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After nearly two weeks of waiting, Stettler has the first baby of 2015, a baby boy named Tanner.
Tanner James arrived in the world on January 12 at 7:43 p.m., the second child for dad Paul James and mom Shari
Hagstrom, of Castor.Tanner is baby brother to
older sister Cassidy, who’s a year-and-a-half old.
The baby was delivered after a smooth labour, and weighed in at eight pounds and six ounces. Mom and dad headed for Stettler Hospital after Hag-strom started experiencing contractions in the early after-
noon.The pregnancy went smooth-
ly, Hagstrom said, although she spent much of it feeling sick and nauseous, morning sickness plaguing her from start to finish.
Grandma and older sister made the trip into Stettler the following day to meet Tanner, the first of the family to be
introduced.Baby Tanner almost missed
out on being the first baby of the year, as a mother at the hospital went into labour on New Year’s Eve. The New Year’s Eve baby arrived before the clock ticked over into the new year, making her the last baby of 2014 instead of the first of 2015.
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Shari Hagstrom and Paul James hold baby Tanner, born Jan. 12 at 7:43 p.m. at the Stettler Hospital. The baby boy, the second baby for the two, joins older sister Cassidy.
Independent NEWSWednesday, January 14, 2015Page 2 The Stettler Independent
Joel van der VeenINDEPENDENT REPORTER
An appeal from the board of Bar Harbour Camp has raised thousands in dona-tions from former campers and other supporters since last fall.
“We are just over-
whelmed right now,” Ver-na Rock, a member of the camp’s board of directors, told the Independent re-cently. “Every day we’re getting more money.”
For years, the camp, located on the southeast shore of Buffalo Lake, had struggled with declining numbers of volunteers, de-teriorating infrastructure and limited resources.
In September, the camp launched a fundraising campaign called “Grow or Go,” welcoming more than 60 people to an open house on Sept. 15, and explaining the camp’s situation and its need.
Rock said that the contri-butions have steadily con-tinued since then, including
about $15,000 in donations and even more in pledges.
“Every time I talk about it, I still cry,” she said.
The Tail Creek Snow-birds, a snowmobile club based in Erskine, recently made a donation in the amount of $800 to the camp. Member Keith Haus-tein presented the cheque to Rock at Stettler Funeral Home on Dec. 30.
Haustein said the club, active for more than 40 years and a membership of around 100, has supported other causes, including Er-skine School, over the de-cades, but decided to help the camp this year.
The club recognizes its donors with plaques on dis-play at the Erskine general
store. Haustein also said his
daughter Amber had attend-ed Bar Harbour as a camper for several years and later returned to work there.
Another notable benefac-tor for Bar Harbour is the Alberta Prairie Railway, whose co-founder, Don Gillespie, pledged in Sep-tember to contribute funds raised through “train rob-beries” toward the camp.
The funds, collected from tourists who ride the steam train from Stettler to Big Valley, could total as much as $10,000 annually.
Rock said the camp will hold its annual general meeting later in January. She added that the first proj-ect to move forward will likely be the construction of new washrooms, identified last year as a major need.
Around 200 children at-tended Bar Harbour’s sum-mer program last year, with another 20 to 25 teens join-ing the senior high camp in the fall.
For more information, visit www.barharbourcamp.com or phone 403-742-4887.
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Keith Haustein, a member of the Tail Creek Snowbirds, presents a cheque for $800 on behalf of the club to Verna Rock, who serves on the board of directors for Bar Harbour Camp. Haustein made the presentation to Rock at the Stettler Funeral Home on Friday, Dec. 30.
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A good Samaritan who happened to be on a crash site near Nevis bundled up the injured driver and took her to the hospital, where she is now recovering from injuries.
The crash happened on Highway 12 and Range Road 22-0 around 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12. A Chevrolet Avalanche and a Hyundai Santa Fe col-lided as one of the vehicles turned onto the highway.
The driver of the Ava-lanche was not injured, but the driver of the Santa Fe was, and a passerby took her to the hospital, accord-ing to Stettler RCMP Const. Bill Lewadniuk.
The matter is still under investigation.
Fender bender seasonIn the past few weeks,
Lewadniuk said most of the matters he has had to deal with are fender benders where everyone walks away without injury. Included in
this are several cases where people have backed out and into oncoming traffic.
“We’ve had a few 911 hangups,” Lewadniuk not-ed. If someone accidentally dials 911 either through a pocket dial or just an inad-vertent slip of the fingers, it’s important the caller re-main on the line to explain it was an accidental dial.
If the caller does not re-main on the line, 911 will have to spend time trying to reconnect the call or even send out police to ensure there is no emergency.
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Joel van der VeenINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Playing loud music on the Thanks-giving weekend earned a Stettler woman a $100 fine and a scolding from a provincial court judge.
Sarah Valentino appeared in Stet-tler provincial court on Thursday, Jan. 8, to plead guilty to a single charge of violating the municipal noise bylaw.
Judge David J. Plosz heard that the RCMP responded to a noise complaint received at 12:53 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 13, during the Thanksgiving long weekend.
Upon attending the scene, offi-cers found loud music playing from Valentino’s home and issued her a ticket, the court heard.
“It was a holiday and I was by myself,” Valentino told the judge during her appearance. “I got car-ried away.”
Judge Plosz admonished her briefly for the lapse in judgment,
reminding her, “People have to go to work in the morning.”
The judge sentenced Valentino to the $100 fine and gave her until Jan. 22 to pay it.
The noise bylaw allows for a fine between $50 and $500 for a first of-fence, and a fine between $300 and $1,000 for subsequent offences.
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Judge Plosz also ordered a review in the case of a man charged of leaving the scene of an accident, on the grounds that more information was needed.
Thomas J. Rowland, who ap-peared in court on Jan. 8, was charged after an Oct. 19 incident in which he reportedly backed into a support beam next to one of the pumps at the Stettler Fas Gas sta-tion.
The court heard from an RCMP report that Rowland got out of his vehicle to see what had happened,
remarking to a bystander, “I think I hit the gas pump,” and then drove away without reporting the incident.
“The only reason I didn’t report it is I didn’t think I did any dam-age,” Rowland told the judge, add-ing, “There was minimal damage to my truck.”
The court also heard that there was no indication of any damage to the support beam struck by Row-land’s truck.
Rowland was charged under the Traffic Safety Act and was prepared to enter a plea, but the judge de-clined this, saying he needed more information to determine whether or not there were grounds to lay charges.
“It just seems rather odd,” said Judge Plosz. “It may be that this thing might not proceed from what little I know of it.”
He also ordered the crown to pro-vide a disclosure package to Row-land, who is scheduled to reappear in court on Feb. 12.
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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Budget-related presentations, mo-tions and contracts were the main focus of the first Stettler town council meet-ing of 2015.
Councillors met on Jan. 6 to tackle some of the outstanding issues for the budget, which is in the final stages of drafting.
Shelly Potter, a representative from the Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), presented its budget to council, in the amount of $379,563, and the Stettler Community Support Centre (SCSC) presented its budget of $288,126. Council, after looking over the budgets, passed the budgets – of which the town would be responsible for 20 per cent.
The Regional Board of Trade pre-sented its budget next, in the amount of $217,670. This, too, was approved, with the town responsible for a portion of the final number.
Next on the agenda was the chemi-cal bid process, which is handled an-nually. The chemicals are for use in the Stettler Water Treatment Plant for the treatment of water distributed to the town.
Bids for the four chemicals were submitted by Cleartech, Canada Col-ors, Chemtrade, Univar, Brenntag, and Klearwater. None of the applicants won multiple bids, with Cleartech being se-lected to provide sulfuric acid, Canada Colors selected to provide citric acid, Chemtrade selected to provide alumi-num sulphate liquid and Klearwater to provide a chemical for killing algae.
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Eric Snowden, who served as manager of the Parrish & Heimbecker elevator in Stettler from 1981 to 2003, was the guest speaker at the P&H Elevator Preservation Society’s annual Christmas dinner, held Saturday, Jan. 10 at the Stettler Recreation Centre.
Joel van der VeenINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Stan Eichhorn said things were looking up at this year’s P&H Elevator Pres-ervation Society Christmas dinner — the 10th annual event for the organization.
“After the fiascos we had last year, we didn’t know if anyone was going to come,” Eichhorn said to the crowd gathered at the Stet-tler Recreation Centre.
While the previous year’s event was plagued with is-sues, from the caterer to the venue, all in atttendance had to agree that this year’s event was a success, with around 100 people in atten-dance.
The group enjoyed a roast turkey dinner with side dishes, salads and des-sert, provided by Catering by Sarah, as well as door prizes and a 50/50 draw, a guest speaker, and updates both visual and verbal on the historic elevator.
Eichhorn explained that the society has tradition-ally held its Christmas din-ner in the New Year, as it’s easier to work the event into people’s schedules in January. He said the event ran smoothly this year, with only a few anticipated guests unable to attend.
Eric Snowden, who served as manager of the P&H elevator from 1981 until its closure in 2003, was the evening’s guest speaker.
He spoke about his farm upbringing, his hopes of becoming a veterinarian, and the career arc that took
him across Western Canada and ultimately to Stettler, moving to the town with his wife Fran and their four kids, before he had a job in place.
Snowden said he applied for the elevator job soon after his arrival, adding, “I was greener than grass and didn’t know what to do.”
He was 36 when he was hired. From 1981 to 1991 he also operated the feed mill at the elevator com-plex, which kept him hop-ping with four machines to look after.
“You just ran in a circle all day long,” he recalled. “There’s a lot of work in-volved in an elevator, and especially an old one like the one we had.”
While he feared that the elevator would quickly close, leaving him with no job and no pension, he said, “I accepted my place in life, as to keep this thing going.”
The 1,600-tonne elevator faced competition from the nearby Alberta Wheat Pool Elevator, and Snowden said he had to work hard to keep the grain moving and “beat the system.”
He entertained the audi-ence with stories of derailed cars, the faithful farmers who supported the elevator, and Steely, the stray cat that caught pigeons and mice. His young son fell into a grain car while visiting his dad at work once; another time, Snowden himself was hit by lightning.
Snowden said the light-ning strike blew his nylon jacket to “smithereens” and
temporarily paralyzed one of his arms. There was no lasting damage, he added, but he sometimes feels a twitch in one of his fingers.
After Snowden’s presen-tation, Eichhorn returned to the stage to offer an update on the past year at the el-evator, including the pan-cake breakfast held in May, school tours led by Donna Langille, and the celebra-tion supper held in Septem-ber.
Gordon Goodrich’s con-struction class from Wil-liam E. Hay Composite High School helped con-struct an insulated south wall on the feed shed, while Maggie MacKenzie served as the elevator so-ciety’s summer student this year.
Dave McCourt also showed a video depict-ing both the Little Giant, a thresher built in 1887, and the Beast, an elevator en-gine from 1912, in action.
The two machines were restored and demonstrated for the first time at the cel-ebration supper in Septem-ber.
A shed was constructed on the site by Metalex Met-al Buildings to house them.
“It ran almost flawlessly through the whole demon-stration,” McCourt said of the pair of machines. “We learned a few things about it. We’ll do a better one in the spring.”
The society will hold its 2015 pancake breakfast on May 31.
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It was quickly dubbed the “9/11 of France” as the way it happened and the manner it received public-ity were very similar to what hap-pened 14 years ago in New York.
The attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris was, very interestingly, cap-tured on video, only partially, but enough to show the viciousness of the act; and until all the suspects were killed, there was live cov-erage from the scenes of the two sieges, one laid around the rural building where two attackers on the French satirical magazine were killed and the other from the area of the store selling kosher food to a mainly Jewish customer base. All the elements were complete to reflect the essence of the assault of Islam on the Old and New Testa-ment.
Then came a massive outpour of support for the weekly, which, until the incident, was only a mar-ginal publication with about a to-
tal of 60,000 circulation. Actually, the support was so overwhelming that even the survivors from the editorial office the Charile Hebdo expressed displeasure for having the sympathies of far-right, anti-immigrant political parties and movements throughout Europe. The massive “Je suis Charlie” campaign captured the globe over social media, it made it even to the Golden Globe awards ceremony in Hollywood.
Then there was the great debate: New York Times said in an op-ed column that it was not Charlie, be-cause Charlie was, like a naughty kid, something to be tolerated only to a certain extent because it said what others did not want to or were afraid to say. And some jour-nalists questioned, unlike after the 9/11, what had really happened: How come all three terrorists were killed when the security appara-tus that was mobilized to capture
them had so many sophisticated tools at their disposal? And how did the female partner of one of the terrorists could travel freely to Syria, through Turkey, one of France’s allies in the fight against terrorism, within just a day of her partner being killed in the Jewish grocery store?
Then those commentators who look at global developments from a strategic vantage point said this was the result of the internal con-flict within Islam. Some of those commentators claimed the clash between the sects of Islam was the root cause of the extremism, others alleged it was because old school Islam was trying to prevent mod-ernization of the religious think-ing. But the overarching tone of the articles suggested that Islamic terrorism was here to stay and we should be resigned to live with it.
So one cannot help asking: After spending trillions of dollars and
sending our young people, and losing some of them, just to fight it, invading countries purportedly to establish democratic rule to eradicate it, are we supposed to admit that religious extremism is invincible and all that was done turned out to be futile?
Or against the advice of Einstein (about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome), are we going to keep sending more soldiers and hardware to fight and defeat what could not be defeated over the last quarter of a century?
If not, how are we supposed to get rid of religious/Islamic extrem-ism? What kind of an approach should be adopted to neutralize the factors that breed extremism?
Did Charlie Hebdo have any-thing to do about finding answers to those questions?
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If there is one issue in the Alberta cattle industry that never seems resolved it has to be the “checkoff” or should I say “levy,” being that’s now the le-gal word since the words “service charge” were purged by the provincial government. That hap-pened under Bill 43 when the Agriculture Minis-ter of the day George Groeneveld terminated non-refundable “service charges” for cattle, sheep, hogs, and potatoes. That Bill was the end of a long struggle between two sec-tors of the cattle indus-try, or so it was thought. Recent events have seen the launch of a new initia-tive that could see check-off wrangling started up again.
The hope is that since the end of the non-refund-able checkoff much has happened, and the issue needs to be re-visited in the best interests of the industry as a whole.
The cattle checkoff is-sue has been smouldering since it was declared re-fundable by the provincial government. The feedlot operators had out-lobbied the Alberta Beef Produc-ers (ABP) and the ramifi-cations have now seen the
loss of millions of check-off dollars to that organi-zation.
That has resulted in a perception by cow/calf producers that the feed-lot sector is not paying its fair share of industry development and national representation At ABP zone meetings resolu-tions were passed for a new non-refundable levy that would be in addition to the existing national non-refundable levy. Es-sentially it would be a re-turn to the non-refundable service charge (or some combination thereof).
It should be said that not all feedlot operators have been demanding checkoff refunds, and in the same light there are cow/calf producers who demand refunds. What seems to infuriate many cattle pro-ducers is that up to 80 per cent of the checkoff re-funds allegedly go to just half a dozen large feedlot operators. Many produc-ers see that as unfair and akin to “freeloading” by those operators on the backs of those that faith-fully pay their checkoffs with no refunds. From a PR perspective those are bad optics and only serves to inflame the issue as the
refunded millions keep adding up. It seemed just a matter of time before producers would want to bite back at that perceived unfairness – hence the grassroots drive for a re-turn to a full non-refund-able levy.
The ABP has reached out to the Alberta Cat-tle Feeders Association (ACFA) to discuss the checkoff idea in the hope that they would consider supporting the initiative. Considering the past his-tory of the ACFA on the checkoff issue that may seem like wishful think-ing. However, that was then and this is now, and cattle feeders are as aware as anyone that their in-dustry faces a continuous onslaught of issues that need to be dealt with in a timely way with adequate resources. The fact that discussions continue be-
tween the two organiza-tions is a good sign. The reality is that if the ACFA is opposed to any changes to the present levy, the chances of establishing an expanded non-refundable levy would be slim in-deed. The demise of the non-refundable service charge proved that they are formidable lobbyists with government.
But even if there was complete agreement on an expanded levy by all sectors of the cattle indus-try, it doesn’t necessarily guarantee that the Alberta government will agree to the initiative. The Prentice government is gearing up for a provincial election within the next two years or less and the last thing the ruling PC party wants is to attract any unwanted negative political atten-tion from a controversial topic. The fact is check-
offs/levies like taxes are never viewed from a posi-tive perspective by voters.
In the meantime, it would be wise for the ABP to gather all the sup-port it can from every sec-tor of the cattle industry with this levy initiative before it even makes a proposal to the provincial government. I suspect the ABP approach to other sectors and organizations will have to go beyond the usual emotional ap-peals to industry unity, development and good will. I would suggest that the ABP consider shar-ing a new non-refundable levy with organizations like the ACFA and the Western Stock Growers’ Association. Maybe the ABP should consider del-egating certain responsi-bilities and representation to other groups and make them part of the checkoff process.
It’s time that all the energy and cost that the checkoff issue has con-sumed be directed to efforts to support the Alberta cattle industry – just think of all the posi-tive activities that could come from such support and unity. At least we can hope.
Are you Charlie?
New cattle checkoff seems like back to the futureNon-refundable levy needs to benefit more stakeholders
Ahead of the heard
WILL VERBOVEN
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 7
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Independent COLUMNSWednesday, January 14, 2015 Page 8 The Stettler Independent
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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
With zero complaints from their range neighbours and an increase in member-ships in 2014, the past year has been a strong one for the Stettler Rifle and Pistol Club.
Members of the club gathered at their indoor range in downtown Stettler on Monday, January 6, for their annual general meet-ing, where the results of changes made at the 2014 AGM were revealed.
In 2013, the club received multiple complaints, from neighbours and from some of its membership, about the damage being done to neighbouring property and to the range itself by people using shotguns loaded with shot-filled cartridges. The tiny pellets chewed up the target backboards, requir-ing multiple replacements throughout the year, some-times as frequent as within three days of a new back-board being put up.
To deal with this problem as well as heed recommen-dations from the chief fire-arms officer, the club initi-ated an orientation process that all members are re-quired to take before being allowed to use the outdoor range.
Since then, complaints have completely fallen off, as has the use of shotguns on the range. The decrease in damage and the lack of any complaints in 2014 are being attributed to the change in policy.
The club set its annual spring-cleaning day for May 9 at 10 a.m., with a bad-weather reschedule date of May 30. The club has a long list of projects for the clean-up day besides just clearing away winter’s detritus.
One of the projects be-ing undertaken this year is a levelling of some parts of the site, especially where the benches are located. Currently, the benches are on a bit of an incline so people sitting on them are sitting “downhill.” Once the area is levelled, too, wa-ter retention issues will be resolved.
continued on page 11
2014
excellent year
for Stettler Rifle
and Pistol Club
Independent COLUMNSWednesday, January 14, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 9
A woman was seemingly incapable of making coffee, but her husband be-lieved that through the power of his positive thinking she would eventually be able to make him a good pot of cof-fee. Ten years and 3650 pots of sun-tanned water later, he was still think-ing positively and naïvely waiting for a decent cup of java. (He didn’t need positive thinking, but affirmative ac-tion...he should’ve made his own cof-fee).
While I am an intentional and peren-nial optimist, I don’t subscribe to the power of positive thinking (the con-cept that if you believe/think some-thing long and strong enough, it will happen). My skepticism is because the alleged “power” is based upon human effort and a sort of supernatural power to our thoughts. It places man at the center, reeks of vanity and presump-tion and marginalizes God.
Conversely, I’m totally convinced of the power of negative thinking. It will, without exception, cast shadows on the brightest day and sabotage every per-son, plan and program that it comes into contact with.
If you think that you can’t do it, and/or that it can’t be done, then that will certainly be the case!
I do subscribe to positive thinking and planning, but it’s reference point must be God and it needs to be based upon biblical principles. James wasn’t against positive thinking, however, he said that we “ought to say...if the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that” (James 4:15).
Rose, at 87 years of age, enrolled in Bible college. On her first day in class
she approached her theology professor, tapped him on the shoulder and said, “Hi handsome, can I give you a hug?” He hugged her and asked, “Why are you at college at such a young innocent age?” She told him, “I’ve dreamed of having a college education all my life and now, with God’s help, I’m going to get one!” Rose had some intestinal fortitude and three years later, she did graduate with a college degree. That is positive thinking, along with affirma-tive action.
Perhaps Rose should have taken on the challenge earlier, for she died in her sleep just one week after gradua-tion.
However, more than 2000 college students, touched and inspired by her life, respectfully attended her funeral.
The ability to think is one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind. And the way we think indicates not only who and how we are, but is a determining factor in whether we experience success or failure in our lives. As such, it should not be driven by fear and insecurity, or built upon human pride and wishful thinking.
“...think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith” (Romans 12:3).
I do subscribe to positive
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The Stettler Public Library has had a great kick off to the year with the wonderful turnout for Read and Rhyme, Daz-zling Duct Tape and La-crosse Day. We want to keep the momentum go-ing, so check out what we have coming up for the rest of January. I am sure that there is something to tempt any member of the family to come to the Li-brary.
Did you get a new gad-get for Christmas? If you need help with it, drop by the library on Thurs-day Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. for Tech Time. There will be one-on-one help for those with questions about their
e-readers, tablets, phones and laptops.
“Going Bovine” by Libba Bray is the topic of conversation on Thurs-day, Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. when the Spine Crackers gather to discuss the book of the month and enjoy some snacks.
Starting a new project for the new year? Join us for Chicks with Sticks at the library on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m. to work on your knitting, crocheting, sewing, or whatever else you have on the go!
If finances are at the top of your list for New Year’s resolutions, then why not start with the kids? On Saturday, Jan. 17 at 10:30 a.m., we are pleased to offer Kids and Cash. Presented in con-junction with East Park-land Community Futures, this is a one-hour work-shop for children age 5- 8, in which we ask: What is money? How do you make it? What can you do with it? Provide your kids with the vocabulary and tools necessary to make financial choices. You can pre-register at the li-brary by calling 403-742-2292.
Everybody loves a par-ty, so you must join us on Friday, Jan. 23 at 10:30 a.m. for A Read & Rhyme
Unbirthday for ages 0-5. Celebrate your unbirth-day and join us for read-ing, crafts, photo booth fun, and a special gift from the library.
The Stettler Public Li-brary strives to instill the benefits of literacy for everyone in the fam-ily. But why not have fun while doing it? Join us for a hilarious time on Satur-day, Jan. 24 at 12:30 p.m. for Knock Knock! Who’s There? Family Litera-cy Day at the Library. There is going to be piz-za, jokes, Mad Libs and board games; and read-ing some of the funniest books we have. We prom-ise families with children ages 0-10 more fun than a barrel of monkeys at the library.
We are putting the fi-nal details on a night just for adults on Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. You’ve been good all month, isn’t it time to break some reso-lutions? Drop by the li-brary for more informa-tion.
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Wm. E. Hay students got back into the routine as they returned from Christmas holidays.
On Jan 7, the senior girls basketball team travelled to Ponoka for their first game of 2015. They played really well but ended up losing the game by 14 points. Congratula-tions to the senior boys basketball team for placing second in the Lacombe Christian High School Basketball tournament this past weekend. Special mention to Kyle Poapst for his 40-point performance in the
championship game.Last semester, the building classes
worked on completing two garages for customers. This semester, they will be con-structing football lockers for the Wildcats, a 12 x 20 shed, and they will probably be adding an addition to the grain elevator that is currently being restored. If any engineers would be willing to give a drawing for stu-dents to follow, please contact the school. On Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the P.A.C., there will be the first meeting for the band New Orleans trip. If you are in-terested, please be in attendance. That’s all for this week
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015Page 10 The Stettler Independent
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Independent NEWSWednesday, January 14, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 11
Joel van der VeenINDEPENDENT REPORTER
he Red Willow Agricul-tural Society board got an infusion of new blood as it welcomed several new members at its annual gen-eral meeting on Monday, Jan. 5.
The board has sometimes struggled in recent years to maintain its numbers, even as they’ve seen increasing attendance at the events they organize, said treasurer Heather Fletcher.
However, the meeting saw the board’s member-ship swell to a total of 14, as several new members agreed to join.
“I’m happy that we got new members, and that young people are joining the board,” said Fletcher, while her husband Brian, also a board member, added that people are often re-luctant to get involved, as “everybody thinks someone else will do it.”
Outgoing president Linda Haner, who resigned after completing a board term of four years, said she’s happy to see people interested in taking part, especially re-cent arrivals to the commu-nity.
“There’s so much to offer for families here,” she said. “We’re a growing commu-
nity again.” The ag society is respon-
sible for maintaining the community hall and ball diamonds, which are used for a variety of events and can also be rented for pri-vate use.
The board held the meet-ing at the Community Hall, beginning with a potluck meal attended by about 25 people, most of whom stayed for the meeting that followed.
Heather Fletcher read the minutes from the pre-vious annual general meet-ing, held Dec. 8, 2013, and presented the financial statements, which showed a surplus of $6,790 and net assets of $58,369.
Major expenses for the past year included several purchases by the mainte-nance crew, including an air compressor, pressure washer and weed whip. The society also spent $4,422 on insurance and $6,449 on utilities and telephone ser-vice.
Heather Fletcher present-ed her summary of the ag society’s formal business plan, identifying four main goals: maintaining a vi-able organization, enhanc-ing community leadership, completing upgrades to the hall and ball park, and cre-
ating programs to involve families and youth.
She stated that the over-arching goal for the soci-ety is “to keep the doors open to the facilities” and to keep the events running each year, noting that a re-cent community survey had indicated a desire to con-tinue supporting the society events.
“Everyone who com-pleted the survey wanted the hall to stay open and for events to continue,” said Fletcher.
The new executive con-sists of president Edward J. Fletcher, vice-president Brad C. Dahl, secretary An-gela Stormoen and treasurer Heather Fletcher. Penny Dahl agreed to serve as rep-resentative on the county recreation board.
The Red Willow Agri-cultural Society was incor-porated on June 18, 1974. The bulk of the society’s funding currently comes through grants from the government of Alberta and the County of Stettler, at a combined total of $24,812 for the year 2014.
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One of the things the club is investigating this year is rubber matting, not un-like that which is found in the arenas, for the shooting area. The matting would make it easier to clean up the site, enabling the brush-ing away mud and dirt from the seating and firing areas.
The outdoor range’s fenc-ing will also be replaced this year, as it was found to be at its end-of-life earlier this year when a member went out to repair fencing that had been knocked over by neighbouring property cattle. The barbed wire had become so worn that any-thing could knock it over, a member explained.
Use of the indoor range continues to be steady, the club was told. The range is located in the basement of the post office building,
and is open to members on Mondays and Wednesdays. The outdoor range, which has targets up ranging as far away as 200 feet, is located near Nevis.
Annual memberships are $60 per individual, or $70 for a family. There’s no age requirements for the range, though minors must be su-pervised by an adult. The membership fee helps pay for the rental of the indoor range, the upkeep of the outdoor range, and insur-ance costs.
The club also elected its new executive. The new president of the club is Kurt Reisinger, with Dale Ken-nedy holding on to the vice position. Donna Strohs-chein returns as secretary/treasuer, and the four di-rectors this year are Scott Miller, Quincey Schowal-ter, Matthew Redelback and Kevin Clark.
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Joel van der VeenINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Stettler’s junior varsity girls basketball team remained upbeat after a narrow loss to Red Deer’s Hunting Hills High School on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
The Wildcats lost 60-49 to the Hunting Hills Lightning in a home game at William E. Hay Composite High School.
The match was closely fought, leaving coach Kim Poapst pleased with her team’s perfor-mance.
“They rose to the occa-sion, they did really well,” said Poapst, praising the team’s help-side defense and scoring, and the all-around contribution from her players.
The girls led early on and then maintained a narrow gap for the first half of the game, ending the second quarter with only a four-point deficit at 28-24.
However, they failed to main-tain their defense in the second half, allowing the Lightning to pull ahead and increase the gap.
Top scorers for Stettler were Kayla Myshaniuk and Sydney Poapst, who both scored 14 points each.
Kim Poapst also noted that several players had recently at-tended a clinic hosted by Olym-pic basketball coach Shawnee Harle. Upon their return they worked with their teammates to incorporate new techniques into
their play. Junior varsity boys
Stettler’s junior varsity boys team also hosted the Hunting Hills Lightning on Jan. 7, begin-ning to fall behind in the first quarter and ultimately losing 69-38.
Top scorer for Stettler was Alex LeBlanc with 14 points. Coach Michael Kocher also had high praise for defenseman Paul Du Toit, and for Keegan St. De-nis, who made a three-point bas-ket.
“I think we played pretty good,” said Kocher. “We kept them at bay for the first period.”
On top of having three players quit so far this season, the team also grappled with illness this week.
Brandon Sukkau and Luke Skocdopole were both suffering with illness while St. Denis is re-covering from a concussion, but all three were active on the court on Wednesday.
“With such a short bench, I think a lot of them have really stepped up their game,” said as-sistant coach Rachelle Campeau. Up next
Both junior varsity teams are scheduled to visit Camrose on Wednesday, Jan. 14, followed by a tournament in Lacombe on the weekend of Jan. 16 and 17. The teams will also visit Innis-fail on Monday, Jan. 19, their last competition before the start of exams.
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Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER
The Lightning netted mixed re-sults from its weekend games at home, scoring a 5-1 win over the Three Hill Thrashers on Friday before losing a painful 6-2 to the Mountainview Colts on Saturday.
Before a healthy home crowd audience on Friday, the Lightning took to the ice with a vengeance, landing on the scoreboard just 22 seconds of game play into the first, courtesy of a goal by Dylan Houston. Just about four minutes later, Mark Dietz repeated the trick, bringing the score to 2-0. Both unassisted goals held the Lightning fast for the rest of the first, as goalie Simon Thieleman worked hard to keep the Thrash-ers’ efforts out of the net.
The second appeared it may be a scoreless affair until Scott Ternes scored almost 19 minutes into the period, bringing the score to 3-0 for the hometown boys. It wasn’t until halfway through the third that Three Hills got themselves onto the board, and that singular goal was answered a minute and a half later by Logan Davidson, bringing the tally to 4-1.
In a last-ditch effort, the
Thrashers pulled their goalie to give themselves the extra man-power on the ice, but it went with-out reward as the Lightning struck again, with Houston netting a fifth and final goal of the game.
“We started strong and it car-ried on,” head coach Doug Smith said. “It really paid off.”
The high number of penalties earned by the Thrashers, while not translating into powerplay goals, definitely interrupted the guest team’s stride, Smith said.
“It interrupted the pattern and we took advantage of that,” he said.
Unfortunately for the Light-ning, Saturday’s game was all thunder and very little strike.
Taking to the ice a bit slower than the night before, the Light-ning lost the jump to the Colts, who scored the first and second goal of the first.
“We came out a little flat foot-ed,” Smith admitted.
Reese Anheliger scored about halfway through the first to get the Lightning on the board, but that was the last hometown goal for the team until the last six min-utes of the third, when Anheliger scored again.
“(The Colts) got into their game,
and it set us back on our heels,” Smith said. “We were chasing the puck instead of leading the game, always a step behind.”
The Lightning have this coming weekend off, but should be return-ing with a full roster for the next weekend, with 7:30 p.m. games on Friday, Jan. 22 against Banff and Saturday, Jan. 24 against Red Deer. The Lightning will play a third weekend game on Sunday at 8 p.m. against Airdrie.
With their rocky season, Stet-tler remains in the penultimate position in the Northern Division of the Heritage Junior Hockey League, ahead of Ponoka but be-hind Blackfalds, Airdrie, Mounta-inview, Three Hills and Red Deer.
“We’ve not had the consistency we had last year,” Smith said, attributing some of the team’s problems to injuries and players who’ve been away due to work. “It’s little small things, not a sin-gular big thing.”
Smith said the playoffs would be telling, as the first teams they would play there, assuming no major changes in the standings, are all teams they can and have beaten in the past.
“We’ll just have to get through this stretch,” he said.
Senior boys reach finals inLacombe tournament
Joel van der Veen/Independent reporter
Kayla Myshaniuk (14) of the Wildcats junior varsity girls basketball team goes up for a basket during a game against Red Deer’s Hunting Hills High School at William E. Hay Composite High School in Stettler on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
Joel van der VeenINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Stettler’s senior boys basketball team reached the finals in a tournament in Lacombe’s Central Alberta Christian High School (CACHS) this past weekend.
Coach Warren Aspenes said the team from Wil-liam E. Hay Composite High School is still develop-ing, despite some struggles with scoring and turn-overs.
“Despite their inexperience, they’ve grown and improved very quickly,” said Aspenes. “Each game we’re seeing growth, and that’s very important.”
On Friday, Jan. 9, the Wildcats faced Pigeon Lake, easily defeating them 80-33. Aspenes said the game was a good opportunity to build on their of-fense.
On Saturday, Jan. 10, the team first faced La-combe Composite High School. While the Stettler team led from early on, their competitors had a surge in the fourth quarter, which Aspenes attributed to sloppy play by his team and an excess of turnovers.
In the finals, Stettler faced Prairie Christian Acad-emy (PCA) from Three Hills, resulting in a close-fought match that ended with a 71-65 loss for the Wildcats.
Aspenes said the team found it was continually falling behind and having to catch up, adding that their inexperience showed despite their high score totals. Kyle Poapst scored 40 points in that game, including many three-point shots.
The coach said there were lots of scoring oppor-tunities, but players failed to finish them up, another area on which they will need to focus.
“They’ll learn, they’ll get better,” he said, also praising the team for its composure in the finals, as the PCA team had strong crowd support.
The senior boys also visited Ponoka on Tuesday, Jan. 6, losing 97-54 to the Broncs in a game that highlighted the team’s defensive struggles.
“We have to play that intense on defense as well . . . We just haven’t gotten there yet,” Aspenes said after the game. Senior girls
William E. Hay’s senior girls team visited Ponoka on Tuesday, Jan. 6. While they were well behind at the game’s midpoint, the Wildcats bridged the gap somewhat, ending with a score of 48-34 in the Broncs’ favour.
Coach Charisse McDonald said her team faces an uphill battle in regard to offense. As a young team, their greatest challenge is being aggressive and fighting for the ball.
She added that her goal is to improve her players’ abilities and focusing on their success, adding, “It might not be in wins and losses.”
William E. Hay’s senior girls team also competed in the weekend tournament at CACHS, losing two games and winning one. Further details were not available at press time. Up next
Both senior teams will host Red Deer’s Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School on Thursday, Jan. 15, their final games before exams begin the following week.
(Jeffrey Heyden Kaye of Black Press contributed to this report)
Mixed weekend for the Lightning
Independent SPORTS The Stettler Independent Page 15Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
It was a close game be-tween the Peewee A DQ team and visiting Edson Leads, with the Leafs squeaking out a 4-3 win.
Stettler started the game strong with a goal from Re-ece Kranzler. Goalie Kaleb Bowers shut out the Leafs throughout the first.
Taking advantage of a powerplay in the second, the Leafs got themselves on the board, tying the game 1-1.
Again on a powerplay, Edson took the first goal of the second, but Shay An-derson answered that with one for the Storm, bringing the score back to an even 2-2. It was Anderson who scored again, in response to another Edson goal to bring the game to 3-3.
In the last two minutes of the game, though, the Leafs scored again and Stettler was unable to respond with one of their own, sealing the deal 4-3.Atom
Atom A hosted Red Deer Sportsworld Jan. 10, los-ing 10-0. The following day, they hosted the Sylvan Lake AA Lakers, resulting in a 7-7 tie. Quinton Hansel scored five goals, with Ri-ley Turre and Bret Hymers each scoring one.
Atom B did not play, and next take the ice Jan. 17.
The Sylvan Lake B Lak-ers hosted the Atom Cs on Jan. 11, winning 9-2. Bro-dy Lang and Reid Shirley scored.Peewee
Peewee A headed to the Kootenay Rink on Jan. 11 to face the Rocky Vipers, winning 4-1. Ryan Shirley scored twice, with Marcus Laisnez and TJ Howarth each scoring once.
Peewee B hosted Wain-wright on Jan. 10, winning 7-3. Zac Bryson and Ty Dowling each scored three goals, with Jackson Mul-bach netting a single.Bantam
Bantam A travelled to Red Deer on Jan. 10, losing 6-5 to the Red Deer Fron-tier. Brayden Smith, Erik Rost, Isaac Lee, Daylan Kuefler, Luc Hutchison and Alex DeYoung scored.
Bantam B was hosted by Wainwright on Jan. 11, winning 4-0. Riley Cornels-sen and Kolby Ringdahl
each scored twice.Midget
The Stettler Legion Midgets headed to Edson on Jan. 10, winning 5-2. Matt Sylvester scored twice, with Kieran Rost, Dylan Anderson, Paul Du Toit and Quade Cassidy scoring.
The next day the team headed to Jasper, where they won 11-0. Mark Bengert scored five times, Ethan Rost twice, and Quade Cassidy, Brendan Bardwell, Sylvester and and Brett Rider each scor-ing once.
Midget B hosted the Whitecourt Wolves on Jan. 11, winning 6-2. Jackson Zimmerman scored twice, with Chase McGonigal, Braydon Whiteford, Tye Mulgrove, and Jordan Fish-er each scoring once.
Midget C did not play.
GirlsThe girls Atom team
headed to Rimbey on Jan. 10, facing the Atom B team and winning 6-5. Ashley Lang scored twice while Chloe Shingoose, Paige Simpson, Tess Thurston and Gabby Heck scored one goal apiece.
The Peewee girls hosted the Warburg Wolves on Jan. 10, winning 11-2. Brooke Laisnez contributed seven goals while Amber Sylves-ter, Willow Sorensen, Tay-
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On Jan. 11 the Bantam girls hosted Wainwright, winning 6-2. Madison Kue-fler and Jamie Lee Spady scored two goals each while Krysta Froese and Chelsey DeVloo also scored.
The Stettler OK Tire Midget Storm visited Leduc on Jan. 11 to face the Leduc Reliance Midget team, win-ning 2-1. Jayden Hogg and Kierra Scollo both scored for Stettler.
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Bingo happens again the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 20, starting at 7:15 p.m. So grab your Bingo Dab-bers and join the fun at the Botha Seniors’ Centre that evening. Thursday. Jan. 22, will be the first village meeting of 2015, so make sure you come out to the village office that evening at 7 p.m. and join in on these important meetings.
Sunday, Jan. 25, come on out to the Botha Hall and join the Old-Time Dance Club for the first day of entertainment of 2015. These dances start at 1:30 p.m. and the com-mittee would appreciate it if everyone who attends would bring with them ei-ther sandwiches/buns or desert with you to share at the luncheon. The first band of this year will be, “Ralph and Friends”, a fantastic band, so make sure you come out for the fun. This will be their Val-entine dance, so if you like,
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Phone Shaun Derr at 403-742-4811 to book the hall and also so you can go skating with your friends, before spring gets here. The hall is a great place to rent for that special occa-sion with very reasonable rates, so make sure you
phone Shawn to book your dates.
Botha School is going to be a busy little place short-ly with skating starting for Grade 2-3 through Grade 5 on Jan. 20, and for Kinder-gartens and Grade 1s the next day. Then, starting Feb. 6, skiing lessons will be starting at the Alliance Ski Hill.
Starting this coming Monday, Jan 19, an after-school program will be starting up for students that would like to get involved in activities and games. These will run daily Mon-days through Thursdays except for early closing.
Grade 2s and 3s are looking for any empty cof-fee tins, paper towel tubes, cereal boxes, Styrofoam trays and any shoeboxes for their science projects. So if you have any of these items, could you please send or bring these to the school? This would very much be appreciated.
We’ve been in the throws of a Sibe-rian High, with cold temperatures and let’s not forget the wind. But as usu-al, we’ve come out on the other side, looking forward to warmer days.
The Big Knife 4-H enjoyed a day outdoors on Sunday with a post-Christmas wiener roast, skating, quad-ing and sledding at Dale and Coralee Ventner’s.
The club celebrated a successful and completed tire drive, which to-taled close to three thousand tires. Big thanks to all. Their next project will be their annual bottle drive. If you are interested in donating, please call Co-rina at 403 574 2183 or Denise at 403 740 5566. The date set for the drive is January 30.
Get well wishes to Grace (Derr)
Selinger, who is recovering from hip surgery in Camrose.
Eleanor and Frank Dahlgren took granddaughter Kristina Kobi out for dinner to celebrate her 23rd birthday.
Bill and Joyce Hansel picked up Ma-rie Vance and they went to dinner at the “Other Side” restaurant on Friday to celebrate Marie’s birthday. Join-ing them were Carol Kirkwood and Vi Ventress.
Happy birthday Marie and Kristina!
Patty SteenRUMSEY RECORD
I hope your week started out good and has continued on in a good way. The Rumsey Men’s bonspiel is fast approach-ing and Brooks and Jackie Watts are looking for teams to sign up so give them a call as soon as you can and get in on the fun. The bonspiel will run from Jan. 26 to 31 with Thursday night being Oyster night where you can get a good steak or your fill of oysters for only $15. The Sat-urday banquet is also open to the general public so if you are not involved in the curling, you are still welcome to join in on the good food at the banquet from 5 to 7 p.m. The Morrin High school girls curl-ing team has attended a couple bonspiels, one in Calgary and one in Red Deer to get some competition experience. The Three Hills Farmers bonspiel was held this past week with Tim Primrose’s team
taking the 1st in the First, Jim Krywcum’s team playing off for the 4th in the First. Kent Holowath and Rod Nelson also took teams over to compete. It was a fun time for all who went, I heard.
I was sad to hear of the passing of two longtime residents of our community, Bill Kowolachuk and Liz Nelson. Please send your condolences to the families as they will really be missed.
The Ag Society would like everyone to know that the drink price at the curl-ing rink bar and hall bar has gone up to $3.25 each. This is only a small increase so it shouldn’t have stomp on your fun by much.
The Rumsey 4-H beef club will be pre-paring for their speak-offs on Feb. 10 so they will be out asking for volunteers for judging. The club will also holding dis-tricts here in Rumsey this year as well, so I get those dates to you as I know them.
DONALDA DIARY
It has been a cold start to 2015, but things still go on. Meetings, meetings, meet-ings planning for the com-ing year.
Feel-well wishes going out to all the shut-ins suf-fering with the colds and flu, stay warm, drink lots of liquids, find yourself a good book and rest.
Watch for the monthly
pancake breakfast and mu-sic jam at the drop-in held on the second Sunday of each month, also mark your calendars for Shrove Tues-day. The Donalda Coulee Friendship Club will host a pancake supper on Feb. 17, starting at 5:30 p.m. till 7:30 p.m.
Birthday wishes go out to Brad Henderson, Graeme Broemeling, Darcy Shep-
herd, Jessica Dixon, Eric Blouin, Kathy Norman, Davin Nattestad, Elizabeth Cartier, Jonathan Campbell, Laura Nelson, Rylan Jak-sitz, Wayne Nixon, Amy Olson, Dennis Helfer, Brian Ternes, DeClan Cartier, Ian Charles, Jim Bailey, Lee White, Lexi Strandquist and anyone else celebrating this week.
Happy Birthday!!
Pat KelmERSKINE ENQUIRER
Strange things happening around Erskine -- someone dropped off a few items includ-ing a gas jerry can outside at the Erskine Curling Rink and Sunday night someone dropped off another jerry can and some games and cards at the Erskine Post Office. Is anyone missing their jerry cans? Did thieves take them out of the back of some trucks and decided they didn’t want them? Did anyone else in Erskine receive items?
Bit of a mystery!!Coming up at the school on Friday is
Crazy Hair Dress Up Day; Monday, Jan. 19, there will be curling at 11:30 a.m. Boys’ and girls’ basketball practices will take place Monday and Tuesday at 3 p.m. with games on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 3 p.m.
There will be a parent council meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. They are looking for more parents to attend these meetings.
And that is all the news I have for this week.
Old Time Dance is back
We survived the cold spell
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The family of
WILLIAM KOWALCHUK SR.
would like to send a special thank you to all the wonderful nurses, doctors and other staff at the Three Hills HealthCentre for taking such special care of him while he was
there. We would also like to thank Andy Dick and his staff at Prairie Winds Funeral Home in Trochu for everything they
did. We want to thank Reverend Pat Dyson for her comforting words and helping to celebrate Bill`s life at the
funeral; the Big Valley Elks Honour Guard for attending the funeral; Stephanie MacDermid for her beautiful singing, Ilona Noble for playing the piano; Paula Kowalchuk for
representing the family by reading the eulogy. We also want to send a special thank you to Pastor Nick Wasylowich for
coming to the hospital and comforting the family. Thanks to everyone who helped set up the hall and clean up after.
Thank you to friends and family for their gifts of food, fl owers, cards, support and kind words during this diffi cult time.
JEANETTE, DOROTHY, BILL & BECKY, KATHY & GORD, MARILYN & HAROLD, JOHN & PAULA AND FAMILIES.
THE FAMILY OF THE LATE ART SKALEY
would like to thank their families and friends for all the fl owers, food, cards, phone calls, love and kind words.
Thanks to Brennen Funeral Home, especially Sylvie and Mark, for all the professionalism, caring and kindness.
A special thanks to Rev. Ross for his ongoing visits, words and prayers before and after Art’s passing. Thanks to
Teresa’s Catering for preparing the lovely lunch. Thanks to Alex, Marlene and Lane for their gift of music.
The gathering of so many family and friends made thisday very special for all of us.’
A day that we will hold dear to our hearts forever.
Sharon, Lenard and Carolyn,Bev & Wade, Parker (Taylor), Becca (Jordan), Jessica,
Jeffrey and Caylen.
GOSNELL William Alfred KimKim Gosnell was born on December 11, 1952 in Crystal City, Manitoba to parents Joanella and William Gosnell. After a long battle with cancer, Kim passed away in Stettler, Alberta with loving family by his side on January 4, 2015 at the age of 62 years. Kim will be forever missed by his wife Heather Gosnell of Stettler; son Dale (Terri) Gosnell of Red Deer; grandchildren: Brent Gosnell of Stettler, Addisyn Gosnell of Red Deer and Ainsley Gosnell of Red Deer;
mother Joan Gosnell of Stettler; brothers Dean (Connie) Gosnell of Fenn and Alan Gosnell of Calgary; sister Jo-Ann Gosnell of Stettler; brothers and sisters-in-law: Dale (Fern) Hunt of Winnipeg, Darlene (Teddy) Dooley of Grande-Clairière, Wendy (Pat) Murphy of Souris and Raymond (Donna) Hunt of Hartney; numerous nieces, nephews, other family members and many dear friends. A celebration of Kim’s life was held on Thursday, January 8, 2015 in the Heartland Chapel of Stettler Funeral Home with Reverend Ross Helgeton offi ciating. Loving tributes were given by Lorraine and Dave Grover and memories in pictures were presented by Shelly Potter and Reanne Lattery. Evelyn Strandquist and Hugh Kelly shared their gifts of music; with Evelyn as organist for the congregational hymns and Hugh playing guitar and singing two selections. A time of fellowship followed the service with luncheon prepared and served by the Fenn Ladies Club. Donations in memory of Kim may be made to Tom Baker Cancer Center or S.T.A.R.S. c/o Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium, Box 1780, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0, 403-742-3422, who were entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. To send or view condolences to Kim’s family, please visit www.stettlerfuneralhome.com
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East Central Alberta Catholic School Division No. 16Invites applications for the following positions
Full-Time Teacher Assistant(Competition No. TA15-001-CK)
East Central Alberta Catholic School Division #16 invites applications for the position of a
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The position is working with learning challenged elementary students. The position would
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Education Assistant training and experience will be given preference.
Casual CaretakerEast Central Alberta Catholic School Division #16 invites applications for the position of
Casual Caretaker at Christ-King Catholic School in Stettler, Alberta. This position involves
8 hours of work on days when called in.
Interested applicants can send their application, including a covering letter, a faith reference
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include email addresses) including the name of your last supervisor to:
Charlie McCormack, Superintendent of Schools
East Central Alberta Catholic Schools
1018 – 1st Avenue
Wainwright, AB T9W 1G9
Fax: (780)842-5322
Email: [email protected]
In applying for this position it is understood that East Central Catholic School Division
has permission to contact references or any past or present employers of the applicant.
Successful applicant must be prepared to supply a recent Criminal Record Check and a
Child Welfare Intervention Check.
The closing date for these competitions is January 23, 2015. Only those candidates
selected for interview will be contacted.
Based in Central/Southern Alberta the successful candidate will be willing to spend considerable me on the road developing rela onships, and u lizing their lamb and ag-business knowledge and experience to execute on the business r equirements of the posi on.
Salary and other terms of employment are nego able and include bene ts. For a more in depth descrip on of the opportunity go to our website at www.sungoldmeats.com under the careers tab.
Provide your cover le er and resume to Dwayne Beaton, CEO by January 26, 2015 by:
Email: [email protected]
Fax: (403) 227-1661 Mail: 4312 – 51 Street Innisfail, AB T4G 1A3
LAMB INDUSTRY CAREER OPPORTUNITYSunGold Specialty Meats Ltd. has an immediate opening for the newly created posi on of
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Sales Wed. @ 6 pm. Antique sales 1st. Sun. of the month @ 1 pm. Feb. 1 Moose Hall 2 miles south
of Ponoka on 2A WE BUY FOR CASH.
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Auctions 1530Collectible Auction
Sunday January 18- 10 amBowden Lions Hall-
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Jewelry, Glassware,Furniture, Military,
Ornaments, Pride Mobility Scooter,
Check the web for listing & pictures
Pilgrim Auction 403-556-5531
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COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 9th Annual Red
Deer Speed Show & Collector Car Auction.
March 13 - 15, Westerner Park. Special Guests Rick & Kelly Dale - American
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BuildingSupplies 1550
METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 30+ colours available at over 40 Distributors. 40 year
warranty. 48 hour Express Service available at select
supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254.
Equipment-Heavy 1630
2006 PETERBUILT 18.3 M3 Aluminum Wabash 406 Code Tank. Truck has 550
Cat engine. Well main-tained. In Edson. Asking
$90,000 + GST. Call 780-723-4781 or 780-728-9502.
Firewood 1660SPLIT FIREWOOD
Dried, Shedded,on Pallets
Pine & Tamarack WoodPick up in yard
or UFA Bulk FuelDelivery AvailableVolume Discounts.403-876-2422
Distributor for
Blaze King Stoves403-740-3285403-742-2647
Serving Stettler for 10 years
LOGSSemi loads of pine, spruce,
tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location.
Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
SEASONED SPLITFIREWOOD
4.5 kms. West of StettlerCall 403-323-0744
OfficeSupplies 1800
403-742-2395
WHITE 20LB WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: BOND PAPER:
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$48$48/case/caseShop Stettler Shop Stettler
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Agricultural#2000 - #2290
Farm Equipment ..............2010Haying Equipment ............2020Tractors ............................2030Combines & Headers ......2040Fertilizer Equipment..........2050Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060Equipment Wanted ..........2070Farm Custom Work ..........2080Farm Auctions ..................2090Livestock ..........................2100Livestock - Exotic..............2110Sheep ..............................2120Poultry ..............................2130Horses ..............................2140Horse Boarding ................2150Riding Supplies ................2160Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170Pasture Wanted ................2180Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190Seed Grain ......................2200Seeding & Tillage ............2210
Livestock 2100SHORTHORN bulls for sale, reds, roans and
whites. Semen tested and delivery within 100 miles.
www.prospecthillshorthorns.com Les & Shelley Peterson,
780-877-2444.
Pasture/Land Wanted 2180Wanted: Pasture to rent for
2015 & beyond. Call 403-741-2099.
Grain, FeedHay 2190
FOR SALE: Alfalfas, Clovers, Grasses plus
Hay, Pasture, Reclamation and Lawn Mixtures. Early order discount - Book now! No charge custom blend-ing. Call 1-800-661-1529
STETTLER
IS NOW HIRING
• Bakery Manager• Produce Manager
• Deli a la carte ManagerPlease email resume to
OK Tire Stettler is currently accepting applications for a tire technician.
If you HONESTLY believe you have what it takes to be part of our team we would like to hear from you.We offer the best wages in the industry, group benefi ts, and a great team environment.
If you – Are a team player – Have a willingness to learn – Have a current drivers licence – Capable of working in a physically demanding job
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Springbank Service Station’s
Stett ler Bott le Depot5005-48 Street, Stett ler
is looking for a
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Some high school education
$13.75 Per Hour
Wage based on experience/availability
Please send resume to [email protected] 403-742-2631
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Ph. 403-742-44244908 - 51 Street
5.3 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND only minutes from Stettler.
Utilities are to the property line. New approach into property
completed. Great place to build your new home! $119,900.
YEAR ROUND LIVING AT THE LAKE in this impressive 5 bdrm / 3 bath home. Many stunning
features inside and out. Walk-out bsmt, wrap around deck and
much more. $599,000.
GREAT 4 ACRE PARCEL only 2 blocks from town. Open
beam cedar ceiling, oak cabinets, 3 bdrms, 2 newly
refi nished bathrooms, deck and large heated garage. $439,000.
THIS 3 BDRM BUNGALOW would make a great starter
home or an ideal rental property. Unfi nished partial
basement and sits on a large 75’ x 120’ lot. $129,000.
10 ACRES with 1488 sq. ft. mobile home that has been nicely cared for. Beautiful landscaping and many outbuildings. Room
for a few animals. Only minutes from town. $369,900.
ACREAGE STARTERLAKE
ACREAGE
MODERN SINGLE WIDE MOBILE on its own lot. 3 bdrm / 2 bath. Ensuite bath has jetted tub, master bdrm has walk-in closet, all appliances included
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NEW ACREAGE
Grain, FeedHay 2190HEATED 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.
Houses/Duplexes 30202 BDRM. house in Stettler
near main street, $1100/mo. utils. included,
DD same, avail.Jan. 1, ref’s req’d. Call Clint
403-742-9729
3 BDRM. 2 bath town-house in Stettler avail. immed., spacious and
clean, no pets. Norma Les-lie Sutton Landmark Realty
403-742-7815
Condos/Townhouses3030
ALIX, 2 bdrm. 1 bathcondo, 1210 sq. feet with
balcony & 2 parking. Avail, immed. 403-341-9974
ALIX, 2 bdrm. 1 bathcondo, 1210 sq. feet with
balcony & 2 parking. Avail, immed. 403-341-9974
Suites 3060L A R G E
One & Two BEDROOM APARTMENTS
FOR RENTNo pets
Phone Ellen at 403-742-1568
Phone Linda or Ernieat 403-742-5005
Land 3170
CommercialProperty 4110
Suites 3060BEST RENTAL VALUE
IN STETTLER1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished
kitchenette suites.All utilities, cable, internet.
1 Bedroom, $800/mo.2 Bedroom, $1100/mo.
plus D.D. Avail. immediately
Kimberly 403-690-5828
Buffalo Lake/Rochon Sands, 20 min. from
Stettler, AB. two bedroom walk-out suite, utils. incld.,
no pets, n/s, S/D, avail. now, 403-742-0024
StorageSpace 3160STETTLER MINI
STORAGEHousehold, furniture,business records, etc.
Various sizes. Protectedby security alarm and
fenced and lightedperimeter. Owner:
Reg and Darlene Hunter403-740-9283 or
403-742-3153
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
Crop land for rent, 1,000 acres (approx.)
north of HalkirkFor information package
email:[email protected]
Commercial BLDG. * 2300 sq. ft. * 1.9 ACRES*Corner Lot
*Fenced CompoundPhone 403-740-5657
Business Services#1000 - #1430
Accounting 1010
4819 - 51 StreetStettler, AB
403-742-3141www.numeratax.com
4814 - 49 Street,Stettler
403-742-5520
403-882-3740 (Castor)
Thorogood
Pinches&Certified General Accountants
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Box 1595, 4907 - 50 Street,
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Guy Chapman, CAChris Annand, CA
Kendra Walgenbach, CANaomi Roth, CGA
P.O. Box 1328 4702- 51 Ave., Stettler
Tel: 403-742-3438e-mail: [email protected]
Gitzel KrejciGitzel KrejciDand PetersonDand Peterson
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
4912 - 51 StreetP.O. Box 460, Stettler, Alberta
403-742-4431
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“Serving Stettler & areafor years”
• Complete auto bodyrepair & painting
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Phone 403-742-2869 4606 - 40 St., Stettler
Quality Collision Repairand Professional Service…
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AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.
Contractors 1100
403-742-1330
Buzz AndersenServing Stettler
area over 35 years
-Residential-Commercial
-Farm Buildings-Renovations
Drafting& Design 1120
RAILSIDEDESIGNGALEN WIEBE
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
DRAFTING AND DESIGN
5004 - 48 AVE., STETTLER
PH: 403-742-4101FAX: 866-305-5686
Eavestroughing1130FINISHING TOUCH EXTERIORS LTD.
5”Continuous Eaves“Gutter Clean” Leaf Protection
Call Barry Harvey
403-742-8838*27 years experience*
Electrical 1150
“If It’s Electrical We Do It”
All types of Electrical Installation &Maintenance
403-742-5111Serving Stettler
& Area since 1978
FurnaceCleaning 1193Stettler Furnace
Cleaning
Qualifi ed and Qualifi ed and ReputableReputable
403-742-3418403-742-3418
Glass Shops 1196HEARTLAND
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• Windshields repaired & installed
• Residential & Commercial Windows & Doors
• All your glass & screen needsMain St., Stettler Emergency403-742-2665 403-742-3628
LTD.C.R. GLASS“Your Service Specialists”
Randy Long• Residential• Commercial
• Automotive Needs
403-742-25204607 - 59 St., Stettler
(Beside A & W)
HealthCare 1210
Hauck Optometry & Hearing5014 - 50 St., Stettler
403-742-4504
Stettler Eye Care
Dr. R. TROY NELSONComprehensive eye
health and vision exams
Top quality frames,
lenses and contacts
Treatment of eye
disease, injuries and
surgical co-management
Phone 403-742-2683New patients welcome
Dr. E. LYNESChiropractor
4719 - 49 St.Stettler, AlbertaOne block East of Scotia Bank
403-742-5810 or 403-742-6443
DR. D.G. BECKLUNDChiropractor
-Gitzel Krejci Building
4912 - 51 StreetStettler, AB
Open Mon. - Sat.
Bus.: 403-742-2553Res.: 403-742-0370
PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCEPhysiotherapy, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture Acupuncture & Massage& Massage
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403-742-4533
Misc.Services 1290
HealthCare 1210
4806 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB403-742-EARS(3277)Open Monday to Friday9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(Closed over lunch & on holidays)
LegalServices 1260
ANDERSON LAW OFFICE
Brenda Anderson,
B.Comm., LL.B.
5002 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB
Phone 403-742-2529
Fax 403-742-2522
Gary G. GrantLaw Office
4910 - 51 StreetStettler, AB T0C 2L0
Phone: 403-742-4437
Barristers and Solicitors
Advocates
2401 Toronto Dominion Sq.Edmonton Centre
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Z1Telephone: 780-426-4660
Fax: 780-426-0982
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LegalServices 1260
LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE
4819 - 51 Street
Lori R. ReuleLL. B.
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403-742-3411
Misc.Services 1290
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Independent COLUMNSPage 22 The Stettler Independent Wednesday, January 14, 2015
By: Elli Anderson & Abbey Bohn, Grade 8 Students
Christ-King staff and students are excited to be back at school. The first week back was very busy with new events, some new faces being welcomed back to our school. All students are back into routine, full of New Year’s resolutions.
With the New Year, we welcomed back Mrs. Erin Barnes. Returning from her ma-ternity leave, she has joined our Grade 2 team. We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful teacher returning. Welcome back Mrs. Barnes! Miss Keessar will be continu-ing her position, as the Grade 3 teacher in the afternoons. We are so excited to have her continued presence in the school.
Christ-King’s official first game of bas-ketball was on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Both the boys’ and girls’ team played against Stet-tler Middle School. Despite their best ef-forts, both teams conceded to the opposing team. A big thank you to both Mrs. Gulak, and Coach Matt for both their coaching and referring skills. Both teams look forward to their next game on Wednesday, Jan. 14 against the Erskine Extremes.
Dance Party Friday took place on Jan. 9, providing some entertainment and exer-cise during the cold weather. All students travelled down to the gym for some danc-ing and fun. Spirit Squad introduced a new song, and even invited two Grade 3 students, Kaylee Bogner and Pearl Bansal to help lead the steps.
Magical Munsch will be coming to Christ-King on Jan. 28. Based on six of the author’s stories, the presentation will include pup-pets, and lots of student interaction. Every-one is looking forward to the performance. In preparation, all students have participated in creating a Munsch bulletin board in the foyer. The junior-high drama class has also begun preparing their own plays of a Robert Munsch story. A big thank you to parent council for this opportunity.
Christ-King’s second junior-high dance will be taking place on Jan. 29. It will be a Much Music dance, where Much Music is coming to the school to set up a huge screen in the gym. Music videos will be played along with the songs. The dance will be from 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $10 each. All students in grades 6 to 9 are invited. Stu-dents must sign up with their own school, and return their orders to Christ-King by Jan. 26. Please call CKCS if you have any questions.
Rachel Yates, club reporter On Dec. 7, we had our Christmas tree sale
fundraiser, and took pictures with Santa. We sold all of the Christmas trees we ordered, and we took lots of pictures of kids with Santa. On Jan.2 we had our 4-H Christmas party at the Mc Comish‘s house. We went skating for a while but since it was minus 26, we weren’t out for long. Before supper we had a meeting. Regional fun day is at the Stettler Middle School at 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 4. We are having our information day on Friday, Jan. 30 at the Shillings house at 5:30 p.m. On Feb. 7, the Byemoor 4-H Beef club will be running the concession for minor hockey at the Byemoor arena from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Byemoor 4-H Beef Club news.
Christ-King is back
into routine
HousesFor Sale 40202 BDRM. house in Stettler,
on 6000 sq. ft. R2 lot, totally renovated.
Immediate Possession. 403-340-2727
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Stunning new Laebon home in the Timbers-Red
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$431,599Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612
Huge pie shaped lot in Red Deer New 2bdrm/2bath
Laebon home in Timberstone
$347,900 call Aaron 403.396.4016
ManufacturedHomes 40902013 SRI HOME 20 X 76: mint condition, 3 bedroom,
2 bath $125,000. 1995 Noble Acceptance 16 X 76: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, available immediately.
$49,000. For more infor-mation call United Homes
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Cottages/ResortProperty 4130
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one bedroom cottages with full kitchen, bath, queen
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BuildingsFor Sale 4150
STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62,
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owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.
InvestmentOpportunities4180GOLD PLACER CLAIMS located in North Central BC, in a proven mining area. Owner retiring, all
claims are permitted. 780-915-3291. Email:
BuildingsFor Sale 4150
Realtors& Services 4010
CommercialProperty 4110
PublicNotices 6010
Financial#4400 - #4430
Investments ......................4410Money Wanted ................4420Money to Loan ................4430
MoneyTo Loan 4430DO YOU NEED to borrow money - Now? If you own
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Public Notice#6000
Public Notices ..................6010Special Features ..............6050
PublicNotices 6010
NOTICETo
Creditors andClaimants
Estate of Darlene Dolores
Marshall(also known as
Darlene Dolores McLellan and
Darlene Dolores MacKeen)
Who died onMay 24, 2014
If you have a claim against this estate, you must le your claim by:February 14, 2015and provide details of your claim with
Jennifer Laverickat
600, 9835 - 101 Avenue, Grande Prairie, Alberta
T8V 5V4If you do not le by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distrib-uted without regard to any claim you may have.Notice to Creditors
And ClaimantsEstate of
Rene Edmund Joseph Lamoureax
who died onAugust 24, 2014
If you have a claim against this estate, you must le your claim byFebruary 14, 2015
withSchnell Hardy Jones LLPBarristers & Solicitors
atBox 1240, 4902-51 StreetStettler, Alberta T0C 2L0
Phone: 403-742-4436
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1st and 2nd Shops- 50’x90’ Duplex style construction, Metal Building, South and North sides identical. Offi ce Space @1000sq ft with bathroom, Shop fl oor 25’x70’ 1750 sq ft, with bathroom, 14ft overhead doors, insulated, 2 walk in doorways, 3 phase power available, Huge parking lot, rent dependent on duration of lease.
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$335,000ADULTS/CHILDREN
ANONYMOUSWednesday, 7:30 p.m.
For more info Kira & Ian
FCSS, 403-742-2339
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS403-742-3214; 403-742-2966 or 403-742-4271
AL-ANON403-742-0990
ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT
GROUP403-742-4263; 403-742-8122 or 403-742-4091
BEREAVEMENT
SUPPORT GROUP403-742-2337
BIG BROTHERS &
BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION403-742-5437 during business hours
BRIGANTIA PLACE(formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)
780-672-1035
CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)Brenda 403-742-3067
COCAINE ANONYMOUSPager toll-free (20 sec. response time)
1-403-357-6266
COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
SUPPORT GROUP403-742-2337 (parents who have lost a child[ren])
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS403-742-4059
HOME SUPPORT
STETTLER & DISTRICT403-742-6568
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUSHot Line 403-342-1444
STETTLER & AREA
ACQUIRED BRAIN
INJURY SOCIETY(STABIS)
For more information phone
403-742-6456
STETTLER & DISTRICTFOOD BANK SOCIETYKathy Willis - 403-742-4567
Elaine Williams - 403-742-2745
4820 - 51 Street
STETTLER CITIZENS ON
PATROLRCMP office
403-742-3382
www.stettlercop.org
STETTLER HANDIBUS403-742-5858
STETTLER HEALTH
EMERGENCY LINE PROGRAM403-742-2337
STETTLER PEOPLE FOR
SUICIDE AWARENESS403-742-2337
STETTLER READ &
WRITE OFFICE403-742-2999
T.O.P.S.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
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The Oil Kings were back in action this past weekend at the Big Valley Agriplex, and the fans got their money’s worth. Big Valley welcomed rival and defending league champions Daysland Northstars on Friday night. The Kings got off to a slow start in the first period and were down 2-0 heading into the second. Jared Williams and Brendan Lamb would each score in the second frame, but would be down 3-2 headed into the third. Daysland scored their second powerplay goal of the eve-ning at the 14:12 mark of the third, but Big
Valley would answer back with two goals from Pat Turville and newcomer Bran-don Nowakowski. After a scoreless OT, it would go to a shootout. The Kings opted to shoot first, where Mitch Finkbiner was suc-cessful to start it off. Goalie Chance Clark turned aside each Daysland shot, Brandon Nowakowski would score on his attempt, and the Kings took a 5-4 win in the shoot-out. Clark made 41 saves in the win.
The Kings went up to Tofield on Sat-urday night and again would go the dis-tance, but fell 6-5 in a shootout to pick up 1
point on the road. The Kings are back at home on Friday, Jan. 16 at 8:30 p.m. when they welcome back Daysland. Congratula-tions to this Friday’s $500 sponsor board winners Ken and Rose Johnson.
The Big Valley School and the school advisory council would like to extend a great big thank you to everyone who sup-ported and offered encouragement as the idea of a community based “Family Fun Night” unfolded. The New Year’s Eve event surpassed all expectations for the evening and the best parts of the night were seeing all the happy faces, watching people enjoying the night and the positive feed-back received from people who were not in attendance but heard good things about the night.
Thank you to all the families and individ-uals who attended and also to all the spon-sors and helpers. Without your support, this night would have not been as successful as it was. Thanks to Principal Corry Raugust,
Kim Brandon, our school custodian, Mrs. Jackson, Abigail Webster, Village of Big Valley/FCSS, Outriders Restaurant, Matt & Shauna Elines (and thank you to Shauna as well for donating her winnings from the Heads or Tails game held at the Christmas Concert back to our playground fundraiser initiatives!), Glen & Carole Lauweryssen, Clint, Erin, Owen & Aughtum Wilkie, Kerry Hiemstra, Kristi, Emma & Gracie McMullin, Jennifer Knowles & Leland Dittman, and Jen & William Brown. And thank you to everyone who stayed to help clean up after the party. Hope to see you all on New Year’s Eve 2015.
At the Big Valley Drop-in Centre’s Wednesday, Jan. 7 crib night, first place went to Earl, second to Donna, and third to Lynne. On Sunday, Jan. 11, first went to Earl, second was a tie between Bob and Connie and the booby went to Jan.
There were nine people out for crib at the Big Valley Inn on Sunday, Jan. 11. Stan Nattestad took first place, Len Shaw took second, Dorothy Annabel with Trudy Spence shared third and Gloria Emblau took home the booby. Stan Nattestad won the regular draw and Trudy Spence won the 50/50. The next Big Valley Inn crib will be on Sunday, Jan. 18 beginning at 1:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
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Les & Rosemary StulbergENDIANG/BYEMOOR NEWS
The Endmoor Arena in Byemoor was a busy place on Saturday. It was the host venue for the North Central Minor Hockey Association’s Female All-Star Show-case.
The Bantam All-Stars squared off at 1 p.m. and the Midget All-Stars followed at 3 p.m. All-Star players came from the Rimbey, Maskwacis, Warburg, Leduc, Cam-rose, Wainwright, La-combe-Ponoka, Stettler and Endiang-Byemoor teams.
Local girls from the Endmoor Vipers were well represented on the Midget All-Stars green team. They included Em-ily Brown, Jesse Jack, Sydney Jack, Ashley Keith and Ally Walker.
Congratulations to the Endmoor girls whose team won the Midget cat-egory with a score of 4-3. Well done, girls!
In other hockey news — Saturday morning, prior to the All-Star games, the Mites hockey team played in Byemoor against Delia and were fortunate to post the win.
The Peewees had a good weekend, winning both of their games. They played in Big Valley on Saturday against Eckville winning 19-2 and in By-emoor on Sunday against Alix with a 5-2 win.
Friday evening the Novice Thunder team de-feated the Stettler yellow team by a score of 4-2.
The Atom Swordmen lost to Bashaw on Satur-day 8-7, in a close game. They rebounded on Sun-day with an 8-3 win
against Coronation.It was a busy weekend
for local hockey action, and it appears the End-moor area is producing some promising hockey players.
Mickey Tucker and Carol Stulberg, along with former Endmoor residents Bob and Eileen Green and Gladys Groat, travelled to Calgary on Tuesday on a bus trip to Cowboys Casino. They enjoyed trying their luck along with a fun day of socializing.
Sullivan Lake West Agricultural Society held its annual general meet-ing on Tuesday evening at the arena. All execu-tive positions will remain the same for another year. Thanks to all those who volunteer their time.
Centrica Energy made a generous donation of $1,000 to the Byemoor School nutrition pro-gram. Rob Maginn made the presentation on be-half of the company. A special thank you goes to Centrica Energy for their kind gesture.
We will be welcoming Harold Hunt of Bowden back to our community soon. He is in the process of moving back to the Hunt ranch at Endiang, where his mother Lee Hunt resides.
Gordie Gallagher has been transferred to the Hanna hospital from the hospital in Red Deer. We wish Gordie a speedy re-turn to good health.
Happy 60th birthday wishes to Kate Woelk. She celebrated the spe-cial milestone on Sunday with a get-together at her daughter and son-in-law, Theresa and Brian Chris-tie’s home in Endiang.
Others recently cel-ebrating their 60th birth-days include Sheila Bu-chwitz on Jan. 2 and Lorraine (Gallagher) Pe-terson on Jan. 8. Happy Birthday, girls.
Congratulations to Ray Mappin and Brandi New-some on their recent en-gagement. A May wed-ding is planned.
Clearview school trust-ees invite the public to attend a forum in Stettler on Jan. 19 from 6-8:30 p.m. at William E. Hay Composite High School. Trustees are requesting feed-back on possible grade re-configurations at the Stettler schools. The format of the forum is a come-and-go. For more information contact your local school trustee.
Humorous quotes — “My fake plants died be-cause I did not pretend to water them.” — Mitch Hedberg
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