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Stettler Kung Fu Master Warren Statulate stands beside his training dummy inside the Jewel Theatre Lobby, where the theatre has been showing a special presentation of Ip Man, the story about Stratulate’s teacher’s teacher. In his hands, Stratulate holds two butterfl y swords. Stacey Lavallie/Weekender reporter

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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 06 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Quiet Kung Fu master fi nds balance inside and outBY STACEY LAVALLIEWEEKENDER REPORTER

Stettler’s Warren Stratulate had three goals as a child: to trav-el around the world, to dive the Great Barrier Reef and to become one of the best fi ght-ers in the world.

At the age of 27, Stratulate decided to chase those dreams, buying a plane ticket that took him on an adventure around the globe. He eventually landed in Australia, where he worked for several years. He dived the reef.

All that was left on his list was becoming one of the best fi ght-ers in the world, and after witnessing Kung Fu in action, he knew exactly what he want-ed to pursue.

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Quiet Kung Fu master fi nds balance inside and out...

“I knew that if I ever came across someone fi ghting with that style I’d lose,” Stratulate explained. “So that’s what I wanted to learn.”

Despite being a mar-tial art that can dis-able an opponent in just moments, both the martial art and its practitioners advocate for peace and virtue rather than aggres-sion and violence. The martial art is meant to help keep the human spirit and body — chi — in balance, and to help defend those who cannot defend themselves.

Stratulate is a prac-titioner of a branch of Kung Fu known as “Traditional Wing Chun,” a style Stratulate learned from his sifu, or mas-ter, during three in-tense, focused years in Australia. His sifu, William Cheung, learned from Ip Man (or Yip Man, depend-ing on translation of his name), who learned both tradi-tional and modifi ed styles of Wing Chun.

Modifi ed Wing Chun was made popular by martial artist Bruce Lee, who was also taught by Ip Man.

Stratulate is one of

continued from page 1 few Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu mas-ters in the world, and it is a responsibility he takes very serious-ly. He only teaches a select handful of peo-ple rather than run-ning wide-open class-es, because he be-lieves the martial art he lives and breathes is very dangerous, and shouldn’t be available to just anyone.

“It’s a responsibili-ty to be responsible with what I know,” he explained. “When I teach, I teach to peo-ple who I know won’t misuse what they know, and will be re-sponsible in how and who they teach.”

Stratulate is mod-est about his abilities, not liking to demon-strate them or talk about what he can do. Instead, he prefers to explain how he can do what he does and the philosophy that comes along with Kung Fu — a perfect balance of one’s inner and outer strength and energy.

Kung Fu operates on a principle of doing the most effective damage with the least amount of effort, and every part of the mar-tial art refl ects that. Each strike and block is meant not only to protect the artist, but

do so with the least amount of effort. Most of the blocks and ac-tions set up the op-ponent to be easily disabled at the same time. Kung Fu prac-titioners study the human body, learning about pressure points — weak spots where a simple strike can cause temporary dis-ability or incapacitate an opponent; all with the minimal amount of movement.

Stratulate’s place in Kung Fu history is one that has been en-shrined at the Shaolin Temple in Hunan Province in China. For decades upon de-cades, the Traditional Wing Chun form of Kung Fu was lost to the Shaolin Monks, the monks who origi-nated Kung Fu centu-ries ago.

In 2013, Cheung, Stratulate’s sifu and a master of both the tra-ditional and modifi ed forms of Wing Chun, took part in a cere-mony at the temple, reuniting the monks with the lost form of Kung Fu. A monument was raised to com-memorate the day, and on it is Stratulate’s name — as one of the masters of traditional Wing Chun.

It’s something that

Stratulate is visibly proud of, though un-like some of his fel-low martial artists, he doesn’t generally demonstrate his abil-ities in public.

He did three pub-lic demonstrations over the past week in Stettler at the Jewel Theatre, as the theatre was showing a spe-cial biopic of Ip Man, his own sifu’s sifu. The fi lm was brought in by Byron Geddes as a gift for Stratulate and his students, all of whom went to see it during its fi nal performance yesterday, Thursday Feb. 4.

“He did this for me and my students,” Stratulate said. “I can do (the demonstra-tions) to thank him.”

Stratulate is not tak-ing students at pres-ent, but has been pondering holding a women’s self-defence course, something he’s done in the past. In the course, stu-dents not only learn to defend themselves, but learn to react to different situations and how to run away or call for help — two of the best defences people in dangerous situations have in their arsenal.

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Insurance protection for single parents, housewives, contract workers and farmers (part 2)

Continuing from last week, let’s review the impor-tance of more insurance options for this cohort of people.

Critical illness insurance: This pays out a lump sum if you are diagnosed with life-threatening illness such as cancer, heart attack or stroke that is covered by the policy. Subject to certain conditions such as surviving for a specifi ed length of time, the lump sum is paid to you after diagnosis of the condition, and can be spent

any way you wish.Let’s consider Heather, a single mother, and Owen, her

eight-year-old son. Heather was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to take a leave of absence from her job. Her disability plan through her employer paid three months of income replacement, but she was off work for more than a year.

Fortunately, she had a critical illness insurance policy, and received $100,000 from that. This allowed her to hire extra childcare, pay down her mortgage and keep up with overall expenses for herself and Owen while she was taking treatment. Having the extra money meant she didn’t have to dip into her retirement sav-ings.

Critical illness protection for your children: Let’s say Owen is the one who was seriously ill and Heather needed to leave her job, her only source of income, to care for Owen full-time. The lump sum from the critical illness policy can replace Heather’s income, be used for drugs not covered by health plans, and providing cash for living expenses.

Accident insurance: Accidents happen every day. We can’t predict when or if they occur, so it’s best to be

prepared. This is where accident insurance comes into play. A serious accident could affect your ability to work again. Again, it may be wise to get accident insurance for your children, to help pay the bills if your child has a serious accident and you needed to leave your job to take care of him or her.

Life insurance for your kids: Life insurance for chil-dren is inexpensive, costing less the younger a child is. There are a couple of options for insuring children. One is to add a Child Protection Rider to your existing insurance policy, typically $10,000 of coverage for only $2 per month. These expire at age 25, but come with the option to buy additional insurance before expiry regard-less of their future health or lifestyle. Another option is for parents or even grandparents to purchase an indi-vidual policy, providing affordable permanent coverage for children or grandchildren. If properly funded, some policy types can build signifi cant cash value that could be used to help fund post-secondary education.

Be sure to sit down with a trusted life insurance pro-fessional and consider all of the options that are avail-able, and to put together a protection package that’s appropriate and affordable for you.

What will you do with 2,000 hours a year when you retire?Retirement designers help start the conversation

CNW STORY

When Canadians retire, they will have an average of 2,000 additional hours per year to fi ll – the time they now spend work-ing. A new RBC survey of 1,500 working Canadians 50 and older found near-ly three-quarters (73 per cent) are unsure what they’ll do with that extra time.

While the survey found nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) have done some planning for how they will fi nance retirement, less than half have done some planning for retirement lifestyle decisions, such as where they will live, where they will travel (44 per cent each) and what activities they will do (46 per cent).

Bill Hill, national fi nan-cial planning consultant and retirement design-er at RBC, encourages Canadians to plan for their retirement by fi rst think-ing about the kind of life they want to live in retire-ment, before discussing their fi nances.

“Too often, the word ‘retirement’ is tied to the money, rather than to the life you hope to lead when you retire,” Hill explained. “You should start by ask-ing yourself, ‘What do I want to do when I retire?’ If you’re part of a cou-ple, have you discussed each other’s hopes for retirement – or are you assuming your partner fully agrees with what you personally want to do? If you’re an individual, have

you thought about what will be truly important to you when you retire?”

The RBC survey found more than half (61 per cent) of Canadians polled plan to stay in their cur-rent home when they retire, with more than a quarter (28 per cent) plan-ning to renovate. A third (33 per cent) plan to down-size to smaller home.

International home de-signer Hilary Farr has seen fi rst-hand how important it is for couples to have these discussions in ad-vance – whether it’s about renovations or retirement.

“You need to have a strong foundation and a shared vision to en-sure the end result sat-isfi es everyone, whether you’re thinking about re-

tirement or your home,” said Farr. “For your home in retirement, you should take other priorities into account as well. For ex-ample, how important is it to you to have family and friends nearby? How easily will you be able to access healthcare or get to entertainment and other

activities?”Canadians wanting to

get their own retirement design underway can fi nd helpful, interactive resources at www.retire-mentdesigners.ca

About RBC’s pollFrom December 30, 2015

to January 4, 2016 an on-line survey was conducted

on behalf of RBC by Vision Critical among 1,508 ran-domly selected working Canadian adults ages 50 to 75 with investable house-hold assets of $100,000 to $999,999. The margin of error is +/- 2.5%, 19 times out of 20; discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.

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A broken love affair involving a dog

The day you met your dog, it was love at fi rst sight.

Those big brown eyes, that silky-sheened fur, butt-wiggles, even puppy breath was hard to resist. You couldn’t decide who picked whom, and it didn’t matter: on the day you met your dog, it was forever. But, as in the new book “Earnest” by Kristin von Kreisler, could the same be said for your human?

The minute Anna stepped into Second Chance Shelter, she knew that she and her boyfriend, Jeff, weren’t going home alone. Jeff only wanted to “look” at the dogs – he said you got a better idea of their personalities that way – but when they met Earnest, well, that was that. He was a gorgeous three-year-old yellow Lab and on that day, they became a family of three.

That made Anna enor-mously happy. Earnest was a sweetheart and she loved

TERRISCHLICHENMEYER

taking him to work at her Seattle-area fl oral shop, which was located in an old Victorian mansion that Anna’s grandmother once owned. Anna’s shop, Plant Parenthood, was humming; Anna’s friends (business co-renters of the house) were busy; and Jeff was be-coming a success at his architectural fi rm. Life was good.

Jeff didn’t know how he was going to tell Anna about his work project.

He hadn’t asked for it; Cedar Place was handed to him, and its completion would totally set his career. When it was done, it would be a jewel in the neighbor-hood, a place for commu-nity and retail, museums and families, something Jeff could be proud of. He’d thought through every sin-gle facet of it.

Except for one thing: the project involved the dem-olition of the Victorian mansion that Anna loved. Though he had a solu-tion to it all, she would be heartbroken.

But she was more than just that. When Anna learned that Jeff was in-volved in the Cedar Place project, she was livid. How could he? Didn’t he think she’d be hurt?

Jeff moved out of their condo. Anna fi led for cus-tody of Earnest.

Jeff countered with a me-diator. Anna started fi ght-ing for her beloved house.

There was no way they could ever continue their relationship. But Earnest – and life – had other ideas…

There are two basic things you should know about “Earnest.” It’s good, and it’s too long.

On the fi rst point, who can resist a book about a dog? I know I can’t, es-pecially when the dog is personable but not cute-sy, so I was glad that au-thor Kristin von Kreisler is careful not to go overboard with her Earnest. He’s a charmer, but not a saccha-rine one.

The “overboard” comes with the human charac-ters’ back-and-forth. Anna and Jeff’s fi ght goes on and on and on and, well, you know. I desperately wanted them to stop already. Their heel-digging comprises the majority of this book, and it’s too much.

Keep that in mind, and if you’re willing to endure it for the sake of an other-wise good boy-meets-girl-meets-dog romance, you’ll be fi ne. In that case, I think “Earnest” will nicely meet your needs.

“Earnest” by Kristin von Kreisler

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Planning strategies help us stay focused during these times. Discussing with an advisor are criti-cal to long term success. To the right is a chart that can help.The Risks and Rewards of Investing

• This chart represents the bull and bear mar-kets in the S&P/TSX Index since 1956. All bars above the line are bull markets; all bars below are bear markets.

• For the purposes of this illustration a bull (bear) market is defi ned as a positive (negative) move greater than 15 per cent that lasts at least three months.

• The fi rst bar represents a bear market which, at its lowest point, dropped to -26 per cent and lasted 17 months. This was followed by a bull market rising 85 per cent and lasting 48 months.

• Since 1956 there have been 12 bull markets and 12 bear markets. As can be seen from the chart, bull markets typically last longer and provide a more significant percentage change.

• Bear markets during this period have averaged -28 per cent and lasted only nine months. Bull markets during this pe-riod have averaged 124 per cent and lasted 50 months. This is the reward for accepting the risk of bear markets.Investor Behaviour

• According to the chart, markets spend more time in positive territory (bull) than negative (bear).

• Bull markets are, on average, longer and more intense, providing a more significant percentage change.

Bull & Bear MarketsBull & Bear Facts*

Average gain in bull market: +124%A l th f b ll k t 50 th

S&P/TSX Composite Index to December 2015

Bull & Bear Markets Average length of bull market: 50 monthsAverage loss in bear market: -28%Average length of bear market: 9 months* Based on data since 1956. See page 2 for more details.

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Bull & Bear MarketsBull & Bear MarketsFINANCIALFINANCIAL WELLNESS MONTHWELLNESS MONTH

• On average bear mar-kets are more brief, and yet engender fear. We be-lieve that during these pe-riods there are signifi cant investment ‘bargains’ to be found.

• Investor discipline during bear markets is critical.

The information contained

in this document has been prepared by Mackenzie Financial Corporation (“Mackenzie Investments”) using information from sources it believes to be re-liable. However Mackenzie Investments makes no repre-sentations or guarantees as to the accuracy of any such information.

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Time for a national conversation on parental choice

Diversity in education leads to positive results and every province should provide the funding to make it happen

Parents and children should be at the heart of education, not teachers or cumbersome regulation.

National School Choice Week, an initiative spearheaded by our neigh-bour to the south, offers a chance to highlight examples of school di-versity already on offer in Canada’s provinces and to renew the call for a national conversation on parental choice.

A recent Cardus policy study high-lights the lessons to be learned from education diversity across Canada. But the conversation on parental choice can’t be relegated to a few provinces.

Ontario’s approach to education, for example, is both a great trea-sure and a missed opportunity. We haven’t been good at telling the whole story and a meaningful con-versation about parental choice in Canada needs to be national.

The claim is often made that you can have parental choice or you can have equal access to ed-ucation but you can’t have both. Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia all beg to dis-agree. They all offer varying levels of support for independent schools

and, as provinces, strive to achieve greater balance between access and parental choice. It would also be a mistake to present Ontario’s public provision as entirely monochrome since separate systems are funded. But there is no funding for inde-pendent schools in the province, so Ontario parents don’t have access to the same level of choice offered elsewhere in Canada.

Education in Canada is a provin-cial responsibility, so provinces and territories can act as incubators for innovation that enhances the qual-ity and delivery of education. Many provinces offer parents some choice within their public education sys-tems. B.C. and Alberta support inde-pendent schools within the public system, providing alternatives for parents.

Funding for independent schools in B.C. includes all religious schools. Teachers in these schools must still be certifi ed by the Ministry of Education, but these schools have the freedom to approach the cur-riculum from their own perspective, while meeting minimum standards in specifi c areas like English, Math, Science and French.

Parents in British Columbia have also been able to enrol children in schools outside of local catchment

areas since 2002.A 2015 C.D. Howe Institute study

credits enhanced school choice with improved reading and numeracy scores in some neighbourhoods. No evidence was found that the policy increased academic inequality be-tween schools, nor did high-achiev-ing students cluster to certain schools.

Alberta also offers many options for schooling - the majority are fully or partially publicly funded. Parents can choose from an impressive list of diverse schools including First Nations, Metis and Inuit school-ing, distance learning, francophone schooling, Hutterite colony schools, independent schooling, public and English separate and French sepa-rate (mostly Roman Catholic) sys-tems. All of these options are rec-ognized in Alberta’s School Act and, depending on compliance, lead to graduates obtaining an Alberta di-ploma.

Alberta is also the only province with established charter schools. Charter schools have played an im-portant role in the expansion of parental choice in the U.S. A review by the Fraser Institute on charter schools in Alberta shows that they are innovative in the ways they de-liver education and enhance stu-

dent learning. While charter schools in Alberta are independently operat-ed, they receive public funding. Long waiting lists attest to their pop-ularity. Charter schools in Alberta are designed to provide innovative programs that enhance the quality of education.

Advocates of expanded educa-tional choice in Canada need look no further than our own borders. There are already strong models for provinces looking to provide par-ents with more educational options. These models should encourage other provinces, like Ontario, to en-hance parental choice.

Cardus has provided the fi rst forum for a pan-Canadian con-versation through our Toward A Warmer Climate for school diversity initiative. More needs to be done. Education is a public good and ef-forts to create more options for parents should not simply be seen as taking place outside the public system.

In order to ensure all Canadians have access to it, diversity and choice in education should be some-thing available within the public education system.

Beth Green is Education Program Director for Cardus. This column was co-authored by Ben Woodfi nden.

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55 per cent of Canadians aren’t fi nancially prepared to cover their living expenses if faced with a serious illnessNew research uncovers misconceptions about the fi nancial impact a

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New research uncovers a consid-erable gap between the likelihood of a serious illness and planning for the fi nancial implications such an illness could bring to the aver-age Canadian family.

More than eight million work-ing Canadians are at risk of going into debt, delaying retirement or downsizing their home in order to survive fi nancially if faced with a serious illness.

Though Canadians understand the severe impact a serious ill-ness can have on their lives, few

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Canadians typically take out in-surance to protect themselves from damage to their cars or homes, but less commonly take action to protect their livelihood if they or a loved one suffer a serious ill-ness. Yet 60 per cent of working

Canadians are concerned about loss of income, and 55 per cent are concerned about an inability to meet living expenses should they be impacted by a serious illness.

“Overall, Canadians feel uneasy when considering the impact of a critical illness and have some understanding of the risk, but lack awareness of and preparedness for the fi nancial implications,” says Kelly Swanson, Assistant Vice President, Insurance Marketing. “Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life undertook this research to understand what Canadians are most concerned

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4-H Club learns essential bakingskills with the ‘Bread Lady’

As the evening ac-tivities lulled on a Wednesday evening, Jan. 20 the pantry ad-jacent to the Learning Commons of the William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus was abuzz with members of the 4-H club learning essential bak-ing skills from Joanna Nesom or ‘Bread Lady’.

When the 4-H club did a foods project four years back, Nesom had con-ducted a very success-ful workshop with the members, so she was invited back again this year to impart basic bak-ing skills to a new group of members.

“The motto of 4-H is ‘Learn to do by doing’. which is exactly what Nesom provides for these kids,” said Lisa Smith, one of the 4-H leaders who was present at the event. Nesom gave the students a short presen-tation about the different ingredients needed for making bread, grinded wheat in front of them, besides talking about the parts of wheat, explain-ing the difference be-tween white and whole wheat fl our as well as the difference between freshly ground whole wheat and store-bought

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through the steps of making bread, gave them a recipe and all the tools, and then let the kids break off and accomplish the task in separate groups,” added Smith. “She went from group to group helping them with certain steps and ensured that they have a successful expe-rience.”

According to Smith, this gives the 4-H mem-bers an insight into where food comes from, and a better understand-ing of the process from a sensory-rich and hands-on experience that they may not have otherwise.

“Even though only half of the 4-H members in our club are in the Foods Project, we love to in-clude all the club mem-bers because it is such a great learning experi-ence for everyone,” ex-plained Smith.

Grade 6 student Alma Scott said she had a great experience, “It was awesome, I really liked the bread.”

The kids made a batch of bread, each taking home their own mini loaf, as well as cinnamon knots, which they got to eat as a snack on their way out.

“I was able to have fun doing it in a group with a fi ve-year-old, and a 16-year-old,” said Melissa Smith, a Grade 9 student. “It was so good.”

Members of the 4-H Club participate in a hands-on baking workshop with Joanna Nesom of Let’s Bake, also known as the ‘Bread Lady’ as they learn essential baking skills. Pictured here from left to right, Brandon Morris, Duncan Chostner, Jayna Weatherly and Farrah Bosomworth. Moush Sara John/Weekender reporter

“I have observed Nesom do her presenta-tion for playschoolers all the way up to teenagers,” said Smith. “She has the ability to communicate

and share information at the appropriate age level of the participants, and to provide a positive, engaging, and memora-ble experience for all in-volved.”

Grade 1 student Olivia Smith said, “I liked the scoop, fold, push, turn part of making the bread, and I liked eating the cinnamon knots.”

According to Smith, she liked the fact that Nesom had provided detailed recipe instructions that the kids could follow.

“They can literally make the bread on their own, which is more ful-fi lling than just imitat-ing or copying another

person,” added Smith. “Participants walked away feeling proud of the bread they had made and with a strong sense of accomplishment.”

The Crafty Crew 4-H Multi Club has many different projects that the kids can participate throughout the year, among which are foods, horse, canine, vet sci-ence, bunny, and creative option.

The 4-H members choose one or two proj-ects they want to do in the academic year, and participate in activities related to it at least once a month with an adult leader.

stettler independent, february 05, 2016

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