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Shannon LeCLair

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Accessing inormation through the Townwill now come at a charge ater a new

bylaw was passed at the May 15 regularcouncil meeting. The new bylaw will seepeople paying $8.85 per quarter hour, or$35.40 per hour to have FOIP (Freedom oInormation and Protection o Privacy Act)inormation pulled.

(For a) FOIP request generally you haveto pull fles and you have to go througheach individual page o that fle to takeanything out that cant be released due toFOIP, said Jennier Sawatzky, FOIP coor-dinator or the town.

I someone is just coming in or gen-eral inormation were not going to chargethem or that, but i its something that hasto be fled under FOIP then thats when it

would apply.

The ee was taken rom within the salaryrange o the municipal clerk because theywould be the one gathering the inorma-tion.

Strathmore is not the frst community tocharge a ee to collect FOIP inormation.

Its typical in most communities thatthey do charge a ee or gathering inorma-tion, its just to cover stas time or doingit. It really depends on the size o the re-quest, some requests can take 10 minutes

but some requests can take days, so its re-ally to cover that cost, said Sawatzky.The new bylaw was discussed because

o the municipal election coming up.Chie Administrative Ofcer or the TownDwight Stanord said that beore the lastelection there were a lot o man hours that

went into fnding inormation requested.At the last election we had to gather in-

ormation or the public and it was over$20,000 worth o sta time getting the ma-terial, said Stanord.

Much o the inormation requested threeyears ago was or fnancial records, whichtook several weeks to gather.

I really am impressed and I like thisidea because asstated earlier in the lastelection campaign there were a lot o re-quests and inormation searched by ourtown sta, and I dont think a lot o peoplerealize how much money that costs, andhow much time that costs the sta and ad-ministration, said Councillor Pat Fule.

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I think this is a very good way, isomeone is desperate or interested in

fnding out inormation, there needsto be a cost to oset what it takes todo all this inormation fnding, so Ithink its a great idea.The bylaw passed with third read-

ing at the May 15 meeting. A guideto better understand FOIP and whatinormation may all under it can beound by going to http://www.servi-cealberta.ca/oip/documents/FOIP-Guide.pd.

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Shannon LeCLair

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Parents, students, and sta at Sacred Heart Academy havebeen busy undraising or a new expansion to their play-ground. The wooden structure that is currently in place atthe ondly named gathering grounds will be completely re-

placed with a new $120,000 Superman structure.Its called the gathering grounds at our school because o

where its located, so there is actually quite a bit o commu-nity use that happens there, said Christa Aleman, a membero the playground organizing committee.

The people that originally started our school 10 yearsago, they put the playground in, they worked very, very hardand they called it the gathering ground 10 years ago, and wejust eel like thats a really suitable name or the park. Itsgreat or the kids but its a great place or the community

as well.Fundraising has been underway within the school or a

ew months now, having kicked o with the sales o candygrams or Valentines Day.

Were at about $40,000 now, so were in a really steadystate o raising money. Our goal ideally would be to have thestructure up by next spring, operational by this time o year

next year, said Aleman.On June 6 at dusk there is going to be a Movie Under TheStars night, put on by FreshAirCinema, to help raise undsor the project, and to showcase the gathering grounds.There will be a BBQ or dinner beginning at 6 p.m. andthere will be ace painting and airbrush tattoos to keep thekids entertained, when they arent playing on the currentplayground equipment. Tickets or the movie are $5 per per-son or $20 amily. The cost o the BBQ is separate rom themovie tickets.

Sacred Heart plans to add Supermanto their playground

Shannon LeClair Photos

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Students rom Crowther Memo-rial Junior High took up rakes anddrills on May 17, to clean up theaccess path running rom BrentBoulevard into the Brentwoodcommunity.The path was littered with

leaves and garbage, and some othe ence boards were rotten orhad grafti written on them.Tyler Brassard, busy with a rake,

said the activity was part o build-

ing karma. He knew it was true,as karma had recently broughthim luck, generated by his deci-sion to be honest.

Karma in Indian religions is

the concept o an action or deed,which causes the entire cycle ocause and eect.

Just yesterday I ound 20 dol-lars on the ground. I picked it upand brought it to the ofce and inreturn I got canteen dollars, saidBrassard.

Sometimes youth are blamedor thoughtless actions, but theyalso contribute to a lot o commu-nity events and undraisers. Thisspontaneous clean-up is one moreexample o their karmic contribu-tion to the Strathmore community.

The kids wanted to have a bet-ter reputation and we wanted ourschool to get involved, said Assis-tant Principal Colin Lenox. Thisis the greatest way to do it.

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Last Wednesday, May 15, students atStrathmore High School (SHS) weresimulating someone elses lie.

Callista Weiss, Payton Berger, Joel

Cooper, Alex Bird, Alicia George,Shayne Salmon, Alyssa Lavallee volun-teered to carry one to two gallons o

water with them all day long, to expe-rience what women in Kenya have todo to get resh water or their amilies.

Women oten carry water or sev-en or eight hours a day. Ours was

just a demonstration o what they gothrough every day, said Cooper.

It was a bit o a burden. It was awk-ward juggling your books and bind-ers and everything. You realize thatthe women in Kenya have to do thisor a much longer time, so you push

through it, thinking I can suck it upand do this, said George.The walk is inspired by the Free

the Children organization and Spen-cer Wests We Walk 4Water campaign.Spencer, who lost his legs at the age ofve, is best known or his accomplish-

ments o climbing Mount Kilimanjaroon his hands, but also raises unds orinternational charity and youth em-powerment organizations. West helda charity walk, Edmonton to Calgary,rom May 6 to 16.

For pictures o the event and moreinormation see: http://www.reethe-children.com/get-involved/cam-paigns/we-walk-4water/While SHS students couldnt par-

ticipate in Wests walk, they held theirown a undraiser with unds going to-

ward a supply o clean drinking wateror the small community o Osenetoi,

Kenya in Arica. The students said thatthey would like to have the opportu-nity to help others again, or travel in-ternationally and be involved in handson projects.To date, through the past school

year, the Me to We Club at SHS has

raised approximately $4,000 throughevents like the water walk, the beneftconcert, and the penny drive. Anyone

wishing to help them out can makedonations to the Me to We Club atSHS, including spare change and pen-nies.

Direct donations can also be madeto Free the Children on behal o theschool. There are still hand-made raf-ki bracelets on sale or $10 each. The$10 is enough to eed one child in Ke-nya or a month, and helps supportalternative income projects by Kenyan

women.

Me-to-We Water Walk

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Students from Crowther Memoral Junor Hgh took up rakesand drlls on May 17, to clean up the access path runnng fromBrent Blvd nto the Brentwood communty. it was ther dea tomprove the reputatons of youth by mprovng the communty.

Photo courtesy of Sarah Pope

On May 15 students from Strathmore Hgh School (SHS) carred one to two gallons of water throughout the whole day to help rase money for the Kenyacommunty of Oseneto. Throughout the school year the Me to We club has rased approxmately $4,000 between the penny drve, benet concert andwater walk.

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Residents are reminded that while these hours will be

available or outdoor watering, hand watering o trees,

gardens, etc. is permitted at any time. Residents stillencouraged to help contribute to the Town o Strathmores wa-

ter conservation eorts. Please note changes now

implemented and enorceable as part o Water Bylaw

New Sod/Seed ExemptionsA temporary exemption to the Outdoor Watering Restrictions isavailable at the Town o Strathmore. A Water Excemption Per-

mit, Schedule B, outlines the conditions or the watering othe new sod/seed installation. For urther inormation or a copy

o this exemption, please contact the Town oce.

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2013 PROPERTY TAX NOTICESThe 2013 Property Tax Notices were mailed May 14, 2013. I you have

not received your tax notice please contact the Town at 403-934-3133.

To avoid penalties payment must be made no later than June 30th,

2013. IF you are on the Tax Installment Payment Plan (TIPP), please

note on your tax notice that your payment or June 1st changes to

refect the current year tax levy.

SPRING YARD CLEANUP MAY 1 - 31, 2013

To acilitate removal o spring yard cleanup, a waste bin will be located at

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recycle acility yard or the month o May.

Please abide by the ollowing:

No commercial or residential garbage.

No demolition or construction material.

All tree and shrub trimmings can be placed in the designated chipping pile.

All grass, leaves, and compostable material can be placed in the compost

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All recyclables can be placed in the appropriate containers

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Communityservicegroups,charities,sportsteamsandorganizationsareinvitedtoparticipateinCanadaDay.Ifyou

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COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS - MAY 15, 2013 Council accepted the Home Care Aides as Citizens of the

Month or April, 2013. Council gave rst, second, third and nal reading to

Bylaw #13-11 - Fees and Charges Bylaw Amendment. Council increased the 2013 Capital Project for Pathway

Improvements to $170,000 with the additional $30,000 to bedrawn from the Financial Stabilization reserve.

Council awarded the 2013 Pathway Improvement Project inKinsmen Park to G&V Paving and Contracting Ltd. For the

amount not to exceed $154,800 + GST and that the Mayor andCAO be authorized to sign the Agreement on behalf of theTown.

Council approved the Cooperative Stormwater ManagementInitiative Memorandum o Understanding and that the Mayorand CAO are authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of theTown.

Council approved $50,000.00 to be allocated from the joint WIDand Town o Strathmore Stormwater Capital Fund or thecontinued participation in the Cooperative StormwaterManagement Initiative.

Council appointed Mrs. Debbie Mitzner to the Tour of AlbertaLocal Organizing Committee.

Council approved the proposed name of Sagewood Gate forthe main access point to the site known as 140 Cambridge GlenDrive as shown on the attached Key Plan.

Council approved the proposed street names for Edgeeld

Phase 1, as shown on the attached Schedule A. Council approved the proposed street names for Lakewood

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Shannon LeCLair

Times Reporter

Charges have been laid in the Glei-chen homicide that happened in theearly hours o May 18. Gleichen RCMPresponded to a disturbance call at aresidence in the hamlet at 1:15 a.m.,where they discovered two people su-ering rom undisclosed wounds.

STARS Air Ambulance was called into transport a 26-year-old male. Themale died o his injuries while waitingor the STARS transer.The second individual, a 20-year-old

emale, ound in the home was trans-ported to the hospital with non-lie

threatening injuries. She was later re-leased ater being treated or her inju-ries.

We have laid charges in the homi-cide. We have charged Kristy NoelRedgun, age 18 o Siksika, with frst de-gree murder, said Sgt. Patricia Neely,spokeswoman with the RCMP.

Redgun is being charged in the deatho Tak Tai Lawrence Leung rom Chilli-wack, B.C. Leung was atally injured a-ter an alleged altercation with Redgun.

Neely said the investigation is stillongoing. I anyone has any inorma-tion they can contact the GleichenRCMP detachment at 403-734-3923, orCrime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Charges laid in Gleichen homicide

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Shannon LeCLair

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The pathway around Kinsmen Parkis on the schedule to be paved in timeor the Canada Day celebrations. Origi-nally, as part o the 2012 Towns Path-way Development Plan, a capital bud-get was approved or $140,000.The original company who had the

lowest bid rom the tender process,which was under the $140,000 mark,withdrew their name rom consider-ation prior to the May 15 regular towncouncil meeting. G&V Paving and Con-

tracting Ltd. put in the second lowestbid at $154,800.We did see an increase in the tender

this year based on our tendering romlast year, said Jesse Parker, directoro engineering and operations or thetown. (Well be) building the pathwayto the same quality as our tender alongthe Thomas Drive pathway, but weveseen our cost go up airly considerablyId say, about 30% over our cost romlast year. So as a result it didnt comein asanticipated through the budgetprocess.The Town doesnt have previous ex-

perience with G&V Paving and Con-tracting Ltd. but Parker eels they havea good understanding o the project,and the reerences he has contactedhave also come back positive.The entire pathway will have a hori-

zontal root barrier, which is the sameas the Thomas Drive pathway. In theareas within close proximity to thetrees there will also be a vertical rootbarrier to help prevent any cracks inthe pavement with weeds or rootspushing through.

Parker requested a change in thebudget or the project. The request or$170,000 will add a 10% contingencyin case any unoreseen circumstancescome up.

Council approved the new und-ing amount, which is not to exceed$170,000.

Stormwater initiative

Since last year, the town has been apart o the Regional Stormwater Initia-tive with the Western Irrigation District(WID) and other regional municipali-ties. Parker said the main ocus or thetown is on a south drainage plan to Ea-gle Lake and then uture north drain-

Kinsmen Park paving price increasesage as well.A Memorandum o Understanding

(MOU) was brought orward whichsummarizes the commitment o thepartners working collaboratively on aregional stormwater solution. The re-quest was or the town to sign it, andalso to approve unding in the amounto $50,000 or a technical Request ForProposal (RFP) to help determine theeasibility o a uture solution and thepreliminary design o a stormwater so-lution or the entire town. The undscome rom the WID/Town o Strath-more Joint Stormwater Fund, whichrequires the approval o both parties

to access and will not aect taxpayers.Council approved the requests.

Citizen of

the Month

Shannon LeClair Photo

Councillor John Rem-

pel nominated Home

Care Aides as his choicefor Aprils Citizen of the

Month. Rempel said

that it is thanks to these

dedicated individuals that

many people are able tostay independent and age

in their own homes.

Lisa Stebbins, Director

of Home Care for Cal-gary Family Services (l-r),

Laurie Damen, Clinical

Supervisor with Calgary

Family Services, Jette

Riess, Health Care Aidewith Calgary Family Ser-

vices, Loretta Lakeman

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and Councillor JohnRempel.


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On May 18 the third annual Pack A PUP donation

drive was held in Speargrass with proceeds going

to the Alberta Association for Community Living(AACL). A large trailer was parked at the Spear-

grass location and Wheatland County residents

were asked to help ll it with gently used clothing

and household items. Along with the many con-

tributions from the community, Western Storageand Terrys Tractor Service assisted by donating

the use of the trailer and transport services. Tan-ner Abel (top left), Courtney Bangen (top right),

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Shannon LeCLair

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Human remains were ound on a ru-ral property on May 13 when the land-owner was cleaning up his property orspring. The remains were ound nearIndus at Range Road 275 and TownshipRoad 232.

We dont know what the manner odeath is, that will be something that theMedical Examiner will work to deter-mine. However, at this point we simplyhave human remains, said Sgt. PatriciaNeely, media spokeswoman with theRCMP during a media conerence onMay 14.

Our goal at this point really is to iden-tiy these remains and try to get someclosure or the amily members who are

possibly missing a loved one.Neely said it is too early to determine

how long the bones have been there,but added that an anthropologist is ex-amining them as well. The RCMP SpecialTactical Operations Team, with the assis-tance o the Foothills Search and Rescueteam did a search o the feld to ensureall possible evidence was recovered.

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Over the past eight months, Wheatland County has been developing an update to

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document that includes a vision, goals, objecves and policies to guide growth and

development in the County over the next 30 years. The current MDP is being

updated to ensure it follows the Countys current strategic direcons and recent

provincial inives such as the Land Use Framework and Water for Life Strategy.

At this point in the project we would like to present the new themes, objecves

and key policies to all County residents, business owners, and various stakeholders

to ensure they follow your vision of the County. Please join us and our consultants,

Dillon Consulng, to one of the Town Halls being held in late May:

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Monday, May 27th

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WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US.RCMP Spokesperson Patricia Neely provides amedia update on May 14 regarding the investiga-

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near Range Road 275 and Township Road 232.

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Strathmore High Drama 20/30 presented Ash Girl written by Timber-

lake Wertenbaker on May 13-16. The play was based off the Cinderel-

la Story and held the important life messages of listening to your heart,living with the decisions you have made as well as with the smallest

spark of hope you can overcome. Paula Richardson choose this play

because it gave more students the opportunity of stage time and for

her was one of the most technical plays she has ever directed. The

cast was amazing, the costumes perfect and the set was engaging,they played to a packed theater every night.

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may 16 at 7 p.. Th fstival shows off th usical skills of local stu-

dnts and all donations go to Hop Bridgs and th Whatland Food

Bank. Susann Svcik won thr piano awards at th Final Concrt of

th Druhllr Fstival, highst ark in piano solo for th Grad 4/5lvl, Th Nicholas and Parl Frby morial Award of excllnc and

was noinatd to prfor in th Albrta music Fstival Associations

2013 Provincial Fstival in edonton may 29 - Jun 1. Susann will b

copting for top honors in a piano class for studnts at th Grad 5/6

lvls fro across Albrta.Wendi Tashlikowich Photo

TimoThy J. Shearlaw

Three Hills Capital

Head or the hills as Three Hills, Alberta, West-ern Canadas Cruise Capital, hosts their AnnualCruise Weekend May 31 to June 2.This weekend spectacular has grown rom over

30 years o Show and Shines and Cruise action, buttook on a new look last year with the addition odrag (bracket) racing, a poker rally, live music, andmore.

Cruise into A&W Friday evening or the Meet andGreet and then cruise through town and north onHighway 21 to Trochu and back.

Saturday includes breakasts, swap meet, show

and shine, motorcycle show, FMX motorcycle jump-ing, live music, bee on a bun, and cruise cabaret

eaturing The Chevelles.Sunday kicks o with another pancake breakast,

poker rally, and drag racing goes all aternoon atthe Three Hills Airport.A childrens play centre will operate at the airport

rom 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Shuttle service rom ThreeHills to the airport operates the same hours, withpick-up at the St. Josephs Catholic Church parkinglot (Main Street) and at the Get n Go/Super 8 park-ing lot at the intersection o Highways 21 and 583.

Bring your camera, bring your riends its goingto be a great weekend!Visit www.threehillscruise.ca or more details.

Head or the hills

Festival o Music reaches 17 years

rick Bayer

Camp Chestermere

Four words that todays children will almost nev-er hear are: go outside and play.

For children born ater 1980, their play worldsare constrained and contained with little direct ex-perience o the natural world.

In act, many o todays kids can tell you allabout the Amazon Rainorest because o a schoolproject they did on it. They however are unable toarticulate their own experiences with an Albertaorest or the weed lot down the street or poking astick in a pond.

Kids today want to play indoors because that iswhere the screens are, and screens tend to domi-nate our lives. In act my 11-year-old daughter just

yesterday said, Dad, were becoming one o thoseamilies.When I queried what she meant, she pointed out

that her and her sister were on their iPods, I wason my laptop, and my wie was on her iPad. Sigh.Its a sad day when screens have become so dom-

inant and the research indicating how kids brainsare being rewired as a result o this is intenselyrightening. Is it time or us parents to allow kidsto just be kids? Thomas Berry said that teachingchildren about the natural world should be treatedas one o the most important events in their lives.With summer coming and no school, so many

kids will increase their screen time exponentially.Could this summer be dierent or your kids orgrandkids?

So many parents are earul o the outdoors. Wewant to shelter our kids rom bugs, spiders, androgs. But this disconnect rom nature has pro-

duced all sorts o consequences such as lack ocreativity, ignorance o nature, childhood obesity,depression, and loss o community.

Is it time to consider sending your child to sum-mer camp or a week to help them overcome thisdisconnect rom nature? Overall camp attendancein North America is in decline as parents chooseother options or summer plans.

Getting your kids out in nature presents lots obenefts to them. Being in creation reminds themthat a Creator exists. Getting out in nature will re-mind your kids that God loves variety. The Psalmistmarvelled, O God what a variety you have made.

You made them all. (Psalm 104:24 Living Bible).Let your kid bend over and peer into the intrica-

cies o a beetle. There are over 300,000 varieties obeetles which led biologist JB Haldane to say, God

must have an inordinate ondness or beetles.Richard Louv who coined the phrase that I usedin the title o this article, says; Healing the bro-ken bond between our young and nature is in oursel-interest, not only because aesthetics or justicedemand it, but also because our mental, physical,and spiritual health depends on it. The health othe earth is at stake. May this be a summer where

your kids get outside!

(Pastor Rick Bayer hangs out at Camp Ches-termere. He can be reached at [email protected].)

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Pat Fule

Fule for Thought

Its been 30 years since I rst began teach-ing here in Strathmore. In that time, I have seenmany teaching philosophies come and go, as wellas technological advancements. I remember be-ing called in to a conerence to see a new elec-tronic device hooked to the phone system thatwould send and receive messages in minutes. Thisseemed amazing to me, and I thought it wouldbe a great way to communicate aster. Who knewthat the ax machine could also become a dangerin the workplace? One school day, one o my col-leagues was learning to use this ax machine. Itwas kept in one o the rooms just o the MainOce. The oce sta heard a scream o terror,and a lot o scufing noises. The poor guy hadgotten his tie caught in the machine, and it was

pulling the tie and HIM into it! With quick think-ing, one o the secretaries ran back or scissors,and snipped o his tie just under his collar! Hewas saved, and he avoided that ax machine or aLONG time!

Each school year, schools have their Parent-Teacher Interviews so that students and parentscan discuss progress (or lack o) in the varioussubjects! Many years ago, at SHS, all teacherswould be given a sheet with columns, so that wecould write down the parents names and theirchild. This was to be a way to track the interviews.Now that was in theory, because sometimes Inter-view Night can be quite dead, especially in theSpring when the Flames are in the playos (I toldyou it was a long time ago!). Well, we hardly hadany parents, and I got bored. This is a bad thing,because I thought it would be humorous to write

down bogus names as a joke. So or example,I would write the last name Hun, check o Mr.and Mrs., then Id add Atilla as the kid. I thoughtthis was kind o witty, and kept adding: Mr. andMrs. Presley, their son Elvis and so on! I thoughtI had peaked when I brought in my old Catholicpast I wrote Mr. then God, ollowed by his son,Jesus.

Hilarious stu, right? Well pretty soon, some othe other sta were adding their own unny par-ents/kids, and even started their own sheets! Itwasnt anything to do with a protest o any kind we just thought it was unny.The next morning, I ound a memo that read:

Id like to see you about wasting taxpayers mon-

ey on Interview Night.First, I was mortied then I got angry! I had

caught up on my marking, there were virtuallyno parents TO do interviews with, and the closerI got to my rst class break, the angrier I got! Irehearsed what I was going to say, I even toldsome o my colleagues, and marched toward anadministrators oce. I was going to have my dayin court!Just beore I stormed in, a teacher pal stopped

me, and said whatever you do in there, let himspeak rst.

It was everything I could do to stay silent, as hebegan to talk, and I was still practicing my innerreply, when I heard him say it was all a joke, andthat a ew o my pals were in on it! So many emo-tions hit me: relie, embarrassment, shock, and Ilaughed out loud.

They had gotten me, and I NEVER ooled

around in Interviews again in act I ound thatsometimes when youre trying to do your best,you can also screw up!

The night in question was actually a busy one,and I was dealing with a lot o interviews. Some-times, with all the students a teacher has, you CANget mixed up! I was doing great, and I was prais-ing a boy to his ather. It was awesome to see howhe lit up; he was so happy and he even beamedwith pride. Ater he let, I also elt very positiveabout it. Then, later in the evening, another dadcame in. As I looked at his sons marks, I realizedI had read the AWESOME comments to the dad oone o my problem students.That kid had been disruptive in my class and

others, and he rarely change or PE! It was no won-der his dad almost cried tears o joy I mightvebeen the only positive interview he had all night!

I kicked mysel or getting the two kids mixed up,but then I thought, huh, maybe this will get himout o some trouble at home maybe itll inspirehim, maybe THIS will be that ONE moment, thathelps him become a better student AND person!

It turns out it didnt, but the kid probably had agood evening those many years ago, and his dadWAS pretty happy!

(Fule for Thought is a slice of life humour-ous column that appears in the Strathmore Times,written by long-time resident, town councillor,high school teacher, coach, husband and father oftwo Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touchwith Pat, you can send him an e-mail at Pat.fule@

shaw.ca)

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Crowfoot 4-H Multi News

Crowoot 4-H Multi held its Achievement Dayand Awards banquet on May 11 at the Strath-more Ag grounds.The ollowing awards were handed out:For Public Speaking Sr. frst place Stepha-

nie Limb, second place Sarah MacDonald. Int.frst place Kaylen Morgan, second place MarshallBiskup, and alternate Kaitlyn Stewart. Jr. frstplace Bree Cockx, second place Sam Lloyd, andalternate Katie Taubert.

For Presentations Sr. frst place Alicia Mag-wood & Ashley Berreth, second place Toni & Bil-lie Comstock. Int. frst place Lauren Guttinger &Rebecca Madden, second place David Limb.

Record book awards went to: Canine Int.Natasha Russell, Jr. Bree Cockx. Crats Sr.Stephanie Limb, Int. Jourdyn Sammons and Jr.

Katie Taubert. Lego Jr. Sam Lloyd. Archery Sr. Billi Comstock, Int. Kendall Russell and Jr.Layne Neal. Foods Sr. Sydney Berreth, Int. Em-ily Hilton.Awards o Excellence went to the ollowing

4-H members. Bronze (90 diary points) SydneyBerreth, David Limb, Shaylene Magwood, AliciaMagwood, Kaylen Morgan and Kaitlyn Stewart.Gold (220 diary points) Toni Comstock.

Crowoot 4-H Multi Club would like to thankall the sponsors and judges that have helped outthis 4-H year. To all o our parents or taking usto the general meetings, project meetings, and toall the extra un 4-H activities we go to.

Margo Comstock, without you we wouldnt bethe great club we are. Your love or the 4-H pro-gram keeps the members in the club loving 4-H.

You are the greatest leader.I hope everyone has a great summer and see

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BoB Giles

Times Contributor

The Royal Bank has com-pleted its move to the newshopping center location;this is the frst time in morethan 100 years a bank has

not been located on at leastone o the corners o Strath-mores 2nd Ave and 2ndSt. The Royal ollowed thepath o the Alberta TreasuryBank Branch.The accompanying photo

shows a somewhat dier-ent view o early downtownStrathmore until recently oc-cupied as a newspaper o-fce, and across 2nd Streetrom the previous down-town Royal Bank location.The building on the right,

a Canadian Bank o Com-merce structure, is similar

in design and appearanceto that o the Union Bankbuilding. Little can be deter-mined as to when the Com-merce building was erected,

but it was ater 1910 andwell beore 1920. And yes,it was constructed on thesame location as that o theprevious downtown RoyalBank.

Where We Crossed theCreek and Settled, Rocky-ords history book, showsthe above photo taken inStrathmore and eatur-ing the Canadian Bank o

Commerce on the cornerin the oreground. Why theRockyord history book? Be-cause Rockyord is wherethe Commerce building has

been located since being re-located rom Strathmore.

Rockyords history book

tells us The Canadian Banko Commerce opened or

business inRockyordon May 18,1914 witha sta osix. In 1916the Bankclosed itsStrathmore

branch andphysical lymoved thep r e s e n t

b u i l d i n grom Strath-

more toRockyordsMain Street.To accom-

plish the move, the buildingwas split in hal and two12-horse teams were em-ployed to transport the twosections on rollers to Rocky-ord. Considering the lacko serviceable roads at thistime, the magnitude o theproject can be readily appre-ciated, the article concludes.The Canadian Bank o

Commerce was establishedin 1867 and merged with the

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Imperial Bank o Commerce, es-tablished in 1875, becoming theCIBC in 1961. The CIBC closedits Rockyord Branch on Au-gust 12, 2011. The building wasrecently sold and is presently

being renovated or a commer-cial main level and residential

upstairs, reverting to the origi-nal design when the manager

or a seniorsta mem-

ber occupiedthe upstairsapartment.

G e t t i n gback toStrathmore,other thanthe additiono the livingspace abovethe vault in1969, the oldUnion/Royal

Bank build-ing remainedbasically asit was when

constructed and occupied inearly March 1910. The UnionBank frst arrived in Strathmorein the summer or early all o1908, when it rented spacedown Main Street (now Veter-ans Way) in the King EdwardHotel. This is on the site o thenew Hussar Credit Union build-ing.

In the early 1900s, rapid ex-pansion and scarcity o local la-

bour and materials in the Prai-ries made it difcult to build

the type o solid and classicbuildings both the Union andCanadian Bank o Commerce

wanted or their branches. Pre-abricated structures solved thisproblem.The CIBC website indicates

three dierent Commerce mod-els were designed and each

branch was pre-abricated andpre-painted in Vancouver. I be-lieve there was only one UnionBank design, which is the va-cant heritage building and pres-ently listed or sale. Both banksmodels were similar structures,although they eatured dierent

windows, pillars and minor ex-terior changes.The preab bank kits were

shipped to towns in two railcars and were assembled in two

days. Between 1905 and 1911about 70 o these Commerce

branches were built across thewest. The ormer CIBC bank inGleichen is another example,

with that building now housingthe communitys library.The Union Bank o Canada

enjoyed the distinction o beingthe frst bank to provide an ex-tensive branch system through-out the Prairie provinces and

was requently reerred to asthe pioneer bank o West-ern Canada. It was oten thefrst and only bank in a local-ity. The bank began in QuebecCity in 1865 as the Union Banko Lower Canada, but changedits name in 1886. Its headquar-ters were moved to Winnipeg in1912.

By the time o the Royal andUnion banks merger, the UnionBank had developed a network

o 320 Canadian branches owhich 204 were located in thePrairies.

Back in Strathmore, theUnion Banks

basement (in-cluding re-enorced con-crete vaults on

both levels)was in placewhen the twoboxcars ar-rived at theCPR station,located wherethe SeniorsCentre and Li-

brary are nowound, andthe building

was erected intwo long days. The our, six andeight oot panels and beams

were all pre-numbered withholes drilled to acilitate theirplacement when they were

bolted together.The old bank building served

as the Union Bank until Sep-tember 1, 1925, when it wasabsorbed by the Royal Bank.

According to RBC, this amal-gamation was the last o RoyalBanks Canadian Bank mergers,a move that urther enhancedthe Banks business connec-tions in the Prairie Provinces asmentioned above.The Royal Bank continued

operations in Union Bank build-ing until 1969 when it movedacross the street.The Canadian Bank o Com-

merce building would have hadan identical construction histo-ry as the Union Bank building,

but I can hardly imagine how

the structure was split in haland relocated to Rockyord.According to a Nov./Dec.

2006 Heritage VancouverNewsletter, the B.C. Mills Tim-

ber and Trading Co. in Van-couver not only manuacturedpreab houses, but also preabschool, church, and bank kits.

The preab bank kit was actu-ally their biggest seller, and theBank o Commerce was one otheir best customers.

BC Mills preab kits came withplain panels, panels with doors,and panels with windows. Thedesigns were ingenious. Unlike

other preabs in that era, whichhad a reputation o being hardto heat, draty, and insubstan-tial, BC Mills panels eatured

weathe r-t ightjoints and aninnovative in-sulated designmade withtwo layers o

wood sepa-rated with tar-paper and anair space, sothey were wellequipped to

withstand thecold o Prairie

winters.Also, the BC

Mills panelswere assem-

bled and pre-painted in a dryindoor space, in the Vancouveractory, beore being shipped tothe building site.

BC Mills shipped preab kitsall over western Canada and asar east as Winnipeg, but as in-novative as the B.C. Mills preabhouse design was, the companyoverestimated the homesteadermarket and ailed to take intoaccount the act that most o thesettlers were dirt poor and, asmuch as they would have likedto, most couldnt aord to pur-chase preab homes, the Heri-tage Vancouver article com-mented.


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We never want to hear about crueltyto animals, its a topic that gets manypeoples blood boiling, but it is alsosomething that happens more than wewould like to believe.

Organizations like the Calgary Hu-mane Society (CHS) are instrumentalin protecting the animals, and thoughthey may not get there in time everytime, it is a place where the animalscan heal and learn to trust again.

Like many organizations the societythrives o o donations and volunteersin order to help the thousands o ani-mals through its doors each year.

Kristel Lang and her boyriend WillBennett, along with two other localcouples, will be walking in this yearsCalgary Humane Societys Dog Jog onJune 2.

The Dog Jog is an annual undrais-ing walk and estival thats held at

Glenmore Park in Calgary. Partici-pants in the Dog Jog have the optiono either doing 2.5 km, or completinga 5 km jog.

Lang and her team will be doing the5km jog, and they are hoping to raise$1,000 or the CHS. They will be col-lecting donations until race day, andon June 1 there will be a garage saleundraiser as part o the StrathmoreParade o Garage Sales.

Lang and Bennett have been os-tering dogs or over a year now withPrairie Pit Bull.

We decided to oster while ourdog Tia was still alive but decided towait because she was so old and wedidnt want that much disruption in

the house. Ater she passed last March(2012) we contacted Prairie Pit Bull,went to talk with them and took ourfrst oster home, said Lang.

We loved it, though (it was) difcultat times, and really enjoyed that wewere helping dogs. We decided to os-ter because o our love or dogs andthe ability to help the dogs so theywerent put down or have to live in ashelter while waiting to be adopted.Though it can be tough to see the

dog youve raised as your own walk

out o your door one day, it is also arewarding eeling knowing that youhelped them in some way.

The reward is internal gratifcationthat we are helping a dog who cannothelp itsel. The dogs come rom manydierent situations and some wouldnot have survived i a oster home

wasnt available to take them in andwork with them, said Lang.

Lang and Bennett ostered nine dogsbeore having a oster ailure. Laceywas the ninth oster pit bull or thetwo through Prairie Pit Bull. They ellin love and knew there was no waythey could give Lacey up, and so inSeptember 2012 they ofcially adopt-ed her.When the couple began to oster

Lacey when Lana was three monthspregnant, and Lacey could sense rightaway that something was going on.The urther along in her pregnancyshe become the more attentive andgentle Lacey was with Lang.

Ater returning home rom the hos-pital with Kaylee she was instantlyattached. She is so incredibly gentlewith her and oten snis her while shesleeps in her swing, said Lang.

Kaylee has smacked Lacey in theace numerous times, poked her,grabbed her ears and she just sits, tailwagging. She used to be super excitedwhen we came home but now the frstthing she wants to do is sni the carseat.

Will and I knew that we wanted torescue a new dog beore Kaylee wasborn so that we could bond with thedog and so that Kaylee could grow upwith a dog.

The two chose pit bulls because

thats what Langs dad had until shewas three, and she has oten heardhow amazing the dog did with her.Bennett and his dog were the best oriends growing up, and its a bondthey want their child to grow up with.

I think that as long as an animalknows its boundaries with the child itcan work.Anyone who would like to donate

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Sharon Tibeau lounges on the patio set she re-

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Wheatland Family and Community Support Ser-

vices.Sharon McLeay Photo

Sharon McLeay

Times Contributor

A robust letter campaign to Wheat-land Family and Community SupportServices (WFCSS) held a well-attended,estive open house, set in WheatlandCounty Council Chambers on May11.

They were welcoming the communityin and giving a grand send o to somevalued sta members. The councilchamber was transormed with springcolored table settings, estive balloonsand a tempting buet o appetisers anddesserts.

Thank you or being here today andhelping us move through a new stageo our journey, said Lynn Walker, pro-gram coordinator.

She outlined the some o the manyservice programs which help Wheat-land residents in need. As an example,she said a ew seniors had been in theofce seeking help flling out orms ortheir old age pensions. She mentionedthere are a lot o programs that ben-

eft seniors and the whole community.A partnership between the County oWheatland, Rockyord, Standard andHussar has been ormed to addressneeds in those municipalities. A needssurvey was developed and sent outwith the County tax orms. She encour-aged people to return the orms.

We eel it will give us valuable inor-mation about the community needs andit is a chance or residents to come inat the grass roots level with suggestionsor programs in the area, said Walker.There were gits and presentations

given to honour employees who wereleaving. Susan Gates, Branka Kuljaninand Sharon Tibeau. Tibeau was the

previous Program Coordinator or 17years and worked with the agency or24 years.

We have such a good team here,said Walker. We are more like a amilyand a team.

It was a joy to come to work everyday, but I am looking orward to thenext new un phase o my lie, said Ti-beau.

Kuljinan and Gates received wrappedgits and Tibeau received a patio benchset to enjoy in her retirement.

Board Vice Chair, Ron Corbiell stoodand thanked the County councillorsand sta or making those involvedwith WFCSS welcome and accommo-dating their ofce needs. He tracked

the WFCSS ofce rom its frst ofce inStandard, moving to the Town o Strath-more ofce, then to where Getz lawofce is now situated, another moveinto the building next to the library inStrathmore and fnally WFCSS taking ahome in the County ofce. It was ban-tered that Tibeau would be well pre-pared or any travelling she would doin retirement.

We want to sincerely thank or allyour years o service and hope that youenjoy your times o, said Corbiell.

WFCSSgets festive

Announcing All Genres DJ and Event Planning /Watermelon Crawl organiz-

ers the recipient o the Community Spirit Award 2012 are proud to present

on the Encana Stage, the ollowing talented perormances or the benet o

your local ood bank.

H9:30-10:00 amMagesty is a new band out o Calgary playing straight up rock n roll.

HH10:15-10:45 amRoberto Ugaddanis rom the Philippines and has been playing since he

was 12. His specialty is playing classical/Spanish and pop on his guitar in

nger style orm his unique expression has been enjoyed in lounges in

Calgary.

HHH10:45-11:30The Ampheadsare a 5 piece hard alternative rock band rom Calgary, Al-

berta with a wide range o infuences coming rom indie to punk.

HHHH12:00-1:00 pmLiquid Lightis a reunion o an alternative band popular locally in the 1980s

(see goldenrock.com)once exclusively original we began to introduce inter-

esting jazz favored versions o classic rock n blues

Audiences enjoy the high energy and light heartedness o this seasoned

power trio who are reminiscent at t imes o such great rock historical triosas the Jimi hendrix experience and Cream.

Doug Patton is our guest and riend

Born and raised calgarian, Musician, engineer and CEO o airwaves studios

In Calgary AB. With a Juno under his belt and his impressive work with the

likes o the Road Hammers, Jann Arden, Steve Pineo and more, he secured

a great reputation in the industry or his light hearted approach in the studio

and his amazing musicianship.

HHHHH1:00-1:30 pmThe Raging Granniesphenomenon started with peace activists in Victoria

in 1987, and now there are Raging Grannies groups all across Canada and

the US and some overseas. They dedicate their eorts to the children o the

world, or a uture on a peaceul planet ree rom war, injustice and pollu-

tion.

The Calgary group started in 1998. The little-old-lady costumes and amiliar

tunes used by all Granny groups are disarming or those who generally think

activists are awul, but the Grannies in-your-ace style and the satirical bite

o many o their songs challenge the stereotype o older women as boring

and irrelevant.

HHHHHH1:30-2:00Murray Cummings, rom Auckland, New Zealand has perormed or audi-

ences as ar aeld as St. Martin and Trinidad with a variety o genres rom

swing and pop, to his signature tribute to legendary singer/songwriter Neil

Diamond.

HHHHHHH2:30-3:00 pmTreble Sphereis comprised o Michelle and Chad, eaturing Matt rom

Moderately Adequate Some o the bands that infuence us as musicians

are, Tool, Florence and the Machine, and The Black Keys.

HHHHHHHH3:30-4:00R & G Group, which is short or rythem and groove we do classic rock with

a little country & pop. Songs such as Be Bop Alua, She was just Seventeen,

Dont be Cruel, Lady o Montgomery, Ho Hey, What Makes You Beautiul etc.

Some of these artists have CDs available for purchase where a portion ofthe proceeds will go to support your local food bank.

Times listed are tentative only and may change.

At theStrathmore Curling Club180 Brent Blvd (next to the Family Centre)

Also, we will holding a rafe and silent auction to benet the

Wheatland Food Bank. We would like tothanks our sponsors,

the Strathmore Times and Nuvision.HHH

Thanks also to all the ollowing businesses and individuals or

their donations. Days Inn, Mike Yeoman, No Frills Gas,The Station, Napa, the Strathmore Times, StrathmoreGol, Dennis McNeill, Real Canadian Liquor,Travelodge, ATB, Queens Nails and Spa, Oxbow Gol,Runway Hair Design, All Genres DJ, Crowoot Liquor,Boston Pizza, Home Hardware, Canadian Tire,A&W and Botsord Deli o Langdon.HHH

To make a donation, call 403-901-1449, until May 31.

HHH

Come buy a ticket or some awesome prizes. Tickets prices: 1 or$2, 3 or $5 and 7 or $10. Draws all day. Auction ends at 3:30 PM.

A special thanks to The Strathmore Times or their undying support.

Watch uture undraiser events or more awesome entertainment!

Saturday,June 1

10 am - 4 pm

SpringFestival2013

HFace Painting by Angie Hitchrom 11 am - 3 pm

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Sharon McLeay

Times Contributor

Last week, on May 17, Strathmore High School(SHS) students listened to Jean-Claude Munyeza-mus lie account o the genocide in Rwanda, A-rica. He recounted the lessons he learned rom hisexperience.

Genocide is not something that can be ex-

plained in words. There is no way to describe itso someone can understand. I can only give themlessons by sharing the story as it happened to me,said Munyezamu.

In the early 1990s, Rwanda experienced politicalunrest and poor economic conditions leading toood shortages. There was political upheaval, backroom injections rom external political inuences,leading to several political assassinations. By 1994,conditions were in place so that an extremist para-military organization could brutally murder overone million people in 100 days.The Rwandan people were killed because they

had a Tutsi tribal heritage or association. Somepeople with Hutu heritage were also slaughtered,or their moderate belies. The murderers recruitedpeople to participate, and all o it was backed by

the reigning government ofcials. The populationspoke the same language; there were no real physi-cal dierences, and many shared religious belies.

Munyezamu was born in Rwanda, but let or Ke-nya in his early 20s. His absence let him alive to-day. He returned to Rwanda shortly ater the 1994killings happened, to fnd two brothers, his sister,many cousins, aunts and uncles gone. He tried toexplain the desolation o losing your whole am-ily and whole country to that kind o violence to

young people, whose closest connection to killingmay be a video game or television news.

Usually there are people chatting all over theplace. Everyone was interested and respectul,said SHS student Alyssa LaVallee, describing thesilent gym.

Calgary has just over one million people and Mu-nyezamu said to imagine walking into it with no

one let alive. Strathmore has just over ten thou-sand, and that many people were killed each dayor one hundred days.

He said it is like looking at the words on a menu.You comprehend the words but have no under-standing until you sample the ood. He speaks ohis experience, so no one will ever taste the wordgenocide again.

We have no problem in sharing the stories, welearn by the telling o stories and our imaginationgrows by hearing the stories. To some it is just sta-tistics and just a storyone million people die.But when they speak to someone who was there,someone who says that they took my two brothers,one sister, my aunties and cousinsthen they havenames and amilies. It is good or them to have thatconnection. It is very important. Human beings areall capable o doing harm, said Munyezamu.

SHS student Joel Cooper agreed.Ater hearing how easily things can happen,

it made you think whether it could happen inCanada or the U.S., said Cooper. It was a smallcountry, where everyone knew each other and sud-denly their neighbours are trying to kill them, eventhough they knew them or a long timeall be-cause o perect propaganda going around.

Munyezamu told them that genocide is not justthe consequence o war. It started subtly, inu-enced by misused words, and inaction by peopleand international leaders. Ethnic divisions turnedinto ethnic slurs. Power struggles turned into domi-nation and discrimination, leading to deadly con-sequences.

It began by dividing the people into tribes. Itwas very artifcial. A ew people at the top, were

using this or their own gains, setting brotheragainst brother, until they became enemies. They

were taught growing up in the school. They (Tutsi)were given names o cockroaches. People tend tobelieve what they see all the time. I think peoplebelieved that killing Tutsis was not even a prob-lem. Sixty per cent o the people believed that wasright, so it was easy to accomplish that, said Mu-nyezamu.

He said leaders would use propaganda languageand redefne words. Many o the people had littleeducation and believed what they were told. Whenthey sent men out to work, the word meant kill-ing and dismembering Tutsi people. He said peopledenied they were Tutsi to protect themselves. Theydid not stand up against the evil that was happen-ing around them. They compromised their values.

I you dont stand up and ace up to someonedoing bad, because you dont think someone willdo it, or it doesnt happen to me, there are conse-quences, said Munyezamu.

SHS student Shaynne Salmon said that i it hap-pened to her she would be so angry. She valuedthe speech, as it showed how he coped with thatanger and gave her insight into the situation.

It made us aware o it and that it could happen

in any place. We have the power to stop it. He saidthat the week beore, they were celebrating Easterand everyone was happy and fne. Ignorance al-lowed it to happen. Words mean a lot more thanpeople think. Even the names we call others, makepeople seem not human. So it makes you thinkabout what you say, said Salmon.

Munyezamu said words also have the ability toheal and create. He eels education is the key.

I am always excited to talk to students. I youreally think it through, how it could be better.ipeople have advanced education, the propaganda

would be a loser. Telling children here is power-ul, because they are the next generation o deci-sion makers. They are the uture o Canada and the

world, said Munyezamu.He said that global communications have an in-

uence. Where the press is silenced, the peoples

global connections can get messages out. He point-ed out actors that deter genocidal regimes takinghold: people who stand up or what they believeand require it o their leaders, a political system

with a vocal political opposition, ree voting, prop-er policing backed by an impartial justice system,and reedom o speech and the press.

The Canadian system should be a model or thewhole world. Your neighbour can be your neigh-bour, you can have your own ideas but when itcomes to community, everything else is outside,said Munyezamu. I owe society so much, I thinkit is the Canadian story. Everyone is connectedand someone has done something good or me. Itdoesnt matter how people will be, God will still beGod to me. When you examine yoursel, there isalways a way to do something good. When you areangry, you have a decision. You can chose either,take revenge and do exactly what they want and be

who they want you to be, or take a dierent pat-tern and say I am better than that. I someone hurts

you and you react in the same way, you are doingwhat they want you to do. I I can quote DwayneDyer When you have the choice to be right or bekind, always choose being kind.

In spite o his painul past, Munyezamu sharesa positive attitude wherever he goes. Since com-ing to Canada in 1998, he has been involved withInspire Arica Foundation which raises unds andprovides education or Rwandan orphans. He is ac-tive in Christian mission work through his church,and coaches soccer or under privileged childrenin Calgary. He was also awarded the Queens Dia-mond Jubilee medal. He said he is going back to

Arica or a visit this year.

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Becca Walters

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Strathmore is looking or young la-dies between the ages o 18 (as o July1) and 24 who wish to urther promotethe Strathmore Stampede, the sport orodeo, the Town o Strathmore, and thegreat western way o lie. It is a greatopportunity to enhance your publicspeaking skills, horsemanship, and cre-

ate lielong riendships. I you are out-going, and would like to be part o agreat Stampede and town then this isdefnitely or you.Applications are available online at

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