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The fi rst Syrian refugees fi nally arrive in LacombeCommunity Refugee Effort committee is helping the family to adapt

BY SHELBY CRAIGLACOMBE EXPRESS

With only a few small suitcases and extreme jet lag, Lacombe’s Syrian refugee family fi nally

landed in Calgary last Thursday after-noon from a Lebanon refugee camp and made the journey to Lacombe.

The Al Omar family of six has been ex-pected since February, according to co-or-ganizer Marlene Ironside, when plans for a previous refugee family to come to the City did not work out.

“The family was supposed to arrive in February within the 25,000 refugees that the government was hosting and that family actually got cold feet and decid-ed not to come. Literally, cold feet, they thought it was winter all year round.”

The Lacombe Community Refugee Effort committee has been organized since October, and in only a few short months, thanks to fundraising and vol-unteers, the Syrian family arrived to a warm, furnished home the evening they landed in Calgary. Cleaners came into the home and helped paint the walls, mop the fl oors, organize furniture, orga-nize groceries - anything the committee thought would make the family more comfortable.

Although the family will be the sole tenants of the home, for the next couple of weeks there will be quite a few visi-tors, mainly in regards to orientation and assistance.

“We do just want to give them time to go through the house, sort through things, go through their clothes. They also need to learn how to work the show-ers, dishwashers - we don’t know if they know how to use things in the house. People have to be here to help.

“We have donated bus passes from the junior high and we need to take them to the bus and ride it with them a time or two. We don’t know if they know how to use a barbecue; there’s just so many things that we don’t know if their culture has,” said Ironside.

She explained the committee does not wish for the family to feel isolated in the least.

“There are endless worries. One of them being they will become overwhelmed and sick and tired of all of us. There are so many of us and we all want to be involved and we don’t want them to feel isolated because we see things in the news that a family or particularly a male family mem-ber gets isolated, can’t communicate well enough and feels that his leadership role doesn’t exist anymore. We want to try and help in such a way that they adapt.”

For the next couple of weeks they will

be provided with doctors’ appointments for initial check-ups, bus passes and health care numbers. They will also meet with a bank and there will be many more appointments that will set up the family for their life in Canada.

The family will be getting federal fund-ing, in the same amount as social services cheque, for six months where after, the committee will be responsible for any fur-ther funding. However, Ironside said the committee plans on setting the parents up with jobs.

“We’ve already been informed that the father has experience in construction and agriculture work. One of the ladies on the committee is on a farm and said they’ll take him out there to do some training, so I think a certain amount will come from individuals rather than the employment agency.”

From what is known to Ironside, the father knows some English from pre-vious jobs in Syria but other than that, the family has no extensive knowledge of the language. With that reasoning, the schools which will be enrolling the older children have already begun pro-

gramming to be prepared for when the children begin school.

Ironside has given presentations to the students and teachers, letting them know what to expect and how to support these refugee children along with their families.

“Kids want to be friendly and accept-ing so I asked them what does that look like? The kids said things like smile at them, making eye contact, don’t look away, smiling is universal, you can say hi - they’ll have that word in no time. Don’t expect a lot of conversation but don’t be afraid to look at them, smile and gradual-ly they’ll get used to us.”

Last Thursday, a few members of the committee along with Ironside waited patiently, yet with excitement, on the arrival of the family. The ladies cooked chicken soup with familiar Syrian spices, rice, pitas, fresh fruit and set the table in a welcoming manner.

Then the wait began.Finally, after almost three hours after

the plane landed, a van pulled into the driveway where committee members met the family of six. Two girls, ages eight and seven; two boys, ages fi ve and three and

their two parents. Committee members and a translator from Lacombe explained the family was carrying only a few pieces of luggage, and the parents did not rest the entire journey from Lebanon to Syria.

The children smiled shyly at the mem-bers, but heavy eyelids were diffi cult to disguise. Shortly after arriving and after a quick tour of their home, the Al Omar family opted for sleep before a meal and the committee left the family to spend the night in their new home.

Ironside was excited to see them arrive safely and is pleased with how the com-munity has stepped up to help.

“You occasionally hear something neg-ative about bringing this family into the community but overall the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Like I said, I have all these school groups that want to help, more than 80 people in the com-munity wanting to help. Just very positive - Lacombe is amazing.”

She added if anyone is interested in joining the committee in any way, they are welcome to email her at [email protected].

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NEW LIFE - The Al Omar family arrived in Lacombe last Thursday after living in a Lebanon refugee camp. The parents and four children were exhausted after their long journey and looked relieved to have arrived in their new community. Shelby Craig/Lacombe Express


This year brings big news from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lacombe & District (BBBS).

With the City of Lacombe’s purchase of the Provincial Building along 50th Ave., BBBS will need to relocate their opera-tions by the end of 2016.

In an effort to remain positive and reduce the impact to ongoing services and programming, the BBBS Board of Directors struck up a Building Committee to pursue a new location from which to operate.

After a careful research and initial presentations, BBBS is currently pursuing the historic Kent House (5103, 49th St.) in Lacombe as their fi rst option for a relocation, with various

contingencies developed should that option not be viable.

In an effort to raise enough capital to pur-chase and maintain a building, an aggressive but achievable goal of $500,000 has been proposed, offi -cials say.

With a positive outlook and the community rally-ing behind them, the BBBS Building Committee has reached out to supporters with great success prior to this offi cial announce-ment of the 2016 Building Campaign.

Fol lowing last Wednesday’s announce-ment that the Gord Bamford Charitable Foundation has partnered with BBBS as a $100,000 Title Sponsor of the proj-

ect, the BBBS Building Committee is thrilled to welcome additional com-munity leaders on board with the campaign.

Both the Kinsmen Club of Lacombe and the Rotary Clubs of Lacombe have committed $30,000 each towards the purchase of a building, with local busi-nesses contributing as well – Lacombe Dental Clinic with a $5,000 gift and ATB

Financial committing an initial $1,500.

“The early support of these community vision-aries helps to provide con-fi dence moving forward. There’s no denying that BBBS is a charity of choice in our community, and we know that Lacombe and area will support us in fi nd-ing a permanent home,” said Darcy Stingel, BBBS board director and building committee member.

“Our services extend to surrounding communities including Blackfalds, Alix, Eckville and more. A new home benefi ts all of our matches.”

Well on the way to their goal, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lacombe & District welcomes any and all donations towards se-curing their new home, with remaining sponsor-

ship levels ranging from $5,000 - $50,000.

“Although we do have some major sponsor op-tions available, we are not about to turn away any assistance, as we know Lacombe and area will give what they can, how they can,” said Stingel.

BBBS supporters are al-ready banding together to do what they can.

A fun run fundraiser ini-tiated by Central Alberta Christian High School stu-dents is already planned, as are other initiatives in-cluding charity barbecues, beard trims, and more. More partnerships are in discussion at the time of this release.

“Every little bit helps. One dollar, fi ve dollars, 50 dollars – it all adds up in a big way,” Stingel contin-ued. “We’ll accept every-

thing we can, even if it’s just volunteers showing up for moving day.”

A GoFundMe page has been established, https://www.gofundme.com/27hwm2b8 to allow donations to come in from near and far, and the BBBS Building Committee will continue to solicit spon-sorship heading into the summer. The hashtag #BigDreams2K16 has been developed for social media, and will be used to promote and enhance the Building Campaign’s reach and presence.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lacombe & District 2016 Building Campaign launched this past Monday and will con-tinue until the organiza-tion has relocated into its permanent home.

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Demand at Blackfalds food bank on the riseBY SHELBY CRAIGLACOMBE EXPRESS

Due to economic hardships, local food banks are fi nding their services are being used much more than previous years and they continue to look for more donations from the community.

Blackfalds Food Bank Chairperson Jeanette Edwards said this year has been the busiest offi cials with the food bank have seen, but she added they are grateful to the community for their support.

“We are not even through the fi rst six months and we have done al-most more than half of what we did for the full year last year. I think it’s because of the economy; there’s no jobs. There’s all kinds of new people that are using the food bank now that have never used it before so we are seeing a larger increase that way.”

The food bank has seen an in-crease of hampers being used by those in the community, but thank-fully there has never been a shortage of food - donations are always being given by businesses and members but Edwards said there is always room for more food and other items.

“Donate anything. Like pork, beans, fruit, vegetables, diapers - baby things,” she said. “We have a really good (relationship) with Pet Valu in Lacombe, they donate pet

food for us. Then the pet grooming in Lacombe, if you take your pet to get its nails clipped, they ask for four cans of people food which they dis-tribute half way between Lacombe and Blackfalds.”

Edwards said the food bank tries to serve only the people of Blackfalds and the immediate surrounding area, just to be fair to everyone.

“We do just our area like Blackfalds and the surrounding area because if we start (serving) people from say Clive or Alix, that is not fair to the people in our area that need the food bank.”

Offi cials with the food bank are hopeful they will always have enough food to help local families,

and Edwards said they are grateful to everyone who has donated and helped thus far.

“We hope we will have enough, we have a very giving community and we are very fortunate for that. A lot of people that have used the food bank are now giving back to the food bank, which is really nice. We are very fortunate that way and we have a good connection with a lot of the businesses in the area that do help us and we would just like to thank everyone that has been help-ing, especially our volunteers. That makes it so much better, working with people you get along with - it really helps.”

If anyone is interested in donating items to the food bank, they are encouraged to visit the drop boxes located at the Abbey Centre, Family Foods, the Blackfalds Library and FCSS. The organizations will notify the food bank when the boxes are fi lled and the bank volunteers will pick them up.

“If people need hampers then they have to fi ll out forms there and then bring them to the food bank. They can give me a call and I just make sure I have a hamper ready for them when they come,” added Edwards. “Some people are really shy when they come in and we just welcome them and tell them that this is what we’re here for.”

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“THERE’S ALL KINDS OF NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE FOOD BANK NOW THAT HAVE NEVER USED IT BEFORE SO WE ARE SEEING A LARGER INCREASE THAT WAY.”

JEANETTE EDWARDS


OPINIONCelebrating the contributions of seniors in our livesWith Seniors’ Week upon us,

it’s time to pay particular tribute to this segment of the popula-tion that deserves our respect and support.

Seniors’ Week is from June 6-12th and this year marks the 30th anni-versary of the week itself.

Seniors make a difference in our communities every day. From supporting family members and friends to assisting charities and volunteering, seniors are deep-ly involved in our communities and their contributions benefi t Albertans of all ages.

They have much to offer local agencies, and individuals as well – too often seniors hold back from getting too involved when in fact

they have much to give from their many years of life experience.

Each year, Albertans are encour-aged to join the festivities by at-tending one of the many Seniors’ Week events to be held across the province. Whether planning an event or enjoying one with the seniors in your life, take the time to acknowledge Alberta’s seniors and all that they contribute to our quality of life.

It’s sad to see that many seniors seem to live on the margins of so-ciety – their families, for whatever reason, almost forget about them and they are left alone to largely fend for themselves. It can be a very lonely, vulnerable time and it’s horrible to think that many

seniors face this reality in their so-called ‘golden’ years and after giving so much of themselves over the years.

In other cultures, seniors are held to a very high regard and treated with respect – something we can and should defi nitely think about – to have a greater sense of patience, understanding and empathy – after all, we are all going to be there some day.

Of course, as with any age group, not every senior is completely sweet and innocent – but beyond that the abuse of seniors seems to be a growing issue these days, whether it be physical, emotional, fi nancial or otherwise.

It’s also important to keep in mind

that the population of seniors is growing in Alberta – by 2031, when the last of the baby boomers reach 65 years of age, it’s projected that there will be more than 923,000 seniors – meaning that about one in fi ve Albertans will be a senior. An aging population will have lasting economic and social implications for our province, leading to oppor-tunities and challenges across a wide range of areas.

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The road to America’s decline: elect Donald TrumpWhy do we treat Donald

Trump, now the guaran-teed Republican nominee for U.S. president, as if he is a rational, sane and in-telligent human?

All the evidence points to the fact that he is a narcissistic, egocentric, extroverted bully who has a reprehensible level of knowledge about the world, about his own country and about govern-ment. He seems unaware of simple things, like re-spect, courtesy and com-passion, and is seemingly incapable of understand-ing complex things like energy markets, science, foreign policy or econom-ics.

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avoidance of tax, his use of foreign workers and his profi ting from compa-nies he publicly derides. He is successful in some things, of this there is no doubt, but not everything he touches turns to gold.

He is a dangerous man. So far he has promised to break international trea-ties (NAFTA, WTO and the Paris Agreement on cli-mate change), actively in-tervene in markets (to re-store coal jobs, for exam-ple), build a ‘beautiful’ wall that Mexico will pay for (not going to happen), de-port 11.5 million Mexicans, ban most Muslims from entering the country, crim-inalize abortion, raise the minimum wage while low-ering taxes on the rich, charge countries the full cost of American troops defending American inter-

ests on their land, and pay for his supporters’ legal fees if they are charged with assaulting those who oppose him. Most recently, he denied that California has a drought problem – preferring instead to buy into conspiracy theories that the state govern-ment is denying the fl ow of water (where does he think they are hiding it?) to much-needed areas.

Yet there are those among the press who treat all of his statements as if he were a serious think-er. They place him against Noam Chomsky and treat Trump’s statements as if they were on the same level. They are not.

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pected to treat him with the seriousness of a great philosopher.

He is doing for the U.S. what Benito Mussolini did for Italy before the Second World War. Giving hope, through ignorance, ap-peals to raw emotions and offers of action that could not possibly lead to good outcomes. He is feeding on and adding to the anger, passion and a sense of lost identity many Americans truly feel.

“Make America great again!” is his slogan. Yet he has suggested a set of actions that will make America poor again, a laughing stock and a place in which many people feel not only uncomfortable staying in but unwelcome. Thinking will not be en-couraged – more likely prosecuted.

But one thing seems cer-tain – Trump will do well for himself. It appears it is actually all he cares about.

What is even more dis-turbing is that a growingly angry American electorate is more than likely to elect this man who professes bigoted ideas. It would not

be the fi rst time someone with a very high general ig-norance score has occupied the Oval Offi ce. But it would be the fi rst time some-one has done so in an age where scrutiny is intense and every word uttered can be analyzed to death.

He will be the subject of global abuse and shaming, which we expect will just make him angry.

In general, we can expect Trump will not be a happy president – based on past practice, he will spend most of his time frustrat-ed, angry and threatening legal action. I also sus-pect that impeachment will never be far from the lips of some members of Congress. It will be espe-cially diffi cult for him if, as some suspect, the GOP loses control of congress.

Trump will not make American great again. Trump will make Trump rich again. That seems to be the prime agenda.

Stephen Murgatroyd is a consultant in innovative business and education prac-tices with a PHd in psycholo-gy. His column is distributed through Troy Media.

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Municipal Development Plan

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We are now entering an exciting stage of the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) and Land Use Bylaw (LUB) review process with the second round of public meetings scheduled for June 2016. The MDP will guide how the County will grow and develop over the next 10 years, and will influence the policies that further regulate development under the County’s LUB.

The County gathered your vision for the future during the last set of interactive public meetings in February and March 2016, and now we want you to decide on policy options. The upcoming June meetings will incorporate the use of Audience Instant Response Technology where you can receive immediate feedback in response to the policy options proposed. Come share your vision for the community and hear what other community members have to say as well!

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Kids Can Catch takes place this weekendBY SHELBY CRAIGLACOMBE EXPRESS

The Len Thompson Pond will once again be host to the Lacombe’s Kids Can Catch event on June 4th.

This event is to celebrate the re-opening of the Len Thompson Fish Pond, located on the north end of Len Thompson Drive in Lacombe, which will begin with kids from around the community to help stock the pond with fi sh alongside fi shing mentors, according to Lacombe Fish and Game Association member Bernie Street.

“We have a trout farm that we get fi sh from, they’ll be showing up there around 11 a.m. and we put the fi sh in pails then let the kids take it down and dump the fi sh into the pond. They really enjoy that. Anybody that needs help, we’ll teach them how to put their hooks on or how to cast and help them out if they have any questions,” he said.

Street said because the event started before he was a member, he’s not certain why the event was started in the fi rst place, but has a theory that’s based on the needs of the kids.

“It was always been a concern the kids weren’t doing too much and being in Fish and Game we like to keep them in the fi shing and hunting industry. We felt that with this development of the pond here in Lacombe, it was a good location to stock with fi sh and get kids out fi shing.”

Last year, around 250 community mem-bers came out to the event. Street said he hopes to see as many people attend this year. There will be many activities for the kids at the start of the event as well, includ-ing participation with stocking the pond.

“It’s all rainbow trout that are in there, and it’s been stocked already. The Alberta Conservation Association put a bunch of fi sh in there a few weeks ago as well so there’s quite a few fi sh in there - they do live in there through the winter as well.”

Street said Fish and Game have put a lot of work into the pond thanks to the Co-op Community Spaces Grant and encourages

everyone to come and see the work that was put in. They have already noticed an increased amount of use from kids and fam-ilies since the improvements were made.

Participants are required to bring their own fi shing rods, although there will be rods available to borrow. Anglers are remind-ed that Alberta Sportfi shing Regulations will apply, which means only residents

of Alberta under the age of 16 and over the age of 65 are not required to hold a licence to fi sh.

There will be a facepainter on site, door prizes, fun giveaways, a barbecue and more. This event will be hosted from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and the fi rst 250 people to arrive will get a free Len Thompson fi shing lure.

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Blackfalds Fun, Run, Walk event to take placeBY SHELBY CRAIGLACOMBE EXPRESS

The seventh annual Blackfalds Fun, Run and Walk event will once again be host-ed this upcoming Saturday and organizers are hoping the event will be a successful fundraiser for local initiatives in the community.

Normally, the event is host-ed in May, but Guest Services Coordinator at the Abbey Centre Carol Simpson ex-plained that due to the inclem-ent weather, offi cials decided to have it a month later.

“We found with traditionally having it in the fi rst weekend of May, often times we run into poor weather so we thought if we moved it back then we’d have a better chance of having a nice warmer day. Also, it gives the parks and facilities

staff the chance to have more time once the snow is gone to have all the litter from winter all picked up. We’re trying to showcase our community with the walk and we want to make sure we’re putting on our best face for the people using it.”

Past recipients from the Fun, Run and Walk event include the Blackfalds Field House Society and the Town of Blackfalds Programs Admissions and Sports Subsidy program. However, this year the Optimist Club of Blackfalds’ Skateboard Park fundraising initiative was chosen.

“I’m one of two co-organiz-ers, so we two discussed the possible recipients and then of course talked about it with our general manager here at the Abbey Central and we just felt that with this new project going in directly across the

street from the Abbey Centre and with it being a Town of Blackfalds facility - their sup-porting us, then we’ll support them,” explained Simpson. She also added that the Abbey Centre is a large supporter of the Optimist Club and will sup-port them in their initiatives.

Once the expenses are paid from the actual event, which Simpson explained are very limited for this event, the rest of the funds from registration and monetary donations will be given to the recipient.

Simpson said that the event is very much family-friendly so they want families and little ones out and about, but understand if the weather is poor that there won’t be as much participation.

“Last year went pretty good, we would have liked to have a higher registration, we had

around 150ish people partici-pate. We have enough registra-tion and supplies to guarantee 300.

“The fi rst 300 people reg-istered will get what we call ‘swag,’ so we’re set for that amount. It really depends for someone people whether or not its going to be a nice morning.”

There is still time for partic-ipants to register, and people can register at the Abbey Centre, at www.blackfalds.com/register, www.runningroom.com or on the actual event day. Registration is currently over 100, Simpson said.

Registration will begin be-tween 9-9:30 a.m. on Saturday with the start time of 10 a.m. Participants can choose wheth-er or not they want a 3km, 5km or 10km walk or run.

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DEVELOPMENT PERMITSCurrent to June 2, 2016

Documents pertaining to the development permits may be inspected at City Hall, 5432-56 Avenue, during regular business hours. Anyone claiming to be affected by the approval of the Permitted Uses with Variances of Discretionary Uses may submit an objection within 14 days from the date of notice. The appeal must be in writing, accompanied with a $250.00 fee and be directed to: Lacombe Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, Attn: Secretary to the SDAB, 5432-56 Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1E9.

Date: June 2, 2016

Permit #: 61/251.20 2016

Development: 27% Rear Yard Variance for Addition to Industrial Building

Location: 4013 53 Avenue

2016 Property Tax NoticesProperty tax notices were mailed out on May 27, 2016. If you have not received your 2016 Property Tax Notice by Friday, June 3, 2016, please contact the City of Lacombe’s Tax and Assessment Department at 403-782-1257.

Property owners are advised that taxes are due and payable without penalty if payment is received at City Hall on or before June 30, 2016. Any payments received after June 30, 2016, will be subject to a 9%

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The Lacombe Sports & Leisure Complex remains open to the public through the new temporary access locations marked onsite. Scott Builders has installed temporary construction fencing around their work sites and only individuals who have been orientat-ed and have specific permission to do so may enter the fenced-off areas.

To date, contractors shored and removed block walls, removed millwork, old electrical, gas and plumbing lines. They have gutted the main lobby bathroom and have started preparations for sanitary and water main relocations on the east side of the facility. Flooring throughout the renovation area has been removed, exposing the underlying concrete slab. Hazardous materials abatement crews have removed vermiculite from the renovation areas.

In late April crews removed sections of the existing concrete slab in preparation for new internal concrete footings. This work took place at night, as it was deemed too loud to occur during operating hours.

Work on the internal footings is 75 percent complete. The new Barnett Upper Lobby

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washroom framing is substantially complete. Structural steel infill for the new Aquatic Centre Upper Lobby washrooms is also complete. Construction of addition footings and foundation walls in the east-side of the building is underway.

Over the next two weeks, construction crews will work on roughing in mechanical systems and major plumbing in bath-rooms; relocating internal gas lines; and installing new sprin-klers in the Curling Club lounge. External structural reinforce-ment work will continue on the west-side of the facility, along with the roof replacement, and the electrical transformers in the pool mechanical room will be replaced.

Above: Plumbing drains have been roughed-in in the main lobby washrooms.

Irresponsible pet ownership continues to be an ongoing concern within the community. The City of Lacombe’s Enforcement Services reminds cat owners to do their part and take responsibility for their pets and ensure they are not running at large or defecating on other people’s properties.

Cat feces can contain a parasite linked to the disease Toxoplasmosis, and is unsafe for people, especially young children and pregnant women.

Peace Officers strongly recommends keeping cats indoors because indoor cats live longer, healthier and safer lives.

RESPONSIBLE CAT OWNERSHIP

Letting your cat run loose puts them in danger and causes a public safety concern. Your pet stands a chance of being hit by a car, becoming ill after eating garbage or other products, being injured by another animal, or getting lost. Cat owners must keep their pet on a leash at all times when off the owner’s property. Owners are held responsible for their pets – as stated in Part 4 of the City of Lacombe’s Nuisance Bylaw #326 – and can face fines ranging from $75 to $200 if the cats are caught running at large or for damage caused by their animals.

For more information on pet ownership responsibilities and the Nuisance Bylaw, go to www.lacombe.ca/nuisance.

Lacombe City Council Meetings are open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. Meeting agendas are posted online at www.lacombe.ca by 3 p.m. on the Friday before every Council Meeting.

The next scheduled Regular Council Meeting dates and times are:• Monday, June 13, 2016, at 5 p.m. • Monday, June 27, 2016, at 5 p.m. • Monday, July 25, 2016, at 5 p.m.

Find the Right Fit program is up and running. Try a variety of physical activities at no cost. For more information go to www.lacombe.ca/choosewell orcall 403.782.1267.

Lacombe Spray Park is open (weather dependant) at 10 a.m. daily.

Construction season is here. Keep up to date by signing up for the RSS Feed that will automatically send you updates about road construction progress, detours and other important information. Visit www.lacombe.ca/construction for all you construction information this summer.

What’s Happening?

City Council Dates

Upcoming Events

Reminders

Renovations are underway at the Lacombe Sports & Leisure Complex. For more information go towww.lacombe.ca/recrenos.

Kinsmen Aquatic Centre• PD Day Toonie Swim - Friday, June 3

• Father’s Day is Sunday, June 19. All Dads swim for

a Toonie!

• School’s Out Bash is on June 28 from 4 p.m. 6 p.m.

Tickets are now on sale!

June is Block Party Month!The first 5 registered block parties will receive party packages (burgers, buns, condiments, and veggie tray). For more information call 403.782.1267 or visit www.lacombe.ca/blockparty for more information on block parties, the Block Party Activity Kit, and to enter the draw!


fyifyi Your weekly Community Events Calendar

The FYI, Community Events Calen-

dar is a free-of-charge service

for not-for-profi t organizations

and upcoming community

events within the Lacombe and

Blackfalds region. To submit

your information, please

email news@lacombeexpress.

com, call 403-782-5306 or fax

403-782-5344. If you would

like your event or organization

to be included, please sub-

mit your information to the

editor by noon, the Monday

before the publication date.

Battery Drive - The Nebraska 4H

Multi Club is having a battery

drive as a fundraiser for our

2016 year. If you have old,

unused batteries lying around,

give one of the following

parents a call and we will glad

come and pick them up! If you

would like you can also deliver

them to the Blacklock Dairy

located on the southeast corner

of Lakeside Sergeant Road and

Haynes Highway, east of Alix.

The 4H members appreciate

your support! For more, call

Greg Dolan at 403-505-5032

– Leader Linda Blacklock at

403-304-7234, Dean Conrad at

403-350-0739, Darren Grose at

403-755-6287, Allen Zimmer

at 587-377-2972, and Michele

Davis at 403-348-9176.

Lacombe Farmers Market is at

Lacombe Arena parking lot

and indoors Fridays from 9 a.m.

to 1 p.m. Come every Friday

morning for homemade baking,

eggs, fruit, vegetables, crafts,

jewellery, jams, honey, wood-

work, and lots more. We ‘make

it, bake it, or grow it’ just for

you. Call 403-782-4772 or 403-

877-1280 for more information.

The Red Deer Public Library

presents First Thursday in the

Snell June 2nd, 12:15 - 1 p.m. in

the The Snell Auditorium, with

featured artists Audrey Graham

and Friends. No admission

charge. A free will donation will

be accepted at the door. Coffee

and Tea provided by Cafe Noir.

The Lacombe Fish & Game Associ-

ation is sponsoring their

13th annual Youth Fish-

ing Day on Saturday, June

4th at the Len Thompson

Trout Pond. Fishing equipment

and instruction provided for all

participants. Free burgers, hot

dogs & refreshments for par-

ticipants (16 years and under).

Contact Bernie at 403-357-9231

for further information.

IODE - Lord Lascelles Chapter IODE,

women dedicated to a better

Canada. Meetings every fourth

Tuesday of each month at 7:30

p.m. at St. Andrew’s United

Church. To learn more about

membership, please call Mary

Lou Wilson at 403-782-3923.

Lacombe Lions Club meets 1st

Monday of the month down-

stairs at the Lacombe Legion.

For more information on the

Lions Club, please contact

Sharon at 403-782-5179.

Lacombe Lions Club meets the

fi rst Monday of the month

downstairs at the Lacombe

Legion. For more information

on the Lions, please contact

Sharon at 403-782-5179.

Habitat volunteers needed for

Lacombe: Habitat for Human-

ity is building two low income

duplex homes in the Mckenzie

Ranch subdivision in Lacombe. If

you can help with the construc-

tion for a day or more, phone

Habitat at 403-309-6080.

Lacombe Ukulele Group: Every fi rst

and third Tuesday in Lacombe.

We’ll be meeting at Kavaccino’s

in the front room between 6:30

p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Join us for

the evening or drop in for a bit.

All ages and all levels of ability

are welcome! For more informa-

tion call 403-477-4630 or check

out our Facebook page www.

facebook.com/LacombeUkulele.

Lacombe Hospice Steering Commit-

tee: volunteers needed. Commit

to 24 – 48 months’ term. Contact

Florence at 403-782-5641 or

email: [email protected].

The seventh annual Fun Run &

Walk is set for June 4th at the

Abbey Centre – Field House 3

(4500 Womacks Rd). Registration

is from 9 to 9:30 a.m. with warm

up at 9:45 a.m. and start time at

10 a.m. Participants can choose a

3, 5 or 10 km walk/run. Registra-

tion fee: students & 55 plus- $15;

adult - $25; family of four - $65

($10 for each additional child).

Register at the Abbey Centre,

blackfalds.com/register, running-

room.com or on event day. With

the help of dedicated volunteers,

participants, and sponsors, this

event has been a successful fund-

raiser for local initiatives includ-

ing the Blackfalds Field House

Society and the Town of Black-

falds Programs Admissions &

Sport Subsidy program. This year,

proceeds from this fun, family

event will go towards the Opti-

mist Club of Blackfalds’ Skate-

board Park fundraising initiative.

The Blackfalds Tim Horton’s Fun

Run & Walk registration fee

DOES NOT include admission

into the Abbey Centre other

than for registration, warm up,

showers and to store belongings.

Gigantic yard sale runs at St.

Cyprians Anglican Church on

June 4th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

How to Repaint a House - A

Heritage Workshop. Hosted by

Lacombe’s Heritage Resources

Committee on June 9th from

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. It will be held

at the Morrison House. RSVP to

Jennifer Kirchner at 403-782-

1264 or a [email protected].

Decoration Day Ceremony - June

3rd at 1 p.m. in the veterans’

section, Fairview Cemetery,

Lacombe. All schools and general

public are invited to attend this

1/2 hour event. Refreshments

will be served in the Byron Greff

Memorial Hall after the service.

Daytime Documentaries - June 8th

at 2 p.m. at the Red Deer Public

Library, downtown branch, in

the Waskasoo Meeting Room.

On June 8th - THE FRUIT HUNT-

ERS: This fi lm takes an interest-

ing look at exotic fruit fanatics

around the world revealing

the wide variety beyond the

industrialized monoculture

dominating today’s grocery

stores. For this month only,

the program will be held in

the Waskasoo Meeting Room.

Join us for this enlightening

documentary and enjoy light re-

freshments with us. A discussion

facilitated by a staff member

will follow the fi lm. Everyone is

welcome for this free program.

Please note that Daytime

Documentaries will be held in

the Waskasoo this month. If

you need more information, or

if you plan to bring a group,

please contact Donna Stewart

or Priscilla at 403-346-2100.

The Rotary Club of Lacombe is

hosting its 32th annual Lobster

Dinner on June 10th, 6 at the

Lacombe Memorial Centre. This

is the major community fund-

raiser that allows the club to

continue its support to a variety

of programs such as local youth

programs, community programs

and international programs. The

evening starts out with cocktails

at 5:30 p.m. Lobster and Steak

Dinner will be served between

6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. with fresh

lobsters fl own in from the Mar-

itimes! A silent and live auction

will be part of the event as well

with some amazing items do-

nated by local businesses. This

year’s special guest and MC will

be professional entertainer and

former NHL Star, Kraig Nienhu-

is. After his successful hockey

career with the Boston Bruins,

Kraig has turned his passion

for music into a lively enter-

tainment act, accompanied by

his voice and his guitar. He has

opened for famous rock bands

such as ZZ Top, Nickelback, Sim-

ple Minds, INXS and The Beach

Boys. Tickets are $75 each and

are available from any Lacombe

Rotary member, Royal Lepage

Lifestyles in Lacombe, any Rota-

ry member or call the ticket ho-

tline at 403-782-3171. Reserved

tables of eight are available

as well. Check www.lacomb-

erotary.ca for more details.

Al-Anon: Does drinking alcohol by

a relative or friend bother you?

Al-Anon may be able to help

you. Meetings are held every

Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in the

lower fl oor of the Lacombe Ma-

sonic Hall at 4722 - 49B Avenue,

Lacombe. For more information

call 403-307-3732, 780- 668-

4395 or check the web-site

at www.al-anon.ab.org.

The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band is

actively recruiting experienced

and inexperienced people

from the Central Alberta area,

who are interested in joining

the pipe band. Anyone with

piping or drumming experi-

ence, or if you would like to

learn piping or drumming,

are asked to please contact

us at 403-782-7183. Practic-

es are held at the Red Deer

Legion on Tuesdays at 7:00.

St. Andrew’s United Church

youth choir for ages fi ve to 18.

Meets Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m.

contact Jessica at 403-352-5486

or [email protected].

St. Andrew’s United Church

Adult Choir for those 18 and

older. Practices on Wednesdays

from 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Contact

Roberta at 403-782-0443 for

more information. Cost is free.

Lacombe Walking Group

Wednesdays from 12-12:30

at Medcombe Walk-In-Clinic.

No Registration required.

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ARTS & LEISUREWho do you really want to become?

I recently celebrated another birthday.I’m young, but getting older. And the

older I get, the more I ponder the ques-tion, ‘Who do I want to become?’

I don’t know why I’m asking the ques-tion, but I am.

Who do I want to become? And what will I do/what will I implement in my life/what daily habits will I faithfully live with so I can become that?

Throughout our lives, our whole lives long we are constantly becoming.

We are becoming more who we were meant to be or less. We are becoming someone who is defi ned by kindness, faithfulness, compassion, self-control, love, patience, joy, hope, peace, goodness or by the opposite of all that.

We are becoming people who seek jus-tice or who create systems of injustice by our quietness around issues. We are be-coming people who are open, loving, wel-coming, allowing others to write on our hearts, or more closed. We are becoming people who forgive, or people who hold onto bitterness and pain.

We are becoming people who move toward healing as much as is possible, or who are content to stagnate in our wounds. We are becoming more like Christ or less like Christ.

We are becoming. Always.But becoming someone characterized

by certain virtues takes time, effort, plan-ning.

It requires us thinking about who we want to become and then how we will achieve it. We don’t become a runner or famous pianist simply by dreaming about it, but by running and practicing every day.

The same is true of becoming who we want to become. We must faithfully, daily, practice habits that move us in the direc-tion of the person we want to become.

We have to practice those virtues we want to be defi ned by. We need models and mentors who can help us see what it looks like further down the road, who can encourage and support us in our journey. We must dream, let our imaginations run wild, be told stories about becoming something if we want to know another way of living is possible.

This is one of the many reasons the church exists—to paint a picture of what becoming like Christ looks like and then making it possible through the support of others, being aware of God’s interaction in our lives, habits, and storytelling.

Unfortunately, this question - who do you want to become and how will you get to becoming that? is rarely asked. It’s defi nitely not a conversation opener, not one you ask at a party. It hits us too close to our hearts. Instead we ask, as the grad-uates this season know all too well - what will/do you do?

This is the easy, culturally appropriate question.

You can ask it at a gathering with people you don’t know and successfully

make small talk. But it’s not a beautiful question.

The question seems to get at our cul-ture’s need to defi ne each other by what we’ve done and accomplished. The ques-tion ultimately focuses on plans, mile-stones, abilities.

But what if we don’t work. What if we try to work but because of illness, job loss, homelessness, or a whole host of other things, cannot work?

Suddenly, because of our great obses-sion with this question, we’ve lost all cultural markers of who we are and our inability to perform to a certain standard is highlighted rather than who we are.

This is not good.We are not human doings. But human

beings.

A big difference.I’ve been to quite a few funerals over the

past while. And the thing that is remem-bered more so than their achievements, milestones and professions is the char-acter of the person—who the person was.

I think this shows us the importance and need for the question: who do you want to become? How will you work to-ward that?

These questions give us a vision for life that allows us to be something outside of our abilities to achieve, professions, and milestones; and to take notice of ‘ordinary’ people in the world who model faithful living, who embody the traits and characteristics that we desire in our lives.

Rev. Dayna Vreeken is a pastor at Woodynook Christian Reformed Church.

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SPORTSLondon Knights claim Memorial Cup championshipBY ZACHARY CORMIERLACOMBE EXPRESS

They were the hottest team in the Canadian Hockey League coming into the 2016 MasterCard Memorial Cup tournament at Red Deer’s ENMAX Centrium.

Now, 10 days later, the London Knights are the Memorial Cup champions.

The Knights capped off an incredible 17 game winning streak that dated back to the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs Sunday evening defeating the QMJHL Champion Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3-2 in overtime to claim their second Memorial Cup since 2005.

“It’s one of those things, it’s hard to get. It takes a lot of time and I’m just happy for the boys, they earned it all year. To win 17 in a row in playoff time, in this tournament, you’re playing the best, it’s unheard of,” said Knights’ Head Coach/GM Dale Hunter after the dramatic conclusion to the game.

Led by the dominant line of Mitch Marner, Matthew Tkachuck and Christian Dvorak, the Knights cruised to the bye into the fi nal during round robin play, posting a 3-0 record that included a 6-2 win over the Red Deer Rebels, a 9-1 trouncing of the Brandon Wheat Kings and a slightly closer 5-2 victory over the Huskies earlier in the week.

But the Huskies weren’t going to go down without a fi ght in the fi nal, as they fought the Knights every step of the way, holding them scoreless in the fi rst period before taking a one goal lead halfway through the third that put London behind for the fi rst time in the tournament.

The Knights, though, would not be denied.“You’ve just got to keep the same mindset.

Being down in the third period and coming back we knew what we had to do - bear down. It’s our last game of the season and leave everything on the line,” said Knights’ goalie Tyler Parsons.

Parsons was somewhat of an unsung hero for the Knights during the tournament, leading all four goalies with a 1.78 goals against average and a .942 save percentage to earn himself the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the Most Outstanding Goaltender at the Memorial Cup.

Parsons’ showstopping performance on the London end of the ice gave his team a chance to make a comeback from the 2-1 defi cit.

And come back they did, as Dvorak scored his seventh goal of the tournament with

just fi ve minutes remaining in the third to send the contest into overtime.

“We had the momentum on our side, get-ting that last minute goal there - we knew what we had to do. It came down to one shot and if we played good defense they were going to give us offensive chances,” Parsons said.

There was only one way the game could end, and after several heart-stopping close plays on both ends, the game came down to a two on one for London, with Tkachuck rifl ing in the goal heard around the hockey world.

“It’s right up there with all of the acco-lades, all of the awards. But it’s not about my goal. It’s about the team, it’s about the win, it’s about the 17 game winning streak, it’s about the way we carried ourselves into this tournament and the way we carried

ourselves throughout this tournament,” said the 18-year-old draft eligible winger of his overtime winner.

Meanwhile, the host Red Deer Rebels were happy with their performance in the tournament overall.

“I’m proud of our players. We deserved to be in this game tonight. We had a 2-1 record and we played with this team tonight, too,” said Rebels’ Head Coach/GM Brent Sutter after his team’s 3-1 loss to the Huskies in the semi-fi nal game on Friday night.

After a 6-2 loss to London in the fi rst game of the tournament, many doubted the Rebels would be able to compete with the high octane offence that the respective league champions brought to the table.

That all changed after Red Deer surged to a 5-2 win over the Huskies two nights later and followed it up with a dramatic 2-1

overtime victory over the WHL champion Brandon Wheat Kings on Tuesday.

The second win was enough to clinch second place in the round-robin standings behind London and eliminate the winless Wheat Kings from the tournament.

It was a sweet victory for the Rebels, as their season was ended by the Wheat Kings in the WHL Eastern Conference fi nal less than a month ago.

“I guess part of it is no one has short memories. I know that we were beaten in the semis by Brandon and rightly so. They’ve got a very, very good hockey team. That’s the thing about this tournament, you can come in here and be a champion in your own league but if things don’t go exactly right you might not have success in it,” said Sutter.

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CHAMPIONS - From left, London Knights’ co-captains Mitchell Marner and Christian Dvorak hoisted the Memorial Cup over their heads after the 2016 MasterCard Memorial Cup fi nal game at the ENMAX Centrium on Sunday. The Knights defeated the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3-2 in overtime to claim their second Memorial Cup in franchise history. Zachary Cormier/Lacombe Express


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• Street Freaks’ Show & Shine• 1/8th Mile Bracket Racing Tech & Time Trials @ Airport from 3 - 5 PM

• Racer plus 1 Crew $60, Additional Crew $10/Person • Spectators $10, 12 Years and Under Free

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Central Alberta Buccaneers take home a winBY ZACHARY CORMIERLACOMBE EXPRESS

The Central Alberta Buccaneers took a big step towards making their presence in the Alberta Football League felt last Saturday, as they steamrolled the visiting Grande Prairie Drillers in their season opener at ME Global Athletic Park in Lacombe.

Led by new starting quarterback Brandon Leyh and newly-acquired receiver Jamal Henry, the Bucs stormed to a 51-16 victory over the Drillers in front of their home town crowd.

“A win’s good early. Grande Prairie’s always a tough team that plays physical and hits hard, so it’s a nice way to start the year for sure,” said Bucs’ Head Coach Devon Hand after the win.

The Bucs got the ball rolling early when, on the offense’s fi rst drive of the game, Leyh hooked up with receiver Major Newman in the end zone for a quick six points.

Although the ensuing conversion kick was blocked, it was all Buccaneers from that point on, as the Bucs defense took to the fi eld to do what they do best.

And boy did they deliver, at least in the fi rst three quar-ters of the game as they stonewalled the Grande Prairie offense at nearly every turn, forcing the Drillers into two and out drives on more than one occasion and allowing the special teams and offense the opportunity to get back on the fi eld and score more points.

Despite the defence’s shutdown performance early in the game, Hand noted he would like to see more consistency from them late into games, especially when the offense is rolling like they were on Saturday.

“It’s a little bit concerning defensively because normally we’re a defensively-minded team, so I think when the offense put up some points early, defensively we kind of eased back a little bit, kind of put it in cruise control.”

Fortunately, though, that lack of defensive consistency wouldn’t matter much in the grand scheme of things, as Leyh and the offense romped to a 40 point lead by the end of the fi rst half.

“It was nice to see the offense get hot and score some points out of the gate early,” Hand said.

“Overall scoring points is always a positive thing.”Much of that offense was generated by Leyh, who was

making his fi rst appearance in the pirate crew’s red and white.

The former Mount Allison University quarterback was dominant for the Bucs as he racked up 16 completions on 22 attempts for a staggering 335 yards and six passing touchdowns and one TD that he took into the house himself.

“We recruited him from Mount Allison. We were able to secure him work in the area and get a great guy that is going to put us over the top,” said Hand, adding the

addition of a solid starting QB has been a welcome one for the team.

“In the past we had issues with that, the quarterback position and offense, so this is new to us. We had to make sure we had the right kind of guy to get us over the top and Brandon showed tonight that he can be that guy for sure.”

During the off season, the Bucs went through some major changes in order to sure up the offensive side of the ball. Those changes included adding Leyh at quarterback and a couple of receivers for him to throw to.

On such receiver, who had a very impressive debut on Saturday was Jamal Henry, who made some key catches early on and quickly became Leyh’s favourite target, racking up six catches for 164 yards and two TDs.

“It’s the same story, just different position. We’ve been known as a defensive team for so long and the rest of the

league kind of sees us as that. So we put a lot of effort into focusing on the offense and recruiting players and getting the right guys that fi t,” Hand said.

They’ll need that offensive support next week as they head north to Edmonton to face off against the Fort McMurray Monarchs in a rematch of last year’s semi-fi nal, when the Monarchs knocked the Bucs out of the playoffs.

“Fort McMurray, obviously, is going to be playing su-premely motivated. They have a deep team, they have an excellent coach and they’ll be ready to play us for sure,” Hand said.

That game goes on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Fuhr Field in Edmonton. The Bucs are back at home on June 11th when they host the St. Albert Stars. That game kicks off at 6 p.m. at ME Global Athletic Park in Lacombe.

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Alberta Downs back on track for the season

After a year’s hiatus, Alberta Downs raceway is back up and running, with their opening day coming up this Sunday with many family friendly activities planned.

Alberta Downs Manager of Racing Christina Sturgeon explained that the raceway was shut down last year due to the horses being moved and renovations being fin-ished.

“When Horse Racing Alberta originally came to Bob (owner Robert Allen), he wasn’t fi nished build-ing the race track but the Stampede Park was closed down and the harness horses had nowhere to go. So, Bob opened his track before it was even ready and gave them a place to

race. They were here for about fi ve years but the track at Cross Irons Mills, that was always on the table and when that track was built the horses went there.”

After the horses left, the track was left unused for a year, but the raceway is set to open again for the 2016 season on June 5th, with new updates to facilities as well as a new breed of horses partici-pating.

“This year we have all thoroughbreds, so that’s very exciting. The last fi ve years we were racing we had all harness and would have maybe one or two thoroughbreds racing throughout the summer and they were hugely popular so I’m very excit-ed to have all thorough-breds this time.”

Alberta Downs had 22

live thoroughbred race days scheduled, approved by Horse Racing Alberta and will run every Sunday through until Oct. 30th.

“Every Sunday, races will start at 3:15 p.m. The fi rst week open we will have six races but that will hopefully grow to at least eight or 10 as we go through the summer, it just matters as to how many horses we end up with,” added Sturgeon.

Opening day is prom-ised to hold everything for the whole family in-cluding the thoroughbred races, petting zoos, pony rides and face painting for the kids. She said it’s im-portant for Alberta Downs to remain a family-friend-ly business.

“It’s tons of fun and the sad part is so many people have never expe-

rienced it, especially the racing and especially in Central Alberta. It’s defi -nitely worth the day to come out, we have great food out here, lots of fun, even if you just come to watch the horses we usu-ally try our best to cater to families, try to make it that atmosphere.”

Sturgeon said that the race track has many events planned for the summer including the Central Alberta Amateur Turf Club’s pony racing series, Family Fun Days and the Taste of Central Alberta.

Admission, parking and programs are always free.

To learn more about Alberta Downs or how to enter into the racing, please visit www.albertadowns.com

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