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December 25, 2013 edition of the Stettler IndependentTRANSCRIPT
LISA JOY
Independent reporter
The shelves at Stettler and District Food Bank are stocked full with an abundance of groceries, as volunteers gear up for the Christmas rush.
“We are so well-supported at this time of year,” said Betty Birch, chair of the food bank board. “Lots of organizations and businesses collect at their Christmas parties or events. We’ve had boxes of stuff coming in.
“Starting about the middle of November, it seems like there is stuff coming in constantly.”
The RCMP charity checkstop two weeks ago brought more staples, grocery stores have made donations, and random individuals have contributed turkeys, Birch said.
On Monday, the Albertz Prairie Railway Excursions’ steam trains chugged along the hour-long ride with four boardings to help the food bank, as individuals were asked to give $5 or a food donation as the cost of the ride, as part of the Night Before the Night Before celebrations.
The fi re department runs a community food drive each fall to help restock shelves, Birch said.
The food bank serves about 100 households, or 300 people, year-round.
“It’s about the same (each year),” Birch said. “It goes up and down over the year. Over the last few years, there has been a defi nite increase, but nothing major, and it does fl uctuate a little bit.”
Some food-bank users only come once, but there are regulars, she said.
“They are allowed to come twice a month if there are children in the household and once a month if there are only adults in the household.”
With monetary donations, the food-bank volunteers buy milk, eggs and meat throughout the year.
“In the spring, we can be running low on some perishable items that would come in during food drives or Christmastime.”
September is also a busy time for the food bank, with supplies being depleted.
“It’s generally a busy time because of the expense of going back to school,” Birch said. “That’s our low period.”
Anyone needing to access the food bank can do so by showing up at the food bank, located at Stettler United Church at 4820 — 51 St. on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1 and 3 p.m.
Donations to the food bank can be dropped off at the United Church, or by contacting Birch at 403-742-0732.
“I want to emphasize the appreciation that we have for the support we get from this community and surrounding areas, both in food and fi nances,” she said.
“It has kept us operational. We have never had to fundraise. Between the food drives and the donations from other people, we have kept afl oat. I don’t think our clients have gone wanting for very long.”
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A brief but poignant Christmas message greets passersby outside Christ-King Catholic Church in Stettler.
Food for thought at Christmas
ROBIN TARNOWETZKI
Independent reporter
For those people planning to attend Christmas services in Stettler this year, most of the churches have options available to commemorate the season.
Among the Christmas church services scheduled in Stettler and Erskine this week are:
Church of God in Christ Mennonite
Wednesday, Dec. 25, at 10 am.
St. Peter Lutheran ChurchChristmas service on Tuesday,
Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.
Stettler Alliance ChurchTuesday, Dec. 24, at 6:30 p.m. with
carols, scripture and candle-lighting.
St. George’s Anglican ChurchTuesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. with a
candlelight service and Eucharist.
Christ-King Catholic ChurchMass on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at
7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 25, at 11:15 a.m.; and Jan. 1, at 9 a.m.
Evangelical Free Church of Erskine
Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.
Word of Life CentreMonday, Dec. 23, free soup and
chili, 5 to 7 p.m., service at 7:15 p.m.
Stettler Community ChurchTuesday, Dec 24, at 5 p.m.
Stettler United ChurchTuesday, Dec 24, at 7 p.m.
Other — Grace Fellowship Baptist Church; Heartland Cowboy Church.
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Thanks to community generosity, the shelves at Stettler and District Food Bank and full for the needy Christmas season. “I don’t think our clients have gone wanting for very long,” said board chair Betty Birch.
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The past year showed promise for Stettler, Mayor Dick Richards said in a year-end interview with the Independent.
Richards is encouraged about what he describes as a revitalization in the commercial and industrial sectors in Stettler.
He believes that the town doesn’t need major changes, despite a stagnant population.
“We just need to stick to the same path,” said Richards, who remained mayor after he was unopposed in the October municipal election.
“We’ll continue to pro-vide above-average facili-ties and service for below-average taxes.”
In the past year, Stettler has managed to maintain property taxes and utility fees that have been below the median per capita, the mayor said.
Recreationally, the town produced multiple teams that became provincial champions and “put Stettler on the map,” Richards said.
A new town council was formed this fall, with three newcomers joining the veteran councillors.
“Replacing half of any council is a big transition,” Richards said. “We’re really pleased with the way things have pulled together … it’s nice to get the injection of three new and energized members of council that bring different points of view.”
Multiple projects were completed in Stettler in 2013. The most obvious ongoing improvement is the renovation of the Stettler Recreation Centre (SRC).
Richards is excited that, come February, “we’ll be able to enjoy a new, revitalized facility.” The revamped SRC includes an expanded library and a newly paved parking lot.
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Among the new parts of the new-look Rec Centre is an updated seniors’ centre. The upgrades cost an es-timated $2.3 million. The town received a $250,000 federal grant to help with the renovations, during which the main entrance to the arena/pool/fi tness cen-tre has been blocked and the library moved to tem-porary quarters downtown.
Otherwise, regular win-ter features, such as skat-ing, hockey, swimming and fi tness, have continued at the SRC, as patrons navi-gate around the constuc-tion areas.
In addition to the SRC overhaul, Stettler managed to secure funding for other purposes in the past year.
The town received a $10,000 donation from TransCanada for beautifi -cation initiatives and tree- planting in the new Stettler Sport Park.
As well, the town re-ceived a $75,000 grant that has been earmarked for a new skatepark, which is expected to be built in the new year across the street from the current park.
The town completed an infrastructure rehabilitation project with full funding from Alberta Transporta-tion. The project improved a section of Highway 56 between 57 and 53 streets.
The town purchased a cement grinder that in the past year allowed town employees to fi nish double the number of repairs for half the budgeted amount, Richards said.
The mayor said the one goal that wasn’t achieved in the past year was im-provements to Stettler’s health-care facilities.
“It has been council’s No. 1 priority for a num-ber of years and we haven’t been successful with deal-ing with Alberta Health Services, as far as getting a plan in place,” Richards said.
He believes that Stettler is a health-care hub for the region, and it’s of “dire importance” to modernize the facilities, and the town plans to continue to pursue that goal in 2014.
Overall, the mayor is confi dent that Stettler is “on the right pathway,” as the region continues to build on its foundation of oil and gas and agriculture.
THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT NEWS Page A3Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Castor cadet squadron suspends trainingas move to Stettler, Coronation pondered
Seniors movin’ on up ... to the Rec Centre
Stettler Independent
From exterior to interior, construction has been the name of the game at the Stettler Recreation Centre. The modernized facility, including an expanded public library and a new seniors’ centre, is set to open in February.
ROBIN TARNOWETZKI
Independent reporter
As town council met last week, the talk was all about town programs promoting environmental and literacy growth.
Delegations from the Heartland Beautifi cation Committee and the Stettler Public Library made presenta-tions to council.
Heartland Beautifi cation presented a proposal for a new system of com-posting. Currently, the town has com-post bins set up throughout Stettler for collection, but Grace Fix of the beauti-fi cation committee suggested “a more effi cient” curbside system.
In that system, each residence would have an individual bin and would then be required to sort waste into three sections: trash, recycling and compost.
There are two options for programs — a year-round program and a summer program, Fix said. The disadvantage
of the summer program is that asking residents to only sort their garbage at certain times could get confusing and result in less participation, she said.
The cost of the composting plan generated plenty of discussion.
Fix suggested either asking resi-dents to cover part of the cost of buy-ing bins, or having the entire cost cov-ered by the town.
“My guess is you might get better participation from residents if you buy the containers,” Fix said.
The total cost would be about $170,000 for vented bins and $88,000 for non-vented bins.
Some members of council balked at the proposal.
“I can personally say I would never use this system,” said Coun. Darcy Bachman. “I would defi nitely like to see more proof put forward that curb-side would be more of a benefi t than what we have right now.”
“It’s gonna be a tough, tough sell,” said Coun. Al Campbell.
Heartland Beautifi cation recom-mends surveying town residents. If they’re positive, the committee recom-mends setting up a year-round curb-side program. The committee didn’t make a recommendation about who would pay for the bins.
“A big part of your job is educa-tion,” Mayor Dick Richards told Fix. “It’s education that’s going to be a challenge.
“That’s what I need to be sold on, that people will pay for this service.”
Mary Zazelenchuk of the Stettler Public Library presented a summary of the library’s operation and asked for more than $197,000 to cover operat-ing costs for 2014. In 2013, the library had about 60,000 visitors and provid-ed $1.2 million in “physical items” to Stettler residents.
Council was supportive.“You do what you do because
we know you have a passion for it,” Richards said.
The motion was carried.
Town councillors balk at pitchfor new system of composting
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ROBIN TARNOWETZKI
Independent reporter
The Castor cadet squadron has suspended training “temporarily” while the provincial committee of the Air Cadet League decides its fate.
Amid renewed talks of relocat-ing the squadron to Coronation or Stettler, the Castor group is in limbo.
The problem that’s plaguing the Castor cadets is the lack of training staff, contends the provincial gov-erning body.
Each squadron needs five staff members, but Castor has just one in commanding officer Phil Ricard, and he’s slated to retire.
Ricard refused to comment to the Independent, and the Air Cadet League has instructed the Castor squadron adult organizers to stay mum and direct all inquiries to the
provincial body.“It’s a matter of demographics
and population,” Kevin Robinson, the chairman of the provincial com-mittee, said of the proposed reloca-tion.
“Historically, it’s been a struggle (in Castor) … we knew those prob-lems could catch up.”
Robinson reported that the Cas-tor cadets have been facing such problems since before 2006.
But the suspension of training comes somewhat as a surprise, con-sidering the regional cadets were prominent at the Remembrance Day services in Castor just last month.
And at a meeting in September, amid reports the Castor squadron was bound for Stettler, organizers were told that such a step was ex-ploratory and that the group would remain in Castor, at least in the short term.
The squadron includes Stettler
members who participated in the town’s Remembrance Day services.
The provincial committee has planned another “town hall meet-ing” for Castor or Coronation to discuss the future of the Castor cadet squadron.
Robinson said it appears that the two options are to move the Castor squadron or to shut down the local group altogether.
“The viability for Castor is just not there,” Robinson said, though he added that efforts are underway to try to fix the lack of intructional manpower.
“There’s only so long you can keep training suspended.”
Robinson said parents are will-ing to volunteer, but they aren’t qualified to run the program.
He said he hopes that the govern-ing group will be able to determine a plan of action for the cadets by the middle of January.
Stettler Independent
The future of the Castor cadet squadron is in jeopardy after the provincial Air Cadet League suspended the group’s training because of a lack of instructional officers. The squadron might soon be moved to Stettler or Coronation.
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A song, entitled, “How Should a King Come”, written by Carol and Jimmy Owens says, “How should a King come? Even a child knows the answer, of course, in a coach of gold with a pure white horse. In the beautiful city in the prime of the day, and the trumpets should cry and the crowds make way. And the flags fly high in the morning sun, and the people all cheer for the sovereign one. And everyone knows that’s the way that it’s done. That’s the way that a King should come.”
True! Consider the fanfare surrounding William and Kate, as they presented Prince George this past July.
Presidents, prime ministers, and other dignitaries are always recognized by the cer-emony and security accompanying them.
But that’s not how Christ came.The shepherds were told to look for a
sign, not a parade. An angel instructed them, “This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a man-ger.” (Luke 12:2)
The shepherds found that baby. Renais-sance art portrays Christ with a shimmering halo, but there was no such sign.
The Greek word for baby means a new-born child ... that’s it. They found human-ity. However, a kind of humanity that would later on be, “Tempted in every way, like us, yet without sin.” (Hebrews 4:15)
They found helplessness. Jesus was lying there, reliant upon others to meet His needs and wrapped tightly in strips of cloth.
The wrappings were extensive, mak-ing the baby look like a miniature mummy. Thirty- three years later, Jesus was brought before His accusers, willingly helpless, so that He could become, “the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God ...” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
They found Him in humility. The man-gers on church stages are quite antiseptic. Christ’s manger was more like a feeding trough, or perhaps a circle of stones placed around a hollowed-out area in the earth.
Philippians 2:7 says, “He made himself nothing, taking the nature of a servant ... made in human likeness.”
Owens’ hymn goes on to say, “How should a King come. On a star filled night into Bethlehem, Rode a weary woman and a worried man. And the only sound in the cobblestone street, Was the shuffle and the ring of their donkey’s feet. And a King lay hid in a virgin’s womb, And there were no crowds to see Him come. At last in a barn in a manger of hay, He came and God incarnate lay ... Earth was silent so heaven rang! ... Men were dumb so the angels sang ... Glory glory to God!”
How should a King come? Perhaps the question should be reversed. How should we come to the King?
Pastor Ross Helgeton is the senior pastorof Evangelical Free Church of Erskine.
‘How should we come to the King’
By Pat MurphyTroy Media columnist
Margaret Thatcher and Nel-son Mandela died this year — Thatcher on April 8 and Man-dela on Dec. 5. Both were long retired from public life, and had been ill for some time prior to passing. And while both were historically giant figures, the deaths evoked very different re-actions.
With Thatcher, the response was mixed. Indeed, in some quarters, her passing was deemed to be a cause for celebration — “ding dong the witch is dead” and all that.
For Mandela, though, it was if a secular saint had passed away. As Matthew Parris put it in The Times, following his 1990 re-lease from prison Mandela had been “canonised instantly in the Western imagination.” So when he succumbed at 95, “a virtual orgy of adulation” followed.
It’s easy to understand the difference between the two re-actions. Thatcher was said to be a divider, whereas Mandela was a reconciler. Thatcher’s political causes provoked great contro-versy, while Mandela was firmly on the side of the angels.
And where Thatcher was all sharp edges and confronta-tion, Mandela seemed to radiate benign goodwill.
But is the reality more com-plicated? Take, for instance, the divider/reconciler dichotomy.
To be sure, Thatcher rarely passed up an opportunity for a fight. Indeed, combat and con-flict seemed to come naturally to her. In significant part, that was simply an expression of per-sonality, a manifestation of who she was.
But circumstances also played a role. The Britain in which Thatcher came to power was a deeply troubled polity, a society plagued by economic stagna-tion, strikes, rampant inflation and rising crime. To many, the time for kicking the can down the road was over. Hence, the Thatcher appeal.
However, there’s a downside to being the one who grasps the nettle; you can get stung, gen-erating undying enmity while you’re at it.
And the fact that subsequent Labour governments left big chunks of Thatcher’s legacy in-tact speaks to the proposition that a goodly portion of what she did needed doing. In a way, Marga-ret Thatcher took the lumps, and Tony Blair subsequently reaped the benefits.
As for Mandela, he too was once a divider. After all, you don’t get sentenced to life im-prisonment because everyone loves you. Acknowledging that
in no way detracts from the just-ness of his cause, or at least not from the anti-apartheid part of it. Instead, it simply underscores an historical fact.
So we come to a critical dif-ference between Thatcher and Mandela, one that goes beyond personality or motivation.
Simply put, their situations were radically different.
Thatcher fought all her bat-tles on centre stage, smiting her foes, glorying in her triumphs, and enraging her enemies. She was in the arena and in your face.
And all the while, she was swimming upstream against the liberal assumptions that under-pinned much of the public policy discussion in the post-war era.
Mandela, on the other hand, was locked away in prison, where he evolved into the pri-mary rallying point against the moral evil of apartheid.
Removed from direct partici-pation in day-to-day affairs, he became a symbol onto which people could project their aspi-rations and ideals. But he wasn’t actually on the field getting his hands dirty.
And when Mandela was fi-nally released from prison, the world was a very different place from the one in which he had been first incarcerated. Not only was apartheid on its last legs,
but communism had collapsed.In South African journalist
Rian Malan’s astute observa-tion, it was no longer feasible to “dream of driving into Pretoria on the turrets of Soviet tanks.”
Mandela’s practical choices were thus simplified. Notwith-standing his continuing admira-tion for the likes of Fidel Castro, Marxist revolution was no lon-ger a credible option.
And with the world seeking to bestow sainthood on him and anxious white, Asian and mixed-race South Africans looking for a protector, letting bygones be bygones in the Rainbow Nation was a very shrewd choice.
Nelson Mandela had to en-dure long years in prison, some-thing Margaret Thatcher never suffered.
But when he emerged onto the public stage after his 1990 re-lease, the terrain facing him was in some ways more hospitable than the one Margaret Thatcher faced in 1979.
Saying that doesn’t diminish his stature, or deny him immense credit for making the choice he did. But it’s a reminder that context and timing can be everything.
Troy Media columnist Pat Murphy worked in the Canadian financial services industry for more than 30 years.
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Dramatic images of fl ooded streets, vehicles and homes were captured last spring as unprecendented fl ooding crippled many parts of southern Alberta.
By the onslaught of news releases and hopefull stories in almost every media one might assume that a new day of salvation has arrived for global trade. The World Trade Organization (WTO) at its recent meeting in Bali, Indonesia, seems to be say-ing just that to anyone who will listen.
Whether true or not, such a perceived brave new trade world is probably most im-portant to the WTO itself. That’s because the organization has not managed to put to-gether any sort of trade agreement since it was re-created in 1995.
Sure, there were lots of conferences over the years, usually in exotic locales around the world, but nothing was actually agreed to except a minor one in Doha, which es-sentially was an agreement to have more discussions.
One can be cynical and observe that trade negotiations by themselves are a large business involving countless thousands of diplomats, politicians, organizers and bu-reaucrats around the world.
All those folks need jobs so they have a vested interest in keeping the talkfests go-ing on indefi nitely. I expect completed and signed trade agreements would not be the best outcome for people who have made ca-reers out of trade conferences.
It would even be bad for all the lobby and protest groups who are usually hangers-on at these conferences. Those folks also num-ber in the thousands and busy themselves trying to lobby trade negotiators or are car-rying out protests on the streets where the conferences are held. These folks all need each other and above all they don’t need ac-tual trade agreement that might see an end to any trade conferences. Its all big business involving many millions in salaries, travel-ling and conference expenses.
Headlines proclaimed that the WTO had reached an historic deal between its 159 members and that it had justifi ed itself as an organization dedicated to liberalizing world trade.
But, as they say, “the devil is always in the details” and the devil was already busy
twisting this so-called deal into a business as usual agreement.
That business would be yes even more trade discussions. The WTO historic deal is somewhat of a non-deal being it agrees to establish a work-plan on how to deal with the outstanding issues and and requires the members to follow-up on their commit-ments.
This sounds suspiciously like another sure-fi re recipe for years of more trade dis-cussions. The innocent may be misled by the word “deal” as it has different connota-tions in the byzantine world of trade nego-tiations. No doubt this last gasp make work deal came as a real sense of relief to all those who make their living from the trade discussion business.
Lobby groups like the Canadian Ag-riFood Trade Alliance, who attend these events all over the world thanks to producer contributions, fell over itself pronouncing as to how important this deal was to ag-riculture and how it was going to resolve trade barriers to our exports. Golly, I sure hope they are right but then they are in the business of spinning trade talks being its their business.
The reality facing the WTO and its mem-bers was that after 18 years of existence and
dozens of failed conferences and trade dis-cussion deadlocks they were in real danger of collapsing into irrelevancy.
Participating governments were even considering ending any further WTO dis-cussions and conferences — that probably shocked the participants into doing some-thing being their cozy jobs and exotic travel might be at stake.
The other factor that was pushing the WTO to do something was that it was be-ing outfl anked by other trade groups and bilateral negotiations and deals between countries. Canada has gone out on its own and has been striking free trade agreements with dozens of countries. The latest was the Canada/EU deal, such a similar deal is now being pursued by the USA.
Groups like the Transpacifi c Trade Part-nership are also busily doing what the WTO was expected to do. Many of those bilateral agreements are actual free trade deals that are in place and functioning right now.
You can see that as those deals prolif-erated around the world, any WTO deal was becoming increasingly irrelevant. The WTO seeing the writing on the wall, seems with its “historic deal” to be trying to de-lay the inevitable, but that will require more conferences, of course.
Last-minute save for World Trade Organization
Municipal Affairs Minister Ken Hughes issued the following statement last Friday in the aftermath of unprecedented fl ood damage in High River, Calgary and other parts of southern Alberta last spring:
“It has been six months since fl oods surged across Alberta. Six months since lives were lost; thousands of Albertans were displaced; countless homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Six months since the worst natural disaster in Canadian history swept through our province.
“But above all of this, it has been six months since Albertans came together — as a province, as neighbours and as a resilient force — to recover and rebuild from these fl oods. The waters have receded, but this spirit remains, stronger than ever this holi-day season, and leads our efforts to rebuild Alberta.
“We’ve seen a great deal of progress in the last six months. Support has been pro-vided to thousands of Alberta families to help them rebuild, and more support is being provided every day. Highways and bridges are repaired, children are back to class in temporary schools and health services have been restored. Hundreds of families are
back in their homes, and those unable to return home have been provided comfort-able temporary housing while damage is re-paired. Albertans can take comfort knowing that their fl ood-impacted neighbours have a safe, warm place to spend the holidays.
“Although we aren’t back to ‘business as usual,’ we are on the road to recovery. At the same time, we are looking to the future to make sure we are more resilient and ready than ever before to face future fl oods.
“Our government passed legislation lim-iting development in the fl oodway, and gave Albertans currently living in these areas the choice to relocate to safer communities. Dozens of erosion-control projects are un-derway across the province and major miti-gation projects are moving forward. We’ll continue to reach out to Albertans over the coming months and years for input.
“Together, over the past six months, we have come a long way. But we still have a lot of work to do. This is not a small un-dertaking. It will take time and effort; pa-tience and expertise. But we’re committed to building a better, safer province for all Albertans. And we will continue to stand together, driven by Alberta’s spirit, to make sure the job is done right.”
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THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY Page A6 Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Stettler steer — ‘a gentle giant’ —
groomed for prime-time appearanceROBIN TARNOWETZKI
Independent reporter
A steer sold at the Stettler Auction Mart in
November is ready for his close-up.
The six-foot-four, 2,600- pound ox was sold by Al-bert Robertson of Tees in November and purchased by John Scott Productions, based out of Longview.
He originally bought the steer for a scene in the up-coming “Night of the Mu-seum 3,” but the scene has since been cut.
Nevertheless, he said it’s “really likely” that the steer will be used for an-other production.
John Scott Productions has provided livestock and wrangling and stunt servic-es for a variety of produc-tions all over the world, in-cluding the fi rst Lord of the Rings fi lm, the Heartland TV series (which fi lms in High River), Legends of the Fall, Shanghai Noon, X-Men 2 and the Night at the Museum fi lms.
Scott is a big part of the Alberta fi lm industry, as a supplier of animals, stunt co-ordinators, performers and wranglers.
He’s been involved with four Oscar-winning produc-tions, three of which were fi lmed in Alberta (Legends of the Fall, Days of Heaven and Unforgiven).
Scott has also worked to promote Alberta in the fi lm industry. He has more than 100 head of horses for use in fi lms, and has the larg-est collection of wagons and buggies in western Canada.
The steer is described by the Stettler Auction Mart as “a gentle giant” and Scott said that he’s a good steer, temperament-wise.
The ox also has experi-ence in parades.
The bidding war had three or four participants, and Greg Hayden of the Stettler Auction Mart is happy with the fi nal buyer and bid.
“And Mr. Robertson is extremely happy he didn’t end up in the slaughter plant,” Hayden said.
The ox is unable to ride and drive, which according to Scott makes him a valu-able acquisition — even if he’s not needed for the fi lm for which he was initially purchased.
In the meantime, the steer will have a home at Scott’s ranch in Longview.
“He’s just enjoying life,” Scott said. “He eats several bales of hay and some oats every day … he’s staying big, he’s a very big steer.”
Photos by ROBIN TARNOWETZKIL/Independent reporter
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THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT FEATURE Wednesday, December 25, 2013Page A7
LISA JOYIndependent reporter
When news of former South African President Nelson Man-dela’s death shook the world, Stettler resident Willem Ga-zendam’s thoughts drifted to his inner circle still living back home.
“My first thoughts were of my family,” said the gregarious 40-something white Afrikaner, who left his homeland a little more than five years ago.
“There are some politi-cians back in South Africa who weren’t against (Mandela), but they said after he is gone, there is going to be revenge on …” paused Gazendam as he hesi-tated, struggling to find the right words. Then, with the open palm of his right hand, he patted the skin on his other arm, showing he is white.
“It makes you wonder, be-cause your siblings and mom and dad, and everyone, are still there.”
Within minutes of current South African President Jacob Zuma revealing Mandela’s pass-ing Dec. 5, death threats against the European-descended Afri-kaners peppered online activity.
Some experts are so con-cerned with the European-de-scent Afrikaners’ safety that they have urged them to flee the country. In fact, Dr. Gregory Stanton, a Harvard and Yale-educated former law professor — who fought against apart-heid himself — leads Genocide Watch and sounded the alarm bell of an impending genocide.
Mandela the man
Mandela, who died at the age of 95, became an international icon in his fight to end apartheid. Mandela, after being released from prison where he spent 27 years, was the first black demo-cratically elected president in 1994.
Throughout his life, Mandela received 250 honours, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and the Soviet Order of Lenin. But yet, right up to his death, he refused to denounce violence and condemn the human rights violations of dictators such as Fidel Castro and Muammar Gaddafi.
Just as there are two sides to every story, there are many di-mensions to every person.
Mandela studied law and went on to become a revolu-tionary influenced in the 1950s by Karl Marx and Lenin, and inspired by Fidel Castro’s 26th of July Movement in the Cuban Revolution.
Mandela denied joining the South African Communist Party (SACP), but after his death, both the SACP and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) con-
firmed Mandela’s membership and involvement with the SACP. Mandela staunchly opposed capitalism and land ownership.
When Mandela first became active in anti-colonial politics, influenced by Ghandi, he was committed to non-violent forms of protest.
But without the desired re-sults, he soon co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), learned guerilla warfare, and embarked down a road of revolution.
Even though former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called for Mandela’s release from prison, in 1987 she called his group, the ANC, a “typical terrorist organization,” and former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney, in 1986 when he was a congressman, called Man-dela a terrorist. Mandela was on the U.S. terrorist watch list until 2008.
That is the Mandela that Johan van der Bank sees.
Fleeing a homeland
Van der Bank, who now lives in Stettler, grew up in Johannes-burg and lived in Cape Town.
When it comes to politics, although van der Bank doesn’t have any political allegiances, he researched issues and stayed on top of what was happening politically.
In 1994, he didn’t vote for Mandela, but supported the transition to a majority rule gov-ernment in the hopes of positive change.
And things gradually began to change for the whites in the years to come, but not in the
way van der Bank expected.“I felt unwelcome in my own
country,” he said. “I felt disen-franchised in my own country.
“It became clear to me things were changing. I didn’t feel com-fortable with it and I thought, ‘It’s going to get worse, and worse, to the point where our children will not have opportu-nities.’”
So van der Bank and his wife, Anne Lisa, left their home-land, the homeland their ances-tors lived in as far back as the 1600s.
“It didn’t feel like my coun-try anymore,” he said.
Gazendam also saw a change after the 1994 election.
“It was just different than when I grew up — how can I explain to you,” he said. “It’s re-ally difficult to explain it to you in a non-political way. It’s just difficult.”
Unlike van der Bank, Gazen-
dam wasn’t involved in politics back home in South Africa.
“We didn’t speak politics at home, at all,” he said.
Now, Gazendam and his wife, Mara-Lee, still steer clear of the topic of politics with their two children here in Canada.
Instead, Gazendam tells Me-gan, 4, that life as he knew it in South Africa wasn’t as bitterly cold as are Alberta winters.
“Life is not supposed to be like this,” said Gazendam, add-ing that is what he will tell his children about South Africa, as he pointed to the massive mounds of snow outside.
Gazendam said, personally, he believes that Mandela “was a good guy,” and he never saw Mandela as a threat of any kind.
“He comes forward as if he is harmless,” Gazendam said of Mandela, still in the pres-ent tense, then added, “He was loved worldwide.”
And, no matter what, Gazen-dam’s heart will always be in South Africa.
“I know that is where I’m from,” he said. “I was born there. I will always be South African.”
About one million white Af-rikaners have left the country in the past two decades and the views of Mandela are diverse among white Afrikaners.
Van der Bank misses his homeland, but will tell his and Anne Lisa’s three children something different about South Africa, their homeland, and Mandela.
“I have a file that thick for my kids,” he said with a strong accent, rolling his “r’s” and stretching his fingers to illustrate about half-a-foot thick file.
“I’m going to tell them what I know.”
He nodded his head slowly, and looked off into the distance.
“I’m just glad I’m not there.”
Polarizing parallels in accounts of a man whom many say ‘was loved worldwide’
Photos by LISA JOY/Independent reporter
Willem Gazendam (left) and Johan van der Bank are Stettler residents who grew up in South Africa during politically sensitive times.
Stettler’s perspective on Mandela
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William E Hay Composite High School’s new gay-straight alliance (GSA) has been busy since forming last June. The group has about 12 members who have begun various projects throughout the school to improve life and raise awareness for all students.
“A couple of my colleagues and I saw a need to work to build an alliance between gay and straight students,” said Doug Gregory, a teacher at the school. “We had some students who were interested and we made a pro-posal, brought it to administration and brought it to the parent council.
“And the rest, as they say, is history.”President and Grade 12 student Jennifer Taylor said
the reaction to the group’s efforts has been positive.“We’ve had a very warm welcome from the school,
lots of support,” she said. “For a small town, that’s pretty impressive.”
Within the club, each person is assigned “a cubby,” and anyone can put notes or treats in the cubbies. The GSA has also been promoting awareness within the school on related issues by putting up posters that draw attention to inclusive language.
“Students can simply talk about some of the problems gay students face around the world,” Gregory said.
Stettler’s gay-straight alliance has become involved in the Teens for Jeans fundraiser. It’s a joint project be-tween dosomething.org and Aeropostale, and the goal is to collect gently used jeans for homeless teenagers.
It’s estimated that up to 40 per cent of homeless youth in Canada are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and that about a quarter of those teens who “come out” are told to leave home. The project was born as a way to help youth facing such problems.
“It’s a way for us to get involved in the community, as well as to help people like us,” Taylor said.
Residents who wish to get involved can drop off jeans at one of three dropboxes throughout Stettler: at Wells Furniture, the Clearview School Division office and Jim’s Video, as well as at the high school.
The jeans will be taken to the Red Deer Aeropostale and donated to the local homeless shelter.
The fundraiser ends Feb. 16.
THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT NEWS Page A8 Wednesday, December 25, 2013
LISA JOYIndependent reporter
County of Stettler ended its year on a high with its efforts to provide services for residents at the best cost, but faces challenges ahead in 2014 with the province off-loading costs to municipalities.
The county made a decision this year to contract out some of its gravel supply and placement.
“This will save county ratepay-ers millions of dollars over the life of the contract,” said Reeve Wayne Nixon. “We have also acquired grav-el reserves both in our county and in adjacent counties. Because of the in-creasing costs of gravel, we have also tested some products that would pro-long the life of gravel roads and we’ll assess the results as we go along.
“The philosophy of the council has been to get the most bang for the rate-payers’ buck.”
Another accomplishment for the County of Stettler in 2013 was the Shirley McClellan Water Services Commission constructing two water lines — one just completed to Big Valley, and another one to Donalda, which is almost completed.
Getting water to residents has been a priority, Nixon said.
The county built a waterline to Er-skine for a reservoir and a truck fi ll to service the area.
“We have plans to construct a truck fi ll near the Hamlet of Red Willow,” Nixon said.
Tackling weeds was also on the county’s agenda in 2013.
“The Agricultural Service Board has completed Year 2 of a three-year plan to control problem or noxious weeds in our county,” Nixon said. “This coming year, they will concen-trate on the north third of the county and also cover problem areas in the rest of the county.”
Completion of the Big Valley Fire
Hall was deemed a success.“There is still some landscaping
and paving to complete next year, but for the most part, the project is com-plete,” the reeve said.
The year has been fruitful, but the county has a few challenges ahead.
“The loss of bridge funding and the reduction of the Municipal Sus-tainability Initiative funding has been a challenge to our operations,” Nix-on said. “Two bridges were replaced this year, which require funding from general revenue and reserves. Many of the bridges in our county are near-ing their life expectancy and it will re-quire careful fi nancial planning to fi t expected repairs and replacement into upcoming budgets.”
The loss of the Municipal Sustain-ability Initiative (MSI) funding from the province was also a blow.
It will be a “challenge to keep up services that ratepayers have become accustomed to,” Nixon said in a year-end interview with the Independent.
LISA JOY/Independent reporter
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UPDATE — Big Valley’s Ty Mappin (left) scored the winning goal 40 seconds into overtime Friday as the Olds Grizzlys defeated the Brooks Bandits in Alberta Junior Hockey League action at Olds. Mappin, who turns 18 next month, has two goals and 12 points after 27 games with the Grizzlys. Bashaw’s Dallas Bergstrom (above), an 18-year-old defenceman, helped the Camrose Kodiaks edge the host Canmore Eagles 3-2 in a shootout Friday. Bergstrom has four points in 32 games.
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THREE-POINT WEEKEND — Jeff Skaley manned the Stettler net for both weekend games as the Lightning closed out their pre-Christmas schedule in the Heritage Junior Hockey League with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Mountainview Colts at Didsbury on Saturday, one night after the Lightning dumped the Three Hills Thrashers 10-1 at the Stettler Recreation Centre. The Lightning’s latest winning streak ended at fi ve victories, but they remain in fi rst place in the Northern Division with a 17-7-1 record, three points ahead of the Blackfalds Wranglers going into Sunday’s action. Stettler has the same number of points as the Southern-Division-leading Okotoks Bisons (17-6-1), who have played one less game. Lightning captain Landon Potter scored two goals against Mountainview, while Scott Ternes had a power-play goal and Dylan Houston added two assists. In Friday’s romp, Wyat Haustein and Kyler O’Connor each netted two goals and the Kid Line combined for 10 points as Adam Ternes had a goal and three assists, while Houston and Scott Ternes each contributed a goal and two assists. Ryan Graff, Connor Doucette and Derek Muhlbach also scored for Stettler, and Skaley made 25 saves. Skaley blocked 27 shots in Saturday’s game. The Lightning resume action on Jan. 5 when they visit the Banff Academy Bears.
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By Chase RoslandWilliam E. Hay Composite High School
The Stettler Wildcats defeated the host West Cen-tral Rebels 43-31 in senior girls’ high school basketball league action last Tuesday at Rocky Mountain House.
Dacia Gramlick led the Wildcats with 18 points. Morgan Van Dusen added six points.
“We got off to a great start, with some quick fast-break points,” said Wildcats coach Charisse McDonald. “It was back and forth and tied up at the half. We started the second half the same as the fi rst, running and scoring, and never really looked back.
“Dacia (Gramlick) had a strong game, with most of her points off the break, but everyone chipped in from
the fl oor. We have a great group of players this year who are working well to-gether and great leadership on and off the court.”
It marked the end of pre-Christmas play for Stettler’s senior girls and the Wildcat senior boys, who lost 70-49 to West Central on the same night.
Justin Fleischhacker sank 15 points for Stettler, while Braden Deagle and Andrew Kim added 10 points each.
Up next for the Wildcat senior boys and girls are Jan. 7 games in Red Deer against the Lindsay Thurber Raiders.
JV actionThe JV boys’ team from
Stettler dumped Lacombe 48-19 in the Wildcats’ home-opening league game last week. It was a rematch of the Stettler tournament
consolation fi nal, in which the Wildcats also beat the Rams handily.
“We had a balanced at-tack, with six players scor-ing at least six points in the contest,” Wildcats coach Adam McRae said after the league contest.
Stettler’s top scorers were Jordan Lane, with 10 points, and Clayton Page, with eight.
The Wildcat JV girls lost 38-31 to Lacombe in their home-opener last week.
Taylor Ell and Ashley Wingie each netted six points for Stettler.
The JV girls and boys swing back into action after the Christmas break with Jan. 8 home games against Camrose.
The Rotary Club of Stettler sponsors four stu-dents who each participate in a separate exchange pro-gram. Those programs are:
Adventures In Citizenship Four to fi ve days in Ot-
tawa. Tour the city, visit historical sites and dine in nearby Quebec. Be a part of discussion groups and view Parliament Hill.
Rotary Youth Program Enrichment
Three days near Rocky Mountain House; Camp Alexo It’s billed as an op-portunity to enhance and develop individual self-con-fi dence and personal skills. Goal-setting, group discus-sion and problem-solving.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
Three days in Canmore. Learn how to take control and positively affect the lives of others. Speakers will touch on fi nancial as-pects of life, peer pressure, leadership, alcohol, drugs and teenage stress.
Adventures in Science and Technology
Four to fi ve days in Sas-katoon. Past exchange stu-dent Nicholas Baharally de-scribed his experience.
“It’s a great experience that allows you to explore many different career op-tions that are available and have to do with science and technology,” he said.
Students are asked to write a 200- to 400-word es-say on the program they’re most interested in and sub-mit it to Ms. McMillan.
The deadline is Jan. 8.
THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT SPORTS/SCHOOL ZONE Wednesday, December 25, 2013Page B2
JOHN MacNEIL/Independent editor
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT — Kyle Poapst and the Stettler Wildcats defeated Lacombe in junior varsity basketball league play last Wednesday and in the Stettler tournament consolation fi nal four days earlier. All four Wildcat basketball teams — the JV boys and girls and the senior boys and girls — are off until January.
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Stettler Middle School students tasted the Christmas spirit last week as they made — and ate — gingerbread houses. Breanna UnKauf (below) decorates her house.
By Teresa AnderssonStettler Elementary School
After their stellar performances the previous week at the grades 3 to 5 Christmas concerts, the show choir had a Christmas party during lunch on Monday. They ate sweet treats and sang carols to celebrate a job well done. Thanks to the parents who sent the yummy baking!
This past week, we were privileged to have the grades 1 and 2 students perform their Christmas concerts on Tuesday and Wednesday. The program was titled-Christmas Around the World. After be-ing greeted by the Grade 1 students, the play opens with a family at Disneyland about to enter the Christmas Around the World pavilion, and each class dressed as the mechanized dolls from different parts of the world. First they travel to Holland and learn about Sinter Klaas and Black Peter, then to Israel to sing about Hanu-kah. Next a bright star appears that leads them to France, where the nativity scene makes its entrance. Then they are off to Mexico, where a Mexican hat dance and a piñata are part of the celebration. They learn that the tradition of setting up a Christmas tree comes from Germany on their tour through that country (and odd-ly enough, hiding a pickle in the tree!) before visiting China for the New Year’s celebrations and a traditional dragon dance. As the tour winds up, they return home to the ice and snow of Canada.
All of the students did a fantastic job of memorizing lines and singing their songs. We want to extend heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Lynes, the music teacher for grades 1 and 2, as well as all of the home-room teachers who help with costuming, rehearsals and memorizing lines. It takes a group effort to be able to accomplish such an ambitious project.
Last Thursday and Friday, many of the classes had a Christmas party in their classrooms. We extend thanks to the par-ent volunteers who help organize the lunches and provide snacks for the kids. The staff also extends warm gratitude to all of the families who blessed the staff with gifts and treats this holiday season.
Last Friday, the students were treated to a movie day. The kids in the lower grades watched Arthur Christmas to-gether in the music room and the older students watched A Christmas Story as
a group in the gym. Partway through the movie, the students returned to their homeroom to enjoy recess and a snack, and then went back to watch the conclu-sion of the movie.
Mrs. Poapst’s phys-ed students took advantage of all of the wonderful snow we have gotten already this year by going cross-country skiing. She took each class for a double period, as the process of get-
ting everybody into and out of all the equipment takes a lot of time. That way, the students had instruction, got properly bundled up, found their assigned skis, boots and poles, and still spent more than a half hour outside learning to ski, fall and get back up, before having to come back inside to reverse the whole process.
Even on the colder days, the students had so much fun leaving tracks all over
the grades 4 and 5 playground area, though they quickly discovered that the snow was pretty deep out in the football field!
All Stettler Elementary School stu-dents and staff are now on Christmas break, and classes resume Jan. 6.
From all of us at Stettler Elementary School, we wish everyone a safe and happy holiday this season.
Contributed photo
Stettler Elementary School students form a nativity scene during the grades 1 and 2 concert, Christmas Around the World.
By Katelyn Imbery, Braelyn Wipfand Kassidy BourdonStettler Middle School
Christmas is upon us! Candygram sales were another huge success this year and everyone walked away with wonderful messages from friends, classmates and teachers. The money from the Candygram sales was donated to the Neale family that lost their home in a fi re this month. We wish them the best this holiday season.
The students participated in Christmas activities put on by Y-CAT members dur-ing lunch break all last week. Some of those activities included Frosty the Snow-man, Wrap the Teacher, Santa Sleigh Rac-es, and Do-Do-Do Christmas Carols. Dur-ing the Wrap the Teacher contest, the team responsible for wrapping Mr. Rahn won.
The SMS girls’ basketball team played in a mid-December tournament at Drumheller, where Stettler won two its three games.
SMS lost 41-31 to the Saints, beat the host team, the Dynos, 31-16, and defeated Trochu 35-34.
As stated by a SMS team member, the Trochu game was the girls’ best game of the day. They ended up placing second overall.
The SMS boys’ basketball team also played in Drumheller for a mid-December tournament.
The Stettler boys won one of their three
games. They beat Brownfi eld 38-34, but lost to St. Anthony 53-47 and Delia 39-38. As the scores show, the games were close and well-played, with the SMS boys plac-ing third overall.
Congratulations to both the boys and the girls on their fi rst tournament of the season!
The SMS grades 7 and 8 home-ec class-es made gingerbread cookies to get in to the Christmas spirit this past week. Also, some Grade 7 students were rewarded for their great effort in school so far this year, with making gingerbread houses or going cross-country skiing. Everyone had fun baking and, of course, eating their tasty treats.
The fi rst ski trip of the school year is scheduled for Jan. 15 at Red Deer’s Can-yon Ski Hill. The students who don’t par-ticipate in skiing will be having an activity day back at the school. It’s a fun way to kick off the new year!
We ended school before the holidays with a fun activity day in the morning and dance in the afternoon. The students had a great time celebrating the kickoff to Christmas vacation. The day concluded with the Candygrams being handed out and everyone was sent off on a well-de-served break.
On behalf of everyone at Stettler Mid-dle School, we would like to wish every-one a Merry Christmas and all the best in the new year.
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Clerical 720RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake is looking for a P/T Admin. Assistant.
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PETROFIELD Industries, the Leader in manufacturingHydrovac trucks, is acceptingresumes for the following positions:* General Labourers* Industrial Painters* Sandblasters* Material Handler* Automotive Electrical Technician* Journeyman Welder / Apprentice* 2nd Yr Welder with Aluminum experience
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Operators WantedLogic Energy Ltd. is seeking experienced oil and gas plant and well operator forrelief work.
10 days per month availability is required.
Amine plant, refrigeration, compression, down-hole experience, instrumentation and troubleshooting skills are an asset.
Send resume to [email protected] or call 403-452-8320.
Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. is seeking qualifi ed candidates to fi ll Floorhand, Derrickhand and Driller positions. These positions are locally based.Applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the positionapplied for.Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary & benefi ts package along with a steady work schedule.Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources
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Service Rig
Allied Fabrication is a young aggressive company looking for like-mindedindividuals to join our team. If you enjoy a fast paced, positive work environment, pride yourself on having an eye for details, a strong work ethic, and consider yurself reliable please send your resume. Allied manufactures oil & gas production equipment from our facility in Stettler, AB. We are quickly gaining a reputation as a high quality, dependable, competitive supplier.
We are now accepting resumes for:
- Apprentice Welders- Labourers
Allied Fabrication offers competitive wages, a health & wellness program, access to overtime hours, and the opportunity to advance your career; division manage-ment positions will become available as we continue to grow.
Please send resumes to:Fax: 1-888-526-0274 or Email: [email protected]
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Allied Fabrication is a young aggressive company looking for like-mindedindividuals to join our team. If you enjoy a fast paced, positive work environment, pride yourself on having an eye for details, a strong work ethic, and consider yourself reliable please send your resume. Allied manufactures oil & gas production equipment from our facility in Stettler, AB. We are quickly gaining a reputation as a high quality, dependable, competitive supplier.
We are now accepting resumes for:
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Join the professional team at the Stettler Independent, one of Stettler’s longest-serving and trustworthy businesses. Each week, we deliver the news and advertising content thatgenerations of central Albertans have relied on at home and away.
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Heartland Youth Center is hiring a part-time Program Leader immediately. We require a creative,energetic individual to plan, implement and evaluate programs and events for youth ages 6 - 18 after school.
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People across the globe anxiously await the arrival of the new year. Different cu l tures and re l ig ions celebrate their own new year at different t imes, but for much of the world, Jan. 1 marks the date for change and renewal.
With so much emphasis placed on what people will be doing for the last day of the year, little thought may be given to what to do after the clock strikes 12. Each minute afterward opens up the possibilities to begin fresh with new goals and tasks.
For those wondering how to commence the
new year, there are many ways to tackle the first day and thereaf ter — after you have recovered from the New Year’s Eve celebration, that is.
• Take down holiday decorations. While there are some people who prefer to leave up their Chr is tmas decorat ions until after the celebration of the Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, by Jan. 1 many are ready to say goodbye to the holiday season for another year. Having the day off of work and school enables you to spend time removing decorations from the house and taking down
the tree, especially before dr ied-out pine needles become more than you can handle.
• Shop post-holiday sales. A f ter spending several months buying for every person on your list, this could be a time that you focus on picking up some things for yourself or the household. Stores may need to liquidate holiday stock and other inventory to make room for spring styles. Many shoppers fi nd the deals hard to pass up when shopping in the early days of January. Check online to comparison shop, and scour the Internet for
any printable coupons that can earn you even bigger discounts.
• Vis i t fami ly and friends. This time of year may be happy for some, but for those far f rom members of the family or seniors who may have lost many close companions, the winter and post-holiday season could bring on the blues. Visiting extended family you may not have seen during the holidays is one way to pass the day. You also can volunteer some of your time at a senior centre or assisted-l iving facil i ty to spread some post-holiday cheer.
• Discard exp i red foods and medicines. Take this opportunity to throw out any medications that expire this year, which will give you a head start on spring cleaning, as well. Toss out old makeup and cosmetic products and make a list of new items to
buy. Also, take inventory of the refr igerator and freezer, cleaning out any items that are no longer recognizable or that are past the recommended date.
• Head to the movies. Go to the movie theatre and take in a fl ick with the family. January is not the most active time for new releases, but there are some fi lms released in the fi rst month of the year. You can enjoy a lazy day with some cinematic magic and a bag of popcorn.
• Make a folder to store tax preparation paperwork. Tax season is just around the corner. Use this time to collect any paperwork you already may have received and put it in a safe place. Expect new statements of past earnings, any information about interest earned on bank statements and other pertinent tax documents to
start arriving. Also, if you use an accountant to help fi le your taxes, call his or her office and book an appointment before his or her schedule fi lls up.
• Watch a footbal l game. Af ter weeks of running around at a break-neck pace, use this day to lounge around and recharge. Chances are you can find a football game on television. Order in a pizza and cheer on your favourite team.
• Encourage the kids to put down the toys and pick up a book. Many students wi l l be returning to school soon after an extended winter recess. Have them get back into the swing of things by brushing up on lessons last touched on in December.
• Host a post-holiday pot-luck. Clean out the r e f r i g e r a t o r o f t h o s e sa l vageab le l e f t ove rs from your New Year’s Eve bash. Invite others over with their own foods and host one last party before you have to get back to the daily grind.
There are many ways to start off the new year on the right foot. Get a head start on cleaning or organizing, or relax once more wi th f r iends and family.
— Metro
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To all our clients, friends and associates everywhere, we extend our sincere best wishes and gratitude this holiday
season. It’s always a pleasure doing business with you and we look forward to serving you in the future.
ROYAL LEPAGE
NETWORK REALTY CORP.Independently Owned and Operated
Andy BirchAssociate
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Stettler
403-742-3069
Home for the HolidaysMay this Holiday Season bring
you Memories fi lled with Warmth, Love & Laughter with your
Family & Friends!Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to all our Friends &
Neighbours!
Plenty to do when the new year arrives
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PARKLAND (Alberta) Commodities is a growing
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at its Bashaw/Warden locations. Duties will
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’Tis the season for giving … and the Big Valley Fire Department would like to extend thanks to Chad and Serena Ponto of Ponto’s Patch Service Ltd. for going that extra mile.
The local fi re department has been in need of an upgrade of its gas-detection equipment for some time. Chad recognized the need and decided to provide the second half of the funds needed for new moni-tors.
The fi rst half had been provided last summer by the Kastik family when they donated the proceeds from the Kastik Cup Golf Tourna-ment to the fi re department. Big Valley’s brigade now has four 4-head monitors and a fi fth one that also detects ammonia, a gas that is used at the arena for ice-making.
The entire community truly appreciates these folks and their generosity. It goes a long way to help keep local fi refi ghters and the community safe.
On Thursday, Dec. 12, the Big Valley community was invited to a “Town Wide Christmas Dinner” fundraising event hosted by Dan and Fran Welter of the Big Valley Inn. Participating diners enjoyed a scrumptious roast turkey dinner and all the trimmings, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to the Big Valley Food Bank. Thanks to the
management and staff of the Inn for organizing the special event and to everyone who came out to enjoy the dinner. Together, more than $500 was raised for the food bank.
It’s been a number of years since Big Valley has had a peewee hockey team. By merging with Byemoor, we have been fortunate to be able to
ice a team this year. The Big Valley Thunder hosted a successful pee-wee tournament in mid-December, with teams from Athabasca, St. Al-bert, Trails West, Simon’s Valley and Clive.
Organizers extend their gratitude to the sponsors and the volunteers. The Thunder are backed by a great
group of parents and coaches. There were some very close
games in the fi nals, with Trails West beating St. Albert 3-2 for the A title, Simon’s Valley taking the B fi nal in a shootout victory over Big Valley and Clive topping Athabasca in the C fi nal.
A great weekend was had by all.
THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT DISTRICT Page B7Wednesday, December 25, 2013
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ENDIANG-BYEMOOR NEWS
Contributed photo
Serena and Chad Ponto present gas-detection equipment that their company donated to the Big Valley Fire Department, including Chanse Stefanik and Lori Gordon. Joining them are Braden and Julie Ponto.
By Les and Rosemary Stulberg
Ruth Ratcliffe visited New Brunswick to spend an early Christmas with her family at Moncton. She returned home Tuesday evening. Terry Gallant operated the café in Endiang dur-ing Ruth’s absence.
Rod and Krissy Jack and their girls, Jesse, Sydney and Emma, also headed to the Maritimes for a Christmas visit with Rod’s family in Nova Scotia.
Congratulations to Tanis Longshore and Travis James on the birth of their daughter, Rylyn Leah James, on Dec. 15 in Drumheller. Rylyn weighed eight pounds and eight-and-a-half ounces.
Congratulations also to the grandparents, Dave and Lynne Longshore and Frank and Edith James.
Congratulations are also in order for T.J. and Nicole Devaleriola on the arrival of their second son, Tucker Thomas Devaleriola, in Drumheller on Dec. 17. Tucker weighed seven pounds and 14 ounces and is a little brother for Carson.
Congratulations also to the local grandparents, Pat and Sandra Keith, and great-grandparents Mike Keith and Bill Baird.
Another bundle of joy has arrived. Congratu-lations to fi rst-time parents Joey and Candace (nee Jones) Boxma on the birth of their son, Blake Joseph Boxma, on Dec. 19 in Stettler. Blake weighed six pounds and 10 ounces. Con-gratulations to local grandparents Mark and Julie Jones.
The kindergarten class held its Christmas party at the Byemoor School last Wednesday af-ternoon.
On Thursday evening, the Byemoor School presented its annual Christmas concert to a full-house crowd. The kindergarten class did the welcome and the whole school performed in the play “Lights! Camera! Christmas!” That was followed by the nativity scene and the arrival of Santa Claus who handed out candy bags to all the youngsters. The event is always a highlight of the season for the community. Thanks to all who put so much effort into the concert.
The Byemoor junior high students are fund-raising to participate in an exchange with a school in Cornwall, Ont. Byemoor’s students will be in Ontario in May, and the Cornwall students return the visit in June.
Sandi Hodgson of Melfort, Sask., visited with
Kirk and Twila Buchwitz and boys and took in her grandsons’ Christmas concert.
Snowbirds Miles and Lynne Jones arrived home on Tuesday from Arizona to spend Christ-mas with their family.
Happy Birthday wishes are extended to a longtime Endiang resident, Lois Ballinger, who celebrated her 87th birthday on Dec. 20. We wish Lois many more happy birthdays. She now re-sides in Stettler at the Paragon Place lodge.
Keep in mind the benefi t dance for Gaylynn (Sorensen) Lelek at the Hanna Community Cen-tre on Dec. 28. Doors open at 8 p.m.
The New Year’s Eve dance in Endiang on Dec. 31 is a family dance with a live band, Marty & Company. Doors open at 8 p.m. and there will be door prizes to be won.
The 4-H beef club is holding a battery drive. Anyone wishing to donate batteries can call the Yates family at 403-579-2108 to arrange pick-up.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish the readers from far and near, and the editor and staff of the Stettler Independent, a very Merry Christmas and may 2014 bring good health and happiness to all.
BIG VALLEY BULLETIN
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NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE
By Louise Bellair
I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas to you and yours. If you’re traveling for the big day, drive safely and take your time.
There are multiple Christmas Eve services in the area to celebrate the season.
There’s no old-time dance on New Year’s Eve, so the next Botha dance is set for Jan. 27, starting at 1:30 p.m., with Ralph and Friends Band.
The weekly Coffee Hour resumes Jan. 8 at the
Botha Senior Centre. A special couple celebrates their wedding
anniversary on Boxing Day. Congratulations to Hazel and Murray Davidson. Have a great day.
Also, a Happy Birthday wish goes out to Don Reitar (Senior) for Tuesday, Dec. 31.
The Botha Ice Arena is now open for every-one to enjoy. The hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Please send in rental payments to Botha Community Centre, Box 123, Botha, T0C 0N0.
For more rink information, call Marsha Mailer
at 403-742-2559. Winter seems like it’s been a long one already,
so it will be nice when it’s over. If you need your driveways cleaned out, contact the village offi ce or Chris Pfi ffl e at 403-742-5228.
On Monday, Jan. 6, at 11:30 a.m., come out to the Botha Senior Centre for the monthly meeting. The committee plans to host a belated Christmas dinner, with the meeting to follow right after. No one is required to bring anything ... except their appetite, and all seniors are welcome to attend.
By Patty Steen
A New Year’s Eve celebration is planned for Rumsey on Tuesday, Dec. 31. The fun starts at 8:30, with a $10 entrance charge. The band will feature locals Nort and the Nerds. It should be a fun time.
The Rumsey Birthday Club went to the Trochu Lodge for one last birthday party last Monday, with Linda Helmer hosting. There were quite a few birthdays to celebrate.
In extended care, there were birthdays for Frieda Meding, Harold Meding and Edna Stennes, who celebrated her 102nd birthday! Oh, the things she has experienced and seen.
In the lodge, there were four birthdays; Ellen Jewell, Bud Nelson, Betty Vickery and Eldred Maerz.
Congratulations to each of you on reaching another wonderful milestone.
Kevin Martin will visit on Jan. 17. He will fi rst visit the Morrin school to give a talk about the great sport of curling. Then he’s at the Rumsey curling rink for a clinic with the junior and high school curling clubs. In the evening, there will be a supper, cooked by our Country Cookers, for all to attend, after which Martin plans to tell stories from his years of curling in the big leagues.
A dance follows, with opportunities to enter a $100 draw for a chance to attend a clinic hosted by Martin the next day. The cost for the evening is $40 each and for more information and tickets, call Kent Holowath at 403-368-3733.
It’s a fi rst for Rumsey, so plan to attend.The Rumsey Ag Society had its annual gen-
eral meeting last week and nominated three new members; Angie Walker, Alex Jensen and Travis Cawiezel. Thank them for stepping up to make a difference in the community.
The ag society is still searching for one more
member, so anyone who would like to join can call Jim Richmond for more information.
It will soon be bonspiel season, starting with the men’s in the last week of January. Ken Mac-farlane is the curling co-ordinator. His number is 403-368-2128.
Dallas Krywcun is organizing a Poker Rally for Saturday, Feb. 1, so mark your calendars. It should be a great day, with all the snow in the community. It begins at 9:30, with hands going out until 1 p.m., and a concession and bar open at the end of the rally.
Cindy Krywcun called to say her aunt, Joan Michaylow, sister to Trevor and Dave, is in the Olds Hospital, so we will keep her in our thoughts and prayers.
Gwen Hampton is also needing our prayers, as she continues to take treatments in Calgary.
Take care, everyone, and travel safely over the Christmas season.
RUMSEY RECORD
International performer Robert Larrabee takes his show to the Stettler commu-nity hall for a New Year’s Eve performance.
Larrabee was born in Vancouver and travelled throughout Canada growing up, a news release reads. He listened to country music, and later to artists such as Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, and Simon and Garfunkel.
At a young age, Larra-bee turned his love of music into a career. He was dis-covered by a talent agency. He developed a one-man show, An Evening With the Legends. Larrabee also col-laborated with songwriters to release a country album this year.
Tickets for his Stettler show can be purchased at Pfeiffer’s House of Music.
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