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August 12, 2015STETTLER, ALBERTA
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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
For the first six months of 2015, the Town of Stettler issued permits worth $6,132,085 in all building categories, a 117 per cent increase over the same period last year.
Strong industrial building per-mit applications bolstered the lag-ging institutional building permits to help keep the first half of 2015 ahead of last year, with building permits in other categories remain-ing about the same comparatively.
There was $750,000 in indus-trial building permit issuance, with $250,000 of it in January and $500,000 in June.
Residential permits also man-
aged to reach double the level the same period in 2014, with $2,075,775 in permits issued. De-molitions, basement renovations, sheds and garages bolstered this category of building permits. April was the busiest of months, with $747,075 worth of permits issued.
Commercial permits lagged be-hind as compared to last year, but not by much. The $3,130,400 in commercial permits came at only $116,711 less than the $3,300,111 figure of last year.
The biggest drop was in insti-tutional building permits, which came in with $175,910 worth of building permits given out. Last year in the same period, $486,200
worth of permits were issued.The dollar value is the estimat-
ed value of the work to be done through the permits, not the cost of the permission documents.
Residential construction permits were down the first six months from the same period last year, but on par with 2013.
There were permits issued for four single-family residents, one duplex and four mobile homes, for a total of 10 permits (the duplex being worth two).
During the same period last year, 14 new construction permits were issued, though none were duplexes and there were less mo-bile home permits. The average
new building permits issues range usually between 10-50, with some years seeing higher numbers due to duplex building or large resi-dences like Points West (which caused 2012 to have 111 building permits issued).
Dave Dittrick with ZAP Mu-nicipal Consulting, is filling in for Leann Graham, who is on mater-nity leave. He said the numbers look strong so far this year.
“We are up 17 per cent year-over-year respecting building permit values,” he said. “We have issued permits for 10 residential dwelling units, and are project-ing to exceed the 2014 residential dwelling unit totals in 2015.”
Town continues to grow despite oil industry troubles
Doors close in Gadsby
after 38 years
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Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporterA family passes the beach ball back-and-forth in the shallow pool, sending the giant multi-coloured orb dancing all over the area, frequently requiring fetching from the deeper pool or the pool deck during the pool anniversary party. Please see our story on page 4.
Independent COMMUNITY Wednesday, August 12, 2015Page 2 The Stettler Independent
Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Gadsby’s Hobby Club, the red brick building at the corner of 3 Street and Alberta Avenue has finally closed its doors to residents and community members it has served for 38 years.
On Friday, Aug. 7, the club held a garage sale to dispose all the items and furniture at the venue.
The building, which was established in 1913 and
served as the offices of the Royal Bank till 1937, was home to various groups throughout the years, some of which were the Cubs and Scouts, a woman’s club and the Gadsby Legion.
The Gadsby Hobby Club was started in the late 1970s by a group of 11 residents of the town.
When the town council restored the building and furnished it, the hobby club took over the lease for 99 years, commencing in
1985.Activities over the years
have been diverse, includ-ing a fashion show, fabric sale, bake sale, teas, rum-mage sales, flea markets, raffles, Bingo and Christ-mas crafts workshops.
In the past year the hob-by club has also hosted a monthly supper, with spe-cial meals to celebrate vari-ous occasions throughout the seasons.
With a pool table and shuffle board, the club has
been a hub for the town’s youth and residents.
The club was also a ven-ue for the county’s Winter Games.
Although efforts were made to keep the club run-ning, it was quite difficult to keep it operational.
Coincidently, one of the founding members, Helen Bailey, who “saved the building and created Gads-by District Hobby Club” recently passed away at the age of 97.
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Gadsby Hobby Club hosted a garage sale on Friday, August 7 as it shuts down after being a hub of activities in the town for decades..
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A couple of brazen thefts in and around Stettler may be related, according to Stettler RCMP Cpl. Ryan Koehli.
Though police are still investigating, the “brazen” manner of the thefts lead Koehli to suspect that it is the same persons perpetrat-ing the crimes.
It started on Aug. 5 around 10:45 a.m. when an employee of a local busi-ness was working on un-loading the trailer attached to his business vehicle. While he was doing that, another vehicle, believed to be an older-style white GMC Tahoe or a Chevrolet Yukon, pulled up beside the truck. Several men jumped out, jumped into the busi-ness vehicle and drove off with the truck and the at-tached trailer, even though the contents were no longer secure.
This “brazen act” was done while the employee was just metres away, watching, Koehli said.
The two vehicles fled northward and the trailer – with its belongings – were located north of town. The truck itself was later found in the Lacombe area.
On Aug. 8, east of the ru-ral community of Red Wil-low, a local resident was working in his yard when a suspicious white Chevrolet or Dodge older-style truck came up the laneway and stopped.
Several men exited the vehicle, grabbed two dirt-bikes from the property, and loaded them on to the back of the truck before taking off, Koehli said.
Again, the act was done in full view of the home owner.
The truck fled over sev-eral fields, damaging fenc-es and property. Koehli asks residents in the Red Willow area to check their property and, if they dis-cover some of their fences have been run over, to con-tact the Stettler detachment at 403-742-3382.
There was also a break and enter in the Red Wil-low area on Aug. 8 during
daytime hours. Unknown individuals broke into the residence and stole seven firearms from the home – shotguns and rifles, Koehli said.
Prior to the break and en-ter, a suspicious truck was noted on the road outside, he added.
K o e h l i said that there have been several b r e a k - a n d -enters and thefts from rural proper-ties, from people entering homes to simply taking what is out and available. He reminds home own-ers that locking doors and locking up property when not around can lessen the chance of theft.
Situation reverses the typical roles of victim, perpetrator
Stettler RCMP respond-ed to roughly 50 calls dur-ing the past week, includ-ing one at 4:20 a.m. on Aug. 5. Police responded to a 911 call about a domestic dispute where one half of a separated couple was try-ing to break into the home.
According to Koehli, a 35-year-old Stettler woman was banging on the win-dows trying to break the glass to gain entry to the home. Eventually, she was successful in gaining entry, but fled when police ar-rived.
The home was occupied
by a man and a 4-year-old child at the time of the in-cident. No injuries were reported.
The woman fled on foot at the arrival of police but was apprehended a short time later. She is facing a
charge each of forcible entry, mis-chief under $5,000, theft under $5,000, and failure to comply with a probation order.
She was released on conditions and is set to appear at Alberta Provincial Court in Stettler in September.
Party onShortly after midnight on
Aug. 8-9, police responded
to multiple complaint calls about a loud, large party being held here in Stettler.
Police attended the scene and broke up the shindig, and Koehli noted that ev-eryone was cooperative and amiable.
In addition to noise, one of the complaints was the mess being left behind by partiers, which consisted mostly of beverage con-tainers littering yards and the street, Koehli noted.
As the last of the party-goers departed, a group of teens who were at the party arrived with garbage bags and brooms, and started cleaning the streets, even though it was nearing 1 a.m.
“They rounded up a cleaning crew, and apolo-gized to their neighbours,” Koehli said.
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For those parents, grandparents, siblings and hockey fans who spent a good deal of time at the Stettler Recreation Centre last hockey season, a re-turn this fall will bring at least one surprise.
That surprise is Nelson’s Penalty Box, the new and improved concession that is now open to the public.
Run by Karen Nelson and her daughter, Holly Nelson, the duo and their supportive spouses – who also work the Penalty Box – have, through the dint of a great deal of elbow grease, scoured the con-cession from top to bot-tom.
A fresh coat of paint and new countertops add to the fresh look, which matches the fresh menu options now available.
“It’s not just about deep-fried arena food,” Karen Nelson said. “I’d never even heard of taco-in-a-bag before.”
While the hockey rink food mainstays – burgers, fries, and hotdogs are still on the menu, those have changed as well. Fresh-cut fries replace the old and the burgers “are to die for,” Karen Nelson said.
Fresh daily soups, sal-ads, fruit cups and veggie cups are all made by hand.
“There’s no powdered gravy here,” Karen Nelson noted. “I make it from the drippings from roasts, so every batch is a little dif-ferent.”
Sandwiches are made to order and are made from fresh meats or fresh deli meats, and the staff are taking great care to date the containers and move the new ingredients to the back.
“There won’t be a lot of waste,” Karen Nelson said. “We’re taking it slow un-til we know how much we need. But people won’t be getting old food, either.”
Even frozen foods are dated, Karen Nelson not-ed.
The Penalty Box is quite the family affair, with son Rodney Nelson, daughter Amy-Jo Nelson, and Holly Nelson’s husband, Rick Camara, coming in to help out.
The opportunity came available when the Town of Stettler decided to not renew the contract of the previous tenant, who had been installed for the pre-vious two years. The con-tracts are annual, but Lee Penner, director of rec-reation for the town, said that they wanted to give the occupants a second year in case the first year’s performance was a case of first-year jitters.
When the request for proposal went out, Penner received three good ten-ders, he said.
“It was a hard decision,” he said. “They were all very good.”
In the end, he chose the Nelson pair.
“They had a good pre-sentation, a great business plan,” he said. “The others were good, too, but they
stood out.”Though Penner said he
wasn’t sure how quick the Nelsons could turn around the concession situation, he said that he’s “im-pressed.”
“I’m getting very good feedback from people on the new place,” he re-vealed. “Obviously some people are wary.”
Penner said one of the
most impressive feats by the Nelsons was the reno-vation of the space. Un-like before, the interior is all open, so all food-prep areas are visible to wait-ing clientele. The other window is open now, too, which entices people com-ing in the main entrance, or leaving the pool, gym or upper levels.
While people are raving
about the burgers, Penner admitted that they weren’t his favourite item on the menu.
“(My favourite) is prob-ably the sausage and eg-ger,” he said.
Nelson’s Penalty Box is on its summer sched-ule and is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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For its ninth anniversary, staff at the Stettler Pool, housed with-in the Stettler Recreation Centre, decided to throw a party with cake, punch, and toonie swims.
On Saturday, Aug. 8, adults and youth were able to go swim-ming for just a toonie, and enjoy the party-like atmosphere hosted by the pool’s staff and lifeguards.
Giant beach balls made an ap-pearance and ended up being loft-
ed about back-and-forth in family games, while others swung from a knotted rope to plunge into the deep end of the pool.
Heather Waye, the assistant aquatic manager at the pool, said the party was the kick-off of a range of activities planned by the pool.
“We’re trying to implement some new programs, and we de-cided the birthday was a good starting point,” Waye said.
About 40 people showed up for the event, a number a bit lower
than hoped for, but one that still resulted in a lot of fun, Waye noted.
“The birthday party’s theme was a beach theme,” Waye ex-plained. “We kept those big beach balls, though, because they’re super fun.”
The current challenge at the pool is called “Swim the Great Lakes,” Waye said. It’s similar to last year’s “Swim the English Channel.”
“People keep track of how many lengths they swim and we
keep the record here,” Waye ex-plained. “Anyone who completes the distance gets a free one-month pass.”
Swim the Great Lakes goes on until Sept. 30.
After that, the Oct. 30 Hallow-een party is planned, though de-tails are still up in the air.
“We hold it on the 30th be-cause most kids want to be out trick or treating on the 31st,” Waye noted.
Swim Club will be starting in November, as well.
Stettler Pool celebrates birthday with party
Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporter
Karen Nelson, right, and daughter Holly Nelson, right, dove in to the opportunity to start a business with the concession at the Stettler Recreation Centre. With new and improved menu, facilities and hours, the ladies are hoping that the community will find themselves excited in the Penalty Box. They are joined here by Rick Camara, who also works at Nelson’s Penalty Box.
For once, it’s great to be in the Penalty Box
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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The chat at A&W was a little more intense than usual on Friday, Aug. 7 when Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman was joined by Alberta Wildrose leader Brian Jean, the head of the official opposition.
According to Jean, who is currently touring various constituencies in central Alberta, coffee meetings with residents are impor-tant because it’s the people who live in the province who have “hired” him.
“We want to hear about your concerns, what’s working or not working for you,” he said, indicating that unless the party gets out and about to chat with residents, there can be a disconnect.
That disconnect can be disastrous, as the Progres-sive Conservative party learned earlier this year,
when it’s nearly 44-year-long dynasty was toppled by the NDP.
“Albertans are willing to give (Rachel) Notley a chance,” Jean said of the new premier. “At a certain point, though, they’re go-ing to start looking for re-sults.”
He said the fact the prov-ince won’t likely be able to pass a budget until the end of October or early No-vember is a strike against Notley’s crew, people who are largely made of inexpe-rienced MLAs.
“You can see the inexpe-rience,” he said. “They’re all trying to learn.”
However, Jean’s willing to give the NDP credit for the efforts they’ve made, saying that while he’s dis-appointed by the budget issue, he doesn’t think it’s malicious or sneaky, just inexperience.
He was also willing to admit that had the tables
been turned, he would also be in a new job.
While the Wildrose are willing to work with the NDP for the betterment of Albertans, Jean said they party will also be working hard to hold the ruling gov-ernment accountable. So while that means forgiving newbie sins, serious prob-lems will be in the Wil-drose spotlight.
As to the federal election, Jean said he didn’t want to make predictions.
“I’ve heard people in this province talk about voting NDP,” he said. “I don’t un-derstand that. You just have to look at the provinces where the NDP ruled to see what happens under NDP leadership.”
While he used Ontario and Bob Rae as an ex-ample, he was willing to concede that Rae inherited a tough political situation from the outgoing Liberals, and reacted too late to solve
the troubles without caus-ing a lot of pain. In Rae’s case, the NDP was powered by public rejection of the previous party, and voted in
several new, rookie MPPs, the Ontario-equivalent of MLAs.
“And that’s what can happen to Alberta, if we’re not careful,” he said.
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Federal election campaign has got underway and the leaders of the three main political parties will be crisscrossing the country until the polling day in October. Until then, we will hear a lot: promises that will be fulfilled, those that will remain unfulfilled, accusations, counter-accusations, baseless allegations, hitherto un-known facts etc.
Of course, one of the key processes the nation will be, or should be, focused on is the trial of the suspended Senator Mike Duffy, the platform where pos-sible involvement of Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper in the cover up of corruption, through his closest personal aides, will come under focus for some extended period.
Earlier polls during the initial stages of the trial showed that most Canadians were almost in-different to the process. How the future revelations during the trial will change that is anybody‘s guess. But if that complacency is an indicator of how the electorate will approach the next election,
then there is room for concern that Canadian voters might be missing a valuable opportunity to make a strategic choice that could affect at least a few future gen-erations.
The global picture is not nice: The Middle East is a powder keg; Europe is unstable both economi-cally and politically, a situation that could alter the appearance of social stability on the continent; Asia is still in disarray with po-litical conflicts only frozen with-out resolution while economic reform efforts fail to generate prosperity that could secure at least domestic stability in the struggling countries; and the U.S, the leading power in the world, is home to increased racial hatred amid the appearance of burgeon-ing prosperity against the back-ground of a vanishing middle class and accelerating poverty.
In this mess, Canada is an oasis of peace, but on the knife-edge.
We are blessed with abundant mineral resources, probably the richest sources of fresh water in the world, magnificent agricul-
tural land and, above all people, those who have inhabited this land since time immemorial and those who have come together from all around the world to live with and respect each other.
The question is how to keep and harmonize these assets as blessings rather than having them turned into curses.
The answer to that question should be delivered by the elec-torate when they cast their bal-lots to choose how they should be governed not only in the next four years, but maybe for a lot longer future.
This is not to suggest that there will not be elections four years later, but it is to say that whom we elect in October will be of ut-most importance in charting this country’s course in an increas-ingly unstable world in uncertain times.
It is widely believed that the pace of financialization of the global economy will force us to change our traditional under-standing of how the economy works; we will have to change our
patterns of economic behaviour, including our consumption hab-its; unemployment will be a per-manent feature of many people’s lives; global warming will lead to scarcity of vital resources for life, like food and water and wars are likely to break out to address those shortages; there will be an ever-expanding gap between the haves and have-nots of money, information and technology; and in all that change, we, people of little importance, will struggle to find ways to survive.
Now what percentage of the voters will be casting their ballots on October 19 with such concerns in mind, it is impossible to know.
But we may all be well advised to take note of an ancient adage that in order to see the future one has to look at the past; the further one looks back, the farther one will see what lies ahead.
This time when we cast our ballots, we may be truly decid-ing for not only our own, but for at least another one or two future generations.
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There are two peren-nial issues that are never-ending concerns with ag-ricultural producers – the weather and so-called safe-ty net income support pro-grams. The first is just part of food production and all that can be done is to just cope with it. The second concern has been a fixture of Canadian agriculture for the past 40 years and to this day has not been resolved to the satisfaction of pro-ducers or governments. It seems support programs were, by accident or de-sign, developed to favour either the producer or the government. In both cases it meant that sooner or later the program was terminat-ed because it was too suc-cessful (meaning too ex-pensive for governments) or too narrow (meaning of no financial value to the producer). That reality has seen over 200 provincial/federal farm support pro-grams come and go over the past 40 years. Some of them were very specific designed to address a par-ticular issue or disaster. But many of them were highly touted national pro-grams designed to once
and for all provide every producer with a life-long income safety support. If only that had been true.
Those with long mem-ories might recall some grandiose support pro-grams from the past; West-ern Grain Stabilization, Tripartite Stabilization, Net income Stabilization Account, Gross Revenue Insurance Plan, Canadian Agriculture Income Stabi-lization. Those morphed into present programs like AgriInsurance, AgriInvest, AgriStability, AgriRecov-ery and other AgriSome-thing schemes. Provin-cial governments tend to be partners with the feds in these various arrange-ments. But depending on the situation provinces like Alberta, Quebec, BC and Ontario were prepared to create support programs of their own. Quebec in particular and to the con-sternation of other prov-inces developed income programs that provided incentives to expand food production as a sort of national self-sufficiency policy. That all started in earnest 30 years ago with the election of the separat-
ist Parti Quebecois. The underlying philosophy be-ing that they wanted to be less reliant on the rest of Canada and have national control over their own food supply. That attitude continues to a lesser extent today, but it has probably cost the Quebec taxpayer billions in support dol-lars. But I digress.
It does cause one to ponder that over all those years, all those myriad programs and the wisdom of hundreds of bureau-crats, experts and consul-tants why a functioning national program has not been created. But alas - no – we now find that pro-ducers and their organiza-tions are once again ques-tioning the effectiveness of the existing programs particularly AgriStability and AgriRecovery. Advo-cates for those programs are claiming, as they did in the past, that the programs
are working its just that unique circumstances are causing isolated problems with pay outs. If history is any indication, govern-ments will begin a review process and probably come up with another program that is supposed to fix the problems of the previ-ous program. It seems at times that there is a cycle to this process – every new generation of government planners wants to create a better program which in the end repeats the mis-takes of the past program - but just under a different name. Like so many issues in agriculture history loves to repeat itself.
Alberta has always been part of national safety-net programs, but has a history of its own sup-port schemes. Must were specific like during the BSE crisis, but unlike the federal programs Alberta seems to have learned from history. Like other provinces Alberta has a self-sustaining crop insur-ance program which ex-tends to pasture and hay. However a number of years ago the Agriculture Financial Services Corpo-
ration created a program that may well serve as a template for many com-modities. AFSC created the cattle price insurance program for producers, it proved to be so success-ful that it was expanded to hog producers and eventu-ally it became the Western Livestock Price Insurance program for producers in the four western provinces. What makes this program work where others have failed – well for starters its timely, consistent and pro-ducers know ahead what they are buying and what they are receiving – in a word the process is much less of a mystery than other schemes. Sure it can be stated that this program cannot be compared to oth-ers because the intent is different particularly with weather or disease calami-ties. But can’t this program formula somehow be used for other commodities rath-er than rely on an unwork-able national universal whole farm program – that seems doomed. I would encourage discussion on a support scheme that al-ready works rather trying to fix one that doesn’t.
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Weekend promises lots of activitiesBrian and Theresa Chris-
tie celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on the weekend with a gather-ing of family and friends at the Endiang Hall. The area around the hall was filled with holiday trailers as family members spent the weekend in Endiang.
The group enjoyed a family supper on Saturday evening followed by an open house and dance.
Brian and Theresa moved to the hamlet of Endiang a few years after they were married so have spent most of their married life in En-diang.
Congratulations Brian and Theresa on your silver anniversary and best wishes for many more happy years.
Be sure to take in some of the activities of the By-emoor Fair and slo-pitch tournament this weekend. The weekend agenda in-cludes ball games all week-end long with fireworks on
Friday evening. Saturday’s agenda is: Pancake break-fast from 8 – 10:30 a.m. Parade goes at 11 a.m. with the Kids’ Carnival after lunch. The roast beef sup-per will be served at the hall. A dance at the arena begins at 9 p.m.
Sunday events include the pancake breakfast from 8:30 – 11 a.m. and the slo-pitch finals are in the after-noon.
The Byemoor Hotel wishes to announce there will not be a pizza night at the hotel on Aug. 15, in support of the Fair supper.
Also, the Byemoor Ho-tel will be hosting a Steak BBQ supper at the hotel on Aug. 28 from 4-8 p.m.
Shannon Knowles, Do-reen Nixon and Lynne Nixon traveled to Calgary on Thursday to join fam-ily and friends of Brenda (Crawford) Jones for a sur-prise 60th birthday party for Brenda.
Jim and Maureen Was-dal, along with Lee Hunt and Harold Hunt, flew to Eckville on Saturday in Jim’s airplane to help Barb (Hunt) Paetz celebrate her birthday in a camping weekend.
Gordon and Michelle Borgestrom and their girls, Dustee and Abigail traveled to B.C. to visit their grand-mother. The Borgestroms live on the acreage for-merly owned by Rob and Sherry Carlgren and before that Ernie and Gail Irion.
Jim and Maureen Was-dal will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary on August 22 with an open house and dance at the En-diang Hall. The Wasdals
extend an invitation to all to join them in marking this special milestone. The so-cial begins at 8 p.m.
Dale and Dee Green, Bob and Eileen Green, Cody and Dara Hallet and Rowen traveled to Calgary for the first birthday party for Jackson Bennett, son of Delaine and Jonathan Ben-nett on Saturday. On Sun-day, they also got in a visit with Eileen’s brother Ivan Wagner.
Congratulations to Rylee Jones on winning an award (new bridle) for most dol-lars in junior pledges at the 26th annual Rumsey Ride for STARS on the weekend. Joining Rylee and her mom Paige at the ride were Dara Hallett, Kristina Jones and Kristina’s friend Alysha. The trail ride started at the TL Bar Ranch at Tolman Bridge and toured along the Red Deer River and is a long-running fundraiser for STARS.
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The Big Valley Golf Club holds their first an-nual “Fun Tourney” this Friday, Aug. 14. Reg-istration will begin at 1 p.m. with tee-off at 1:30 p.m. Enter as a team of four or as an individual. All skill levels are wel-come to come out and have a fun day. Your entry includes 18 holes of golf, prizes and a bar-b-que. To register or for more information call Teresa at 403-741-4143 or Sandra at 403-741-6633. Please bring your own golf cart as they will not be supplied.
Vacation Bible School begins next week at the Big Valley Evangelical Free Church. The five-day event is scheduled to run from Monday, Aug. 17 to Friday, Aug. 21 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. each day. Children ages five to 12 are invited to come sing, play games, have snacks, learn bible stories and have a whole lot of fun. For more in-
formation contact Dina at 403-876-2877.
The Canadian Bad-lands Pheasant Festival in Stettler is gearing up once again. Building on last year’s success, the event will take place October 15 – 18, 2015. This is a four-day fes-tival featuring half-day pheasant hunts with in-teractive sessions for people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy. With conservation of the Chinese Ring-necked Pheasants as the main goal, this event has suc-cessfully released over 300 hens to date and chicks have been suc-cessfully hatched in the area. More will be re-leased daily throughout the 2015 hunt.
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Week 7 of the Summer of Play is in full swing as we discover science through fun and exploration. There is only one week left in the summer program at the li-brary so time is running out—join us today.
Slime it up on Thursday with some ooey-gooey
fun; Join us to make edible slime as well as the classic slime we know and love. Teens can join us for fun with Arduino and Raspber-ry Pi technology.
On Friday, we will have Read & Rhyme for ages up to five, followed by a visit from a mobile planetarium. Discover the stars at the li-brary at 2 p.m.
Monday brings us to our final period of Games Week. Get ready for a week of fun and games as we come to our final week of the reading program here at the library.
Ages six to eight and nine to 12 can join us for giant Jenga and corn hole fun. Teens are invited to come play with our LittleBits, in-
cluding the Arduino bit, to create a game of Pong and develop an Etch a sketch.
On Tuesday, Summer Sounds Sessions for Ker-plunk (ages six to eight) occur for the final time as well as Minute-to-Win-It activities for all. The final teen gaming night of the summer will also be taking place. Don’t miss out on your last chance to bring in your reading logs to enter in the draws for the Nin-tendo 3DS and other prizes.
Wednesday’s Rochon Sands activities are a cup-and-ball game craft with prizes and games. Join us at Make & Create to play with LittleBits and Makey Makey. Food and fun await teens at our final book club.
Our wrap-up party will happen on Thursday dur-ing regularly scheduled time blocks. Join us for prize draws and a trip to the spray park. Remember to bring your towels. Every-one who attends will win a prize so make sure you come to our final day of the summer reading program.
We’d like to thank every-one who came to our pro-
gram and made it so fun. We hope you are all having a great summer and wish you all the best. Party hard and rock on!
Look for more fall pro-gramming in upcoming ar-ticles.
Check our website (spl.
prl.ab.ca) for updates on upcoming Play activities and follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/Stet-tlerPublicLibrary) for re-minders about our events. Also don’t hesitate to call us at 403-742-2292 with any last minute questions.
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A manufacturer pro-duced thousands of sweat-shirts with the words “Money Isn’t Everything” printed on them. He went bankrupt. I would suggest that while his business venture failed, his prem-ise was quite accurate.
My own pastoral ex-perience attests to this. For my entire career, I’ve seen people give faithful-ly, regularly…sometimes sacrificially. And while care is taken with the re-sources that the Lord pro-vides, the commitment and focus is always min-istry, not money. Let me share about someone who personally and powerful-ly exemplified this.
John Fawcett (1739 – 1817) came to Christ through the ministry of George Whitefield. He was ordained in 1765 and began his ministry at a struggling little church at Wainsgate. A gifted writer, Fawcett began to be known further afield through some published articles. His church was concerned that he might be invited to a larger church and leave. Fawcett had his own concerns. He wrote in his diary that “my family is growing faster than my income!”
The invitation did come…and from the no-table Carter’s Lane Bap-tist Church. “Think of it!” Fawcett told his wife. “They want us in London to take the place of the late Dr. Gill at that great church! It’s almost unbe-lievable!”
The following Sunday he told his church of the opportunity and submit-ted his resignation.
They began the ardu-ous and emotional task of packing to leave their first, small and beloved congregation.
Departure day arrived and the flock gathered to help pack the wagons and bid farewell to their pas-tor. Fawcett went into the manse to bring out the fi-nal box. Inside, his wife emotionally asked him, “John, do you think we’re doing the right thing? Will we ever find a congrega-tion to love us and help us with the Lord’s work like this group here?” John said, “Do you think we’ve been too hasty?” She replied, “Yes. I think we should stay right here and serve these people.” After a pensive moment or two, John whose heart had also been in turmoil said, “I was so overjoyed when the call came that I never really prayed about it like a minister should.”
They walked outside, and told those gathered that they had changed
their minds. The people gladly unloaded their wagons and Fawcett stayed at Wainsgate the rest of his life.
Shortly after, Fawcett wrote a hymn. It is en-titled “Blessed Be the Tie that Binds” and is often sung at farewells. “Blest be the tie that binds, Our hearts in Christian love, The fellowship of kin-dred minds, Is like to that above.”
Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for He has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Heb 13:5).
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Birthday greetings go out to George Rowland, who celebrated his 70th birth-day at the Double Dam golf course near Rosalind on Saturday, Aug 8.
Congratulations to Jason Turre and Kyilee Friesen, who were married on Aug. 8 at Rochon Sands. The couple resides near Botha, they have three sons Riley, Corbin and Drew.
Friends of Don and
Kjerene Engel will be inter-ested to hear that they have moved from Edmonton to Leduc. The moving day was the Aug. 1. Enjoy your new home.
Steve Rayfield and Mat-thew Koenraadt responded to a moose/car collision last week west of Halkirk, oc-cupants of the car were OK. Just a wakeup call, remind-ing us that moose usually win these.
Dennis and Doris Cordel have been enjoying some camping holidays. They spent a week at Sylvan Lake, where they visited with Adrian, Cassandra and Caleb. They were there when the toonie sized hail-storm went through the area. Last weekend, they were in Sedgewich visiting with Corrine and Randy and with Randy’s parents, who were there from Saskatchewan.
Les and Cathy Kneeland each attended family re-unions at the weekend. The Michielsen family gath-
ered at Nordegg while the descendants of Jonathon and Ethel Knowles met in Stettler.
Melody and Dale Kent at-tended the Norman reunion in Donalda. There were 50 plus people in attendance, this was from the Gus Nor-man family.
Coming events: August 22 –Elks 20th annual Bull-a-rama - full day of enter-tainment when the bulls come to town. Gates open at 2:30. Main event starts at 3:30 and goes on till the band quits playing.
The Donalda Gallery for the Arts is currently exhib-iting ‘Collections’ by Kash Clouson and other local art-ists. This exhibition will run until September long week-end. Please, stop by and en-joy a variety of works, me-diums and processes. Also, there is no society meeting until September.
The Donalda & District museum is open weekdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and week-ends noon – 4 p.m. If you are interested in booking a group tour, please call us at 1 403-883-2100. Please stop
on by for a visit and enjoy the many beautiful items we have on display.
The Donalda Library will be holding its next adult in-formation session Aug. 13, from 7 p.m. to-9 p.m. Bring in your tablets or comput-ers and come with questions with your social media ac-count or enhancing search-ing techniques, Shane Fox will be available to give you advice.
Donalda Willow Canyon drive-in movie will be fea-turing ‘Uncle Buck’ Friday, Aug. 14, Gates open at 7
p.m. and movie will begin at dusk. Concession will be available. For more infor-mation please call 403-883- 2943.
The 2015 Donalda Motor Daze will take place Sat-urday, Aug. 22. A fun day filled with family events, concession, and a Main Street cruise. Registration begins at 8 a.m. To regis-ter or for more information please call 403-883-2463 or 403-883-2943.
Birthday wishes this week go out to Sydney Lynn Nattestad, Dezi Crum-
ly, Kari McCarthy, Marisa Tantrum, Beaudon Rider, Dwayne Norman, Brody Norman, Darren Saboe, McKenna Sideritsch, Alay-na Longeagne, Elisha Hur-ren, Mike Mueller, Stepha-nie Siegrist, Carol MacNeil, Jared Boyson, Kelsey Rider, Lillian Norman. Happy birthday to all.
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At least 200 Volkers gath-ered for a family reunion in Erskine. Everyone had a lot of laughs, games, good food and good drinks.
The Erskine Recreation Board would like to thank Doug MacDougall, Mel Kelm and Allan Docherty for looking after the bro-ken trees at the playground. The next meeting for the rec board will be the week be-fore the Floats and Flicks, which is on Sept. 12. No firm date or time has been set yet but the meeting will be going over the details for Sept. 12. Volunteers will be needed so if you can help out at all, please attend the meeting or phone Mark Higgins at 742-5191. An-nouncements will be made on Facebook under the Er-skine Social Recreation Board. Thanks to all the new people who came out for the last meeting.
The county has had quite a struggle working on the walking path due to so much rain, but progress is being made. They are hoping to finish before the snow flies.
Sympathy of the com-munity is extended to Rev-erend Barbara Lieurance of the United Church on the passing of her husband Thurlow. His life will be honoured at the Fairview Cemetery in Lacombe on Aug. 15 at 3 p.m.
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Patty SteenRUMSEY RECORD
What a nice weekend after that wonderful rain. I do feel for those poor farmers by Olds who were hit with that dreadful hail-storm that left a foot of hail in places. It looked like a spring blizzard had hit them but unfortunately it destroyed many good crops and hay fields.
The STARS ride down at the TL Bar ranch went off without a hitch thanks to the many great orga-nizers and volunteers who pull it together every year. They raised an amazing $39,700 in total from the pledges, breakfast, lunch
and supper plus raffle and silent auction. They had a total of 161 riders, only slightly down from last years total of 165. The oldest rider on the trail was Marvin Donaghy at age 87 and the youngest rider was Cheseny Ander-sen at age 3. Thank you to all participants. As for the pledge winners, in the juniors group, first went to Rylee Jones from By-emoor, she brought in a total of $1,405 in pledges. Second went to Chase Andersen with a total of $1,030. The third larg-est contributor was Meah Richmond with $315. In the seniors, Lynn Tan-
ner brought in the largest amount of pledges with a total of $7,520, Ernie Goddard delivered $7,415 to the pledge table and Mikki Hiron brought in a cool $4,835. There were lots of other contributors as you can tell by the final total, so a big thank you to all of their efforts.
In the raffle there were six big winners: Randy DeMille won the quilt made by Joann Richmond, Dave Sengaus won the $100 gift certificate from Freason Brothers IGA in Drumheller, the Alberta pairie SteamTrain Tour Tickets went to Rob Rich-mond, Loanne Gladdish won both the Summer Fun Pack and the $100 Co-op gift certificate, and last but not least, the art work donated by Lee Cawiezel was won by Tammie Tok-er. The silent auction held many wonderful prizes to be bid on, so many people went home happy and the STARS committee was equally happy with the
total money it generated. It came to $1,900 in total revenue towards a great cause. Again, thanks to everyone who took time to attend this great day.
Next up on the Ag So-ciety’s schedule will be the Red Deer River Gar-den Show on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Entries will be accepted on Tuesday eve-ning from 6 until 10 p.m. and again on Wednesday morning from 8 to 10:30 am. The show will be judged during the day then there will be a gen-eral supper open to ev-eryone starting at 5 p.m. The exhibits will be open to the public starting at 4 and awards handed out at 7:30 pm.
There are books avail-able at the post office and library as well as with ev-ery garden club member. If you have any questions you can call Dianne Mc-Bride at 403-368-2436 or Mary Newton at 403-368-2121
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There are many opportunities for Big Valley and area residents and businesses to get involved. Vol-unteers are needed to make the Canadian Badlands Pheasant Festival a success. For more information, visit their Facebook page at Canadian Badlands Pheasant Festival- Stettler or contact the Stettler Board of Trade at 403-742-3181
The Big Valley Library and the Friends of the Big Valley Library Society would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank everyone who came out to help make our annual Children’s Carnival such a great success. From our hardworking summer student who orga-nized the weekend’s events to every volunteer who came to set up and take down the tents and games, to all the young people who manned the games during the weekend, we thank you. We could never have done it without you. Thank you also to everyone who came out to enjoy the weekend’s activities. We look forward to seeing you again next year.
As a point of interest, our administrator informs us that Big Valley’s Facebook page has now passed 300 ‘likes!’ Though 66 of those are from Big Valley and 43 are from Stettler, we also have followers from the United States, Denmark, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Australia. One gentleman’s primary language is Macedonian. His English is quite good so our administrator has had a couple of commu-nications to explain some of our local events. We should all be very excited at how active Big Valley is and delighted with this opportunity to share with such a wide variety of people.
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Congratulations to all the Bingo winners of last week. The jackpot still is growing, so on the evening of Aug. 19, someone might be the lucky one taking it home with them. Who knows, if you come out that evening you could be the lucky person tak-ing it home with you.Make sure you join in the fun that evening as the game starts at 7:15 p.m.
The Old-Time Dance club has just sent me a notice stating the first dance will be on Sunday, Sept. 27, starting at 1:30 p.m. with the “Old Tymes Aires” band enter-taining the group that afternoon.
If you have any questions , concerns , or questions about upcoming events contact Doug Haustein at 403-742-3994 or John Blonski at 403-574-2197.
There was also a misprint on the an-nouncement in last week’s column of Sara and Tyrell Carstairs’ new baby daughter Nora Ann Carstairs. Her sibblings are (Hadleigh and Karter /not Katie), so sorry about that. A big congratulations goes out to all the family members on the arrival of Nora.
Going on to one more worker at the el-evators was Tom Johnson. The Johnson family moved to Botha in 1920, where Tom worked as a agent at the Terminal Grain Co.
In January 1922, Tom got word that the Brook elevators were closing their doors, so the WL Friend building was remodeled and the Johnson’s started a Confectionery Store and Ice Cream Parlour.
In 1923, took over the Dray (wagon) line and Livery barn business while his wife opened the Cozy Cafe. Tom also had a barn behind the cafe where he kept a milk cow and some chickens.
The Cozy Cafe became a social meeting place where people came to hold card par-ties where each player was paying a nomi-nal fee. Out of this was bought some small
prizes and the rest of the money went to the Johnsons to pay for the coffee, extra electricity and coal. The Women’s Institute traveling library was also housed there. Tom and his wife were also involved with the work of the United Church, both serv-ing on the board and in the Sunday School.Mrs. Johnson was also a member of the ladies group in the church. While Tom loved to curl, also which he particapated in weekly.
In their house and over the hardware they rented sleeping areas for travelers, but one day when he took a traveler up to the hardware sleeping area he discovered a fire which just started, so they were lucky enough they could extingished the fire quickly.
Tom passed away suddenly at the age of 68 years. Mrs. Johnson after his passing had some relatives stay with her, caring for her until her passing at the age of 69 years.
Another worker was Jack MacK-ay. John (Jack) MacKay was born in Beaverton,Ontario in 1873 and meet and married Lillian Fullard in 1910 in Bulyes, Sask and they homesteaded in Midnapore, Alberta. They moved to Botha in 1912. There they lived in the second house north of the curling rink.
John worked in the elevator business all the time they lived in Botha. First working as a first co-operative at the Botha Farmers Elevator Co, which was sold to the Alberta Wheat Pool in 1927. The Farmers bought the elevator just east of it and named it the Botha Farmers Grain Co., which John was a agent at. In 1935 it was renamed the Midland Pacific Grain Co, as change of name and ownership.
September 1940, John passed away leaving Lillian to move to Edmonton until her passing in 1964.
Sympathy goes out to Hellen Bailey family as of the passing of Helen Bailey, who passed away peacefully. Our prayers and thought are with you all at this time.
Paulette HeerGADSBY/WESTWOODS NEWS
Bill and Joyce Hansel were among the friends and fam-ily that met at Debbie and Dwayne Sutton’s to celebrate Bernard Garland’s 80th birth-day. Bernard’s sister Dorothy Garland Biggelaar was home from Kelowna, Husband Rocky was unable to come. Daughter Michelle (Bigge-laar) was with her mom. A short program was enjoyed. Bernard’s granddaughter Andrea (Dawn and Bernie’s daughter) sang (and wrote) a special song for grandpa and was accompanied by her dad Bernie. The birthday took place Aug.1, his actual day was July 25.
Also Aug. 1, Paulette Heer and friends Jeanne Beisel drove to Ponoka to attend aunt Jean Hankin’s 85th birthday at her home. There were close to 60 people there, including all but one of Jean’s sons and daughters, Dale had to work and couldn’t be there. Debbie (Ray), Helen (Harvey), Patsy, Barb (Ken), Barry, John (Lor-raine) were all there as well as two sisters Alice and Marg and lots of grand and great grandchildren.
Aug. 3, third Bill and Joyce Hansel took birthday cake to Eleanor Dahlgren in the morning. Eleanor’s daugh-ter Brenda Laboucan and four grandchildren arrived in the afternoon for a week of holiday. They all went out for birthday supper and were joined by Darcy and Tammy, Kayla and Luke. Brenda en-joyed a week of seeing all her family, even taking in the ga-
rage sale in Gadsby.Kyle Bigney participated in
the “Death Race” in Grande Cache recently. His team of five placed seventh overall (out of 165 teams), fourth in the men’s. Kyle did 27 km in four hours and 12 minutes over rugged terrain, rocks, wa-ter, high altitude and some of the steepest spots in the area. Way to go, Kyle!
Happy 45th anniversary to Gloria and Stan Diegel on Aug. 1, and a milestone birth-day to Yvonne Coleman, who turned 85 recently. A family celebration was held at daugh-ter Daphne and Terry’s.
Happy birthday to Percy Heer! Helping him celebrate were Fred and Velvet Entwisle on Saturday night and sister Dale and Eldon Van Straten, John and Jewel Heer and Bai-ley Sunday night.
We bid farewell to Helen Bailey who passed away July 30 at the age of 97. A private family interment service was held at the Halkirk cemetery. Helen was an icon in the Westwoods district, where she
and her sisters Lorraine and Yvonne made the Westwoods community center and later the Agrilot, a viable, very ac-tive spot. Ball tournaments, sports days, bingos, Sunday school and Christmas concerts were among these events. Hel-en was a font of information, which was invaluable when writing the Westwoods Book and later the Gadsby “From the Big Knife to the Battle” history book. In 1977, she led the charge to save the Gadsby Bank Building and created the Gadsby District Hobby Club. This became a hub of activity for over 35 years. By chance, Helen passed away at the time the last members of the club were getting ready to close the Bank Building, the club and preparing for an “all must go” garage sale. Her last proj-ect was to save the Gadsby Church building, which she, along with family and friend, did. This building is active and a project still on going. Helen wrote the Westwoods News for years in the Stettler Independent.
Wm. E. Hay Composite High School
FALL AWARDSThanks to local businesses, service clubs, individuals and families, many scholarships will be awarded at Fall Awards. The following scholarships have separate application forms and must be applied for by Aug.22, 2015. Applications forms are available on-line on the Wm .E. Hay Website:
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Williams’ Family Scholarships (1 @ $400)Will be awarded to a student who graduated from Wm. E. Hay and has completed as least one more year of a registered apprentice program and is continuing on in this program.
Stettler Music Festival Scholarship (1 at $500)This scholarship will be awarded to a deserving 2014 or 2015 graduate of Wm. E. Hay who has participated as a soloist in the Stettler Music Festival for at least two years during Grades 9, 10, 11 & 12 and is attending a post-secondary institution the fall of 2015. Preference will be given to a student who is enrolled in a rst year program with a major or minor in a Performing Arts Field.
Lewis Wayne Johnson Scholarship (2 @ $750)Must be a Wm. E. Hay graduate enrolled in any degree program in Agriculture, Business, or related eld offered at an accredited university in Canada. Must have already completed one year of university study.
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Bingo jackpot keeps growingNever hard to find news to report in the summer
Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Fifty-two men golfed their hardest through 18 holes of play on Aug. 8 in pursuit of the Indepen-dent Cup, but it was Reid Keeley who eventually lofted the cup in success.
“It was a great day,” organizer and participant Ernie Shirreff said. “Per-fect weather (for golf-ing), though the course was a bit damp after last week’s downpour.”
Shirreff said the course was playable due to the hard efforts of the Stet-tler Golf Club’s devoted grounds crew.
“We’ve had an awe-some course all summer long,” Shirreff noted. “Mother Nature will do what she does.”
Golfers did two cir-cuits of the nine-hole course, located in the heart of Stettler, for a full 18 holes.
With his overall score of 67, Keeley took the
top prize, followed by Rory Rost with the over-all net – which is the best score factoring in handi-cap.
The tournament is the last tournament of the year for the men, with the women having held theirs at the end of July. Later this month, the Oilmen Tournament will take place, as well as the sec-ond annual Big Valley Oil Kings tournament, which helps raise money for the senior hockey team.
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Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Eight-year-old Aubrey Ross from Botha barreled in 19.923 seconds to win the fourth di-vision, while Tara Switzer of Big Valley won top spot in the third with 18.876 seconds at the fourth barrel race of the series My Favorite Things on Mon-day, August 10, held at the out-door arena of Stettler Agriplex.
Cranna Roberts was the win-ner in the first division with 17.847 seconds, and Jill Mac-dougall secured top place in the second division, barreling at 18.354 seconds.
Kaye Stoesser came in sec-ond at 17.902 seconds and Sar-ah Hall came in third at 18.043 seconds in the first division.
In the second division, the runner-up was Shaylee Mc-Mann in 18.468 seconds, and Karla Fawcett came in third with 18.528 seconds.
The third division runner-up was Dawn Gertner at 18.928 seconds, followed by Dena Mil-lard at 19.097 seconds.
Corky Jones barreled in 19.935 seconds to secure the second place in the fourth divi-sion, followed by Dawn Fryer at 19.961 seconds.
All division winners won wine basket hampers, while the top five riders from each cat-egory also won prize money.
The next race of the series will be held on Monday, August 24.
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Aubrey Ross of Botha and Tara Switzer of Big Valley
win top spots at Stettler Barrel Race
Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporter
Ernie Shirreff, left, passes Reid Keely the Independent Cup, the prize for the top golfer at the Stettler Golf Club’s annual Men’s Open.
Reid Keeley lays claim to Independent Cup in Men’s Open
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Tara Switzer of Big Valley on her way to winning the 3D category of the fourth barrel race at ‘My Favorite Things’ barrel series, held on Monday, August 10 at the Stettler Agriplex outdoor arena. Switzer’s time of 18.876 seconds was the fastest in the category and also won her the wine basket.
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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
A sure sign of the end of summer vacation is the start of hockey camps and schools, and this week, Aug. 9-15, is the harbinger of hockey sea-son as kids wanting to hone their hockey skills descend on the arena to train with Black Elk Hockey Camp.
The first of two hockey training camps planned for Stettler before Sep-tember, Black Elk – which offers week-long hockey camps all over central Alberta – is the first chance for kids to get back on the ice since the end of hockey last spring.
Jay Boyson and Brad Burns are running the camp in Stettler with the aid of camp trainers and local hockey-playing teenagers recruited to help teach the different groups.
“It’s great to have the local kids involved,” Boyson said. “They’re learning how to coach and they’re getting paid, and they love that.”
Boyson, who when he’s not training kids in hock-ey, is training them in the classroom. His regular job is as a teacher. He’s been with Black Elk now for four years.
“I’m a teacher by trade, so obviously I enjoy kids,” he said. “I find it’s very similar to teaching, just in a hockey (setting) rather than a classroom.”
A mix of dryland and ice skills are taught to groups of kids, which have been broken down
by age, Boyson ex-plained.
Off the ice, students do dryland training on the soccer field next to the arena, and to give them a small break from hockey activities but work on building teamwork skills, activities like soccer and ultimate frisbee are wo-ven into the camp.
On the ice, students work on their powerskat-ing skills, the quick and powerful skating abilities that let them cross the ice quickly in pursuit of the puck. Also important are cornering and stopping skills, which are part of the powerskating curricu-lum.
Ice skills are taught, and consist of combining the powerskating skills with skills like stickwork, strategy and defensive play, Boyson explained.
In the red arena, which hasn’t had ice laid yet, students play ball hockey to work on their stick-work, though the legwork is totally different from skating, Boyson noted.
“It’s running, not glid-ing,” he said.
Goalies receive spe-cific goalie training, too, since the type of gear and the type of skates goalies use are different.
“Goalies have (skate) blades that are really low, while others have high-
er ones that offer more stability,” Boyson said. “The way goalies skate is entirely different.”
Chalk-Talk is class-room sessions, with the use of whiteboards and videos, that are designed to help players visually see strategy.
“When they see it in the videos and on the white-board, it just ‘clicks,’” Boyson noted. “It’s not something you can teach on the ice.
Roughly 80 kids are taking part in this week’s school, which also in-cludes scrimmage ses-sions – the actual playing of hockey – where stu-dents can put their new
skills to work.“It’s a good size class,
and it keeps us busy,” Boyson said.
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JASON ROBERT FLETTSeptember 30, 1983 - August 7, 2014
LORNA ZIMMER - August 12, 2014WALTER ZIMMER - September 11, 2014
In loving memory of our sister and brother-in-law.
One year has passed since that sad day.When the ones we loved were called away.
God took them home, it was His will.But in our hearts they liveth still.
Missing you dearlyMarion Buelow and family
Bea Donald and family
MARSHALL, DEWEYIn loving memory of a dear husband, father, grandfather,
great grandfather, who passed away August 4, 2009.We often sit and think of you, and of the way you died,
many times we’ve longed for you, many times we’ve cried. You gave no one a last farewell, nor even said good-bye. You were gone before we realized and only God knows
why. Our hearts still ache with sadness and secret tears still fl ow, for what it meant to love you, no one will ever know.
Forever loved and sadly missed Ruth, Greg and Joanne, Glenda, Jim and families, and
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McKAY
If you had the good fortune to know Elaine McKay you would surely consider yourself among the lucky. She died peacefully on July 27, 2015 at Heritage House in Stettler, AB. Elaine Leona Gladys McKay (Hall) was 92 years young.
She leaves behind her daughters, Barbara-Ann Clement of Stettler, Darlene Bedel of Hayward, CA; her son, D’Arcy (Lisa Stringfellow) McKay of Portland, OR; 8 grandchildren, Camille Clement, Sheila (Chuck) Scheerschmidt, Tanya Clement, Ryan Bedel, Derrick Bedel, Margaret Duncan McKay, Ian McKay; and her precious great grandchildren, Trevor Dahl, Levi Owchar, Ally Scheerschmidt, Kenzie Scheerschmidt; her only cousin, Jean Prunkl; numerous nieces, nephews and many other dear friends.
Elaine is predeceased by her Mom and Dad, Tracy and Susan (Wilson) Hall; beloved sisters, Beth LaRose, Bernice Elliot; younger brother, William Hall; Bernard Kelly; husband, Keith McKay; and son-in-law, Garry Clement.
Born in Calgary, AB on January 18, 1923, Elaine grew up in and around the Skybo School District. Her family moved to the Peninsula on Buffalo Lake in the late ‘20s and eventually ended up at the Heater Place in early 1940s. Her family were farmers but Elaine didn’t want to settle down; her romance and imagination had a different target. She joined the Canadian Women Army Corps - CWAC ‘42. She served until May ‘46 primarily in Ottawa, ON.
Upon discharge from the Army Elaine married Bernard Kelly on December 25, 1946 and to this union a daughter Barbara-Ann was born. Later she met and married Keith Winston McKay on August 19, 1950 and to this union her children, Darlene and D’Arcy were born, and together the family resided in Calgary, AB. In 1959 Keith was transferred to Seattle, WA, where the family resided for 5 years. Another job opportunity took the family to Hayward, CA in 1964, where they lived for the next 45 years. Her heart was always in Canada and she returned often for weddings, reunions, new babies and for friends that had passed on. She retired from Kaiser Hospital in Hayward after a long celebrated career of 20 years. Elaine moved back to her home land of Stettler in 2008. She lived in Paragon, Points West and Heritage House. Elaine’s presence will be missed; her always cheerful light will be remembered forever by all the lucky ones who knew her.
A Celebration of Life was held on Friday, August 7, 2015 at the Brennen Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lyn Lamers of Stettler United Church, offi ciating. Elaine was laid to rest with her husband, Keith McKay in the family plot in the Donalda Cemetery, Donalda, Alberta. The Family has requested memorial donations may be made to the Donalda Cemetery, S.T.A.R.S. or a charity of one’s choice.
Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.brennenfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of
BRENNEN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES,
Stettler. Box 193, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0. 403-742-3315.
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Salary: $14.91 to $18.00 hourly for 42.5 hours per week Permanent Full-Time. Health, Dental and Retirement benefi ts. JOB REQUIREMENTSLanguage: EnglishEducation: College, CEGEP or other non-university certifi cate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 yearsEquipment and Machinery Experience: Feeding and watering systemExperience: Minimum 1 yearAddtional Skills: Perform general farm duties; Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment Area of Specialization: SwineWork Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Physically demandingAbility to Supervise: 1 to 2 peopleWork Location Information: Rural area; Staff accommodation availableSpecifi c Skills: Provide agricultural livestock services such as artifi cial insemination, disinfecting pens or barns, ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed, recognize and treat certain livestock health problems; maintain livestock performance recordsPersonal Suitability: Team playerAPPLY TO ALBERTA PIG COMPANY by e-mail: [email protected]
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Resumes and supporting documents may be mailed or hand-delivered to:County of Stettler No. 66602-44 Avenue, PO Box 1270STETTLER, Alberta T0C 2L0ATTN: Rick Green, Director of Engineering
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4910 - 51 StreetStettler, AB T0C 2L0
Phone: 403-742-4437
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Misc.Services 1290 Misc.
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WellDrilling 1400 Well
Drilling 1400
Auctions 1530
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
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Grain, FeedHay 2190HEATED CANOLA buying
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Houses/Duplexes 3020
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403-740-6782
TWO story a/c house in downtown Stettler. Designated residential/commercial; run your business on the main fl oor (1,000 sq. ft.) and live upstairs (1,000 sq. ft.). Incl. parking, stove, fridge, dish-washer, shared laundry, water. No pets. Gas and power extra. DD $1,000, rent $1,600/month. Avail. now. Call or leave mes-sage at 780-877-0131.
Suites 3060
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1 parking stall.Available Immed.
403-350-9243
Suites 3060TWO bdrm. bsmt. suite in downtown Stettler. Separ-ate entry, parking space. Stove, fridge, dishwasher, shared laundry. Incl. water and satellite TV. Gas and power extra. No pets. DD $800, rent $800/mo. Avail. now. Call or text 403-916-9006.
RoommatesWanted 3080Shared accommodations,
one bedroom for rent, $600/mo., utilities included.
403-740-3209.
StorageSpace 3160
HousesFor Sale 4020
Farms/Land 4070
EXCELLENT “GREEN” 3000 - 8000 acres of pas-ture & hay land. Central
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Investments ......................4410Money Wanted ................4420Money to Loan ................4430
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Trevor Van Leeuwen, REALTOR®
Direct Line: 780-781-8973Email: [email protected]
Website: www.trevorvl.com
Attention all Small Businesses!
This building is fully nished to 2700 sq/ft total was built in 1949 and is currently zoned both Commercial and Residential. Businesses have been operating here over the years while also residing on the premises. There are 2 kitchens in the building, one on the main level one downstairs. The electrical, heating, plumbing, has been upgraded in recent years, it also boasts Central Air. Upstairs there are 3 bedrooms with closets, and a 4 pc bath. The main level has potential with some fair sized rooms, the kitchen and 3 pc bath, as well as the back entrance. Downstairs there is a self contained area with 2 bedrooms, kitchenette, and a 4 pc bath. Single garage with alley access. This property has character and may serve you well and is considered a good investment and location by the Seller who operated their company from here for many years. Take this opportunity to upgrade your business location and relocate, or make this property your newest addition to your portfolio. MLS#CA0062549 Listed at $239,800. Call Trevor for details at 780-781-8973. Enjoy your Summer!
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE HOUSE IN RED WILLOW. Just 15 min. northeast of Stettler.
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well water/septic. Property boasts beautiful gardens.
#29 - 1st Ave. $139,000. Call Kim 780-975-7581
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County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 742-4441 Fax: 742-1277
PUBLIC NOTICE
County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277
PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Notice of Special Council Meeting & Joint Public Hearing
County of Stettler No. 6 Bylaw 1550-15 Friday, August 14, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at Erskine I.O.O.F. Hall
Pursuant to Section 606 of the Municipal Government Act, the Councils of Camrose County, Lacombe County, Stettler County, the Summer Village of Rochon Sands, and the Summer Village of White Sands give notice that they have given First Reading to amend the Buffalo Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan (County of Stettler No. 6 Bylaw 1550-15).
The purpose of this amendment is to update administrative components of the plan, clarify issues around environmental reserve dedications and public access points, and update the review timelines.
Copies of the proposed By-law are available at the County Office during office hours, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or online at www.stettlercounty.ca
Public Hearing for the updated Buffalo Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan County of Stettler No. 6 Bylaw 1550-15 will be held on Friday, August 14, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in the Erskine I.O.O.F. Community Hall located at 10 Railway Avenue, Erskine, Alberta.
Anyone affected by this amendment may make written submissions on or before Thursday, August 13, 2015 to County of Stettler No. 6, Attention: Johan van der Bank, Director of Planning and Development, PO Box 1270, 6602-44 Avenue, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 or by email: [email protected] or make representation in person at the Public Hearing.
The Joint Public Hearing will be a part of a Special Meeting of Council for County of Stettler No. 6.
NOTICE OF WORK COMPLETION
Pursuant to the Builder’s Lien Act, Marwest Utility Services Ltd. hereby gives notice that the Steel Pipe Replacement Project in Stettler, Alberta has been completed.
Any claims made shall be fi led with the Controller at Marwest Utility Services Ltd., 1400 Chief Louis Way, Kamloops, BC V2H 1J8.
The last day on which a claim may be fi led is September 25, 2015.
The fi rst date of publication is August 12, 2015.
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Real Estate#4000 - #4190
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$775/monthCall 1-403-740-0467
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MSRP $3,749 $5,980 $6,251 $8,220 $7,080 $6,272 $8,020 $8,950 $6,950 $8,050 $11,250 $12,050 $7,896 $12,450 $6,050 $5,950 $23,050 $12,150
Savings $20,851 $21,920 $27,649 $23,680 $25,820 $28,242 $28,880 $29,950 $23,950 $28,850 $33,650 $36,850 $29,004 $32,450 $13,850 $15,950 $67,850 $31,750
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Public Notices ..................6010Special Features ..............6050
Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)Stettler, AB T0C 2L0
www.stettler.net
PUBLIC NOTICEPublic Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Municipal Council of the Town of Stettler to pass Bylaw 2067-15 to amend Land Use Bylaw 2060-15 as follows:
That Part 10: LAND USE DISTRICTS Section 87.2 Industrial District be amended by adding as a discretionary use, “All those uses listed as either permitted or discretionary uses with the C1 and C2 Land Use Districts.
A copy of Bylaw 2067-15 may be viewed at the Town Of-fi ce during regular hours of business.
A Public Hearing on the matter of Bylaw 2067-17 will be held at the Council Chambers, Stettler Town Offi ce, 5031 - 50 Street on August 18, 2015 at the hour of 7:15 p.m. when written or oral presentation for or against the bylaw will be received.
Dave DittrickContract Development Offi cer
Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)Stettler, AB T0C 2L0
www.stettler.net
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved as permitted uses in accordance with the Town of Stettler Land Use By-law No 2060-15:
1. No: 2880-2015 Legal Description: Parcel A, Plan 965KS Municipal Address: 5218 – 57 Street
Applicant: P&E Bouwer Professional CorpProposed
Development: Single Family Dwelling with Attached Garage
2. No: 2881-2015 Legal Description: Lot 1, Block 2, Plan 260TR
Municipal Address: 4102 – 44 Avenue Applicant: Petrofi eld Industries
Proposed Development: Accessory Building
Dave DittrickPlanning & Development Services
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