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District
JV girls basketball
squad continues unbeaten streak
See story p.18
New style fundraiser for ACAA
brings in $14KSee story p.2
County Awardsnight Friday
See column p.8
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
The Nixon family goes on a sleigh ride as part of Stettler Agriplex’s family day event on Sunday, Feb. 14.
Contentious issues split county councilTiebreaker votes cast by Reeve Nixon
STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
County of Stettler councillors found themselves split apart right through the middle over two bylaw votes, one which would allow the county to bor-row money to build the new county shop, and one which would create a code of conduct for elected offi cials.
In both cases the stalemate was broken by the reeve’s vote in favour of both bylaws at the monthly council meeting, held Wednesday, Feb. 10, The
deadlock saw councillors James Nibourg, Les Stulberg and Greggory Jackson voting for the two bylaws, while councillors Ernie Gendre, Joe Gendre and Dave Grover raising their hands against.
Bylaw 1558-16 would allow the county to borrow $7,648,526.92 and use $2 million from re-serves for the project to build the new county shop.
The $2 million in reserves is money that the county has been squirrelling away for shop upgrades and repairs over the past three years, council heard.
Since the county is building anew rather than upgrading existing facilities, the money can be put to that project in-stead.
Joe Gendre asked if the money from reserves would be item-ized, so council would know exactly from which depart-ment and which reserve the money was drawn, but Nibourg quickly jumped in, saying that council has repeatedly revisit-ed the issue and that further picking at details would not be an effective use of time.
Jackson also told council that
staff see the numbers on a reg-ular basis, while council sees them a handful of times during the year.
“I trust them,” he said.Staff pointed out that the
money has been budgeted for the shop upgrades over the past years, and would have little impact on taxes, since the amount has always been built into the operating budget. Instead of the money going into reserves now, it would simply go to paying down the loan.
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Despite Joe Gendre’s de-sire to see a breakdown on where the money was drawn, the vote went ahead, passing 4-3.
The other bylaw dis-cussed created a code of conduct for elected offi -cials, formalizing it as a bylaw with penalties for violating the code.
County CAO Tim Fox explained the move to make the code of con-duct a bylaw would give the county “teeth” when dealing with situations, as the bylaw would create enforceable penalties for
breaking the code.The move to make
codes of conduct a bylaw came after recommenda-tions from the provincial government, which is at present reviewing the Municipal Government Act (MGA).
The MGA provides the rules by which munici-palities must govern, and currently does not require codes of conduct to be a bylaw. However, that may be changing, it was in-dicated at the meeting, though it’s too early to tell.
Ernie Gendre, in his op-position of the bylaw, said it would be premature to create a bylaw code of conduct until the MGA review was complete. Otherwise, the county may have to revisit the issue to be in compliance.
He also noted that once something was law, it was harder to change – and he worried that the bylaw could be used to “bully” others.
Brother and fellow coun-cillor Joe Gendre opposed the bylaw because it was written completely by staff with little to no in-volvement from council-lors.
“I feel this should come from council, not be made by staff,” he said, putting forward a motion to table the bylaw until council-lors had a chance to gath-er and work on it together.
Nibourg disagreed with the two Gendres, calling the suggested workshop “navel gazing.” He said that the bylaw was pretty straight-forward, and had been crafted in line with bylaws regulating council-
lor conduct from similar communities in Alberta.
He also praised the bylaw, saying it would provide an extra layer of protection for councillors, likening it to a safety net.
“With it, we know what is allowed and not al-lowed,” he said.
The vote to table the bylaw was defeated, and the vote on the fi rst read-ing of the bylaw went ahead, passing with a vote of 4-3. Councillors Joe and Ernie Gendre and Grover voted against.
Council however decid-ed not to go on with sec-ond and third reading of the bylaw at this meet-ing, giving councillors a chance to go over the bylaw with a fi ne-toothed comb to bring forward any specifi c concerns and rec-ommended amendments.
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New style fundraiser for ACAA brings in $14KMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
WiL gave a powerful performance to the crowds that had come to the Performing Arts Centre from Stettler and neighbouring areas at one of Association of Communities Against Abuse (ACAA)’s annual fund-raisers hosted on Saturday evening, Feb. 13.
“This is the first time we have done this type of a fundraiser,” said Judilonne Bebe, executive director of ACAA. “It was Rob Grandfield who selected WiL as the band to bring back in the fall and (did) a very successful job of organizing the event.”
Bebe said that although ACAA has had raffles, sup-pers, dances etc. in the past to help raise funds, an event such as this was one of ACAA’s firsts.
“Some of ACAA’s successes are the number of cli-ents we have been able to help over the years, the large number of students whom we have provided with preventive education and the number of profes-sionals we have trained through workshops on abuse issues,” said Bebe.
WiL’s manager Caroline Mimnaugh said that they were approached by Stettler residents at one of WiL’s performances in Red Deer and from then on the idea had been brewing.
“We thought it was a great opportunity not only for WiL’s music but to reach out to a larger fan base who otherwise would not have heard him,” said Mimnaugh. “We also believe in the cause and the wonderful work that ACAA does.”
When Rob Grandfield and his wife Marg came to know about the kind of work that ACAA was doing locally from Noreen Woolsey, one of the directors of the board, they have been planning to host a one-of-a-kind fundraiser that would help raise funds for ACAA.
“Several months ago we happened to mention to Peter and Tammy Pollack that we wanted to hold a charity concert for this much needed service,” ex-plained Rob. “Peter with his connections through Stable Eight Productions, was unbelievable in his ability to book WiL for the concert, and once we had WiL secured the rest fell together pretty easy.”
According to Grandfield, several local businesses and organizations stepped up to the plate to make the evening a great success.
“With the support of the community we filled the PAC to witness Wi’s incredible talent and together with everyone’s help we were able to raise $14,000,” said Grandfield. “We of course could not have put this on without all of our wonderful volunteers, a huge thank you goes out to them.”
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
WiL performs for the annual ACAA fundraiser at the Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, Feb. 13 with William Mimnaugh on lead vocals and guitar (left).
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Woman pleads guilty to possession after stopped with cocaineSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
A long-standing matter before the courts came to its conclusion on Thursday, Feb. 11, with a guilty plea and fine.
Allison Fleck, who had been originally charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking after being stopped by the Stettler RCMP on May 6, 2015, saw the Crown reduce the charge to possession after coming to the conclusion it could not prove the drugs were present for the purpose of trafficking.
Fleck pleaded guilty to the lesser charge, and the court heard that on May 6, police pulled Fleck over for a traffic stop and found 2.6 grams of cocaine in multiple baggies, an amount of cash and cell phone, all of which were seized.
Since the trafficking charge was dropped, the money and cell phone will be returned to Fleck, who was fined $500 plus the victims’ surcharge fee.
A case of misunderstanding resulted in 87-year-old Lloyd Wesner being fined $100 after he was in a col-lision while he had no licence. The court heard that in December 2015, Wesner backed his vehicle into ScotiaBank, causing damage, and at the time was discovered to have a suspended licence.
Ward Wallace, Wesner’s son-in-law, spoke for Wesner, explaining that prior to the collision, his father-in-law believed he did have a licence. He had recently received an identification card and did not understand it was not his driver’s licence.
He has since made reparations and was fined $100.Waren Blonke also appeared before Judge J.D.
Holmes, pleading guilty to an assault charge from Nov. 30, 2015. At the time, Blonke was at a residence drinking, and got into a verbal altercation with one of the two other involved individuals. He tossed his drink into the face of the older of the two complain-ants, and then was in a scuffle with the other, which ended up with both individuals in an “altercation on the ground.”
The elder of the two victims, who was also at court, waived the right for a restraining condition in Blonke’s conditions. The court advised Blonke and the elder of the two victims that if the younger, who was not present, wished to waive the conditions as well, a letter would have to be received by the Courts.
Blonke, who has a previous record from 1988 that includes speeding and driving while disqualified, and a 1992 conviction for dangerous driving, admit-ted through duty counsel Mark Daoust that alcohol
is a problem, and bad things happen when he drinks.He also stated he had been sober for some time be-
fore the evening on which the altercation occurred.The 47-year-old father of two was sentenced to an
18-month suspended sentence. When the sentence is complete, and if Blonke successfully heeds all conditions, there will be no conviction on record.
Judge Holmes said he hoped Blonke would stay away from alcohol given the effect it has on him and his life, and required him to take part in a program to help him overcome his addiction. He was also fined the victims’ surcharge.
Thieves crash through Sobeys to loot ATMSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Sobeys grocery store staff were in for an un-pleasant surprise when they showed up to work on Thursday, Feb. 11, as during the overnight hours an unknown person or persons drove a vehicle through one of the sliding doors, knocking the glass and metal construct down and causing signifi cant damage to the doors and surrounding structure.
Once inside, the un-known individual or in-dividuals stole the Bank of Montreal ATM machine from the store’s front lobby, making away with it and the money inside.Distracted driving still an issue
Stettler RCMP detach-ment commander Sgt. Phil Penny said that dis-tracted driving remains an issue in the commu-nity as people continue to use hand-held devices like cell phones and GPS units while driving.
“The fi ne for this partic-ular TSA (Trafi c Safety Act) offence is $287 and carries with it licence demerits,” Penny warned. The legis-lation is available online at www.transportation.alberta.ca/distracteddriv-ing.htm.Online and Phone Fraud on the rise
Penny said that the de-tachment has received a number of calls from the public about various frauds they’ve experi-enced of late, with two of the common ones being an RCMP Internet lock-down on the comput-er and the Grandparent
scam.In the fi rst, a screen will
pop up on the computer advising the user that the website they are visiting is illegal and they’re being fi ned — usually $250-$300, Penny said.
Once the fi ne is paid to the supposed-RCMP, the computer will be un-locked.
“This is not an RCMP initiative, it’s a scam,” Penny said. Rebooting the computer and clear-
ing the browser history should remove the prob-lem, though a virus scan is recommended.
The second is the grandparent scam, where someone calls an elderly person claiming to be a grandchild in trouble. The trouble means the sup-posed grandchild needs money wired to them, usually to pay some sort of bail.
“The public is encour-aged to make sure they’re
aware of who they’re talking to when some-one is requesting money,” Penny said. “This scam is particularly troubling be-cause it targets the elder-ly so family members are encouraged to share this information with them.”
Anyone with any infor-mation about these or any other crimes can contact police at 403-742-3382, or anonymously phone Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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Clearview to consult all stakeholders on new
gender practicesMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
With a lot of controversy surround-ing on how the Clearview division will incorporate proposed changes to its policy on ‘Safe and Caring Schools’ after government guidelines were is-sued in January 2016, Superintendent Peter Barron said staff, students and parents would be consulted before any changes are made to the existing guidelines.
“The guidelines by Alberta Education invite learning partners to discuss how best to support stu-dents, especially those with diverse sexual identities,” said Barron at a recent board of trustees meeting. “ It’s important to keep in mind that these are guidelines for us to consider, and not mandates.”
Barron said Clearview always want-ed to look after student needs, so this expectation is not new.
“We will look at the guidelines along with the public, and we may see changes to practices along the way, but it;s critical that the lens through which we look at the guide-lines is about looking after all stu-
dents,” added Barron.With Alberta Education Minister
David Eggen releasing guidelines in mid-Jan which he wants the schools to follow to support the LGBTQ stu-dents and teachers there has been a lot of speculation and doubts con-cerning how the schools will adapt to these changes.
“Clearview already has a policy on ‘Safe and Caring Schools’ which does not specifi cally mention LGBTQ, but the proposed policy ‘Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe Learning Environments’ aligns more specifi -cally with the new legislation,” said Barron. “The most important factor is always the student.”
According to Barron, Clearview may wish to make some changes across the division, whereas, others will be looked at a case by case scenario.
“The policy will align with provin-cial mandates, and we will work with our communities to ensure there is strong communication,” said Barron. “In March, we will host some public forums for consultation as well as provide partners opportunity to give us feedback through a survey, and as well, we will consider best practices
to inform our decisions.”William E. Hay Stettler Secondary
Campus principal Norbert Baharally said, “Our school has had a LGBTQ student group in our school for the last three years. It is important for all of our students in our school to have a sense of belonging regardless of their sexual orientation or bias.”
Peter Barron also added that Clearview will be looking at the avail-ability of gender neutral washrooms in our schools.
“Some schools already have them, but it’s important to understand that there are all kinds of differ-ent reasons why a gender neutral washroom would be desirable,” said Barron. “There is no plan to change how parents will be referred to at this time, but sometimes the offi -cial guardians of a student are not the parents, so we will continue to respect how parents wish to be re-ferred to.”
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Valentine’s Day marked with carnival
at Wm. E HayMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Students and guests from Stettler enjoyed a fun evening as Valentine’s Day Winter Carnival was hosted by the junior and senior student union groups under the leader-ship of Shonna Burkard on Friday, Feb. 12 at the William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus.
“The student unions provided the bouncy cas-tle and concession, and a member of the high school student union, Schubert Hernando or-ganized the balloon animals’ event,” said Burkard.
The other events were put on by the follow-ing groups within the school, SADD – ‘Drunk in Love’ and ‘Bean Bag Toss’; FCS (Fellowship of Christian Students) – ‘Fishing in the Galilei’; Fine Arts Board – ‘Face Painting’ and ‘Minute to Win It’; Athletic Board – ‘Pong’; Y-CAT – ‘Photo Booth’ and Popcorn and Cotton Candy machines; Be the Change – ‘Cake Walk’ and Popcorn and Cotton Candy machines; Yearbook Committee –
‘Photo Scavenger Hunt; and Jazz Band – ‘Musical Chairs’.
According to Burkard, the idea to host this event came from their annual retreat in the fall where student union members put together a plan for the year’s events to be hosted by the group.
“The actual organiza-tion of the event start-ed about a month back with getting the word out to other groups in the school to participate,” ex-plained Burkard. “From then on most of the work happened in the two weeks prior to the eve-ning of the carnival.”
Burkard said that al-though the evening start-ed “slow”, people started coming in more numbers between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
“It was a greatly suc-cessful evening and ran smoothly with 20-25 stu-dents supervising and in charge of the vari-ous events,” she added. “The families that came through seemed to have a good time and the stu-dent groups did a fantas-tic job of running their events and everyone had a fun time.”
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Grade 2 student Sasha Reid gets her face painted at the Valentine’s Day Winter Carnival on Friday, Feb. 12 at the William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus.
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renegotiationSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
James Marshall, from James Marshall Trucking, appeared before County of Stettler council at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 10, ask-ing to renegotiate his con-tract.
Marshall is contracted to haul gravel for the county, holding the central-east and southeast contracts. The contract stipulates that he is paid per kilo-metre, with each kilome-tre travelled while hauling gravel logged.
In December 2015, the provincial government passed a new tax act, which increased the cost of fuel by four cents per litre, prompting Marshall to appear before coun-cil to ask the contract be
amended to compensate for the increase.
The contract with the county stipulates the county will pay the “rack price” on fuel, which is a provincially set rate. If the tax had been added within that rack price, Marshall said he wouldn’t have had to come to council to ask for the renegotiation, as it would have been covered automatically.
However, the tax in-crease is outside of the rack price, which prompt-ed the need for him to appear before council.
Council thanked him for coming, and later in the meeting brought forward a motion to pay the four extra cents per litre, ret-roactive to the date the tax came into effect. The motion passed.
Temperatures dip, savingfamily day skate in Erskine
STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Erskine’s recreation board breathed a sigh of relief as temperatures dipped over the remainder of last week, allowing them to re-fl ood their outdoor rinks, repairing the damage done by a week of temperatures in the positive range.
When kids and their parents converged on the rinks on Friday, Feb. 12, they were greeted by a pristine, slick surface thanks to the hard work of the outdoor rink manager, Clint Marshall, who according to Mark Higgins, the president of the recreation board, went above and beyond to repair the surface after the thaw and then snow.
The annual Family Day skating party brought out locals for hot cocoa, hot dogs and fun, with both rinks in use — one for hockey and another for casual skating — and the indoor chalet heated to help warm up those fi nding themselves chilled after time in the just-be-low-freezing temperatures.
“We’ve been holding this annual event for the past several years,” Higgins said. “Probably about 15, weath-er permitting.”
The evening ended with fi reworks colouring the dark night sky.
Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporter
Dads Ronnie Deems, left and Brian Kelm brought their sons, Hunter and Huxley, out to skate during the Erskine Recreation Board’s annual Family Day Skate Party. Both youngsters, 4- and 2-years-old respectively, had a bit of trouble staying upright, but had plenty of fun with their dads.
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Minister likes to pontif-icate about how caring Canadians are and how we help each other out in times of distress. That’s a noble perception until its trumped by politics, self-righteousness and the baser elements of human nature. Such is the ap-proach of many in BC as exemplifi ed by BC Premier Christy Clark. Recently in a throne speech at the BC legislature, Alberta and its economic predicament were cited as an example of how badly our province has been governed. The speech implied that desperate sit-uation has been avoided in BC thanks to wise deci-sions and guidance by the ruling BC Liberal party. No one recalls any other pro-vincial throne speech ever being used to bash another province and kick it when its down. It shows just how deep anti-Alberta animos-ity exists in BC, but then that’s no real surprise to many of us who observe political and environmen-tal antics in that province.
The point of the preten-tious comments from the BC government was that Alberta had not diversifi ed
its economy enough and was too reliant on the en-ergy sector – implying that it was more a victim of its economic predicament than a crash in commodity prices. That alone showed an appalling lack of basic research as Alberta reliance on the energy sector has decreased by 10 per cent over the last 20 years even as our provincial GDP has almost tripled. But that’s just an inconvenient truth, an approach that BC has become infamous for – that being – ‘’do as I say not as I do.’’ BC enjoys one of the most hypocritical econom-ic and environmental po-sitions in Canada and yet no one dares call them out to challenge the self-righ-teous green blanket they wrap around themselves. One notes that the main driver of the BC economy is also resource based - that being the clear-cutting of whole forests, digging up countless thousands of acres of pristine wilder-ness for minerals and coal, and yes just like Alberta, BC also extracts vast quan-tities of oil and gas. The latter concentrated in the northeast part of the prov-ince contributes a billion
dollars a year to BC gov-ernment coffers through taxes, royalties and land sales. It’s a little known fact that green-obsessed BC prefers not be mentioned.
One is bemused with other BC government com-ments that they are seeing a rise in homeless folks from Alberta moving to BC. Once again a little bit of research would have found that most of the folks mov-ing to BC are in fact its own citizens returning from being laid off from the Alberta energy sector. I suspect in about a year the BC government will reap the consequences of all those returning jobless BC citizens. Many were job commuters (fl ights be-tween Alberta and BC have
already been reduced) and maintained their prima-ry residences in BC – that meant their provincial in-come taxes were paid to the BC government even though they worked in Alberta. Many are highly trained geologists, engi-neers and technicians that probably won’t accept jobs as waiters, maids and bar-tenders which seems to be the major economic driv-er of BC. Add into all that the loss of royalties and corporate taxes from the energy sector and I expect that over the next couple of years, the BC government will see a steep decline in tax revenue. It’s going to get worse of course – al-though BC won’t admit it – Alberta citizens are close
to being the largest con-tributor to the BC tourist industry. One could easily see a drop of 50 per cent in Alberta tourist expen-ditures in BC. One notes for sale signs on Albertan–owned recreational proper-ties everywhere in the BC Columbia Valley and prob-ably in the Okanagan.
It should be said that there is a provincial elec-tion coming up in BC in 2017 and that Alberta-bashing is a sure-fi re cam-paign approach to drum-ming up votes. In the past, it was the BC NDP that used Alberta and oil resource development as bogeymen. But all that changed with the election of an NDP government in Alberta. As much as the BC NDP may hate the energy business, they will probably not want to beat up on their NDP cousins in Alberta. It now gives that political brickbat to the governing BC Liberal party who will gleefully point out that its an NDP government that is at the centre of economic mal-aise in Alberta, and BC vot-ers should take note and not vote NDP or they will suffer a similar fate. It’s politics at its best.
God is too wise to make mistakes and too loving
to be unkind…ROSS HELGETONFAITH & REFLECTION
Surveys have revealed that 86 per cent of the North American population believe that God answers prayer. Yet, one of the most common (and I believe legitimate) concerns people speak to me about is the matter of unanswered prayer. Some of what is shared is naïve and presumptuous, but much is valid, perplexing and heart-rending.
There are several biblically stated con-ditions for prayer to be answered. Faith is prerequisite. It would be absurd for us to speak to someone if we don’t believe they are there! Hebrews 11:6 says, “…without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists…”
Like any other successful form of com-munication, there must be relationship. The Lord’s prayer begins with “our Father” not, “whoever you are!” or “hey you!” Nevertheless some, perhaps even many, prayers seem to remain unanswered.
There was a devout Christian lady whose husband, though a very fi ne man, consis-tently rejected Christ. She prayed faithfully and fervently for him to come to faith in Jesus. Then one day, on his way to work, he was killed in an automobile accident. The lady was devastated…her prayers were unanswered and her husband had left this
world without preparing for the next.Weeks later, as she sifted through the
contents of her husband’s totaled car, she came across the business card of a man she had never heard of. Out of curiosity, she called him.
The man was pleased to hear from her and explained that he had only known her husband for 30 minutes. His car had broken down on the freeway and her late husband had picked him up. He told the widow that he had shared the gospel of Christ with her husband. He added that her husband had prayed to receive Christ as his Savior.
There are two considerations here. The fi rst is, that God will not always answer our prayers in the time or in the way that we may expect. “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” (Romans 11:34). We just don’t have Him fi gured out! We must learn to wait on Him and continue to trust in Him.
Second, we need to have a fundamental understanding and acceptance of the fact that God is good and is by nature benev-olent rather than malevolent. This allows us to simply and perennially expect Him to provide for us in this world and guide us into the next. A comprehensive under-standing of life’s details and circumstances may be desired, but are not required.
I currently have a few unanswered prayers myself, but I believe that God is too wise to make mistakes and to loving to be unkind.
SES marked Valentine’s day with outpours of love
BY KATE SYSONSTETTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Snowmen everywhere!!!The students at SES had
a great time playing in the fresh snow, it was perfect snowman building weath-er.
1KL shared a Valentine’s readers’ theater presenta-tion with their classmates in 1TJ. The students were working on reading to-gether with more fl uency and clearly so everyone could hear and under-stand them. They did great job and were rewarded with a sucker from Mrs. Jackson.
Friday was full of Valentine’s Day festivities, with locker and door deco-rating activities and class-room parties happening along with lots of treats. 1MS worked on fi lling peo-ple’s buckets all week, love is in the air.
6EP participated in a “WE Challenge” (http://www.weday.com) last week. They all snuck into the school early on Friday morning and taped a Valentine and treat to every Gr. 5 and 6 students’
locker. It was a lot of fun and they all enjoyed see-ing the smiles on all their friends faces when they noticed the note. It was a great way to start the day.
SES staff were treat-ed this week to a deli-cious lunch and a day off of lunch time supervision thanks to our amazing parents. We would like to thank our parent council for planning this day for us as well as for the other treats that came in all week. We feel very lucky to have such amazing par-ents to work with and we appreciate all the work that went into our lovely luncheon.
4BL headed to Paragon Place on Thursday and gave out homemade Valentine’s Day cards to everyone there. Grade 2SG went to Willow Creek Lodge on Wednesday to visit with the seniors. They recited a number of poems and sang some songs. They gave out Valentines as well as completed a sur-vey with their senior part-ner about their traditions and culture as part of their social studies lesson.
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PATTY STEENRUMSEY RECORD
Happy belated Valentine’s to all you who love and are loved, I hope you were able to enjoy the unseasonable warm days and go outside to enjoy the weekend. We all know it is Alberta and it won’t last. The ladies’ bonspiel wrapped up on the week-end with some exciting fi nals and a lovely meal at the hall for the curlers and spectators.
The A fi nal came to an end with a real nail biter as Katie Primrose’s team beat out Carolin Schofers team’s. In the second event, Jill Holowath’s team won over Trudy Greens’ team. In the third event, Dawn Wright and her teammates sent Terra Adams and her crew into second place. As for third spot in the fi rst event, Marj Kiemeles’ team won over Betty Primrose and her teammates. In the sec-
ond event, third place was secured by Leah Watts and fourth taken home by Pat Holowath and her ladies. In the third event it came down to Deena Arvidson and her team winning over Norah Watts and her ladies. The fi nal prize of the evening was hand-ed out to the fi rst team out of the tournament which was Tracy Stangers’ group. Thanks to the 13 teams who joined in the week’s fun and the orga-nizers who keep things going. Next up on the Ag Society’s calendar is the mixed doubles which will run Feb 18, 19 and 20. Come in and watch the fun.
I would like to send out a thank you to Judy Stoneman who hosted at St. Mary’s in January to celebrate the seniors’ birthdays. In February, on the 22nd, Jean Richmond will host.
Here’s a quick reminder if you are picking up your
paper on time, the library is hosting a craft night to-night, Wednesday, Feb. 17 starting at 7 p.m. We will learn how to make felt dryer balls as an explor-atory craft into the world of felting. Everyone is wel-come to attend. If you are interested in pursuing the craft further and would like to take the supplies home with you there will be a $5 charge for the nee-dle and additional wool. I would also like to wel-come all crafters if you would like to just sit in and enjoy your knitting, crocheting or whatever else you do, come on in, we can share ideas and projects with everyone there. I hope to see every-one there.
Have a great week.
Ski trips upcomingREBECCA RAHNWILDCATS’ CORNER
This week at the Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus is a short week as there was no school for stu-dents on Monday and Tuesday.
The basketball season has really kicked off. Today the the Stettler 2 team will be at Theresetta and the Byemoor Boys will be facing the Stettler 2 team.The JV girls in the senior high school are undefeated so far. Today, Stettler will be at Ponoka but it is only for the boys. Archery is also very popular in the senior high, They meet Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 and Fridays from 2:30 to 3:30.
The New Orleans band trip is on their fi nal individual fundraiser. Order forms for Coco Brooks frozen goods have been handed out to all students. They are due back tomorrow, Feb. 18. Happy selling! A chaperone meeting will be held this month, so keep your eyes posted for that.
In the junior high, the big Nakiska trip will be on Feb. 25 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable time. In the senior high, there will be a school ski trip on March 15. Deadline to submit forms to the offi ce is Friday, Feb. 19. Limited spots are available.
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ROSE KOENRAADT & DOROTHY ANDERSONHALKIRK HERALD
The seniors’ centre was nicely dec-orated for Valentine’s Day when they hosted a 12-team fl oor curling bon-spiel with teams from Big Valley, Botha , Byemoor/Endiang, Castor, Galahad, Halkirk and Stettler. The day’s events included lunch and a chance to win one of several door prizes. The Doug Matier foursome, who curl out of the Galahad Seniors’ Centre, took home fi rst prize.
The ice curling bonspiels are just two weeks away. To enter your team or to enter as individuals, contact JD or Sandra Johnson at 884 – 2250.
The community are asked to support our parents, teachers and students at a Mother Theresa school meeting to be held at the Halkirk Catholic school on Thursday, Feb. 18. There will be an open house at 4 p.m. followed by a pot-
luck supper at 5 p.m. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Please note: Bingo is cancelled for this date only, in order for everyone to be available. Regular scheduled bingos will be held on March 3, 17 and 31.
Our boys’ basketball team played very well at the tournament held at Theresetta on Saturday. Both the boys and girls teams came out on top against Coronation during regular league games.
Paul and Jacquie Dietrich were among the 55+ group who were bowling in Rimbey last weekend. Paul and Jacquie bowl out of Stettler.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Valentine’s Day combined with Family Day this extended weekend.
Feb. 29 – last chance to get your name and phone number on the local phone sheet, sponsored by the Elks every two years. Phone John or Judy at 884 – 2286 or stop by the Post Offi ce.
Make sure to join tomorrow’s meeting for the school
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County Awards night FridayKASHEEN CLOUSONDONALDA DIARY
The Donalda Agricultural Society is hosting the County Awards Night on Friday, Feb. 19. Call John Pearson at 403-883-2051 for tickets.
The Donalda Library will be hosting a ‘Kids
Kicking Karaoke’ event on Friday, Feb. 26 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is a family friendly event, there will be plenty of tunes for all to enjoy. If you have a fa-vorite CD, feel free to bring it along. For registration or any questions please call 403-883-2345.
Birthday wishes this
week go out to Austin Kulak, Gina Kotz, Greg Bjorge, Irene Gibbs, Jillian Broemeling, Trudy Sideritsch, Bernice Bergstrom, Gunnar Anderson, Keith VanHaga Janelle Awe, Dean Norman, Melanie Marshall, Orlie Hillestad, Owen Butterfi eld, William Hall, Martin Banziger, and Roberta Rouse. Happy birthday to all!
PAT KELMERSKINE ENQUIRER
Congratulations to Barb and Heath McKay on the birth of their grandson. He was born in Edmonton at 8lbs 3 oz.
Get well wishes are extend-ed to Bill Armstrong and Pat Anderson, who are patients
at the Stettler Hospital.Anyone wishing to rent
the Waverly Club Rooms or the Seniors Center can con-tact me at the post offi ce or phone 742-4561. They are both ideal for showers, birth-day parties or meetings.
Don’t forget walking in the hall on Friday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30 for those who want to get some exercise without walking outside on the ice. And canasta is played
after lunch on Fridays.The book fair begins at the
school on Tuesday, Feb. 23 to Friday, Feb 26th. If they reach $1,500 in sales, they earn 50 per cent back for the Library.
There will be a meet-ing at the school library on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7 to dis-cuss next year’s calendar with Superintendent Barron and Deputy Superintendent McDonald. Parents’ input will be very helpful.
Chair yoga is good for the mind and bodyLINDA STILLINGERBIG VALLEY BULLETIN
A fi nal reminder from the Elks on their Yuk Yuks Comedy Entertainment fund-raiser slated for Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Big Valley Jubilee Hall. Cocktails begin at 5 p.m. The Royal Purple Ladies will be serving roast beef and chicken Cordon Bleu with trimmings and desserts at 6 p.m. They hope to offer a midnight snack as well. The three performers lined up for the evening hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Contact Quinton Baird 403-741-8517, Allen Jacobson 403-876-2775, Larry Meyer 403-876-2382 or Lorne Parkin 403-876-2097.
The Friends of the Big Valley library will be hosting “Chair Yoga”, presented by HJC Care Services on Tuesday, March 1 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Big Valley Train Station. This beginner course will run every Tuesday for 6 weeks.
Chair Yoga teaches us to lengthen and soften the breath, calm the mind and strengthen the body. With enough practice, patience and effort, you will enjoy an im-proved sense of physical, mental, spiritual and emotional wellbeing. Chair Yoga is benefi cial at any age so come and enjoy some relaxing physical activity. Contact Cindy Mailer at 876-2132 for further infor-mation or register at the Big Valley Library 876-2642.
With Big Valley’s tourist season just around the corner, we take this opportu-nity to recognize the Big Valley Historical Society’s continuing contribution to our village.
They own and maintain two provin-cial heritage sites—St. Edmunds Anglican church (the blue church) and the Alberta Wheat Pool elevator. Their main museum, the McAlister Motors building located on Railway Avenue features cars, trucks and household antiques. They own the two green baggage cars located by the railroad station, housing more antiques and also all the antique farm equipment located in the McAlister compound and across the street. Their new Tool Museum is slated for grand opening celebrations this year. In ad-dition to all these displays and museums, they have an archival collection of over 5000 digitalized photos, fi ve history books, and many documents and family fi les and folders.
During the months when Alberta Prairie Steam Tours is running the tourist trains, the Historical Society’s list of volunteers enable them to open up all their facilities for viewing as well as supplying drivers and narrators for the tour wagon taking visitors to and from the Community Hall and con-ducting tours of the village. We thank the Historical Society and all their volunteers for their dedication to our village’s heritage.
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LES & ROSEMARY STULBERGBYEMOOR/ENDIANG NEWS
The district has been en-joying more mild winter weather, making this win-ter pretty easy to take. Don Wilkie spotted a gopher out and about on Sunday, which seems very early. Perhaps the Groundhog’s prediction of an early spring will be correct.
Boar’s Cup hockey ac-tion made Byemoor a busy place on the weekend. The 3 th annual men’s hockey tournament had four fun, celebrity-themed, hog-in-fl uenced teams participat-ing.
In the A event, fi rst place went to the Kevin Bacon’s team over the Hamela Hamderson’s.
B event winners were the Hammy L. Jackson’s over the Snoop Hoggy Hog.
Sounds like a fun time was had by all.
Congratulations to Tom and Bonnie McCrindle on the arrival of their new-est grandchild. Erik Ellis was born on Feb. 9 to proud parents Jennifer McCrindle and Dave
Normor of Edmonton. Erik weighed seven pounds 10 ounces and is a little brother for Lucas.
The local Endmoor fl oor curlers sent two teams to Halkirk’s bonspiel last Thursday. Enjoying the Valentine-themed bon-spiel was the team of Doug Harrold, Ken Schultz, Carol Stulberg and Carol Sisley and the team of Dave Sisley, Ernie Angel, Mickey Tucker and Eleanor Schultz.
Les and Rosemary Stulberg attended the fu-neral of Rosemary’s aunt Lucie Diprose in St. Albert last Tuesday. She was 93.
Endmoor Drop-in Centre’s crib night on Tuesday saw the guys post the top scores with Lawrence Wilkie, fi rst and Doug Harrold, second.
Congratulations to Jim Groundwater and Kathy Scott on their recent en-gagement.
Jim Stimson, Jodi Johnson and Joslyn en-joyed a two-week get away when they drove to Apache Junction in Arizona. They also took in the sights at
the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Phoenix.
Ruthie’s Roost café in Endiang was fi lled to the brim Sunday eve-ning when more than 50 friends and family of Florence Tucker gathered for a surprise 60th birth-day party for her. Happy birthday, Florence, we hope you enjoyed your party.
Congratulations to Jonathan and Delaine (nee Green) Bennett of Calgary on the arrival of their Valentine’s Day baby boy, Nathan Michael. Nathan (Nate) weighed eight pounds fi ve ounces and is a little brother for Jackson.
Congratulations also to the local grandparents Dale and Dee Green and great-grandparents Bob and Eileen Green.
Marj Sorensen’s 70th birthday celebration is set for Feb. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Endiang Hall. Birthday cake is being served at 2 p.m.
Thought for the day — “Memory is the key, but only if you remember where the lock is.”
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ase
pric
e of
$24
,995
exc
lude
s lic
ense
, ins
uran
ce, r
egis
trat
ion,
dea
ler f
ees
and
taxe
s. D
eale
r may
sel
l for
less
. Offe
r may
not
be
com
bine
d w
ith c
erta
in o
ther
con
sum
er in
cent
ives
. GM
Can
ada
may
mod
ify, e
xten
d or
term
inat
e th
is o
ffer,
in w
hole
or i
n pa
rt, a
t any
tim
e w
ithou
t not
ice.
See
dea
ler f
or d
etai
ls. ^
Offe
r ava
ilabl
e to
qua
lifie
d re
tail
cust
omer
s in
Can
ada
for v
ehic
les
deliv
ered
bet
wee
n Fe
brua
ry 2
and
Feb
ruar
y 29
, 201
6. 0
% p
urch
ase
finan
cing
offe
red
on a
ppro
ved
cred
it by
TD
Aut
o Fi
nanc
e Se
rvic
es, S
cotia
bank
® o
r RBC
Roy
al B
ank
for 8
4 m
onth
s on
all
new
or d
emon
stra
tor 2
015
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erad
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oubl
e Ca
b 2W
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T / C
rew
Cab
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D W
T an
d Si
lver
ado
HD’s
WT
2WD
with
gas
eng
ine.
Par
ticip
atin
g le
nder
s ar
e su
bjec
t to
chan
ge. R
ates
from
oth
er le
nder
s w
ill v
ary.
Dow
n pa
ymen
t, tr
ade
and/
or s
ecur
ity d
epos
it m
ay b
e re
quire
d. M
onth
ly p
aym
ent a
nd c
ost o
f bor
row
ing
will
var
y de
pend
ing
on a
mou
nt b
orro
wed
and
dow
n pa
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de. E
xam
ple:
$40
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at 0
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he m
onth
ly p
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ent i
s $4
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r 84
mon
ths.
Cos
t of b
orro
win
g is
$0,
tota
l obl
igat
ion
is $
40,0
00. O
ffer
is u
ncon
ditio
nally
in
tere
st-f
ree.
Fre
ight
and
air
tax
($10
0, if
app
licab
le) i
nclu
ded.
Lic
ense
, ins
uran
ce, r
egis
trat
ion,
PPS
A, a
pplic
able
taxe
s an
d de
aler
fees
not
incl
uded
. Dea
lers
are
free
to s
et in
divi
dual
pric
es. L
imite
d tim
e of
fer w
hich
may
not
be
com
bine
d w
ith c
erta
in o
ther
offe
rs. G
M C
anad
a m
ay m
odify
, ext
end
or te
rmin
ate
offe
rs in
who
le o
r in
part
at a
ny ti
me
with
out n
otic
e. C
ondi
tions
and
lim
itatio
ns
appl
y. S
ee d
eale
r fo
r de
tails
. ®Re
gist
ered
trad
emar
k of
The
Ban
k of
Nov
a Sc
otia
. RBC
and
Roy
al B
ank
are
regi
ster
ed tr
adem
arks
of R
oyal
Ban
k of
Can
ada.
† $
12,0
00 is
a c
ombi
ned
cred
it co
nsis
ting
of $
1,00
0 O
wne
r Ca
sh (t
ax in
clus
ive)
and
an
$11,
000
man
ufac
ture
r to
dea
ler
cash
cre
dit (
tax
excl
usiv
e) fo
r a
2015
Silv
erad
o HD
Dou
ble
Cab
with
gas
eng
ine
(exc
ept W
T 2W
D),
whi
ch is
av
aila
ble
for
cash
pur
chas
es o
nly
and
cann
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
spe
cial
leas
e an
d fin
ance
rat
es. B
y se
lect
ing
leas
e or
fina
nce
offe
rs, c
onsu
mer
s ar
e fo
rego
ing
this
$11
,000
cre
dit w
hich
will
res
ult i
n hi
gher
effe
ctiv
e in
tere
st r
ates
. D
isco
unts
var
y by
mod
el. †
† O
ffer
appl
ies
to e
ligib
le c
urre
nt o
wne
rs o
r le
ssee
s of
any
mod
el y
ear
1999
or
new
er c
ar th
at h
as b
een
regi
ster
ed a
nd in
sure
d in
Can
ada
in th
e cu
stom
er’s
nam
e fo
r the
pre
viou
s co
nsec
utiv
e si
x (6
) mon
ths.
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dit v
alid
tow
ards
the
reta
il pu
rcha
se o
r lea
se o
f one
elig
ible
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lver
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or 2
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mod
el y
ear C
hevr
olet
car
, SUV
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ssov
er a
nd p
icku
ps m
odel
s de
liver
ed in
Can
ada
betw
een
Febr
uary
2 a
nd F
ebru
ary
29, 2
016.
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dit i
s a
man
ufac
ture
r to
cons
umer
ince
ntiv
e (ta
x in
clus
ive)
and
cre
dit v
alue
dep
ends
on
mod
el p
urch
ased
: $50
0 cr
edit
avai
labl
e on
201
6 Ch
evro
let S
onic
, Cru
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TD, M
alib
u LT
D, A
ll-N
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alib
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xcep
t L),
All-
New
Vol
t, Ca
mar
o; $
750
cred
it av
aila
ble
on o
ther
201
6 Ch
evro
lets
(exc
ept C
orve
tte, C
olor
ado
2SA,
Silv
erad
o 15
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nd H
D);
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00 c
redi
t ava
ilabl
e on
all
2015
and
201
6 Ch
evro
let S
ilver
ado’
s. O
ffer i
s tr
ansf
erab
le to
a fa
mily
mem
ber l
ivin
g w
ithin
the
sam
e ho
useh
old
(pro
of o
f add
ress
requ
ired)
. As
part
of t
he tr
ansa
ctio
n, d
eale
r may
requ
est d
ocum
enta
tion
and
cont
act G
ener
al M
otor
s of
Can
ada
Com
pany
to v
erify
elig
ibili
ty. T
his
offe
r may
not
be
rede
emed
for c
ash
and
may
not
be
com
bine
d w
ith c
erta
in o
ther
con
sum
er in
cent
ives
. Cer
tain
lim
itatio
ns o
r con
ditio
ns a
pply
. Voi
d w
here
pro
hibi
ted.
See
you
r GM
Can
ada
deal
er fo
r det
ails
. GM
Can
ada
rese
rves
th
e rig
ht to
am
end
or te
rmin
ate
offe
rs fo
r any
reas
on in
who
le o
r in
part
at a
ny ti
me
with
out p
rior n
otic
e. ‡
The
Che
vrol
et E
quin
ox re
ceiv
ed th
e lo
wes
t num
ber o
f pro
blem
s pe
r 100
veh
icle
s am
ong
com
pact
SUV
s in
a ti
e in
the
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lity
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bas
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n re
spon
ses
from
84,
367
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new
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icle
ow
ners
, mea
surin
g 24
4 m
odel
s an
d m
easu
res
opin
ions
afte
r 90
day
s of
ow
ners
hip.
Pro
prie
tary
stu
dy r
esul
ts a
re b
ased
on
expe
rienc
es a
nd p
erce
ptio
ns o
f U.S
. ow
ners
sur
veye
d in
Feb
ruar
y-M
ay 2
015.
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r ex
perie
nces
may
var
y. V
isit
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d on
GM
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ting
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith a
ppro
ved
Tran
spor
t Can
ada
test
met
hods
. You
r ac
tual
fuel
con
sum
ptio
n m
ay v
ary.
~ V
isit
onst
ar.c
a fo
r co
vera
ge m
aps,
det
ails
and
sys
tem
lim
itatio
ns. S
ervi
ces
and
conn
ectiv
ity m
ay v
ary
by m
odel
and
con
ditio
ns. O
nSta
r with
4G
LTE
conn
ectiv
ity is
ava
ilabl
e on
sel
ect v
ehic
le m
odel
s an
d in
sel
ect m
arke
ts. C
usto
mer
s w
ill b
e ab
le to
acc
ess
OnS
tar s
ervi
ces
only
if th
ey a
ccep
t the
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tar U
ser T
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s an
d Pr
ivac
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atem
ent (
incl
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g so
ftwar
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rms)
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tar a
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as a
link
to e
xist
ing
emer
genc
y se
rvic
e pr
ovid
ers.
Afte
r the
tria
l pe
riod
(if a
pplic
able
), an
act
ive
OnS
tar s
ervi
ce p
lan
is re
quire
d. ‡
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vern
men
t 5-S
tar S
afet
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tings
are
par
t of t
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nal H
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raffi
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fety
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trat
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gram
(ww
w.S
afer
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he 2
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edul
ed L
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Oil-
Filte
r Mai
nten
ance
Pro
gram
pro
vide
s el
igib
le c
usto
mer
s in
Can
ada,
who
hav
e pu
rcha
sed
or le
ased
a n
ew e
ligib
le 2
015
MY
Chev
role
t (ex
clud
ing
Spar
k EV
), w
ith a
n AC
Del
co®
oil
and
filte
r cha
nge,
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e oi
l life
mon
itorin
g sy
stem
and
the
Ow
ner’s
Man
ual,
for 2
yea
rs o
r 40,
000
km, w
hich
ever
occ
urs
first
, with
a li
mit
of fo
ur (4
) Lub
e-O
il-Fi
lter s
ervi
ces
in to
tal,
perf
orm
ed a
t par
ticip
atin
g GM
dea
lers
. Flu
id to
p of
fs, i
nspe
ctio
ns, t
ire ro
tatio
ns, w
heel
alig
nmen
ts a
nd b
alan
cing
, etc
. are
not
cov
ered
. Th
is o
ffer m
ay n
ot b
e re
deem
ed fo
r cas
h an
d m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
oth
er c
onsu
mer
ince
ntiv
es a
vaila
ble
on G
M v
ehic
les.
Gen
eral
Mot
ors
of C
anad
a Co
mpa
ny re
serv
es th
e rig
ht to
am
end
or te
rmin
ate
this
offe
r, in
who
le o
r in
part
, at a
ny ti
me
with
out p
rior n
otic
e. A
dditi
onal
con
ditio
ns a
nd li
mita
tions
app
ly. S
ee d
eale
r for
det
ails
. ^^
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chev
er c
omes
firs
t. Se
e de
aler
for d
etai
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Wednesday, February 17th
Thursday, February 18th
Friday, February 19thSaturday, February 20th Sunday, February 21st
Great savings, convenient indoor shopping and fun for the whole family can be found at the 40th annual Red Deer RV Show and Sale.
The show is on until February 21st at Westerner Park – it’s the rst year since its inception that the show has run for 10 days.
“The show rst started before the Westerner was here,” said Marty Vellner, chair of the Red Deer RV Show and Sale. “We used to run the show down in the arena and the Kinex building.
“The show has always been run as a cooperative effort amongst the dealers as opposed to most other shows which are run by either a promoter or an association.”
For the last number of years there have been two shows put on in Red Deer – the Red Deer RV Show and Sale and the Central Alberta RV Show and Sale. This year, both shows have been combined.
The show and sale is presented by the six RV dealers in Red Deer including Woody’s RV World, Vellner Leisure Products, Go Uncle Ben’s RV and Marine Red Deer, Southside RV Centre, Allan Dale Trailers & RV’s and Western R.V. Country. Attendees to the show can visit the latest and greatest in RV models and technology all while indoors. In addition to a variety
of new RVs that will be on display, there will also be a number of booths, which will be showcasing RV accessories and all that comes with living the RV lifestyle.
“The show features roughly 120,000 square-feet of brand new RV models in a comfortable indoor setting. We’ll have everything that the industry has to offer in terms of products. It will encompass motor homes of all types, diesel pushers, gas Class A & Class C motorhomes, fth wheels, travel trailers of all sizes & Toy Haulers. All of the innovations the industry has to offer will be on display. People can come and shop and compare, all under one roof,” said Vellner. “We’ll have about 200 new 2016 products and that is roughly $12 million in terms of value of product.”
To accompany the RVs on display, there will be 30 exhibitors who are selling products, services and accessories complimentary to the RV lifestyle.
Meanwhile, Vellner said now is the time to look at getting into the RV lifestyle.
“Supply and demand is a fairly fundamental economic driver. Typically in the off-season, like we are now, the demand is lower, so there’s more motivation on the part of dealers to get product moving. The timing of these shows is geared to kicking off our season,” said
Vellner. “There’s always price increases coming into the selling season from the manufacturers. Typically the product that you can buy early in the season will be less money than what you would buy later in the season.”
He added from a vacation opportunity the RV business is a lifestyle choice.
“It offers more exibility and more creativity than any resort-type environment. It’s your house on wheels. It’s the most cost-effective way to take a family on a holiday,” said Vellner. “This type of lifestyle has always had an appeal with a section of the market. Where it’s gaining appeal is amongst young, overworked, busy people. The problem with the pace of life that we have now is that it separates families and doesn’t allow for family time. The types of things that can relieve that is the ‘get out and breathe the fresh air and sit around the re with your kids’ type thing. It keeps families in close quarters together and it builds bonds.”
Hours for the Red Deer RV Show include Feb. 17th-18th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Feb. 19th-20th 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Feb. 21st from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Two dances to be held in AprilLOUISE BELLAIRBOTHA BOOSTER
Everyone ready for a game of Bingo?
Come on out to the Botha Seniors’ Centre at 7:15 p.m. tonight and join in the fun. The doors open at 6:30. So hope to see ev-eryone that evening.
Sunday, Feb. 28, come out to the Botha Hall and join in all the fun at the St. Patrick’s Day Dance, the Old-Thyme Dance Club is holding. Everyone is more than welcome to attend regardless of age. This will be the last dance until April 3, when two dances will be held
that month, due to Easter being in March. For more information call Doug Haustein at 403-742- 3994 or John Blonski at 403-574-2197.
Tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 25, make sure you come out the village of-fi ce at 7p.m. for the very important monthly meet-
ing. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Quilting takes place Monday, Feb 29 starting at 9:30 a.m.,so come out and join the group that day.
Before spring does ar-rive for good this year, make sure you grab your skates and head to the Botha Arena for some
fun. Phone Shaun Derr at 403-742-4811 for more information.
Monday, March 7, they are calling all seniors out to the seniors’ cen-tre for the very important monthly meeting. This starts out with a potluck luncheon, so please plan ahead for this as they ask
everyone to bring along one of your favorite dish-es with you to share. All seniors are invited to at-tend; meeting following right after the potluck.
Want a reasonable hall to rent and hold your special event in? Phone Shaun Derr at 403-742-4811 and book your spot.
Nobody likes to pay more tax than they have to; but when was the last time you checked to make sure you’re taking full advantage of all the tax-saving opportunities available to you? These come in two forms: Deductions that reduce your taxable in-
come, or Credits that reduce your taxes payable.
This article describes some of the most common de-ductions and credits. Speak with your accountant or tax specialist about which ones apply to you and how you can minimize your family’s
tax bill.Deductions: Do you make
RRSP contributions? When completing your tax return, contributions you made to your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) can be deducted (up to your contri-bution limit). But they don’t
have to be. RRSP deductions can be carried forward indef-initely (even after the RRSP is closed) or spread out over several years. That means you can make a strategic de-cision about when to take the deduction – for example, deferring it to a future year when you anticipate your in-come will be higher.
Do you have investment expenses? You can deduct fees paid to manage or ad-minister your non-regis-tered investments. You can also deduct interest paid on money borrowed to earn in-come from non-registered investments or from a busi-ness. Are you paying for day-care? You can deduct qualify-ing child care expenses paid so you or your spouse can earn income, go to school or conduct research. You can include amounts paid to a child who is age 18 or older to look after siblings who are age 16 or younger.
Generally, only the spouse with the lower net income (even if it is zero) can claim these expenses. However, under certain circumstances the spouse with the higher income may be able to claim them, for example, if the lower-income spouse was enrolled in an educational program. Have you relocat-ed for work or school? You can claim moving expenses if you moved at least 40 kilo-metres closer to a new place of work, or a school where you enrolled as a full-time student. These expenses can be deducted only from tax-able income earned at the new location or the taxable amount of scholarships, fel-lowships, bursaries, certain prizes and research grants, but you can carry forward
unused amounts until you have enough eligible income to claim them.
Credits: Are you a fi rst-time home buyer? If you pur-chased a home, and neither you nor your spouse owned another home in the calen-dar year of the purchase or in any of the previous four cal-endar years, you may qual-ify for the First-Time Home Buyers’ Tax Credit – worth up to $750. Either spouse can claim the credit, or you can share the credit. Do you have medical expenses? You can claim eligible medical expenses for yourself, your spouse and dependent chil-dren under age 18 that were not paid for by a provincial or private plan. You can also claim the premiums you pay for a private plan.
The lower-income spouse should generally claim the credit, assuming he or she has to pay taxes, because the credit is reduced by a per-centage of net income.
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I would like to thank all of my relatives and friends who came to my 100th birthday party on January 24th, and also to the celebration on my real birthday Jan. 26. A special thanks to my families for organizing, looking after and attending all of the special events that week. For the cakes, the meals, the pens, the food, the fl owers ---- everything was so appreciated.A big thanks also to those rela-tives who ventured to Alberta in the middle of winter from Texas, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Costa
Rica. And to those who came from northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and BC.Thanks everyone for the beautiful cards, and to those who brought fl owers and gifts.Thanks for sharing a wonderful milestone and bringing back lots of memories.
Grace MacDonald
In Loving Memory of Dave McLellan
April 2, 1949 - February 17, 2014
Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us every day
Unseen, unheard, but always nearStill loved, still missed and very dear.
Lots of love from your family.
CHECKELMr. Stanley Gordon Checkel of Stettler, Alberta passed away on February 8, 2016 at Heritage House, Stettler at the age of 62 years. Stanley was born to Jean and Michael Checkel in Coronation, Alberta on July 16, 1953. Stan leaves to mourn, his family: his mother Jean Checkel; daughter Carol (Chris) Foy and their children Evan and Lina; son Mike Checkel; their mother Peggy Donovan; Connie’s daughters: Angie (Jason) Wilson their children Katlyne and Kristina, Marcie
(Devin) Wiese and daughter Phoenix and April (Billy) Canning and children Krista, Brennan and Liam; brothers: Ken (Maria) Checkel, David (Elisebeth) Checkel, Ron (Tracy) Checkel and Chris (Sharon) Checkel; numerous nieces, nephews, other family and many friends. Stan was predeceased by his father Mike Checkel, his wife Connie Checkel and brother Robert Checkel.Funeral services will be announced at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Alberta Cancer Foundation Tom Baker Cancer Centre c/o Stettler Funeral Home, Box 1780, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0. Sympathies may be forwarded to the family by signing the guestbook at www.stettlerfuneralhome.com.
STETTLER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM, 403-742-3422,
entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements.
HEWLETTWilfred Murison Hewlett was born June 30, 1932 in Uxbridge Ontario. He passed away February 10, 2016, in the Stettler General Hospital with family by his side.He is predeceased by his loving wife Gladys Mary Hewlett (January 2006) of fi fty-two years and survived by his six children, Donna (LaPietra) and Donald (twins), Diane, David, Dell (Frederick) and Dean Hewlett and his siblings, Barbara (George) Pratt (Uxbridge, Ontario) and Jim
(Isobel) Hewlett (Whitchurch/Stouffville) and their families. His funeral service will be held at the Stettler United Church on Friday February 19th at 1:00 PM. In memory of Wilfred donations can be made to: Scouts Alberta; Prairies Service Centre, 2140 Brownsea Drive, N.W. Calgary, Alberta, T2N 3G9. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.brennenfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements in care of BRENNEN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION
SERVICES,Stettler, Box 193, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0.
403-742-3315.
SCHEERSCHMIDTJames Arthur (Jim) was born to Paul H. and Anna Scheerschmidt on January 1, 1932 in Stettler, AB. He passed away February 8, 2016 at the Stettler Health Care Centre at the age of 84 years. He received his schooling at the Kindergarten School, adjacent to the family farm. Jim married Elaine Cote of Stettler on August 15, 1959 and resided his entire life in Stettler. Jim and Elaine never having children enjoyed spending time with nieces and nephews, treating them like their
own. Jim was a farmer at heart and loved growing and harvesting grain, raising cattle and also pigs. He worked at the Stettler Auction Mart for a few years sorting livestock. In his younger years Jim enjoyed dancing, gardening, playing ball, fi shing and riding horses.Jim is survived by sister Louise Fischer, brother Norman (Louie) Scheerschmidt, both of Stettler and brother-in-law Stanley Cote of Ottawa, ON, as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives and many wonderful friends. He was predeceased by wife Elaine, parents Paul H. and Anna Scheerschmidt, father- and mother-in-law Frank and Pearl Cote, brother Henry (Hank) Scheerschmidt, sisters Irene Benson and Dorothy Scheerschmidt, brothers-in-law Chris Fischer and Gene Benson, sisters-in-law Kay Scheerschmidt, Ivy Scheerschmidt and Marlene Cote, niece Pam Benson, nephews Rod Mailer and Ivan Storek and great-niece Brittany Scheerschmidt-Lutz. A graveside service will take place Saturday, February 20 at 2 p.m. at the Lake View Cemetery in Stettler, AB. Luncheon to follow at Brennen Funeral Home. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of donor’s choice in care of
BRENNEN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM SERVICES
P.O. Box 193, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0. 403-742-3315.
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Andrew Jarrett Mar. 5, 1960-Feb. 19, 2011 Apr. 12, 1990-Feb. 19, 2011
Love and miss you foreverBrenda & Melissa, Helmut & Emma Gebhardt,
Lee Muhlbeier and families.
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Auctions 1530COLLECTOR CAR
AUCTION. 10th Annual Red Deer Collector Car Auction & Speed Show.
March 11 - 13, 2016, Westerner Park. Special
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UNRESERVED BANKRUPTCY AUCTION. Tuesday, February 23, 10 a.m. Rural Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Hufnagel
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Firewood 1660LOGS
Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch.
Price depends on location of delivery. Lil Mule
Logging 403-318-4346
GardenSupplies 1680
REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of
hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or
landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree.
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GardenSupplies 1680PASTURE & HAY LAND. 400 - 8000 acres of year
round water supply. Full operational with
management available. Central Saskatchewan.
Crossfenced & complete infrastructure. Natural
springs excellent water. Shortly ready to locate
cattle. Other small & large grain & pasture quarters.
$150k - $2.6m. Call Doug Rue 306-716-2671;
Misc. forSale 1760
6,000 CONCRETE PAVERS. 24” X 30”, 22
per pallet, $100. SM Insu-lation, 2’X4’X3”, R15, $3. School lockers, 12” X 15”
X 72”, single tier $50. Double tier $75.
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WantedTo Buy 1930
WANTED - SHED ANTLERS. Buying shed
antlers all sizes and conditions. Paying top
dollar for elk, deer, moose. Buying all the time.
Phone, text, email: 403-352-9397 or
WANTED/BUYING Alberta Antler. Buying shed antler
of all species/grade. Competitive pricing & fair
grading. Will buy deer, elk, moose - all grades & all amounts. Keep this ad - buying all the time. Herb
780-385-0076.
Livestock 2100CHARLOIS bulls, Red
Angus bulls, Red Angus X Simmental 780-582-2254
Forestburg
PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year
olds. Semen tested and delivered.Vicwin Farms 403-784-3517, 403-318-7363.
Livestock 2100
Grain, FeedHay 2190
250 LARGE SQUARE Barley straw bales 3X4,
900 lbs. No rain. $29 each. 403-335-9881,
403-466-9881. Centrally located.
FOR SALE: Alfalfas, Clovers, Grasses plus
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HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Spring-thrashed Canola. Buying:
oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged
or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan
Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.
ROUND HAY BALES, self unloading, bulk oats. New truck tires. Cheap - starting at $285. Cheap undercarri-
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For Rent#3000 - #3200
Acreages/Farms ..............3010Houses/Duplexes ............3020Condos/Townhouses........3030Manufactured Homes ......3040Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050Suites ..............................3060Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070Roommates Wanted ........3080Rooms for Rent................3090Motels/Hotels ..................3100Offices ..............................3110Stores/Commercial ..........3120Industrial ..........................3130Warehouse Space............3140Garage Space..................3150Storage Space ................3160Land ................................3170Pasture ............................3180Mobile Lot ........................3190Misc. for Rent ..................3200
Wanted to Rent#3250 - #3390
Acreages/Farms ..............3255Houses/Duplexes ............3260Suites ..............................3270Rooms..............................3280Manufactured Homes ......3290Housesitting Wanted ........3300Garage Space..................3310Storage Space ................3320Stores/Commercial ..........3330Office Space ....................3340Industrial ..........................3350Warehouse Space............3360Resorts & Cottages..........3370Pasture/Land....................3380Mobile Lot ........................3390
Houses/Duplexes 3020NEW client with 6 rentals. House, acreage, or apart-ments. Applications with ref’s req’d. Norma Leslie Sutton Landmark Realty 403-742-7815
Condos/Townhouses3030New Blackfalds Condo. 2 Bdrm/2 Bath. Main oor & 2nd oor options avail. 2 powered parking stalls. Rent $1,400. Pets nego-tiable. Ask about rent incentives. 403-396-1688.
Suites 3060
2 BDRM and newly reno’d 1 bdrm spacious apartments.
Quiet building, close to schools and hospital. No
pets. Timor Manor 5713-50 Ave. Stettler 403-742-3092
AVAILABLE IN STETTLER March 1, (2) - 2 bedroom apartments, $950/mo &
$900/mo., security deposit. Phone 403-741-9325.
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1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished kitchenette suites.
All utilities, cable, internet.Avail. immediately
Kimberly 403-690-5828
PONOKA1ST MONTH FREE3 bdrm., 4 appl., n/s, no pets, new paint, lino and blinds, in Riverside area,
avail. imm., $995/mo., d.d. same, heat incl., 1 yr. lease min. 403 -619-5758
RoommatesWanted 3080SHARED accommodations
in Gadsby. Phone 403-740-3209
RoomsFor Rent 3090ROOM for rent monthly in Stettler. Included in price,
utility bill, cable TV, internet. Single $700.
Pet friendly. Phone 403-742-2375
ext. 0 manager or 36to leave message
StorageSpace 3160
Real Estate#4000 - #4190
Realtors & Services..........4010Houses for Sale................4020Houses Wanted................4030Condos/Townhouses ........4040Acreages ..........................4050Acreages Wanted ............4060Farms/Land ......................4070Farms/Land Wanted ........4080Manufactured/Mobile Homes ..................4090Income Property ..............4100Commercial Property ......4110Industrial Property ............4120Cottages/Resort Property ..4130Businesses for Sale..........4140Buildings for Sale ............4150Lots for Sale ....................4160Out of Town Property ......4170Investment Opportunities ..4180Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190
Condos/Townhouses4040Need to Downsize? Brand New Valley Crossing Con-dos in Blackfalds. Main oor is 1,119 SQ FT 2 Bdrm/2Bath. Imm. Poss. Start at $219,900. Call 403-396-1688.
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ManufacturedHomes 4090
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BuildingsFor Sale 4150
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Household, furniture,business records, etc.
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GREAT OPPORTUNITY to own your own acreage. 46.38 acres at Big Valley with renovated mobile,
36’ x 100’ shop, cement floor, box stalls, corrals and completely
fenced. $329,000.
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3.25 ACRES NEAR RED WILLOW 3 bedroom home with open
concept kitchen, dining and living room. Fully finished bsmt.,
wrap around deck and heated shop. $385,000.
ACREAGE
3.2 ACRE PARCEL IN BOTHA Well kept mobile with several
upgrades such as new flooring, paint & shingles. Heated 32’ x 48’ shop. Ideal for mechanic.
$285,000.
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EXECUTIVE HOME AT SCENIC SANDSQuality throughout this beautiful two-
storey home. Features 5 bdrms / 3 baths, extensive landscaping, walk-out basement
and wrap-around deck. $575,000.
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BENEFIT 3 WAYS: It’s a winning situation. Buy to own - Buy to invest - Buy to build. First time buyer or retiree, investor or builder. This affordable comfy, cozy 2 bed-room/ 1 bathroom home is located on a large 49’x150’
lot. Garage is 24’ x24’. #CA0072335. $109,900.
RUN YOUR OWN BUSINESS – Lease this restaurant & lounge located on one of the busiest corners in Stettler.
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completely furnished and ready for occupancy. #CA0072839.
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privacy on the patio deck. Immediate possession. CA0067405. $110,000.
OFFICE/SHOP FOR LEASE. 6133 sq ft building - 3361 sq ft office & 2772 sq ft shop. Office area contains reception, 7 offices, lunch room & board room. 4 bay shop height is approx. 20’ with 14’ overhead doors,
wash bay & mezzanine floor. Yard surrounded by chain link fence. Ample storage & parking space. $8/sq ft triple net. CA#0057125.
1 ACRE WEST END COMMERCIAL LOT:
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this rarely come on the market. Don’t let this rare find pass you by. CA0072376. $294,000.
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Public Notices ..................6010Special Features ..............6050 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS403-742-4271; 403-742-1887
AL-ANONBrenda 403-742-0990
Betty 403-742-5673
ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY403-346-4636
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BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT Pat Lattery
403-742-3759
BIG BROTHERS &BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION
403-742-5437 during business hours
BRIGANTIA PLACE(formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)
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STETTLER & AREA ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SOCIETY (STABIS)
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Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277
PUBLIC NOTICE
Borrowing Bylaw 1558-16New Public Works Shop Facility
The Municipal Government Act - Part 8, Sections 251, 258 and 259Take notice that the Council of the County of Stettler No. 6, in the Province of Alberta, has given first reading to Borrowing Bylaw 1558-16 which will, upon final passage and approval authorize the proper officers of the said County to borrow monies from the Royal Bank of Canada, the Alberta Capital Finance Authority and/or other authorized financial institution(s), to pay for the cost of the following infrastructure project: New County Public Works Shop FacilityThe total cost of the foresaid project amounts to $9,648,526.92 with $2,000,000.00 applied from capital reserves, borrowing $7,648,526.92 for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years, from the Royal Bank of Canada, the Alberta Capital Finance Authority and/or other authorized financial institution(s) by the issuance of debentures and on the terms and conditions referred to in this bylaw, and such other terms and conditions as the financial institution may require. Such borrowing may entail a short-term borrowing from the Royal bank of Canada or other authorized institution, not to exceed five (5) years, in the nature of bridge financing for the purpose of construction financing, which may be replaced by a long-term borrowing from the Alberta Capital Finance Authority or other authorized financial institutions. The estimated lifetime of the project financed under this bylaw is equal to, or in excess of thirty (30) years. NOW THEREFORE NOTICE is hereby given by the Council of the County of Stettler No. 6 that, unless petition of the electors for a vote on Bylaw 1558-16 is demanded, as provided for by the terms of Section 231 of the Municipal Government Act, the said Council may pass the said borrowing bylaw. The proposed bylaw may be examined between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday in the office of the Legislative Services Advisor, County of Stettler No. 6, 6602 – 44 Avenue, Stettler, Alberta.
PUBLIC NOTICE TO ELECTORS
CLEARVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLREQUEST FOR TENDERS
Clearview Public Schools invites tenders from construction contractors for classroom modifications at Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus (WEHSSC). Plans and specifications can be viewed at http://bit.ly/2016-02IMR or by contacting Russell McKay at 403-742-9482. Determination of the successful proposal is dependent on cost, overall proposal considerations, and available resources. Timelines for the project(s) can be negotiated. Lowest or any proposal may not be accepted for approval.A walk-through will be held on site at WEHSSC with all interested contractors on February 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Proposal submissions must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. (noon) on March 4, 2016 (at which time they will be opened) at:Clearview Public SchoolsBox 17205031 – 50 StreetStettler, AB T0C 2L0
Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0
www.stettler.net
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Application has been approved as a permitted use in accordance with the Town of Stettler Land Use Bylaw No. 2060-15:
1. No: 2912-2016 Legal Description: Lot E½ 30, Block 6, Plan RN54 Municipal Address: 4911 - 50 Avenue Applicant: The Head Shop
Proposed Development: Signage and Change in Use:
Retail Store
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18 STETTLER INDEPENDENT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016Sports
Big Valley Oil Kings take to home ice on Friday for make-or-break game
MOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The Stettler Minor Lacrosse Association will mark its fi fth season in 2016, running from April to June, playing within the Central Alberta Lacrosse League.
There are six teams from Stettler that will play the 12 regular season games plus playoffs.
“This will give them a great opportunity to play, excel at and learn about the rich history and team-work that is lacrosse,” said Kimberley Smyth, vice-president of SMLA.
“Box lacrosse is played inside the arena, and al-though it is compared to hockey, it is truly more similar to basketball.”
According to Smyth, passing is key to the game, similar to basketball, and it’s very fast paced, uti-lizing a 30-second shot and possession clock for plenty of offence-based action.
“Box lacrosse is consid-ered full contact but each age division has specifi c rules regarding said con-tact and how it can be used,” explained Smyth.
“SMLA currently has registration open for
these six age groups as well as a new program within Alberta called Intermediate, for play-ers aged 16-18 who don’t wish to carry on directly from midget to the junior level (ages 16 to 21, which is offered in neighbouring communities),” she added.
SMLA will be hosting a pub night in the spring and a bottle drive to raise funds for the club which pays for all ALA and CALL fees (approximately $40 per player to each of these organizations) as well as fl oor fees, referee fees and mandatory coaching clinics.
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Stettler Mites score against Innisfail in a well-matched game during the Mites tournament on Saturday, Feb. 13.
STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
It was an old Battle River Hockey League matchup on Friday and Saturday as the Big Valley Oil Kings played the fi rst two games of the south division fi nals against their old rival, the Daysland Northstars.
It didn’t go well for the Oil Kings in their two games against Daysland, who led the regular season south division standings.
On Friday, Feb. 12, the Oil Kings hosted the fi rst game in the best-of-fi ve series, losing the hard-fought fi xture by a score of 5-3. The fi rst half of the fi rst period
was a scuffl e as both teams jockeyed to take control, but the stalemate was even-tually broken by Oil Kings captain Matt Kinnunen about half-way through the pe-riod. Brandon Nowakowski scored in the second, and Kinnunen again in the third.
The next day, the Oil Kings headed to Daysland, where they were defeated 6-3. Brendan Lamb scored in the second to put the Oil Kings on the map, with two Kinnunen goals in the third.
The next, and possibly fi nal, game in the series takes place in Big Valley at the Agriplex on Friday, Feb. 19. The puck drops at 8:30 p.m.
JV Wildcats win in the league, lose in tournament
MOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Stettler JV boys won their league game on Wednesday, Feb. 10 as they beat West Central of the Rocky Mountain House 58-47.
“It was not a very solid performance by the Wildcats as they had to come from a six-point defi cit in the fi rst half to defeat the visitors,” said coach Warren Aspenes. “We had plenty of scor-ing chances but we were not able to fi nish around the basket while the other team shot much better from the fl oor.”
The Stettler defence held on long enough to get the offence going and shortly into the third quarter the Wildcats took the lead and never looked
back.Over the weekend, the
JV boys participated in the Westaskiwin Boys’ Invitational, performing well but not good enough.
In their first game against Camrose Trojans, Jordan Lane ended up with 43 points as they routed their opponents 80-59.
“Their fi rst game against Camrose was exactly op-posite to Wednesday night as the boys were on fi re from the fl oor,” said Aspenes. “With the win the boys ended up on the A side of the draw and a match with the home town Wetaskiwin team Saturday morning, but despite a well-played game defensively by both teams, our boys didn’t have the same success around the basket as the
previous night.”Wildcats were down by
only one point at half but then let the opponents pull away in the third quarter with some defen-sive mistakes.
Westaskiwin went on to win 65-45.
In their final game against Chestermere, Wildcats lost 63-58.
“Both teams played a very exciting fast paced game in spite of it being their third game in less than 24 hours,” said Aspenes. “Chestermere took an early lead that we just couldn’t seem to close.”
Wildcats face Ponoka on Wednesday, Feb. 17 in an away game and Lindsay Thurber next Wednesday, Feb. 24 in Red Deer, which will round up the season for the JV boys.
Fifth year of lacrosse in Stettler
JV girls basketball squad continues unbeaten streak
STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
A 68-21 win over the visiting Rocky Mountain House continued the Stettler JV Girls’ basketball squad’s unbeaten streak, and with only one more game left in the regular league season, the team is pumped up for this week’s game against Lindsay Thurber in Red Deer to fi nish the regular season un-defeated.
The game saw every member of the Wildcat squad net points, though Emily Brown brought in the most with
16, followed closely by Reesa Garez with 10.
Despite being undefeated in league play, the girls didn’t fare so well at the weekend tournament in Wetaskiwin. Starting on Friday, Feb. 12, the girls lost a close game to Camrose 44-42.
“We did not execute our offence well and Camrose played strong defence,” coach Kim Poapst said.
With players out with injuries and some at the Alberta Winter Games, the team was short some of its key players and ended up winning the consolation fi nals.
Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporter
Kayla Myshaniuk breaks away from her pursuers to net points for the Stettler Wildcats during a Wednesday, Feb. 10 game against Rocky Mountain House. The Wildcats won 68-12, continuing their unbeaten streak.
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Wannabys take the ranch rodeo over the weekendMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The team Wannabys took the buckles home at the third annual ranch rodeo competition as they ended up with the most points overall on Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Stettler Agriplex.
The Wannaby’s were Roberta Rouse, Brad Brenchley, Skeeter Thurston and Wyatt Thurston.
In second place was the Adams Farms, followed by Flying M Ranch.
The individual event winners were Diamond N Ranch for sorting, Flying M Ranch for branding, and Adams Farms won the first place in the other three events, trailer loading, penning and doctoring.
“This is our third year of hosting the event, and we’d like to thank Maverick Large Animal Veterinary Services for sponsoring the buckles,” said Darla Rairdan, secretary at the Stettler and District Agricultural Society. “Ralph and Laurel Pole who are the directors at the Stettler Ag Society brought the idea to the board and everybody was in favour and it has grown from there.”
Rairdan said that the event would not be possible without the many volunteers who have been of great help.
“This has turned into a great event and the Ag Society is truly thankful for the many volunteers who help out,” said Rairdan.
There were 14 teams participating in the event with
four members in each team, of whom at least one had to be a woman.
Each team paid a participation fee of $400.00 and
some have come from as far as Sundre this year.As the ranch rodeo continued in the relative
warmth of the Agriplex, the kids were being enter-tained by Family Day sleigh rides outside.
“The Ag Society tries to give back to the community for all they do for us,” said Rairdan. “This was our fourth year of successfully hosting it, go for a sleigh ride around the grounds and then go in for a hotdog and some hot chocolate. Lots of town kids don’t get to experience this type of fun.”
Dale and Donna Chapman, Wayne and Karen Long and Darrell and Darla Rairdan brought their teams for everybody to enjoy.
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Heather Weatherly tries to sort out the calves with her team’s number in the penning event at the Ranch Rodeo competi-tion on Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Stettler Agriplex.
Badminton draws in hundreds from across Alta., Sask.STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The squeak of sneakers on the gymnasium fl oor and the dull thud of bird-ie coming in contact with racquets were augmented by the happy and com-petitive chatter and laugh-ter from kids between 13 and 19 at the annual Stettler Junior Badminton Tournament.
Running from Friday, Feb. 5 to Sunday, Feb. 7, the tournament saw 112 kids compete in singles, doubles and mixed dou-bles in all age groups. The tournament ran on a round-robin, with the best of the teams advancing to quarter- and semi-fi nals, before each bracket came away with a clear winner.
The competitors from from all across Alberta and Saskatchwan for the annual event, which has run for more than two de-cades.
The tournament was hosted by the Stettler Junior Badminton Club, whose coaches Bruce LaRocque, Matt Robinson, Alana Stefanik and Destiny
Croker plan and run the three days of badminton action. The competition uses up the gymnasiums in both the elementa-ry school and secondary
campus.Of the 112 kids compet-
ing this year, LaRocque said about 20 kids from Stettler took part, though none went on to win fi rst
or second place.The club will compete
in Calgary Feb. 19-21, and again March 4-6 before heading to provincials in April.
CorrectionOn page 18 of the Feb.
3, 2016 edition of the Stettler Independent, in the middle-right photo, Stettler Midget B Storm was incorrectly iden-tifi ed as the Stettler Peewee A Storm. We re-gret the error.
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