november 30, 2012 strathmore times
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Golden Hills School Division (GHSD) has sent out a request for new modular class-rooms for Strathmore to help meet some of the demand at the schools.
There was a request for two new modular classrooms at Westmount as the school’s uti-lization rate is over 100 per cent and there is no space available for additional classrooms. Wheatland Elementary school is also feeling the crunch and a request was made for one new modular for them.
Superintendant of Schools for GHSD Bevan Daverne said Alberta Education builds schools now to have a core school with an office gym-nasium, washrooms, possibly a student area, and labs.
Then, for the regular classrooms, the school is set up in such a way that rows of classrooms can be attached on to the wings of halls.
Depending on the school, there will be dif-ferent school configurations that can go from 450 students to 750, and others that could go from 1,000 to 2,000 kids, depending on the style of school. There is also a request for CMJHS is to have two of the current modulars replaced.
“Crowther Memorial Junior High (CMJHS) ,the core of that school was about 300 stu-dents school and then we have 12 modulars that are added on to support another 300 stu-dents thereabouts,” said Daverne.
“We are out of space on that property to add more modulars. Part of the issue too is we could use more washroom space, we don’t have room for more modulars but, we would like to change out a couple that we have for ones that have washroom support.”
Westmount Elementary School, Wheatland Elementary and Brentwood have all been ren-ovated to free up more classroom space, but Daverne said they are out of space.
“We are out of space in all of those schools. We’ve more or less gone wireless for every-thing. A lot of our computer labs are switched over to net books and mobile carts which is a good thing, and it saves us a little space, but we’ve used up as much of our ingenuity and creativity as we can to free up more space across Strathmore now,” said Daverne.
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Strathmore schools running out of space
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Strathmore got into the Christmas spirit as the Celebration of Lights hosted their annual Light up the Night on Nov. 24 at the Ag Grounds. The fun-filled day featured a Christmas Craft Fair, a wonderful parade and the celebration at the park. See Page 3 for full cover-age.
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With Wheatland there is an option to add a little bit more portable space on there. The division is looking at what’s possible with Brentwood and Westmount. There may be a way to free up a little more space at Brent-wood, which is why a request has not been filed for them yet.
“If we don’t get approved for mod-ular classrooms then we will have to figure out how we can cope with that. We have been creative in the past, we have purchased our own portables maybe an older portable from another school district that they don’t need and then we would move it in and we would do some renovations and fix it up…that will get us through,” said
Sharon McLeayTimes Contributor
The Latin word for community stems from ‘communis’, which means bound together, and its root is ‘munus’, mean-ing “gift.”
Each year this community’s hearts and minds come together through gift giving; gifts given to our families in need, that live within Strathmore and throughout Wheatland County, through the Christmas Hamper Soci-ety.
The Society provides hampers with two parts. One is the Christmas food donations, but the other half is the toy and clothing donation.
“We provide gifts for 300 children,” said Marianne Pinchbeck, Christmas Hamper volunteer.
Each year volunteers put together a gift bag that includes a clothing item, toy and book or game for each child under 18 in the household.
In order to do this, there needs to be donations from the community.
Acceptable donations are money, gifts or gift cards.
Those who wish to give cash can go to the Wheatland FCSS office located at 85 Lakeside Blvd in Strathmore (403 934-5335), next to the Strathmore Li-brary. A tax receipt goes to those who donate cash. Sometimes there are concerns that charity donations actu-ally go to the families. All the money donated to the Christmas Hamper al-ways goes directly to the families; no money ever goes for administration by the agency.
Some people like to purchase a toy. It can be a great way to teach children about the joys of giving and the mean-ing of Christmas.
Pinchbeck said that each year toys
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Spirit of giving
Times TidbiTsDid You Know?
The world’s largest Christmas present was the Statue of Liberty. The French gave it to the US in 1886.
It is 46.5 meters high and weights 225 tons!
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West Wheatland 4-H Show and Sale says tHank You
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Town of Strathmore
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Megan Sharpley
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The Cheadle 4-H Club, with the support of Bruce Farms and Encana, sold their charity steer at
the West Wheatland Show & Sale June 9 in Rockyford. The charity steer, which raised over
$7,000, is in support of Encana’s Race Against Hunger and the Wheatland County Food Bank.
It was originally purchased by TERA Environmental Consultants and then re-donated and sold
again to Pure Country Meats. Members who took part in the project were Michael Brewin
(back, l-r), Erin Warrack, Jake Warrack, Jared Lausen (middle,l-r), Ryan Lausen,
Jordan Kobsar, Coby Thiessen, Maria Kooistra (front,l-r) and Sabrina Kooistra.
Photo courtesy of Patti Brewin
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Sale says tHank You
Sarah Wolfs (wether)
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Gates Agencies
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Thank You to other sponsors: Strathmore Times, Encana, Safeway, AltaLink, Sobey’s Strathmore, Rockyford Lions, Rattray Reclamation, Gator Bobcat Services,
Standard Lions, UFA, Rick and Helen Zachariassen, Rocky Ridge Land and Cattle, Rockyford Ag Society, Strathmore AG Society, Standard Ag Society, Strathmore Golf
Course, Newell Livestock Hauling, Sturgeon River Ranch, Reinhardt Lamb, Bar Box Farm and Ranch, Getz and Assoc., Strathmore Vet Clinic, Standard Spray, Dynagra,
Rosebud Lions, Bruce Farms, Rosebud Dinner Theatre, Landmark Feeds, Shane Pallesen, Conterra Industries, Draught Horse Bar and Grill, Wheatland County
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Luigi Vescarelli (l-r) of Encana presents Paul Kathol with
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Daverne. The portables being talked about
are not the old school ATCO trailer style that used to be used. Once they are connected into the school prop-erly you can’t tell. They look the same inside, and the outside is done like the core of the school. GHSD has submit-ted an application for a new school in Strathmore as part of the capital plan. Daverne said the Town has been help-ing the school division to try to find a location.
“We are in that kind of fast grow-ing zone in the province and at some point as Strathmore continues to grow we will need more schools and more school space,” said Daverne.
“We are a creative bunch and so we will continue to figure out things that are going to work really well and pro-vide good environments for kids and be really functional within our school but at some point it just really comes down to really requiring another school here in Strathmore.”
Daverne said it would be nice to get a new junior high and a new elemen-tary but since it’s unlikely to get two they think a k-9 school would help take some of the pressure off of the current schools.
for the three to six-year-old children are plentiful, but there is a real need of gifts for children seven to 17-years-old. Purchased gifts can be dropped at boxes located in businesses through-out town, such as the local banks, gro-cery stores, drugstores, Wal-Mart and Home Hardware, to name a few.
Sometimes it is difficult to choose a gift for this age group. Pinchbeck suggests that a Wal-Mart gift card, for amounts of $25 or less, are great for those who are unsure what kind of gift to purchase. Since the hampers go out a week prior to Christmas, a gift card allows the parent to shop with the child to purchase a gift that in-terests them and fits nicely under the tree.
As to the difference it makes, Pinch-beck gave the example of one mother who received a snowsuit for her infant. The mother was at a loss of how she would keep the child warm through the winter, until the donation arrived on her doorstep.
Accepting help can be difficult. Those in need can consider that they are helping the community to bind to-gether, assisting its members in ways to promote survival. To accept charity of others requires strength and opens opportunity to help others when the situation presents itself. An encourag-ing website on this topic is www.wiki-how.com/Stop-Thinking-that-Accept-
ing-Help-is-a-Sign-of-Weakness. Those in need are not alone.There
were 53,512 people using food banks in Alberta as of March 2012 and 44 per cent of the recipients were chil-dren. Twelve per cent of food bank users are working. Five percent of us-ers are seniors. Fifty two per cent of Social Assistance clients require food bank help. Without support, there is no food or gifts for Christmas.
If you know of someone in need, the family needs to call the FCSS of-fice at 403 934-5335 and go through a screening process. Details about fam-ily and income verify that hampers and gifts are going to the appropriate people. All information is confidential. In order to fill this year’s hampers toy and clothing donations must be re-ceived by Dec. 13.
Collecting, and packing up food donations are only part of what the Christmas Hamper Society does each year to help families in need. every Thursday volunteers spend their time sorting through toys and preparing gift hampers for the children whose families have applied for assis-tance. doug Taylor Photo
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The fifth annual Light up the Night at the Celebration of Lights Christmas Park has grown bigger and better each year. There was singing, dancing and even a conga line. The Grinch could be found wander-ing the park, and of course Santa and mrs. Clause took the time to talk to the kids about what they want for Christ-mas. each year about 2,000 unpaid volunteer man hours go into the orga-nization and set up of the park.
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Tidbits of our
18 July—A severe hailstorm damaged several buildings, including many downtown businesses. Golf ball-sized hail-
October—Strathmore’s and District Agricultural Society Quonset was home to a National Wrestling Federation event. The title bout featured Strathmore resident John Hunter in a taped-knuckle, New York style match against Luscious Bubbles. Hunter won the heavyweight match and world championship.
12 October—A petition bearing ten signatures was presented in Calgary complaining of a “house of prostitution” being operated near Strathmore.
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stones destroyed nearly every pane of glass in the affected area, caving in the King Edward Hotel’s roof, and ruining the business’ second floor stairwell and office. Employees of the hotel carried on business as usual on the flooded premises, wearing rubber boots as they served patrons.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
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The annual Santa Clause pa-rade was held on Nov. 24 and there were hundreds of people who lined the streets to watch the festively lit floats pass by.
Santa Clause parade rides through town
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The annual Farmers market Christmas Craft Fair was a re-sounding success. Hundreds of people wandered through the Civic Centre on Nov. 24 to find the perfect gift for their loved ones.
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PUBLIC NOTICE TO ELECTORS OF THETOWN OF STRATHMORE, PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
SECTION 264 ANd 265 OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACTTAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Town of Strathmore, in the Province of Alberta, has given first reading to By-law 12-21 which will, upon final passage and approval, autho-rize the proper officers of the said Town to provide for a loan to a non-profit organiza-tion, being the Strathmore and District Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose financing office renovations to be of a general benefit to the Town of Strathmore. The loan up to the amount of $30,000, to be free of interest and repayable to the Town in seven years.
NOW THEREFORE NOTICE is hereby given by the Council of the Town of Strathmore that, unless a petition of the electors for a vote on By-law No. 12-21 is demanded, as provided for the terms of Section 231 of the Municipal Government Act, the said Council may pass the said loan by-law.
All persons interested are hereby notified and they are required to govern themselves accordingly.
DATED at the Town of Strathmore, in the Province of Alberta this 20th day of November, 2012. Mel Tiede Director of Corporate Services
INFORMATION FOR ELECTORSPursuant to Section 1(i) of the Municipal Government Act an “elector” means:
A person who is eligible to vote in the election for a Councillor under the Local Authori-ties Election Act.
Pursuant to section 47(1) of the Local Authorities Election Act a person is eligible to vote in an election if he:
a. is at least 18 years old;b. is a Canadian citizen and;c. has resided in Alberta for the 6 consecutive months immediately preceding election day and is resident in the area on election day.
A poll may be demanded in the Town of Strathmore by electors equal in number to at least:
a. in the case of a municipality other than a summer village, by electors of the municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the population and b. in the case of a summer village, by 10% of the electors of the summer village
in accordance with the provisions of section 223 of the Municipal Government Act and in accordance with the provisions of sections 264 and 265 of the Municipal Government Act.
The petition for a vote must be received by the Chief Administrative Officer within 15 days of the last publication of this notice and shall contain on each page “an accurate and identical statement of the purpose of the petition”.(Further requirements of the petition are provided in section 224 of the Municipal Gov-ernment Act.)
DATE of the last publication of this notice is the 7th, day of November, 2012.
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UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS will be held december 5 & 19 at 7:00 pm.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEdEdThe Town of Strathmore is presently seeking enthusiastic volunteers to join the Board of Directors for the Strathmore Meals on Wheels program. This group meets quarterly
for one hour each time. If you are interested in participating, please contact David Coates at the Town Office (403) 934-3133 or send your Volunteer application to:
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HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ANd STRATHMORE SENIORSWe are looking for high school youth that would be willing to spend some time over the
next few months with some of Strathmore’s seniors talking to them about their memories of living in our community and videotaping the interviews.
Additionally, we’re looking for seniors that have lived in Strathmore for most of their lives that are willing to tell their stories of life in our town from as far back
as they can remember. If you are interested in participating, please contact Shannon Zieman at the Youth Club of Strathmore (403) 325-0134, or David Coates at (403) 361-2136.
NOTICE OF dEVELOPMENT REFUSALThe following application for development has been refused by the Town of Strathmore:
Application: 12/D-184Civic Address: 220 Wheatland TrailLegal Description: Block North R, Plan 6961JKDevelopment: Temporary Portable Sign
This notice is being provided as per Section 16.1(j)(i) of the Town of Strathmore Land Use Bylaw #89-20.
Date of Publication: November 23, 2012
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ELECTRONIC BILLING• TheTownofStrathmoreisgoingpaperless!ReceiveyourUtilityBillsthrough electronic billing. • TheTownofStrathmoreisofferingtheoptiontoeliminatethepapercopyofyour Utility (Water) Bill. You will now be able to have a copy of your statement sent directly to your e-mail address. • Youwillbeabletoopenyourstatementatyourconvenienceandensurethatyour statement never gets lost. Once delivered to your e-mail, it is your choice how you want to save it, on the computer or by printing it out.• Tosignupforthistypeofbilldeliveryyoumusthaveausername&passwordfor your account through Virtual Town Hall. Please sign the attached form and return to the Town of Strathmore at your earliest convenience.
CONSENT FORM:I wish to receive my Utility (Water) Bill from the Town of Strathmore by E-Mail (paper-less) copy only. I understand that if I do not receive my bill in a timely manner that I am
responsible to contact the Town of Strathmore and request the bill to be sent again.The Town will not be held responsible for undeliverable mail.
If my e-mail address changes I understand that it is my responsibility to inform the Town of Strathmore of any changes.
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did You Know?It can take up to 15 years to grow an
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Christmas gathering at the Town officeShannon LeCLair Times Reporter
The Town of Strathmore will be holding a Christmas open house on Dec. 13. The open house will run from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. There will be re-freshments, and a chance for the com-munity to socialize with council and
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Committee Changes Councillor John Rempel had previ-
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Starter bell rings for new after-school programLaureen F. Guenther Times Contributor
The starter bell rang in mid-Novem-ber for After the Bell, the Youth Club of Strathmore’s new program for 6-to-15-year-olds.
After the Bell is a safe place for Strathmore youth to hang out on Monday to Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. - eating snacks, finishing homework and spending time with friends. Coli-na Clark, Program Coordinator at the Youth Club, says she hopes the youth will “have a sense of satisfaction and independence by completing their school work and having some fun” before they go home for the evening.
From the parents’ perspective, Af-ter the Bell is an affordable childcare alternative. They know their chil-dren will eat a nutritious snack, com-plete their homework, and engage in healthy physical activity. Shannon Zieman, Program Director, says, “our hope with this program is that by al-
leviating that evening stress, our fam-ilies can take the (evening) to focus on what is important, family.”
When youth arrive at the program, Zieman said, they enjoy their snacks and relax while the program facilita-tor looks over their school day tim-ers and coordinate their homework. With support from the facilitator and 16-to-18-year-old volunteers, the youth complete their homework, and the facilitator documents completed work in the day timers. Those stu-dents who don’t have homework spend this time on other learning activities. Physical recreation fol-lows the homework session, and the youths have the opportunity to en-gage in various activities weekly. On Wednesdays, for instance, they swim for an hour. After the Bell has allot-ted space for 15 registered youth and still has a few openings. Parents may register their children for a full week or only specific days, and fees vary accordingly.
Clark and Zieman are grateful for their program volunteers, and for fi-nancial sponsors who provide the snacks and recreation activities. They invite adults and 16-to-18-year-old youth to volunteer at After the Bell, and also welcome financial sponsor-ship. To contact the Youth Club about becoming a sponsor or a volunteer, or to register your child in this new program, please contact the Youth Club of Strathmore at (403) 934-4918 or check out their website: www.youthclubofstrathmore.ca.
The Youth Club of Strathmore, which developed After the Bell in re-sponse to community requests, em-phasize that they value community feedback and inquiries about this program or any other program they offer.
“Feedback is extremely important to us,” said Zieman. “We welcome comments and suggestions regarding our programs and how we can better serve our community.”
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Objections to noise bylawSharon McLeay Times Contributor
Wheatland County’s public hearing on Nov. 20 and subsequent passing of the new noise bylaw drew some objec-tions from two council members and one submitted letter. No one was in public attendance.
The bylaw is to prohibit certain noisy activities that disrupt others’ quiet en-joyment and to lessen the incidence of noise during certain hours within the boundaries of Wheatland County. See the Wheatland County website for the bylaw. (2012-79) www.wheatland-county.ca/index.php
“We have complaints from large to small and do continue to get com-plaints each year,” said Peace officer Sgt. Jeff Cyr. “I would like to see that there are reasonable people and we wouldn’t need to have a bylaw such as this, but unfortunately there are unrea-
sonable people out there.”Officers said that by having the by-
law, it allows them the right to address complaints when ratepayers call in.
Ratepayer LaVerne Erickson wrote that the proliferation of governance at all levels is becoming a social concern. He said the pioneer values of human dignity, ingenuity, cooperation, self-determination and community spirit eroding due to the excess regulation.
“What would motivate a council to develop a seven page document try-ing to regulate noise?” asked Erickson. “Perhaps it would be better to enact an educational bylaw on neighbourly negotiation.”
Erickson felt excessive commercial and industrial noise could fall under existing permits, dogs barking under animal bylaws.
What is noise to one person is music to another.
“I enjoy hearing the noise of chil-
dren playing, musicians practising in the long summer nights, geese loudly honking at sunrise or agricultural ma-chinery running at all hours, trying to stay ahead of the weather. These noises of loud laughter at jokes, and a thousand other summer noises are all part of life in Wheatland County, where winter comes too soon and na-ture’s snowy silence covers the land,” stated Erickson.
Councillor Brenda Knight felt the hours of 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., may ham-per farmers adjacent to the villages and hamlets in their farming activities.
“I am opposed to this. We are over regulating. You should be able to en-joy your property without the law coming down on you. I think some-times we go too far,” said Councillor Alice Booth.
The bylaw passed second and third reading, coming into effect, with four votes in agreement, Booth and Knight
opposed and one councillor not in at-tendance.
MeMory Tree May coMe downA large tree at a local party spot,
next to Strathmore campground off RR243A, is set for removal to decrease party usage on the property.
The adjacent landowner has placed a gate across the South end of the area. He did this to discourage the party ac-tivity, but is still dealing with garbage and people letting livestock out. He wanted to place another gate on the north end to effectively cordon off the area from use.
Councillors discussed that it was public road allowance and that the County could not support the fencing of public access. There are many oth-er road allowances in the county that farmers might want to fence.
“We can’t have you guys saying you can’t go in. I think we are creating more problems with this. It is a touchy issue and may set a precedent,” said Councillor Ben Armstrong.
Councillor Alice Booth questioned the County’s response to the party ac-tivity and stated she felt it was unfair to leave the farmer with no tools to mitigate it.
“Our responsibility is the road. We can’t have the fence there unless we legally close the road,” said CAO Jen-nifer Deak.
Discussion concluded that policing was the only option for the landowner and that he should remove the gate. They directed removal of the large tree sheltering the spot, to take away its gathering appeal.
Officers pointed out that the tree had crosses and other memorabilia marking the spot and some people may have some emotional attachment to the tree.
acTion Taken To help The STraThMore rural Fire FighTing aSSociaTion
Councillors directed staff to draft a bylaw for first reading, to support the takeover of the Association’s loan to-talling $132,015.07. Advertisement in local papers will designate a public hearing date. CAO Jennifer Deak said that the action helps lower the Asso-ciation’s monthly payments and keeps the Association viable. Members of the Association come from both Strath-more and Carseland Rural Fire.
Councillor Ben Armstrong said that the bylaw and subsequent public hear-ing give the public a chance to give their feedback and raise awareness for the Fire association’s issues.
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Successful first concert at the Youth ClubOn Nov. 3, the Strathmore Youth Club held a concert featur-ing the local band Across All Borders. About 60 people took in the concert at the Youth Club facility on Brent Boulevard. Kirstyn Johnson with michael Pringle and the band Colour in the Clouds, also local talent, led up to the feature perfor-mance. The Youth Club’s Program Coordinator Colina Clark was pleased with the success of the concert and said there is a possibility they will be putting together similar events in the future. Top: Across All Borders. Top Right: Kirstyn Johnson with michael Pringle. Right: Colour in the Clouds.
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Kevin Sorenson, Member of Parlia-ment for Crowfoot, awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medals allotted to the Crowfoot Constituency on Monday Nov. 12 at the Royal Canadian Legion in Stet-tler. Sorenson said, “it was a privilege for me to be the Member of Parliament for our riding of Crowfoot during the 60th Anniversary of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second.” The Queen’s Jubilee marks 60 years since her accession in 1952. The Queen became only the second UK monarch to mark 60 years on the throne. The first was Queen Victoria. The Office of the Governor General of Canada has estab-lished the Diamond Jubilee Medal as a way for Canadians to honour Her Majes-ty for her service to our country and also recognize 60,000 Canadians nation-wide for their service to Canada. MP Sorenson acknowledged, “the medal recipients have done more for their community than any single medal can properly recognize. We can all be very proud of our community’s record of people helping each other. There were many extremely worthy nominations. The nominees are all people who have volunteered a lifetime of dedication and hard work to improving their commu-nities and the lives of their families, neighbours, friends, and often complete strangers. These outstanding citizens are truly the foundation upon which our re-markable country Canada has been built, community by community.”
MEDAL RECIPIENTSJoan Beaton (Chestermere) Ernest Corbin (Strathmore) Maurice DeBeaudrap (ex-Strathmore) Ronald Howard (Strathmore) Rose Walker (Strathmore) Fred Walters (Beiseker) John Whieldon (Strathmore) Judi Wilson (Strathmore) - could not attend
Joan Beaton (Chestermere)
Ernest Corbin (Strathmore)
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Fred Walters (Beiseker) John Whieldon (Strathmore)
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Becca WaltersMiss Strathmore Stampede
It has been another busy month. On Oct. 19-20 I had the privilege of attending the Naming Rights Auction for the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee display cases and attend the banquet where I watched this year’s lineup of contestants, builders and legends get inducted. The night went well and was a lot of fun while I assisted with meeting and greeting inductees, guests and sponsors, selling raffle tickets as well as visiting with the other rodeo royalty that were pres-ent.
Nov. 8 I travelled to Edmonton where I helped out at Rodeo Mag-ic which is a community outreach program produced and funded by Northland’s in conjunction with the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association. It was a great time where the contestants compet-ing at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) interact with approximately 150 special needs children be-tween the ages of 6 to 14. They had different rodeo events set up for the children to try out, with lunch afterwards. This program was important for me to volunteer at as the charity I have chosen to raise funds for during my reign as Queen is Opening Gaits Ther-apeutic Riding for individuals with special needs from the age of five and up which runs from Sep-tember to April each year.
Opening Gaits gives them the opportunity to experience horseback riding and for many of them, this is the highlight in their week. In the past I have volunteered as a helper and witnessed the joy riding the horses brings to each one of them. I recently attended one of the classes to present a cheque for over $300 from the bottles and cans I have been collecting from the Alber-ta Electric System Operator (AESO), friends and family. If you would like to donate your bottles
and assist me in raising funds for this organiza-tion, send an email to [email protected] and I will drop by to pick them up.
Along with the CFR rodeo contestants, a few visiting Rodeo Royalty volunteered their time in-cluding Miss Rodeo Canada and the three amaz-ing ladies that were vying for the title as Miss Rodeo Canada 2013. I attended the CFR Saturday afternoon to watch the new Miss Rodeo Canada get crowned. One of the contestants was Gillian Shields who assisted Jim Cammaert this past Au-
gust during the Strathmore Stam-pede and she was the lucky one that outgoing Miss Rodeo Canada 2012, Arleta Bowhay crowned. I would like to say congratulations to a wonderful lady and Gillian will certainly do a fabulous job as the ambassador for the sport of Rodeo in Canada. Strathmore will see Gillian in 2013 at the Strath-more Stampede and Heritage Days to be held from Aug. 2-5.
This past weekend I did some of my Christmas shopping at Strath-more’s Christmas Farmer’s Market. It was fantastic with lots of ven-dors, and I had the opportunity to
talk with many people. I had the privilege of be-ing in Strathmore’s Santa Claus Parade later in the day, which turned out to be a beautiful afternoon, and the crowd was great. Riding in the back of the Strathmore Stampede truck was awesome, definitely a change from being on my horse. From there I attended the Fifth Annual Light Up the Night at the Ag Grounds. Once again the crowd was great – Santa and Mrs. Claus were extremely busy listening to what all of the children wanted for Christmas and having their photos taken. The Grinch was also lurking around the area and did a great job as MC for the event. You could also get your picture taken with Santa’s reindeer or go on a hayride. To top the night off, everyone enjoyed the fireworks. Be sure to look for my update next month – until then, Happy Trails!
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Thought for the week
~ As the blossom can’t tell what becomes of its fragrance, we can’t tell what becomes of our influence.
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1. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer half of the torn bread in the bottom of the dish. Sprinkle the mushrooms and green bell pepper evenly over the bread layer. Sprinkle with half of the cheese. Top with remaining bread pieces, then layer with the onion and ham. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Whisk together eggs and milk; pour over the entire pan. 2. Cover with aluminum foil, and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours.3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).4. Bake covered for 35 minutes, then remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes, or until top is evenly brown.
• 9 slices bread, torn into bite size pieces • 1/2 cup diced fresh mushrooms • 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper • 16 ounces Cheddar cheese, shredded • 1/2 cup chopped onion • 2 cups cubed cooked ham • 8 eggs
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Mortgaging our children’s futuresJason HaleStrathmore-Brooks MLA
In the provincial election campaign last spring, Premier Alison Redford promised to change the character of Alberta. With the recent announce-ment Alberta will now join the ranks of indebted provinces, she has delivered.
Of course, Premier Redford did not openly campaign on the idea of taking on debt to push through pet projects and pay for corporate wel-fare.
Alberta has held the distinction of being the only debt-free province in Canada since the days of Ralph Klein, who deservedly received the Or-der of Canada recently for his wise stewardship of the province.
Since 2004, Alberta has been debt-free. It is a cherished accomplishment Albertans are proud of and it represents our commitment to living within our means. Balancing the budget means cutting wasteful government spending and reduc-ing red tape where possible – not writing $2 bil-lion cheques for corporations.
Finance Minister Doug Horner says it’s no different than a family taking a mortgage on a house. He’s wrong for two reasons. First, people pay their own way on a mortgage. With provin-cial debt, it’s the taxpayer that pays. Also, unlike a home, roads and bridges are not sellable assets. The house comparison just doesn’t hold water.
Premier Redford’s return to debt will dig a hole in which she will throw our children and grand-children’s futures. It’s just not right.
In the coming months and years, Mr. Horner and Premier Redford will claim to have a bal-
anced operating budget, all the while incurring massive debt on infrastructure. They’re count-ing on Albertans not being smart enough to see through the fog.
There is no justifiable reason for Alberta to go into debt. Alberta takes in over $10 billion in resource revenues each year and runs a budget over $40 billion. Debt in a province like Alberta is the result of economic incompetence, wasteful spending and gross mismanagement.
This out-of -touch PC government does not know how to prioritize its spending, so here are some tips for the government to avoid its impend-ing debt freefall:
-Cancel the government’s funding gift to corpo-rations for unproven carbon capture and storage technology, for a savings of $2 billion.
-Cancel corporate welfare through AOSTRA 2, for savings of $3 billion.
-End the 8% MLA pay increase. That would save $11,000 per MLA every year.
These types of cost savings would allow the government to continue funding infrastructure priorities like the building of new schools and hospitals.
During the election, Wildrose asked where the PCs would come up the money to follow through on the whole list of promises the Premier had made. We had to wait till now to find out but the Premier finally answered: our children will pay. With this poor fiscal decision, the Premier has followed through on her intentions to change the character of Alberta – for the worse.
As MLA for Strathmore-Brooks, I look forward to hearing from you. Please contact my office at 1-855-362-6973.
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Pat FuleFule for Thought
People often ask me what today’s students are like. Well, for starters, they HAVE to have music … an iPod is a must. It’s like they have to have some kind of soundtrack to their daily lives. During a typical read-ing session in English, you’ll see many heads with “ear buds” in, so they can better “read.” Even that is often not enough, as they often have to scroll through a lot of songs just to get the “one” song they really want … one that WILL help them enjoy their read-ing better! They really can’t function without music pounding in their ears!
The problem with these devices, is that to me, they all look alike. An iPod looks like an iPhone, etc. So, you have to continually check while they’re “reading” to make sure they’re not watching a movie, or the lat-est episode of “Breaking Bad!”
You may think they’re “into” your lesson on “irony,” yet ironically they’re playing a video game on their iPod or phone! Times have changed!
As soon as a class bell rings, like the “old days,” the students race out quickly. The difference nowadays, is their cell phones are being frantically scanned for messages!
They must have incredibly important social lives, as it’s ESSENTIAL for them to check their texts RIGHT away! I mean, it’s not like they’re leaders of countries where missile strikes could be launched at any minute … yet they MUST check those texts. Of course, we’ve all heard stories of teens texting each other while they sit next to each other on a car ride! We CAN’T have the parents know what we’re talking about! They’ll even call or text each other at noon in the halls, so that they can meet for lunch … or catch up on the latest gossip.
Fashions have definitely changed! Luckily, less and less guys are wearing those horrible stick-like jeans that go half way down their butts. You’ve seen these guys … they can’t even walk properly, or the pants will fall. By the way, they’re NEVER embarrassed if ALL their boxers show! That would have been mor-tifying in days gone by, if YOUR underwear showed! You’d be mocked, you’d become a social pariah! Not THIS generation, they’re fine with it. For a while, girls’ volleyball teams would merely step to the side of bleachers, and change their practice tops to their uniforms! Speaking of sports, kids even want to lis-ten to their iPods when they take part in PE classes! Just imagine your old PE teacher’s reaction to that! Of course, back then, we’d be lugging around some huge stereo, if we wanted to play music during PE! It’d be
tough to move quickly in Dodgeball carrying an old “ghetto blaster!”
Teens are not hesitant to ask teachers if they can borrow money, either! Can you imagine, years ago, asking your PE or Math teacher, if you could borrow a few bucks? It was unheard of, yet this is NOT a rare event anymore! I’m still shocked when it happens, though. I always ask: “are you serious … you want to borrow money from a teacher … what about, oh I don’t know … one of your PALS?!!!”
At times, the frustration of teaching takes its toll, and you need to strike back. Sometimes, to brighten my day, as students hand in their tests, I’ll ask, “are you dumb?”
Now, maybe because of their years on the iPods, they can’t HEAR me asking if they’re DONE … but it doesn’t take much to amuse me anymore! One April Fool morning, I decided to prank a “jock” at our school. He was a pretty cocky guy trying out for a high level team. I left a note at the office that a “Myra Maines” had called from Calgary, concerning “team cuts.”
He was called to the office for this phone message. He called right away, and got through to a funeral home, asking to speak to Myra Maines … “My Re-mains!”
I must admit, it DID feel good when I asked him what was his phone message about!!
In Social Studies, our students are expected to read/watch “current events” on the news and orally report on them to the class. One Spring, a student hadn’t done any preparation, and asked me for some current events! Now this was not a good decision, because I felt he should have done his homework. So, I loaded him up with the most inaccurate news events I could! I told him that Canada just won Gold in Mens’ Curl-ing, even though the World Championships happened months before, and we HADN’T won. I told him we were immediately tripling the number of soldiers go-ing to Afghanistan, Israel had just launched missiles at Egypt, and that the Flames were leaving Calgary!
Then, I filled in his Social teacher, and he told me when to stand at his open classroom door! It was priceless as he read out the “news” of the week! The class went deathly quiet, then roared in laughter, ask-ing where he got his information! I thought it was a good lesson for him, and don’t worry, his teacher let him go again. I mean, that’s what we do in school nowadays, let kids have “do-overs’ until they get things eventually correct!!
I’d like to state that NO High School students were hurt in the events described … we would NEVER want to damage their little Self Esteems!!
Today’s students and a little revenge!
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Karin HitcHcocKCounsellor’s Corner
For most people, the holiday season represents a happy and exciting celebration spent with fam-ily and friends. However, for those who have lost a loved one, it can be a very challenging time. It is often difficult to watch others celebrating and feel-ing thankful while we feel lonely, sad, and over-whelmed. If you are one of the unfortunate people who are dealing with grief during the holidays, there are some proactive things that you can do to help you get through this difficult time period.
First, and foremost, take care of yourself and your health. Focus on eating healthy foods, limit alcohol intake, rest often, and exercise on a daily basis. A brief, vigorous walk outside in the fresh air can help you feel better. Be kind and gentle to yourself. Honour your grieving by giving yourself permission to grieve and allow yourself to feel your emotions including allowing others to comfort you at this time. Set realistic expectations for yourself at pre-holiday celebrations by focusing on identify-
ing your needs while you are grieving. Perhaps it is difficult for you to attend an event that you did with your loved one. If you do attend an event with other people, take your own vehicle so that you can leave if you feel overwhelmed.
The weeks leading up to the holiday are often the most difficult for people. You may wish to use this time to do something to honour the memory of your loved one. Give a gift or make a donation in your loved one’s name or volunteer to help oth-ers. Consider pacing yourself in your social obliga-tions and your pre-holiday preparations so that you don’t become overwhelmed. You may wish to do your Christmas shopping when the malls are qui-eter or shop on-line rather than in a crowded store.
Surround yourself with friends and family. When you do get together with family, you may consider creating a new tradition that honours your loved one. This may include putting together a decorated memory box and having people write favourite memories of the person who has passed. Share favourite photos or hang a stocking to remember your loved one. Create your loved one’s favourite
Dealing with grief over the holidays dish and share it at a communal meal. Light a candle in hon-our of your loved one, place a bouquet of flowers on the table in memory, or play music that your loved one really enjoyed. Visit the cemetery together as a family. These traditions often create strong bonds as a family heals and grieves together.
Reach out to others. This may be the time to talk to others who have experienced the loss of a loved one. They may be able to help you deal with the grief, prepare for the holiday and understand that there is hope. Seek comfort in those who have shared your experience. And finally, if you are dealing with grief during this holiday season, I wish you peace as you heal during this difficult time.
A recommended reading for dealing with grief during the holidays can be found in the following book by James Miller, ‘How Will I Get Through the Holidays? Twelve Ideas for Those Who Loved One Has Died.’ You can also find a shortened ver-sion of his suggestions on-line.
Karin Hitchcock is a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and has a private practice in Strathmore.
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WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers may be cancelled at any time without notice. Dealer order or transfer may be required as inventory may vary by dealer. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at1-800-565-3673. ‡Until November 30, 2012, receive $250/ $500/ $1,000/ $1,500/ $1,750/ $2,000/ $2,250/ $3,000/ $3,750/ $4,000/ $4,250/ $4,750/ $5,250/ $5,500/ $5,750/ $6,000/ $6,500/ $7,000/ $7,250/ $8,250/ $9,000/ $9,250/ $10,000 in Manufacturer Rebates with the purchase or lease of a new 2012 Escape I4 Manual; 2013 Explorer Base/ 2012 Edge SE/ 2012 Focus S, Explorer Base FWD; 2013 Edge FWD (excluding SE), Flex SE, Transit Connect (excluding electric), E-Series, F-150 Regular Cab XL (4x2) Value Leader/ 2012 Fiesta S, E-Series; 2013 Mustang V6 Coupe, Taurus SE/2012 Flex SE/ 2012 Mustang Value Leader, Taurus SE, Transit Connect (excluding electric); 2013 F-350 to F-550 ChassisCabs/ 2012 Fusion S/ 2012 Fiesta (excluding S), Explorer AWD (excluding Base)/ 2013 Mustang V6 Premium/ 2012 Mustang V6 (excluding Value Leader), Explorer FWD (excluding Base), F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs; 2013 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) gas engine/ 2012 Focus (excluding S), Fusion Hybrid, Edge AWD (excluding SE), Escape (excluding I4 Manual)/ 2012 Fusion I4 (excluding S and Hybrid), Escape V6; 2013 Mustang GT/ 2012 Fusion V6 (excluding S and Hybrid)/ 2012 Mustang GT, Taurus (excluding SE), Flex (excluding SE); 2013 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2) non-5.0L/ 2012 Edge FWD (excluding SE)/ 2013 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2) 5.0L, F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cab) Diesel Engine/ 2012 Expedition; 2013 F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew non-5.0L/ 2013 F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew 5.0L/ 2012 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Gas Engine/ 2012 F-150 Regular Cab (Excluding 4x2) non-5.0L/ 2012 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2) 5.0L/ 2012 F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew non-5.0L, F-250 to
F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Diesel Engines/ 2012 F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew 5.0L (all Raptor, GT500, BOSS302, and Medium Truck models excluded). This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fl eet consumerincentives. *Purchase a new 2012 F-150 XLT Super Cab 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2012 F-150 XLT Super Crew 4X4 with 5.0L engine/2012 F-250 XLT Super Cab 4X4 Western Edition with power seats for $27,885/$29,885/$39,999. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate of $10,000/$10,000/$7,250 has been deducted. Offers include freight and air tax of $1,700but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fi ll charge and all applicable taxes. Manufacturer Rebates can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fl eet consumer incentives.**Choose 6.19% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase fi nancing on a new 2012 F-150 XLT Super Cab 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2012 F-150 XLT Super Crew 4X4 with 5.0L engine/2012 F-250 XLT Super Cab 4X4 Western Edition with power seats for a maximum of 72 months to qualifi ed retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment.Purchase fi nancing monthly payment is $431/$465/$617 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $199/$214/$285 with a down payment of $2,000/$2,000/$3,000 or equivalent trade-in. Cost of borrowing is $5,169.65/5,569.08/$7,389.30 or APR of 6.19% and total to be repaid is $31,054.65/$33,454.08/$44,388.30. Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $10,000/$10,000/$7,250 and freight and air tax of $1,700 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fi ll charge and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate deducted. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (InternetBanking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that fi nancial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a fi rst payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthlypayments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. Offers vary by model and not all combinations will apply. ▲Offer only valid from November 1, 2012 to November 30, 2012 (the “Program Period”) to Canadian resident customers who own or are currently leasing (during the Program Period) certain Ford Pickup Truck, Sport UtilityVehicle (SUV), Cross-Over Utility Vehicle (CUV) or Minivan models (each a “Qualifying Loyalty Model”), or certain competitive pickup truck, SUV, CUV or Minivan models (each a “Qualifying Conquest Model”) and purchase, lease, or factory order (during the Program Period) a new 2012/2013 Ford truck (excluding Raptor), SUV or CUV (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). Some eligibility restrictions apply on Qualifying Loyalty and Conquest Models and Eligible Vehicles – see dealer for full offer criteria. Qualifying customers will receive $1,000 (the “Incentive”) towards the purchase or lease of the Eligible Vehicle, which must be delivered and/or factory-ordered from your participating Ford dealer during the Program Period. Limit one (1) Incentive per Eligible Vehicle sale, up to a maximum of two (2) separateEligible Vehicle sales if valid proof is provided that the customer is the owner/lessee of two (2) separate Qualifying Conquest/Loyalty Models. Each customer will be required to provide proof of ownership/registration of the applicable Qualifying Conquest/Loyalty Model and the ownership/registration address must match the address on the new Buyer’s Agreement or Lease Agreement for the EligibleVehicle sale. Offer is transferable only to persons living in the same household as the eligible customer. This offer is subject to vehicle availability and may be cancelled at any time without notice. This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at the time of factory-order or delivery (but not both). This offer is not combinable with CPA, GPC,Daily Rental Allowances. Taxes payable before Incentive is deducted. Dealer may sell or lease for less. See dealer for details. ***Estimated fuel consumption ratings for model shown: 2012 F-150 4X4 5.0L V8: [14.9L/100km (19MPG) City, 10.5L/100km (27MPG) Hwy]. Fuel consumption ratings based on Transport Canada approved test methods. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on roadconditions, vehicle loading, vehicle equipment, and driving habits. †F-150: When properly equipped. Max. towing of 11,300 lbs with 3.5L EcoBoost and 6.2L 2 valve 4X2 V8 engines. Max. payload of 3,120 lbs with 5.0L Ti-VCT V8 engines. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs GVWR, non-hybrid. Super Duty: Max. conventional towing capability of 17,500 lbs. on F-350 and max. 5th Wheel towingcapability of 24,500 lbs. On F-450 when properly equipped. Max. payload capability of 7,110 lbs. on F-350 when properly equipped. Class is Full-Size Pickups over 8,500 lbs. GVWR vs. 2011/2012 competitors. ††Max. horsepower of 411 and max. torque of 434 on F-150 6.2L V8 engine. 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Falls are the leading cause of injury for older adults in Alber-ta. Each year, one in three seniors in the community will expe-rience a fall. Often times a fall is what causes a senior to move
into assisted living, as the lingering effects from a fall- related injury make it too difficult to continue living independently.
Apart from the pain and suffering and reduced mobility caused by seniors’ falls, they also put significant costs on our health care system. In 2008, the last year for which comprehen-sive numbers are available, $96 million was spent on seniors’ fall-related hospital admissions. It is estimated that by 2031, as Alberta’s senior population increases, if left unchecked that cost will reach $228 million per year.
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Finding Balance campaign works to prevent seniors’ falls
Kevin SorenSon, M.P., CrowfootParliamentary Report
Last week, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty presented the Gov-ernment’s Economic and Fiscal Update. He confirmed that our commitment to work at creating jobs and economic growth across Canada - and Budget 2012 – has been successful.
We are keeping taxes low and extending the EI Hiring Credit that over 500,000 small businesses are using. We have numer-ous firms in our riding employing constituents with this tax break. Our government will shortly give approval to hundreds of job creating projects through the Community Infrastruc-ture Improvement Fund and roll out the $400 million Venture Capital fund to spur investment and job creation in Canada. Again, over the past few years, many of our towns and indus-tries have used these kinds of opportunities.
Our Investing in Skills Training initiative has created thou-sands of opportunities for young Canadians and Canadians with disabilities. We continue to open new markets for Cana-dian exporters and protect Canadian business interests. We have signed trade agreements with nine countries and are currently negotiating with 50 others.
Due to risks from beyond our borders such as the ongoing economic turmoil in Europe and the United States – global demand has weakened, resulting in lower-than-expected com-modity prices, which has resulted in lower-than-expected gov-ernment revenues. For this reason, we now have included an “adjustment for risk” in our budget forecasts. This provides a fiscal ‘shock absorber’ for use if necessary.
As your MP in Ottawa, I and many others in our Caucus, continue to push to ensure we remain on track to return to balanced budgets over the medium term. The Finance Min-
ister confirmed in his Economic Statement that Canada will maintain our position of having the best fiscal position in the G-7 and that it remains our government’s plan to balance the budget by 2015-16. We cannot control negative financial and economic events in other economies that negatively affect our own. We can only prepare for such possibilities.
I accept the Finance Minister’s figures and I am confident that we can achieve our deficit elimination goal. Already, Can-ada is the only country in the G-7 to: more than fully recover all of the business investment lost during the recession; go beyond recouping the output lost during the recession; and, outperform all other G-7 countries in job creation.
“The commitment to manage public finances in a respon-sible manner has been a key element of our Government’s comprehensive long-term agenda to foster strong, sustainable, long-term economic growth and the creation of high-quality, value-added jobs for Canadians,” said Minister Flaherty. “Our Government is striking the right balance between returning to balanced budgets over the medium term and continuing to in-vest in the key drivers of economic growth and job creation.”
Unlike the previous Liberal government, we have not and will not reduce transfers to Canadians – such as seniors and children – or transfers to other levels of government for ser-vices that Canadian families rely on, such as health care and social services. While our government is working to balance the federal budget, in the House of Commons we continue to stand up against the NDP plan for a massive $21 billion job-killing carbon tax.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this or pre-vious columns you may write me at 4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call 780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail [email protected].
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To the EditorAn interesting turn of events recently occurred to
yet again raise questions of concern about the decision making process involving the Town of Strathmore ad-ministration and the Strathmore town council.
Under advisement of administration, Strathmore town council entered into a long term contract which in turn gave away control of the Strathmore Recycling Centre and the five acres of industrial property in which it occupies.
On the Town of Strathmore web site there was video information from the former manager of the Strathmore Recycling Centre stating that Strathmore has the No. 4 recycling centre in Canada.
Of the more than 400 recycling centres in Alberta with a municipal population of 5,000-25,000, Strath-more has received the “2012 Collection Site Award of Excellence.”
This must mean that currently something is being done correctly to be recognized as the No. 1 Recycling Facility in Alberta of its demographic.
The other question needed to answered is how much revenue is being generated by the materials that are collected?
The Town Administration was all too quick in point-ing out the possible cost of running the facility (salaries, equipment, utilities, etc). How much does this facility generate to off set these costs?
Recycled materials are on high demand and the mon-ey that is collected through the proper sales of these materials should put the facility at a surplus of funds.
The Town of Chestermere receives a large portion of the compost collected at this facility but are they pay-ing for it and are the citizens of Strathmore paying for the trucking?
With all of the propaganda published stating how much money that will be saved over the next 10 years, was the value of the property calculated in this formula?
I believe that if you actually calculate into the equa-tion the value of the materials collected plus the high value of the five acres of developed industrial property that is being given away, we the citizens of Strathmore are taking a huge loss.
Is this all again just a hidden veil to prepare the Town of Strathmore in becoming a city? Could it be that in the very near future we the citizens of Strathmore will be paying yet again another mandatory fee for what will become a mandatory curb side recycling program?
To pay for the pick up in the front and the back means that the citizens of Strathmore take it in the wallet.
There are at least two private recycling companies here in Strathmore that offer a quality and affordable curbside recycling program for those of us that want it.
With the take over, will these companies be squeezed out by charging them a fee to deposit at the centre?
What next, a fee to drop off and pick up at the “give and take” area?
I encourage you to ask questions and best of luck getting the answers.
We are all in this together.Mr. John M. Whieldon
Strathmore
More questions than answers
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The costs to the health care system as a whole are far higher since these numbers do not include emergency room visits, payments to physicians and physiotherapists, homecare, medication or individual costs.
The best defense against seniors’ falls is to ac-tively work to prevent them. The Finding Balance campaign, led by the Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research and Physiotherapy Alberta – College + Association, advises seniors to: • Exercise to build and maintain strength and bal-ance. • Review medications with a doctor or pharma-cist. • Talk to their doctor if they experience dizziness. • Ask their health care provider to test their blood pressure lying down and standing up. • Make homes and environments safer by remov-ing throw rugs and ensuring pathways are well lit. • Watch their step while walking on uneven sur-
faces, wear shoes that support their feet and have their eyes checked yearly.
“Preventing seniors’ falls is important because falls are painful, and they often reduce a senior’s mobility and independence, and therefore their quality of life, sometimes permanently,” said Dr. Don Voaklander, Director of the Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research. “We want to raise awareness of the issue of falls so that we can help people prevent falls before they happen. By pro-viding these tips and strategies we’re giving se-niors and those who care for them some concrete things to do to prevent a fall this winter.”
Finding Balance is a public awareness campaign and education program that aims to educate and empower Albertans to take an active role in pre-venting seniors’ falls - an issue that in one way or another may affect us all. The Finding Balance campaign takes place each November, to coincide with Seniors’ Falls Prevention Month. For more in-formation about seniors’ falls prevention visit the website (http://www.findingbalancealberta.ca).
Letters to the editor
To the EditorHaving lived in Strathmore for only two years, I had
no expectations of the community when a crisis hit me. Little did I know that the community would embrace me like one of their own family and step forward with support that has truly amazed me. I feel very, very for-tunate to be part of such a loving town. The situation hasn’t changed and people continue to pour out their support.
For those who are not aware, while I was on vaca-tion at the end of September, one of my dogs, Foxy, got off her leash when the sitters were walking her. Being a very timid pet, she ran away and would not respond to their pleas for her to stop. They and many of my friends searched for Foxy to no avail. Knowing that this sad news would bring me home, they did not tell me however continued their efforts alerting vets, pet care centres and posted numerous posters through-out Strathmore. Many residents came forward to assist them but their efforts went unrewarded and they had to break the sad news to me when I returned. Needless to say, I was heart broken as Foxy is to me as a child is to their parent. I love my baby and she is always in my thoughts and prayers.
For the next two weekends, my family and friends went to great effort to contact as many residents of Strathmore through door to door and Facebook cam-paigns, putting up more posters, talking to strangers on the street and following up on all leads. People who don’t know me showed their concern and care as they understand the love we have for pets. These
people have assisted with the search, offered funds for a reward, created and printed posters, placed ads in the paper or assisted with follow up each time there was a tip on Foxy’s whereabouts but still, Foxy’s bed is empty. I can only hope my gratitude has reached each one of you as I am so grateful for your thoughts, prayers, words of encouragement and support through this challenging time - Thank you so much!
I will not give up hope as I know Foxy is alive. I know that some kind person has taken her in. I am pleading with you to please do the right thing and re-turn Foxy. I adopted Foxy four years ago from a shelter and it was very apparent that her previous home hadn’t been a good home. She was extremely skittish and it took a long time for her to trust me and come out of her shell and be a playful, loving puppy. It was through my family’s love and care that Foxy has grown into such as affectionate companion. Foxy settled into our home and was happy being wanted and loved. Foxy’s sister, Vegas, does not understand what has happened and continues to look for Foxy each time I come home. She too, misses her sister.
Christmas is less than a month away. Please, if you have seen or know Foxy’s whereabouts, give us the greatest gift possible and help Foxy come home.
My email is [email protected] and my phone number is (403) 651-4008.
With my deepest gratitude,Brandi Romeo
Strathmore
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Oscar Chan (Chan man Hin) from Hong Kong and Ronja Trapp from Germany visit Grade 1 & 2 students to answer questions about Germany and Hong Kong.
Manny EvErEtt Time Contributor
International Education Week was celebrated No-vember 12-16 this year throughout the world. It is an annual event that is celebrated during the third week of November in over 85 countries around the world. The idea is to promote the awareness and importance of international education and its benefits to society.
Standard School has two students this year through the Golden Hills School Division’s international edu-cation program. Ronja Trapp is a Grade 10 student from Germany and Oscar Chan (Chan Man Hin) is a Grade 12 student from Hong Kong.
Alberta’s 2012 theme is “Canada Engages with the World: Realizing our Potential through Internation-al Education.” The initiative is organized under the Council of Ministers of education, in which Canada and Alberta have actively participated since 2006.
Part of the celebration at Standard School had Trapp and Chan visiting the elementary students from Grades 1-6. Each class had opportunities to hear from these two students and then also had a chance to ask the international students questions about themselves and their respective countries.
Grade 1 and 2 students in Ms. Dahm’s class asked some of the following questions: 1) Is there McDon-ald’s in your country? To which both answered yes, but the menu varies from country to country. 2) What
is school like in Germany? Trapp replied, “The system in Germany is very different than in Canada. There are three distinct schools into which you can go. The first one is for ‘super smart’ kids who want to attend university. The second is for kids who are ‘average’ and want to do things like a trade or in some kind of services in which you don’t need to have a University degree. The third is basic learning to help you get through life and maybe find a more hands on job. In Germany you must decide in Grade 4 what direction you want to go in for your life. Also, University is paid for by the government [tuition and books].” Chan said that in Hong Kong it is similar but “really only the ones who can afford more education are the ones who go to University or College…you must pay for your own education”.
Grade 2 and 3 students in Mrs. Michie’s class had more in depth questions about space and land. 1) How many people are in Hong Kong? Chan replied, “Many more than here in Standard, around 7 million in Hong Kong. Standard is very small.” 2) Do you have houses like we have here? Chan, “No many people live in apartment buildings and not in there own houses, we need to build high and not out to accom-modate the population.” Trapp says that she is from a smaller town but attends “Gymnasium” [high school] in a neighbouring town.
Finally the students in the Grade 5 and 6 class with Mrs. Moncks asked the following: 1) Can you speak
to us in your language? Both Trapp and Chan spoke German and Cantonese to the class and taught them to say a few things. One interesting fact from Chan was how one is addressed in Hong Kong. “Here you call me Oscar Chan but in Hong Kong everyone says their last name first and then their given names. So in Cantonese my name is Chan Man Hin, people then know that I am from the family Chan.”
International Education creates global citizens. Ron-ja Trapp’s dream is to be a translator or someone who works with languages. She has a great start as she already speaks fluent German, French and English. Trapp would like to one day return to Canada to ex-plore her dream. She will be returning to Germany for her second semester. Chan is finishing out his first se-mester in Standard (he has previously had two years in Drumheller) and is unsure of what his future holds at this moment.
The International Education initiatives provide Al-berta’s students with the understandings, perspectives and skills they will need to be successful in work and life in today’s rapidly changing world. Whether it is learning a second language, participating in an exchange program or being active in a School Part-nership, Alberta’s students are on a path to becoming global citizens.
For more information on participation in any of the international programming please contact the Golden Hills School District at www.ghsd-international.com.
International education week
The Hussar Agricultural Society would like to extend a sincere THANK YOU to the following Donors and Buyers of our November 16, 2012 Stag Auction. Proceeds raised support the operations and maintenance of our arena.Come visit us at www.hussararena.ca for complete up to date schedule, pictures, team information and kitchen menu.
Darren Rebalkin, Richardson Pioneer-Hussar, For Sight Vision-Mike Kostelecky-Drumheller, Chinook Credit Union-Hussar Savings, Westergard Ford-Drumheller, Hussar Lions, Gregg’s Distributors-Strath-more, Clarke’s Excavating-Hussar, Agro Calgary, Doug’s Earthmoving-Hussar, Moody’s Equipment-Bal-zac, Rockyford Steel, Moss Trucking-Bassano, Brooks New Holland, Standard Co-op, Hussar Seed Cleaning, Keith & Ronda Klemmensen, Getz & Associates-Strathmore, The Wool Shop-Hussar, Jim-my’s T & T-Standard, Husky Oil, Desert Sales-Bassano, Cheyenne Heating-Hussar, Bassano Building Centre, Jepson Petroleum-Hussar, Lance Farewell Hail Insurance-Rosedale, YS Welding-Hussar, A & L Stewart Trucking-Gem, Landmark Feeds-Bassano, Bassano Vac Services, Sunrise Auto Sales-Drum-heller, Cuthill Consulting-Standard, UFA-Don Peterson-Rockyford, Newell Trucking-Rockyford, Stan-dard Lions, Early Bird Air-Strathmore, Tim’s Glass-Strathmore, Drum Equipment Sales, Drum Radia-tor & Battery, Glover Trucks-Drumheller, Riverside Packers-Drumheller, Allied Distributors-Drumheller, Bill Armstrong, DeMott Flooring-Drumheller, Evergreen Equipment-Drumheller, Strathmore Vet Clinic, DynAgra-Standard, Strathmore Building Supplies, Patterson Grain-Gleichen, XXX Red Angus-Bassano, Drum Wireless, Last Chance Saloon-Wayne, Bassano Plumbing & Heating, Scotiabank-Drumheller, Willy’s Wheels & Deals-Bassano, Bassano Car Wash, DW Herefords-Hussar, Keith’s Trucking-Hussar, Superior Feeds-Rockyford, Cargill-Carseland, Yavis Family Restaurant-Drumheller, CNR-Wintering Hills, Herman Kloot & Company-Drumheller, Sports Room-Drumheller, Valley Veterinary-Drumheller, Hussar Hairstyling, Viterra-Rosedale, Peaches Portables-Drumheller, Bayer-Courtney Stephensen, NGC-Drumheller, Don’s Cafe & Lounge-Hussar, Trevor Gough Professional-Drumheller, Ken Williams Hail Insurance-Hussar, Gregory Harriman & Associates-Strathmore, Drumheller IGA, The Drum-heller Mail, Fountain Tire-Strathmore, Matrix Electrical Systems-Bassano, Dundas Oilfield-Hussar, Reg Gallagher Trucking-Drumheller, Harpers Tire-Drumheller, Gibeau Repair-Bassano, Badlands Choppers-Drumheller, Miller Supply-Bassano, Western Chev-Drumheller, The Brick-Drumheller, Cafe Ole-Drumheller, MNP-Drumheller, M & M Drilling-Strathmore, Armstrong Auto-Hussar, Bassano Automotive, BASF-Nolan Kowlachuk, L & G Electric-Bassano, Linden Ag Centre, UFA Strathmore, Western Financial-Bassano, Dekeyser Auctions-Drumheller, Sevcik Simmentals-Hussar, Bow Slope Shipping-Brooks, Drumheller Co-op, Schumacher Gough & Company-Drumheller, Strathmore Motor Products, Bayer-Dave Sevcik, Cenovus, Toms General Store-Hussar, Alanna Seed Farms-Drumheller, Wheatland UFA Petroleum-Scott McRae, Clifford Sanden, Drum Chrysler, Nail Ag, RWK Farms, Rock-vun Farms, Total Control Security-Drumheller, Newell Vet-Brooks, Crowfoot Ag-Andy Stender, Sam Hofer, Sears Drumheller, Evergreen Equipment-Bassano, Target Airspray-Strathmore, Thomas & Helen Kim, Samuel Plumbing & Heating-Drumheller, Dupont-Elise Dubourg, DowAgro-Mark Versluys, Richie Klemmensen, Sage Farms, Pioneer Seeds-David Sammons, Guard Ranch, Sayer Farms, Robert Filko-hazy, Atlas Land & Cattle, Mel Leslie, Gates Agencies-Standard, Standard Spray, F-R Ranches, Roy Clark, High Standard Spray, Cody Blasken, Rick Stimson, Ben Armstrong, Earl Brinton, Makepeace Farms, Gleichen Standard Transport, Muller Farms, Gleichen Lions, Christensen Grain Cleaning, Robert Knudsen, Jamie Armstrong, Hugh Peake, Tim Sandum, Syngenta-Jordan Hagel, Russell Nail, Jo-Jay Trucking, Murray Gates Mechanical-Standard, Don Jensen, Jason Beck, Mitch Treacy, Thew Farms, Ben Eskeland, Ralph Collett, Dylan Blasken, Indian Springs Farm, KMR Ranches, Brent Greg-ory, Larry Faye, Gerry Blasken, Alex Stewart, Wayne Dundas, Tom Hein, Randy Kaiser, Geoff Fraser, Hussar Winterhawks, East End Farms, Art Taubert, Willard Treacy, Peter Sanden, Shawn Filkohazy, Erich Bach, Gordon Schaffer, Darren Gibeau, Grant Gregory, Mike Wiebe, Robert Thompson, MJS Electrical, Windy Hill Farms, Alvin Sandum, Roger Hiller, Country Farmhouse-Cluny, Sidehill Farms, Clay Williams, Casey Collett
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New band teacher excited for upcoming school yearShannon LeCLair Times Reporter
Strathmore High School (SHS) and Crowther Memorial Junior High School (CMJHS) have welcomed a new face into the band room this year.
Bryan Allsopp grew up in Calgary. He attended the University of British Co-lumbia for his bachelor of music and bachelor of education.
Last year he taught in Fort McMurray at a Kindergarten to Grade 8 school. All-sopp is a French horn player and has completed several conducting work-shops, something he hopes to focus on after getting a few years of teaching un-der his belt.
“My hope is I’m just trying to keep band fun, have it always be enjoyable. If the student’s not enjoying band then they’re not going to take it because it’s an option. My goal is to keep it fun and then just keep building the program-
ming as much as I can so that when I hand it off I want to leave it a better place than when I came in,” said All-sopp.
“I want to have the students keep building up their playing, keep building up their reading, and keep building up their enjoyment of music, so that hope-fully they will keep wanting to do it through high school and outside of high school. Even if they don’t necessarily play having that enjoyment and knowl-edge of music is always good because music is always part of culture.”
Right now the students at both SHS and CMJHS are busy preparing for the first concerts of the year. First up will be CMJHS next week on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.
Allsopp said he is working off what Karly Zinken, who is on maternity leave, has built up over the years and will be expanding on to the senior and junior high programs.
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Bryan Allsopp is excited to be teaching the band classes at both Strathmore High School and Crowther memorial Junior High. They are busy preparing for the upcoming concerts on Dec. 4 and 11.
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done with the groups and keep building it, try to keep building up the band pro-gram, the choir program. It’s great that I can teach at both schools because I’m essentially feeding into my own school. My Grade 7s, 8s and 9s feed into high school, which is a fantastic system,” said Allsopp.
Strathmore High’s concert is on Dec. 11 also at 7 p.m. in the high school the-atre. Allsopp said the band will be do-ing more in later concerts, both learn-ing and playing new music. He has a piece planned for the end of the year that is being released in December and will include electronic accompaniment. Thanks to grant funding received last year there will be an electronic music program introduced this year to the stu-dents.
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The Rosebud River Valley Boys concert was well attended at Hope Covenant Church on Nov 15. it was the first annual fundraiser for the Hope Bridges program.
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Fertilizer Plant proposed on Highway 21Sharon McLeay Times Contributor
A plan for a 5.06-acre fertilizer plant owned by Crowfoot Ag Solutions came before Council on Nov. 6. The plant would sit in the industrial area north of Hwy 1, next to the seed cleaning plant on Highway 21.
The site would include a fertiliser mixing dome, an office and two retention ponds. The business would involve the loading and unloading of fertilizer, a mixing station, storage and vending for fertilizers and seed. There would also be a small pesticide com-ponent to the business. The hours of operation were regular business hours with occasional extended hours from 7a.m.-7p.m. There would be some truck
traffic on the service roads during those hours.The owner was advised that prior to approval for
building, the site would have to address require-ments from the Western Irrigation District, Alberta Transportation and Alberta Environment and all County and Provincial guidelines. To gain a business permit it is required to have a comprehensive plan adhering to warehousing standards and emergency preparedness plans.
Rex Harwood, who lives across the road, had con-cerns about water use and dust control. He said the water table in the area is low and the plant would be drawing from the same aquifer. He asked if well testing could be included in the requirements. Coun-cillors indicated that Harwood could conduct regular well tests for his own information and safety. The
owner indicated they designed the retention ponds to be oversized to accommodate the 100 year flood plan and would not be using the water in the mixing processes. The owner, Andrew Stender, clarified the plant would only be using well water for the wash-room facilities. Harwood questioned whether the County or the businesses would supply dust control coming from the truck traffic in the industrial area. Since the businesses were not on county land, coun-cillors thought it would be up to the businesses to be good neighbours.
“We are all about environmental safety,” said Stender. “We are concerned how our company im-pacts that and its impact on our neighbours.”
Any developments to the plant in the future would have to come back to council for approval.
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Royal Canadian Legion For information regarding hall rentals, darts and crib, please call 403.934.5119
Wheatland Conservation & Wildlife Association(Your local fish & game club). Meetings – 2nd Thursday every month, 7:30pm at the Clubhouse. Call Larry at 403-934-4388 for more information.
Strathmore District Health Services Auxiliary Meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month @ 1:30 pm (excluding July & August). Lower level Conference Room at the Strathmore Hospital. New members welcome. For more info please call 403-934-4436
Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce Meets the second Thursday of the month @ 7:00 p.m. All members welcome. Check web page for meeting location. For more information call 403-901-3175 or: www.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.
Come Fly With Us 903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the blue build-ing and Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys & Girls between 12 & 19 years welcome. Call Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for more information.
Storytime at Strathmore Municipal Library85 Lakeside Blvd. Held every Tuesday 11am-12pm and Fridays 2-3pm. . Pre-school children of all ages are welcome but must be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult. No registration required.
HIV Edmonton Providing support, education and advo-cacy for those infected with, affected by or at risk of HIV and AIDS for 25 years. Go to www.hivedmonton.com or call toll free 1.877.388.5742.
The Hope Bridges Society for Creative & Continued Learning Advocating for, and bringing together citizens of all abilities for meaningful relationships, friendships, & opportunities through the Arts holds Board Meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM, at Unit 9, 104 – 3rd Avenue (the Leary Centre). Please contact Wanda at 403-983-3690, or 403-901-5081 (Cell) for further information about our work and upcoming events, if you would like to be added to our “friends/contact” list, or visit us in our new office noted above.
Strathmore Musical Arts SocietyIf you love music and musicians and have a special soft spot for the Blues, you would enjoy being part of this group. Call 403-934-4196 or 403-680-7721 to get on our phone or email list and be notified about meetings and upcoming events.
Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 Meets 3rd Tuesday at the Strathmore Curling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at 7 pm. New Members welcome. Call Greg 403-888-6155.
Strathmore Homeschool Families Any Strathmore and Area familes that are homeschooling are invited to join our Yahoo Group. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/strathmorehsfams
Strathmore Hand in Hand Parent Link Offers FREE programming to kids 0-6 and their caregivers! Check the Town of Strathmore website Community Events section for programs and times! Located at 421-2nd St, across from Paragon Pharmacy. 690-1237.
Strathmore FASD Parent Support Group At the Strathmore United Church. For more info call Pam @652-4776.
Strathmore Caregiver Support Group This is an opportunity for caregivers to find support and benefit from interaction with others in a similar situation. For more information or to register call Amy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.
Happy Gang 55 plus Seniors Meetings; 2nd Tuesday every month @ 1:30 pm. Potluck Supper; fourth Tuesday every month at 5:30pm. Everyone wel-come! Hall Rental; $80. Call Shirley @ 403-934-9927. All other inquiries call Eric @ 403-901-1596.
Meetings and Sewing Workshops The 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month at 7pm. We meet at the Strathmore Ag Grounds, Red Quonset. Looking for 100% cotton or flannel fabric donations to do some charity quilts. New Members Welcome. Contact Laurie at 901-0088 or Wendy 901-3756.
Sunday School for All Ages Lord of All Lutheran Church offers Christian Education opportunities for ages 3 years to adult, on Sunday Mornings. All are Welcome! For more information please call Margo Sevick 403-901-2044 or call the Church Office at 403-934-2374.
Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month. Tours, guest speakers, workshops and much more included in a membership. For more information visit www.strathmorecoun-trygardensclub.webs.com or phone Linda Pekrul 403-901-0017.
Youth Club of StrathmoreProvides youth (6-17yrs) with op-portunities/activities that build positive relationships, strengthens and develops self-esteem and promote personal skill development through affordable and barrier free programs. Our programs include After The Bell, a homework program offered Monday to Friday from 3pm-6pm. Call the Youth Club for further info 403-934-4918 or www.youthclubofstrathmore.ca.
Wheatland Rural Crime Watch Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of each Month. Featuring guest speakers. For more information call 403-934-4055
Meals on Wheels Available in Strathmore. For information or to obtain this service please contact Wheatland FCSS at 403-934-5335.
Strathmore Fun Runners Car Club Meets the first Wednesday of the month. New members welcome! Please call Todd at 403-934-0558 or Shawn at 403-901-9303 for info.
Wheatland Business Women Meet the second Tuesday of the month @ 8:00 am at Days Inn & Suites. New mem-bers welcome http://businesswomen.ca and follow us on Facebook. Call 403-324-6641.
RCCG Peculiar People Assembly, 1 Peter 2:9 (KJV) meetings. Sunday Ser-vices at 10am & Thursdays Bible study at 7pm. Venue: Civic Centre, Strathmore. PH: 403-667-7832, E-mail: pastor@ rccgstrathmore.com
Strathmore Lions Club Meets the first and third Thursdays at the Strathmore Civic Centre at 6:45 pm.
Free Tree for all New Born Babies Attention all infants – remind your par-ents to register your birth so a tree can be planted commemorating your birth in the Chinook Credit Union Birth Forest in Strathmore. Registration Forms are avail-able at the Town office, Chinook Credit Union and Health Unit. (A Communities in Bloom Project)
Strathmore Masonic Lodge #53 Meets the first Monday of each Month at 7:30 p.m. Call Glen at 403-901-6038. Website: www.strathmore53.com
Strathmore Parent and Tot PlaygroupMeets every Tuesday at 9:30 - 11:30 am. in the Strathmore United Church Basement. For more information call Tammy at 403-983-2204. $1/child.
Strathmore Full Gospel Church We’re a Pentecostal bible-based family church that has something for all ages. Call 934-2225 or visit www.strathmore-fullgospel.com
St. Michaels & All Angels Anglican Currently at interim location: 245 Brent Blvd. (North Door) 403-934-3017. Christ Alive in our Community. Sunday MorningWorship 11:00am
Seventh-day Adventist Church Meeting in the Lord of All Lutheran Church at 112 Lakeside Blvd,Strathmore. Saturday morning @ 10:00 AM. Pastor Ghena Girleanu, phone 403-983-0081. Strathmore Baptist Church Meeting Sundays @ 11am and Thursdays @ 7pm, Call Pastor David Blankenship for info 403-390-4431.
Adult Competitive Drop In VolleyballWednesdays 7PM – 9PM, Starting Septem-ber 26th, Crowther Memorial Junior High, Contact: Lavern Lein 403-934-7527.
Strathmore & District Agricultural Society Strathmorestampede.com, [email protected] Office 403.934.5811 Fax 403.901.0299 Facebook: Strathmore Stampede Twitter: Strathmore Rodeo
Community Futures Wild Rose In partnership with ‘The Business Link’ Attend valuable, low-cost learning ses-sions for small business owners in our video-conference facility here in Strath-more. Phone 403-934-8888 for more info and to register.
Strathmore Writer’s Group Meets on the first Monday of the month at the Strathmore Municipal Library. Please find us on Facebook or email Sam at [email protected] for more information.
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Strathmore – open meetings Monday 8:00pm, Hope Community Church, Call 403-934-9570 or 403-901-6009. Strathmore Full Gospel Church – Closed meetings – Ladies, Tuesdays @ 7pm, Call 403-901-1163. Men’s, Tuesdays 8:30pm, Call 403-324-0056. Open Step Meeting, Thursdays @ 8pm at Full Gospel Church, Call 403-361-9396. If drinking is a prob-lem, please come to a meeting or all any of the numbers just to talk.
Wheatland Whirlers Square & Round Dance Club Dances every Wednesday at Westmount School Gym, September to April. New Dancers: 7-8:30 pm; Experienced Danc-ers: 8-10 pm. Contact Dave or Claudia 403-934-5966.
Chestermere and area Children (& Families) with Type 1 Diabetes. Our Goal is to create a group of mature, responsible members where we open our own homes as Safe Places for Diabetic Children to go to if ever in Diabetic Distress. Join the Facebook group for more information.
Stitch Together: Library Needle Arts Group Tues evenings (6:30pm-8:30pm) at the Strathmore Municipal Library (85 Lakeside Blvd.). Whether you love knitting, crochet-ing, embroidery or cross-stitch, you are wel-come to drop in and work on your project with others who share the same passion.
Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society (SRVSS) SRVSS is looking for men and women interested in becoming front line victim advocates to provide support, information and referrals to victims of crime or tragedy. We need individuals interested in a chal-lenging and rewarding volunteer experience who are caring and non-judgmental with a sincere interest in helping victims move past their immediate trauma. We provide extensive training in many areas, including sexual assaults, domestic violence, suicide, court preparation, and sudden death. If you are interested in volunteering your time please contact Lesley Hering at the Strathmore RCMP Detachment at (403) 934-6552. Website: www.strathmoreregionalvictimservices.com
Wheatland County Food Bank Urgently requires VOLUNTEER SCREEN-ERS. Please call Sylvia at 403-934-5287 or WFCSS at 403-934-5335 for info.
special eventsThe Carseland & District Community Association & Agricultural Society is hosting its ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MARKET on November 30 and Dec. 1st at the Community Hall. For information or to rent a table please contact Lavone at (403) 361-9794.
TITANIC Lecture & Exhibit - Saturday, December 1 @ Strathmore Municipal Library (85 Lakeside Blvd.) Join Larry Robinson, Titanic historian and Co-founder of The Canadian Titanic Society as he shares his passion of this great historical event. For more details, visit www.strathmorelibrary.ca/titanic.
A Country Christmas Market - Saturday December 1, 10am Bake Sale/Tree Lot/Crafts/Vendors. Come and see something new! Hosted at Zion Baptist Church on Highway 9 - 20 minutes west of Drumheller or 10 minutes east from Hwy 21 on Hwy 9. Church HWY 9 at Hesketh Road, (see Market signs on HWY 9) www.churchon9.com or call 403-334-3455 for information or to book a table.
On Dec 8 the Gleichen kids club is hosting a Christmas Craft and Bake Sale Fundraiser located at Gleichen’s Central Bow Valley Elementry school from 10am-2pm. Everyone is welcome & entrance is free of charge, but we will also be accepting Christmas hamper donations. A warm chili lunch will be being served from 11am-1pm. To book a table and sell your crafts or goodies please call(403)901-7568,(780)623-0408 or email [email protected]. Tables are $10 each. All table rentals/donations go to supporting the Gleichen kids club and local families.
Cheadle is hosting its 2nd annual Christmas Fair and Toy Show at the Cheadle Community Hall on December 8th (10am-5pm), 9th (10am-3pm). There will be a concession open during this event. For information or to rent a table please contact Yvonne @ 403-829-9764 or [email protected]. NIght at the Manger Nativity Scene - Get into the Christmas spirit from December 6-8 by visiting a free nativity exhibit at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Features hundreds of crèches, or nativity scenes, from around the world. 7th year, welcoming over 300 guests. This year will feature over 200 unique nativity displays. The chapel is located at 60 Maplewood Drive. Contact Frieso Pouwer at (403) 999-7262 or [email protected] for more information.
Community Lunch Club – social get together for 55+ to have a themed lunch served; together with a presenter on Tuesday, December 11th from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm located at the Lord of all Lutheran Church. Main Course is Christmas Menu – Topic is Christmas. To register call Marg at 403-901-7811. Mentor & Family Open House – come and meet some Parents, the Mentors, do an activity and have lunch on Monday, December 3, 2012 from 11:00 – 1:00 pm located at the Lord of all Lutheran Church. Theme on December 3 –Cookie Jars. Register by calling Pat at 403-901-7684
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Classic tale of humour blended with arrogance comes to life in RosebudShannon LeCLair Times Reporter
Toad of Toad Hall is a be-loved and classic tale which comes out of the book Wind in the Willows written by Kenneth Grahame in 1908. Wind in the Willows is the story of Rat, Mole and Bad-ger and of course Toad.
The production, which is an adaptation by Rebecca Wohlgemuth of the stage play adaption by A. A. Milne, will be coming to the Rose-bud Studio Stage this Friday.
“Toad is almost eccentric in how you describe him. He’s very cocky and self-as-sured; he defines himself in many, many ways as rugged and daring and successful and glorious and magnifi-cent and undefeatable. He’s very, very self confident,” said Brynn Linsey, who has been cast as Toad.
She said he is also very much a gentleman, a clas-sic English gentleman with a very sort of childlike per-spective on the world. The performance follows the ef-forts of Toad’s loyal friends as they rescue him from dif-ferent sticky situations he gets into, and while they help him reclaim Toad Hall from the pesky weasels that have overtaken it. Jeany Van Meltebeke is directing the performance and says it has been really fun to celebrate the kind of arrogance and audacity that Toad portrays.
Toad has a fascination for technical things, and once he sees his first motorcar he is immediately obsessed with them. Van Meltebeke said it’s fun to see Toad’s fascination with motorcars and machine-driven equip-ment.
One of her favourite scenes is when Toad steals a car for a second time. Toad attempted to steal a car, which landed him in jail. He comes out disguised as an elderly woman and asks the Smith-Jones’ if they will give him a ride. Little do they know it was Toad who had stolen their car in the first place.
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he’s in this car and he asks to move to the front seat to get air and he eventu-ally asks to drive and they think oh let’s let the woman drive a little bit and then of course he crashes the car. Just his intense passion, his addiction for being behind the wheel, watching that in the scene is really, really fun,” said Van Meltebeke.
“I think the best part about doing the show is being able to be absolutely free in how you interpret the script, you can be as goofy physically as you like because he’s such a far out character,” said Linsey.
“He is absolutely the op-posite of who I am in my every day life. I think I see a lot of my own desire to be outgoing and hyper ex-pressive. In some ways I see huge similarities between myself and Toad because he gets to be everything some-times that I would like to be.
“He’s totally self-assured that he can walk into any situation and be confident and unashamed of what he says about himself or what he does. In other ways he’s like my least favourite per-son in the whole world be-cause he’s so self assured and so cocky, he’s one of those guys who walks into a room and tells everyone he’s the best multiple times.”
The set design is simple, and will be the imagination of the audience, guided by the actors that will really bring the scenes to life.
The play is being pro-duced by second year Rose-bud School of the Arts stu-dents, and the music is by Rachel Peacock. The first showing is on Nov. 30 at 4:30 p.m. It will run Thurs-day to Sunday until Dec. 22 on the studio stage, always at 4:30 p.m. The hope is to encourage patrons to spend the day in Rosebud, first tak-ing in Toad of Toad Hall and then staying for the evening buffet and the main stage production May and Joe.
Tickets can be purchased by call 1-800-267-7553 or online at www.rosebudthe-atre.com.
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The tale of Toad of Toad Hall will be at the Rosebud Studio Stage from Nov. 30 until Dec. 22. Toad is fascinated with mr. and mrs. Smith-Jones’ motor-car and can’t resist driving it.
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Christian service is an integral part of Sacred Hearts Christian witness, and this year ms. Fitzpatrick’s grade 5 class and miss. Kavanaugh’s grade 6 class collected winter clothing to donate to Community Coats. Community Coats is a local operation that provides warm clothing for children and adults who are in need. They are located at the Wheatland Family and Community Support Center. This year they are proud to announce that they collected over 128 items and want to send out a big thank you to all who contributed.
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Recognizing individual excellenceShannon LeCLair Times Reporter
On Oct. 18 Strathmore Parent Link nurse Fern Brecht was awarded with the Aspen HOPE Individual of Excellence Award, in a ceremony held at Fort Calgary.
A young girl whose family was helped by an Aspen staff member inspired the HOPE award. Despite the fact that she and her family were receiving support, it was the stories of the other families that moved Hope. It was because of her big heart, and a desire to recognize her that the Hope Awards were created.
Rhonda Rhys-Doering, Jeanette MacKay and Leonor Orte-ga nominated Brecht for the award.
In 1984 Aspen, a charitable human service agency was established. Today Aspen serves over 5,000 clients annually and the Strathmore Hand in Hand Parent Link Centre is one of the many programs offered.
“Fern is dedicated to enhancing the lives of young chil-dren in our community through her own work as an Early Childhood Nurse with Alberta Health Services and through her work collaborating with other agencies such as our-selves to provide preventative programming which will support and enrich the lives of families,” said Rhys-Doering.
Brecht began the Baby Talk program as a way to provide new parents with information and links to support within the community. Parent Link took over the responsibility for the program in 2011, which is offered once a week for two hours.
“She (Brecht) is still very much involved with the pro-gram, presenting a topic of discussion once a month for the new parents such as teething, safety and birth stories,” said Ortega.
“Fern has been invaluable in helping us with referrals when we have families with children who need further evaluation as indicated through a voluntary screening pro-cess we use called Ages and Stages Developmental Screen-ing,” said MacKay.
Rhys-Doering, MacKay and Ortega all agree Brecht is a tireless worker and when she is not able to collaborate through her workplace, she switches to volunteer time to get things done. She is always updating her education and training through various workshops in order to even better serve the families. Call Parent Link at 983-0076 for infor-mation about Baby Talk and the other free services and supports available to children 0-6 and their families.
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On Oct. 18 early Childhood Nurse Fern Brecht was recognized with the HOPe individual of excellence Award. Rhonda Rhys-Doering (l-r), Leonor Ortega, Fern Brecht, and Jeanette macKay
Strathmore High School was proud to present their ren-dition of James Reachs’ The Clock Struck Twelve on No-vember 24 to 27. Paula Richardson and her Drama 20/30 and musical Theatre 35A students practised hard to put on a main stage event that they were very proud of. They had the crowd in stitches and appreciated all the sup-port they received from the community. This production taught the students a lot about team work, helped them grow their confidence along with having many laughs to-gether during production.
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Ralph’s parents moved from Ohio to Southern Al-berta in the early 1900’s. He was
born in Calgary in 1915, the second child of four. He had an elder sister and two younger brothers. Ralph attended Balmoral School in Calgary until he completed Grade 8.
Farm animals were always a part of his life, from the very beginning. His favourite was the horse, and he remembers driving a pair of horses attached to a dray (farm delivery cart), when he was just six years old. He had a special way with horses, and had no problem training them. Learning to drive teams of horses stood him well in later years. As he grew up, he worked on many farms in the Lyalta, Carseland and Vulcan areas. In these areas, he worked for eight different farmers, and noted that three of them didn’t even know how to start a tractor! But, all his knowledge for repair-ing items came from watching, listening and doing day-by-day work. He was willing to try fixing anything big or small. Whenever a neighbour had a broken appliance, you would hear the call “Call Ralph” or “Take it to Ralph, he can fix anything!”
Around 1934, when he was 19 years old, he and his brother Harry drove two teams of horses from Vulcan to Edson, a distance of over 380 miles! When they got to the Bowden area, they had problems with one of the wheels on a cart, when the rim came loose. Remember, these were the days long before there were workshops, etc to drop into and fix the problem. They were able to acquire a new rim for the wheel, but it was too big. At the side of the trail, Ralph started shortening the spokes, while Harry lit a number of small fires at different points under the under the wheel, which was lying on the ground. He had to heat the metal rim to reduce the rim size, so that it would fit the wheel. Eventually, they com-pleted the job and moved on. Ralph doesn’t remem-ber how long the trip took. The original intention was to build a new log house, and move there. But, Ralph soon returned to this area, where he could continue working as a farm labourer. He spent the next 12.5 years living in the foreman’s house, whilst working for Ben Cool, father of John Cool. The fore-man’s house was later moved to Carseland, where it still stands, owned and occupied by a Carseland resident. Around the same time, using an old style,
one jack, he removed the top of a two-storey house, leaving the ground floor as a shop!
In 1940, he married Helen (Hellevang) who was born in Medicine Hat in 1920. This marriage pro-duced a son, Ed, and a daughter, Alma Mae. (Alma was Hal Lust’s first wife, and as we know she passed away from cancer in 1979). Ralph and Helen’s son and daughter’s families have provided six grandchil-dren, 11 great-grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren.
Ralph and Helen celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary in 1965, and their 50th in 1990. They lived all their lives in the Carseland area, until Helen passed away in October 2005. Ralph moved into Wheatland Lodge, following his hip replacement surgery in 2010, at the age of 94.
They were both very active and contributing mem-bers of the community for all those years. Helen re-
ceived a Lifetime Membership of The Public Benefit Club, after over 50 years of service. She wrote the Carseland news for the local paper, and was a member of The Jetsetters.
Ralph’s achievements through his life in-clude using a horse and slip to move earth for landscaping on Prospect Avenue in Cal-gary, helping to build the first Curling Rink in Carseland in 1947. He notes that by 1948,
up to 48 teams from the surrounding areas were us-ing the rink. It stood until 1976, when he assisted in tearing it down, and helped build the new one. Ralph then took over as caretaker, and kept the building and ice in good shape, and completed all the maintenance. He was an avid curler and skipped in many bonspiels. Shortly after becoming a Life Member on his 80th birthday, he reluctantly retired from curling. He worked in a logging camp, drove a school bus for 10 years, and was a trouble shooter for the Carseland Mutual Telephone Company for 16 years.
This required him to climb telephone poles in all weathers, including a 45 foot pole to effect repairs in a snow storm. He tore down a barn, and replaced it with a granary, which was still standing 50 years later! He’s been a member of Carseland Lions Club since 1956, and is now a Life Member.
He retired from Wheatland County in 1991, after 20 years of dedicated service. Ralph now lives in Ex-tended Care at Strathmore Hospital, and celebrated his 97th birthday on May 18, 2012.
(With grateful acknowledgement to Sharon Alce, for her contribution).
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Many great stock car drivers start young, learn-ing the skills of driving and gaining experience at early ages. Jayde, and Jaycob Masciangelo have each been racing for a few years now. Jaycob, 11, will be heading into his fourth year and Jayde, 13, into her third.
When Jaycob was in Tyke hockey in Chester-mere, Jay, their dad, had heard from another fa-ther about the Minicup car racing and that kids can start it when they are eight-years-old.
Minicup is a car that is approximately half of the scale of a stock car, built just like the Sprint Cup cars found on TV. The goal is to help entry-level stock car racers gain experience. The Cupcar fo-cuses on kid’s ages 8 to 16.
“As soon as Jaycob was close to eight or turn-ing eight he investigated, found out where to get these mini cup cars which is through Evolution Racing Products out of Cochrane, they run this club for the Minicup cars,” said mom Carla Mas-ciangelo.
Jay got in touch with Evolution Racing Products to get Jaycob his first car and out onto the track.
The home track is in Edmonton and the family of four can be found at the Edmonton Internation-al Raceway (EIR) every other weekend from May until September. The EIR track is a quarter mile oval track and the cars go as fast as 95 km. It is set up just like NASCAR with the points and rules.
When Jaycob first started racing there were five to six cars registered. At the end of this past sea-son were 15 other cars registered. The kids can race in the Minicup until they are 16 and then they can move up to Baby Grands or Late Models which are actually full-sized vehicles.
Watching Jaycob race and having a need to fill some time were motivations for Jayde to want to begin racing.
“I thought that it was cool to see Jaycob racing so I wanted to start racing,” said Jayde.
Jayde’s forte is cheerleading, but it is only avail-able from September until June, so they needed something during the other months where she is off. The brother and sister racing duo both also take part in extreme cheerleading. Previously Jay-cob had played hockey, and next season he plans to go back to the ice.
Jayde is a little too tall to get into her car right now and so she is hoping to move into the full-sized vehicle and keep racing.
Jayde right now only competes against one rac-er who is her age, but if she were to move up she would have a few other people her age to race with, and some of them would be older. If she goes into Baby Grands she won’t race at the EIR. If she were to race in Feature Future Stock she could race at the EIR.
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The masciangelo family can be found in edmonton every other weekend of the summer at the edmonton international Raceway. Top: Jaycob and his #16 hot pink car. He picked 16 because it is his lucky number and was his hockey number. Above: Jayde and her blue car #66. She picked 66 because it is the year her parents were born.
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friends, I also like to race. I like that I’m faster this year because last year I came in second last and this year I’m sixth,” said Jayde.
For Jaycob everything about racing is awesome, and he enjoys it all.
If asked two years ago if watching her kids rac-ing scared her Carla would have said yes, but Jay-cob was in a really bad crash at the beginning of last season. He went over another Minicup car in the air and into a cement wall going 60 miles per hour.
“My heart stopped. He was taken off the track in an ambulance but he came out virtually un-scathed, he has two little bruises where the five-point harness system was on,” said Carla.
“The cars are so safe, you are totally in a roll cage, you have that five-point harness system, your arms are strapped into your suit so they can’t go flying out of the vehicle and plus there’s nets on the windows too. That showed me that it’s to-tally, totally safe, those kids are like in a metal cocoon I guess you could say.”
Each child gets to race in two heat races. At the end of the night is the feature race where all of the cars race together on the quarter mile track. The kids are talked to through the headsets and kind of warned if there might be a possibly dan-gerous situation and to try to avoid crashes.
Out of the 15 racers Jayde came in sixth place, a feat her parents are proud of. Her favourite saying is ‘Girls go fast too’ which is written on the back of her car.
Last year Jaycob was the 2011 EUR Champion. This year he walked away from the season as both the 2012 EIR Champ, and the 2012 Evolution Rac-ing Products Champ. The motto on the back of Jaycob’s hot pink car is ‘Go fast, go hard or go home’.
Photo courtesy of Carla Masciangelo
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A spell of bad hockey late in the second period snapped the UFA Bisons six-game winning streak when they hosted the top team in the AMHL on Nov. 23.
After scoring the first two goals of the game, the local triple-A midget team allowed four goals in a span of 5:16 to the Red Deer Chiefs, en route to a 7-2 shellacking at the Strathmore Family Centre.
Despite what the scoresheet read, UFA Bisons head coach Jeremy Friesen wasn’t convinced that the second period meltdown was the reason the team lost.
“No, I think it’s fair to say we played good hockey for about 5:16 (instead),” said Friesen when asked if the Bisons lost the game because of the specifically-timed meltdown. “We haven’t been down in a while and we know how we used to respond when we were down, (but) we got under a little bit of pressure and we reverted back to a bunch of old habits. We didn’t establish our forecheck, we didn’t es-tablish any sustained pressure, we started getting beat for loose pucks, we started getting worried about being physi-cal instead of puck management … it’s very disappointing. Not in the fact we lost, just the way we played and the way we handled it.”
More disappointing for the team was the fact the Chiefs already laid a lickin’ on the herd earlier in the season, when the Bisons lost 7-1 on Oct. 26 in Red Deer.
The Chiefs, who improved to 10-2-3 on the season, are clearly the best team in the league right now and Friesen
knows exactly why.“It comes down to this, they don’t take shortcuts and
they don’t cheat – ever,” evaluated the coach. “They always have a high guy, they always have the rotation down, they don’t break down in the defensive zone. Their penalty kill was fantastic and they have 20 guys that go out there and work their butts off and get the job done. For the last three weeks, we had the exact same thing.”
Despite losing both games and being outscored 14-3, Fri-esen is confident that when his team plays the way they are capable of, they can compete with and beat any team in the league, including the Cheifs. He said it’s just a matter of getting over the hurdle of the Chiefs being the defending national champions and the top team in the league.
The Bisons will look to get back on track this coming weekend when they travel up the QE2 to face a pair of top teams in the North Division. Despite recently beating the Leduc Oil Kings and the St. Albert Raiders at home during the Showcase Weekend earlier this month, the Bisons know they will have their hands full with the two squads.
“I don’t think we have to change anything, we just have to get back to our game plan,” said Friesen. “The last time Red Deer laid a butt-kicking to us, it served as a wake-up call and I think this will do the same thing.
“I’m curious to see how we respond.”The Bisons will take on the Oil Kings on Dec. 1 (3:30
p.m.) and St. Albert the following day at 1:30 p.m.The next home game is Dec. 8 (5:30 p.m.) when they
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n o v e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 1 2
sportsMario Prusina Times Editor
The Wheatland Braves extended their winning streak to four games with a pair of home wins this past weekend.
The local peewee double-A team de-feated the Sylvan Lake Lakers 8-1 on Nov. 23 in Hussar, before hammering the Innisfail Flyers 20-0 on Nov. 25 at the Strathmore Family Centre.
“I just feel terrible when that sort of thing happens, but on the other hand, that could be us next year and that was us two years ago,” said Braves coach Keith Klemmensen of the blowout. “It absolutely brings back memories, (but) you never want to tell your players ‘it’s okay to take a shift off.’
“You don’t want to start icing the puck and stuff like that. You want to work on some things – you want to make sure your breakouts are sharp, you want to make sure you’re using the points in the offensive end. Things like that.”
The Braves have allowed just five goals during the winning streak, while they have piled up 42 goals for.
The team will now travel to Red Deer on Dec. 1, before returning home the following day to host the Medi-cine Hat Venom White at 1:30 p.m. Warriors split
The Wheatland Warriors split a pair of weekend games, losing 5-3 to Sylvan Lake, before pounding the Cranbrook Hornets 5-0.
The local double-A bantam team suf-fered the loss on the road Nov. 24, be-fore earning the shutout win on home ice at the Strathmore Family Centre the following day.
The Warriors, which are now 12-5-3 on the season, will wait a couple of weeks before their next league game on Dec. 16 at the Strathmore Family Cen-tre, when they host the Foothills Bisons. Chiefs baCk on traCk
The Wheatland Chiefs extended their winning streak to three games with a 6-2 win over the Lethbridge Hounds on Nov. 24 at the Strathmore Family Centre.
Coltyn Herman scored two goals and added two assists, while Tyson Kapty registered a goal and two assists to lead the way for the Chiefs.
Brandon Russell scored twice and Cody Willis and Tyler Sharuga each registered two helpers for the Chiefs, who improved to 8-7-1 on the season.
The double-A midget team will have a pair of road games in Calgary and Taber, before returning home to take on the Sylvan Lake Lakers on Dec. 2 (7 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.
Braves continue to terrorize opposition
Despite scoring the first two goals of the game, the UFA Bisons were routed 7-2 by Red Deer on Nov. 23 at the Strathmore Family Centre.
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The Standard Beaver, have started to collect food items to help replenish the shelves of the Strathmore Food bank. They will be collecting items until Dec. 12 as an exercise in commu-nity service and volunteer work. Taryn Phillips (l-r), Colby Nelson and Nick Pillipow.
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The Strathmore U16A Electric Ice travelled to Medicine Hat for a tour-nament over the weekend. The Ice started the first game against the NW Calgary Prime strong but tournament jitters took over and the team found themselves behind and unable to re-cover. It was a disappointing loss.
A few hours later the Electric Ice played their second game against the formidable home team Medicine Hat Insidious. Strathmore had played this team many times over the years and knew they were a tough team to beat. The Electric Ice players have always responded well to challenges and this game proved to be a doozey. It was a back and forth nail-biter from begin-ning to end. Unfortunately Medicine Hat was able to get the last goal in be-fore the buzzer sounded and squeaked away with a hard fought win.
Saturday the Electric Ice played their final round robin game with the Ed-monton Fury. Taking their new found confidence into this game they were quickly able to dominate the play. The Ice were fast and sure and finished the game with an impressive win. Their 1-2 record was not enough to take them into the final games on Sunday but they did play a fourth game Saturday night against another Calgary team. Both teams played like they were in a gold medal game and the fans were treated to an exciting, fast game of rin-gette. Calgary was able to finish on top by one goal.
This was a great weekend for the Electric Ice. They proved to their fami-lies, coaches and, most importantly, themselves that they are a force to be reckoned with and by the time provin-cial playoffs come in March they will be ready and capable of bringing the banner home to Strathmore.
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TaTum WaThen and Cassidy hinz Strathmore U14B Ice Vortex
This weekend the U14B team, Strathmore Ice Vortex, had a game against Bowview Avengers. It was an exciting ex-hibition game on Saturday 24th. Both teams battled hard but Bowview managed to score a couple quick ones off the start.
Feeling the pressure Strathmore Ice fought hard and Kaylin Larson scored the first goal for Vortex. Tatum Wa-then sniped another goal in the next 37 seconds. The game was tied 2-2 until the Bowview team got a lucky shot and took the lead again.
Tatum Wathen scored another goal followed by Kaylin Larson to keep the Strathmore team in the game. Before the first period ended Bowview had a sudden burst of en-ergy and scored two goals leaving the score 5-4.
The second period started and both teams came out with their game faces on. Right away Bowview scored one, fol-lowed by two amazing goals from Ann Sauve. The rest of the game was a nail-biter but no one else put a ring in the net, making the final score 6-6. The assists include Holland Kelly, Rachel McCollister, Ashley Lecavlier, Kaylin Larson, and Tatum Wathen.
The defence stood strong and consists of Cassidy Hinz, Tatum Wathen, Rachel McCollister and Daylen Wathen. The hard-working offense include Kaylin Larson, Ashley Lecav-lier, Ann Sauve, Brianna Olson, Laura Taplin, Kaylie Bing-ham, Holland Kelly and Kiersten Gron. The person who completes the team and played beautifully is the superstar goalie Erin Reynolds. Great job girls!
The Electric Ice are Brooke McKenzie, Karly Larson, Gabi LeMoine, Lauryn Eitzen, Morgan Elder, Hannah Olson, Payge Dirk, Darcie Weir, Shae Lane, Katie Edelmann and Meghanne Uptigrove.
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Vortex face off against Bowview
Grade 6 students at Sacred Heart Academy competed in a volleyball tournament with other students from Brooks on Nov. 14.
The U14B Strathmore ice Vortex played against the Bowview Avengers on Nov. 24.
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ObituariesHALL, Blair Henry
It is with saddened hearts that we announce the passing of our father on the afternoon of November 23, 2012 after a courageous fight with an extended illness. Those he loved surrounded him in theses last days. He leaves to mourn his loss his children, Judy (Jurgen) Klemm, Diana (Brian) Van Maarion, Dennis (Lorena) Hall, and Cindy (Bill) Holdershaw; his loving grandchildren, Jon, Tara, Kathy, Christina, Chad, Ethan, Rosanna, Cole, Bill, and Lynda; and his great-grandchildren and extended family. To send condolences, please visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (60 Maplewood Drive, Strathmore) at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to a charity of your choice in Blair’s name would be appreciated.
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After playing one of their best games of the season, the Wheatland Kings followed up with one of their worst the next day.
The local junior B team defeated the Airdrie Lightning 3-1 on Nov. 24 at the Strathmore Family Centre, before suf-fering a humiliating 10-7 loss the fol-lowing day to the Banff Bears.
Despite facing a pile of injuries and suspension, the Kings played down to the Bears level according to head coach Doug Murphy.
“Honestly, we got outworked,” said the coach. “Pretty much everyone in the league takes Banff lightly … except they don’t take themselves lightly. We didn’t put in an effort we should have and when you score seven goals, you should pretty much win any game. But when you’re losing races to the puck and getting outworked all around the rink, that’s what happens.
“They played hard and we thought we only had to show up to get two points.”
Despite taking a 2-1 lead, the Bears scored a pair of goals to end the first period up by one. The Kings scored two goals in the middle frame, before the Bears scored three power play goals late in the second period.
The Kings managed to tie the game 6-6 early in the third, but the Bears put up another four goals en route to the win.
According to Murphy, discipline be-came an issue for the Kings.
“It’s a hockey academy and they
practice all day, for hours on end,” said the Murphy. “One of the things they practice a whole lot is the power play. They go four for five on the power play – you got to know what the re-sults are going to be.”
According to Murphy, the Kings were missing eight regulars out of the lineup due to injury or suspen-sion over the weekend. However, that didn’t seem to stop them against Airdrie, where they played a complete game and goaltender Richie Hubbell stood on his head, making 43 saves.
“Saturday was one of the better ef-forts we’ve (shown this season),” said Murphy. “The guys played well and they played hard – Richie Hubbell was an absolute standout. He was phe-nomenal and he stole the game for us.
“We know what Airdrie does – they get into your face and they want to drag you into old-time hockey and get the parade to the penalty box going. We stayed out of that and we (main-tained) our discipline.
“We played really well.”The Kings will look to return to their
winning ways this weekend when they travel to Cochrane (Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m.) to take on the Generals, before returning home to host the Coaldale Copperheads on Dec. 1 (8 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.
The team is also in discussion with Hockey Canada, which would see the Kings host the Czech National U18 hockey team for an exhibition game on Boxing Day and possibly the U18 German National team the following day. Murphy hopes to receive confir-mation of the games later this week.
After beating an upper-echelon Airdrie Lightning squad 3-1 on home ice Nov. 24, the Wheatland Kings lost 10-7 to the lowly Banff Bears the following day.
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DunLop, Adrian “SonnY” July 19, 1942 – november 24, 2012
Suddenly on Saturday, November 24th Sonny Dunlop (Dad) passed away while doing something he loved, spending time with his family as he was on a shopping trip in Great Falls Montana with his daughter in-law and grand-daughters .Dad was predeceased by Joan, wife and best friend of 47 years (August 16, 2011) and his father Roy. Dad is survived by his son Darin (Belinda) and their three kids Rebecca, Kirsten and Connor and his daughter Dawn (Mark) and their three sons Tom, Jack and Mitchell. Dad, who was the 3rd of seven children is also survived by 4 sisters Mavis, Ruth, Isabelle and Susan and two brothers, Peter and Patrick. We know that Dad is at peace in heaven, not only is he now with his beloved wife Joan, but was also joined by his Mom, Mary, as she passed away the day after Dad. A Celebration of Dad’s Life will be held on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 at Lord of All Lutheran Church (112 Lakeside Boulevard, Strathmore) at 11:00 am. Donations in Dads Memory can be made directly to the Lord of All Lutheran Church.Wheatland Funeral Home Ltd. (Strathmore) in care of arrangements 403-934-5666 www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.
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The Strathmore Royal Canadian Legion
New Years Eve Gala 2012
cocktails at 6:00 pmdinner at 7:00 pm
(Prime Rib/Chicken Cordon Bleu)
followed by 5 piece band
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$40.00 per person tickets available at the legion
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party favours & midnight snack included & a special draw
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Now HiriNg - F.T. at the Strathmore Station - Kitch-en Helpers 11.30/hr expe-rience preferred, but will train. F.T. Cook $13.61/hr 3-5 years experience re-quired. Mail resume to 380 ridge road, Strathmore, AB T1P 1B5 or Fax 403-934-9390 or Email: [email protected].
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CLASS 1 DRIVER / INSTRUCTORGlobal Training Centre is an established interna-tional safety and leadership training company with a reputation for excellence. We are currently seeking a highly skilled individual who would be a professional driver and facilitator in training.Skills Required:• A driver’s abstract with no demerit points.• Able to pass written and practical In House driving tests.• 5+ years experience driving hi-ways, logging and oil & gas roads.• Physically capable of Maintenance tasks.• Able to work within a confined space simulator.• Assist in the facilitation of all courses.• Able to work well with others in a team environment.• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.• Able to travel within Canada and the United States.• Experience with H²S would be a benefit.Career minded candidates only please.Starting wage is commensurate with experience.Benefit package available.
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John Godsman wishes to advise that the articles written about senior’s in Strathmore and Wheatland County from May 1, 2010 to December 3, 2012, will take on a digital form in 2013. Anyone objecting to having their article published in this manner should con-tact John ([email protected]) before noon on December 31, 2012.
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REQUIRED FOR AN ALBERTA trucking company: One Class 1 Driver. Must have a mini-mum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Scheduled days off. Call Lloyd 780-723-5051. NOW LOCATED in Drayton Valley. BREKKAAS Vacuum & Tank Ltd. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers, Super Heater Opera-tors with all valid tickets. Top wages, excellent benefits. Please forward resume to: Email: [email protected]. Phone 780-621-3953. Fax 780-621-3959.
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Golden Hills School Division No. 75 invites applications for
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If interested, please submit your resume by e-mail, mail or fax on or before 12:00 p.m. on December 5, 2012.
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WANHAM PROVINCIAL Graz-ing Reserve is seeking a Pasture Manager for 2013 season. Taking care of up to 5,500 head. Previous ex-perience an asset. Closing date Dec. 14, 2012. Contact Lenore Mueller, Wanham Grazing Association, 780-694-2573 for detailed infor-mation.
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-4 Bedroom 3 Full Bath 1100+ sqft Bi-level with front double attached garage-Large entry way Leads up to newer Laminate flooring
to a beautiful living room with big bay window-Kitchen has many many cupboard, pantry and newer stainless steel appliances, Large separate dining room with bay window and door to large BBQ patio area-Master is great size with a walk through walk in closet, and a 4 piece en suite-basement fully finished with 2 big bedrooms, 4 piece bath, living/den room area, and LaundryPRICED TO SELL MUST SEE!!
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4 Bedroom 2 Full Bathroom Fully Finished Duplex $239,900
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-Fully Fenced, back lane access, Close to schools, park and Recreation Center, Beautiful Curb appeal with
front veranda and a single attached garage -Main floor has Nice Laminate Flooring with open concept, kitchen has many cupboards, good size dining area, and living room with door to HUGE back 2-tier deck-Master with his and her closet, 3 other good size bedrooms as well as 2 full bath, dry bar and large Family/Games room. New hot water tank. MUST SEE, PRICED TO SELL
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$395,900 Great value in this beautiful 10 acre property.
Well kept bungalow with attached garage, shop, detached garage, two storage quonsets and
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Save money. Come to Carseland. Low taxes. Low water/sewer. Excellent school. Close to Bow River and
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Three bedroom bi-level. Newer Jacuzzi bathroom. Two bath. Fully developed lower level with bar.
Two fireplaces. $224,900.
Lovingly restored two bedroom home. Re-finished hardwood. Two bed. New bath. Restored older garage.
New fence. Paved drive. Extra parking. $189,900.
Fully developed four level. 3 bed, 2 fireplaces, 2 new baths, attached double heated garage.
Great price, $264,900.
Fully developed four level split. 3 bed, 3 bath, large family room. New kitchen. Huge insulated garage. Corner lot.
$279,900.
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centre streetupdated 3 bedroom units available imme-diately in a quiet 4plex! rent starting from $925! In-suite laundry, 4 appl, and parking included. Just 25 min-utes outside of calgary and a short distance away from the newly developed shopping district. utilities extra. call luella @ 403-934-5731 or emerald man-agement & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811
cHInooK II condo living! a won-derful two bedroom adult lifestyle unit lo-cated in chinook II, rents starting from $850.00, 2 appl, coin laundry in building, cable and electric-ity additional, parking included, and no pets please. call luella at 403-934-5731 or em-erald management & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.
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westmount drIVea fantastic find in strathmore! 1 & 2 bed-room townhouse units available immediately, starting from $895.00. 2 appl, 1.5 baths, w/d hook-ups, yard area, parking included and coin laundry available in complex. a short walk to strathmore shopping, parks and golf courses. no pets please. call luella at 403-934-5731 or em-erald management & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.
rentalsBSmt furnISHeD room aVaILaBLe noV. 1! com-mon area, 3 pc bath, 32” tV, bar frige, microwave. n/p, mature working tenant only. $500/mth + $500 S/D. wifi & utilities included. call 403-921-5082 or 403-983-2725.
main floor house in rocky-ford. cLean, BrIgHt, LotS of WInDoWS. 2 bdrm, 1 ½ bath. private laundry, hard-wood floors. n/S. $1000/mo utilities included. contact: nancy 403-936-2396 or 403-325-2396.
neWer upper DupLeX one mile from Strathmore. $1050 + utilities and secu-rity deposit. n/p, n/S. refer-ence required. 403-934-3196.
DrIVe-In BaY for LeaSe. 600ft2 plus mezzanine, 12 foot entrance door, Separate bathroom area, former tire shop/detailing bay, good ac-cess to Highway #1. perfect for a mechanic or general workbay/storage. available immediately! $700/month plus common costs. contact Shane @ (403) 669-4874.ImmedIate
twobedroom$995/mo includes
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1 BDrm at $725, + Larger 1 BDrm at $850. furnished, including all utilities, n/p, clean and comfortable, re-sponsible tenants. contact: 403-936-5541, 403-615-5678.
rentals rentals
2 BDrm traILer for rent, 5 miles from Strathmore. 4 appliances, $900/mo in-cludes utilities. references and Security Deposit re-quired. 403-934-3196.
1200 Sq. ft., 4-BeDroom HouSe In rocKYforD, aB - 20 min. east of Strathmore, 3 bathrooms, 3 appliances, fenced yard with huge deck. rent is $1200/mo +$1000 DD+utilities. n/S,n/p. avail-able immediately. call 403-330-6884.
conDo for rent, aVaIL-aBLe DecemBer 1. Looking for professionals to rent. 2 bdrm plus den and 3 bdrm 2 storey units. front and back balcony. Beautiful downtown Strathmore bldg. $1025/mth + utilities + D.D. no parties, n/S, n/p. call 403-324-4343.
3BDrm, 1 ½ BatH toWn-HouSe for rent. excellent location. comes with 1 ener-gized parking stall. n/S. n/p. $1095/mth + utilities. D.D & references required. call 403-874-8755.
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acreage for rent. 3 bdrm mobile home with dbl ga-rage. outdoor pets negotia-ble. n/S, mature couple pre-ferred. 25 mins to calgary located just north of carse-land. $1100/mo + utilities. Security Deposit required. 403-934-4769.
cHInooK III. 1 bdrm $800/mth. +DD required. Heat & water included. no pets. call Keli 403-324-2944.
for rent In HILLVIeW (newer area of Strathmore). Includes attached garage, furnished (optional), hard-wood, tile, vaulted ceiling, bright, close to golf course, patio with view of green space. perfect for single or couple. no smoking/pets. 1 (403) 641-3953
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"The Sign of experience"www.aztecrealestate.ca 403-934-5533Strathmore & area 24 HR. REAL ESTATE HOT LINE
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Located in popular Evergreen, Executive fully
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Over 1300 of developed living space. Lots of honey oak woodwork throughout, total 5 bedrooms, spacious
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Quick possession! aDult living conDo
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$274,900959 sq ft 2
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price reDuceD $487,900!
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Live in with a mother-in-law suite to help pay the mortgage payment!
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aDult living at its finest $229,900!This amazing condo shows quality through out, just like
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call robert & taMara investment...cheaper than rent $65,000
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Backs onto greenspace!
$324,000Beautiful family home3 bdrms, 2 ½ baths
2 years new!Quick possession
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Lovely 2 storey home Fully restored
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This charming home is awaiting for you. Good sized
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Easy commute to Strathmore
2 Lots
great starter
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Green
solDMlS c3537921
call hayley $209,900! Renovated UP/down legal duplex HUGE
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$349,499NeW 3 bedr modular
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Wanted- a neW FaMily For this great fully dev home on huge
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