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Vol. 66, No. 35 | WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27, 2014 | 403-783-3311 | [email protected]

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY

Katelyn Borgdorff and Roger Van Haren take a look at the many colourful flowers and plants on display at the Home, Hobby and Horticultural Show at the Ponoka Legion last weekend.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Please see our story on page 16.

Flower Power

Ponoka veteran receives Korean War Medal

Story on page 5

Storm sweep Battle River league titles

Story on page 30

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Talk about cold: Mayor Rick Bonnett took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Aug. 22. Daughters Paige and Brooke (not pictured) dump the ice water on his head. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Baptist Church acquires public lanewayBY AMELIA NAISMITH

The alleyway running directly west of the First Baptist Church is being closed by the Town of Ponoka for a title trans-fer to the church. The alleyway runs between the church building and

Unfit structure

set for destruction

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

A rental property on 5111 49th Avenue, be-longing to the Town of Ponoka is marked for demolition.

The decision to tear down the structure came at the Aug. 19 council meeting, and at $8,000, it’s less expensive than repairing the building.

Acting CAO Betty Quinlan says fully repair-ing the building would take two to three years.

An inspection company recently evaluated the structure.

“They did identify that there were several ma-jor structural defects in the building,” said Quinlan.

Currently without a tenant, Coun. Mark Ya-worski asked if it was inhabitable.

“Technically it’s not really great . . . you could live there,” said Mayor Rick Bonnett.

Planning and development officer Betty Ju-rykoski says the structure is on property owned by the town, where a new town hall could be built in the future. Until that time, the town is holding the houses for rent. However, this one has reached the end of its life.

The demolition project is ongoing, says Ju-rykoski and a tendering process is a next step.

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its parking lot.The church’s request was given

third and final reading at council’s Aug. 19 meeting.

The first reading of the resolution was March 25 and a public hearing was held April 22. A notification from Alberta Transportation revealed the request to close the alleyway

would be rejected by Alberta Land Titles because legal land description was incorrect. However, a technical amendment was made by council.

“Bylaw 334 was amended as advised, sent to the Minister of Transportation to endorse, it was returned by the minister’s office to

us,” said planning and development officer Betty Jurykoski.

The First Baptist Church wants the title of the alleyway as they have been undertaking the upkeep of it since 1964.

A letter written to Jurykoski from the church explained “Our group has maintained, cleared the snow, and kept this alley open for public use. We would like to consolidate the property for optimum use of our resources.”

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Disqualified driver fails to attend court

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

After being charged with op-eration of a motor vehicle while disqualified and failing to appear, Justin Tye, 24, a Red Deer man, has pled guilty to both counts and was fined $250 for failing to appear and $1,000 for driving while prohibited. He was also given a 12-month driv-ing prohibition.

Tye was caught Sept. 21, 2012, speeding south of Ponoka on High-way 2. It was determined he was a disqualified driver who had lost his license on Aug. 24, 2012.

Tye also failed to appear in court in October 2013 for the issue and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Finally appearing in court Aug. 22, 2014, Tye’s counsel informed the court that Tye was not present to face his driving charge because his life was in turmoil.

A recent move had resulted in the loss of his lawyer’s number and

he had also gone through 10 surger-ies after a 6,000-pound pipe crushed his arm.

However, once he was aware of the warrant, Tye contacted the au-thorities.

Unsafe firearms conviction

Firearms charges have led to a heavy fine for a Red Deer man.

Adley White received a $2,000 fine and 24-month firearms, am-munition and explosives probation after being charged with careless use and storage of firearms and un-authorized possession of firearms.

On July 9, Ponoka RCMP re-ceived a complaint, leading them to White’s former residence where they seized three .22 calibre rifles, a 20-gauge shotgun and a Winchester .308 calibre rifle.

There was no indication that White had any proper documenta-tion or licensing for the firearms and at least one of the guns was loaded.

Drayton Valley man found asleep in stolen vehicle BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Police in Drayton Valley helped with the arrest of a suspect involved in a break-and- enter at a Ponoka car dealership.

Alarms alerted Ponoka officers that the lobby window of the deal-ership was broken Aug. 20 at 1:50 a.m. Upon arrival, it was determined several keys were taken from the dealership.

While police were working on their investiga-tion, RCMP in Drayton Valley found a 23-year-old Drayton Valley man sleeping in a black Ford pick-up reported stolen out of Lacombe. All the keys taken from the Ponoka dealership were accounted for in the vehicle.

Motorist refuses to

provide breath sample

Multiple complaints of an erratic driver result-ed in the arrest of a 21-year-old Leduc man last week.

With the help of concerned motorists, mem-bers of the Ponoka Integrated Traffic Unit were able to stop the driver southbound on Highway 2 north of Highway 53. Officers say motorists wit-nessed a red GMC Sierra weaving in and out of traffic and slamming on the brakes.

Upon stopping the driver, officers could smell liquor and found him to be slurring his words. The man refused to provide a breath sample and he was

arrested and charged with refusal. Pellet gun fired

Maskwacis RCMP responded to a complaint of shots fired Aug. 21 at 12:20 p.m. on the Samson Cree Na-tion town site.

Officers contained the area of the surrounding two houses and traffic was diverted for an hour. Investiga-tions determined a pellet gun was used in the building, which caused damage to a window.

There were no injuries in the incident and charges are pending on a Maskwacis man.

Break and enter

Police are looking for suspects involved in a break in Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. at a home west of Ponoka on Range Road 284.

Culprits gained access to the home through a window screen. An antique firearm and a comput-er were taken from the home. The matter is under investigation.

Speeder on Highway 2

A motorist might have made a bad decision by traveling at speeds in excess of 163 km/h Aug. 15 on Highway 2.

Officers stopped the 31-year-old male driver from Calgary on Highway 2 near Menaik Road. He now faces a mandatory court appearance.

Saskatchewan woman arrested

with Edmonton warrants

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Sask. resident Aug. 22 at 3:30 p.m. after refusing to leave the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury.

The woman was not a patient and doctors had to call police to assist as she refused to leave. It was deter-mined the woman had 13 warrants for her arrest out of Edmonton. She was released on $200 cash bail.

Police responded to a total of 70 calls last week.

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partment were called to a roof fire on the afternoon of Aug. 24 in the Lucas Heights area.

Hornets were found on the roof by the homeowner who sprayed them with WD-40. A small fire erupted but the department had the fire out in short order. There were no injuries and little damage from the incident.

If you have information on any crime call Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship

CHURCH DIRECTORY

PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCHPastor Rob McArthur 403-783-5659

Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.Corner of Hwy 53 & Hwy 2A (former Crossroads Restaurant)

www.wordofl ife.ca

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHPASTOR DAVE BEAUDOIN

6230-57 Ave. Ph. 403-783-6404 Saturdays 9:30 - 12 [email protected]

NEW COVENANT BAPTISTREFORMED CHURCH

Currently meeting at Ponoka Christian School 6300-50 St.Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Everyone Welcome!phone: 403-783-6962 • www.baptistreformedponoka.org

PARKLAND REFORMED CHURCHSouth on 2A, West on Spruce Road 403-783-1888

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon Worship Service 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.www.parklandurc.org

Associated Gospel Churches of CanadaCHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLE

Pastor Jerry Preheim • Pastor Matt Sealy3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500

Worship Service 11:00 a.m. • [email protected]

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKASr. Pastor Paul Spate

Erin Dirsten - Fac. Youth & Family Min.5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org 403-783-5533

Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

PONOKA UNITED CHURCH Minister: Beatrix Schirner [email protected]

Sunday Service 10:00 am.

5020-52 Ave. Ponoka Phone: 403-783-4087

SONRISE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Pastor W. DellemanWorship Service 10:30 a.m.

½ mile south of Centennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain Injury 403-783-6012 • www.sonriseponoka.com

ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCHFr. Chris Gnanaprakasam, S.A.C.

Mass Times: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 9:00 a.m. Sunday5113 - 52 Ave., Ponoka, T4J 1H6 403-783-4048

[email protected]

ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCHRev. Donna Willer

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

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

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

Pastor Tim Graff • trinityponoka.ca

ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPPastor Fred Knip

9 miles east on Hwy 53 403-782-9877Jr. Church during service for children

Sunday Service 10:30 am

PONOKA ALLIANCE CHURCH4215 - 46 St. Pastor Norm Dibben 403-783-3958

Sunday Service 11:00 a.m.The Christian & Missionary Alliance

Real is there for you and everybody else

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Rob wrote for this column. He mentioned that, in his opinion, the National Football League’s season starting was ‘real’ foot-ball at last. And I wondered about that. Did he mean that four down football is a truer version of the game than the three down Canadian variety? Or is that be-cause this style of football started south of the border, and he meant that this is the original game? It also made me think that if the NFL is real football then it fol-lows that the US is a real country and if so, what about Canada? I think we’re a real country. A real nice one to live in, actually. Or did he mean something else?

The truth is, that I’m a ‘Rider fan and the CFL is real enough for me, but in a way both Rob and I are mistaken. What we call soccer is the real form of foot-ball, right? (By now I hope you realize I’m having a bit of fun at Rob’s expense.) Okay, enough of that, let me get to the point.

Which is that the word real moves us into conversations about what actually matters in life. Real life, work, family and everything else that puts us up against ac-tual things and not just ideas. One thing that many people think is just an idea is hope. Nice if you have it, but you can do okay without it, too.

I’m not so sure. Real hope was a part of Rob’s column and I couldn’t agree more

strongly. Like him, I too believe that faith in Christ Jesus produces an actual experi-ence of hope that keeps a person going for the long haul. And I don’t just say that because it sounds nice or hopeful.

Earlier this summer, I had the op-portunity to take some youth on a trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We call those trips “short term missions.” The point of going is to see the world from a differ-ent perspective than you have at home among familiar things, places and people. While we were there, my group had the opportunity to wash windows for a wom-an named Rosalie. She is in her late 80’s and has a bad knee.

When we knocked, it took so long for her to get to the door, I didn’t think any-one was home. She made it to the door though, with her walker. She thanked us for coming and we got to work. When the job was done. Rosalie invited us in and the group was treated to a soft drink, cookies and chocolate. But that wasn’t the good part. The real reason we were there soon became clear. Because as we ate and drank and visited, she told us how good her life had been. She had lived there a long time, married, had children, raised them and watched them move away into lives of their own. She and her husband had had a good marriage, but he was gone now. As was a nephew who had been hit by a car while riding his bicycle just a few weeks earlier.

(That hit home, I ride around Ponoka a lot.) And then she told us that no mat-ter what, she was doing well, that she never lost hope. She spoke with great calm about all of this and the last thing she shared was her joy and thankfulness that there was always someone willing to bring her to church Sunday morning. Her hope stayed strong. There is more to what she said, but I expect you get the idea. What we heard and witnessed was something real. Real faith, real content-ment, real hope. It’s there for Rosalie and he’s there for you too.

William DellemanSonrise Christian Reformed Church

Enough of being bullied by corporate interests Dear Editor,

A problem described in three articles, the editorial “Water meter debate”, “Arab Spring wilts under continued cronyism”, and “How Alberta blew through an ex-tra $41 billion” all stem from a similar thinking.

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is a popular slogan in the business world. That does seem to be the way things “work” especially in politics. I suspect that “cronyism” and lobbying power are behind all decisions made by all our politicians, at all levels of gover-nance.

That Neptune outfit probably em-barked on some type of “sounds good” campaign and there was no “other side” for the town council to consider, so, since it sounded like a good idea, they went with it.

It never seemed fair or right to me that so much money has been wasted money over the years due to PC “cronyism”: a number of local people profited greatly at taxpayers’ expense by being appointed to provincial boards and such. Federally,

it is no better. Just look into the gigan-tic octopus of sorts that is the Christian conservative coalitions in Canada and the USA, and the power they have over Harper and his Cons and thus, over the policies made which we are governed by.

Another word for “cronyism” or lob-bying might be bullying as demonstrated by the current humanitarian crisis hap-pening in Gaza. The Israel Defence Forces have the power and are allowed to commit great numbers of violations of United Nations Security Council res-olutions, the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international terrorism and other international laws because Israel has long campaigned for the sympathies of the world and now has the support of a number of countries, especially the U.S.A. Unfortunately, Harper and his ignorant Cons have also thrown the full support of Canada behind this bullying.

Thank goodness for the Internet; if not for it, we would be limited to only propaganda issued by the most powerful in our world. But now, because more in-formation is readily available about what

is really going on, especially behind the scenes and outside of the scope of tradi-tional media, it is getting more difficult for the powerful to enslave the poor and middle class masses of the world.

Most of the conflicts in the world these days are basically power struggles between the ruling elites and the masses, “the chosen people” and the others; the bullies and the “caring few” (those con-scientious people not brainwashed by the bullies). We, the people, are standing up to centuries of these old patriarchal ways of seizing power, subjugating the people, and then blaming and making the people pay.

The result of all this resistance to the old patriarchal/colonialistic way of thinking seems like chaos, but it is really a good thing since it is part of the process that leads to changing the consciousness, and vote, of people worldwide. We, the people/the masses, will no longer accept the bs those old dudes and their corporate interests try to govern us all by.

Evone MonteithPonoka


Reflections of Ponoka

Ponoka veteran receives Korean

War MedalBY MIKE RAINONE FOR THE NEWS

George Streeter, 82, still has many vivid

memories of the horrific year that he spent

serving with his Canadian Army mates fighting

in the bitter Korean War of 1950. He had joined

the Canadian forces in 1948 at the age of 17

years, then took special training at bases in

Shiloh, Manitoba and Wainwright, Alberta,

which would also serve as a prison camp.

Streeter was a member of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery First Field Special Forces Regiment that would eventually be sent to the Korean Battle front. It was during that non-stop confrontation that 27,000 brave Canadian soldiers would fight shoul-der to shoulder to bring peace to the war-torn region, with 516 of our proud soldiers making the supreme sacrifice.

A story of hardship

and bravery.

The first day on the front lines for the young Canadian soldier was May 4, which was his 19th birthday, but all that he could recall was that they all had to grow up real fast when they suddenly realized very quickly that they were right in the middle of a war. George Streeter’s crew were in charge of the vital maintenance of the telephone lines, which were strung across the battle grounds and

were the only form of communica-tions for the Canadian contingent.

During the shooting and bomb-ing, the lines were quite often damaged or broken, and it was up to George and his mates to crawl across the rugged terrain and complete the repairs while the battle raged on. He was quick to explain that while they were attending to the tasks, they wore no helmets, no insignia, and had no rank, and carried only their tools and a Leigh Enfield rifle, which carried 10 rounds with one in the chamber, while the enemy were con-stantly trying to sneak into the ranks of their foes. Needless to say that long year of war in Korea may have ended in a truce, but it took its toll, with countless Canadian soldiers re-turning to their home bases wounded and in extremely stressed condition, and so sadly to many who were left behind. When it was all over, one of

Remember When...

Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell MuseumMany of us went to the classic Ponoka Red Brick School over the years, and that great tradition of learning continues to this day. This magnificent 12-room educational facility was built in 1929 as our first composite high school, and many of the local ratepayers were very unhappy about the $60,000 cost. 85 years later this coming Sep-tember, many elementary students will walk up that long sidewalk to the big front door, some for the very first time, and we wish them an exciting and fun year in school.

Photo by Susan WhitecottonGeorge Streeter of Ponoka proudly displays the ‘Am-bassador for Peace Medal’ which he received from the Government of Korea as a special token of their sincere and enduring appreciation for service performed during the Korean War in 1950.

the three members of George’s line crew had been killed in action.

Mr. Streeter, who is now the last living veteran of the Korean War in the Ponoka area, returned to Manitoba in 1951 and served for many years on the base. George would always make sure to stay in touch with the other lads in his family who were serving Canada in the war-efforts, in-cluding his father Henry, who fought in WW II and received the Coronation Medal, as well as his brothers Reg and Henry, who served in Egypt and Korea. He still stays in contact with Murray, who also fought in Korea, and would later become his brother-in-law. After leaving the forces, George Streeter worked as a millwright in a Hamilton area steel mill, and then later moved to Kitimat, B.C., where he faithfully served as a care-giver for his wife Aleza after she was seriously injured in an ac-cident, and has continued to do so for many years. Along the way, they happily raised their family of six girls and two boys (yours-mine and ours), in-cluding Anna, Rose, Linda, Susan, Sandra, Jeanie, Todd, and Terry, and have been blessed with 38 grand-children and five great grand-children. The Streeters moved to Ponoka eight years ago to be with their daughter and son-in-law Wayne and Sandra Chisolm and family, and they really love it here, stating that it was the best move they ever made; the people are very friendly, and there is sunshine 93 per cent of the time. Wayne was a ser-geant and star trek jumper in the Canadian Army, while George has been a long-standing member of the Masons, Shriners, and Legion, and enjoys

tinkering with his hobby of carpentry.A coveted award.

Mr. Streeter and his family were thrilled in July when he received official notification from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Ottawa that he was one of the 2900 former Canadian soldiers to receive the coveted ‘Ambassador of Peace’ Medal as a special token of sincere and en-during appreciation for service performed during the Korean War. The document, which was mark-ing the 64th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, was written in both English and Korean, and expressed that the Korean nation have never forgotten the great legacy of the 27,000 Canadians who fought shoulder to shoulder with them during that desperate year of confrontation. The award confirms that thanks to the bonding, support, and ‘special partnership’ of the hardy Ko-rean War Veterans, Canadians should always take special pride in knowing that their service gave the Koreans the greatest gift of all.....freedom, peace, and hope.

George Streeter will always carry a great re-spect and pride for all the men and women who have been involved in the Canadian forces both at home and throughout the world, both yesterday and today. He stressed that it was a great honour to serve side by side with his regiment, as well as with such prestigious units as the Princes Patricia Canadian Light Infantry and thousands of other brave and dedicated soldiers. We congratulate him on his award, and sincerely wish him and his wife and family all the very best in the future.


OpinionCanada’s involvement in religious conflicts

For the past two weeks now, Canada has been assist-ing the US and some European countries to arm Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq so that they can defeat the jihadist extremists fighting under the flag of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), which purports to represent all the Sunni Mos-lems of the world through its leader, the caliph.

The blitzkrieg kind of offensive of the ISIS forces, who captured large swaths of land on both sides of the Syrian and Iraqi border over the past two months and then their push to the north, threatening the Kurdish autonomous region, alarmed Washington and several other European capitals.

Hence the decision by the Obama administration to launch air strikes and the decision by the US and France to arm the Kurds and Canada’s decision to assist them.

And just last week, an ISIS extremist, understood to be of British origin from his accent, beheaded American jour-nalist James Foley in front of a camera after the demand for ransom for his life was turned down.

The top brass of the world’s most powerful military machine, the Pentagon, has described ISIS as the biggest threat to USA.

This is the West, US in particular, reaping what it has been sowing for the last six decades or so.

It was early in the Cold War years that US led efforts to create CENTO, Central Treaty Organization, bringing together Pakistan, Iran and Turkey, as South Asian coun-terpart to NATO, in order to encircle the Soviet Union from south with an alliance of Moslem-populated countries. During the years in the run-up to the Islamic Revolution

in Iran, President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Ad-visor Zbigniew Brzezinski stepped up implementation of the “green (Islamic) belt” policy, actively trying to revive religious devotion in what was then Soviet republics of Central Asia. When the Shah of Iran was deposed in 1979, a panicky Soviet leadership invaded Afghanistan in 1980, creating a buffer zone with CENTO countries, similar to what Vladimir Putin is trying to do in Ukraine these days.

Invasion of Afghanistan by Moscow escalated the Cold War; the CIA support to the Mujahidin, the Islamic fight-ers resisting Soviet troops, in the form of training, money and military hardware, assisted the defeat of the Red Army, but also created a battle-hardened extremist religious for-mation which has come to haunt the West, first through

9/11, and then several attacks in European capitals, and now as ISIS in Iraq.

But if you are of the opin-ion that these set of events are unfolding out of control, you might want to reconsider your position.

The game of redrawing the borders in the Middle East has just begun and you can bet on the fact that as these lines are written or read, some high level functionaries somewhere are brainstorming over maps of Middle East on how to extract the maximum benefit from the current state of chaos in the region.

The July 13 edition of the London-based The Indepen-dent newspaper carried a spectacularly eye-opening piece,

revealing through the statements of the former head of MI6, Britain’s external intelligence service, how the Saudis had been looking forward to the launch of a military cam-paign by a Sunni jihadist force to wipe out all non-Sunni populations of the Middle East alongside other religious minorities, be it Alawites, Shia or Yazidis. The article also mentioned how the US administration was aware of the plans.

Here we are, some 450 years after the St. Bartholomew massacre, still using religion as a tool of politics and with the same primitive monstrosity.

Zealotry, particularly of the religious kind, is mercurial; you never know what it will target next. When one gets in-volved in religion-based conflict, then one should be ready to be targeted by one or the other party to that war.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be well advised to remember that current Middle East quagmire is not a world war and he does not need to invite the enmity of jihadists on “high moral ground” foreign policy.

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current Middle East quagmire is not a

world war


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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent

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Ponoka Downhill DerbyWhen: September 6, 2014Where: 42 Street & 43 AvenueWanted: Downhill Derby Drivers. We have cars but need kids! If this is something you would like to try and are between the ages 6 and 16, please call Karen at 403-704-6903 or 403-783-6122 and she will get you into a car. For more information go to: www.ponokalive.ca

Upcoming Community EventsAugust 27 – Passion & Grace: Centennial Park 7 pm

September 6 – Downhill Derby 43 St. & 42 Ave; racing starts at 10 am September 8 – Rotary Park Playground Grand Opening & BBQ Ave@ 6pm

Nominate a Property for FREE UtilitiesThe Pride in Your Property Contest is open to Town residents and businesses. Here’s your chance to nominate yourself, a business, or someone you know for having a well-kept property. Prizes are awarded to Residential and Business properties as follows:• Best Kept Residential - $500 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit • Best Kept Commercial/Industrial - $500 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit • Most Improved Residential - $750 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit • Most Improved Commercial/Industrial - $750 Town of Ponoka Utility Credit Entry forms are available at www.ponoka.ca, or pick up at the Town Offi ce. Reward yourself or someone you know for their hard work and enter today! Deadline for entries is September 15th!

Household Toxic Round Up & Community Paper ShredSaturday, September 13th, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Fire Hall. Check your

kitchen, bathroom, laundry, basement, garden shed and garage for all your products and chemicals that you may not need anymore. Paper Cuts will be at the Fire Hall from 10:00

a.m. to 1:00 p.m. accepting personal documents that the residents would like properly destroyed. There is no charge for this service.

Request for Proposal – Arena ConcessionThe Town of Ponoka is seeking a Concessionaire to provide services on a year round basis with the main operation taking place from September 1 – March 31. The concession service is also to be made available to other activities that are scheduled in the Ponoka Culture & Recreation Complex during the off season. For more information, contact Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services at 403-783-0118 or email [email protected].

Community Information & Registration NightWednesday, September 3, 2014 5 - 8 pm

Kinsmen Community CentreHosted by The Town of Ponoka Community Services Department. All local organizations are

welcome to participate. Limited number of tables available & there is a minimal charge for each table. For more information and/or to reserve a spot, contact Melodie at 403-783-4431.

Last day to reserve a table is August 27!

TOWN HALL CLOSEDMonday, September 1 for Labour Day.

Please leave payments or correspondence in the drop box at the front door.

Looking for a place to host a meeting, event, Christmas party, wedding, anniversary or birthday? Consider one of our venues available to rent for the day or by the hour. Facilities available: Kinsmen Community Centre, Hudson’s Green Nature & Activity Centre, Aquaplex back room or the hockey lounge.

Library EventsSTORY TIME: Ponoka Jubilee Library would like to invite children ages 3-6 to join us for Story Time! STARTING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH, on every Monday and Friday until the end of May, the children will be introduced to the library and reading through a new story, and use their creativity to put together a unique craft. There are diff erent programs off ered on Monday and Friday, so feel free to come to every one! Programs run Mondays at 2:00 pm and Fridays at 11:00 am. We ask that parents stay with their children, and younger children are more than welcome to accompany their older siblings. No registration or payment required.BOOK CLUB: After the summer off , the Ponoka Jubilee Library Book Club is back in the swing of things! The September meeting will be on Sunday Sept. 7th at 2:00 pm, and the group will be discussing ‘Cutting for Stone’ by Abraham Verghese. Anyone who wants to join the Book Club is welcome, and copies of the book are available at the library. Regular Book Club meetings are at the Library on the fi rst Sunday of the month at 2:00 pm, unless changed due to a holiday. Check out our Facebook events to see the complete list of our upcoming books!FAMILY LEGO CLUB: Ponoka Jubilee Library invites children & adults to take part in our Family Lego Club. Come build whatever your imagination can come up with! All Lego will be provided by the library, and the masterpieces will be put on display for all to see. UPCOMING MEETINGS: Friday Sept. 5 & Thursday Sept. 18, from 3:30pm - 5:00pm. REGULAR MEETINGS: Every second week, alternating between Thursday and Friday. Ages 4+, all younger children must be accompanied or supervised by older sibling or guardian. No Lego bricks will come into or leave the library. No fee or registration required.

Deer Ridge Holdings rezoning request declined

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

A number of rezoning requests were taken up at Ponoka County council’s Aug. 19 meeting with some applicants being granted their hope while others were denied.

Following several letters speak-ing against its approval, Ponoka County councillors denied the re-zoning of 29.5 acres of Deer Ridge Holdings’ land.

“This application is for a subdivi-sion on a farmstead and a possibility of three county residential lots in the bush area sometime in the future,” said county CAO Charlie Cutforth.

The application was for the land in question to be rezoned as country residential.

The land is located west of Ponoka, north of Highway 53 along Range Road 265.

Adjacent landowner Robert Wil-cox was strongly opposed to rezoning the land because he felt it would lead to increased noise pollution and ATV and recreational vehicle traffic along Range Road 265.

“What once had been a quiet, peaceful area has slowly eroded into a high-traffic area,” wrote Wilcox in a letter submitted to council.

Wilcox also mentioned past de-velopment of Deer Ridge Holdings, which was sold to be made into a Sharphead historic cemetery despite improper zoning, which he lives next to. “I’m not really happy about that and can only speculate on how much that devalues my property.”

Cutforth and council were also unconvinced, as the land sold was a cemetery when that is not what it was intended for. “So now it be-comes a matter of good faith, at least for the county,” said Cutforth.

“How do you expect us to pass another one when we don’t know what you’re going to utilize it for?” added Coun. Mark Matejka.

Shane and Shelley Archibald also wrote to council, as they too were displeased with Deer Ridge Hold-ings’ past. “We object due to the last time Deer Ridge Holdings had land rezoned as country residential they were able to sell it for another pur-pose.”

A letter from Alberta Transporta-tion stated no objections or concerns.

The rezoning application made it past first reading but was unanimous-ly defeated at the second reading.

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rezoning application

Councillors approved the rezon-ing request of four and a half acres on a portion of land to move from agricultural to country residential, northwest of Ponoka along Meniak Road and Range Road 265.

The land, belonging to Gerry and Joan Van Wolde, will be used to house a second residential structure for their daughter and son-in-law.

The couple says approximately a third of the indicated land is unseed-able.

Adjacent landowner Gus Mar-tens also attended council to speak against the application. He feels, if another house is built in the north-east section of Van Wolde’s land, it will limit his dairy farm’s future ex-pansion opportunities. “For future complaints for smell or dust or work-ing at night, I want to limit that.”

The northeast corner is a wet area and Martens is concerned water will be deflected to his property and af-fect him. “If that land’s going to be built up to put a house there, that’s going to run onto my quarter.”

“Drainage and everything has to be accommodated. You can’t create new problems for the neighbours,” said Cutforth, during council’s dis-cussion.

Taking into account the steps that would have to be taken to properly divert water if needed, councillors approved the request.Existing building site rezoned

A 10-acre parcel of land, located along Range Road 15, is being re-zoned by Brian and Audrey Altman.

From agricultural to country resi-dential hobby farm, the land is for a parcel of land for their son.

Cutforth recommended the ap-proval and councillors agreed it was appropriate.


NOTICEWater Meter Replacement

Program Continues

Almost 1,000 new water meters have been installed as part of the fi rst round of the Water Meter Replacement Program. The total number to be replaced is 2700. The next round of water meter replacements is about to begin. If you are in the next round, you will receive an information package with details and information about how to set up an appointment.Reminder! These are NOT the same meters that have been in the news in Saskatchewan! There is no danger of fi re and Health Canada does not consider the low radio frequencies a health risk.

• These meters are not electrical – they are water meters that run on a lithium battery. There is NO DANGER OF FIRE. • The new meters for the Town run on the same radio frequency as a baby monitor – they are a much lower frequency

than microwaves and cell phones.Please be sure to contact the Town with any questions you have or check our website for detailed information.

Water Meter pictures and descriptionsOLD WATER METERS

Many meters in residences are still reading in ‘gallons’ and are over 30 years old. Some old meters had a newer ‘Neptune’ head attached to them, but are at least 25 years old and past their useful lifecycle.

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During installation of the new meter, they will confi rm a working shut-off valve or install a new one if required, as part of this process. They will also immediately check for leaks and backfl ow issues in your home. These new meters run on a battery so there is no danger of fi re. They run on the same radio frequency as a baby monitor.Once an appointment is made, a professionally trained and certifi ed Neptune Technology Group Installation Expert will come to your home to remove your old meter. They will carry proper Neptune ID. Neptune Technology Group is the most experienced water meter installation company in Canada.

Once a new meter is installed, in addition to the shut-off valve, there are other benefi ts:

• You will be taking part in Ponoka’s contribution to Alberta’s Water for Life water conservation program.

• The new meters will create more accurate, equitable billing, and help you pay for only the amount of water you use. They will also give you the opportunity to reduce your water waste and your water bills.

• Less water waste means less stress and repairs on our Town’s water infrastructure and will help ensure less water losses every year.

A complete package of information about the Water Meter Replacement Program is available online at www.ponoka.ca or for pick-up in person at Town Hall. Bylaw 2-91 notes it is mandatory to allow water meter replacement by the Town or its representatives.

If you have any questions, contact the Town: 403-783-4431.

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Couple urges county to strengthen unsightly premises bylaws

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Despite previously agreeing a conclusion had been reached, Ponoka County councillors are once again requesting unsightly premises land-owner Albert Brown’s presence at council.

At council’s Aug. 19 meeting, ad-jacent landowners Gary and Pascal Duff expressed their dissatisfaction with how the situation has been han-dled.

It was Sept. 3, 2013 that the Duffs first stood before council regarding unwelcome development as they feel Brown is running a commercial auto wrecker business on land zoned agri-cultural.

However, council has no concrete opinion on the status of the business and the issue became an unsightly premises dispute.

“It has all the visibility of an auto wrecker operation . . . but the real-ity is the landowner had a different argument, and he’s entitled to that ar-gument,” said CAO Charlie Cutforth.

Despite their final decision to con-tact Brown, council was hesitant to take further action after their stipula-tions to rectify the problem had been met.

“We have to follow what the pre-vious council did, we can’t overturn that,” said Coun. Doug Weir.

However, later in the meeting he added that because complaints had been made about Brown’s property, council needed to take another look at the situation. “We, as a council, have to do something.”

“Can we arguably go back and

chase after him for unsightly premises after he’s complied with council in the past? I don’t think so,” said Cutforth.

Pascal Duff feels it is the county’s way of dealing with such issues that has caused the situation to drag on so long without a resolution on both sides. “To go with nothing hard and fast, it’s ludicrous.”

“My point is it’s still unwelcome development, as per your municipal development plan. Nobody wants to live next to an auto wrecker, that’s what it says right in your plan,” said Gary Duff.

“At the end of the day you have the power to do something about it,” he added.

If the county’s bylaws were changed to handle these types of is-sues differently, Cutforth says there is a good chance every farmer’s “bone-yard” in the county would be affected.

Reeve Paul McLauchlin stated the Duffs view of the situation is more black and white than it really is. He added that county actions must take note of the “grey area” regarding commercial operations and private collections, and enforced bylaws and landowner rights. “It’s a slippery slope when you dictate what people can and can’t store on their property.”

“It’s your rights against his rights, that’s what it comes down to,” he add-

ed.Council also requested that Alberta Environ-

ment inspect the area in question. “On agricultural land, they were prepared to take no action,” said Cutforth.

The Duffs urged county councillors to take a look at bylaws used in other counties; something council agreed would be a good idea.

“It’s your rights against his rights,

that’s what it comes down to.”

Reeve Paul McLauchlin


County donation budget drained

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Ponoka County’s community donation capabilities are practically exhausted for the year, after setting the $1.6 million budget for requests.

The official decision came after denying a request from the Rimbey Kinsmen for their skateboard park project, at county council’s Aug. 19 meeting. “This is the first soft no,” said Reeve Paul McLauchlin.

CAO Charlie Cutforth says the resources the county uses to fill the donation requests are usually provin-cial. “The reason the county even has the resources to donate like this is the provincial MSI funding.”

Throughout the year council has approved numerous funding re-quests, including:• The Blindman Handi-Van

Society-$20,000• The Ponoka Handi-Van

Society-$18,000• Klaglahachie Fine Arts

Society-$30,000

• Ponoka Neighbourhood Place-$2,000

• Meridian Beach-$135,000• Fort Ostell Museum-$5,000• Ponoka Boys and Girls Club-

$10,000• Big Brothers Big Sisters-$10,000• Moose Hall-$20,000• Rimbey Agricultural Complex-

$1 million• Liberty Hall-$50,000

Cutforth says Meridian Beach received $20,000 for public beach areas and another $75,000 to pave the public parking lot. Friends of the Lakefront also received $145,000. “That too is public beach area. It’s a pretty major project they’ve got go-ing.”

“My thoughts are we’re at a point right now where we’re prob-ably tapped out for the year,” said McLauchlin.

New and outstanding requests will be pushed to consideration in the 2015 budget.

NFU supports backing out of insurance-based system BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

After talks between the Canadian Grain Com-mission (CGC) and Atradius Insurance over an insurance-based system protecting grain farmers collapsed, the National Farmers Union (NFU) voiced their support of the decision.

Terry Boehm, chairperson of the NFU Seed and Trade Committee said the existing bond sys-tem already provides 100 per cent coverage to farmers but the proposed change would reduce claim periods and farmers would lose five per cent of their claims to Atradius.

“Ultimately the insurance-based plan was going to cost farmers money and didn’t offer the protection that the bonding system offers,” said Boehm.

He suggested, in a press re-lease, that the new deal would have removed CGC from oversight of li-censed grain performance and given Atradius “de facto power over the terms of Canadian grain companies’ contracts with farmers.”

CGC’s mandate is to protect the rights of grain producers and this proposed deal would take some of that control that the organization has over regulations, explained Boehm.

A relatively short claim period of 45 days to submit non-payment claims is another area the NFU took issue with. Boehm said in an inter-view that most farmers are busy and may not have the time to even submit a claim.

“It’s quite difficult for a farmer. I’m a farmer myself. You’re busy during seeding and harvest time and 45 days can go quite quickly be-tween when you deliver some grain and then realize that you’re not re-ceiving payment.”

He suggests a farmer may not realize the issue until 30 to 40 days later, which gives little time to fix the problem. Limiting claims to 45 days protects the insurance company from liability but does not help farmers

facing issues, he added. “Agriculture is an extremely in-

tense business, especially during those feeding and harvest moments,” stated Boehm.

“Under the bonding system a farmer has 90-days,” explained Boehm.

Insurance coverage of 95 per cent rather than 100 per cent under the current system also caused the NFU some concern. Boehm suggests taking an additional five per cent fee is unfair to farmers as the insurance company would already be charging a fee.

“Why wouldn’t they pay 100 per cent to the farmer…and why would farmers accept 95 per cent?” Boehm asked.

He feels the current system, with some minor adjustments, is still the best way to serve farmers.

“We encourage the CGC to work on improving the reporting require-ments so that the time-lag between company reports and CGC review of their bond security can be tightened up,” said Boehm in the press release. “By going to weekly mandatory re-porting along with rolling security assessments for companies, the CGC could ensure there are no gaps in protection.”

“Agriculture is an extremely intense business, especially during those feeding and

harvest moments.” Terry Boehm, chairperson of the NFU Seed and Trade Committee

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Dylan Stitt (left) and Kayla Chamberland (right) share a floating mat during one of the last days of Ponoka Youth Centre’s summer programming. The children spent the morn-ing bowling and the afternoon at the Ponoka Aquaplex, Aug. 20. Photo by Amelia Naismith

Youth Centre summer programs conclude

BY AMELIA NAISMITH

Although it feels like they have just begun, Ponoka Youth Centre’s summer programs are already com-ing to a close.

“I can’t believe they’re over already,” said program director Morgen Chernick during one of the program’s last days; spent at the Aquaplex.

Each day, the Youth Centre could service up to 55 children, ages six to 13, and the summer programs seemed popular among them. “Some days we had 50 kids attending,” said Chernick.

“It was probably one of the high-est attendances we’ve had,” she added.

Many local excur-sions were made to locations such as the bowling alley, library and swimming pool. Other days were spent at the Youth Centre playing games such as The Amazing Race or Fear Factor.

Field trips were also taken to Fort Ed-monton Park, Shakers Fun Centre and The Jungle Farm.

“It was an awe-some summer, the kids had a blast,” said Chernick. “We’ve had many amazingly quali-

fied, supportive staff who really care about the kids.”

Fall programming begins Sept. 2 — the first day of school — and the Youth Centre provides fully licensed and accredited after school child pro-gramming.

Registration will be held during the town’s mass registration night, Sept. 3 at the Kinsmen Community Centre, and at Ponoka Elementary School’s back to school barbeque, Sept. 4.

“We accept registrations on an ongoing basis,” Chernick explained.

Fall programming includes teen drop-in and after school programs. The Youth Centre will also be open on most school PD days.

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Donna Rudd gives Geraldine Catalbas first-hand experience working with a silk cocoon during the Home, Hobby and Horticultural Show last weekend at the Ponoka Legion.


Horticultural show sees increase in entries BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

The most beautiful artwork, plants, fruit and crafts were on display last weekend at the Ponoka Legion during the Ponoka Agricultural Society’s Home, Hobby and Horticultural Show.

Hosting classes for children and families was a new idea for the society and ag society president Lauraine Weir feels the new addition was a wel-come change for attendees.

Weir said the group’s main goal was to help celebrate agricultural living with a silk cocoon spinning, pull candy making, a hobbyhorse class and a freezer jam class.

She feels those clinics, coupled with the agility dogs event helped create a fun atmosphere for ev-eryone involved. “There was some fabulous stuff.”

This year there were 35 new entrants with a total of 1,641 entries, explained Donna Rudd, con-vener and manager of the show.

“It’s one of the fun county affairs that is going to continue to grow,” said Rudd.

She feels the Ponoka Legion is an ideal loca-tion and hosting the event there gave participants a lot of room to show off the many different agricul-tural, art, photography and craft displays.

She says the event has deep roots in Ponoka with many participants turning up regularly for the last 30 years. There has also been an inclusive na-ture to the show, which has given opportunities for youths to show of their work. “That to me shows the future.”

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WHO: Youth 12 – 18 years old, Male or FemaleCOST: FREE to Join

WHAT DO AIR CADETS DO: Marksmanship, Survival, Leadership, Teamwork, Sports, Drill, Aviation, Aerospace, Flying, Citizenship, Make Great Friends, Have Tons of Fun!

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REGISTRATION NIGHT (SEP 2):Beef on a Bun for NEW and RETURNING cadets

Parents: Refreshments will be served during the registration and info session.

Regular Hockey Season Registration will be accepted on Wednesday, September 3 at Mass Registration at the Kinsmen Community Centre from 5 – 8 p.m.

Goalie Skill Development – 10 sessions – instructor Steve Wagner. Will be off ered to registered goalies. Sessions run until Christmas (subject to change).

Conditioning Camp – Beginning September 8th week at a cost of $60/player. Register at mass registration or by contacting the Coach Co-ordinator at whatever level interested in registering for.

Interested in Referring? Referee Clinic is being held on September 20 and 22. Interested people will need to go to www.nczrc.ca for more info.

Ponoka Minor Hockey

FALL REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Downhill Derby a source of fun for the whole familyBY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

This year’s Ponoka Downhill Derby will celebrate 10 years of young racers cruising down 42 Av-enue at speeds of 30 km/h.

The event, set for Sept. 6, is an opportunity for parents to get some hands-on soapbox construction with their kids to con-struct a soapbox car and then race it down the hill. Parents still have time to register, as the sign up deadline is Aug. 29.

Organizer Karen Williams says they usually have 30 racers from Ponoka, Lacombe and Blackfalds and the fun event is an opportunity for kids to show off their work. She says youths take a lot of pride in their creations.

“It’s a project that you guys (par-ents and children) do together,” she

explained.For those who don’t have their

own soapbox car, the group has kits and older cars for sale. Williams says they are looking at a new generation of racers and the Downhill Derby organizers want to make it as acces-

sible as possible. There are three divi-

sions of racers: Division A (6 to 8), Division B (9 to 11) and Division C (12 and up). For those wanting to get involved,

Williams suggests parents download the Downhill Derby rules and entry form at www.ponokalive.ca under Our Community tab.

She says the rules will give parents an understanding of the construction requirements for the races. Races start at 10 a.m. with race registration at 8 a.m. For more information call Williams at 403-783-4799.

“It’s a project that you guys do together.”Karen Williams, Downhill

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Ponoka Minor Soccer Assoc.Indoor Development

Registration & Information Night

Wednesday, Sept 3 at 5:00 pmKinsmen Recreation Centre

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Ponoka Skating ClubPonoka Skating ClubREGISTRATION REGISTRATION

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Kinsmen Kinsmen Community Community CentreCentre

Hockey Learn to SkateSept. 15 - Oct. 15 • $220.00

continued from page 16As trends change, so do the cat-

egories, explained Rudd. She said their goal was to accommodate the changes in what people are submit-ting by adjusting the criteria for submissions.

She says there are not as many oil painting submissions but more pencil and crayon drawings and or-

ganizers want to recognize the hard work of artists.

The date of the event was also pushed back to give those in the ag-ricultural competitions more time to allow their veggies, flowers and fruit to grow a little more.

Weir says the horticultural show is now a separate event from the ranch rodeo, which is set for the

weekend of Sept. 6 at the ag event centre. She says this gives farmers and ranchers a chance to complete some of their farm work before the rodeo weekend.

The ranch rodeo is set for Sept. 6 and the cowboy challenge for Sept. 7, with a clinic on Sept. 6. Weir says she will have a better idea what the society’s membership thinks about splitting the dates as this is their first year using this format.

Winners:

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Awards handed out at horticultural show

Fall Leagues start Saturday,

September 6Youth (3 – 19yrs) - Sat, Sun, Tues or Wed

Club 55+ - Tues am or pm and Fri pm

Mixed Adult League - Tues, Wed or Thur evenings

Call NOW to reserve your spot.

Returning bowlers please call to let us know

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NEW BOWLERS WELCOME!

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son Soosay • Seniors: Irene Rausch • All Things Christmas: Katie Huddleston • Junior Division 1: Amelia Bos • Junior Division 11: Rebecca Hamm • Arts and Crafts: Katie Huddleston • Agriculture: Kirstein Whiteside • Art: Lyle Langford • Knitting and Crocheting: Katie Huddleston • Arrangements and Houseplants: Joan Van Wolde • Horticulture: Gail Davis • Alberta Horticulture High Point Award: Gail Da-vis• Fruits: Fred Broska • Domestic Arts: Kirsten Whiteside • Quilts, Rugs, Wall Hangings: Deb Witvoet • Vegetables: Kirsten Whiteside and Fred Broska • Photography: Eldred Stamp • Sewing: Irene Rausch • Half Way Grove Women’s Institute Award for Blue and White Tea Cup Flowers: First: Gail Da-vis, second: Evelyne Gertsma• Urban Landscaping (less than three years old): Judy Shaver, second: Jac and Janette Vandenboek• Urban Landscaping (three years and over): Lor-rie Jess, second: Frank Bedner• Urban Vegetable Garden: First Jac and Janette

Vandenboek• Rural Vegetable Garden: First: Frank Bedner, second: Lorrie Jess• Rural Junior Gardens: Division 1 – First: Amelia Bos. Division 11 - First: Cameron Bos

Awards of excellence:

• All Things Christmas: Nellie Bos• Quilts, Rugs and Wall Hangings: Wendy Gard-ner• Knitting and Crocheting: Christine Huddleston• From Scratch: Katie Huddleston• Special Needs: Essie Sossay• Junior Division 1: Michael Schmidt• Junior Division 11: Amelia Bos• Arts and Crafts: Johnathon Gertsma• Sewing: Irene Rausch• Domestic Arts: Kathleen McKelvie• Agriculture: K. Whiteside• Horticulture: Gail Davis• Fruits: Fred Broska• Arrangements and Houseplants: Gail Davis• Seniors: Norine Carlson• 4-H: Helena Winter• Art: Lyle Langford• Photography: Eldred Stamp• Vegetables: Fred Broska

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Scouts - Youth ages 13 to 16Thursdays 6:30pm - 8:00 pm

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September tradition that has been hap-pening for countless decades, and is a great youthful experience and adventure that most of us will never forget, and that

our rambunctious children from tinnnies to teens should always look forward to. In just a few more sleeps, the hallowed halls of learning in Ponoka town and county schools will be packed with boys

and girls of all sizes and shapes full of energy after a great summer holiday.

Hopefully they will all be looking forward to ten busy months of meeting new teachers, making lots of friends,

joining in on school sports and showing off their new outfits. Let’s hope that it won’t take too long for them to learn to sit down and be quiet for more than ten minutes at a time, as well as hitting the books, solving the three R’s and tackling all those other worldly classroom subjects. Af-ter the first few days of picking up school sup-plies and getting the kids prepped for the ‘school rush’, it will be much quieter and stress-free for the parents, who can maybe now relax just a little and enjoy the wonderful 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekly silence and solitude of home sweet home.

Of the utmost importance to all of us is the fact that all of these excited students (our future), along with their parents and teachers will be out and about in a hurry on their way to school, by walking, riding, or catching the good old yellow bus. Please slow down, drive carefully, and watch out for everyone, while always following the school zone rules and avoiding the very hefty fines for speeding in front of the schools or not stopping for flashing bus lights. In the meantime, here are a few favourite memories of our great adventures of school days.*Some of us will remember when the new class lists were put up in the window of the local news-papers and everyone dashed down for a peak, followed by screams of joy, or sobs because they didn’t get the teachers or the classmates they had wished for.*I took Home Economics from Mrs. Cline, mainly because there were lots of cooking hot girls in the class, but it didn’t do much good, because they used my cookies for pucks, and I still can’t cook 60 years later. Because of my size (short but sweet) and my constant chatter, I was always moved to the front of every class close to the eagle eye of the teacher. Remember your very first locker, which had a big pad-lock, and usually ended up full of smelly socks, shorts and running shoes along with pictures and souvenirs of your movie heroes and your wanna-be girl friends?*Are the desks bigger now? We had wooden ones that had ink wells and a small drawer that we stuffed with books, a bulging pencil case, a bag of marbles, a chocolate bar and yesterday’s sandwich and an apple to impress the teacher.*In the early grades, little boys and girls didn’t re-ally get along, but then in junior high the dances in the gym began and the hormones started to kick in, usually resulting in holding hands, a crush a week, and maybe even a first date to an afternoon matinee at the local theatre, Dutch treat. If you had ‘wheels’ (four whitewalls) in high school you were a jock, but for most of us it was either walk, hitch a ride, or double her home on your bike.*Many of you will recall that each day we had to pack lots of books, loose leafs, binders, and lunch back and forth to school in a sack, but now they have back-packs and lap-tops, dine in the cafete-ria, or eat out. I guess the rows of bike racks in front of the school have now been replaced by parking lots full of cars, but I bet the students in science class still get to experiment with frogs and mix things together in beakers and hope they don’t blow up.


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continued from page 19*Exams were always kind of scary. All bunched up together in the same room, writing all those an-swers on a time limit, and then having to wait an eternity for your report card and praying that you would get enough ‘passing marks’ to safely take it home. Bottom line, do your homework, try to be

real nice to your older brothers and sisters so that they will give you a hand, and don’t ever be afraid to reach out for a little help from your friends.*Math lost me completely in the 9th grade, but I was really good at English and wrote lots of es-says or stories for others and to keep on the good side of the big guys. I always excelled at recess and selling or swapping my lunches, but some of my favourite subjects were cheer-squads, as well drama and glee-club because we got to get up on the stage and show-off to the rest of the kids.

I don’t really think that our fabulous and vi-tally important equal opportunity institution of learning has changed very much along the way, but as we all have or will find out along the way in our classroom endeavours, one will soon real-ize that if you work hard, give your best effort, and have a little fun in the process, the chances of succeeding will always be well within your reach. In the meantime, keep smiling, and have a great week, all of you..

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Pat McKenna and Lynn and Ray Fowler stand in front of their original 1914 classic cars Aug. 20 in downtown Ponoka. The travellers stopped in Ponoka during a weeklong trip from Calgary to Edmonton last week. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Century old cars stop in Ponoka on memorable adventureBY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Classic car lovers had a big surprise Aug. 20 when two century-old cars made a stop in down-town Ponoka.

Rebuilt with love and care, Ray and Lynn Fowler in their McLaughlin-Buick, along with Pat McKenna in his Studebaker SD4, decided to trek from Calgary to Edmonton last week using the old route by motorists in 1914.

The group dubbed the trip Road From the Past and it did not take long for City TV to hitch a ride to document the epic road adventure complete with old-timey camping equipment and everyone dressed in clothes similar to that of the same time period.

Many people took the long and harrowing trip from Calgary to Edmonton but it was in 1914 that a map was developed, giving travellers a reference point. There is only one surviving map from that time and it is housed in the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.

This was no ordinary map either, said Mr. Fowler; reading up on the map showed tips for motorists such as a farmhouse on the left would have a working telephone or specific landmarks.

“It would tell you about the hardware store in the town…Ponoka was there,” said Ray Fowler.

Research took several years and between the two cars, the Fowlers and McKenna made seven trips to find the route that was as close to the origi-nal as possible.

“You’re not going by road signs, you’re ac-tually going by ‘turn right at the slough,’” said McKenna.

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Fowler says his car is a Canadian built McLaughlin-Buick, decked out with all original parts, including a canopy roof and hand crank starter. There are only three left, stated Fowler proudly. “It’s a little beat up, because we use it a lot.”

Driving on the modern roads, even the gravel roads, with old equipment brought many chal-lenges for the veteran travellers. Fowler says they have a better appreciation of how people used to live. At the time of production, the McLaughlin-Buick was most-likely considered a state of the art automobile but in today’s market of electronics in vehicles the McLaughlin-Buick is definitely a unique experience.

Small hills or sharp turns become their own obstacles for these older vehicles; the McLaugh-

lin-Buick has a safe top speed of 28 to 30 miles per hour. Anything faster, says Fowler, and the car starts to vibrate.

“Every little hill you’re looking at, ‘Can I make it in third? No. I can’t make it in third, I’ve gotta stop now and change it to second,’” he explained.

McKenna drives a 1914 Studebaker SD4 five-passenger vehicle, also built in Canada and has all its original parts. He bought it some years ago and has a 1958 bill of sale to go with it. For McKenna, seeing the smile on people’s faces as they stop in different communities along the way has made the trip worth the effort.

“Everybody loves to get in them,” stated McK-enna.

The challenge for him is driving a car with square-cut gears and a leather clutch.

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as part of their route and have camped along the way using gear from the same time period. Every morning they update with City TV Breakfast Television in Calgary over how the trip has been and Fowler says there’s a story to tell every day.

“Everybody has a bucket list and everybody has things they want to do,” said Fowler.

Longtime friend and cameraman with City TV, Rod Maldaner, is film-ing a documentary called 100 Year Road airing Sept. 26 on the channel covering the whole trip. Maldaner said the moment the trip started, there has been something to film.

On the first day of the trip the crew hadn’t even left the parking lot and Fowler’s right-rear wheel broke, forcing him to find a wheel of similar size and make somewhere in Calgary.

There is hours of video coverage that Maldaner has to go through be-cause each day brought something different to cover.

“When do you shut the camera off?” asked Maldaner excitedly.

The story writes itself, stated Fowler, who praised the camera crew for filming in all weather conditions. One leg of the trip put the travellers on a head-on course with heavy rain and thunderstorms. Rather than hide in the car, the camera crew geared up and filmed these intrepid motorists battling the conditions and dealing with a flat tire at the same time.

“You can’t stage that stuff,” said Fowler. “And you’ve gotta be there to catch it.”

The trip ends at Chianti Café Aug. 28 in Edmonton where the old post office used to be in Old Strathcona.


Mare NostrumThe last time “Mare

Nostrum”(Latin for “Our Sea”) was used as a political slogan in Italy, Mussolini’s fascists were claiming dominance over the entire Mediterra-nean. This time it’s different. It’s the name of the operation the Italian navy is running to save asylum seekers from drowning on the dangerous voyage in open boats from North Africa to Italy.

In a seaworthy vessel with a work-ing engine and a reliable compass, it’s a ten-hour crossing and not very dangerous at all. In a leaky, massively overcrowded wreck that was scav-enged somewhere along the North African coast by the people smug-glers and sent off to Italy after a few rudimentary repairs, it can be a death sentence. An estimated 20,000 people went down with their boats before reaching Italy in the past ten years.

The most recent victims, on 23 August, barely made it one kilometre off the Libyan coast before their boat sank, leaving 170 people in the water. The Italian navy does not operate in Libyan territorial waters, and the Libyan coast guard station near Qa-rabouli, east of Tripoli, has no ships of its own. The coast guards borrowed a couple of fishing boats, but only sixteen people were still alive by the time they got there.

The boats usually founder in international wa-ters, however, and then it’s the Italian navy’s job. Operation Mare Nostrum began in October, 2013, and since then over 80,000 people have been pulled from these sea-going death traps (though most were not actually sinking at the time) and safely landed in Italy. Last weekend, the Italian navy rescued almost 4,000 more.

This policy honours Italy’s humanitarian tradi-tions – but since all the people who are saved claim political asylum on coming ashore, setting in mo-tion a legal process that can last for years, the Italian navy is actually increasing Italy’s problem as the first port of call for over half the undocumented im-migrants entering the European Union.

Most of them have a good case for claiming asy-lum: a large majority of the people reaching Italy are refugees from war and tyranny in Syria, Eritrea, and Somalia, with smaller number from various West African countries. Nor do they really want to stay in Italy, which is going through a prolonged economic crisis and has very high unemployment. They would rather move on to more prosperous EU countries further north.

But international law says that refugees must claim asylum in the first safe haven they reach, and in the case of the EU that is almost bound to be It-aly, because it is so near to Africa and because the post-Gaddafi chaos in Libya means that there is no control over boats leaving the Libyan coast.

Italy is now getting more than half of the EU’s entire refugee flow – probably well over 100,000 this year – and all of those people must stay in Italy. It’s expensive, it’s politi-cally poisonous, and the country’s facilities for looking after these refugees are being over-whelmed. Yet Italy’s’s EU partners seem quite content to leave Italy to bear the burden all by itself.

With almost all of the Fertile Crescent now in a state of war, and new flows of refugees starting as a result of the fighting in South Sudan

and the Central African Republic, the numbers are going up fast. Five Ital-ian warships are dedicated full-time to Operation Mare Nostrum, and on many occasions in the past few months they have picked up more than a thousand people in one day. This sit-uation cannot last.

taly has made no threats to stop the rescues and let the refugees drown. “We do not want a sea of death,” said Rear-Admiral Michele Saponaro, who runs the operation from the naval command centre. But Rome is los-ing patience with its do-nothing EU “partners”, and there is another way to address Italy’s problem.

The Schengen Treaty does not include Britain and Ireland, which opted out, and four new EU members

have not yet complied with its terms – but 22 of the EU’s 28 members allow free movement across their borders for legal residents of all the Schengen coun-tries. This includes Italy, of course. So in theory if Italy just gives the asylum seekers an ID card and a document saying they have permanent residence, then they’ll leave for greener pastures.

“We’ll just let them go,” said Interior Minister Angelino Alfano last May. “We want to clearly say to the EU that they either patrol the Mediterranean border with us or we will send all those who ask for asylum in Italy where they really want to go: that is, the rest of Europe, because they don’t want to stay in Italy.”

A previous Italian government briefly made the same threat back in 2011 and then the rift was papered over, but Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s new govern-ment seems to mean business. Italy not only wants its partners to contribute money and ships to Operation Mare Nostrum; it also wants them to share the job of looking after the refugees AND NOT LEAVE THEM ALL IN ITALY.

The EU is famous-ly bad at making hard choices, but it’s finally going to have to face up to this one.

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

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As we passed the halfway point of Au-gust, the harvest itch started to creep back with equipment (and mentalities) getting prepared to “push ‘er til she plugs”. Sta-tistics Canada’s July production estimates peg the Canadian canola crop at 13.9 million tonnes, below pre-report expecta-tions of 14.5 million. The government agency is also suggesting 27.7 million tonnes of total wheat out-put, including 4.95 million tonnes of durum (Sidenote: durum prices have been elevated lately because of quality concerns in Europe and northern U.S. states but are due for a pullback soon). Other oilseeds and pulse crops are seen having higher output than even last year’s big crop, including a new record of 5.9 million tonnes of soybeans, but this is more associated with increased acres (versus increased yields). These reports are always taken with a grain of salt though as

surveys are compiled towards the end of July (and there’s still a few weeks left be-fore it’s in the bin!). One of the arms of the U.S.D.A., the Farm Service Agen-cy, released data as to what’s been enrolled in government sub-sidy programs this year, reporting 83.32 million acres of corn, 79.25 million acres of soybeans,

and 52.57 million acres of wheat. These numbers are all below the U.S.D.A.’s official forecasts but the F.S.A.’s lost acres ( also known as “prevent plant”) also below that of the U.S.D.A.’s at 1.54 million for corn, 827,000 for soybeans, and 1.36 million of wheat.

Recent rains in eastern Austra-lia will help maintain the size of the winter crop as the region was in need of a good drink, otherwise the 25 million-tonne wheat crop might’ve been scaled down.


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The era of low interest rates may be coming to an end.

While interest rates have re-mained at historic lows since the 2008-09 economic crisis and subse-quent slow world economic growth, recent dissent at both the Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Re-serve over whether to continue a policy of low interest rates suggests that interest rates may rise sooner rather than later. Indeed, RBC ap-parently expects that Government of Canada bond yields will double to about 3.3 per cent by the end of 2015.

The end of low interest rates should spark concern, given the ac-cumulation of net debt particularly at the provincial level in Canada. Whereas 20 years ago, the preoccu-pation was a federal debt crisis, we may very well be on the verge of a provincial one given the changes in the fiscal and debt positions of the federal and provincial governments.

In 2001 federal government net public debt was $565 billion, declin-ing to $516 billion in 2007 on the eve of the financial crisis. As a result of the Great Recession’s revenue im-pact and fiscal stimulus programs, the federal net debt grew to reach $671 billion by 2012. Ottawa has

since managed to bal-ance the budget and it can be expected that its net debt will once again edge downwards.

The case of the provinces is more disturbing. In 2001, the total net provincial public debt in Canada was $290 billion. Unlike the federal government, this total debt has risen relentlessly, reaching $321 billion in 2007. With the onset of the Great Recession, the provinces also incurred large deficits and their net debt soared to $510 bil-lion by 2012. It should be noted that 80 per cent of this net debt is for On-tario and Quebec.

Between 2001 and 2012, the federal net debt grew 19 per cent. However, as a result of the long-term decline in interest rates, debt service charges fell from $39.7 bil-lion in 2001 to $29.2 billion in 2012 enabling the federal government to reap an enormous fiscal dividend that allowed it spend more and re-duce tax rates.

Between 2001 and 2012, pro-vincial net debt rose by 76 per cent. While the provinces also reaped a fiscal dividend from the fall in inter-est rates, they were prone to taking on relatively more debt given the at-

Ontario and Quebec set to reap the whirlwindtractiveness of cheap borrowing. As a result, debt service costs for the provinces went up slightly during this period whereas they declined 26 per cent for the federal government. Provincial debt charges were $24.4

billion in 2001 and grew to $24.8 billion by 2012.The provinces, however, are not all equally

debt afflicted. Between 2001 and 2012, net debt growth ranged from an increase of 91 per cent for both Ontario and Quebec to a large drop in Alberta. After Ontario and Quebec, the largest in-creases in net debt over this period were for Prince Edward Island at 87 per cent, New Brunswick at 64 per cent, Manitoba at 61 per cent and British Columbia at 54 per cent. Down at the bottom with Alberta is Saskatchewan, which saw a 45 per cent decrease in its net debt, Newfoundland with a 4 per cent decrease, and Nova Scotia, which ex-perienced only a 15 per cent increase.

With a combined federal provincial net debt in 2012 of $1.2 trillion and a com-bined debt to GDP ratio pushing 70 per cent, this mass of debt is generating combined debt service charges of $54 billion annually. While any interest rate increases will gradu-

ally affect debt charges as debt rolls over to be refinanced, it remains that debt service costs will grow. Moreover, this will cause greater fiscal damage at the provincial level and particularly in Ontario and Quebec, which have the highest total and per capita provincial net public debts.

While Quebec has embarked on the path to balancing its budget, Ontario is still lagging in its commitment towards budget balance and, in the meantime, both provinces will add billions of dollars more to their net debts. Rising inter-est rates combined with rising debt will increase debt service costs and crowd out important public spending on health, education and infrastructure.

The resulting fiscal fire will be extremely un-pleasant.

Livio Di Matteo is Professor of Economics at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay.

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Daniel Marcgh, Brayden Lubach and Chase McKelvie work on some soccer drills Aug. 20, at the Ponoka Secondary Campus soccer pitch, while Challenger Sports soccer coaches Sean Aspinarr and Jack Sarahs watch on. Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Soccer camp creates fun learning environment BY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Last week brought more than 35 kids of all ages eager to learn the ins and outs of soccer to the Ponoka Sec-ondary Campus pitch.

Kids as young as four years old and those in their teens worked hard all week at the Challenger Sports soccer camp while soccer coaches from Great Britain gave them im-portant tips to become better players. Coach Jack Sarahs said more than 1,700 coaches fly out from Britain to cities across North America in the summer.

This is his second year with the program and he said he enjoyed mentoring older kids in advanced steps. The trick is in how kids are taught.

“You need to get the balance of them enjoying soccer and learning the sport,” explained Sarahs.

He suggests soccer is an ideal learning ground for developing social skills and learning the importance of team ethics. As this is the first year of the camp in Ponoka, Sarahs feels if Ponoka Minor Soccer decides to hire them again, the number of entrants will expand.

There were three coaches work-ing the young athletes over the course of the week and each one said the main focus was to develop a love for the game. Coach Sean Aspinarr

feels soccer is an accessible sport and relatively inexpensive to play.

“All you need is a pair of cleats and some grass,” said Aspinarr.

These camps not only train kids how to play the game better, they also drive interest in the sport and the more players there are, the better, he added.

Coach Shannon Brannan taught young kids — aged four and five years old — how to play in the First Kicks and Mini Soccer programs. Brannan used fun games that gave these young athletes important soc-cer skills.

She provided dribbling and soft touch skills that will be the basis for the rest of their soccer careers.

“I enjoy that (age) group the most because you see clear development,” explained Brannan.

Interest in the camp came from Lonny Behm, vice-president and co-ordinator of coach and player development for Ponoka Minor Soc-cer. He said he was pleased with the

interest for the first year of the camp. Behm says Challenger Sports is the largest soccer camp in North America and the coaches have done well.

“The coaches are super friendly,” said Behm.He heard of the soccer camp from other soc-

cer associations that used Challenger Sports and found their response was positive. He is already

looking at bringing the group back to Ponoka next year and hopes to bring them earlier in the sum-mer season.

For Behm, the best part of the camp was giving kids a chance to play longer, learn more and see-ing participants having a fun experience.

“You need to get the balance of them en-

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continued from page 23The big issue in the Land Down Undaa though

remains in its transportation infrastructure, as like in Western Canada and northern US states, get-ting grain to export-ready positions is the biggest hurdle the industry faces. Aussie infrastructure consultants point to our “efficient” railroad and port system here in Canada (You could almost choke on the irony!). The underlying problem will continue to be based around that various industries in resource-rich regions will continue to compete for rail space unless new infrastructure/track is added.

The cost of just being a farmer in Russia is increasing as western economic sanctions are making it difficult to obtain new financing and pay off current debt. Farmers in southern Russia “rushed to sell grain” this harvest as interest rates have risen since the beginning of the year. With a potential 60 million-tonne wheat crop coming off in the Black Sea country, it’s expected that produc-

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Summer basketball

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intense playBY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Basketball lovers were able to watch some competitive athletes last weekend during the final games of the Summer Basketball League played at the Diamond Willow Middle School basketball courts.

The area was packed with basketball fans who could be heard cheering on their favourite team blocks away.

Hosted by the Christian organization Christ’s Corridor, the series brought Filipino players from across central Alberta. The summer league gave families and friends an opportunity for fellowship and some good old-fashioned basketball.

Co-organizer Jerry Nepomuceno said the event was quite popular and they plan on bringing all the team captains together to plan for next year. He says they would like to see more players and more teams competing for future events.

As for the final game, Manila Ice — many players of whom are from Ponoka — took on the Red Deer Warriors in a no holds barred game. Both teams laid on the pressure with the score staying close to tied for most of the first half.

Manila Ice was able to keep up the pressure and capitalize on some errors by the Warriors with minutes left in the first half. This put them in an advantageous position coming into the second half.

The Warriors did not give up easily, however, and they worked to shorten the gap that Manila Ice had created. Despite the Warriors’ efforts, consis-tent scoring and a vigorous defense from Manila Ice ensured a strong 87-68 win against the Red Deer team.

The biggest challenge both teams and refer-ees faced was fading light. The sun set rather quickly, which forced organizers to shorten the last quarter of play.

Organizers had a challenge this year with rain closing out some of the series’ games. Luckily Nepomuceno was able to secure an indoor court for one night to make up for lost time.

Nepomuceno said he had contacted dif-ferent groups early on in the year but was un-able to secure an indoor court for this summer. He hopes to host the tournament in an indoor court next year but en-joyed seeing so many families enjoy the out-door atmosphere.

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ABRA finals brings hundreds of eager barrel racers

Association signs new three-year deal with

Calnash Ag Event CentreBY JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE

Empty space was nowhere to be found at the Calnash Ag Event Centre last week as hundreds of trailers filled the parking lot for the Alberta Barrel Racing Association (ABRA) Finals.

Janet Patriquin, public relations officer for the ABRA, says there were more than 1,000 entries this year — more than 600 competitors from peewee to open — a new record. “Our membership is higher than it’s ever been,” she said.

She feels one of the reasons they have seen such growth is in their inclusive policies. If a rider makes all their jackpots or points, they are eligible to compete in the finals.

Total prize dollars were not something to balk at either. Patriquin said the total payout was close to $200,000. Some riders will use more than one horse to compete and if they did well on each horse, their payout could be in the tens of thousands of dollars.

There was almost $100,000 in prizes as well, from saddles to jackets to buckles.

The ag centre was not only full of competitors and avid barrel racing fans but any space that could be used for a retailer of some sort was full. There were more than 30 vendors selling their products to the hundreds of people who attended.

ABRA signs new three-year deal with

ag centre

Hard work from staff at the ag event centre and a building suited to the needs of the ABRA has solidified a new three-year contract from the group.

President of the Ponoka Ag Event Centre Society, Terry Jones, said he was pleased with the hard work of ag centre managers Joyce Vold and Dennis Pugh.

He says the ABRA Finals is one of the big events of the year. “It’s a small time atmosphere but this is a big huge show.”

For the ABRA, the ag event centre is an ideal location and staff know how important their needs are.

“They understand we’re a big group,” said Patriquin.

Good sand, accommodations, an option to stall a horse or have it by its trailer is important to the

group. Patriquin says they have many members with varying needs and the ground must be in ideal and safe condition for riders and horses alike.

“Some of these horses, they’ve (owners) paid up to $100,000,” stated Patriquin.

Pugh says they have tried to ensure the ABRA’s needs are met.

“Our approach is they’re our customers…we value them,” said Pugh.

“We want it to be a good experience,” added Vold.

Another group working to ensure the event went well was the co-operation of the Ponoka Stampede and Exhibition Association. Pugh says barrel racers were able to park their trailers on the Stampede grounds with little trouble.

“We’re just thrilled to have them back for another three years,” said Jones.

The ag event centre was busy with more than 600 barrel racers competing for top dollar during the Alberta Barrel Racing Association Finals.


This fancy saddle was on display all weekend at the ag event centre during the Alberta Barrel Racing Association Finals.


“Some of these horses, they’ve

(owners) paid up to $100,000.”

Janet Patriquin, ABRA


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Storm coach Rich Evans sprays his players with champagne after the Battle River League Cup victory at the Manluk field on Sunday, Aug. 24.


BY MUSTAFA ERIC

With the league championship already under their belt, Ponoka’s Storm managed to clinch the second title of the Battle River Soccer League, that of the Cup Winners, in an away game on Sunday, Aug. 24 by beating their arch rivals Manluk in a penalty shoot-out, thanks in no small measure to spectacular goalkeeping skills of Wouter Opsteen and very enthusiastic and loud support of Ponoka fans who drove to Wetaskiwin for the game.

When the game started, it was clear that the hosts were comfortable being on their own turf and knowing their pitch better than the visitors, but the visitors could also feel at home as the chorus of Ponoka supporters made the Storm players feel they were not alone from the very first minute of the game until the last.

Storm kicked off the cup final under bright sunshine with the hosts proving to be the stronger team in the first quarter of an hour. Ponoka players struggled to maintain pos-session long enough to organize attacks with Manluk defense putting up great pressure on the visitors in midfield with close man-to-man defense.

In the 15th minute, the Ponoka defense survived the first serious attack by Manluk when a close range effort failed to produce a score for the hosts as the ball went out and it was not until 10 minutes later than that attack that Ponoka offense made its first appearance in front of the Manluk goal with Josh Simons attempting to score, but being blocked by the goal keeper.

In the following minutes Storm managed to step up its defensive effort making it harder for the hosts to maintain possession and ex-ecute their game plan but not yet achieving the control of the ball long enough to set up their own game plan.

As the clock kept ticking, Ponoka started to show up more frequently in the 18-yard box of the Manluk’s half of the pitch and things reached a climax during the final minutes of the first half when Storm won three back-to-back corner kicks but failed to convert any of them.

Immediately after the inconclusive corner kicks, as all players, both benches and the fans were waiting for the final whistle of the first half, Manluk struck with a swift counterat-tack and scored the first goal of the game from

close range taking the lead 1-0.The second half started with signs of

revived enthusiasm among the Storm play-ers, encouraged by the ongoing support of the Ponoka fans. As they managed to wrest the ball away from Manluk offense more frequently, Storm started to generate more opportunities to get close to the Manluk goalie and Josh Simons made several at-tempts with his shots either blocked by the Manluk defense or deflected by the crossbar.

Right about the 30th minute mark of the second period, Carmen Lyon of Storm received a pass in midfield and blew like wind through the right hand corridor of the field and took a shot through a quite narrow angle, scoring the equalizer and bringing a deep sigh of relief to Storm bench and a huge wave of joyful celebration to all the fans and his teammates.

The following 15 minutes looked more like a tennis match with the ball appearing in the vicinity of one goal seconds after be-ing deflected in front of the other and neither side managing to take control of the posses-sion in a consistent fashion. Manluk won a few corner kicks within the last few minutes

of the regulation but Ponoka defense man-aged to thwart the attacks while creating a few opportunities themselves, but neither side managed to score and the game went to overtime.

The first half of the overtime turned out to be one of missed opportunities for Storm as several attempts to break the deadlock failed to produce results while Manluk de-fense stepped up its game to deprive the visitors of possession. In the second half of the overtime, Manluk attacks came in wave after wave in the form of close and long range shots, corners kicks and crosses from both the right and left ends of Storm’s half of the pitch. Goalkeeper Opsteen had four spectacular saves and he was the principal figure that carried the game to the penalty shoot-out, when he would become the ulti-mate hero.

Opsteen made a point of wishing luck to every Manluk penalty shooter he would face before the opponent took the shot, and whether it was magic or it was mind read-ing as he suggested, he managed to stop two of the first three of Manluk’s shots. After the second of the three penalty shots was con-verted for Ponoka, Opsteen was facing his counterpart, the Manluk goalkeeper who would be taking the fourth penalty shot for his team. After wishing luck again, Opsteen took his position at the centre of the goal and easily deflected the shot, bringing the victory and the cup to the Storm.

This is the first time since its creation that Ponoka FC Storm won both of the titles and in the same year.

Ponoka FC Storm achieve “double bill”Goalkeeper Opsteen had

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Amy Lank returned home from the Canadian Fastball championship in Montreal Quebec, wearing a gold medal around her neck. Amy played for the Al-berta Wildcat Warriors; a team based out of the city of Edmonton. The Warriors won the 2014 Women’s U-21 National Fastball Championship. They defeated the de-fending champions Les Rebelles Langlois 3-2 in the championship fi-nal game.

Warriors were 4-2 in the round robin of the tournament which took place between Aug. 12 and Aug. 17 and they could reach the finals after defeating the hosts Quebec Rebelles Da-genais, who they had lost to during the round robin stage.

“In the final game, I had bunted in the third inning to safely get to first, after their catcher made an er-ror, I advanced to the

third. Our next batter was hit by a pitch and therefore given first base. She stole second, and I stole home… scoring our first run,” Lank said recalling her perfor-mance in the deciding game.

“We scored another run in that inning and then one in the 5th- putting us up 3-0 going into the seventh. The defending champs rallied back in the bottom of the

7th with 4 hits, scoring 2 runs with two outs. The ball was hit to our third base-man and the final out was recorded.”

This is the first time the Warriors have ever won a national cham-pionship.

Ponoka’s Amy Lank competed in the Canadian Fastball Championships in Montreal Que. recently and her team won the U-21 championships.

Photo submitted

Bashaw Sports CentreDowntown Bashaw • 780-372-4440

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Ponoka Stampeders Jr. B. Hockey Club Try Outs

September 2 & 4 8:30 pmSylvan Lake Multiplex 4803 - 48 St.

September 5 & 6 6:15 pmPonoka Culture & Recreation Complex

4310 - 54 St.

Camp registration:

Tuesday, September 2 at 6:30 p.m.All team fees must be paid prior to the try out. Details are as follows:

- Tryout Fee: $100 non-refundable- Team Fee: $500. Team Fees can be paid by two (2) post dated checks dated

Sept. 30th, 2013 and Oct. 30th, 2013 respectively in the amount of $250 each.- All cheques must be attached to the completed registration form. In the event you

are unsuccessful in making the Club, all post-dated cheques will be returned to you.

Please ensure you have all required documents with you at the time of tryouts. For more information email [email protected]

ChampagneRudolph (Rudy)David Joseph

Apr. 23, 1938 - Aug. 20, 2014Rudy, who claimed that he was by far the cutest member of the Champagne clan and family’s reigning card playing champion, passed away suddenly and peacefully, supported by family. Rudy was predeceased by his wife of 42 years Julie (Trudeau) Champagne and leaves behind children Carol Seitz

(Dan and sons Jordan and Jared), Russell Champagne, Kathleen Kamann (Jim and daughter Nichole and son Drew), and Rhonda Rasmussen (Kent and sons Christopher and Colton), seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Rudy also leaves behind his partner of ten years Shirley Clements and her son Ken. Rudy was thirteenth of seventeen children with three surviving brothers.In 1980 Rudy packed his Winnipeg based family and headed for Canada’s oil province taking up residence in Brooks, Magrath, Taber, and Leduc - coming to his fi nal stop in Ponoka. As an ‘oilfi eld pilgrim’ Rudy worked for Jo Ann, Speedy, and Heck’s heavy haulers. Rudy was trucker, dispatcher, manager and sales representative and is remembered for his unique fl air and personal excellence.Rudy had a fondness for the outdoors, food was his passion - he could cook! His fi rst greeting was ‘have you eaten?’ Rudy was stronger than an ox, in his younger days climbing up and down stairs on his hands. Rudy had a fi erce loyalty and affection for family and friends being most proud of his grandchildren encouraging then to move into the world with confi dence. Rudy had a strong and demonstrated sympathy for individuals approaching the end of their own lives and was quick to offer help with little need for personal praise or recognition. Rudy was loved passionately in return and will be deeply missed and fondly remembered by those who loved him.By Rudy’s request we will remember him in future family visits and request that you fondly remember him and us in your conversations and prayers. In lieu of fl owers please offer a tribute to Rudy with a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation at www.heartandstroke.com.

We would like to thank everyone who sent cards, fl owers,condolences and food to us before and during the time

of the passing of our dear mother and grandmotherGladys Jorgensen. Special heartfelt thanks to all the

staff past and present at the Parkland Manor who gave “Grandma” such good caring during her stay there and to her family and friends who stopped in to visit or doerrands for her. Also thanks to Dr. Rylance and the

staff at the hospital for the special care they gave her and us during this very hard time.

We also wish to thank everyone who helpedmake the memorial at Liberty Hall special:

M.C.’s John and Wendy Crandall, Soloist - Peggy Taylor,Pianist - Trish Matthews, Ron Wombold of the Ponoka

Funeral Home for his guidance and the SpringdaleLadies Club for the lovely lunch they provided afterwards.

The family of Gladys Jorgensen

To everyone who came to help celebratemy birthday and for all the cards.

Special thanks to Gene, Alan, Keith, Garth,Marilyn and families for being so kind,

thoughtful and understanding with a dadwho is having a few problems.

Vic Rowley

EDWARDS

Liam welcomed hisbeautiful little sister

Linnaea Marie Edwards

On June 20, 2014Weighing 8 lb. 1 oz,

21 inches long.

Proud parents areJason and Charlene, Edmonton

Ecstatic Grandparents areGreg and Jan Edwards, Ponoka

ClassRegistrations 51

Arts & Crafts Shows ..................50Class Registrations....................51Coming Events ..........................52Lost ............................................54Found ........................................56Companions ..............................58Personals...................................60Bingos........................................64Fitness & Sports ........................66Happy Ads .................................70

What’s Happening#50 - # 70

ComingEvents 52BIG BROTHERS

ANDBIG SISTERS

Mentors make a

difference

403-783-3112

FINDING BALANCEExercise Class for Strength and Balance

with Physiotherapist Karen Leung, BScPT, MCIScPT

Have you fallen in the last year? Are you fearful of falling? Do you have poor balance? This Class is For You!

Sept. 22 – Oct. 29, 2014Mon & Wed | 2:30 – 3:30pm

Cost to participants is $50

Is offering the following

classes for Ponoka:

For more information and to book an assessment

appointment please call 403-782-5561

Finding Balance classes are offered in partnership with theWolf Creek Primary Care Network

Celebrations

JOIN

YVONNE PERRYin celebration of her

80th BIRTHDAY

Coffee/tea & cake to beserved from 1:00-4:00

Saturday, August 30th, 2014at Herb’s farm site,

watch for signs6 miles East of Ponoka on

Hwy 53, go North on Range Road 244 - 1 1/2 miles

- building siteon west side of road.

No gifts please.

1-877-223-3311

County CLASSIFIEDS

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ComingEvents 52

CLASSIFIEDS LABOUR DAYHours & Deadlines

OFFICE & PHONES CLOSED MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Red Deer AdvocatePublication dates: SAT. AUGUST 30

TUES. SEPT. 2Deadline is: Fri. August 29, 5 p.m.

Central AB LifePublication date: THURS. SEPT. 4

Deadline is: Fri. August 29, 5 p.m.

Ponoka & Lacombe ExpressPublication date: WED. SEPT. 3

Deadline is: Thur. August 28, 5 p.m.

RimbeyPublication date; TUES. SEPT. 2

Deadline is: Thur. August 28, NOON

Stettler & WeekenderPublication date: WED. SEPT. 3FRI. SEPT. 5

Deadline is: Fri. August 29, NOON

Sylvan Lake News & Eckville EchoPublication date: THUR. SEPT. 4

Deadline is: Fri. August 29, 5 p.m.

BashawPublication date: WED. SEPT. 3

Deadline is: Wed. August 27, noon

Castor - Regular deadline

Have a safe & happy holiday CLASSIFIEDS403-309-3300

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ComingEvents 52

DISCOVER YOU!Refl ections in an equine eye

Need a break to relax,refl ect and rejuvenate? †Join us at WindhorseRetreat west of Rimbey

for a unique blend of yoga and equine-assisted personal development on Sept. 13-14 or Oct. 18-19.

This two-day wellness workshop includes lunch for $289. Contact Sandy:

403.700.7880 [email protected]

Meetings 59

Meetings 59AL-ANON WEEKLY MEETING

FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF ALCOHOLICS.

Tuesdays 8 p.m.Neighborhood Place

5115 - 49 Ave., PonokaFor more info 403-783-4557

THURSDAY AA Meetings at 8:30 p.m. in the

Catholic Church basement.52 Street & 52 Ave.

Ponoka. 403-783-4347403-783-3442

Meetings 59ALATEEN

Weekly meetingsTuesdays @ 8 p.m.

Neighborhood Place

5115 49 Ave. Ponoka

For more info. 403-783-4557 or

403-783-8371

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Monday night meetings at the Anglican Church Ponoka 8:30 p.m. Phone 403-783-0719 for info.

Employment#700 - #920

Caregivers/Aides................710Clerical ..............................720Computer Personnel ..........730Dental ................................740Estheticians........................750Hair Stylists ........................760 Janitorial ............................770Legal ..................................780Medical ..............................790Oilfield ................................800Professionals......................810Restaurant/Hotel ................820Sales & Distributors ..........830Teachers/Tutors..................840Trades ................................850Truckers/Drivers ................860Business Opportunities......870Miscellaneous ....................880Volunteers Wanted ............890Positions Wanted ..............895Employment Training ........900Career Planning ................920

Medical 790MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION

IS AN IN-DEMANDCAREER IN CANADA!

Employers have work-at-home positions available.

Get the online trainingyou need from an

employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or

1-888-528-0809 to start training for your

work-at-home career today!

Oilfield 800AN ALBERTA OILFIELD

company is hiringexperienced dozer andexcavator operators,meals and lodging

provided. Drug testingrequired. 780-723-5051.

CLEARSTREAM ENERGY IS HIRING!

Experienced Shutdown Workers and Labourers

are required for immediate employment in Edson,Hinton, Grande Prairie

and Fort Nelson.For more information,

please visit our website: www.clearstreamjobs.ca or call 1-855-410-1112.

Travel and living outallowance are available.

LABOURERSPCL ENERGY.

Now hiring Labourers with over 2 years of industrial experience for immediate

shutdown work on anindustrial project in

Vanscoy, SK. We offer competitive wages and benefi ts. Retention and

completion bonuses paid! Send resume to:

[email protected] fax 1-888-398-0725.

LOOKING FOR Oilfi eld Maintenance Labourer /Swamper Must have safety tickets. No experience necessary. Will train. Fax resume to 403-746-5131 or email

smittysoilfi [email protected]

Oilfield 800LOOKING FOROPERATOR

for Stiff Boom Picker/Crane.Valid drivers licence

w/clean abstract required.Possibility of

apprenticeship available.Email resume to:

[email protected]

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid

Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfi eld tickets

req’d. Competitive wages and benefi ts.

[email protected] or fax 403-340-8818

TREELINEWELL SERVICES

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement,and First Aid. We offer competitive

wages & excellent benefi ts. Please include 2 work reference names and

numbers.Please fax resume to:

403-264-6725Or email to:

[email protected] phone calls please.www.treelinewell.com

ZUBAR Production Services

is currently taking resumes for experienced

Production TestingPersonnel

Email resume to: rdzubaroffi [email protected] or fax to (403)346-9420.

Trades 850DO YOU LIKE WORKING

WITH ANIMALS?Do you want to be partof a successful team?Red Willow Pork Farm

is now acceptingapplications for

SWINE TECHNICIANS,offering competitive

wages, a very good health plan, quarterly bonuses and quarterly free porkincentive. Fax resume

with references to 1-855-499-3953 or email

[email protected]

Experienced Roofers and Siders

NeededF/T work. Competitive wages. Call or email

resume. 403-846-7201 allan@primoroofi ng.com

HairStylists 760

Something for EveryoneEveryday in Classifieds

Trades 850HIRING IMMEDIATELYSteel Stud Framers &Laborers. Light/heavy

gauge steel framing. Greatwork experience, long termwork and on going projects

in Red Deer andsurrounding areas. F: 403.

668.1142 E:[email protected] www.lwbsi.com

Restaurant/Hotel 820

Classifieds...costs so littleSaves you so much!

Trades 850INTERIOR

HEAVY EQUIPMENTOPERATOR SCHOOL.

No Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates.Job board! Funding

options. Sign up online! iheschool.com.

1-866-399-3853.

Central Alberta’s LargestCar Lot in Classifieds

Trades 850SHUNDA

CONSTRUCTIONRequires Full Time

Carpenters& Helpers

Competitive Wages& Benefi ts.

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

[email protected]

Sales &Distributors 830

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Salein Classifieds

We change daily to serve you better.

Trades 850

Truckers/Drivers 860

Trades 850TJ LOGGING OF

WHITECOURT, ALBERTAis accepting resumes for Experienced Heavy Duty

Operators, Processor, Buncher, Skidder, Dozer,

Hoe, for immediateemployment. Fax resume

to 780-778-2428

You can sell your guitar for a song...

or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Tired of Standing?Find something to sit on

in Classifieds

PONOKA GYMNASTICS& TRAMPOLINE CLUBAnnual General MeetingWednesday, Sept 17 at 7:00 pm

At the Gym clubFor more information callHeather 403-783-7525

Closing date September 5, 2014

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

REQUIRES A

FULL TIME/PART TIME

STYLIST- Experience with clientele preferred- Must be willing to work every other Saturday

till 4 pm as well as every other Wednesday Noon - 8 pm

Interested applicants please fax resume to 403-783-3457

NOW HIRINGPONOKA LOCATION

SHIFT SUPERVISORS- Competitive wages- Medical benefi ts- Paid training- Paid breaks

EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:- Overseeing Staff - Customer Service Skills- Opening and Closing Procedures- Handling Cash

Apply in person or send resume toEmail: [email protected]

or Fax: 403-341-3820

FT/PT SERVERSMust be over 18yrs

FT/PTLINE COOKS

Min 2 years experience

Apply in person to

4405 Hwy 2A

Looking forPART TIME HELP

Saturdays with the Possibility of more hours

Apply in person with resume toLYON’S JEWELLERY

5017 50 Chipman AvePonoka

TIRE REPAIR PERSONRequired for maintenance and repair of truck

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

Excellent wages and company benefi ts.

Please submit applications to:Calnash Trucking

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

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

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

Full-Time Pay for Part-Time Work!

Regular Routes and Spare Driver Positions Available

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

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

Call Hobbema Transport at 403-783-5259

or 780-585-2424

Required ImmediatelySchool Bus Drivers

Ponoka

MOVING OUT SALE!Sat, Aug 30 9am – 4pmSun, Aug 31 9am – 4pmMon, Sept 1 9am – 4pm

3906 44 StEVERYTHING

MUST GO!

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER!

ADVERTISE YOUR GARAGE SALE TODAY!


Misc.Help 880 Misc.

Help 880

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

A & JA & J AUTOMOTIVEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR6701 - 46 Ave.

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

Al DickhautOwner/Operator

Rimbey Implements Ltd.

Al York General ManagerAl York General Manager

Rimbey, AB

Cell: (403) 783-0593

Bus: (403) 843-3700

Fax: (403) 843-3430

AG EQUIPMENT

A & J AUTOMOTIVE

Al DickhautOwner/Operator

A & J AUTOMOTIVE

6701 - 46 Ave.Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8

(403) 783-8755

ANIMAL SERVICES

This space could be yours for

$30PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

HOOF TRIMMING

• Equipped for various small hoofed animals

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

Herd Health

W3 GOAT DYNASTYHOOF TRIMMING

SHANE & DARLA WILLIAMS

403-704-0058

Hamilton’s

requires a

F/T Bakery ClerkApproximately 32 hrs/wk

Full benefi ts

Job duties to include but not limited to slicing and bagging fresh baked product, serving customers

and general sanitation.

Apply with resume to:Customer Service

4502 50 Street

has an immediate opening for

Full Time or Part Time Shop help

*Mechanically inclined would be an asset but not necessary

Phone Dan 403-783-8411or drop off resume

Hamilton’s

requires a

F/T Produce Clerk

40 hours/week

Full benefi ts

Successful candidate will be expected to fi ll shelves with

stock and learn quality control of fresh produce.


4502 50 Street

YARD STAFF REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY

PART TIMEPossibility for more hours when

building season starts-Job purpose to load customer orders and build orders for delivery along with other tasks

-Forklift experience an asset as well as knowledge of industry

-Excellent customer service-Must be available for Saturday and Sunday and certain weekdays as required

-Shifts are daytime

Bring resume to 6503-44th Ave., Ponoka Industrial Park

Attn: Gary Colyn or Mark HinkleyEmail in confi dence to Gary Colyn at

[email protected] download application on

www.homehardware.ca under careers and email to Gary Colyn

HELP WANTED

Hamilton’s

requires a

Part Time Cashier

12-16 hours per week.Evenings and Weekends.

Successful candidate will be expected to run till, light stocking

of shelves and being a store ambassador to customers.


4502 50 Street

Full Time Positionsavailable immediately

• General Labourers(Willing to work away from home)

Manufacturers of Annugas Production EnhancerFax resume to main office

(780) 361-23553601 - 48 St., Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 3N9Ph: 1-866-266-8427 or (780) 361-2350Only candidates selected will be contacted for interview.

Reliable/Self motivatedClean drivers abstract preferredOilfield tickets are required but trainingcould be suppliedMust pass drug test before employmentPipe fitting experience a real assetWill train the right individuals

CANDIDATE MUST:

Sur-B Enterprises Ltd.

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

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

BOBCAT SERVICES

SALES & SERVICE

BOTTLE DEPOT

Call Jim Ashbough 403-783-2764 or Cell: 403-588-0599Jack Surbey 403-783-5283 or Cell: 403-588-0597

PONOKA BOTTLE DEPOT

Open Monday - Saturday10 am - 5 pm

Closed Sundays & Holidays

We Now Recycle Milk Cartons for Deposit

3, 5520 Hwy 2A(Across from Husky)

403-783-6875

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

403-783-51851-800-662-7135

Fax: 403-783-4635

Motorcycles & ATV’s

Reaching 6000 households weekly

for just$30PER WEEK

This space could be yours!

403-783-3311

OVERHEAD DOORS

www.doorsondemand.ca

TAXI SERVICES

403-963-5000

New Town Taxi & DeliveryPonoka’s preferred Taxi

& Delivery Service

403-963-2034

• Low Flat Rates• Book ahead for off hour trips• Airport service

• Ponoka• Edmonton• Red Deer• Calgary

WETASKIWINREADY MIX

Now Hiring

5410 - 50 Street, Wetaskiwinor email

[email protected]

Please apply with resume& current drivers abstract

• ORDER DESK• BATCH/DISPATCH

PERSONNEL

• MIXER DRIVERSMinimum Class 3 with air.

or Fax (780) 352-1607

Th e right place to fi nd the right

person for the job.

403.783.3311403.783.3311


Misc.Help 880 Truckers/

Drivers 860

IMMEDIATE OPENINGSSylvan Lake. SWAMPERS

REQ’D. Safety bonusprogram, top wages and benefi ts. Email resume:tom@roncooilfi eld.ca or fax: 403-887-4892

BusinessOpportunities 870

BUSINESS FOR SALE. Small well established

oilfi eld trucking company for sale in Edson, Alberta. Winch truck & Texas bed.

Cor & Secor certifi ed. Steady work. Busy area.

Leave message.Will return call.

Serious inquiries only please. 780-723-4390.

GET FREEVENDING MACHINES.

Can earn $100,000. + per year. All cash-retire in just

3 years. Protected territories.Full details call now

1-866-668-6629. Website: www.tcvend.com.

WHAT THE CREATORS of Proactiv did for acne, they are now doing for

wrinkles & sun damage. This skincare line is

coming to Canada and looking for consultants. Call/text 250-812-4991.

Email: [email protected]

Misc.Help 880

LOOKING FOR HARVEST HELP

on a grain farm south of Ponoka

Clean Class 1 or 3 license requiredExperience and

asset, but can train the right person

403-350-8515

ACADEMIC ExpressADULT EDUCATION

AND TRAINING

FALL START

• Community Support Worker Program

• GED Preparation

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

• Red Deer• Rocky Mtn. House• Rimbey• Caroline• Castor• Sylvan Lake• Innisfail• Stettler• Ponoka• Lacombe

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930www.academicexpress.ca

DAIRY equipment supplier looking for

GENERAL LABORERSFor our parts & service dept.Competitive wages and benefi ts package. E-mail

resume: [email protected]

EXPERIENCEIS AN ASSET.

We offer free recruitment services for people aged

45 and over acrossCanada. Register now at: www.thirdquarter.ca or call toll free 1-855-286-0306.

Misc.Help 880

LOCAL Government inspected meat packing

plant NW of Bashaw look-ing for F/T or P/T help. Willing to train. Meat

Cutter/Butcher. Contact Rick 780-372-2178

REQUIREDProduction Welder

Painter Shop Laborer

PolisherFull or Part TimeCrestomere area

BANDIT INDUSTRIES403-783-4284

SEEKING A CAREERin the Community

Newspaper business? Post your resume for

FREE right where the publishers are looking.

Visit: awna.com/for-job-seekers.

TRENCHUK CATTLE CO. in Smoky Lake, Alberta

is currently hiring a Herd Health Person& Pencheckers $22-30/hour.

Also General Labourers $20-23/hour depending on

experience or ability.Fax resume to

780-656-3962 or call Willy 780-656-0052

EmploymentTraining 900

DIPLOMA in Intellectual Disability Studies (online):

a holistic program for adults who live with or

work with people who have an intellectual disability;

http://sites.stfx.ca/continuingeducation/INDS.

1-877-867-5562

MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED!

Learn to process& submit billing claims

for hospitals and doctors!No experience needed!

Local training getsyou ready to work! 1-888-627-0297.

REFLEXOLOGYPROGRAM,

fun and relaxed learning.Register now limited space.Starting October 4 & 5, 2014.Certifi cate on completion.

403-340-1330.

Misc.Services 1290 Misc.

Services 1290

HealthCare 1210

CANADA BENEFIT GROUP.

Do you or someone you know suffer from a

disability? Get up to $40,000 from the

Canadian Government. Toll free 1-888-511-2250

or www.canadabenefi t.ca.

LegalServices 1260

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

U.S. travel waiver.Divorce? Simple. Fast.

Inexpensive. Debt recovery? Alberta collection to

$25,000.Calgary 403-228-1300

or 1-800-347-2540

Misc.Services 1290

Our Hostess

will bring gifts

and greetings,

along with

helpful

community

information.

NEW TO

YOUR

COMMUNITY

?

Be sure to call

Heather Goodwin

[email protected]

JOB DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM COORDINATOR

QUALIFICATIONS:• Post-secondary training with a preference in social sciences and community development

would be preferred.• Experience in community development, publication design and grant applications would be

an asset.• Possess a thorough knowledge of the community and its resources.• Demonstrates effective communication, leadership and organizational skills.• Ability to work independently and liaise with community individuals and organizations.• Adaptable to an ever-changing work environment.• Computer experience required with knowledge of Microsoft Word/Excel and PowerPoint.• Reliable vehicle, valid driver’s license and $2,000,000 liability insurance.RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Works with the Executive Director to develop, coordinate, facilitate and evaluate FCSS

programs and community events. (Examples: Lifeline, Meals on Wheels, Volunteer Driverand Volunteer Income Tax)

2. Implement improvements for effective and quality service.3. Attend meetings and conferences as relevant to programming and services.4. Be attuned to potential new programs, events, or community gaps.5. Research and complete grant applications and funding opportunities for programs.6. Promote FCSS and programming through media, including e-mailing, poster distribution, radio,

newspaper, the FCSS scrapbook, and Facebook.7. Conduct outcomes and complete annual reporting outcomes to FCSSAA.8. Prepare monthly reports to the FCSS Board on activities and maintain regular communication

with Executive Director related to all programs.9. Recruit, encourage and support volunteers.Any other duties or tasks as assigned by the FCSS Executive Director

Position will remain open until suitable candidate found. Submit resumes to the attention of:Position will remain open until suitable candidate found. Submit resumes to the attention of:

Shannon Boyce-Campbell, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 4004

5006 – 52 Avenue, Ponoka, ABPhone: (403)783-4462 / Fax: (403)783-4483

Email: [email protected]: www.ponokafcss.net

Thank you to all that apply; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Report to F.C.S.S. Executive DirectorHOURS: 35 hours per week (fl exible)

DENTISTRY

Family Friendly Dentistry

Box 11004905 50 St.Rimbey, ABT0C 2J0

RIMBEYDENTALCAREDR. STEVE CALDER BSC DDS

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

HEATING

“Committed to your comfort”

Advertise your business

in the Business

Directory!

EYE CARE

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

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

- ADVANCED EYE HEALTH & VISION EXAMS

- CONSULTATION & REFERRAL SERVICES

- DESIGNER EYE WEAR & CONTACT LENSES

- INSURED MEDICAL EYECARE SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL AGES

NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

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

BIRCHLAND DENTAL CLINIC

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

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

“WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME NEW PATIENTS”

DR. HUGH PORTER • DR. RICK BARR

DR. JEFF BARR • DR. GREG EDWARDS

PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

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

DENTAL CARE

Ph: 403-782-7722

Fax: 403-782-7499

Robin Esau

[email protected]

www.KlesMechanical.com

BOBCAT SERVICES

BRUCE’S BOBCATLarge & Small Jobs

ANYTHING& EVERYTHING

403-783-0663

ANYT& EVER

Samson Management Ltd. is a for profit organizationthat is currently comprised of various businesses in

different industries. Our division ofMaskepetoon Automotive Service Center

is currently looking for a

Business Manager• Offer competitive wages, benefits and pension plan.• Full time position available.• Hours of operation are Monday to Friday8 am – 5 pm.

• Has four (4) technician bays, oil change bay, tire bay,and parts inventory section

• Great relationship with local businesses, andsurrounding communities (vendors)

• Knowledge of First Nations people and culture is an asset.• Preferred Qualifications

• Journeyman Automotive Technician with 7-10years experience

• Or university degree in business management,commerce or administration

• Previous managerial experience an asset• Previous Service Advisor experience an asset• Any combination of the above will be considered

• We are an independent automotive repair shop meetingthe needs of people in our First Nations Community ofMaskwacis and surrounding areas.

Interested persons are requested to submit a resume

by mail, email, personally, or fax to:

Samson Management Ltd.Box 539, Maskwacis, Alberta T0C 1N0

[email protected]

Telephone: (780) 585-2468

Fax: (780) 585-2393

Used appliances available

Six month warranty

Berni'sRefrigeration and Appliance Service

403-783-4880We deliver and install your purchases.

Business Services#1000 - #1430

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Misc.Services 1290

DISCONNECTED PHONE? Phone Factory

Home Phone Service.No one refused!

Low monthly rate!Calling features and

unlimited long distance available. Call

Phone Factory today! 1-877-336-2274;

www.phonefactory.ca.

Misc.Services 1290 Misc.

Services 1290 Misc.Services 1290

WellDrilling 1400 Well

Drilling 1400 WellDrilling 1400

Welding 1410 Welding 1410

Painters/Decorators1310

[email protected]

F.J.B. PAINTINGINT • EXT RESIDENTIAL

• COMMERCIAL

Quality First Always • Free Quotes

PersonalServices 1315

Unplanned pregnancy may be

diffi cult to face.We care. For

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

PersonalServices 1315

DATING SERVICE.Long-term/short-term

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

Live intimate conversation, Call #7878 or

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

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

Pet Services 1318CLINKERS

KENNELS

403-783-6272

* Quality Boarding for your dogs & cats

*Proof of vaccinations and advance bookings required

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

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

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

www.clinkerskennels.ca

Rental -Misc 1350

Need RV or Self Storage?

8’ X 10’ mini

storage units

available for rent.

Also RV storage.

Secure compound.

Call Keith at

First Call Towing

783-3636

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

ClassifiedsYour place to SELLYour place to BUY

CELEBRATIONSHAPPEN EVERY DAY

IN CLASSIFIEDS

Celebrate your lifewith a Classified

ANNOUNCEMENT

TOO MUCH STUFF?Let Classifiedshelp you sell it.

Buy & Sell#1500 - #1990

Aircraft ..............................1510Antiques & Art ..................1520Auctions ............................1530Bicycles ............................1540Building Supplies ..............1550Business Machines ..........1560Cameras & Accessories ..1570Children’s Items ................1580Clothing ............................1590Computers ........................1600Concert & Event Tickets ..1610Equipment - Misc. ............1620Equipment - Heavy ..........1630Tools ................................1640Farmers’ Market &Food Basket......................1650Firewood ..........................1660Lumber ............................1670Garden Supplies ..............1680Lawn Tractors ..................1690Health, Dietary, Beauty ....1700Household Appliances......1710Household Furnishings ....1720TV’s, Stereos, VCR’s ........1730Hot Tubs & Accessories ..1740Jewellery ..........................1750Kid’s Deals........................1755Misc. For Sale ..................1760Musical Instruments..........1770Music Lessons..................1780Piano & Organs ................1790Office Supplies ................1800Pets & Supplies ................1810Pet Services ....................1820Cats ..................................1830Dogs ................................1840Sports Cards ....................1850Sporting Goods ................1860Collectors’ Items ..............1870Swap, Barter & Trade ......1880Travel Packages ..............1900Wedding Supplies ............1910Recycled Products............1920Wanted to Buy ..................1930Items to Give Away ..........1940

Auctions 1530AUCTION SALE.

Sept. 6 & 7.Large 2-Day Collector Car,

quality antiques,acreage tools. Approx.

3 miles out of Spruce Grove,Alberta. Details at: www.

spectrumauctioneering.com780-960-3370 / 780-903-9393.

COLLECTORCAR AUCTION!

7th Annual Red DeerFall Finale.

September 19 - 20,Westerner Park.Consign today.

1-888-296-0528 ext. 103; egauctions.com.

MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, August 30, 11 a.m.,6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton.

Over 150 guns- Handguns, rifl es, shotguns,

hunting and sporting equipment. To consign

call 780-440-1860.

Auctions 1530WHEATLAND AUCTIONS

HUGE FALL ONSIGNMENT AUCTION.Sept. 6 in Cheadle, Alberta.

Farm equipment,construction equipment,

vehicles, RVs,tools and much more! Phone 403-669-1109;

www.wheatlandauctions.com

BuildingSupplies 1550

METAL ROOFING& SIDING.

Very competitive prices! Largest colour selection in

Western Canada.Available at over 25 Alberta

Distribution Locations.40 Year Warranty.

Call 1-888-263-8254.

STEEL BUILDINGS.“Steel Overstock Sale!”

20x20 $4,055.25x24 $4,650.30x32 $6,586.32x34 $7,677.

40x48 $12,851.47x70 $17,899.

One end wall included. Pioneer Steel

1-800-668-5422;www.pioneersteel.ca.

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS

60% off!20x28, 30x40, 40x62,

45x90, 50x120,60x150, 80x100,

sell for balance owed!Call 1-800-457-2206;

www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Firewood 1660LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging

403-318-4346

MusicLessons 1780

PIANO LESSONSFor all ages.

Recently movedto Ponoka area.

Grade 10 Royal Conservatory& BA Music.

25 years experience.Limited space available.Call Carol 403-783-4478

TravelPackages 1900

FOY SPA RV RESORT HAS MORE WINTER FUN

FOR LESS!Hot mineral springs,

events, activities, fi tness, entertainment, Canadian

friends in southernCalifornia; foyspa.com or

1-888-800-0772.

Start your career!See Help Wanted

Agricultural#2000 - #2290

Farm Equipment ..............2010Haying Equipment ............2020Tractors ............................2030Combines & Headers ......2040Fertilizer Equipment..........2050Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060Equipment Wanted ..........2070Farm Custom Work ..........2080Farm Auctions ..................2090Livestock ..........................2100Livestock - Exotic..............2110Sheep ..............................2120Poultry ..............................2130Horses ..............................2140Horse Boarding ................2150Riding Supplies ................2160Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170Pasture Wanted ................2180Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190Seed Grain ......................2200Seeding & Tillage ............2210

FarmEquipment 2010FOR Sale: 1995 Hesston Swather 14 ft. Hayheader

rebuilt, 1810 hours. $25,000 o.b.o. Good

shape. Hesston 10 wheel hay rake. $2500. 1976

Chev 3 ton 366, 5 speed hoist, runs. $1100. Case IH 8370 haybine, needs welding. $1800. Phone

403-742-8810.

JF-STOLL FCT-900SILAGE CUTTER,

like new cnd. $19,900.780-877-2339 or

780-877-2326

Grain, FeedHay 2190

FEED BARLEY.Paskal Cattle Companyin Picture Butte area is looking for Feed Barley.

Put more $$$ in yourpocket. Sell direct to us. Please call Main Offi ce

for details. 403-317-1365.

HEATED CANOLAbuying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed.

Buying damaged oroffgrade grain.

“On Farm Pickup”Westcan Feed & Grain,

1-877-250-5252.

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE,

Come see us at:4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab

ALL THE FEED YOUR ANIMALS NEED!

403-782-3333Dealer of Masterfeeds

STRAW WANTED.Large square 4X8 bales. $60 metric ton for 20,000

bales. Please callKevin Paskal at 403-330-9147.

Farm CustomWork 2080

For Rent#3000 - #3200

Acreages/Farms ..............3010Houses/Duplexes ............3020Condos/Townhouses........3030Manufactured Homes ......3040Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050Suites ..............................3060Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070Roommates Wanted ........3080Rooms for Rent................3090Motels/Hotels ..................3100Offices ..............................3110Stores/Commercial ..........3120Industrial ..........................3130Warehouse Space............3140Garage Space..................3150Storage Space ................3160Land ................................3170Pasture ............................3180Mobile Lot ........................3190Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Wanted to Rent#3250 - #3390

Acreages/Farms ..............3255Houses/Duplexes ............3260Suites ..............................3270Rooms..............................3280Manufactured Homes ......3290Housesitting Wanted ........3300Garage Space..................3310Storage Space ................3320Stores/Commercial ..........3330Office Space ....................3340Industrial ..........................3350Warehouse Space............3360Resorts & Cottages..........3370Pasture/Land....................3380Mobile Lot ........................3390

Houses/Duplexes 3020

AVAILABLEFOR RENTSeptember 1

2 bdrm house, 4 appliances, Single car garage

$995/mnth plus utilitiesCall Bob 403-704-0644

Suites 3060

FOR RENT2 bedroom,

downtown, N/P, N/SAvailable September 1

403-357-0654

For Rent1 bedroom basement suite

Separate entrance, parking, Laundry room$695. /month plus DD same

Includes water, garbage, and gas Available September 1

Phone before 7 PM403-963-5500

AVAILABLESEPT. 1

1 bdrm suite RiversidePrefer working/non-drinking individual

403-783-4628

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

FABRICATION & PIPING• SHOP/PORTABLE

• CNC PLASMA CUTTING• ALUMINUM • SHEARING & FORMING

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

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

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RURAL WATER TREATMENT (Province Wide)

Tell them DannyHooper sent you

License #312638

COMPLETE DETAILS (w/photos): www.zimmermanauctions.com

Gerald Zimmerman

(780) 352-4994Wetaskiwin, AB

mLtd.

Terms: cash or valid cheque

REMINDERGlen & Lauraine VOLLMIN (Bluffton, AB)Friday, August 29, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m.

Dir: From Hwy #2 & 611 (Maskwacis Turnoff, Exit 469), 39 km west to Rge Rd 22,north 2 km. From Hoadley (Hwy 20 & #611), east 11 km to Rge Rd 22, north 2 km.

From Junc. of #13 & #771 (Provincial Park Rd), 8 km west to Rge Rd 22, south 8 kms.

SELLING: 2001 JD 6605 w/2002 JD 740 ldr (Exc. Condition); JD 4010 w/Boss ldr;Cockshutt 50; 2002 Dodge Ram (Premium Unit!); 1980 Ford gravel truck; Highline6800 bale processor; (2) JD 530 balers; (2) NH 850 balers; (3) NH haybines; Lil AugiSilage feed wagon; Heavy Hitter post pounder; (2) Vers. 400 swathers; various snow

machines; Honda quad; 40’ seacan unit; livestock equip; plus more.

For more info, please contact GLEN @ (403) 843-3574.

License #312638

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Auctions 1530


Suites 3060AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Fully furnished bachelor suite

$750/mnth plus D.D.includes all utilities.

403-783-6011

PONOKA, 2 bdrm. suite w/ balcony in Riverside. Fridge, stove, shared

laundry. $750.. rent/dd. gas & water incl’d.

Absolutely N/S, no pets, Avail. Sept.

15 780-242-0924

PONOKA, Crossroads area. 2 bedroom,

furnished, 5 appliances, parking, cable tv, internet. Ideal for working coupleor new family. All utilities

included. $1000/mo.RENTED

* RIVERSIDE APTS. *Newly renovated

1 & 2 bedroom units in Ponoka: 3724-45 Street.

403-357-0287

Real Estate#4000 - #4190

Realtors & Services..........4010Houses for Sale................4020Houses Wanted................4030Condos/Townhouses ........4040Acreages ..........................4050Acreages Wanted ............4060Farms/Land ......................4070Farms/Land Wanted ........4080Manufactured/Mobile Homes ..................4090Income Property ..............4100Commercial Property ......4110Industrial Property ............4120Cottages/Resort Property ..4130Businesses for Sale..........4140Buildings for Sale ............4150Lots for Sale ....................4160Out of Town Property ......4170Investment Opportunities ..4180Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

ManufacturedHomes 4090

SHOWHOME SALE.Substantial savings to be had! Need room for whole

new display!Visit Grandview Modular

Red Deer to see the quality and craftsmanship

that set us apart. 1-855-347-0417; www.grandviewmodular.com;

[email protected]

Suites 3060

ManufacturedHomes 4090

SINGLE WIDESHOWHOMES

NOW REDUCED!Craigs Homes, a proud

supplier of Moduline Manufactured Homes, is wanting to make way for

the new homes coming out for 2015. Come and check out some sweet deals. An

example is our 20 X 76 Canberra, 1520 sq. ft.,

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom is now at $115,900.

Regular price $118,900. Call Marg at

1-855-380-2266.

BusinessesFor Sale 4140

CN RAILWAY STATION FOR SALE.

Converted to restaurant. Comes with all food related

equipment. Located in Unity, Sask. To be moved.

Call 780-808-3279for details.

MortgagesBought/Sold4190

BANK SAID NO?Bank on us!

Equity Mortgages forpurchases, debt consolidation, foreclosures, renovations.

Bruised credit, self-employed, unemployed ok.Dave Fitzpatrick:

www.albertalending.ca. 587-437-8437,

Belmor Mortgage

Financial#4400 - #4430

Investments ......................4410Money Wanted ................4420Money to Loan ................4430

MoneyTo Loan 4430

DO YOU NEED TOBORROW MONEY - NOW?If you own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lend you money - It’s that simple. 1-877-486-2161.

GET BACK ON TRACK!Bad credit? Bills?

Unemployed? Need money? We lend! If you own your own home - you qualify.

Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420;www.pioneerwest.com

HousesFor Sale 4020

5306 - 60 ST, PONOKA, AB T4J 1K7

PH: (403) 783-6372 • FAX (403) 783-6345

“Reasonable rates on all your plumbing needs”Gas Fitting - Home Renovations - Drain Cleaning

-24 HOUR SERVICE-

PLUMBING

SHANDALL PLUMBING LTD.

JAMES AVERY

PLUMBING

5110 -50 StreetBox 4414Ponoka, AlbertaT4J 1R7

JESSE ZINTER Offi ce - 403-783-5489

We now carry a complete line of

Ritchie Stockwater parts

Hours of Business:Monday - Friday7:30 am - 5 pm

PONOKA PLUMBING & HEATING


$30PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

LittleJONS’JONS’

403.783.8322Serving Central Alberta

www.littlejons.ca

Hand Wash StationsHandicap Units

Trailer UnitsNew Solar Powered Units

with Running Water

Book On-Line Today!

Reaching 6000 households weekly

for just$30PER WEEK

This space could be yours!

403-783-3311

TREE SERVICE

BEST PRICE TREE SERVICEOVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

SPECIALIZING IN DANGEROUS TREES

COMPLETE REMOVAL & CLEANUP

403.396.7623

• Topping • Dropping • Slashing • Stump Grinding & Tree Disposal • Tree ChippingFREE Estimates | Fully Insured

Seniors duplex built in 2008. Completely upgraded with new rugs and paint. Shows like new! Approximately 1100 square feet. Fridge, stove, dishwasher, washer & dryer, window coverings included. California landscaped. Centrally located in quiet neighbourhood in Ponoka. $240,000.00

Please call (403) 783-0058 for further details.

FOR SALEFOR SALE

FULL DUPLEX

FOR SALE BY OWNER

Excellent revenue property in Wetaskiwin. Fully rented. This newly shingled duplex is 1100 sq. ft. per side. Each side has 3 bedrooms, 1 and1/2 baths. Full-unfinished basement with lots of storage room. Large fenced yard, close to shopping and parks. $298,000. To view or for more information call 780-361-6792.

HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING

Reaching 6000households weekly

For just$30 per week this space could be

yours!

403-783-3311

VETERINARY SERVICES

VETERINARY SERVICES

Commercial - ResidentialInstallations - Repair

3912 - 66 St, Ponokawww.wcmltd.ca

[email protected]

8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday24-hour Emergency Call

Dr. Bill Frischke • Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Patricia Kelly • Dr. Jasmine Hardy

Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka

403-783-5200

CONCRETE SERVICES

Leo CabralServing Ponoka & Area

Ph: 403-783-6428 Cell: 403-783-1905

- Residential- Commercial- Agricultural- Stamped Concrete- Exposed Concrete

Specializing in:

On-Farm Mobile Veterinary Services

Ultrasound-aided Reproduc ve Programs

CETA Cer ed Dairy and Beef Embryo Transfer

Herd Health

Bovine Veterinary Services

Dr. Bruce Wine

Phone 403-391-1684


$30PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

DELUXE 2 BR SUITES FOR RENT

4205 - 64 St., Ponoka, ABIncludes: Fridge, Stove, Fireplace, Air

Conditioning, Window Coverings, Oak Cabinetry with Corian Countertops,

Balcony, High Security Card Locks, All Utilities except Telephone.

Quiet Adult Complex, Age 40+, No Pets, Special Spring Rental Rates!

Call ERNIE at 780-335-6767

Looking for a new pet?Check out Classifieds to

find the purrfect pet.

Gett ing Gett ing Married?Married?

Let your friends &

family know in the

Announcements

1.877.223.3311


Transportation#5000-5300

Automotive Services ........5010Antique & Classic Autos ....5020Cars ..................................5030SUV’s................................5040Trucks ..............................5050Heavy Trucks....................5060Vans/Buses ......................5070Motorcycles ......................5080Campers ..........................5090Motorhomes......................51005th Wheels........................5110Holiday Trailers ................5120Tent Trailers ......................5130Utility Trailers ....................5140ATV’s ................................5150Boats & Marine ................5160Snowmobiles ....................5170Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180Auto Wreckers ..................5190Vehicles Wanted ..............5200Car/Truck Rental ..............5210Recreational VehicleRental ..............................5220Trailer Rental ....................5230Misc. Automotive ..............5240RV’s ..................................5300

SUV's 50401993 TOYOTA pickup 4x4, 233,000 kms. comes with matching topper, sunroof, 3.0 V6, 5 spd standard, remote start, 5 original wheels with snow tires and also 4 custom wheels with new 31x10.5R15 Bfg tires. asking $4500.00 obo, runsvery good and I have always used synthetic oil in it. Moving must sell. Ph. 403-742-6407

Trucks 5050

2008 HONDA Ridgeline EXL, mint shape, well

maintained by dealership, timing belt replaced, align-ment, Michelin tires, new brakes. $18.900. obo.

1-403-343-2400

Public Notice#6000

Public Notices ..................6010Special Features ..............6050

PublicNotices 6010

NOTICE

Must clean out unitsdue to

non-payment of rent.

Mel Schlacter:Eckville

Owes $746.30plus advertising costs

Unit #N

Contact 403-843-3691or 403-783-1150

Ponoka Veterinary Clinic Dr. Murray Jacobson Dr. Clayton West Dr. Ashley Shannon

Mon. - Fri.8 am - 5 pm

Sat.9 am - 4:30 pm

24 Hr.Emergency403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB T4J 1M1

VETERINARY SERVICES

Darcy’s Drilling Services

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

Darcy SchmidtPh: (403) 783-2220

Fax: (403) 783-8828Email: [email protected]

• water wells drilled & serviced• new pump & pressure system installations• all types of pump repairs• well shocking

ECKLUNDWater Well Service

WATER WELL SERVICE

• Install & Service Pumps• Shock Wells

• Pressure Systems Serviced & Installed

Home: (403) 783-3712 Cell: (403) 704-3413

Advertise your business

in the Business

Directory!

THIS SPACE COULD BE YOURS FOR

$30PER WEEK.

CALL 4037833311

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE

FOR JUST$30

PER WEEK.REACHING 6000 HOUSEHOLDS PER WEEK.

PUBLIC NOTICESURPLUS

EQUIPMENT SALEThe Town of Ponoka has the following equipment available for sale on an “as is/where is” basis:

ITEM NUMBER

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ITEM FOR SALE

Econo Line TrailerBobcat RESERVE BIDSweepster Gandy Seeder BoxJD Push MowersJD Push MowersJD Push MowersCub Cadet Push MowerJD Front Mount BroomHandler III Liquid TankKubota Mower DeckSmall Sand SpreaderJD Ride On/Deck MowerColeman 5000 Gen-SetBrush Bandit Wood Chipper 150 RESERVE BIDSullar Air Compressor 185Q RESERVE BIDHotsy Pressure WasherRoller/Packer Home MadeJD 3-Point Deck MowerJD 3-Point BladeJD 3-Point DiscJD 3-Point CultivatorJacobson Air-raterDiamond Groomer (Home Made)Weed SprayerOil Tank (Distributor)Pickup MowerBean Sand Blaster2 Bobcat BucketsHero Line Paint

Sale items may be viewed at the Town of Ponoka, Public Works shop from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm, Tuesday, September 23 to Friday, September 26. The Public Works shop is located at 5614 - 49 Street, Ponoka, Alberta. You are required to check in with the Public Works Administration Offi ce on site, prior to viewing.

Questions regarding the surplus equipment may be directed to: Rod Carrick, Public Works Foreman, 403-783-0148. Questions regarding submitting a bid may be directed to: Dave McPhee, Director of Operations Services, 403-783-0146.

Sealed bids are to be submitted to the Town of Ponoka’s, Public Works Shop, Administrative Offi ce during regular working hours - 7:30 am to 4:30 pm.Sealed bids, clearly marked with “SURPLUS EQUIPMENT SALE” will be received no later than 1:00 pm, local time, October 2, 2014 at the following location:

Attention: Dave McPhee, Director of Operations Services

Town of Ponoka

Public Works Shop

Administration Offi ce

5614 49 Street

Ponoka, Alberta

Bids for the surplus equipment are made on an “as is/where is” basis. No warranty is offered. The Town of Ponoka does not provide any guarantee. All sales are fi nal. It is the buyer’s responsibility to determine the condition and suitability of the equipment.

Successful Bidders

Successful bidders will be required to issue FULL payment with cash or a certifi ed cheque within seven (7) days of being notifi ed by the Town. All purchases are subject to GST & PST. Item(s) must be removed from municipal property within fourteen (14) days after payment is made to the Town. Failure to remove a purchased item from municipal property within fourteen (14) days will result in space rental charges of $50.00 per item per day.

The highest or any offer will not necessarily be accepted and the Town of Ponoka reserves the right to reject any or all offers or to negotiate with any bidder.

DO YOUR PART

RECYCLE YOUR PAPER!



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Bay #5, 4502 - 50th St. • 403-783-2333Prices in effect Wednesday, August 27 to Tuesday September 2, 2014

Prices do not include GST or deposit. We reserve the right to limit quantities

OPENOPEN10 AM - 11 PM10 AM - 11 PM

77 Days Days A WeekA Week

Hammy’sHammy’s SPIRITS

BREWHOUSE PILSNER 355 ML CAN 24 PACK

2299

JAW DROP ASSORTED FLAVOURS473 ML CAN

4 PACK

899

SMIRNOFF ICE330 ML BOTTLE

12 PACK

2199

PALM BAY ISLAND SPIRIT

KEY LIME CHERRY OR TROPICAL GRAPEFRUIT

750 ML

1999

SEAGRAM 83 WHISKY

FAMILIA CAMARENA TEQUILA REPOSADO

750 ML

2599

POTTER’S SUPERIOR WHITE OR TRADITIONAL

NAVY RUM750 ML

1799JAM JAR

SWEET SHIRAZ750 ML

999

WHITEHAVEN SAUVIGNON BLANC

750 ML

1499

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