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BY KALISHA MENDONSALacombe Express
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an inch thick at the
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With production operating
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BY SARAH MAETCHELacombe Express
As you drive down the quaint and
quiet streets of the Village of Alix,
there are many things to look at
including a rather unique and illustrious
building along Main Street that resembles
an adobe hut.
The building, with an enchanting mural
on the side, is the home of the Alix Wagon
Wheel Museum.
Over 40 years ago a group of individu-
als began collecting artifacts from the re-
gion and purchased the building that was
the former pool hall. And so the museum
was conceived as a testament to Alix’s rich
heritage.
For summer interns Adam Parlby and
Zach Brooks-Poloway, the museum is an
outlet to connect with the community and
learn about Alix’s history. Both have been
serving at the museum over the past few
summers and have found a lot of enjoy-
ment out of showcasing the hands-on his-
tory with visitors.
“I just really love history,” said Parlby
during a recent tour.
Brooks-Poloway said he enjoys helping
the people that walk through the doors
who are searching for family history.
“It’s really cool to be able to help them
do that,” he said.
The museum is not a tribute to wagon
wheels, like some visitors may assume,
but named for the shape formed when
one places Alix in the hub of a wheel and
spokes divide the historic region into nu-
merous school districts.
The heritage mural welcoming visitors
into the museum from the street acts as
a preview of what visitors will see inside.
Created by Ray Bindr, in a fresco-like tech-
nique, the mural showcases the history of
the off the beaten trail.
As you enter the museum lobby, visitors
are likely to notice two things - a giant sol-
id nickel turn of the century cash register
and numerous paintings placed on a sky-
high shelf that runs around the perimeter
of the room.
The paintings, many of scenery and na-
ture scenes done in oil or acrylic, have all
completed by local artists over the past
century.
“All of the art is done by local artists
who lived in Alix at some point,” noted
Brooks-Poloway.
Parlby agreed and pointed out a group of
paintings by Eddie Wong, who was once the
local grocer in Alix. Wong’s paintings are
now becoming collectable within art circles.
“He painted so many and he did it for
a hobby so when people came in and ad-
mired them, he just gave them away,” said
Parlby.
Another Alix artist whose paintings are
featured on the shelf was the wife of the
meat shop opener. Brooks-Poloway said
that the wife didn’t like the look of the
shop, so she painted large canvases and
put them up around the shop so it didn’t
look so dark and drab. By chance, these
paintings have made their way into the
building and are now on display.
Such is the case for the majority of the
items in the museum — all of which had
a previous home somewhere in the Vil-
lage and have now made their way into the
museum by the way of donations from the
community.
The number of visitors entering the
museum on any given day is sometimes
astounding, even to the ready guides.
Brooks-Poloway said just the day before,
the museum received two visitors from
China, one from Southern California and
another from Britain.
“When people from around here come
in, they like to see everything that they
remember,” said Brooks-Poloway. The mu-
seum boasts many items from the pioneer
days of Alix and surrounding area.
Exhibits feature Tools of the Trades,
Wildlife of Central Alberta, Early Church-
es, Sports of the Settlers, the Central Alber-
ta Dairy Pool, and the Women of Aspelund.
The museum also has several young vis-
itors throughout the season. From school
groups to summer campers, children visit
the cultural hub and experience hands-
on history through making rope with the
cast-iron rope twisting machine or churn-
ing butter.
Visitors from other countries are equal-
ly intrigued by general Alix history.
“Most of them want to see what it was
like to live in a small town back then,” said
Brooks-Poloway.
One of the museum’s most signifi cant
displays pays tribute to one of Alix’s key
fi gures, Dr. Irene Parlby.
As a noted Alix resident, Irene was elect-
ed into the Alberta Legislature in 1921 and
was the fi rst female cabinet minister in Al-
berta. She was also one of the Famous Five,
who through a court battle, established
that women were “qualifi ed persons,” and
entitled to sit in the Canadian Senate.
Adam is a direct descendent of Irene
and said she lived in Alix the entire time
she was involved in politics. “She actu-
ally didn’t really like politics,” he noted
of his great-grandmother. “She sort of got
pushed into it.”
“It’s not only locally important but it’s
culturally signifi cant,” said Brooks-Polo-
way of the Dr. Irene Parlby exhibit. “She
was also the fi rst woman in Canada to be
given an honorary law degree.”
Further on in the Early Churches exhib-
it sits a still-operable organ. Brooks-Polo-
way and Adam said the organ was found
in a grain bin just outside of Alix. A local
farmer was cleaning out his bin and lo and
behold, there was an antique organ. It was
later generously donated to the collection.
The stories are endlessly unique and
just as odd as some of the artifacts found in
the museum like the giant chunk of butter-
fl avoured aluminum — the result of a fi re
at the Central Alberta Dairy Pool of Alix.
The Alix Wagon Wheel Museum is open
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through until
the end of August. In September, the mu-
seum is open Tuesday and Saturday from
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information, contact 403-788-
2218.
HANDS ON HISTORY – From left, Alix Wagon Wheel Museum Summer Students Adam Parlby and Zach Brooks-Poloway are historical ambas-sadors to the museum and Alix heritage. Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express
A look at history off the beaten pathStaff at the Alix Wagon Wheel Museum work to open up the past
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Local residents looking for a
unique experience will have the
opportunity to visit farms and
ranches throughout Lacombe
County during Alberta Open
Farm Days later this month.
Farms and ranches across the
province will open their doors
to those who want a behind the
scenes look at where their food
comes from and to see a variety
of farm activities.
In Lacombe County seven
farms, ranches or agriculture
tourism locations will be open to
visitors on Aug. 23rd.
“Farms and ranches are a criti-
cal part of our province and our
culture and they supply many
necessities of life,” said Minister
of Culture and Tourism David
Eggen.
“With Open Farm Days, these
farms and ranches are able to
showcase themselves as a new
type of tourist destination. This
is a fantastic way for Albertans to
experience a side of Alberta they
may not have seen up close.”
Executive Director of Lacombe
Regional Tourism Marie Peron
said the number of participating
farms in the area has grown from
last year. “We are really excited
for this year,” she said. “We have
a new variety in addition to the
staples from last year.”
The area covered during Open
Farm Days spans from Bentley
and Gull Lake to east of Lacombe.
“We have a larger foot print for
sure,” said Peron.
“You can visit a variety of
farms all free of charge. It’s a
different way for many to have a
farm experience and have a fi rst-
hand opportunity to go out in na-
ture and see what agriculture is
all about.”
This year the locations fea-
tured on the tour include gardens
and greenhouses, machinery and
tractor displays along with the
returning Lacombe Blacksmith
Shop Museum and Ellis Bird
Farm.
“They are also hosting a culi-
nary event to raise awareness of
local food in conjunction with the
teahouse,” said Peron.
Flying Cross Ranch, located
just fi ve minutes outside La-
combe, is also returning as a par-
ticipant this year.
“They are really stepping it
up a notch with a country-style
market with local artisans,” said
Peron.
The Old Tyme Country Fair
also features roping demonstra-
tions and a petting zoo.
“This is a great time of year
for a rural adventure at our prov-
ince’s farms, ranches and winer-
ies,” said Minister of Agriculture
and Forestry Oneil Carlier.
“It is great to see those from
our province’s urban centres
venturing out to the countryside
and learning more about the
many different aspects of agri-
cultural life.”
Participating locations in the
Lacombe area include Bles Wold
Dairy, Ellis Bird Farm, Flying
Cross Ranch, Garry Peterson, the
Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Mu-
seum, Hidden Valley Garden and
Little Cherries on the Prairie.
Admission to the farms is free
but some locations may charge
for additional activities.
Last year, 61 host farms par-
ticipated in Alberta Open Farm
Days.
For more information about
Open Farm Days, visit www.al-
bertafarmdays.com.
SUMMER FUN - Paul Lacroix takes on Sandi Stewart at the City of Lacombe’s ping-pong table outside the Blacksmith Shop and Museum.
Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express
Open Farm Days showcases agriculture in Lacombe County
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BY SARAH MAETCHELacombe Express
Newly elected Lacombe-Ponoka MLA
Ron Orr is settling into his new position
and is looking forward to meeting with
constituents.
“I’ve been able to hit the ground running
and get a lot done in terms of connecting
with people,” he said. “There are a lot of
issues that come through the door.”
Orr adds that he is easing into the role
and is feeling more comfortable each day.
“It’s been a learning curve and there are
a lot of things to pick up,” he said. “Admit-
tedly, in some ways it’s like drinking from
the fi re hose. It’s 24/7 and it’s tough to keep
up with the stream of demand sometimes.”
Orr said that he fi nds a closely-related
connection between serving the public as
an MLA and serving in the ministerial sec-
tor.
“A lot of what I’m doing now are the
same kinds of things I was doing then,”
he said. “It’s about connecting with people
and helping them with things that are im-
portant to them. It’s defi nitely about the
need to be a self-starter.”
One of the fi rst things Orr did after be-
ing elected was to set up his constituency
offi ce and hire his staff. “It feels like I had
my offi ce up and running ahead of a lot of
them (MLAs), and that really helped me
build connections and allowed me to build
a very full calendar right from the start.
I was able to pretty much hit the ground
running.”
Orr’s constituency offi ce is located in
Lacombe, strategically placed in the mid-
dle of all the communities. It was also an
already well established location, occupied
by the previous Lacombe-Ponoka MLA.
Orr is eager to continue meeting with
constituents and, by the fall, he hopes to
set up mobile offi ce sessions on Friday af-
ternoons in Blackfalds, Ponoka and Alix.
His ‘offi ce’ will be set up at a conference
room or restaurant in each community, al-
lowing community members to meet with
him on their own turf.
“Three Fridays of the month I’m going
to rotate to those places,” he said. “I will be
available to the three ends of my constitu-
ency and I would like people to know that
I’m going to be there once a month. If they
want to come talk to me, they can.”
Orr said since the election, he’s been
meeting with community groups, stake-
holder groups, business owners, munici-
pal governments, agencies and volunteer
groups to hear what their issues are in
order to learn how to be more effective in
government.
“It’s fascinatingly interesting and in a
way it’s really broadened my horizons,” he
said.
One of the issues brought forward by the
constituency and something that he for-
mally asked in the Legislature is the need
for a registry offi ce in Blackfalds. “Black-
falds Town council has been working on it
for quite a while and hasn’t succeeded in
getting permission to have one.”
Although there are rules and guidelines
in place in regards to registry offi ce loca-
tion, Orr said in this case there are ex-
tenuating circumstances, as Blackfalds is
a completely independent community and
has a true need for the service.
“There’s 8,000 people there (in Black-
falds),” he said. “Why should they have to
drive all the way to another city to get reg-
istry services which are legally required?”
Orr has not received a formal response
yet, as the issue is still in front of the gov-
ernment, but he hopes the minister will
review the situation and rules. Until the
government begins its fall sitting, he will
be out in the community, listening to con-
cerns and seeing the issues within the vast
Lacombe-Ponoka constituency.
“I am available. I do want to try and
help with whatever issues are out there.
I do want to keep an open door policy for
people.”
LEARNING CURVE – Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Ron Orr is settling into his new post.Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express
MLA Ron Orr settles into new position
6 Lacombe Express Thursday, August 6, 2015
BY KALISHA MENDONSALacombe Express
Lacombe has been named one of two Ca-
nadian cities that are eligible to host the
legendary One Horse Town country music
event, presented by Coors Banquet.
The concert would bring country music
stars Tim Hicks and The Road Hammers to
the City in September. Votes are needed to
secure Lacombe as the fi nal selection and
are submitted online at coorsbanquet.ca/
oht.
Over 1,000 cities were submitted for re-
view and only two have been chosen as fi -
nalists – Lacombe and Shelburne, Ontario.
“We should be honoured that we are one
of two fi nalists across Canada. It’s very ex-
citing and I think the fact that people are
taking interest in the City as a venue is a
good refl ection of what Lacombe has to of-
fer,” said Guy Lapointe, community and
economic development manager with the
City of Lacombe.
Voting started Aug. 3rd and will run un-
til Aug. 17th, with a fi nalist announced on
Aug. 24th.
“I think it was ultimately the people that
they talked to that gave the selection com-
mittee the feeling that Lacombe is nice, ap-
proachable, friendly and warm.
“As well, there was a tour through the
historic downtown and I think we really
sold them on the venue side of things. I
believe it was the hospitality and the look
and feel of our community that sold them
on Lacombe.”
Votes are registered by email address
meaning that a person can vote once a day
with each individual email address they
have.
Shelburne is located in the Greater To-
ronto area, meaning there is the potential
for a lot of votes to be cast, so LaPointe said
he hopes people can recruit other commu-
nities to help Lacombe out.
“Shelburne is a bit smaller than us, but
they are north of Toronto and that area so
it’s important that we get people to vote.
If they can get Toronto and all those close
places voting it’s a pretty big population of
votes. We’d like to reach out to Calgary and
Edmonton to try and get some help sup-
porting us.”
Central Alberta is known for its appre-
ciation of country music and Lacombe is
the home of country music star Gord Bam-
ford. Lapointe said he hopes these factors,
as well as the hospitality and visual beauty
of the City, grants Lacombe the chance to
host the event.
“Vote, vote, vote! You can vote multiple
times if you have multiple email address-
es, but it is one vote per day, per email ad-
dress. Get the word out, share the informa-
tion with your friends. It’s not everyday we
get an opportunity to host something like
this.”
Votes must be cast before Aug. 17th.
Lacombe named a fi nalist to host ‘One Horse Town’ event
BENTLEY CENTENNIAL
The Town of Bentley is celebrating 100 years. The anniversary celebrations will be underway from Aug. 6th to Aug. 9th.
On Aug. 6th, a pancake breakfast will be held start-ing at 7 a.m. The 100th An-niversary reception centre will open for the weekend at 10 a.m. followed by the chil-dren’s carnival.
The parade will roll through town at 1 p.m.
Friday marks the opening of the rodeo for the weekend along with several town and country fair activities.
On Saturday, there is a pancake breakfast, kids fun zone, Bentley Fire Depart-ment barbecue, community supper, opening ceremonies and fi reworks.
Visit www.bentleyagsoci-ety.com.
ABBEY CENTRE NOMINATED
The Abbey Centre in Blackfalds is a nominee for ‘Great Public Space 2015’ in the Canadian Institute of Planners Great Places in Canada contest.
The Great Places in Cana-da contest was launched on May 26th. There are seven
nominees across the coun-try for a great public space, including the Abbey Centre, the sole nominee in Central Alberta.
The Abbey Centre cur-rently has close to 700 votes and is sitting in second place behind the baseball grounds in London, Ontario.
Central Albertans can show the rest of Canada how great they think the Abbey is by voting once per day until Sept. 24th at http://great-placesincanada.ca/contes-tants/abbey-centre/.
The winning location will be announced on Nov. 4th and the lucky community will
be eligible for up to $2,500 in prizes.
SEARCH BEGINS FOR STARS OF ALBERTA VOLUNTEERS
Now in its 16th year, the annual provincial awards program recognizes out-standing volunteers whose contributions have made a lasting impact and helped improve the lives of commu-nity members.
The Stars of Alberta Vol-unteer Awards Program is part of the Government of Alberta’s efforts to help set a standard for service, encour-
age a sustained commitment to civic participation and in-spire others to make volun-teering a central part of their lives. Most importantly, it is a chance to pay tribute Alber-ta’s outstanding volunteers.
“Volunteers represent the true meaning of community spirit and it is their dedica-tion and generosity that makes our communities and our province a better place to live and visit,” said Minis-ter of Culture and Tourism David Eggen. “Say thank you to that special volunteer who has made a difference in your life and your community by nominating them for a Stars
of Alberta Volunteer Award.”Six awards will be present-
ed in categories of youth, adult and senior at the Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards ceremony held on Dec. 4th as part of celebrations mark-ing International Volunteer Day on Dec. 5th.
Since the program began in 2000, over 97 Alberta volunteers from across the province have been recog-nized with the honour.
The deadline for nomina-tions is Sept. 15th.
For more information or to submit a nomination visit www.culturetourism.alberta.ca/stars.
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Long federal election campaign beginsOn Sunday Canadians received
a surprise from Prime Minister
Stephen Harper. He emerged from
Rideau Hall stating he had asked
the Governor General to dissolve
Parliament for a general election
to be held on Oct. 19th.
This campaign call may not be
a surprise, as many knew a fi xed
federal election was set for the
fall. What most didn’t foresee was
a marathon election campaign, an
11-week long period and one of the
longest noted in Canadian history.
After his meeting with Governor
General David Johnston, Harper
said Canadians will be making a
critical decision about the direc-
tion of the country, a decision
which will decide which party can
keep the economy strong and safe.
In response to the question as
to why he launched an early cam-
paign in advance of the fi xed elec-
tion date leaving the costs to tax-
payers to skyrocket, Harper stated
most knew the election date and the
platforms of the other parties. He
said the campaigns have already
begun and they must be conducted
lawfully. The money used in cam-
paigns must come directly from the
parties and not from other govern-
ment organizations or taxpayer re-
sources, so with an early campaign
call, through the process, it will en-
sure everyone is operating within
the rules and not misusing taxpay-
ers’ money, he added.
For this federal election, local
residents will be voting in a newly-
created riding called Red Deer-La-
combe, which was a result of the
2012 federal electoral boundaries
reconfi guration. The boundaries
were redrawn to accommodate
six new ridings in the province
prompting Lacombe, Lacombe
County and Blackfalds residents
to joining residents of Red Deer
North in the new riding for the up-
coming election.
As far as candidates, Red Deer
minister Jeff Rock has been select-
ed as the Liberal party candidate.
Current Wetaskiwin MP Blaine
Calkins has also put his name for-
ward as the Conservative Party
candidate. One thing’s for sure, Al-
berta will no longer be a ‘fl y-over’
province in this election. For long,
especially during the 2011 federal
election, many considered Alberta
a Conservative stronghold leading
to many leaders making token vis-
its or in Harper’s case, celebrating
on election night in Calgary in his
riding.
Alberta’s new political climate
has now opened up the province
federally into an even playing fi eld
for the NDP and Liberals. We have
already seen Justin Trudeau at-
tend the Calgary Stampede and
don a classic white Stetson in a pre-
campaign move.
We should expect all federal par-
ty leaders, including Harper, to be
making a stop somewhere in our
backyard over the next 11 weeks.
You can hardly fi nd a
current affairs magazine,
newspaper or television
program that has not dealt
with income inequality re-
cently. In December 2013,
U.S. President Barack
Obama called America’s
growing income gap, “The
defi ning challenge of our
time.” Whether the income
gap is a problem or a ‘chal-
lenge’ is something for an-
other column. However,
the question of whether
the income gap, at least in
Canada, is indeed growing
is something I wish to ad-
dress.
In a new study for the
Fraser Institute, I and my
colleagues examine the
measurement of income in-
equality and how changes
in the defi nition of income
or the defi nition of the in-
come recipient can have
a major impact on the re-
sults. Indeed, and this is
a principal fi nding of the
study, we found that after-
tax income inequality for
individuals has actually
declined over the past three
decades for which we have
publically available data.
It is important to explain
why differences in income
defi nition and in income
recipient matters. A great
many studies of income
inequality focus on ‘earn-
ings’ – the wages and sala-
ries that employed people
receive and any net income
from small business (non-
corporate) enterprises.
The problem with earn-
ings is that, today, we have
proportionately more peo-
ple with zero earnings than
was the case three decades
ago. Despite the fact that
there are more two-earner
families, we also have more
seniors with no earnings;
more students living on
their own (with no earn-
ings); and more govern-
ment transfer (i.e. welfare)
recipients with little or no
earnings.
The more people with
zero earnings, the greater
the measured level of in-
equality. As well, the more
million dollar earners,
the greater is measured
inequality. So we weren’t
surprised to see greater
earnings inequality.
From 1982 to 2010, earn-
ings inequality rose by 24%
using the widely known
Gini coeffi cient as our indi-
cator of inequality.
But families are smaller
than they were three de-
cades ago and this means
that, on average, there are
fewer people with whom to
share family income.
So, if we defi ne income
as after-tax income and
then adjust for family size,
we get a different picture.
Today the income inequal-
ity of economic families
has only increased by 10%
over the past three decades.
And, if we look at indi-
viduals (any adult with
any income at all) and their
after-tax income, we show
that inequality has actu-
ally declined by 4% the past
three decades, again using
the Gini indicator.
These fi ndings have sev-
eral implications: fi rst, they
show that inequality mea-
surements are quite sensi-
tive to the choice of income
recipient and the choice of
income defi nition.
Second, they show that if
we look at individuals rath-
er than families, income
inequality has, in fact, de-
clined since the early 1980s
– a result that is confi rmed
using American data.
Finally, these results sug-
gest that caution is advis-
able when we look at stud-
ies of income inequality.
Dramatic differences can
be obtained if we change
our initial defi nitions and
indicators.
Income inequality is a
very complex matter.
Substantial social and
economic changes have
happened over the past
decades and it would be
surprising if measured in-
equality was not impacted
as well. Of course, income
inequality is not the best
measure of how the living
standards of Canadians
change. For that, we use
the goods and services that
people actually consume,
which is the subject of a fu-
ture study on inequality to
be published by the Fraser
Institute.
Christopher A. Sarlo is a pro-fessor of economics at Nipiss-ing University and senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. His column is distributed through Troy Media.
A closer look at income inequality in Canada
“Heritage to me means family and going back into the past.”Connie JohnsonLacombe
“It’s the history of the area and the history of my forbearers. I go through my old photos to celebrate that.”Maurice Moore Lacombe
“It means a lot to me. It’s how my family was built through the ages - without our heritage what would anyone be?”Brogan Middleton Lacombe
“It’s where we all came from, and our roots before we came to Canada in our big mixing pot.” Cindy Marchuk Lacombe
“What does heritage mean to you?”Yourself!Yourself!Asked at the Lacombe Farmers’ Market by Kalisha Mendonsa
Christopher
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fyifyi Your weekly Community Events Calendar
The FYI Community Events Calen-dar is a free-of-charge service for not-for-profi t organiza-tions and upcoming community events within the Lacombe and Blackfalds region. To submit your information, please email [email protected], call 403-782-5306 or fax 403-782-5344. If you would like your event or organiza-tion to be included, please submit your information to the editor by noon the Monday before the publication date.
Bentley School Reunion: In con-junction with Bentley Centen-nial, Aug. 7th. Forshee Hall for students who would have graduated in 1961 or earlier. For more details, contact S. Anderson at 403-986-2841.
Lacombe and Area Minor Foot-ball: 2015 Fall registration and equipment handout, Monday, Aug. 17th, 6 p.m. at ME Global Athletic Park. Registration for Lacombe Atom Char-gers (ages 8 to 10), Lacombe PeeWee Explosion (ages 11 and 12) and Lacombe Bantam Raiders (Grades 8 and 9). For more information visit www.lacombeminorfootball.com.
Lacombe Lions Club meets on the fi rst Monday of the month down-stairs at the Lacombe Legion. Next Meeting Monday Aug. 10th at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. - Guests welcome. For more infor-mation on Lions, please contact Sharon at 403-782-5179.
The Alberta Society of Fiddlers is hosting a Family Dance open to everyone! Whether you like to dance, would like to learn to dance, or if you play a fi ddle and would like to join the band onstage, this event is a great opportunity for you and/or your family. Come on out and join the fun. Learn to dance, bring your fi ddle and join the band onstage. It’s happening Aug. 18th at Deer Valley Meadows - 39017 Range Road 230 - 30 minutes west of Red Deer on Hwy. 11. Things begin at 7 p.m. Admis-sion is by a silver donation.
The Red Deer Runners invite you to participate in this year’s Weber
Physio Harvest Run Sunday Sept. 13th. Register online at www.harvestrun2015.eventbrite.ca. A longstanding community run, the event hosts an 3 km walk/run and an 8 km run along the Maskepetoon trails in the heart of the river valley. This family friendly event allows participants of all ages to enjoy the Harvest Run at the level they chose. The Weber Physio Harvest Run is affordable and fun. Entry fees are kept low and bursaries are created from any surplus funds.
Viking Days at the Danish Cana-dian National Museum Aug. 15th - Aug. 16th from 11-5 p.m. both days. Admission is $10 for adults
and $5 for children 10 years and under. Come experience through their reenactments, the daily loves of Vikings a thousand years ago. Fun for the whole family. Vendors and concession on site. Visit, www.danishcanadians.com for more information.
Feast with the Vikings at the Dan-ish Canadian National Museum Aug. 15th from 5:30-9 p.m. Limited tickets on sale for this fundraising event. Enjoy an authentic Danish meal – roast pork with crackling red cabbage, new potatoes fried in butter and sugar, new potatoes and brown sauce and there’s dessert too. Tickets are $50 each. Call Joanne or Kari at 403-728-0019 or email [email protected] for more information.
Blackfalds Library: Our new books include Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Son of No One, Lisa Genova’s Inside the O’Briens and Stuart Woods’ Hot Pursuit. We have added some Roald Dahl and Calvin & Hobbes books to our middle
school section. These are new items to Blackfalds Library and should provide some laughs and good reading. Remember we have the Lego Club for ages fi ve and up on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. and the Duplo Club for parents and children ages 0 to four on Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Our fundraising for the Summer Reading Program will soon be in full swing. Large and small prizes as well as cash for craft supplies and entertain-ment are needed to make our reading program successful and enjoyable for the kids. Visit our web site at blackfaldslibrary.ca or call us at 405-885-2343.
Invitation to join CNIB Peer Sup-port Group: The Peer Support Group is a program dedicated to helping CNIB clients adjust to vision loss. Feelings of fear, anxiety, intimidation and anger are extremely common in adults who are diagnosed with vision loss. The goal of the group is to help transform these feelings into those of confi dence and inde-pendence through education and group discussions. The program is facilitated by a volunteer who has gone through the process of adjusting to a life with vision loss. The group offers seniors a way to connect to others experi-encing similar challenges. Partic-ipants receive empowering, prac-tical and useful information about vision loss and how CNIB services can help, as well as suggestions from other participants on how to reduce the impact of vision loss on their daily lives. There is no cost to participate in the program which will meet once per month. The group meets at the Spruce Terrace located at 5002 – 51 Ave.
Lacombe Walking Group Wednes-days from 12-12:30 at Med-combe Walk-In-Clinic. No Registration required.
Kozy Korner — Tuesday Din-ners every week at noon.
Lacombe Dance Lessons – social and choreographed ballroom dancing. Traditional Two-step or Cha Cha/Jive. For details phone Cliff at 403-782-4094.
Quilting and crafts held at Black-falds United Church on Mon-days at 9:30 a.m. Help make quilts or bring your own quilt/craft to work on. Check out our website at blackfaldsunited-
church.com or call 403-885-4780 for more information.
The Lacombe Legion has bingo on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the upstairs hall. Coffee time runs Wednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m. ($2 for coffee, tea and cook-ies). On Fridays, there are four meat draws and tickets are $2/set of three tickets. Draw starts at 6:30 p.m. On Saturdays, there are four meat draws which start at 4:30 p.m. Chase the ace starts after meat draws.
New to Lacombe? Contact La-combe Welcome Wagon for free maps, information about the City & area, as well as free gifts from local businesses. New baby in the family? Contact Donna Korpess with the Lacombe Welcome Wagon at 403-782-0475 for free information, baby product samples as well as free gifts from local businesses.
Youth Unlimited Drop-in Activi-ties: Drop-in activities now run every Tuesday from 6 – 9 p.m.
with ball hockey on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m. Girls only drop-in is also Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m. Thursdays Grade 3-6 drop-in program runs from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. and Grade 4 and up pro-gram from 6 – 9 p.m. Cost is 2$ for drop-in and ball hockey with drop-in 10 passes at $10 and ball hockey season pass at $50.
Taoist Tai Chi a relaxing, low impact exercise; continuing classes year round, for those who have completed beginners or have learned Taoist Tai Chi before. Participate in classes of your choice. Available in Red Deer, Lacombe, Rocky Mountain House, and Innisfail. For more information about the organi-zation, call 403-346-6772.
Affi rm – providing safe and confi -dential support to people of all sexual orientation and identity, their families and friends. We meet in Lacombe. For more in-formation, call Marg at 403-782-1887 or Ross at 403-782-3671.
Imperial Daughters of the Empire is a non-profi t women’s volunteer program that raises money in support of numerous initiatives supporting education. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month and begin at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church. Contact 403-782-3923.
Lacombe Art Guild – The Lacombe Art Guild offers classes two Tuesday evenings a month and one full Saturday. Mem-berships are $15 a year and the club runs from October to May. Classes offered are in all mediums and beginner to experienced are encouraged to join. For information please contact Donna at 403-782-9190.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Table Talk Coffee Group: Meets the second Friday of each month at Wolf Creek Commu-nity Church at 10 a.m. If you or someone in your life has been affected by MS, join us for a fun, casual and supportive coffee chat. Contact Bonnie Lavallee at 403-346-0290.
Addict in the Family Support Group is a confi dential, profession-ally-facilitated support group. Meetings run every second Thursday at 4920 – 54 St. from 6 to 8 p.m. 403-342-0895.
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Thank You to College Heights Seventh Day Adventist Church and their volunteers.
Also thanks to Downton’s Transport Ltd., Lacombe Signmasters Ltd.
and Lacombe Peavey Mart.
to our generous sponsors for making Celebrate Lacombe Days 2015 a tremendous success!
Please show your appreciation by supporting our sponsors
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10 Lacombe Express Thursday, August 6, 2015
HOW TO PLAY:
Fill-in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started. Remember: You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.
ANSWER
Horoscope
It almost seems as if
something is working against
you this week, Aries. It
could just be your overactive
imagination. Channel your
energy into a creative project.
You may get swept away in
some lifelike dreams
this week, Taurus. It may be
diffi cult to discern when you’re
awake or asleep. Don’t get
carried away.
ARIESMar 21/Apr 20
TAURUSApr 21/May 21
Gemini, a professional
predicament may have you
feeling as if you have been
run ragged. Regroup, even if
it means taking a few days
off. This time away is just the
remedy you need.
It’s nearly impossible to stick
to your schedule this week,
Cancer. Too many things
will pop up, and you’ll be
spending your time juggling
multiple responsibilities.
GEMINIMay 22/Jun 21
CANCERJun 22/Jul 22
Leo, your imagination
may push you in the
wrong direction this week.
Daydreaming instead of getting
things done is risky. Focus on
the tasks at hand.
Virgo, your coworkers will
come through in a big way this
week. Make the most of this
opportunitity to work together
as a team, and it will pay
dividends going forward.
LEOJul 23/Aug 23
VIRGOAug 24/Sept 22
Libra, a little daydreaming can
be good for the soul. Give
daydreams their due time,
but remember to refocus on
real life as well. You’re up to a
challenge you face this week.
Scorpio, your schedule is
about to clear up so now is a
great time to take some time
off. You deserve a break after
buckling down for so long.
Relax and enjoy yourself.
LIBRASept 23/Oct 23
SCORPIOOct 24/Nov 22
You know what needs to be
done, Sagittarius. You may not
have enough manpower to get
everything accomplished, so
put out a few feelers to see
who is up to helping.
Capricorn, continue with
your consistent approach
to handling your many
responsibilities. You’re juggling
a lot these days, and you’re
benefi tting from your
work ethic.
SAGITTARIUSNov 23/Dec 21
CAPRICORNDec 22/Jan 20
AQUARIUSJan 21/Feb 18
PISCESFeb 19/Mar 20
Aquarius, adhere to your
original plan this week,
avoiding distraction until the
tasks at hand are a distant
memory. Your plan is reliable
and sure to work.
It’s nearly impossible
to hide your emotions
right now, Pisces.
So why not share them
and get some support from
friends and family?
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31. Sharp bodily pain 32. Status equality 34. Horse height measure 35. Political Asylum Research & Documentation Service 37. 20’s - 30’s art design 38. Payment (abbr.) 39. Food grain 40. Indefi nitely long period
of time 41. Rear 43. Without (French) 45. Wood sorrels 46. Express pleasure 47. Recurring artistic pattern
49. Deaf language 50. Runs PCs 53. Minimal punishment 57. Repeat 58. Give extreme unction to 59. Infl ammatory skin
disease 60. Large Aussie fl ightless bird 61. Polish Air Show city
CLUES DOWN 1. Anjou or comice 2. __ Nui, Easter Island 3. Towards the mouth or oral
region
4. 4th Caliph of Islam 5. Soviet Socialist Republics 6. Moslem mystics 7. Game stake 8. Point midway between N
and NW 9. Female deer pelts 10. Glaze used to stiffen
fabrics 11. Unhittable serves 12. Pathogen 13. Promotional materials 16. Setting up a golf drive 18. Lyric poems 22. Atomic #46
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CLUES DOWN (cont.)23. Genus Alosa 24. __ Claus 25. Not even 27. Fencing swords 28. Conway, N.H. river 29. Brake horsepower 30. Wild leek 31. Prefi x for before 33. “Splash” director Howard 35. Sleeveless apronlike dress 36. Book of the Apostles mission 37. V.P. Quayle 39. Dish directions 42. Revolve 43. Particular instance of selling 44. Exclamation of surprise 46. Wimbledon champion Arthur 47. Millisecond 48. Ammo & chemical corp. 49. Tip of Aleutian Islands 50. Expired 51. Norway’s capital 52. Plant stalk 53. Macaws 54. Indochina battleground (slang) 55. Armed confl ict 56. Ribonucleic acid
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Lacombe Express 11
BY KALISHA MENDONSALacombe Express
The boys of Boots & the Hoots were most
defi nitely born to hoot and holler.
From humble beginnings as a solo song-
writer, Mark ‘Boots’ Graham now leads
the trio completed by Tyler Allen (banjo,
lead guitar) and Sean Vandenbrink (up-
right bass, supporting vocals).
Recently, the group stopped in Red Deer
for the Pinecone Opry event at Fratters
Speakeasy, but is back on the road again
promoting their newest album, Too Hot to
Hoot.
“You never know what to expect when
you release an album of original songs and
are a relatively new band to the scene, but
I have been pleasantly surprised by the re-
sponse,” said Graham.
“My mom’s review was the most impor-
tant and she gave it her stamp of approv-
al,” he joked.
Two years passed between the release of
Pinecone Cowboy and Too Hot to Hoot that
allowed the group to put a great deal of ef-
fort into the production quality of the new
album. Graham said the fi rst album was
released almost by accident and that this
time the band had a lot more control over
creating an album that truly represents
their sound.
“The two years between Pinecone Cow-
boy and Too Hot To Hoot gave us a chance
to save some dough, rehearse our songs
and put us in a position to record at Ed-
monton’s Riverdale Recorders - one of the
fi nest recording studios in western Cana-
da. It gave us the chance to work with two
bona fi de professionals, Kurt Ciesla (Corb
Lund Band) on production and Scott Fran-
chuk with engineering (Corb Lund, Tim
Hus),” Graham said.
“We also had some hired guns to fi ll out
our sound, Matt Hotte on the fi ddle and
Gary Okrainec on pedal steel.
“It was always been my intention to
make an honest country album and I think
Too Hot To Hoot captured our live sound
better than we could have imagined.”
The live sound of Boots & the Hoots is
truly a well-rounded performance. The
whole group plays with near tangible ener-
gy, even through their down-tempo songs.
Graham leads the band with his trade-
mark hollers and both Allen and Vanden-
brink play their parts with similar enthu-
siasm.
Graham said he is most at home while
on stage and that each performance is a
chance to share in a variety of experiences.
“Home is a feeling, and it’s all relative.
One man’s home could be his wife and his
son and his backyard. My feeling of being
at home is being on stage – there is noth-
ing else like it in the world. You feel so wel-
come and people are there and happy to
see you. You tell a joke and folks laugh and
it’s great,” Graham said.
He said although he’s done a lot of trav-
eling, Alberta has a steady hold on his
heart.
“If I could be anywhere in the world, it’d
be Alberta. I’ve seen a lot of the world and
I’m just so attracted to this landscape and
the types of people in small towns around
Central Alberta, and heading out towards
Drumheller,” he said.
“That said, home is a frame of mind. It’s
who you surround yourself with. It’s all
relative and who you meet and who you
know and how you take the situation.”
The group is currently taking time to
showcase their music throughout the
province, but will begin a British Colum-
bia tour in October. This new tour will
cover from Vancouver all the way to Fort
St. John, with a couple special gigs in Sas-
katchewan.
Graham truly has the heart of a travel-
ing man. He said he loves the opportunity
of getting to take his music from place to
place and experience a variety of people
and lifestyles.
“The reason I do this is because I get a
free chance to meet strangers. When I start-
ed doing it, I’d show up in a brand new town
without knowing anybody and nobody
cared to meet me. I’d get on stage, sing a few
songs, get off the stage and all of a sudden
everyone wants to talk to you. There’s no
better way to meet people,” he said.
“Every single possible type of person
that I knew existed I have met – and then
I’ve seen everything else. I see dentists,
lawyers, very wealthy people and then hill-
billies who brew moonshine and feed their
families strictly off of the land. We end up
getting hired for weddings where all of the
food is homegrown and homemade and
then we go to private parties where food is
fl own in from around the world. We get to
see both sides of the spectrum.
“You can refl ect and look at everything
in perspective once you’ve been included
in those scenarios.”
These experiences have helped shaped
the men of Boots & the Hoots and the mu-
sic they share. Follow them on facebook
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dates.
ARTS & LEISURE Boots & the Hoots make the most out of their music
BORN TO HOOT AND HOLLER - From left, Tyler Allen, Mark ‘Boots’ Graham and Sean Vandenbrink form the trio known as ‘Boots & the Hoots’, who have recently put out their second album, Too Hot to Hoot. Bryan Heck photo
12 Lacombe Express Thursday, August 6, 2015
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Mitral valve surgery can
best be described by com-
parison to the swinging
saloon door in old western
movies.
It demonstrates what can
go wrong with the heart’s
valves.
And what surgical pro-
cedure is needed to cor-
rect mitral valve prolapse
(MVP). To get a fi rst-hand
view of this procedure, I
watched Dr. Tirone David,
one the world’s great car-
diac surgeons, perform the
operation at Toronto Gen-
eral Hospital.
The mitral valve sepa-
rates the two left chambers
of the heart. Each time
the heart beats the valves
swing open, like the doors
of a western saloon. But af-
ter opening they close fi rm-
ly again while the heart
pumps blood to the body.
The problem is that
swinging doors of saloons
often develop loose rusty
hinges that don’t close
well. The mitral valve has
the same trouble when the
tough parachute-like cords
that attach the valves to the
heart’s muscle become too
loose. When this happens
some ejected blood falls
back into the heart’s cham-
ber following every beat.
This places extra burden
on the heart’s muscle.
If you’re diagnosed with
this condition, don’t panic.
You’re far from the end
of the road. Prior to the use
of echocardiograms (ultra-
sound of the heart), doctors
believed MVP was present
in 17% of women and 5% of
men. Now we know it’s less
common, affecting about
2.4% of both sexes.
But, according to a re-
port from Johns Hopkins
University, about 25% of
Americans older than age
55 have some degree of
MVP. It’s now believed that,
in addition to aging, genet-
ics also plays a role in who
develops this condition.
How mitral valve pro-
lapse is treated depends on
several factors. The great
majority of patients with
MVP have no idea it is pres-
ent and normally do not
need surgery.
Some patients complain
of shortness of breath, pal-
pitations and fatigue. But
people without MVP can
experience similar symp-
toms. What often happens
is these symptoms occur
after the diagnosis, trigger-
ing anxiety.
Dr. David says that sev-
eral factors must be consid-
ered before deciding mitral
surgery is needed. One of
the most important is the
severity of the prolapse
and what affect it’s having
on the heart’s muscle.
There’s an old saying
that, ‘A stitch in time saves
nine’.
In mild cases of MVP,
there’s no point in expos-
ing patients prematurely to
the risk of surgery. But it
also makes no sense to wait
until either the patient’s
symptoms are severe or the
muscles of the heart are
failing from extra stress.
Mitral valve surgery is
not just for incompetent
valves. It’s also performed
when the mitral valve be-
comes thickened and rigid
from aging and the opening
becomes as small as a pen-
cil. The extra work of push-
ing blood through such a
tiny opening can also cause
heart failure.
Patients with these con-
ditions often have heart
murmurs that can be de-
tected by a stethoscope. But
an echocardiogram of the
heart will determine their
severity and help to gauge
whether the condition is
worsening.
In recent years there’s
been tremendous advance-
ments in surgical tech-
nique for the treatment of
MVP or stenosis.
The morning I watched
Dr. David operate, the pa-
tient’s chest was opened in
the same way as a bypass
operation. This patient suf-
fered from severe mitral
stenosis and required a to-
tally new valve.
The majority of cases
performed today try to save
the old valve. For instance,
it is often possible to short-
en the parachute-like cords
which restore the valves to
their normal position. The
advantage to using the pa-
tient’s own tissue is that
there is no chance of its re-
jection by the body.
In other cases, minimal
invasive surgery can be
done by working through
the femoral artery, the
blood vessel at the top of
the leg.
A new valve is guided
through the artery using a
special catheter tube until
it reaches the mitral valve
location and is inserted.
Dr. David says there’s no
age limit for mitral valve
surgery as long as the pa-
tient has no other problems
that would increase the
risk.
His oldest mitral valve
patient was 95 years of age.
See the web site at www.docgiff.com. For comments, [email protected].
Surgery for swinging-door heart valves
Dr. Gifford
J O N E S
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BY KALISHA MENDONSALacombe Express
Stan Pennington has been competing in
the Tees Rodeo since its inception 40 years
ago and was honoured this past weekend
for his involvement.
After his run with son-in-law Sherman
Robb in the team calf-roping event, Pen-
nington was highlighted by the rodeo’s an-
nouncer and received a special shirt and
buckle for his dedication to the rodeo.
“It’s always been a blast at Tees. I get to
see a lot of people that I haven’t seen in the
past year or years. Some of them I haven’t
seen in a long time, but we usually get over
there and camp and visit with everybody.
I have friends who I’ve been doing rodeo
together with since I started,” Pennington
said.
“We’ve been friends for a long time and
now their grandkids are competing, and
it’s been a real family affair for them.
There’s been people helping out from the
start that still organize it and it kind of
stays in the blood to help out there.”
Pennington began riding horses in bare-
back competition at age 17. He said he did
that for a few years before switching to rid-
ing bulls, which he continued for about 12
years.
He said that over his time at Tees, a lot
has changed but he has always loved com-
ing to the area.
“I think for the fi rst few years at Tees
there we just had cattle riding. We had a
lot of cows just for practice, and a lot of the
amateur rodeos back then had cow-riding
events. I know in Tees we used to see horse
racing and cow milking,” he said.
“Back then there weren’t a lot of indoor
arenas going on so we could practice in
the winter. Things have changed so much.
Nowadays there’s much more opportuni-
ties, more indoor arenas and you can pret-
ty well go year-round full time.”
He said he’d always enjoyed the bull rid-
ing but eventually became more drawn
into roping activities. He said when he quit
riding bulls he dedicated more time to rop-
ing and now very much enjoys the team-
roping events.
“I don’t rodeo as much as I used to but
I still do a lot of practicing for the enjoy-
ment of it,” he said.
Pennington’s family has become heavily
involved in the rodeo. His daughter, Sharla
Robb, barrel races and his son is pro rodeo
bull rider Miles Pennington.
The Tees Rodeo is, for many, a family tra-
dition. Throughout the weekend children,
parents and grandparents sit together
cheering on friends and family members.
Pennington said he’s glad to see this
kind of atmosphere.
He said he has been around to see many
changes, but the family aspect of Tees has
always remained the same.
“It’s one of the most fun rodeos I go to
every year. I’ve seen a lot of changes. When
they fi rst started they didn’t have bleach-
ers on the one side where the beer gardens
are. They had an old tarp tent with a dirt
fl oor,” he laughed.
“I remember the very fi rst rodeo and I
don’t think they expected such a big crowd.
Big Valley Jamboree wasn’t going on, and
there wasn’t as much stuff going on. It’s
a great place for kids to get their start in
rodeo. I know my grandkids started the
sheep riding a couple of years ago and
it’s great that they have somewhere to do
it. The stock is a little more suited to their
abilities and they learn from there.”
Often times, junior Central Alberta Ro-
deo Association (C.A.R.A) riders will ride
at Tees throughout juniors and high school
level competitions. On such rider is Jalaine
Anderson, winner of the ladies’ barrel rac-
ing competition over the weekend, with a
time of 15.589 seconds.
“The rodeo today went pretty smooth,
the ground felt good. I ran here with
C.A.R.A junior in the 7-12 barrels and I
ran at the high school rodeos here. I hadn’t
been here for about fi ve years or so, and it
was nice to come back,” she said.
“(Bucky, her horse) felt really good and
he’s been running awesome. These last few
weeks over the summer here we’ve really
kicked it up a notch and he’s feeling good.
I’m hoping to hit some more rodeos here in
rest of the season to prepare us for a hard-
er season next year.”
Anderson competes in a variety of rode-
os and will head to the Alberta Barrel Rac-
ing Association (ABRA) Finals in August
at the Ponoka Ag Event Centre.
“I love what I do. I work full-time at a
pharmacy and come home and ride three
or four horses in the evenings but when
you get good results and the hard work
pays off, it’s a good feeling,” she said.
KEEPING CONTROL – Jalaine Anderson keeps calm as she directs her horse Bucky around the barrels at the 40th Annual Tees Rodeo this past weekend. She won fi rst overall with a time of 15.589 seconds. Kalisha Mendonsa/Lacombe Express
Annual Tees Rodeo honours long-time competitor
16 Lacombe Express Thursday, August 6, 2015
BY JENNA SWANLacombe Express
Two Red Deer athletes
had the opportunity of a
lifetime as they ventured to
the 2015 Special Olympics
World Summer Games held
in Los Angeles over the
span of seven days from
July 25th to Aug. 2nd.
Elliott Moskowy, 22, and
Carlos Villafuerte, 20, were
two of 13 members of Team
Canada from Alberta, with
164 athletes representing
the country in total.
The 2015 World Games
hosted 7,000 athletes from
177 countries and happens
only once every four years.
The two Red Deer ath-
letes had a long four years
of competing prior to the
events in order to gain a
spot on Team Canada, but
the fortunate pair not only
secured their spots in L.A.,
they both returned home
with a number of medals.
“Both of the athletes did
outstanding,” said Special
Olympics Team Canada
Chef de Mission, Johnny
Byrne. Villafuerte, who
was competing in 10-pin
bowling earned two silver
medals in bowling doubles
and bowling team as well
as a seventh place fi nish in
bowling singles.
“Carlos really kicked the
week off for us with all of
our bowling teams medal-
ing and he really bowled
outstanding,” he said.
“They track the amount
of family and friends pres-
ent registered to each ath-
lete and Carlos had 22 fam-
ily members present who
came from both Red Deer
and South America where
his family is from to watch
him - so his support net-
work was huge.”
Byrne said a highlight for
Villafuerte was meeting the
Peru National team in which
he had the chance to tell
them about his home town
and speak some of his lan-
guage of origin with them.
Moskowy found his
stride in the pool and
brought home three gold
medals in 100m freestyle,
200m freestyle, and 4x100
medley relay as well as sil-
ver in the 100m IM.
“Elliott’s week in the
pool was beyond words,”
said Byrne on the local ath-
lete’s performance.
“His strength in the wa-
ter was exceptional and he
was only a hundredth of a
second away from having
that fourth gold medal.
“He was defi nitely Team
Canada’s top performer in
the pool - it was quite a per-
formance that’s for sure.”
Moskowy competed
against a wide range of
international athletes in
order to earn his gold with
swimming events seeing
the largest span of over 100
countries competing.
In order to qualify for
the Games, both Moskowy
and Villafuerte needed to
attend the Alberta Special
Olympics Summer Games
which were held in 2013 in
Red Deer.
This gained the pair
a spot on Team Alberta,
which then sent them to
Vancouver last summer
to compete in the Canada
Summer Games.
Following outstand-
ing performances in Van-
couver the two were then
granted spots on Team
Canada and the chance to
compete in L.A.
A highlight for Team
Canada during the open
ceremonies in L.A. was a
surprise visit from Canadi-
an pop icon Justin Bieber,
who joined the team for
their walk into the games
and began a chant of ‘Go
Canada! Go!’ to which
Byrne said went miles to-
wards making it an unfor-
gettable experience for the
164 athletes around him.
“Bieber gave us a sur-
prise visit and marched
alongside the athletes from
Team Canada,” said Byrne.
“He spent as much time
with athletes as he could
and for a lot of our athletes
it was one of the memories
they’re going to hang onto
for a long time.”
Moskowy and Villafuerte
will now be enjoying a well
earned month’s rest before
returning to the Red Deer
Special Olympics programs
and both plan to continue
with competing later this
year.
“The opportunity to rep-
resent Canada was huge for
all of our athletes and L.A.
defi nitely made a lasting
mark on us as a team,” said
Byrne.
“We’ve been building
this team over the last year
when those athletes were
selected and we couldn’t
have asked for a better
group of ambassadors.”
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BIG WIN – Elliott Moskowy celebrates after one of his wins during the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles. photo submitted
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The Lacombe PeeWee AA
Dodgers hosted the provincial
championship tournament this
past weekend and placed sixth in
the competition.
There were 35 teams in the divi-
sion and the top eight competed at
Michener Park with the Okotoks
Outlaws Orange taking home the
title of provincial champions af-
ter defeating the Edmonton An-
gels.
“Our record for the Dodgers
was one win, two losses so we of-
fi cially ended up in sixth place.
We were unable to come through
with the win in our next game,
which would have put us in the
semi-fi nal. We lost to the Edmon-
ton northeast team, who went on
to play Okotoks in the fi nal,” said
Coach Lyle Lorenz.
“Our highlight of the tourna-
ment was defeating the number
one seed, Camrose, by a score of
17-7, which is the mercy rule - 10
runs up after fi ve.
“We beat them and they were
the number one team in the prov-
ince throughout the 20 game
schedule.
“They came in with a record of
18 wins and two losses. Those two
losses were very close games, and
we were the only team that beat
them to that degree. Our team
had the best game of the season
in that game, I’d say.”
The Dodgers have had a suc-
cessful season, with many of the
players moving in this year from
community leagues. Unfortu-
nately, they were beat out over
the weekend from some of the top
provincial teams. However, Lo-
renz said in league play the team
did well and proved their skill.
“In league play we did defeat
the two teams that were in the
fi nal game. I think the fact that
we beat the top two teams showed
that they really belong in the top
tier,” Lorenz said.
“We fi nished sixth out of 35
teams (in the PeeWee AA divi-
sion) – we’re very happy about
that and I’m very proud of the
kids.
“We were given the option to
pick up players from lower tiers
and we decided right at the start
of the year that we would not pick
up other players to re-enforce
during provincials.
“Teams like Edmonton picked
up a couple of pitchers and they
were good players,” he added.
Awards were given out at the
provincial championships - Most
Valuable Player (MVP) and the
Heart & Hustle Award. From
the Dodgers, MVP awards were
awarded to players Lewis Rice,
Joe Partington and Zoë Lorenz-
Boser. Heart and Hustle Awards
were given to Lorenz-Boser,
Myles Pallister and Graylin Geis-
brecht.
“We were the eighth seed com-
ing into the provincials so we’re
very happy with how things went.
The kids played well and every
one of our 12 players did some-
thing really, really well through-
out the weekend. I’m very pleased
and very proud of our team,” Lo-
renz said.
“WE WERE THE EIGHTH SEED COMING INTO THE PROVINCIALS SO WE’RE VERY HAPPY WITH HOW THINGS WENT. THE KIDS
PLAYED WELL AND EVERY ONE OF OUR 12 PLAYERS DID SOMETHING REALLY,
REALLY WELL THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. I’M VERY
PLEASED AND VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM.”
LYLE LORENZ
Lacombe PeeWee AA Dodgers place sixth overall in province
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I am a big fan of circular sinks. We have
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Bar sinks and bathrooms are the safest
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People always ask ‘What’s it like on a
cruise?’ As easy as it is to describe what
you do on a cruise, it is nearly impossible
to capture what it feels like cruising. You
can tell them you saw the sights and did the
activities but to explain how awe-inspiring
the Shanghai Bund is or how winded you
get going through the Third Tunnel of Ag-
gression at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
in Incheon is, that’s a whole other matter.
The ship is only a part of the total expe-
rience, the atmosphere is what makes or
break your vacation.
In April of this year I crossed another
destination area off of my bucket list.
From April 10th to the 24th I was a guest
on the Sapphire Princess for a 14 night
cruise through Asia, starting in Beijing
and fi nishing in Hong Kong. The itinerary
included stops in Incheon, South Korea;
Osaka, Japan; Shanghai, China; Taipei and
Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A stop in Okinawa, Ja-
pan was supposed to have happened on day
11, but fi ve days of fog earlier in the trip
interrupted the schedule a bit and we had
to skip the port.
The itinerary for the cruise was the
deal-breaker when it came for me to decide
where to go. Incheon and the DMZ was the
big draw and the chance to visit Taiwan
was a close second. Knowing that I was so
close to North Korea after seeing all of the
recent news about that country was pretty
cool. The Royal Tombs of Seosamneung
and Seureoung were interesting and very
tranquil. The drive to and from the sites
was interesting - the highway was a race
course in the morning with Porsches jock-
eying for position and a parking lot in the
afternoon.
The fog played havoc with us for fi ve
days. We sat in the channel leading into
Shanghai for close to nine hours and
slowly made our way into port. Hearing
all of the fog horns was a new experience,
but quickly turned into a new annoyance.
While in Shanghai for our abbreviated stop
I took the shuttle to the Bund. This water-
front area along the Huangpu River is a
hub of activity day or night. Local vendors
selling their wares and street performers
vie for your hard earned dollars and the
river bank has dozens of historical build-
ings. While we were there at night, the
buildings lit up in a rainbow of colours,
aweing the crowd, but at 10 p.m. all was
dark - instantly! If you are a shopper, the
Nanjing Lu Street Mall is within walking
distance and has everything you might (or
might not) want.
I was not sure what to expect with Tai-
wan. After missing our scheduled stop in
Okinawa and a day and a half at sea, we
were all ready for to get off the ship. The
drive into Taipei from the port in Keelung
was beautiful! The countryside was lush
and green and there were houses built
into the hills that left you scratching
your head thinking, how did they do that
and where is the road leading into it. We
stopped at a Buddhist Temple after the
sun went down and were surrounded by
the wonderful smell of incense and the
sounds of prayer.
Our last port stop was in Kaohsiung, Tai-
wan and instead of going on an organized
tour a group of us decided to walk into
town and ride the subway. After a mystery
meal in which we used a highlighter to cir-
cle the pictures of the items on the menu
we wanted, we walked along an abandoned
railroad track that was turned into a pub-
lic walkway and park with an assortment
of sculptures (the 40 ft. tall Bumblebee
from Transformers was impressive).
Every cruise I have been on, the end al-
ways shows up way too early and this trip
was no exception. Arriving in Hong Kong
in the wee hours of the morning was not
an event I looked forward to, but as their
saying goes, I did ‘come back new’.
Princess Cruises took care of my every
need and then some I didn’t think I needed.
Traveling by myself was a fi rst experience
for me and they did a great job making feel
like I wasn’t alone. I met some amazing
people on the trip, from the newly retired
travel agent from Australia I hung out with
most of the time, to the people I shared my
meals with in the Santa Fe Dining Room.
There was the historian from Texas who
gave me a lesson about every war the
Americans were involved with, the novel-
ist from California who told me to never
stop writing and the couple from England
that made me laugh all the time and taught
me the intricacies of the game of cricket.
It’s not the trip, it’s the journey that mat-
ters!
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EXQUISITE - Pictured here is the City of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, one of the many stops while onboard the Sapphire Princess during a 14-night cruise through Asia. photo submitted
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