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Vol. 66, No. 21 | WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 | 403-783-3311 | [email protected]

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY

Fighting hunger around the world- Seeding is complete on 165 acres of land south of town as part of the project by the Ponoka branch of Canadian Foodgrains group to raise funds against hunger around the world.

Please see our story on page 19.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Reflections of PonokaRoberts’s family dedicated to

farming and businessStory on page 12 & 13

Race to HomeDante Greene runs for home during the Mosquitos’ first

game of the season, May 13.Story on page 22

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BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Power lines on Highway 53 east of Ponoka may become buried in the near future to help with the transportation of large equipment.

Mayor Rick Bonnett told councillors May 13 he helped facilitate a meeting earlier in the day with Gemini Corporation, Ponoka County, Fortis Alberta and other stakeholders. He told council the meeting was a preliminary discussion to look at the viability

Company seeks to remove power lines on Hwy 53of burying power lines.

He feels this will bring some economic benefits to Ponoka as this plan may speed up the expansion of Gemini Corporation from 130 employees to 300. No decisions were made with the companies and Gemini Corporation did not respond to a request for comment.

Land rezoning approved

There were only four councillors that could vote on a request to rezone prop-erty on 4007 39 Street from low density residential to low-density narrow lot resi-dential. The request was from Denver and Christie Polson.

Mayor Bonnett and Coun. Loanna Gulka could not vote as they live nearby and Coun. Carla Prediger was not in town at the time of the first reading of the pro-posal, so she was exempt from voting.

The vote did pass 3-1 with Coun. Tim Falkiner voting against it. The proposal was to take the property and subdivide it into four lots. Real estate commission policy tabled

A decision to adopt changes to the town’s real estate commission policy has been tabled by council to give administra-tion more time to receive expressions of interest from real estate agents.

The current policy states the town will

pay five per cent commission to any realtor arranging a sale of town owned residential, commercial and industrial land. This is the second time the policy came to council as it was tabled to give Betty Jurykoski, plan-ning and development officer, a chance to speak with real estate agents regarding a reasonable commission rate.

“I didn’t approach any real estate com-panies…We felt it might be awkward,” she explained.

However, her research into reasonable commission rates showed seven per cent for the first $100,000 and three per cent for every dollar above that.

Coun. Carla Prediger asked if it would be better to seek tenders from agents rather than having a fixed commission rate. Ju-rykoski replied that having a set rate will help the town acquire an agent, under con-tract, who will work to sell town property.

“What we (would) have is a profes-sional grinding away in the background working for us,” said Jurykoski.

Policy reviews would occur every three years with a two-year contract for the representing agent. Prediger suggested a policy review would be better to coincide with the end of the contract.

Jurykoski was directed to make further changes and to seek expressions of interest from real estate agents.

Water and sewer connection

rates outdated

Councillors annulled the town’s water and sewer connection rates policy after findings from Tagish Engineering stated it is out of date.

Dave McPhee, director of operations and property services said the town would get money from a homeowner or contractor to make connections but sometimes those costs were higher than estimated. But re-couping the money was next to impossible and taxpayers were left to foot the bill.

“Sometimes you think the main is in the middle of the street and it’s on the other side, so it costs an extra $5,000 or $8,000 that they have budgeted,” said Jurykoski.

“It’s just such a cumbersome process,” she added.

Tagish recommended the town have developers hire and pay private contractors directly if the town is too busy to do the work. Coun. Underhill asked if developers with current projects would be affected by this policy change.

McPhee replied it affects new and ex-isting development projects and town staff will still inspect the connections.

Emergency mutual aid with Ermineskin Cree Nation

The Ponoka Fire Department has been providing emergency mutual aid to the Er-mineskin Cree nation for some time but nothing formal has been signed.

Councillors ap-proved a formal agreement that identifies procedures for invoking mutual aid, command and control over emergency response personnel and equip-ment, level of service, indemnity, procedure for cost recovery and incep-tion and termination.

“It breaks it down into how we respond and everything else,” explained Ted Dillon, director of protective services.

He says agreements will be forthcoming from the other bands in Maskwacis. Coun. Pre-diger asked what the rates are. Dillon replied that he uses Alberta Transportation rates which are $200 per hour per unit.

Municipal emergency

management

In the event of a disaster or major emer-gency in the area, a proposed emergency management bylaw will help municipalities work together. Council passed second reading on a Municipal Emergency Management bylaw.

“It addresses the regionalization,” ex-plained Dillon.

“It’s not only fire-fighting, it’s in the event of a disaster,” he added. continued on page 8

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A teenage Calgary motorist was in for a sur-prise when police stopped his vehicle after being clocked at 172 km/h.

Police stopped the 19-year-old man May 15 at 7:52 p.m. southbound on Highway 2 after seeing him pass motorists and weave in and out of traf-fic. He had a licence plate on that did not match the vehicle and now faces mandatory court time for travelling 50 km/h over the speed limit.

Almost 30 minutes later, officers stopped a northbound driver on Highway 2A travelling at a speed of 169 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. A 23-year-old Ponoka man was stopped in his black Subaru near Township Road 422. He also faces a manda-tory court appearance.

Impaired driver passed outCalls of a woman driving in an erratic manner

and being slumped over the steering wheel had po-lice moving quick to find her.

It was reported May 18 at 7:34 a.m. that a wom-an could be seen travelling at speeds over 180 km/h southbound on Highway 2 in a 2003 Cadillac Esca-lade. It was reported that the woman, a 30-year-old resident of Radway, hit the ditch south of Ponoka then turned northbound on Highway 2. She and a passenger were found both slumped at the wheel with the gear in drive.

She provided two blood-alcohol samples of .16 and .14. She was charged with impaired driving.

Impaired with no licence

A regular patrol nabbed a 38-year-old Edmonton man over two times the legal limit.

Police stopped the driver of a 1989 Cadil-

lac de Ville on 47 Avenue where it was determined he did not have a valid driver’s licence. He pro-vided two blood alcohol samples of .17.

Impaired driver with no insuranceThe driver of a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am was

pulled over May 16 at 1 a.m. after police noticed the licence plate did not match the car.

Upon further investigation it was determined the driver showed signs of impairment and a subsequent breath sample showed the driver had blood alcohol levels of .18 and .17. Police charged a 34-year-old Maskwacis woman with being im-paired and driving while prohibited.

A passenger in the vehicle was charged with allowing a person to operate a vehicle without in-surance.

Youth speeds through townA young driver had their car towed after being

caught drinking and driving. Police stopped a 17-year-old Lacombe girl after

driving a 2002 Chrysler Neon at speeds in excess of 100 km/h northbound on 50 Street in Ponoka.

Officers say they could smell an odor of liquor coming from her breath and she provided a breath sample that showed a caution. There is zero toler-ance for motorists with a graduated driver’s licence

Motorists face mandatory court time for speeding

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and because she had one, the car was towed.

Driver with no insurance Not having enough money for

insurance and vehicle registration is not considered a reasonable excuse to drive a car.

Police pulled over a 57-year-old Edmonton man after noticing the licence plates on his 1993 Dodge Caravan were expired. He told offi-cers that he did not have the money for the registration and insurance needed to operate the vehicle.

The vehicle was towed. Motorcycle stolen Police are looking for a dark blue

2008 DR 650 Suzuki motorcycle af-ter being taken from a rural home on Range Road 244 near Ponoka.

It is believed the vehicle was tak-en some time on May 17. The owner was able to follow the tracks of the motorcycle for a short distance but the trail was lost.

Holiday trailer stolenPolice are looking for culprits

who stole a 24-foot holiday trailer some time between May 6 and 14.

Security footage shows a flat deck trailer circling the area near 64 Street and 42 Avenue then pulling up to the white Frontier trailer. There was a hitch lock on the trailer at the time.

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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ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCHRev. Donna Willer

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

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

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

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Sunday Service 9:30 am

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When you read this I will be in Denver, Col-orado, visiting my sister and her family. James and I are going for a very special occasion: one of our nieces (also our goddaughter), age 14, is being confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran church they attend. She has been in confirmation classes for two years. This is an important event. Baptized as an infant, she is now able to confirm the promises her parents made on her behalf all those years ago. She is entering into full adult membership in her congregation.

It is a grief to me that too often, the event of confirmation of teenagers is treated as a graduation, a leaving of the church, instead of a movement into more intentional, committed involvement in the life of the faith community where they worship. Another thing I have noticed is that even if the young person stays connected

What do you commit to when you are baptized?

to their congregation, as they mature and move to another com-munity, they do not then become involved in a new worshiping community and trans-fer their membership. Instead, the move is into a life that does not include regular in-volvement in a faith community. Maybe they return to the church when they are raising their own chil-dren, but often, not.

I am in a tradition that involves infant baptism. Too often parents approach the church wanting their child baptized even though they have little intention of really be-coming involved in the life of the congregation. They don’t have a sense that they can grow into the promises they are making. What are these promises? In The United Church of Canada we have four:

To make a profession of faith in The Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It is much more than simply saying you believe in God, but that you dedicate your heart, soul and mind to this Creator. As Jesus said, “you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30) This is what it means to profess your faith.

You are asked to make a com-mitment to seek justice and resist evil. Not only do you love God, but you love what God loves. God loves the poor and oppressed. Did you know that poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times in the Bible? That’s not an accident. The only time Christ is judgmental is on the

subject of the poor: “Whenever you did it (gave something to eat, or drink, to wear, took care of the sick, visited those in jail) for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me” (Matthew 25:40) Issues of poverty and justice are deeply en-shrined in the Bible’s pages: “But let justice and fairness flow like a river that never runs dry.” (Amos 5:24)

You are asked to make a com-mitment to follow the Way of Jesus Christ. Jesus clarified to his disci-ples, “For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve…” (Mark 10:45) Jesus’ way is grounded in prayer and inviting all into the king-dom of God: “Time’s up! God’s kingdom is here. Change your life and put your trust in the good news.” (Mark 1:15) The way of Je-sus is one of service to others, of committing your life to live in and bring about the kingdom of God on earth, and in the doing, to challenge what is not life giving in our world.

And last, but not least, you are asked to promise to make a com-mitment to the mission and ministry of the church. To do that includes worshiping regularly with your sis-ters and brothers in Christ. It means learning what mission and ministry means in your faith community. It means offering support for those activities that your church under-takes as its witness to God, Christ and the Holy Spirit—support with your time and intelligence, your energy and money. Giving money is an indication of how seriously,

and joyously, you take it all.

These baptismal promises are identical for confirmation, for young and old and in-between. In our faith life we never stop learning what these mean and growing into them. The grace is that we can only live into these behaviours with the help of God. We never do it on our own. That is why our creed begins, “We are not alone, we live in God’s world.”

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Reflections of Ponoka

Remember When...

Roberts’s family

dedicated to farming and

businessBY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS

During the exciting and early settlement of our town and county, count-less pioneer families worked extremely hard to establish their homesteads in the lush and rolling rural districts, while homes and businesses emerged to lend support to the thriving new Town of Ponoka. The steady influx of professionals, skilled labourers and new citizens strived to compliment the demanding future needs and successes of our dedicated urban and rural com-munities.

Most vital amongst the early trades were the mills that would provide the lumber for the building of new homes, businesses, farms, stores, schools, churches, hospitals, and other conveniences to serve the ever-expanding population. Also required would be the financial services, implement and automotive dealerships, livery stables, grain elevators, and other outlets to assist the booming farming industry, as well as professional facilities, and on and on. Many fine families and entrepreneurs converged on this area in those colorful but challenging early years to build and lead our communities and to along the way establish the proud heritage and ongoing successes that we have enjoyed over countless decades.

The Hugh H. Roberts familyOperating a service station was always a dream that Hugh H. Roberts had

long cherished, so in 1934, Hughie and Annie Roberts, along with their infant daughter Eleanor moved into Ponoka from the farm to start a new life and to fulfill those lofty dreams. The family took over the service station at the

Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

This late 1920s photo features a busy 51st Avenue, with cars and people parked and going in every direction, likely to attend an auction sale. The first building on the right was one of Ponoka’s big Implement dealerships, owned by big Dave Morgan and handled the sales and service of John Deere, Case, and Cockshutt machinery, as well as livestock and coal.

corner of 51st Avenue and 50th street, which was owned by Dave R. Morgan and operated by Bob Morgan, and was the original sight of the commu-nity’s first Post Office run by Fred Algar.

The first Robert’s Service station offered the sale of Union 76 gas and Triton Motor Oil, as well as offering mechanical needs to the 850 citizens of the community of Ponoka as well as surround-ing districts. Annie Roberts faithfully explained in the Ponoka Panorama History Book that they would face this new challenge with more gump-tion than knowledge, and certainly more faith than money, with their first day of sales amounting to two gallons of gas. The determined Robert’s fam-ily also continued farming and trucking, then later purchased the property from Mr. Morgan and took over the John Deere dealership in 1938, which had been operating in Ponoka since 1900. Morgan, who was a jovial man about town was very good to the new owners, but set a date when he wanted his money from the sale, and would be there to collect it.

The Robert’s family lived above the garage for the first few years, which featured 22 steps up and down, and resulted in many arduous trips back and forth with the newest family members Arthur and Irene. Eleanor had been born in Mrs. Roseberry’s Nursing Home (a palatial private facility) on 53rd Avenue, while Arthur came into the world at Fran-cis Smith’s local Nursing Home, and then they went farther afield for the later birth of Irene at the Wetaskiwin Community Hospital. They offered many fond memories of sitting upstairs in the ga-rage and watching countless Provincial Mental Hospital staff going to work on their bicycles at 7:00 a.m., then not returning until 7:00 p.m. after a very long day. The family built a new home in Ponoka in 1938-39, and moved in the day before the Royal visit in June of 1939, where absolutely everyone from near and far dropped what they were doing and rushed into town to get a glimpse of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

War came, and although they were not affect-ed directly, many of their friends were to face the anxieties, tragedies, and loneliness that only war can bring. Hughie Roberts served on the Ponoka Town Council for 5 years, during which time pas-teurized milk became the law, natural gas became the heat, and water works and a bath became a pleasure whenever you wished. It was also dur-ing that busy time that Ponoka opened their first

25-bed hospital, and the official dress of teenage girls was rolled up ‘Jeans’, plaid shirts, and rolled down rubber boots, with bubble gum becoming the real rage.

In 1945, they sold the service station business and moved into a newly erected building at 5118- 50th Street (now John’s Place), which became the sight of the John Deere Agency. If you look at that building closely, you will find the date of the surrender of the Japanese to the United States marked in the cement. In 1949, H.H. Roberts sold out the agency, spent a very miserable year doing absolutely nothing, and then after Wynn was born in 1950 would concentrate on the farming opera-tion until 1956, when he went back to the busy John Deere business. It would be in 1960 that Mr. Roberts sold out the John Deere dealership to son Arthur and son-in-law Paul Jess, who would oper-ate it for many years. After selling out to the boys, Hughie spent most of his efforts in active farming, trying his hand at importing Simmental cattle, but also enjoying lots of travel with his wife Annie, as well as cherished time with his active family and grandchildren.

Hughie served as the Mayor of Ponoka in 1953-54, during which the town celebrated its 50th anniversary, and the Ponoka 50th Anniver-sary booklet was published. The family of Hughie and Annie Roberts took their schooling and grew up here in Ponoka, with Eleanor marrying Paul Jess in 1953, Arthur marrying Trudy Johnson in 1960, Irene wed to Al Gasper in 1966, and Wynn wed to Jack Martin in 1971.

A new expanded John Deere agency was built in the north corner of the west Ponoka Industrial Park in 1973-74 and was operated by the Robert’s family until 1988, when Arthur retired, but still continued the proud family tradition of farming. The current John Deere building is now under the name and ownership of Cervus Equipment, who will soon begin construction on a new facility on the south end of the west Industrial Park adjacent to Highway 2A. Congratulations to the Robert’s family for faithfully serving the citizens of Ponoka and district from their business ventures for over 50 years, for carrying on your long farming tradi-tion, and for being active and dedicated members of the community.

Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell MuseumThe Robert’s Service Station was operated by the family starting in 1934 at the corner of 51st Avenue and 50th Street in Ponoka. Their longstanding business and farming ventures and com-munity involvement later grew to include the John Deere dealership, from which they retired in 1988, but still carry on the farming tradition to this day.


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Opinion

Although buds are quite slow to pop and leaves have yet to ap-pear on a lot of trees, we are already in grad season, preparing to send another batch of our young on a jour-ney called life, one on which they will have to start to learn taking on challenges all by them-selves.

Of course, at the beginning of the road, they will con-tinue to find support from family or friends, but slowly they will have to grow into their roles as independent individuals pursuing their own goals in their own way.

As the classic saying goes, “life is full of surprises” and you never know what it will throw at you: On that unpredictable path, there will be high hills to climb over, green pastures to wildly run on and dark tunnels to pass through; there will be ups and downs because of who knows what, an unfortunate illness, a broken relationship, a failed business venture or breach of confidence on the part of someone loved or trusted.

So, like all those before them, the new travelers, too, will at one time or other, stumble or fall on their journey, and just like with all those before them, what will distinguish the new travelers among their peers will be how they will rise up after the fall.

As the people who have already passed (or failed) at the tests that life has given us, as their parents, teachers, uncles, aunts, brothers or sisters, what are we, adults, to offer the young men and women in terms of advice at this turn of their lives?

Should we encourage them to be bold and pursue their dreams re-gardless of the challenges that those dreams might bring about?

Or is it better to recommend prudence, or even to caution against being too brave in taking their steps towards the un-known?

Is there a one-size-fits-all recipe?

The answer is, of course, a categorical NO.

Just like a baby boosting its immunity

system by getting sick and overcom-ing it, new graduates will and should be allowed to make mistakes to learn from them, but that doesn’t mean that their guarding angels, be they parents or relatives or teachers, should drop all the defenses around them, but probably keep watching them at distance, and interfere only if and when necessary, to prevent them from committing what might turn out to be fateful errors.

If one would use an allegory, it is like the young birds have reached the time of leaving the nest, have de-veloped the skills to fly on thelr own, but they still need some guidance on how to navigate their flight path.

Here family and friends have a probably one final and vital role to play to steer the young bird in the right direction just to make sure the flight path will not be covered by branches and acceleration to cruising altitude will go ahead without prob-lems.

It is a difficult balancing act: Keeping a protective cover over our young while allowing them to start to make their own decisions at the risk of acceptable failures requires a lot of prudence on the part of the adults who care for them. That is something they may not appreciate immediate-ly, but will certainly realize as they grow older into role of guardian an-gels themselves.

Time for flying away

from the nest

Mustafa EricEditor

Dear editor, My wife and I moved into Ponoka about

seven years ago. It was an easy choice; after viewing many Central Alberta communities it was plain to see Ponoka was the jewel of the Central Alberta prairie. Between shade trees lining the streets, the lazy Battle River meandering through town and the adjacent countryside, all the services one needs right in town and a central location, all our needs were met. Little did I know all the little gold mines Ponoka was hiding.

The homes and yards in this community are well kept which means lots of yard work. With all that yard work, lush green yards, beautiful flowers and healthy shrubs, it takes lots of nutrients to keep it that way. This can sometimes be tough on the pocket book. Your readers may not be aware, but compost con-tains many of the needed nutrients to develop healthy shrubs and flowers and can be sub-stituted to add those rich nutrients into our flowerbeds and gardens.

All the grass, leaves, twigs and other or-ganic waste our citizens deliver to the solid waste site are recycled by our town employ-ees into, yup: compost. Usually fresh compost is very strong and requires mixing with black

dirt or it will burn your flowers and shrubs. Our little gold mine here in Ponoka is all that compost at our solid waste site is just waiting to be picked up. There is 10-year old com-post at the solid waste site, rich in nutrients and does not need to be mixed with addi-tional soil. For five years now, I have filled our pots, flowerbeds and shrubs with 100 per cent 10-year-old compost, and everything just blossoms.

Another part of this little gold mine is no other nutrients need be added to the compost to see healthy and lush flowers and shrubs. You can save on buying all those fancy fer-tilizers; instead use our recycled product, compost; you keep things green and recycle at the same time. The last part of our little gold mine here in Ponoka: Last week, I picked up 25-gallon pails of ten-year-old compost and after weighing out on the scale, my cost was under four dollars. You can’t beat the price, get the needed nutrients for your yard, sup-port our town-composting program and be an active recycler. This is just one of many little gold mines here in our Ponoka.

Doug ThorsonPonoka resident

One of many little gold mines in Ponoka

Town TimesCome visit us: 5102 -48 Avenue; Ponoka, AB T4J 1P7

Phone: 403-783-4431 Fax: 403-783-6745 Email: [email protected] Check us out Online: www.ponoka.ca

COUNCIL UPDATES & BYLAW INFO

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance. ~ Yoko Ono.

Aquaplex 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.

Do you TWEET? Twitter is coming to the Town of Ponoka! Take the poll on our website to tell us what you would most like to see on the Town’s Twitter feed. PS, if you don’t Tweet, sign up soon to subscribe! Instructions will be posted on the website soon... stay tuned! www.ponoka.ca

Next Town Council MeetingsMay 27, 2014 @ 7 pm

Visit our website @ www.ponoka.ca for copy of the agenda.

Reminder of Speed Limits within the Town of PonokaAs per the Traffi c Bylaw, the general speed limit in Ponoka is 50 km per hour, except in: • Back lanes/alleys - 20 km per hour• Playground zones - 30 km per hour from sunrise to sunset• School zones - 30 km per hour as posted.

Waste Transfer Station HoursTuesday through Saturday – 10am to 6 pm

There is a minimum tipping fee of $8.00 per visit. There is no charge for compostable materials (grass clippings, garden waste, leaves, branches) or tires. Call 403-783-8328 for more information.

Spring Clean-Up The Annual Town of Ponoka Spring Clean Up Week is scheduled to begin May 20 and will continue until completed. Pick up is restricted to compostable materials (e.g. Landscaping waste such as leaves & grass clippings) and small amounts of tree branches that are no longer than 3 feet. Materials not picked up include: sod, rocks, construction material, wood, dirt, household waste and pet excrement. Preference is to have all materials in a pile and not bagged. Make sure your yard waste is set out adjacent to your normal household garbage pickup location. If yard collection is not completed that week, it will continue the following week. The Town will only make one trip per street/avenue.

Library ActivitiesFAMILY LEGO CLUB: Ponoka Jubilee Library invites children & adults to take part in our Family Lego Club. Come build whatever your imagination can come up with! All Lego will be provided by the library, and the masterpieces will be put on display for all to see. Regular meetings are every second week, alternating between Thursday & Friday from 3:30-5:00. Our next meetings are May 23rd, June 5th & June 20th.FLOWER ARRANGING CLASS: On Saturday June 21st, Ponoka Jubilee Library is hosting 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!Are you a carpenter? Have some extra time to donate to Ponoka Jubilee Library? If so please contact us at (403)783-3843 or [email protected] in regards to a special upcoming community project!

Fort Ostell Museum Is Open!Open Tuesday to Friday from 10 am- 5 pm. Sunday & holiday Mondays open 1-5pm;Admission: $3 Adult; $1 Child; $5 Family

Trailer Parking On StreetsAs per Town Bylaw 200-06, trailers (holiday or otherwise) may not be parked on the road unless it is attached to a motor vehicle by which it is carried, drawn or propelled. When attached to a motor vehicle, a trailer is deemed to be part of the motor vehicle. The penalty for failing to comply with the Bylaw is a $60 fi ne. In addition, no person shall park a vehicle or holiday trailer on a highway for any continuous period in excess of 72 hours or it will be deemed ‘abandoned’. Abandoned vehicles are subject to a tow and a $230 fi ne.

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Entries must be submitted byFriday, June 20, 2014Random Judging June 23 to 26

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One of Ponoka town council’s big pri-orities is to enhance recreation in town. To do that, money has been allocated in the 2014 budget for different projects. As part of that, $50,000 has been provided for the redevelopment of playgrounds.

Wes Amendt, director of community services, told council at a meeting May 13 where he intends to allocate those funds. “We have received three requests for fund-ing.”

The first was from the Rotary Club of Ponoka to build a small playground at the Rotary Park. The total cost is estimated at $30,000 and club has raised $18,000.

“We’ve actually approved that project and the equipment has been ordered,” said Amendt.

Two other applications have been put in: the Westview Park Committee is work-ing on replacing the existing playground at Westview Park on 51 Avenue Close in Riverside, and the Christian School has asked for assistance with a playground on its grounds.

The playground at the school is esti-mated at $75,000 and the school has raised $44,000. Amendt praised the school for their efforts but said schools are usually responsible for their own playgrounds and he suggested the town needs to consider its

playgrounds first. The Westview Park Committee has

an ambitious goal of replacing the dilapi-dated structures and adding an exercise park, said Amendt. The full cost is esti-mated at $195,000. In an effort to show the town’s support for the project, Amendt said $15,000 has been set aside.

Coun. Tim Falkiner took issue with the decision. “When you’re just starting out and you don’t have the equipment in place, I think you have to wait.”

Discussion ensued between council-lors with coun. Teri Underhill saying the town should be grateful to community groups that build playgrounds in town. “There’s lots of municipalities that have to pay for their playgrounds and that’s part of getting people here.”

“If the Westview Park group didn’t step forward, the town would certainly have to do it ourselves,” added Amendt.

There appeared to be some confusion over Amendt’s purpose for updating coun-cil on the town’s plans and coun. Sandra Lyon said as much. “Council approved $50,000 to go into the budget. Why can’t we let our recreation people handle where that money is to go?”

Councillors accepted the update as in-formation as there was no reason to discuss it further.

Town sets money aside for playground development


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Prediger asked if the province or federal gov-ernment steps in when there is a case for a state of emergency , but Dillon replied that the responsibility falls on municipalities where the disaster occurs.

“We will call a local state of emergency and they (provincial and/or federal government) will come down to help us and advise us,” he said.

Administration asked for three readings but Pre-diger denied permission for third reading. Decision for third reading is expected to return to council at the next meeting.

Regional emergency management partner-ship

Councillors approved the Ponoka Regional Emergency Management Partnership Agreement with Ponoka County, the Town of Rimbey and the Summer Village of Parkland Beach.

Discussions have been ongoing with Ponoka County since 2009 to regionalize emergency man-agement. This plan meets requirements for the allocation of resources, committees and training re-quired to review and update.

The partnership provides clear guidelines for municipalities in the event of a large emergency, ex-plained Dillon.

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Before choosing to support the Ponoka Air Ca-dets with funds to help build a new hall the group is looking into, Ponoka County councillors are directing county administration to collect more information on the matter.

The Air Cadets asked for $20,000 from the county and have already raised $56,000 for the project, which is estimated to cost between $800,000 and $1 million.

In the information sent to council, it is stated the Air Cadets are looking to dismantle the existing struc-ture and rebuild at the same location.

The reason councillors did not allocate the funds immediately at their May 13 meeting is because it is felt the Air Cadets have other options they could con-sider besides rebuilding.

“We have a school that’s just about shut down in Ponoka (and) they’ll have a huge gymnasium. I mean there’s lots of opportunity. I think they don’t need to be thinking about building a building,” said Coun. Mark Matejka.

He feels if the different organizations and clubs in town co-operated and shared their space, then each group wouldn’t be affected by as many financial shortages.

“And that’s always been the difficulty. Every or-ganization is doing their own thing with their own interests. They’re all for very good purpose, but in a small community, they’re all competing for the same dollar from the same people,” CAO Charlie Cutforth added.

Farmers marketCouncil also decided to donate approximately

$2,700 to the Farmers’ Market to replace the tables.Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society

Despite putting a caveat on Klaglahachie’s re-quest for $15,000, stating the money would be given only if town council provided matching funds, coun-cil is now going ahead with the donation.

However, they are giving the society the entire $30,000 that would have come from both municipal bodies. “In our actual budget we committed $15,000, assuming the town would match,” said Cutforth.

The second $15,000 is coming from an allowance of $30,000 with an unspecified intent that was built into the budget.

Council saw the request during their 2014 budget deliberations but was wary because the money will be used to upgrade the seating in the Ponoka United Church, where Klaglahachie holds their extravagant theatrical productions.

At their most recent meeting council was in-formed the society has no affiliations with the church

County hit with funding requests, Air cadets eyeing new halland only lease the space they use.

While it is felt the location is politi-cally “unfortunate”, council recognizes the church as the best location in town for the group, space and seating capacity-wise.

“It’s a good usage of a facility that is prob-ably outdated for the church usage but it’s an excellent size for the Klaglahachie club needs,” said Matejka.

“There’s quite a number of kids in-

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“I think it’s a worthwhile cause . . . It’s part of the fabric of the community,” added Coun. Doug Weir.


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After receiving tenders for the Highway 771 intersection treatment, which Ponoka County council wasn’t prepared to pay, councillors made the decision to have county staff com-plete the work.

The low bid came in at $800,000 and the high bid totaled $1.8 mil-lion. “The typical cost, for a type 2, it’s called, standard intersection treatment is $250,000 to $260,000,” said CAO Charlie Cutforth, who confirmed the numbers with Alberta Transportation.

“As soon as we got these ten-der results, we said, ‘well, look we can do this ourselves with our own crew,’” said Cutforth.

A factor in the inflated cost was the fact that dirt also needed to be transferred to the site. “Costs escalat-ed because there is some truck haul involved,” said Cutforth.

The county also extended con-struction and pavement further toward Gull Lake, another factor driving the bids, Cutforth explained.

With no timeline set by the prov-ince and public works supervisor

Herb Schwingel in agreement with the plan, council made a resolution to deny the tenders.

A land developer in the area, anxious to get his pre-sold lots reg-istered, has agreed to a $150,000 contribution for the project. “We’ll look after the rest,” said Cutforth.

However, because of the required involvement of Environment Canada for approval and the concerns regard-ing marina protection, the project may not commence this year.

Bridge work

The bridge south of Anderson Road is still a temporary bridge struc-ture. In Vancouver, B.C. engineers are working on a portable bridge to cross the tributary of the Blindman River.

A traditional bridge for the cross-ing could cost up to $1 million and using a portable structure could cut that cost in half.

Once Schwingel and the public works department know more on the state of the portable bridge, the information will be brought before council.

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Ponoka County has received a

County plans in-house highway intersection treatmentfew complaints that ratepayers’ fences received damage over the winter from graders piling the snow along them.

Council made the decision to deny requests for fencing repairs at their May 13 meeting. Cutforth says, even in less harsh winter, fence damage by snow is not uncommon to see. “The fact is I don’t know any of us that haven’t had to patch a fence

because of the snow cover.“Where were they going to put the snow, at the

end of the day,” asked Coun. Doug Weir. “We just do not want to open Pandora’s Box.

“Where do we start and stop,” Cutforth added.Reeve Paul McLauchlin added the graders

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After months of development, an open house, and revising procedure, Ponoka County council has adopted the Highway II Corridor Develop-ment Study as county policy.

The study states more than 23,000 per day travel Highway II through Ponoka County. It was felt, to keep up with development along the rest of the highway, the county should take advantage of this exposure and harness it to attract commercial and industrial activities to the area.

As a result of the open house, more land has been included in the area set for encouraged devel-opment. “One is at the Highway 53 and Highway II junction . . . It’s the Don Laing intersection basi-cally,” said planning consultant Bob Riddett.

Also, northeast of the Don Laing area, still west of Highway II, was newly included land.

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found there were no major objec-tions regarding the land around the intersections being used for develop-ment. “Public opinion seems to be pretty well on our side . . . Nobody expressed any concern about loss of agricultural land even though some of it is good land. I think it was felt that the county needs to build a tax base.”

At the same time the study takes into consideration the county’s Mu-nicipal Development Plan, which places a high value on protecting valuable farmland with a farmland assessment rating of 30 per cent of higher.

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“This policy sets out what may hap-pen, not what must happen. It gives the landowners the option of devel-oping their land for commercial and industrial use, but they may refuse that option and farm their land for as long as they wish. The county will protect that right if it conflicts with other land uses.”

Some landowners looking to get in on the action and annex usable land are being left out for now as the county takes a stance against “leap-frogging.”

“There is a fairly strong state-ment in the study here, which says we’re not going to leapfrog. You start at the intersection and you develop out . . . We move logically and se-quentially,” said Riddett.

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a glorious weekend campout with the Cubs and Scouts at Gull Lake or Camp Woods, snuggling up under the blan-kets on a dark and stormy night in a tent or lean-to. It started with all boys, but we knew that the Brownies and Girl Guides camp was just around the corner, and a treat was to get together for a wie-ner roast and a sing-song on parent’s day.

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will likely burn up in a half hour, but I guess that’s the price of progress and en-vironmental planning? One should never get bored while out ‘roughing it’ in the wilds, with adventures including hik-ing, swimming, fishing, boating, or just wandering around the sandy beach and meeting all sorts of new friends in outra-geous outfits, sandals, and hairdos. The only really modern gadget that you had at your camp-sight were those trusty old Coleman Stoves and lamps, which had to be pumped up to get going There we no hook-ups back then, water came from hand-pumps, and there were those quaint wooden toilets, which did not have show-

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A recent survey conducted by the Ponoka Early Childhood Development Coalition (PECDC) shows that Ponoka children cannot communicate as well as children in other communities.

Robyn O’Connell, PECDC co-ordina-tor, says the survey is part of a province-wide program — called the Early Child Develop-ment Mapping Project Alberta (ECMap) — that looks at three major components: Early Development Instrument (EDI), socio-economic status of the area and community assets such as playgrounds, rec-reation facilities and community services.

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age ranges and was conducted in 100 Al-berta communities:

• Under five years and two months old.• Between five years, three months and

five years, six months.• Between five years, seven months and

five years, 10 months.• Over five years, 11 months. Andrea Ramage, PECDC chairperson

and Ponoka Parent Link co-ordinator says the test helps determine social, emotional and physical milestones in children.

Children were tested in five categories:

• Physical health and well-being such as being ready for school, being on time, independent washroom habits and are well nourished.

“By the time they’re in Kindergarten they should have already established a hand

preference (right or left hand),” explained Ramage.

• Social competence where a child can play well with other children and they can follow instructions and show respect for others.

• Emotional maturity shows if children are able to focus and not too fearful or im-pulsive.

• Language and thinking relates to early academic skills such as interest in reading and writing related activities.

• Communication skills and general knowledge focuses on a child’s ability to communicate needs and wants. They can say words clearly and have the ability to take part in imaginative play.

Communication skills

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Ponoka children behind in early developmentChildren in the Ponoka area scored below the

provincial average in all categories, but where they are well below the province is in communications and general knowledge.

Of the 256 children tested, 47.7 per cent are de-veloping appropriately, compared to the province at 68.6 per cent; 26.6 per cent are experiencing difficulty compared to 14.6 per cent and 25.8 per cent are ex-periencing great difficulty compared to 16.7 per cent.

(The full results of the ECMap survey can be found on www.ecmap.ca. Search for Ponoka.)

To combat this issue, O’Connell is compiling a community resource guide that will give parents an opportunity to see what is available to them. She will include information with help for parents as well.

An opportunity for growth

While the numbers may indicate challenges for Ponoka parents, Ramage sees this as an opportunity. “Becoming aware of where the needs are is not a bad thing. It lets us know how we can help and how our community’s parents can get involved.”

“It’s not so much ‘what we don’t have,’ it’s, ‘what can we do?’” she added.

“It’s never too late to talk to your child, play with your child, play at the park with your child,” ex-plained Ramage.

Playtime does not have to be 24 hours a day, ei-ther. Ramage suggests parents take certain times of the day to read, talk or even have imaginative play with their child. “Then those kids are developing their communication skills. So when their teacher asks them to tell a story they can have these conversa-tions,” said Ramage.

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Early developmentcontinued from page 14

The coalition studied 292 children, with 256 used in the analysis, of those studied, 4.8 per cent were special needs children who were not includ-ed in the results. The results have been compiled since 2009.

There are 17,171 people living in the test-ing area, which had Kindergarten teachers at Ponoka Elementary School, St. Augustine Catho-lic School, the Christian School and Mecca Glen School conducting the survey. ECMap used the Offord Centre for Child Studies test.

O’Connell says development in the first five years of a child’s life is critical and she suggests parents are an integral part of their development. She advises guardians take advantage of the dif-ferent activities in Ponoka that involve children, which will help them later in life.

“What kind of things can we do to reach that full potential between zero to five?” asked O’Connell.

She suggests simple tasks such as reading to children and taking them to the playground will help. The Parent Link Centre also provides a mod-ule designed to determine where a child sits and staff at the centre usually walk parents through testing.

Options available to parents

Some of the activities available to parents of young children include the Ponoka Jubilee Library, which provides reading and play activi-ties for children; the Ponoka Parent Link Centre provides a variety activities for new parents and is able to guide parents through testing; and then there are playgrounds and recreation buildings in the community that offer children an opportunity to be outside and play.


Anyone planning a block party may want to take a look at the Ponoka Tri-Services Neighbourhood Block Party Trailer, which is provided to residents who want to develop some community spirit in their block.

The trailer, barbecue and accom-panying equipment is free to use for residents who want to bring their com-munity together.

The unit was purchased using the Proceeds of Crime grant and through corporate sponsors in Ponoka, ex-plained RCMP Staff Sgt. Cameron Chisholm. He hopes this will be a means of bringing community mem-bers together.

“We basically want neighbours to mesh well,” explained Chisholm.

He feels the barbecue will bring several benefits to residents such as opening the lines of communication

Neighbourhood block parties enhanced with BBQand it can be a catalyst to resolving conflicts.

The commercial grade barbecue can cook up to 654 burgers an hour and comes with a fully equipped trailer, canopy and anchors, road block signs, cooking tools, tables, fire extinguisher and coolers for ice and drinks.

Fire Chief Ted Dillon says the barbecue is an ideal ice-breaker for neighbours. He receives many com-plaints concerning residents but does not find that they speak to each other. A block party may be a perfect time to do meet someone in a friendly setting.

“It promotes community wellness,” said Dillon. Dillon requests a $100 cleaning cheque deposit

that is returned if the barbecue is brought back clean. “It’s for events where the community comes to-

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A piece of land brought before Ponoka County council for rezoning was given the go-ahead, as the land owner expressed his fervor for protect-ing the large amount of trees growing there.

The 80-acre parcel is being rezoned from agricultural to country residential hobby farm with the intent to subdivide three parcels and create a watershed protection for one of them.

“The primary purpose for the rezon-ing is to protect the trees . . . It’s a pretty important wildlife habitat,” said land-owner David Mickalson. “It’s a pretty important piece.”

He informed council that owls,

hawks, deer and coyotes depend on the trees.

For the rest of the land a healthy, 100-foot well is in use and the land has working services.

Mickalson’s neighbor to the east also attended the public hearing out of concern for the trees’ safety. He felt, with so many acreages and subdivisions popping up in the area that the trees were at risk of being taken down.

County CAO Charlie says the better way to protect the tree cover is through subdivisions because developers and landowners can put an environmental easement on the area. However, if the trees are left to agricultural land, it is the farmers’ right to clear them at any time they want.

Land rezoning protects tree cover habitat

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

In response to the increasingly popular business ventures of federally licensed medical marijuana op-erations, Ponoka County council is in the process of amending its land-use bylaw to only allow marijuana production under land zoned as direct control.

Planning consultant Bob Riddett walked council-lors through their five available options — direct control being the second — in dealing with land rezoning ap-plications related to medical marijuana production, and direct control seemed the most suitable to councillors.

“Basically what happens is, if you zone a piece of land direct control, any development permit application comes to council for decision. You make a decision us-ing whatever criteria you feel is reasonable. There’s no appeal or anything,” said Riddett.

Coun. Mark Matejka looked to make sure that neighbours would get to respond to proposed, incoming operations. “Oh yes. It’ll be advertised like any other land-use bylaw change,” answered Riddett.

“If we specify direct control, then an applicant comes in, he’s informed by us immediately that look, ‘you have to have this land zoned appropriately’ . . . that triggers, automatically, a proposed bylaw to council and a public hearing to pass said bylaw,” county CAO Charlie Cutforth added.

Changes and additions made to the land use bylaw

• Agriculture definitions remain the same with the ex-clusion of marijuana production.• Extensive agriculture definitions remain the same with the exclusion of marijuana production.• Home business definitions remain the same with the exclusion of marijuana production.• Intensive agricultural operations definitions remain the same with the exclusion of marijuana production.• Market gardening definitions remain the same with the exclusion of marijuana production.• A new section was added to the bylaw, stating: “Mari-juana may be produced, processed and packaged only on land classified as direct control, and where the op-erator has the required permit from the Government of Canada.”

Other optionsCutforth had Riddett first research Rocky View

County and Mountain View County’s systems to get an idea of what can be done. He found those counties re-strict the operations to industrial areas.

“Ponoka (County) doesn’t have that,” said Riddett. With no in-dustrial subdivisions — unlike the Rocky View and Mountain View — in the county, this course of action would have re-stricted the operations to six small areas.

“I’m not sure this is a good solution for Ponoka, not having the industrial subdivisions,” said Rid-dett.

The third solution presented was to make the operations discretionary under agricultural dis-tricts. This would make more than 90 per cent of the county potentially open to medical marijua-na operations.

However, because the land-use bylaw would la-bel it discretionary, the operation would have been able to be appealed by neighboring land-owners and set before an appeal board for the final decision.

“With discretionary use, when an application comes forward . . . Auto-matically the neighbours are notified before a deci-

sion gets made,” said Cutforth.Riddett told council their fourth option is to allow

marijuana operations to fall under intensive operations. “Once again, that would open up about 95 per cent of the county to this.”

“There is a fifth option, which I don’t recommend you even consider,” Riddett told councillors. It is to completely ban the operations from setting up shop within the county.

“There is some legal problems with that,” he added. “You could have a charter (rights) challenge if you

say you can’t do this in Ponoka County,” said Reeve Paul McLauchlin.

McLauchlin also wanted to know if there was any charter jurisdiction on the non-appealable processes that would come with direct control.

“You can appeal the process that council used. You can say ‘did the fellow get a fair hearing, was there any bias on council?’ . . . Even then the courts won’t say ‘no, you must allow this land-use bylaw change’ or ‘you must issue a development permit.’ What they’ll do is they’ll say the whole hear-ing process was flawed, go back and do it again,” Riddett explained.

“Out of the four things I’ve suggested my preference is to go to di-rect control. You would change the land-use by-law to make it very clear marijuana production is not (going) to be an ag-ricultural operation or an intensive agricultural op-eration . . . And that it can only be allowed in a direct control setting,” said Rid-dett.

The option to go with direct control only reached the first reading to allow for the next step council feels it needs to take: a public hearing, the date is yet to be set.

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The Ponoka Stampede grounds are already seeing some rodeo action with a barrel racing series honouring a man who had rodeo in his blood.

Organizer Kaylee-Jo Henkelman planned the event called the First Annual Lyle Norn Memorial Barrel Racing Series to honour her grand-father Lyle Norn, who passed away after losing his battle with chron-ic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She says Norn was a big supporter of her adventures in barrel racing and high school rodeos she at-tended.

“He followed me around to all of my rodeos,” she said.

She wanted a chance to remem-ber him in a positive way after his life took a tragic turn for the worst when he was diagnosed with COPD June 2013. To make matters worse, Norn was also diagnosed with CO2 retention, an issue where too little carbon dioxide is removed from the lungs. “His lungs actually weren’t expelling CO2,” said Henkelman.

The challenges he faced with CO2 retention were almost insur-mountable. Norn suffered a total of four seizures that left him in a coma each time. Every time Norn was un-conscious, doctors said his chances of waking were slim to none. How-ever, Norn was a fighter.

“Each time his body somehow…miraculously recovered,” stated Henkelman.

But the toll of four seizures was too great on his body and Norn died February 8, 2014. Henkelman felt this barrel racing series would be an appropriate way to remember him.

“He was always a really big fig-ure in our life,” she said.

This year, Henkelmen and co-producer Shayna Dodds got together over the last few weeks and orga-nized the series and support has been almost overwhelming.

They are hosting six events — with the first already completed May 14 — every Wednesday with the last race on June 18.

She said the barrel racing series is a 4D jackpot with peewee and youth categories and the high point in the open series will receive a sad-dle. Entries occur before each event.

A raffle fundraiser will occur each week as well; Henkelman re-ceived donations of items from $300 to $500. Money from the raffle is going to the Red Deer Hospital Re-habilitation Unit.

Henkelman said if it were not for the many sponsors, the event would not have been possible. She hopes to add team roping to the series next year and wants to have the series end the week before the Ponoka Stam-pede.

Barrel racing series honours rodeo supporter

Bobbi Henderson keeps her eye on the barrel during the Lyle Norn Memorial Barrel Racing Series May 14. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye



A total of 165-acres of land was seeded with Canada prairie spring wheat and now the waiting begins for the Ponoka branch of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

The group raised funds from farming land south of Ponoka and is managed by a group of volunteers that cultivate the field and put money to pro-grams that endeavour to stop hunger in devel-oping nations.

Larry Henderson is one of the members of the Ponoka branch and he says there were four poultry farmers who donated poultry manure to help fertil-ize the wheat. This helps reduce the cost of buying commercial fertilizer, which costs approximately $13 an acre. He is seeking cor-porate sponsorship for the fertilizer.

“It’s going in very cheaply and of course, that means more mon-ey we can raise in the future,” said Hender-son.

All he hopes for now is a good season that will bring a large yield. Last year the group planted canola and raised more than $100,000 from the crop sale. That, and a 4-1 matching federal grant under Foreign Affairs, Trade and De-velopment Canada, the Ponoka branch was able to raise more than half a million dollars last season.

Farmers gather to-gether each year for seeding and harvesting, which Henderson feels brings social benefits to the area as well. He likens their efforts to how producers used to work together many years ago.

“It’s a community thing…This sort of thing brings them back together,” said Hender-son.

He says the pro-gram brings together many volunteers who are working on 34 proj-ects in the area.

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On Wednesday, May 14, 2014- 2560 head of cattle went through our rings

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SLAUGHTER CATTLE

STOCKERS AND FEEDERS

D1 - D2 cows 105.00-116.00D3 - D4 cows 92.00-102.00Holstein cows 80.00-100.00Heiferettes 95.00-115.00Bologna Bulls 110.00-131.00Feeder bulls 110.00-135.00

Young Bred CowsOlder Bred Cows 1400.00-1800.00Good Bred Heifers: NONECow/calf pairs (younger) 1800.00-2400.00Cow/Calf pairs (older) 1600.00-1800.00

Rd Bales NONERd Bales NONERd Bales NONE

Good Feeder Steers 1000 lbs Plus: 140.00-162.00Good Feeder Steers 900 lbs Plus: 160.00-172.00Good Feeder Steers 800 lbs Plus: 173.00-194.00Good Feeder Steers 700 lbs Plus: 194.00-214.00Good Feeder Steers 600 lbs Plus: 196.00-223.00Good Feeder Steers 500 lbs Plus: 225.00-243.00Good Feeder Steers 400 lbs Plus: 230.00-247.00Good Feeder Steers 300 lbs Plus: NONE

Dairy Steers 100.00-120.00Baby Calves Dairy Type: NONEBaby Calves Beef Type: 270.00-470.00Hay: Sq Bales 6.25-12.00Straw: Sq. Bales NONEGreenfeed: Sq. Bales. 4.00-

Heifers 125.00-145.00Heifers 153.00-171.00Heifers 165.00-175.00Heifers 188.00-202.00Heifers 192.00-205.00Heifers 195.00-214.00Heifers 195.00-220.00Heifers NONE

Larry Henderson and Gerrit van der Vegte take a break from seeding 165 acres south of Ponoka. The land is part of the Ponoka branch Canadian Foodgrains project raising funds for food pro-grams around the world. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

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aboriginal and non-aboriginal people.”“Treaty and aboriginals claims remain

persistently unresolved, indigenous women and girls remain vulnerable to abuse, and overall there appears to be high levels of distrust among indigenous peoples toward government at both the federal and provin-cial levels,” states Anaya in his report.

Funding for a growing population

Mackinaw says some reserves are see-ing a large number of youths compared to adults. In some cases, 60 per cent of the reserves are First Nations youths and he feels funding needs to be a priority. “We are locked in old formulas and the population’s getting bigger.”

Anaya’s recommenda-tions are something he said he hopes the government will follow through with.

“The biggest chal-lenges will be the lack of

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Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development said in a press re-lease that Canada’s diverse and multicultural society has been a

leader in the protection of human rights. “While many challenges remain, many

positive steps have been taken by the Gov-ernment of Canada to improve the overall well-being and prosperity of aboriginal peo-ple in Canada,” said Valcourt.

Anaya’s report, however, states that “It is difficult to reconcile Canada’s well-developed legal framework and general prosperity with the human rights problems faced by indigenous peoples in Canada that have reached crisis proportions in many re-spects.”

“We will review the report carefully to determine how we can best address the rec-ommendations,” the minister said.

Anaya does praise Canada for provid-ing constitutional protection to indigenous peoples’ rights in 1982, but says there is a long road ahead.

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Monday Billiards 9:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday 50 cents per game. Honor system.Monday Bridge 1:00 p.m. - continues through summerMonday Whist 1:30 p.m. - continues through summerTuesday and Thursday Exercise class 9:30 a.m. Stimulating, invigoratingTuesday Shuffl eboard - See you in SeptemberWednesday Sewing Guild 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday Cribbage 1:00 p.m. continues through summerWednesday Duplicate Bridge 7:00 p.m.Wednesday Floor Curling - See you in SeptemberThursday Weaving 1:00 p.m. Phone Betty @ 783-3029. Welcome-drop-in to see how it’s doneThursday Bridge 1:00 p.m. - continues through the summerThursday Art Club – Noon to 4:00 p.m.Thursday Pickle Ball 7:00 p.m. Continues through the summer!Friday “500” 1:00 p.m. continues through summer

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UPCOMING PROMOTIONS

BY PONOKA NEWS STAFF

Ermineskin Cree Chief Craig Mack-inaw has said that many of the issues underlined in UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya’s recently announced re-port are the same ones First Nations communities have been raising with the federal and provincial governments for years.

James Anaya, the Special Rappor-teur on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples for the UN Human Rights Council, vis-ited Canada in October 2013 to meet with government officials and First Nations people across the country. His report, comprising his conclusions and recommendations, published Monday

May 12, reinforces the position of the indigenous people of Canada on many of the issues that have been looked at.

The government spin on UN Spe-cial Rapporteur’s report on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada is that things are going well. Yet, First Nations leaders in Maskwacis feel more needs to be done before equality between ab-original and non-aboriginal people is realized.

There are many details provided on the issues First Nations people in Can-ada face and the travails of discussions between the Federal Government and indigenous people. Anaya makes im-portant recommendations that he feels will even the “well-being gap between

Ermineskin Cree Nation eager to meet with the Federal Government

“We will review the report carefully to determine how

we can best address the recommendations.”

Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

Anaya’s recommendations are something he said he hopes the government will follow through with


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Ermineskin Cree Nationcontinued from page 20

Housing has reached crisis

levels in some areas

Living conditions for First Nations people in Canada are not ideal when compared to non-indigenous Canadians. Anaya was clear in his opinion of the current state of affairs. “The most jarring manifestation of these human rights prob-lems is the distressing socio-economic conditions of indigenous peoples in a highly developed country,” he states.

The Community Wellbeing Index in Canada shows that 96 of the bottom 100 communities are First Nations and only one First Nation community is in the top 10.

“However, it does not appear that Canada has dedicated higher resources to social services for indigenous peoples,” says Anaya.

Anaya says the housing situation for Inuit, especially in the north, has reached crisis levels. He recommended immediate action to rectify the problems plaguing people who must deal with harsh weather.

Anaya was pleased to see legislation in June 2013 for on-reserve matrimonial property, the Family Homes on Reserve and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act, which protects aboriginal women if a marriage falls apart. This was part of a rec-ommendation in 2004 from the previous Special Rapporteur.First Nations people a large part of

prison population

The numbers show alarming results;

indigenous people make up approximately four per cent of the Canadian population, yet they comprise 25 per cent of the prison population. Aboriginal women make up 33 per cent of the female inmate population.

“Aboriginal children continue to be taken into the care of child services at a rate eight times higher than non-indige-nous Canadians,” states the report.

Education a top priority

for Mackinaw

Education for First Nations’ children has been a hot topic recently and Mackinaw sees this as one of the big challenges the federal government faces with the report. He did say work has been done to resolve some of the issues but he adds that more can still be done.

Mackinaw sees two big issues facing the federal government:

• Missing aboriginal women.• Education and funding for it. Mackinaw just returned from a trip to

Ottawa discussing that very issue. On the former, Anaya says a number of

initiatives have been developed to address the severe problem of 660 cases of missing or murdered women or children.

He also praised the government for tak-ing action with programs that aim to help aboriginal children’s education but says they reach a small number of children. And funding appears to be lacking for signifi-cant change.

However, in February the government did announce $1.9 billion in additional education funding set for 2015, including $500 million for infrastructure.Indian Act binds the hands of First

Nations communities

“It’s been on the table for years…A lot of us believe the treaty is stronger than the Indian Act,” said Mackinaw.

The report, describing the Indian Act as “a statue of nineteenth century origins,” blames the legislation for “notable epi-sodes and patterns of devastating human rights violation... the imposition, at times forcibly, of governance institutions; and policies of forced assimilation through the removal of children from indigenous

communities” among other human rights violations.

Anaya was unimpressed with an out-dated Indian Act that appears to bind the hands of First Nations governments by re-quiring approval for any decisions from the minister of Aboriginal Affairs and North-ern Development. Band by-laws, funding for reserve programs and lease of land also must have government approval.

“Most glaringly, while there are some legislative alternatives to First Nations to opt out of the Indian Act regime on a case-by-case, sector-by-sector basis, these options are limited,” the report states.

Settlement agreements take so long that First Nations will see land they are negoti-ating turn into open pit mines or become covered with water because of dams.

Mackinaw feels there is some uncer-tainty over negotiations to change the Indian Act as federal elections are coming up in 2015 and many reserves are also go-ing through elections this year. This may delay those negotiations. “That’s going to change many things.”

Co-operation between the Federal Government and First Nations chiefs is something Mackinaw hopes will occur. He feels if the two groups were to get together to try and solve the troubles, then they may be able to tackle Anaya’s recommenda-tions.

“We’re just waiting on the government to look at the report and come back to us,” he said.

“The most jarring mani-festation of these human

rights problems is the dis-tressing socio-economic conditions of indigenous peoples in a highly devel-

oped country.” James Anaya,

UN Special Rapportear on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

“It’s been on the table for years…A lot of us believe the treaty is stronger than

the Indian Act.” Ermineskin Cree Chief Craig Mackinaw


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Late comeback effort from U-14 Storm cannot

save the game vs StettlerBY MUSTAFA ERIC

Ponoka’s U-14 Storm boys hosted their Stettler counterparts on Wednesday, May 14 and lost to the visitors 4-2 in an intensely contested game.

The game started with a shock for Ponoka boys when the Stettler offense scored within a minute of the kick-off with a long shot from outside the penalty area. As the local boys were reeling from the impact of the first goal, the visitors scored another one within the first ten minutes, taking a 2-0 lead.

It was after that second goal that Ponoka defense started to pull themselves together and started to get organized and assist each other in contesting Stettler attacks. The ef-fort appeared to pay off with Ponoka offense making their first appearance in front of the Stettler net towards the middle of the first half.

While the Storm players were putting in all the effort, the superior dribbling and ball control skills of the visitors deprived the hosts from the chance to keep the ball in their possession. Using their ability to organize

better on the pitch, Stettler scored two more goals as the halftime break approached.

But Ponoka boys were not in the mood to give in and they finally struck within the last two minutes of the first half when they were awarded a penalty and the players went into the break with scoreboard standing at 4-1 for the visitors.

The second half of the game was an en-tirely different story. Helped by the change of the goalkeeper, Ponoka boys kept attacking the Stettler net wave after wave, maintaining possession most of the playtime. Their at-tacks allowed the Storm to win almost half a dozen corner kicks, creating scoring oppor-tunities. In one of those positions, A Stettler player stopped the ball from going into the net by hand and was sent off by the referee, who awarded the hosts the second penalty shoot of the game. The penalty was success-fully converted and the game ended with the 4-2 score in favor visitors.

U-14 Storm currently stand second from the bottom in the league and they play their next home game on Wednesday, May 21 against Rocky Mountain House.

Dante Greene bypasses Lacombe’s back catcher and home plate as his teammates cheer him on during the Mosquitos’ first game of the season, May 13.


SportsMosquitos kick-off season

with a winBY AMELIA NAISMITH

Ponoka’s Mosquito baseball team won its first game of the season with a nail-biter of an ending; a 13-12 win over La-combe.

“It was a really tight game,” said head coach Bruce Har-bin. “Nobody really knew they were going to win until the final run.”

The boys, aged 9 to 11, came out of their dugout raring to go and looking to win.

“We had some great pitching . . . We had some great hits,” said Harbin. “They came alive.”

With the Lacombe team up to bat first, there was an imme-diate lead Ponoka’s boys would have to overcome, which they did in an ongoing battle to stay ahead in the game.

“The boys played great. We had a lot of fun,” said Harbin. Over the season Harbin is looking to further develop the

boys’ skills both out in the field and when they step up to the plate to bat. “We really want to work on our infield and our pitching.”

With batting practice at every team practice as well as pitch-ing practice Harbin says the boys will develop into powerhouse players as the season continues. “(We’ll) develop those instincts to feel the ball.”

Mosquito’s next home game is May 22 at the Riverside Complex diamonds.

Big kicker: With a powerful boot Emma looks to clear the ball as two Camrose players close ranks around her during the U14 girls’ home game, May 14. Ponoka won 4-2.



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Correction: The soccer photo on page 30 in the May 14 edition of Ponoka News erroneously states the name of the Ponoka player as Brynne Louis whereas it was Kristen Riguidel who was pictured. We apologize for the error.

Base running errors prove

costly for Bandits SUBMITTED

Ponoka’s Bandits lost 13 – 9 to Lacombe’s Matrix on Tuesday, May 13 as they squared off for the first time this season.

Olivia Willier came up big offensively with an earned double and pitched a great closing inning. Defensively, Ponoka held strong late in the game, with solid plays by Presley McAteer, who almost turned a double play.

This weekend the Bandits , Crushers and Mites will host the first ever minor fastball tournament and it should prove to be a high intensity, fast ac-tion afar.

Hope to see you at the diamonds.

PSC students celebrate completion of new gym


Probably one of the most anticipat-ed improvements to Ponoka Secondary Campus (PSC) was the update to their aging gym. Now that it’s complete, the school’s young athletes are eager to try it out.

Most sports teams could not host any of their games this year as the gym went through a major upgrade, which includes a larger footprint, new floors and brand new equipment. To celebrate the completion, volleyball coaches Ron Labrie and Joely Churchill hosted a fun game between the senior girls and boys teams and honoured this year’s gradu-ates.

Players definitely enjoyed their first opportunity to play in the gym and their enthusiasm was apparent as they played a relaxed game of volleyball.

Work still needs to be done; sound-proofing must be installed on the ceiling to reduce the echo of voices, and seating also need to be constructed.

Coaches were excited to see their teams have one last chance at volleyball on their home court.

“We really wanted you to get an op-portunity to play in your gym,” stated

Labrie. He said planners are working on a

20-team (10 boys and 10 girls teams) volleyball tournament in the fall to cel-ebrate in style.

One aspect of the gym includes brighter painted lines marking the dif-ferent courts and two volleyball or basketball games can be played at the same time. Churchill enjoyed clear vol-leyball court delineation.

“I especially like the darker wood volleyball court,” she stated.

Some parents had a chance to check out the new gym and Teresa Hoffman was one who was impressed with the overall look.

“I think they did an outstanding job,” said Hoffman.

Coaches and athletes took time to thank the graduating players and they shared stories of each graduate’s accom-plishments over the year. While they did not get a chance to play on their home court during the regular season, play-ers were at least able to see the gym’s completion.

The senior boys’ volleyball team has five graduating players and the senior girls’ team has three graduating players this year.

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“We really wanted you to get an opportunity to

play in your gym.” Coach Ron Labrie

Erika Sieweke has a great moment passing the volleyball as kids at Ponoka Secondary Campus enjoy their first chance at a completed gym last week.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

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WEBBERIt is with great sadness that the family of George Elmer Webber announces his passing on May 2nd, 2014 in Red Deer Alberta, at the age of 94 years old.

George lived an adventurous life. He was the eldest boy in a family of nine children, and with his father’s death when George was only nine years old; he became a provider for his Mother and siblings. By age eleven George boarded away from home working on a fox farm, later moving into lumber camps to help support the family. He says that an “Old Cook” at one of these lumber camps would slip him extra food, and save the best for him as he was a growing boy. He accepted the call to duty serving in the Canadian Navy in World War II,

seeing action in the North Atlantic. During a leave in Vancouver, George met his future wife Laurine Elofson. Upon his return to civilian life the young couple returned to Laurine’s hometown of Ponoka where they farmed and he had a milk route. George would work in a variety of other jobs, until they moved their young family to Hay Lakes, where they had purchased the Hay Lakes Hotel. Seeking a change of scenery from the life of operating a hotel and bar, a chance meeting with Ford Norman of Fairview, who advised them to come up North to the “beautiful Peace Country”; so they came for a visit. In 1964 they moved their family to Fairview and opened Webber’s Footwear, and later the Sears Catalogue agency in 1967 (which daughter Marilyn and granddaughter Karla still operate). They initially lived in the Town, but bought land a mile north of Fairview, eventually purchasing land and building a home in the Green Island area, allowing George to return to his love of farming.

As his four children grew George coached and was involved in all their sporting lives. He was very involved in many aspects of the community, and loved to go on “hunting” trips with his friends. He loved working with the cattle and enjoyed keeping a few horses on their farm, especially his Belgium workhorses. George and Laurine enjoyed their retirement and spent many winters in Arizona and Mexico, including him taking up the game of golf again. He would later retire to Red Deer, Alberta.

George was predeceased by his wife, Laurine Mildred (Elofson) Webber in 1990 and his second wife, Vi Lanz in 1999, son-in-laws Hans Stucklschwaiger and Keith Evans and grandson Scott Webber. George is survived by his children Donna Evans of Edmonton, Marilyn Stucklschwaiger of Fairview, Linda (Ed) Wilks and Randy (Linda) Webber of Red Deer, 14 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. George was a loved dad, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He will be missed, but his memory will never fade.

There will be no funeral as per George’s request.

Darwin William WEIDEMANN

Aug. 15, 1947 - Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario

May 9, 2014 - Ponoka, Alberta

It is with great sadness the family of Darwin Weidemann announce his unexpected passing at home on May 9, 2014. He will remain in the hearts of spouse, Debbie Hycha and her children, Jeffrey and Jennifer Moore and

grandson, Caison. He is survived by his brother Wayne (Ann) and god-daughter Maxine Topp. He was predeceased by his parents Henry and Margaret Weidemann, his fi rst wife, Irene Weidemann, and most recently his beloved dog, Sealee. He is fondly remembered by Tom and Shirley Hycha and family, special friends Maurice and Kay Yingst and his pal, Maxie-dog. He leaves behind a very large community of friends all over Canada as a result of his work with showing cattle and hoof trimming in the cattle industry. A Funeral Service was held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15th at the Ponoka Funeral Home. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations are gratefully accepted to Canada 4-H (www.4-h-canada.ca) or your local 4-H Club. To express condolences to Darwin’s family, please visit

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Fax resumes & ref’s to:403-343-1248 or email to:

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Truckers/Drivers 860

FREIGHTLANDCARRIERS,

a tri-axle air ride fl atdeck carrier is looking for Owner/

Operators to run Alberta only or 4 Western Provinces.

Average gross$18 - 25,000/month.

1-800-917-9021.Email: [email protected].

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Only $49.00 per person per night including breakfast, based on double occupancy! Affordable Mountain Getaways!

Valid thru June 30, 2014. New Bookings Only

www.thecrossingresort.com 1-800-387-8103

The Crossing ResortIcefields Parkway

The Spring Fling

Players will be coming to your door to collect

bottles & cans as a club fundraiser.

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.

Please submit your resume with references to

“Ponoka Offi ce Assistant”[email protected] or mail/drop off to

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

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Ponoka

MOVINGGARAGE SALEFri • Sat • Sun 10am – 8pm

Household, clothing, wedding dress & MORE!

4014 39 St, Riverside

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALEFriday, May 23

10am – 8pmTamarack Court

5007 – 52 Avenue

Ponoka

FRI & SAT 9:30AM – 4:00PMSOMETHING FOR

EVERYONE!Northcott Care

Centre4209 48 Avenue

Ponoka

GARAGE SALE

Fri May 23 3pm – 8pmSat May 24 9am – 8pmSun May 25 9am – 4pm

Hwy 2A south 4 miles, follow the balloons

Ponoka

5202 - 55 Ave.May 23 • 5pm-8pmMay 24 • 9am-1pm

HOUSEHOLD LIQUIDATION

Garage Sale


ClassifiedsYour place to SELLYour place to BUY

Truckers/Drivers 860

Misc.Help 880

Misc.Help 880

Misc.Help 880

Misc.Help 880

Misc.Help 880

Truckers/Drivers 860TRENCHUK LIVESTOCK HAULING requires Class 1 Drivers. Alberta wide work. Competitive wages. Call

Michael at 780-656-0053, Smoky Lake.

BusinessOpportunities 870

GET FREEVENDING MACHINES.

Can earn $100,000. + per year. All cash-retire injust 3 years. Protected

territories. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629.

Website: www.tcvend.com.

Looking for anopportunity to work from

home, and earn a full time income? Come join

us for an information night at the

Rimbey Best Western, May 21 at 7:00. Contact Emily (403) 963-1482 or

Stephanie (403) 505-1802 for more information or to reserve

your spot.

Misc.Help 880

CASH CASINOwill be holding a

TRAINING SESSION FOR

Casino GamesDealer

starting June 1 - 24,Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. Cost is $50. Upon completing and

passing training full and part time positions

available immediately. Must be able to obtain a security clearance from

local RCMP. Knowledge of Cribbage

and Poker an asset. Please contact Amanda

403 346-3339

INTERESTED IN the Community Newspaper

business? Alberta’s weekly newspapers are looking for people like you. Post

your resume online. FREE. Visit:

awna.com/for-job-seekers.

LOOKING for fl exible local job in your city/town? $17

guaranteed base pay, cust. sales/service, experience

not necessary, training provided, conditions exist. Visit www.work4students.ca or call 403-755-6711 to APPLY

PUT YOUR EXPERIENCE to work - The job service for people aged 45 and over across Canada.Free for candidates.

Register now at: www.thirdquarter.ca

or call toll free 1-855-286-0306.

REQUIREDProduction Welder

Painter Shop Laborer

PolisherFull or Part TimeCrestomere area

BANDIT INDUSTRIES403-783-4284

EmploymentTraining 900EMPLOYERS CAN’T FIND the work-at-home Medical Transcriptionists they need

in Canada! Get the training you need to fi ll these positions. Visit

CareerStep.ca/MT to start training for your

work-at-home career today!

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT Operator School. No Simulators.

In-the-seat training. Real world tasks. Weekly start

dates. Job board! Funding options. Sign up online!

iheschool.com. 1-866-399-3853.

MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED!

Learn to process & submit billing claims for hospitals

and doctors!No experience needed!Local training gets you

ready to work! 1-888-627-0297.

HandymanServices 1200

INDOOR OR OUTDOORPLUMBING & ELECTRICAL

CALL BRIAN 403-913-4217 (cell)Or 403-783-7417

HANDYMAN/FIX IT

LegalServices 1260

CRIMINAL RECORD? Pardon Services Canada.

Established 1989. Confi dential, fast &

affordable. A+BBB rating. RCMP accredited.

Employment & travel freedom. Free consultation

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366);

RemoveYourRecord.com.

Full-Time Pay for Part-Time Work!

Regular Routes and Spare Driver Positions Available

Qualifi cation Desired: Class 2 Operators License with a satisfactory Drivers Abstract and Criminal Record Check including Vulnerable Sector Check.

We offer: • Well maintained buses with automatic transmissions • Bus compounds in Ponoka and Wetaskiwin

Call Hobbema Transport at 403-783-5259

or 780-585-2424

Required ImmediatelySchool Bus Drivers

requires a

Job duties to include but not limited to: Decorating in store

made cakes, slicing and bagging fresh baked product, serving

customers and general sanitation

Apply with resume to:Customer Service

4502 - 50 Street

Hamilton’s

F/T CAKE DECORATOR

Hamilton’sirequires a

F/T Deli Clerk32 hours/week Full benefi ts

Job duties to include but not limited to running meat slicer plus all aspects

of a full service deli.

Apply with resume to:Customer Service

4502 50 Street

CALNASH TRUCKING LTD IN PONOKArequires an immediate

SHOP/PARTS PERSONSHOP/PARTS PERSONTh e responsibilities will include ordering and organizing

parts, data entry, record keeping and general shop duties. Reporting directly to the operations manager,

the individual will have excellent communication skills, organized and general computer knowledge. Some

training will be provided, but must have some general trucking and parts background.

Excellent wages and company benefi ts

Please submit applications to:Calnash TruckingCalnash Trucking

6526 44 Avenue, Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1J86526 44 Avenue, Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1J8Fax: 403-783-3011Fax: 403-783-3011

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

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.No Phone calls please.

TIRE REPAIR PERSONRequired for maintenance and repair of truck

and trailer fl eet. Experience is an asset, but will train right candidate.

Excellent wages and company benefi ts.

Please submit applications to:Calnash Trucking

6526 44 Avenue, Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8Fax: 403-783-3011

Email: [email protected](Re: Tire Person)

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No Phone calls please.

TOYOTACity

W e t a s k i w i n

The wonderful staff of Toyota CityWetaskiwin is looking for YOU!

• ProductAdvisor

Great family atmosphere,excellent benefits package.

We offer both commissionand non commission based

pay plans.

Please submit your resume to:4120 - 56 St., Wetaskiwin, AB

T9A 1V3Fax: 780-352-5750

[email protected]

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ADVERTISING DIRECTOR The Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association is ready to add to our winning team and are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join us. The right individual will innovate and grow Provincial and National Agency business, work to grow and develop opportunities and manage our advertising account list as Advertising Director for Alberta’s community newspapers. Manage client relationships and work with our Advertising CommitteePosition Type: Team leader Schedule: Full-time Job Location: Edmonton, For a complete list of responsibilities and qualifications please visit:http://albertacareers.net/marketplace/ad/73907/advertising-director

Please apply, with salary expectations, by fax 780-430-5380 or email at [email protected]. No phone calls please.

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

A & JA & J AUTOMOTIVEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR6701 - 46 Ave.

Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8(403) 783-8755

Al DickhautOwner/Operator

Rimbey Implements Ltd.

Al York General ManagerAl York General Manager

Rimbey, AB

Cell: (403) 783-0593

Bus: (403) 843-3700

Fax: (403) 843-3430

AG EQUIPMENT

A & J AUTOMOTIVE

Al DickhautOwner/Operator

A & J AUTOMOTIVE

6701 - 46 Ave.Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8

(403) 783-8755

ANIMAL SERVICES

This space could be yours for

$30PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

HOOF TRIMMING

• Equipped for various small hoofed animals

• Portable electronic tilt table• Reliable & efficient• Practicing Animal Biosecurity/

Herd Health

W3 GOAT DYNASTYHOOF TRIMMING

SHANE & DARIA WILLIAMS

403-704-0058


Business Services#1000 - #1430

ponokanews.com

Business getting nowhere?

ADVERTISE!

403.783.3311403.783.3311

EmploymentTraining 900 Cleaning 1070

Contractors 1100

Misc.Services 1290

Misc.Services 1290

LegalServices 1260

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

U.S. travel waiver.(24 hour record check). Divorce? Simple. Fast.

Inexpensive. Debt recovery? Alberta collection

to $25,000.Calgary 403-228-1300

or 1-800-347-2540;www.accesslegalresearch.com

Misc.Services 1290

NEW INTOWN?LET US PUT

OUT THE MAT

FOR YOU!Be sure to call

Heather Goodwin403-704-3647

[email protected]

DISCONNECTED PHONE? Phone Factory Home Phone Service. No one refused! Low monthly rate! Calling features and unlimited long distance available. Call Phone

Factory today! 1-877-336-2274;

www.phonefactory.ca.

PersonalServices 1315

Unplanned pregnancy may be

diffi cult to face.We care. For

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

NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifi eds.

Reach over 1 million readers weekly. Only

$269. + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call this

newspaper NOW for details or call

1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.

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MÉTISENVIRONMENTALCAREER PROGRAMAre you a Métis youth between the ages of 15 and 17? Are you interested in careers in the environmental field, such as fish and wildlife officer, forest technician, or park warden? Space is limited, so apply today! Application Deadline: June 16, 2014.Call: 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca

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MEDICAL DEVICE REPROCCESINGTECHNICIANRupertsland Institute Métis Training to Employment is looking for Métis people between the ages of 18–30 who are interested in a career in the Medical Technical field.Space is limited, so apply today! Application Deadline: June 16, 2014.Call: 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca


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MÉTIS YOUTHENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPRupertsland Institute Métis Training to Employment Services and Junior Achievement are looking for Métis youth ages 15 – 17 to participate in the Youth Entrepreneur Leadership Workshop. Space is limited, so apply today! Application Deadline: June 6, 2014Call: 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca


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MÉTIS CANADIANYOUTH LEADERSHIPPROGRAMRupertsland Institute in partnership with Katimavik are seeking 4 male & 4 female Métis youth interested in volunteering, leadership and learning to learn, travel,enhance your leadership skills and earn a wage!Application Deadline: June 1, 2014.Call: 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca

Commercial & Residential Cleaning

[email protected]

TIDI TONI’STIDI TONI’S

Kwik Kerb Continuous decorative

concrete borders

Check out our new continuous natural rock fi nish

Call for a free estimate403-783-6115 or 403-352-5372 (cell)

Many colours, stamps and patterns.Landscape curb and edging for gardens,

flower and rock beds

[email protected] • www.kwikkerbparkland.com

Attention: Farmers

Berni'sRefrigeration and Appliance Service

783-4880

We can deal with your refrigeration problems quickly, efficiently and reasonably

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Call for more details 1-800-282-6903 ext 235

Sur-B Enterprises Ltd.

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

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

BOBCAT SERVICES

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)

403-783-6875

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

403-783-51851-800-662-7135

Fax: 403-783-4635

Motorcycles & ATV’s

Reaching 6000 households weekly

for just$30PER WEEK

This space could be yours!

403-783-3311

OVERHEAD DOORS


$30PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

www.doorsondemand.ca


Cleaning 1070

Misc.Services 1290 Misc.

Services 1290

Misc.Services 1290

Contractors 1100

Th e right place to fi nd the right

person for the job.

403.783.3311403.783.3311

PersonalServices 1315

DATING SERVICE.Long-term/short-term

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

Live intimate conversation, Call #7878 or

1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call

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

TOP REAL PSYCHICS Live. Accurate readings

24/7. Call now 1-877-342-3036;

Mobile dial: # 4486;www.truepsychics.ca

Pet Services 1318CLINKERSKENNELS

403-783-6272

* Quality Boarding for your dogs & cats

*Proof of vaccinations and advance bookings required

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

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

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

www.clinkerskennels.ca

Welding 1410

WellDrilling 1400

Rental -Misc 1350

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

available for rent. Also RV storage. Secure compound.

Call Keith at First Call Towing

783-3636

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 1530ANTIQUE &

COLLECTIBLE AUCTIONFor Shelia Gaudreau

Sunday May 25, 10 a.m.Bowden Lions Hall

Bowden A.B.Very unique Hoosier, Table/chairs, China cabinet, Side board,

Fireking, Anchor Hocking, Pyrex, Forest green, Ruby red glassware, Ornaments, Stain glass windows, Race Track Memorabilia, Toys,

Stamp collection… Just too much to mention

Check the web for full listing and pictures

Pilgrim Auction Service 403-556-5531

www.auctionsales.ca

Auctions 1530BIG STRAPPER

AUCTIONSSALES EVERY WED. @ 6 pm.

Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on 2A

NEXT ANTIQUE SALESun., May 4, 1 pm

WE BUY FOR CASH.

403-304-4791 Check website for full listing

www.bigstrapperauctions.net

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.

BuildingSupplies 1550

LOOKING FOR a shop? Post Frame Buildings. AFAB Industries has

experience, expertise, reliability and great

construction practices. For a free quote, contact Ryan Smith 403-818-0797

or email: [email protected].

METAL ROOFING& SIDING.

Very competitive prices! Largest colour selection in

Western Canada.Available at over 25 Alberta

Distribution 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.

Firewood 1660LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging

403-318-4346

GardenSupplies 1680

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

HouseholdAppliances 171018’ FRIDGE, Inglis, $225; Stove, Inglis self clean;

$200; Dishwasher, Roper $75. All white & 3.5 yrs. old.

403-783-8060

Jewellery 1750$500.00 REWARD for lost

engagement ring. Lastseen May 8th in Rocky

Mountain House. Large 3carat emerald cut blackdiamond with 1 carat

diamonds on the sides. 844-2496,895-5222

[email protected]

Misc. forSale 1760

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.

Swap &Trade 1880

PERENNIALS TO TRADE OR

GIVE AWAYMorning glory, lilac,

hollyhocks, etc

403-783-2060

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

Livestock 2100BAR-DALE LIMOUSIN,

ERSKINE, AB. 40, two year old virgin bulls

for sale at the farm. Fully guaranteed.

Call Carole Barclay at 403-742-4825,

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

[email protected]

BLACK ANGUS YEARLING BULLSSIRES, TOMBOY,

SITZ UPWARDQuiet disposition, quality genetics & semen tested. Vaccinated. George Lane

403-885-5732 orRoss Lane 403-860-2973

PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year

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

FarmEquipment 2010

Livestock 2100FOR SALE. Simmeron

Simmentals, fullblood full Fleckvieh yearling bulls,

polled and horned,A.I. bloodlines, very quiet,

muscled. Website:simmeronranch.ca.

Martin 780-913-7963.

Grain, FeedHay 2190

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

PASKAL CATTLE COMPANY in Picture

Butte area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $ in your pocket. Sell direct

to us. Please call Main Offi ce for details.

403-372-5641

SeedGrain 2200

BARLEYAC Metcalfe, Busby,

Seebee, Sundre.OATS

AC Juniper, AC Morgan, AC Mustang, Derby.

CDC Go Wheat, Winter & spring Triticale,

Silage Peas CDC Meadow fi eld peas,

NON GMO Canola,Polish & Argentine

403-556-2609MastinSeeds.com

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

FORAGE SEEDFOR SALE.

Organic and conventional. Sweet Clover, Alfalfa,Red Clover, Smooth

Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass,

Timothy, etc. Free delivery! Birch Rose Acres Ltd.

306-863-2900.

• B-PRESSURE • PIPELINE • OILFIELD • ASME Section VIII Division I VESSEL

FABRICATION & PIPING• SHOP/PORTABLE

• CNC PLASMA CUTTING• ALUMINUM • SHEARING & FORMING

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

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

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DENTISTRY

Family Friendly Dentistry

Box 11004905 50 St.Rimbey, ABT0C 2J0

RIMBEYDENTALCAREDR. STEVE CALDER BSC DDS

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

HEATING

“Committed to your comfort”

Advertise your business

in the Business

Directory!

EYE CARE

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

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

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

NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

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

BIRCHLAND DENTAL CLINIC

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

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

“WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME NEW PATIENTS”

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

PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

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

DENTAL CARE

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

Robin Esau

[email protected]


$30PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

CALL MEEREVO FARMS Hank: 403-783-1270

Darren: 403-704-0843

WE ALSO DO SEEDING, SILAGING, BALING, HAY HAULING

RENT ME!• HIGH SPEED DISC AVAILABLE

• RENTAL OR CUSTOM


Welding 1410

WellDrilling 1400 Well

Drilling 1400

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Suites 3060

GarageSpace 3150

Acreages 4050

SeedGrain 2200SEED 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

WHEAT HRS: CDC GO, Park. Wheat winter: Nor-

star. Barley: Sundre. Canola: Early One. Oat: AC Mustang. Other kinds

and varieties avail. Grasses and forages.

Lyster Farms LTD Stettler, AB. 403-742-4456

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 3010AVAILABLE JUNE 15 Smaller farmhouse w/4 appl.

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

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The wind was howling like a banshee and slanted sheets of rain hit our tent, loosening it from its pegs, causing it to tilt crazily.

To make it worse, myself and my two little grandsons had camped on the edge of a moun-tain. We did this because we were risk takers and not really afraid of very much at all.

I painted these word pictures of excitement and adventure for the two little boys, crouched in the tent with me, making the story bigger and better as I let my imagination run wild.

The boys were captivated by my words, their eyes blue mirrors of anticipation.

“What happens now, grandma?” they asked, shifting their little blue jean clad legs to a more comfortable position.

“Let me think,” I answered. I needed to make this as frightening as possible to keep their at-tention until it was time to get their pajamas on.

In reality, we were sitting inside a plastic Spi-derman tent in the basement of their safe, lovely home. Their mom was upstairs.

In their basement, almost every square inch of the soft, beige rug that stretched out across the

floor was covered with toys.There were fire trucks and

dump trucks. There was a min-iature kitchen complete with cooking utensils. A train, set up in the middle of the floor was ready to chug its way through mountains and valleys and very hard rock.

But, interestingly, the boys didn’t want to play with real toys.

They wanted to be stuck in a tent on a mountain with grandma, while the rain beat against its walls in relentless sheets.

They wanted to imagine! They wanted to shiver and be afraid.

They wanted to be superheros and camp on mountain tops and rescue people.

During the course of the eve-ning, I began to think imagination has to be the best gift of all we can give these little tykes entrusted in our care.

But, parents and grandparents and all of us,

adult type people who love these little people so much, often forget about the gift of imagination.

We just go out and buy them stuff!

I’m definitely guilty of buying love. It seems my grandma heart just doesn’t have a budget and/or common sense.

It’s fun, it’s crazy and I love it. Buying them stuff. Stuff they defi-nitely don’t need, and didn’t even know they wanted.

As a kid, which I vaguely re-member being, I don’t remember much about toys. But, I do re-member my front yard could just as easily be a ballpark or a football field, depending on the game my brother and I were playing.

My brother, of course, who was older and wiser, was a master at imagination and he taught me everything he knew.

Now looking back as an adult, I realize how

very clever he was. To dream when you have nothing, to have a vision that you are in the big leagues, when really all you have is a broken hockey stick and a tin can, is very wise.

Sometimes when I think of those days I feel such a poignant longing to go back for just one moment in time to that field of dreams where my brother and I played hand in hand with childhood and innocence, it takes my breath away.

But, nobody gets to go back, so you have to go forward.

And, luckily it seems imagination holds true today just as much as it did, yesterday.

And, if you are very, very lucky you will be blessed with grandchildren who are willing to travel with you to places where imagination rules.

And toys are banned.One day soon, I will take them to my field

of dreams and put them on the roster for the big leagues.

I’m sure it’s still there!

Imagination, the best gift we can ever give

Treena MielkeOn The

Other Side

BY GWYNNE DYER

If you were running China, and you wanted to distract your own population from economic woes at home by pushing one of your many territorial disputes with your neighbours into open conflict, which one would you choose?

Not Japan, even though most Chinese people really dislike and distrust Japan: it’s allied to the United States, and China is not yet ready for a military confrontation with the US Navy. Not the Philippines, either, for the same reason. But Viet-nam, a Communist state, is all alone with no allies. It’s perfect for the role, and it will play its part well.

Early this month, China moved its Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil-drilling rig into a part of the South China Sea where Vietnam also claims the seabed rights. Vietnam sent ships to protest the move, Chi-na sent more ships to protect the rig – Hanoi accuses accused China of massing 80 vessels in the area, in-cluding warships – and the fun and games began: rammings, battles with water cannon, and a great deal of self-righteous indignation on both sides.

The Vietnamese regime has never been afraid to defy China: it even fought a border war with its gi-ant neighbour to the north in 1979. This year, for the first time, Hanoi publicly commemorated a 1974 clash in which Chinese forces seized the Paracel Islands and killed forty sailors of the old South Viet-namese navy. By last week, there were anti-Chinese demonstrations in Hanoi and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).

Those were undoubtedly authorised by the Vietnamese regime, which keeps a tight hold on its population. What happened in Binh Duong prov-ince in southern Vietnam on Tuesday was probably not. Official reports speak of three factories hous-ing Chinese-owned businesses being set on fire on an industrial estate, but local reports talk of 19,000 workers rampaging through the estate and burning fifteen factories.

Hanoi doesn’t want this sort of thing to happen, of course – it scares off much-needed foreign invest-ment – but when you press on the nationalist button, you can never be sure what will come out. Beijing should also be wary of this, if indeed it is really us-ing its border disputes to stoke nationalist fervour in China. Nationalism is not a precision tool.

We can’t be sure that this is Beijing’s main mo-tive, of course. Maybe it’s just a premature outburst of great-power arrogance that is driving China to push so hard on all its territorial disputes this year. But it’s certainly doing it.

Since January China has declared an “Air De-fence Identification Zone” over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands which are also claimed by Japan. It has out-raged the Philippines by starting to build an airstrip and/or naval base on Johnson Reef (ownership also in dispute) in the Spratly Islands. It has even pro-voked Indonesia into openly challenging Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea for the first time.

It is talking about establishing a similar Air Defence Identification Zone over almost all of the South China Sea, a maritime thoroughfare for more than half of the world’s merchant trade. Since the beginning of this year it has been requiring that for-eign fishing vessels ask permission to enter the area it claims as its exclusive economic zone – again, al-most all of the South China Sea – although it has not yet tried to enforce this rule very vigorously.

The area China claims, on the basis of its al-leged sovereignty over the many uninhabited islands, islets, shoals and reefs scattered across the South China Sea, extends more than 750 km from its south coast. According to the “nine-dash line” drawn on Chinese maps which is the only graphic (but very imprecise) guide to Beijing’s claim, its control extends to around 50-75 km of the coasts of all the other littoral states.

This huge U-shaped claim, taking in more than 90 percent of the whole South China Sea, is as unsustainable in fact as it is hard to defend in international law. Nor does China seek to prove it by legal means. Last month, when the Philippines submitted a 4,000-page “memorial” to the judicial body that arbitrates maritime disputes under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, China refused to file a counter-claim or respond in any way.

China’s position would appear to be that you don’t need to prove your claim in the courts if you can enforce it on the ground (or rather, on the water). And indeed, the sheer number and range of unilater-al Chinese initiatives in recent months suggest that the policy of the new ruling team in Beijing (which will be in power for the next ten years) is driven by full-spectrum bloody-mindedness.

However, the desirability of a foreign confron-tation to distract the Chinese population from the recession that will probably soon hit the country’s economy cannot be far from the minds of the re-gime either. In either case, if there is shooting, it will probably start off the Vietnamese coast, simply be-cause Vietnam has no defence treaty with the United States.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Trouble in the South China Sea

Following the U.S.D.A.’s May installment of the W.A.S.D.E. on Friday, May 9th, grain markets are feeling some downside pressure from what was widely considered a bearish report on bigger expectations for production and carryout in the long term. U.S. corn production in 2014/15 will help replenish domestic stocks but also rein-force global supplies as other countries see lower output. While the 2013/14 carryout for corn and soybeans came in below pre-report expecta-tions at 1.146 billion and 130 million bushels respectively, 14/15 ending stocks for the two major crops are seen growing sig-nificantly to 1.726 billion and 330 million bushels. This is due to a 13.9 billion bushel corn crop (165.3 bushel/acre average, up 6.5 bushels from 2013) and a 3.64 billion bushel soybean crop (45.2 bushel/acre average, up 1.9 bushel from 2013). Accordingly global ending stocks are seen growing to 181.7 million tonnes for corn (up 7.9 per cent from the 168.4 million tonnes carryout in 13/14) and 82.2 million tonnes of soybeans (up 22.7 per cent from the 67 million tonnes car-ryout in 13/14).

As always, there are some questions about the validity of the U.S.D.A.’s es-timates though, especially for the 14/15 marketing year as this was the first report showing new crop forecasts. Specifically, there are questions surrounding soybean and corn exports, whether or not the corn feed usage numbers are too low, if the aver-age corn yield is too high, and that planted acres are far from certain. As for wheat, the U.S.D.A.’s estimate for winter wheat pro-duction came in at 1.403 billion bushels and ending stocks will drop from 583 million bushels in 13/14 to 540 million bushels in 14/15. With less U.S. production, the E.U. is slated to become the world’s number one wheat exporter in 14/15, shipping out 27.5 million tonnes (supposed to do 30 million tonnes in 13/14) compared to America’s 25.86 million tonnes forecasted (32.25 mil-lion tonnes estimated in 13/14). The change at the top of leader board is the first since the 1960s and is due to the smaller winter wheat crop coming off in the U.S. while conditions

in Europe are very positive. Rounding out the top five wheat exporters for 14/15 are Canada (21 million tonnes, down from 22 million this year), Russia (19 million tonnes, up from 18.2 million in 13/14), and Australia 18.5 million tonnes, below the 19 million in 13/14). On the im-port side, Brazil & China are expected to need less wheat in 14/15 at 6.5 million and three million tonnes respec-tively (down from 7.4 million and seven million tonnes this year). Comparatively, wheat needs in the Middle East are seen growing in 14/15 as Turkey will import 5.5 mil-

lion tonnes, Syria will look for two million tonnes, and Egypt will again be the world’s top player on the field, importing 10.8 mil-lion tonnes.

Switching gears, Alliance Grain Traders is suggesting that due to the lack of clarity on pulse crop conditions in India, there are a “high degree of variability” in the pro-duction estimates. Combine this with the dry conditions in the Middle East (AKA Turkey), the Canadian-based pulse trader expects strong international buying demand through into the second quarter of 2015. Nonetheless, there’s going to be plenty of lentils and peas going into the ground this year to help fill that demand. Hedging some of this production through incremental sales is worth considering (i.e. 10 per cent at a time – a couple of goals over the course of the game will win you the game).

To growth,Brennan Turner

President, FarmLead.comBrennan Turner is originally from Foam

Lake, SK, where his family started farm-ing the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale Univer-sity and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile grain marketplace (app available for iOS & An-droid). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email ([email protected]) or phone (1-855-332-7653).

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