agreed to a natural gas deal worth nearly $400 Billion over 30 years. While this is nothing short of a landmark agreement, the interesting piece is that the deal won’t rely on western banking for financing as both countries look to veer away from doing business in U.S. dollars. This in mind, is this an opportunity lost by the Cana-

dian energy sector? Quite possibly. With all the nit-picking over TransCanada’s XL pipeline, the company is now con-sidering to ship crude by rail from Hardisty, AB to the main storage site in Steele City, Nebraska (and you thought this year’s rail movement of oil over grain was bad…). None-theless, it appears that Ceres Global Ag Corp.’s Northgate, SK rail hub will begin operations later this year and has be-friended the BNSF network, a big plus as it connects to 28 different states, multiple Gulf and Pacific ports, and Mexico. Certainly, the open market is creating new opportunities, but one should consider hedging price risk proactively - – it’s easier to make sales when you can, not when you have to.

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