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MLA denies hosting petition at his offi ceSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Councillors expressed a mixture of frus-tration, disappointment, and even anger, at a special council meeting held Wednesday, Feb. 24 called to combat what councillors called misinformation being shared in the county about both the county shop project and councillor code of conduct – though the main focus of the meeting was the shop project.

While council was disappointed with the misinformation, allegations -which were denied - that the petition was at

the offi ce of Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman elicited anger.

When Nixon began receiving phone calls about the petition, he told council he had heard it was available for signing Strankman’s Stettler offi ce.

“It’s nice to see our MLA supporting our council,” Nixon said, his voice sarcastic, before seriously adding, “This is not right.”

While Reeve Wayne Nixon and fellow council members expressed their pleasure that residents of the county were interest-ed in civic matters, and would encourage people to take part in civic activities like petitions, Nixon said he feared people

were signing the existing petition that is making rounds through the county with-out full or accurate knowledge of the facts of the project.

The petition calls for a plebiscite, or vote, on whether or not the county should pass a borrowing bylaw to fund the project. The bylaw passed fi rst reading at the last county meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 10. The bylaw would allow the county to bor-row roughly $7 million to fund the multi-year, multi-million county shop facility, in conjunction with $2 million taken from reserves.

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Stettler Community Hall packed out with Princess Ball

MOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

With around 300 guests attending the Princess Ball on Saturday after-noon, Feb. 27, the Stettler Community Hall was packed to the rim.

Hosted for the second time in Stettler, the event was a clear sell-out ac-cording to Kelly Tibbets, founder/creator of the Princess Ball for Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

The event was started in Red Deer in 2012, but since then the organiza-tion has hosted over 3,000 guests.

“Funds raised are used to create awareness and pay for research for the over 4,000 children and adults suffering from this terrible disease,” said Tibbets. “The entire world looks to Cystic Fibrosis Canada and what we are doing; we are proud of the fact that we have one of

the highest life expectan-cies for CF patients and I believe the age is 47.5.”

The event raised close to the $20,000 mark, which is considered a success given the economic down-turn. Last year $25,000 was raised.

“I am so proud of this little town and so very grateful,” said Tibbets. “I am amazed by the gener-osity of this community, the event was a tremen-dous success, and all of the kinks from last year were ironed out and there honestly isn’t much I would change in the com-ing years.”

The music was provid-ed by Blake Ransom from Captive Audio of Calgary.

“For years he was one of the morning person-alities at Kraze 101.3 in Red Deer and he has been with the Princess Ball in Red Deer since 2012, so he just gets it and really gets wrapped up in the whimsy and magic of the event,” added Tibbets. “I am eternally grateful for him as to date he has donated well over $5,000 of his DJ service, and this year he DJed the Princess Ball in Calgary, the two

sittings in Red Deer and now in Stettler.”

When Tibbets’ daugh-ter Rowan was diagnosed with cystic fi brosis at three weeks old, she was devastated and terrifi ed and basically spent the fi rst 18 months of her life in ‘survival mode’.

She had heard of a sim-ilar event in Moose Jaw around the time Rowan was born and thought it would be successful in Red Deer.

“When Rowan was just over two years old, I took some seed money from my employer at the time, Susan Boutin – Brokers For Life, and decided to just got for it,” explained Tibbets. “Our fi rst year was in Festival Hall for 300 guests and we raised $11,000, but now we are hosted at the Red Deer Sheraton and raised over $40,000, and for the sec-ond year in a row we were so honoured that Pike Wheaton Chevrolet was our title sponsor.”

Acording to Tibbets, there was a spectacu-lar team of women that made 99 per cent of the event happen.

“They took the template

created in Red Deer and ran with it,” said Tibbets. “I’d like to thank all our sponsors, caterers, volun-teers, and all those who have contributed to the event, and a very special thank you to all our prin-cesses and princes and also to Olaf for coming and dancing with our lit-tle princesses.”

Tibbets said that their lead has inspired about ten events across the country that raise money for cystic fi brosis and have raised over half a million dollars.

“I often tell the story that the Princess Ball was born in a puddle of my tears on my laundry room fl oor, for some reason I was crying yet again for the unfor-tunate fate of my little girl, but one particular day, I suddenly stopped crying and went to my laptop and created a bro-chure and booked the hall and started planning the fi rst event,” said Tibbets. “I often say that a chronic/degenerative disease like cystic fi brosis can make you feel so out of control, we felt like fundraising was something we could do.”

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Brady Shivak, a passenger in a vehicle that slammed into a police cruiser on Oct. 13, 2015, was fi ned with a heavy penalty after he pleaded guilty to a charge of pos-session of a controlled substance at Stettler provincial court on Thursday, Feb. 25. Shivak was not present in court but submitted his plea through his counsel, Dan Wilson.

The court heard that on Oct. 13, Shivak was in the back seat of the vehicle. The driver tried to elude police and when he could not, drove the vehicle right into the police cruiser, pushing it for several metres and causing extensive damage to the vehicle.

The driver was eventually arrested at gunpoint by police.

The RCMP member in the vehicle suffered minor inju-ries and was back on duty that same shift.

Shivak was in possession of a backpack that had a small amount of methamphetamine within, and was charged with possession.

With all the paperwork completed to allow Shivak to plead guilty without being present, since the accused was in British Columbia at the time, the court accepted the plea and fi ned him $1,000 plus a $300 victims’ sur-charge.

Breach of conditions results in jail time Gregory Callan appeared in court to plead guilty to a

failure to comply with conditions and received a 60-day jail sentence.

The court heard that on Oct. 28, Callan was convicted of uttering threats by provincial court in Rocky Mountain

House. At the time, his conditions required him to attend counselling for anger management and domestic issues.

Callan completed all but four sessions of a program, having to leave to take work. He discussed the matter with the program manager who said he could take the missing four sessions with the next group, and Callan left the program to work.

When time came to take the remaining four sessions, Callan again found himself in a position where he had to choose between working and taking sessions. He again discussed the matter with the program manager, who informed him that if he did not complete the four ses-sions now, he would not be able to before the deadline required of his conditions, and he would be in breach.

Knowing this, Callan decided to work.“It was either eat or go to courses, so I chose to eat,”

Callan said by way of explanation.For not completing his counselling, Callan was sen-

tenced to spend time in custody.Klaus hearing postponedThe preliminary hearing for Jason Klaus and Joshua

Frank, suspects in the murder and arson case near Castor in December 2013, was scheduled to take place on Monday, Feb. 29 but has been delayed until Monday, March 7. The hearing will take place in Red Deer court.

The two are charged with three counts each of fi rst degree murder and a single count of arson, while Frank has an additional charge of animal cruelty.

Gordon Klaus and Sandra Klaus, Jason Klaus’ parents, and his sister Monica Klaus were allegedly murdered by Jason Klaus and Frank in December 2013. The house was set on fi re and while the bodies of Gordon Klaus and Monica Klaus were found, the body of Sandra Klaus was believed to have been consumed by the fi re. The family’s dog was also shot and killed.

Pair arrested after stolen truck found abandoned

STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Two Stettler-area people are facing charges after the public contacted RCMP on Thursday, Feb. 25 about a sus-picious vehicle that turned out to have been stolen from Red Deer earlier that day.

Police began to search for the pick-up truck after re-ceiving complaints from the public, fi nding it in the early afternoon abandoned on the east side of town near the train tracks, Stettler RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Phil Penny said.

The vehicle was unoccupied and a quick check re-vealed it had been stolen from a residence in Red Deer.

Investigation into the stolen truck led police to William Asselstine, 31, and Jennifer Stand, 33, a short time later, and both were arrested without incident. They were charged with possession of stolen property valued at less than $5,000.

Both are scheduled to appear in Alberta Provincial Court on Thursday, March 10 in Stettler.

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“To be blunt, there’s a lot of outright lies out there,” Nixon said as he opened the meeting. “This bylaw will not double or triple taxes.”

In addition to the tax rate increase misinformation, rumours are also said to be circulating that if the new shop doesn’t go ahead, the county will out-source much of the work currently done in-house, to remove the need for a shop facility.

This is causing undue stress on em-ployees and their families during a time of economic uncertainty, Nixon said.

He also expressed frustration and dis-appointment in how the county’s admin-istration staff has been “unfairly blamed” for decisions by council.

“It was our decision to go ahead,” he said. “Not theirs.”

If the petition acquires the required sig-natures from county residents, the coun-ty will then have to table a motion to support the outcome of the plebiscite. If the plebiscite results are in favour of the

borrowing bylaw, council would vote in favour of the bylaw. If the plebiscite is not in favour of the bylaw, councillors would be required to vote against the bylaw.

Under the Municipal Government Act (MGA), after receiving the petition, coun-ty staff will need to verify if the signa-tures are legitimate. Legitimate signa-tures require the signatory to be a county resident (not necessarily a land-owner), have a legal land address, be minimum of 18 years of age, have legal eligibility to vote in a provincial election and that the signature is dated and witnessed; then the county will be required to table a motion calling for a plebiscite on the bylaw, and will be required to vote in favour of it.

“Elections aren’t cheap,” councillor Les Stulberg said. “Just look at what the last election cost.”

If the borrowing bylaw is defeated, it doesn’t mean the shop project would be abandoned, council noted.

The county has the money in reserves to fund the project in its entirety without

borrowing, though it would drain the re-serves almost completely.

That would limit the county’s ability to respond to grant opportunities where funding from the county is required, or emergent issues and disasters, councillor James Nibourg said.

“I’d hate to limit the possibilities,” he added.

Discussion on what council would do if the bylaw was defeated ended quickly, though, with council deciding to discuss the matter should it come to pass.

Councillors Joe Gendre, Ernie Gendre and Dave Grover, who voted in opposi-tion to the borrowing bylaw at the last meeting, joined their fellow councillors in expressing their disappointment in the quality of information going through the county.

To combat the incorrect information, Nibourg tabled a motion to have a Q&A document drafted to be posted on the county website, as well as sent out to the community through mail and in the local media. The motion passed unanimously,

after councillors discussed what infor-mation to include in the document.

MLA responds to accusations of med-dling

After the meeting, the Independent contacted Strankman, who said the pe-tition is not available at his offi ce, nor would it be at any time.

“I have no knowledge of it being at the offi ce,” he said. “It would be improper. And I’ll ensure it isn’t there.”

He noted that his offi ce can advise constituents about the MGA and about how to form petitions to abide by the requirements of the MGA, but the offi ce will not help constituents write petitions nor host petitions for signing.

Even if his staff are county residents and are involved on a personal level, Strankman said staffers “have to differ-entiate between partisan and govern-mental duties,” and could not bring their personal crusades into the offi ce.

“There’s a civic responsibility all of us have, and as government employees, we have to be cognizant of our appearance.”

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BC agriculture has dilemmas….. Alberta may be affected in different ways

BY WILL VERBOVENAHEAD OF THE HERD

It never ceases to amaze one how BC has such con-flicting perspectives on issues of the day – and that’s above its hypocriti-cal approach on pipelines. Agriculture is another in-dustry that seems to run hot and cold in the minds of BC folks and their gov-ernments. Much of it mat-ters little to Alberta, but there are some opportuni-ties and some risks to our ag industry.

The biggest fear if BC is successful in blocking in-creased pipeline capacity from Alberta is that an-ti-development zealots may be emboldened to start looking at other ways to decrease the role of the lower mainland as a con-duit for chemically tainted agricultural products from the prairies. This may not be as alarmist as you might assume. Anti-development overly zealous green lobby groups are forever look-ing for new issues to fuel their donation campaigns.

Linking issues has been part of their approach for years. But there is a quan-dary within BC as few folks from that province are keen to lose jobs or taxes from provincial economic ac-tivity. But striking out at Alberta is fair game.

An example is the BC coal mining business – big global corporate lobby groups like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth attack the burn-ing of coal in Alberta and elsewhere, but are most re-luctant to attack the mas-sive coal mining industry in BC. The disingenuous claim is that coal is not burned in BC, it’s all exported. Curiously the same break is not given to oil exports, but then it comes from evil Alberta. BC does expend a lot of energy promoting its own agriculture industry – mostly on boosting organic local small farm production – it’s BC after all. But as admirable as that is, local governments and agencies mostly in the lower main-land/Fraser Valley are mak-ing it increasingly diffi cult for agriculture to operate.

They work against agricul-tural production by enforc-ing restrictive zoning regu-lations and nuisance laws against odours from farm-ing operations. Curiously, although the BC govern-ment promotes agriculture, it seems to approve of mu-nicipal restrictions on the industry and even approves the fl ooding of agricultural land in the Peace River dis-trict behind the Site C dam.

What has all this got to do with Alberta – it’s all a matter of attitude. It may not be an issue now, but it’s just a matter of time before some green lobby group will be protesting the transportation of GM crops like canola on rail-way corridors through BC to west coast ports. God forbid some of the canola might leak out of railcars to contaminate the rail routes through cities and endan-ger the health of citizens and pets. Worse yet, most of the food crops grown in the prairies use chem-icals in the production process. If you think this is farfetched, check some

of the websites of these groups and you would be astonished as to the num-ber of dubious causes they support. Public opinion in BC is particularly suscep-tible to politically-correct green causes especially if it doesn’t affect BC citizens much.

But there is hope; in-creased restrictions in BC focus on dairy and hog pro-duction, which are favou-rite targets of municipal odour and dust regulations. But now the BC dairy board announced that they will be increasing quotas as milk consumption has in-creased signifi cantly – that would require an expan-sion of milk production in the Fraser Valley where the industry is mainly centred. One sees an increased bat-tle looming between dairy farmers and city folks over more manure odour pro-duction in the Valley. From an Alberta perspective, that battle should be supported and hopefully go against more milk production in the Valley. That scenario could see more milk pro-

duction in Alberta as this province is in the best posi-tion to supply any increased demand from restrictions on BC production. Milk pro-duction is consistently the most stable and profi table ag industry in the coun-try and this province has an economic and land ad-vantage to producing a lot more of that commodity.

Another approach that our provincial government might take is to advocate more for the interprovincial exchange of dairy quota. That would give Alberta milk producers, who are in a position to expand with a lot fewer restrictions, the opportunity to buy BC dairy quotas and move that production to Alberta. It would also open up oppor-tunities for new producers. That’s a win-win situation, Alberta would get the in-creased non-energy relat-ed economic activity and BC citizens would see less production of an annoying farm commodity that up-sets their cherished green, sustainable, and odour-free lifestyle.

“Remember me when you come into your kingdom”BY ROSS HELGETONFAITH AND REFLECTION

The gospels contain seven statements that Christ made from the cross. Jesus’ second state-ment, made to a criminal was, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in par-adise” (Luke 23:43).

We need to begin reading at Luke 23:32. There were actually two criminals cru-cifi ed with Jesus; one on either side of Him, and by cross-referencing Matthew 27, we fi nd that both of them initially ridiculed Jesus. However, in Luke’s Gospel, one of them, rec-ognizing something in the demeanor and deportment of Christ, began to change his opinion. Consequently, he rebuked the other crim-inal and in Luke 23:42, he implored Jesus saying, “remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

The text reveals several things. First, the diversity of mankind. This account proves that the same sun that melts the ice hard-ens the clay…or in this case, the same Son who appealed to one criminal repelled the other; one repented while the other continued to ridicule.

The Savior’s gracious nature is also displayed.

Not only did Jesus not take this thief to task for his previous defamation of His person, but He generously promised the man hope for the future. Immediate hope…not by and by, but here and now - “today”. Jesus asked for nothing from the man. The sin-cere, simple faith that the man had in Him suffi ced. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).

The late John R Rice, Baptist pastor and prolifi c writer, tells the story of a dying man that he visit-ed many times. The man had little time or use for Christ in his life, but Rice wanted the man to believe in Jesus before he died. So each day, just before he left he would ask him, “Is there anything I can do for you?” The man would simply ig-nore him and Rice would leave. However, after sev-eral visits the man in exas-peration exclaimed, “There is nothing you can do for me! Unless there is some way you can undo what I have done in life!”

Rice explained to him that he couldn’t undo any-thing, but Jesus could undo and forgive everything. He related the story of the thief on the cross to him.

The man was deeply af-fected. He confessed his sins, invited Christ into his life and died shortly after.

There were two thieves, one on either side of the

cross of Christ. The one, remaining infl exible and unrepentant left this world without hope…and with-out Christ. The one on the other side of the cross

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Beyond the Bling open to all, including guysBY CHRYSTAL FRIARSSTETTLER PUBLIC LIBRARY

You have only nine days to get your tickets for one of the best nights in town: Beyond the Bling. It’s an evening of Hawaiian fun at the library with food, cocktails, local beer tasting, a 50-50 draw and more. Anyone over the age of 18 is welcome (yes, that includes the guys). Advance tickets are available. We also have some great prizes courtesy of our Stettler businesses. There will be lots to do as well: you can answer competitive trivia questions; try your hand at using the hula hoop; play video games; take pictures in our photo booth; and other activities. Plus, we have mini massages, eyebrow waxing and simple manicures. Come and have a fun night out and support the Stettler Public Library.

Have you got your masterpiece all planned out in your head using those marshmallow Peeps? Well, you better gea a move on be-cause the annual Peeps Diorama Contest has begun. Build an awesome scene with a box, Peeps, craft supplies and your cre-ativity. The library will have boxes and craft supplies available throughout the month of March. Judging of these masterpieces will take place during Spring Break.

Do your children have an interest in cre-ative writing? Join Eleanor on Saturday, March 5 at 10:30 a.m. when she helps kids

get their creative juices fl owing. It is their time to create, write and share. It is open to ages eight and over and it is suggested that you pre-register. Call the library at 403-742-2292 to get in on this great opportunity.

The Film Circuit is coming to a close for the season on Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m. See the Icelandic fi lm “Rams” at the Jewel Theatre. This movie tells the story of a remote farm-ing valley, where two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to work together in order to save what’s dearest to them - their sheep. Tickets are available at the door.

Are you looking for something to keep the kids entertained during teachers’ con-vention? Come to the library on Thursday, March 10 at 2 p.m. for Snacktivity. Learn to make delicious brownies, then put together an animatronic head with Little Bits and LEGO.

We will continue the fun on Friday, March 11 at 1 p.m. with the “Peanuts Movie” star-ring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole gang. We’ll provide the popcorn.

We aren’t leaving the little ones out. Join us on Friday. March 11 at 10:30 a.m. for the Read & Rhyme Teddy Bear’s Picnic. Bring your favourite stuffed companion and join us for some great activities.

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Clearview board meets MLA, discusses funding, needsMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Wildrose Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman met with the Clearview board of trustees on Thursday, Feb 25. at the regular board meeting as trustees and Clearview Superintendent Peter Barron discussed vari-ous issues regarding funding, transportation, changes to

Policy 105 (‘Safe and Caring Schools’) and capital plans.“I believe Clearview’s performance has been equal to

the other boards in my constituency, but the general standards seem to be high,” said Strankman.

When trustee Dave Goodwin brought up the topic of funding needed to replace the William E. Hay Secondary Campus’s racetrack, Strankman said that he would be more than willing to support with letters of recommen-dation for any grant application that the board might make.

“I think there may be several community involvement options, including both the town and county,” added Strankman. “There may also be suitable grant applica-tions available, since the locally elected school boards are the best suited to work through their own situations, I think those decisions should be left in the hands of locally elected bodies.”

According to Strankman, the constituency of Drumheller-Stettler is vast and diverse overlaid with sev-eral school jurisdictions, such as Prairie Rose, Prairieland, Clearview, and Golden Hills.

“I apologize if I have left any but the citizen-elected boards all strive to do their best within their various legislated guidelines and these guidelines are all created with the best of intentions but in any fl uid dynamic situ-

ation there can be unintended consequences,” explained Strankman. “It’s the mandate of these boards to navigate through these real-life situations with ‘best practices’ for all.”

Assessment of the board practices is up to their elec-torate, as they are trying to achieve ‘best practices’ by comparison to others and tracking their own trends of performance to raise standards and it seems to be work-ing he added

“In my relatively short elected span, I’ve met with all these school bodies on occasions and it has been my observation that they all are acting in the best interests of the children and adults they serve,” said Strankman. “The most recent province-wide subject of gender recog-nition has been cause for serious debate and attention and I have full confi dence these bodies will give this subject the respect and attention it deserves to protect all involved.”

Candidates introduced to Clearview board for

award nominationMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Two fi rst-year teachers, candidates for nomination for the Alberta Schools Board Association (ASBA) Edwin Parr Award, Jennifer Knowles from Gadsby Colony School and Melissa Burton from Botha School/Lanes Lake Colony School appeared at the regular Clearview board meeting on Thursday, Feb. 25 and spoke about their teaching ex-periences.

“There is great joy in fi nding a relationship where you can seek to share special qualities in order to bring out the very best in each other and I strive everyday to en-sure that we create meaningful learning opportunities for our students, because I believe they deserve the best we have to offer,” said Jennifer Knowles.

Melissa Burton spoke about her philosophy as a teacher. “The main question we ask ourselves is what we are

going to live by as a teacher, I fi nd that there are way too many dated teachers in the world that do not teach so that the students understand or make the students care about what they are learning about,” said Burton. “As teachers we need to make the class alive so our students keep coming back for more.”

According to Burton, when she teaches her students she wants to show them her passion for the subject.

Clearview is limited to nominate only one name for ASBA award.

Clearview Public Schools want community feedback about Policy 105

At the meeting the Clearview board of trustees dis-cussed plans for the public consultation sessions that are scheduled for Tuesday, March 15 at the Gus Wetter School in Castor and Wednesday, March 16 at the William E. Hay Secondary Campus in Stettler at 7 p.m. on both days.

The trustees wish to review what Clearview’s next steps should be with regard to the new guidelines that the provincial government have proposed to school boards across Alberta in relation to gender boundaries.

Although the Clearview board believes they already have best practices in place for ‘Welcoming, Caring, Respectful, and Safe Schools’, they would like to hear what staff, students, parents have to say at the public hearings before making further changes to their existing Policy 105.


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Jenny Holubitz new president of Superfl uity


At the annual gen-eral meeting (AGM) of Superfl uity held on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at the Stettler United Church, volunteers and board members came together to appoint their new pres-

ident and board members.As Dorothy Anderson re-

tired as president, Jenny Holubitz was appointed the new president, Rose Wesner returned as trea-surer with Mary Thomas taking over the position of Secretary and they are still on the look out for a vice-president.

Joanne Lee, Tammy Brooks and Geri Horne are the new board mem-bers who joined, while Lee Carothers, Delores Fakas and Shirley Storman re-tired this year.

Before the AGM started, a presentation was made by representatives of the Ronald McDonald House

of Red Deer, Amy Boutin, volunteer and recreation programs coordinator and Maria Van Der Hoek, spe-cial events and communi-ty coordinator.

They explained how the charity is run and how families benefi t from a fa-cility like theirs.

Out of town families with a child at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre or a child receiving services from any health and wellness facility in Red Deer can stay at the House.

The presentation ended with Superfluity pre-senting quilts to Ronald McDonald House.

Former president

Dorothy Anderson had joined Superfl uity as a volunteer almost 10 years ago.

“I knew a couple of peo-ple who worked there and thought it would be inter-esting,” said Anderson.

Anderson had accepted a position on board four years ago and was presi-dent for the last two years.

“I’m very proud of the fact that we have close to 100 dedicated volunteers of all ages and they are a great bunch of people with a common goal,” said Anderson. “All of us are so proud of the fact that we were able to donate over $100,000 into our commu-nity and to services that

are used by our communi-ty. Stettler and surround-ing area are a very caring group and we appreciate the support they give us.”

Anderson said that “Many hands make light work” is a value all volun-teers appreciate.

President Holubitz said, “I started to volunteer at Superfl uity about six years ago after I retired from work.”

“My main focus for the past few years has been to keep the seasonal items sorted out and stored in a manner that they can be easily accessed by the other volunteers,” said Holubitz. “I got involved because I wanted to vol-unteer for something in the community and at that time the store was looking for more volunteers.”

Superfl uity will be hav-ing a clearance sale later in March and will be ask-ing the community to store their donations at home until they reopen.

“I would like to publicly thank Dorothy Anderson, past president, for her dedication and hard work over the past two years,” said Holubitz. “She made several changes and brought some new events to Superfl uity during her tenure, and I hope we can continue with those events in the future and maintain the level of service to our customers.”

Holubitz also expressed her gratitude to the cus-tomers, without whom Superfluity would not have been able to donate the amazing amount of $104,612.00 back to the community and also sup-port some federal and pro-vincial charities.

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But neither Ettinger nor Potter had received any communication from the county, which was disconcerting for them and led their appearance at the Feb. 24 meeting.

Ettinger was annoyed that not one of the county councillors had followed up with her concern since the Linda Hall meeting.

“Many rows of beautiful mature shelter belts have been bulldozed in the County of Stettler along with massive amounts of deforestation,” said Ettinger. “I trust the county will be proactive in this regard, as most restrooms have the following little plaques on electric hand dryers that read, ‘Thanks for helping us save trees’, so my question is, shouldn’t the county play a leading role, by ensuring that these trees are not bulldozed?”

According to Beaumont, the province has no jurisdiction to say how many trees one can take off their land.

“We were made aware that trees from a certain area in the county had been brushed out completely,” said Beaumont. “But although we have a weed act in place, we cannot control how many trees a landowner can take down, it’s totally up to them.”

Councillor James Nibourg tabled a mo-tion that communities need to be educat-ed further on the demerits of deforesta-

tion and ASB should look into initiating and conducting such programs, and the motion was approved unanimously.

Another concern raised at the meeting by residents was wetland draining

Marilyn and Ron Potter, who live a few miles north of town spoke at the meet-ing, wondering why the county has not yet responded to two of their letters, one written in May 2015 and the second one in Jan. 22, 2016.

The letters requested the county coun-cil take steps to educate its members about the importance of preserving the diverse ecosystems present in the county.

“The fact that Alberta Environment and Parks has legislation to preserve wet-lands and their shores, but no level of government wants to be responsible for enforcement unless they are notifi ed of an infraction by an informed county rate-payer, is a very real concern,” said Marilyn Potter. “We feel some in the county coun-cil missed the message as they referred to the trees they have planted in their own backyards instead of realizing the destruction of habitat and the changing environment in the entire county.”

“We received a call from the ratepayer saying that work was being done, but by the time we arrived work was complete,” said Beaumont. “This can lead to major issues in spring and can cause fl ooding on Range Road 19-3,” he admitted.

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Public speakers did well at 4-H eventThe Rumsey 4-H Beef club had their

club level public speaking event this past Tuesday, Feb. 23 and all 11 members did very well, making the judges think long and hard about the winners who would

go onto districts in Carbon this Saturday, March 5. At the senior level, Brett Holowath took home fi rst with Vanessa Richmond taking second. In the intermediate group, Noel Kiemele came out on top with fi rst and Amanda Holowath got second. In juniors, Ryley Mappin received fi rst with his brother Brady celebrating second spot.

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There were also presentations as part of the evening and Corbyn Stoneman taking home fi rst in intermediate and his brother clearing fi rst in junior level. Congratulations to all the brave speakers and presenters that successfully got up and delivered a polished performance.

The Morrin High School curling groups headed off to zones on this past Friday and did very well. The young ladies’ team consisting of Katy Primrose, Amy Adams, Shelby Primrose and Kayla Adams came away with gold and are heading off to provincials in Ponoka with their coach Betty Primrose. Congratulations to them for doing so well. The boys had a little more of a tough time, they lost out in a tie breaker game in their pool so could not advance on in the competition. That team consisted of Brett Holowath, Jack Adams, Anthony Huxley and Bryce Kopjar and Coach Kent Holowath. There was no mixed team this year.

The Morrin Figure Skating Club went to a competition in Hanna called Highway 9 Skate Challenge. Our Rumsey skaters were Mattie Jensen, Tyler MacFarlane, Alyssa Wilkins, Karson Gridley, Kyra Gridley and Amanda Holowath. They all did well and had good experiences, so congrats to them. They will be hosting their carnival on Saturday, March 6 starting at 2 p.m. Come out and enjoy.

The mixed bonspiel will be starting next week, so call Brooks and Jackie Watts if you are interested in signing up your team. There is always room for more.

The Rumsey Drop-in Centre will be hav-ing a meeting on this Thursday, March 3 at 10 a.m. to talk about what the next steps are to take with the drop-in building, so would love for all people interested to make a point of attending this meeting. Hope to see you there.

At St. Mary’s Lodge in Trochu, there have been a few birthdays in the past two months that I have neglected to men-tion. Thanks to Linda Helmer for passing on the information. In January, Cathy Wagstaff from Extended Care and Frank Smith from the lodge celebrated their birthdays. In February, Jean Richmond hosted the birthday party with Bessie Fraser and Elmer Wik from Extended Care and Bernie Boyden from the lodge cele-brating another year. Bev Morgan will the be hostess for this month and the party will be held on Monday, March 21.

Have a giggle and a great week:A man boards a plane with six kids.

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Stettler’s Philpot Alberta 5 Pin Singles Champion


Nicole Philpot of Stettler bowled her way to the cham-pionship at Sherwood Bowl in Sherwood Park on Sunday, Feb. 28 as she became the senior girls Alberta 5-Pin sin-gles champion.

Starting in mid-November, 2015, the road to Philpot’s singles title began in a two-week house round consisting of six games rolled during Youth Bowling Championships (YBC) where the top four bowlers within each division are granted the opportunity to move on to the zone round.

Philpot has done this now for the past 10 years, each year she was eligible, and like every year, made it through to the zone round.

But this year’s journey to the national stage of 5-pin bowling has been a tumultuous one, said Philpot.

“Its mainly because of a bad knee injury suffered over the summer during an ill-advised but fun rope swing, where I hit the water wrong,” added Philpot. “That has caused damage and is currently under investigation with an MRI scheduled for the end of March, but the battle must go on so through pain management and determination I have pulled through so far.”

The zone round was held on Dec. 6, 2015 at Bonnie Doon bowling centre in Edmonton where Philpot com-peted in a 5 game scratch event.

She led pretty much from the fi rst game, averaging 276 and winning the event, even throwing a 370 game when her competitor tried in vain to close the gap by throwing a 410 at the same time, both throwing eight strikes in a row.

Winning this event helped Philpot to qualify and com-pete against the top eight bowlers in the province at the

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Nicole Philpot places fi rst in the provincials becoming the Senior Girls Alberta 5 Pin Singles Champion 2016 winning the gold medal, and is fl anked by silver medalist Julia Orobko (left) and bronze medalist Makayla Brinton (right).

provincials.In the provincials, Philpot competed in a 5 game

scratch event.As with zones, she started strong, 70 pins ahead after

her fi rst game and never allowed that lead to diminish, fi nishing the event and winning with a 231 average

and over a 90 point lead on her competition, at a much tougher house and stiffer competition, over the top eight single girls in the province.

Winning this event has earned Philpot the title of top senior girl in the entire province and the honour of proudly representing Alberta in the upcoming nationals event.

Philpot has also won her second $1,000-scholarship for having the highest pinfall over the 5 game event, some-thing that she missed out on last year by only 3 pins, and something that she had stated that morning was one of her goals for the event.

“At this point I have earned around $5,000 in scholar-ship money over various tournaments which I would be using in the fall when I start my bachelors of education program at the university,” said Philpot. “The next and fi nal step takes place at the YBC Nationals later this year in Calgary, May 7-9, where I will take on the best that this country has to offer.”

According to Philpot, this will be much tougher as they will battle through a gruelling 20 plus game schedule over three days, competing in a head-to-head match play format where she “must live and die by her own sword so to speak as it is singles and not the team game” that she competed at in Oshawa, Ontario last year.

“Nicole was able to battle and dig throughout the en-tire event, staying strong, positive and focused, never allowing her competitors or her knee injury to become a deterrent to her ultimate goals of winning the sin-gles gold, getting her scholarship and moving on to the nationals once again,” said Philpot’s mother, Darlene Philpot who has been a fervent supporter of Philpot’s bowling prowess. “Nicole’s mantra has always been to never give up and she plans to ride this determination right through nationals and beyond.”

Stettler Agplex hosts bull riding school over the weekend


Stettler Agplex was kept busy last week-end, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27-28 as people came out from the town and sur-rounding areas to try their hand at bull-riding.

The Road to being a Champion Bullriding and Bullfi ghting School hosted its second clinic at the east arena this year.

The school was founded by Houston Stuart, who said, “I used to ride bulls and bareback horses for years and have been involved in rodeo my whole life.”

“I grew up watching the Calgary Stampede when I was just a child and wanted to be a rodeo cowboy and ride bulls and bucking horses,” added Stuart.

This year the clinic had two bull-rid-ing instructors and three bull-fi ghting in-structors. The instructors were Canadian

champion bullrider Tanner Girletz from Olds and Casey Berg who resides with Tanner Girletz.

Among the bull-fi ghting instructors were Calgary Stampede and many time alternate bullfi ghter Scott Waye from Medicine Hat, three-time Canadian Finals bullfi ghter Brett Monea from Crossfi eld and Daryl Thiessen, a free-style specialist and the only bull fi ghter from Manitoba.

“Students that come to this school all want to learn and become the best at bull-riding,” said Stuart. “The instructors that come to teach the students are just simply amazing, but this practice pen wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our sponsors Canalta, Stettler Auction Mart and Boston Pizza that stepped up when the economy is so brutal this year.”

Instructors were enthusiastic and satis-fi ed with the response to the clinic.

Brett Monea said, “As a bull fi ghter my

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Riders came from as far as Arizona, US to participate and learn bull-riding skills. Held for the second year at Stettler Agplex, The Road to being a Champion Bullriding and Bullfi ghting School clinic had 43 participants over Feb. 27-28.

job at the practice pen is strictly to protect bull riders.”

“When they dismount or get bucked off a bull, I distract the bull by using certain movements or put my body on the line if need be so they can get away safely and go down the road to another bull riding or rodeo,” explained Monea.

Monea has been voted by the bull riders

to protect them at every amateur fi nals, and has been a bull fi ghter three times at PBR Canada Finals and fi ve times at the CFR.

“I have had the opportunity to protect cowboys at the Calgary Stampede, and also at some of the biggest PBR bull rid-ings and CPRA rodeos in the country,” said Monea.


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Stettler Atom C Storm fell in the fi rst round of playoffs against Sylvan Lake, and will go on to play in consolation. The team found their stride in the third period, but not soon enough to turn the tide. Here, Broc Chick goes down while in pursuit of the puck. For more hockey action, visit the Stettler Independent website.

Stettler Wildcats no match for Lindsay Thurber Raiders of Red Deer in fi nal league games


As the basketball sea-son winds down and play-

offs begin later this week, Stettler JV girls and boys were overcome by Lindsay Thurber Raiders as they faced them on Wednesday,

Feb. 24.The boys completed

their schedule with a loss 60-39 to the Raiders in Red Deer.

“It was not a great game for our boys as they didn’t have their shooting game in gear and thus got down early right at the begin-ning of the game,” said coach Warren Aspenes. “Defensively, the boys played pretty good and worked hard throughout the game but without any scoring touch it turned out to be a tough game.”

Aspenes said that over-all, the boys had a good season with better than 0.500 record and one tour-nament win.

“They showed steady growth throughout the season and they were a fun group of athletes to work with,” added Aspenes.

JV girls headed to play-offs

The JV girls played in an eight-team tournament in Red Deer on Wednesday, Feb. 24 and lost 48-37 to Raiders in their fi nal game, coming third.

There was a three-way tie as Wildcats beat Camrose, Camrose beat the Raiders and the Raiders beat Wildcats.

Stettler girls play Wetaskiwin on Friday, Mar.4 at 7.30 p.m. in Red Deer, and then play Camrose in the playoff semi-fi nal.

“Its going to be a great fi nish,” said coach Kim Poapst. “We are excited to practice this week and work on our strengths and then we have a few little things to work on to im-prove this week.”



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arrival of an 8 lb. 10 oz. baby girl, Peyton June Curry, born on Feb. 25 in Fredericton, NB. This is the fi rst grandbaby for Derek and Heidi Malloy and a great grandchild to Nelda Malloy of Montreal. Peyton carries the name June in memo-ry of Heidi’s mom. Heidi is now in New Brunswick bonding with the new baby.

Congratulations to Edwin and Sherri Radke on the ar-rival of their third son, Matthew Glenn, born on Feb. 26 in Edmonton, weighing in at 6 lb. 14 oz. Grandma and grand-pa Ron and Millie Radke are in Spruce Grove caring for Matthew’s big brothers, Everett and Nate.

Congratulations to Brad and Erica Engel from Leduc on the arrival of a 7 lb. 9 oz. baby girl, Eden Fern, born on Feb. 27. Big sister Sloan is three years old. This is the fi fth grandchild for Don and Kjerene Engel and is named for her great- grandmother, the late Fern Engel.

Kiara Gamroth, Trey McGillivray, Cale Neufeld and Logan Perry represented our school at CARA curling playdowns in Coronation last week.

Mother Teresa Grade 1-6 students went skiing last Thursday at the Valley ski hill near Alliance. They are due to go again in March if more snow falls.

Congrats to the Gus Wetter sr. high girls’ and boys’

basketball teams who both made it through league play undefeated. This gave the girls’ team the right to host the zone playoffs to be held March 11 and 12. Halkirk girls on the team are Katelyn Dahmer, Tiana Gamroth, Hailey Grice and Madelyn Schauer. Coaches are Maxine Baird and Debby Hronek. The boys’ team will play the same weekend, desti-nation unknown. Halkirk boys on the team are Liam Grice, McQuire Kent, Simon Muncy and Leif Neufeld. Coaches are Bruce Downey and Jason Faber.

Congratulations to Jacey Gamroth, who is enrolled in a B of Arts in Camrose, on receiving a $500 scholarship for leadership by the Augustana Faculty.

On Thursday Kent and Evelyn Johnson, who are wintering in Nevada, headed to the airport in Las Vegas thinking they were picking up Evelyn’s relatives from Regina. What a sur-prise! Off the plane came JD and Sandra with the girls, Kim, Darrell and Drew, Kandice, Scott and Forbes, all prepared to help Kent celebrate his birthday during the weekend.

Samantha Neilson, who is working as a social worker in Medicine Hat, was home at the weekend visiting with her parents Bert and Cindy and her grandma Anne.

Ron and Deirdre Muncy fl ew to Orlando, Florida for a few days before boarding a cruise ship with stops in Miami, Mexico, Grand Cayman Islands, Jamaica and the Bahamas. They arrived home at the weekend.

Darcy and Andrea Mabbott are home after spending a few weeks in Phoenix. Tara Schilling was the relief bus driver

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Elks’ activities marked the week

What a busy month for the Elks. February’s meet-ing began with the departed brother ceremony to honor past ER, Brother John Palmer. Brother Palmer spent two years as ER and carried out these duties well. An update was given on the success of the Elks’ trip to an Edmonton Oil Kings jr. hockey game. The past ER and Oyster Feed

is confi rmed for Tuesday, March 22. The provincial president dropped in for an impromptu chat after visit-ing the Royal Purple Ladies. The club draw was won by Larry Meyer who donated his share to the Children’s Fund. Club 200 winners were Glen Craig, Don Fooks, Bob Boswell and Cody Ferguson.

Saturday night’s Yuk Yuks Comedy Show was a great success with about 250 peo-ple enjoying a tremendous

Birthday cakes everywhere

Happy Leap Year! Not too bad to have an extra day when winter has been this good to us.

Gloria and Stan Diegel enjoyed a belated birthday party for granddaughter Jules at Tasha and Aaron’s.

Friday night, the Kobi family were over to Frank and Eleanor Dahlgren’s to celebrate both Dwayne and Bonnie’s birthday’s with supper and birthday cake.

Frank Dahlgren was pleasantly surprised when the fam-ily of 24 pulled in with supper and birthday cake Saturday night, to surprise Frank on his 75 birthday. Eleanor reports, the house was full of laughter, grandkids, and a fun day. Then that night Bill and Joyce Hansel came, cake in hand, to continue the celebrations. Frank thoroughly enjoyed his birthday. Happy birthday, young man!

It was family night at the Percy Heer’s to help Jewel Heer celebrate her birthday with pizza supper, followed by a birthday cake, presents and a family card game.

Sympathies go out to Shirley and Rod Coleman and fami-ly on the passing of Shirley’s father, Gerald Scheerschmidt. Also to the Reid family on the recent passing of Hattie Reid. She and her husband Gerry were former residents of north Gadsby and had stayed in touch with many friends in the area.

Get well wishes go out to Bryce Mailer, who is in Stettler Hospital following pneumonia.

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evening. The three perform-ers were top notch and the Elk Ladies, with Katrina’s help, did a super job with the food and décor. A lot of ef-fort went into this endeavor and many newer Elk mem-bers came through with fl y-ing colors. Quinton Baird and Ryan Rivett were outstand-ing with the organizing and many non-Elks and hock-ey moms assisted in ticket sales. Thank you to one and all for your support.

At a special presentation made by Hall Board Chair and Elk member David Webster, a plaque was unveiled hon-oring Lloyd Duncan’s efforts in this community. Brother Lloyd was a 60-year Elk and his outstanding work with-in the ranks was second to none. His efforts were also well known outside the Elks. No matter what was need-ed, he was there with equip-ment, knowledge, brawn and a drive to get things done. We

hope this plaque, hanging on the walls that he helped build, will remind folks of what he has given us.

March birthday wishes go out to Janet Stewart – 2, Ken Johnson – 2, Clifford Ross – 3, Ken Christensen – 4, Judy Christensen – 4, Ione Miller – 5, Don Gillespie – 7, Sue Boswell – 7, Holly Skocdopole – 8, Tianna Kirtley – 9, Crystal Bardwell – 10, Danny Houle – 11, Rick Nicklom – 11, Ty Fraser – 13, Shelagh Sisson – 15, Terry Stenberg – 17, Janet Annable – 18, Jen Brown – 18, Brad Brenchley – 18, Harvey Christensen – 19, Carmen Tizzard – 19, Loren Watts – 20, Lori Ruele – 21, Lynne Gjaltema – 22, Bill Melnyk – 22, Kevin Stewart – 22, Shirley Stormoen – 23, Lori Gordon – 25, Mel Miller – 28, Chris Janke – 30, and Jara Colp – 31.

Happy anniversary to Kelly and Robyn Armstrong – 11 and Darcy and Teresa Greig – 15.

while they were away.Coming up : March 3 - Regular hall board Bingo at 7:30;

March 5 - CARA basketball playoffs in Stettler; March 9 to 13 - men’s and ladies ice curling bonspiels - contact JD or Sandra at 884 2250 with entrees; March 10 – 12 - teachers’ convention; March 13 - DST - Spring forward and change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

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Then on Wednesday (to-night) is Bingo evening start-ing at 7:15 p.m., doors open at 6:30. Who knows, you could be one of the lucky winners.

We are only about one week away from Daylight Saving Time (March 13), St. Patrick’s Day (17th) and on the 20th is the fi rst day of spring. So make sure you wear some-thing green in color that day, due to St. Patrick’s.

There will be no dance held this month for the Old-Thyme Dance Club, due to Easter Day being the last Sunday of this month.So the next dance will be held on April 3, with the “Sparkling Tones” band, en-tertaining the group that af-ternoon starting at 1:30 p.m., so please keep this in mind. There will be also one on April 24, so please plan to attend both of these.

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Fun learning continues at SESIt is so much fun to tour

Stettler Elementary School on any given day, and to see all of the excitement, fun, and neat activities that are happening. Last Wednesday was a sea of pink as the staff and students were out in full force wearing pink to show support for toler-ance and understanding during this annual national anti-bullying day. We were also pleased to welcome students from Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary School who presented to all of our Grade 4, 5, and 6 students. The Y-CAT group has been presenting to our students for the last few years on “Pink Day” and we were once again thrilled to hear what they had to share with us.

Also on that day, we were fortunate enough to have Anthony and Crystal Day

Chief come into the school and share stories and arte-facts from the First Nations culture with some of our kindergarten, Grade 2, Grade 3, and Grade 4 class-es. The presentation was not long, but was certain-ly very informative and we appreciate them taking the time to set everything up and to share with us.

Other presentations from this past week included having Grace Fix come to talk to the Grade 6 lead-ership class about com-munity volunteerism and her passion for the envi-ronment. She shared a slide show on some of the things that the Heartland Beautifi cation Committee and the Environmental Action Committee have im-plemented in our commu-nity in recent years. The students also had an op-portunity to learn that one person, can indeed, make a difference.

Several months ago our grade 5SN and 4NN class-es applied for, and re-ceived grants to trial the Refl ex math program in our school. Since that time these students have been busy using the program to enhance their curriculums. Refl ex math is a program that assesses the students’ basic facts knowledge and then helps them to increase the number of facts they know automatically and it helps to increase their speed as well. Both class-es are now on multiplica-tion and division and are most certainly enjoying the learning. As well as Refl ex, all classrooms have a sub-scription to the Mathletics interactive, web-based program. This program is also used to enhance math skills as well as to chal-lenge students at their own levels. It also allows them to compete with students in their grade from around

the world. Our 1:1 ratio of Chromebooks has been very educational, but it is also allowing for learning in a fun and interactive way.

SES is privileged to have two student teachers pres-ently working in our school. We have Miss Aimee Roste working with Mrs. Fox in 5CF, and she has been busy teaching these students a unit on weather. Last week these Grade 5 students made their own anemom-eters, which they are cur-rently in the process of test-ing. They are hopeful that we will have more windy days. Our other student teacher is Nicole Konrad, who is teaching with Miss Watts in 4LW. These Grade 4 students have been enjoy-ing a number of interesting experiments and playing some fun science games. Nicole is teaching both 4LW and 4NN about light and shadows in her science classes.

Mrs. Thorne’s class had a Pete the Cat story and a Pete the Cat video in their library class on Friday, Feb 26.

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Our kindergarten stu-dents also had another fun and exciting day as they celebrated their favourite storybook character, Pete the Cat. On Friday, Feb. 26, children and staff dressed in blue and participated in crafts and fun activities based on Pete the Cat sto-rybooks.

On Monday, Feb. 29, our students learned about

farm safety with our annual Farm Safety presentations, and tomorrow, Thursday, March 3, our Grade 2 SG students will be perform-ing their fairy tale plays in the drama room for their parents. These Grade 2 stu-dents have also been busy writing their own fairy tales. Stay tuned next week for news on how our young thespians performed.

Successes in minor hockey keep coming

Three curling teams from Byemoor School compet-ed in the CARA bonspiel in Coronation on Thursday.

Those participating in-cluded: Gunnar Keith, Gage Hutton, Hunter Maginn, Rhett Walker, Sydney Jack, Rachel Yates, Ryder Buchwitz, William Brown, Keshna Jolicoeur and Ryley Mappin.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Betty Schofer who passed away in Stettler on Feb. 22. She was 88. Betty

and her husband Len were longtime residents of the Byemoor community be-fore retiring to Stettler. Betty leaves behind many beautiful memories. Our thoughts are with her family at this sad time. A funeral service was held for Betty on Saturday in Stettler.

Jean Mappin posted the top crib score at the Endmoor Drop-in Centre on Tuesday evening. Doug Harrold was once again one of the top players, placing second.

Happy 65th birthday wish-es go out to former Endmoor

resident Wayne Mohn of Botha. Wayne celebrated his milestone birthday on Feb. 28. We hope you enjoy those government cheques, Wayne.

Another milestone birthday marked on the weekend was the 40th birthday of Jennifer Knowles. Family and friends helped Jennifer celebrate her special birthday at the Endmoor Arena on Saturday.

Get well wishes are sent out to Don Grover who is recov-ering from hip-replacement surgery done in Calgary.

We extend sympathy to Frank and Edith James and family on the passing of Edith’s mother Mary Klamski on Feb. 24. Our thoughts are with the family in their time of loss of this fi ne lady.

Several from the Endiang-Byemoor area have taken in one of Castor Little Theatre performances of “I’ll Get My Man”, including a group from the Endmoor Drop-in Centre for the Friday performance.

Of local note, Rhonda (nee Schilling) Steinwand, former-ly from Endiang, was among the talented cast.

Sincere sympathy is ex-tended to the family of Lloyd Wesner, who passed away on Feb. 27 in Stettler at age 87. Lloyd was a longtime resident of the west Byemoor district. He was well-known for rais-ing purebred Shorthorn cat-tle. When Lloyd and his wife Vivian retired, they moved

to Erskine. Our thoughts are with Vivian and family at this time.

Congratulations to broth-ers Ryley and Brady Mappin on placing fi rst and second respectively in junior pub-lic speaking in the Rumsey-Rowley 4-H Beef Club. Good luck Ryley and Brady at the district level of competition.

Congratulations to the local lads who play on the Delburne Outlaws Bantam hockey team on winning their fi rst round of play-offs against Ponoka. Players from Byemoor, Big Valley and Delburne make up the team. They now advance to the second round of playoffs against The Three C’s (Castor, Coronation and Consort). Good luck boys on your next round.

The Big Valley Peewee Thunder are advancing to the Peewee C Provincials in Rimbey on March 10-13 after their win against Wainwright.

The Big ValleyAtom Swordmen won their fi rst round of league playoffs against Coronation and ad-vance to round two and will play against Caroline.

Good luck to all !!Quote for the day —

“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” — Francesca Reigler

Two Stettler archers to represent Canada in South Africa

The 20th annual Camp Teckla basketball camp will be happening between July 4 and 8. The Stettler schools registration forms are available by contacting Kim Poapst at 403-916-4128 or Dorothy Anderson at 403-742-4494. The registration deadline is May 20. In other sports news, the JV girls bas-ketball team will be play-ing in the league fi nals this coming weekend (March 5 and 6).

The W.E.Hay archery team had a fantastic tournament in Castor last week. All of our archers placed fourth or better in their categories. We had four shooters make the fi nal round, with the results being, Jessa Heatherington,

top score for Grade 11 girls, and an overall high score for the tournament with a 291. Brooke Glasier took fi rst in Grade 9 girls with a 279, Colby Barclay took fi rst for Grade 9 boys with a 254, Roam Thorsteinsson took third for Grade 11 boys with a 268 and Will Roberts also took a second place fi nish for Grade 12 boys with a 278. We also confi rmed the fact that Jessa Heatherington and Will Roberts have both been asked to shoot for Canada at the ALL STARS tournament in South Africa this summer. Congrats to all…

The junior high has fi n-ished all of their skiing now with the fi nal trip to Nakiska last Thursday, Feb. 25. The senior high will be going to Nakiska on March 15.

BY REBECCA RAHNWILDCAT COLUMN

LES AND ROSEMARY STULBERGENDIANG/BYEMOORE NEWS

The New Orleans Band trip had a big night on Monday. The lawyer came

for parents to allow their child to travel out of the country with Mr. Rahn and

all the other chaperones. Following the lawyer’s ap-pearance, there was a chap-

erone meeting. The second last payment was due last Wednesday, Feb. 24.

SCHOFER Elizabeth Alice (Betty)Elizabeth Alice Schofer (Betty) was born April 18, 1927 in Vegreville, Alberta; she was the youngest of six children. She grew up on the family farm at Hairy Hill, which is 14 miles north of Vegreville. She helped on the family farm and enjoyed her early years growing up there. She moved to Calgary in 1946 and had a job at the Betty Shop as a fur fi nisher, (making fur coats). She later took a job with Hudson’s Bay Company doing the same type of work with fur. Betty met Len in Calgary in 1947, at a boarding house where Betty lived and Len was visiting a friend. Len offered to dry the dishes that she had washed. They struck up a friendship, began dating and got married on October 14, 1948 in Vegreville and they were married more than 67 years. They lived in Calgary for the next 11 years and had three sons: Ron, Rick and John. They both worked hard during their life in Calgary, but their dream was to go farming. Their dream became a reality in 1959, at which time they purchased a farm

and moved their family to Byemoor. They raised their three rambunctious boys on the farm just north of Byemoor, where Betty raised a large garden and helped Len with the farming, milking cows, raising chickens, geese, ducks, pigs and cows. Betty was a very avid seamstress and made many clothes for the children. There were the ups and downs that come with farming, but overall it was a good life. Betty was also involved in the Byemoor Community and helped at community functions and was a member of the Home Circle Club. Len and Betty semi-retired in Byemoor in the late 1980s but lived on the farm and continued to help John and Carolin farm. It was during these years that they had some free time which allowed them to be able to travel. They took ten bus trips, seven cruises, seven trips to Hawaii and a month tour to Europe. They were also able to spend 22 years winter vacationing in Apache Junction, Arizona. They moved from Byemoor to Stettler in 1993 and enjoyed full retirement. Betty was happy that she could still tend to a large garden in her back yard in Stettler. They enjoyed spending time with the grandchildren, time at the lake, doing volunteer work (meals on wheels) and played sports and winter games. Betty was also well known for her excellent skills at Ukrainian cooking and always incorporated traditional dishes into Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving celebrations. Betty is survived by her loving family: husband Len Schofer of Stettler; sons: Ron (Noweata) Schofer of Kimberley, Rick (Bernie) Schofer of Stettler, John (Carolin) Schofer of Byemoor; grandchildren: Sarah Schofer of Calgary, Michael Schofer of Stettler, Jennel (Robin) Walsh of Stettler, Len (Rebecca) Schofer of Byemoor and Randy Schofer (Kory Bremmer) of Byemoor; great grandchildren: Gabriella and Lucas Walsh and Addison and Maverick Schofer; other family members and many dear friends. A funeral service for the late Betty Schofer was held on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at St. George’s Anglican Church, Stettler, Alberta with Reverend Carolyn Langford offi ciating. Those present enjoyed a “walk down memory lane” video tribute prepared by granddaughter Jennel Walsh. Betty’s grandchildren and son John presented loving tributes in memory of their grandmother and mother. Musician Barbara-Lynn Goodwin shared her gift of music as she played for the congregational hymns. Honorary pallbearers were granddaughters Sarah Schofer and Jennel Walsh as grandsons: Michael Schofer, Lenard Schofer and Randy Schofer and sons: Ron Schofer, Rick Schofer and John Schofer served as active pallbearers as they laid their loved one to rest in the Lake View Cemetery, Stettler, Alberta. Following the interment a time of fellowship with a luncheon prepared and served by Eilleen Bullard and staff was held in the St. George’s Anglican Church Lower Hall.Donations in memory of Betty are gratefully accepted to the Alberta Heart and Stroke Foundation c/o

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who were entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. To send or view condolences to Betty’s family, please visit www.stettlerfuneralhome.com

SCHEERSCHMIDTMr. Gerald Fred Scheerschmidt passed away on February 20, 2016 at the Stettler Health Care Centre at the age of 87 years of age. Gerald was born on April 26, 1928 in Medicine Hat, Alberta to Lydia (Sailor) and Frederick “Butson” Scheerschmidt. Gerald is survived by his wife of 65 years, Muriel Scheerschmidt; sons Ross (Eileen) Scheerschmidt and Larry (Joan) Scheerschmidt; daughter Shirley (Rod) Coleman; grandchildren: Colin (Corinna) Scheerschmidt, Eric (Stacey)

Scheerschmidt, Paula (Mike) Fortunato, Heather (Al) Connors, Diana (Troy) Moskal, Kelly (Jim) Bosma and Trevor (Shelley) Coleman; great grandchildren: Colten, Kyleigh, Lynden, Story, Jesse (Jordana), Dallas, Ryan, Brett and Brady; great great granddaughter Olivia; sisters: Phyllis Fischer (Ted Carter), Donna (Dale) Chapman and Jan (LeRoy) Overacker; other relatives and many dear friends. At Gerald’s request no funeral service will be held. Memorial donations may be made to the Alberta Diabetes, Alberta Heart & Stroke or a charity of your own 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.

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Misc.Help 880

HealthCare 1210

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HealthCare 1210

Landscaping1240

LegalServices 1260

Plumbing& Heating 1330

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Buy & Sell#1500 - #1990

Aircraft ..............................1510Antiques & Art ..................1520Auctions ............................1530Bicycles ............................1540Building Supplies ..............1550Business Machines ..........1560Cameras & Accessories ..1570Children’s Items ................1580Clothing ............................1590Computers ........................1600Concert & Event Tickets ..1610Equipment - Misc. ............1620Equipment - Heavy ..........1630Tools ................................1640Farmers’ Market &Food Basket......................1650Firewood ..........................1660Lumber ............................1670Garden Supplies ..............1680Lawn Tractors ..................1690Health, Dietary, Beauty ....1700Household Appliances......1710Household Furnishings ....1720TV’s, Stereos, VCR’s ........1730Hot Tubs & Accessories ..1740Jewellery ..........................1750Kid’s Deals........................1755Misc. For Sale ..................1760Musical Instruments..........1770Music Lessons..................1780Piano & Organs ................1790Office Supplies ................1800Pets & Supplies ................1810Pet Services ....................1820Cats ..................................1830Dogs ................................1840Sports Cards ....................1850Sporting Goods ................1860Collectors’ Items ..............1870Swap, Barter & Trade ......1880Travel Packages ..............1900Wedding Supplies ............1910Recycled Products............1920Wanted to Buy ..................1930Items to Give Away ..........1940

Auctions 153017 QUARTERS OF FARM-LAND near Brant, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers

Unreserved Auction, March 24 in Lethbridge.

Quality land, good perime-ter fences, lots of water &

surface lease revenue. Jerry Hodge:

780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS

at The Moose Hall, 2 miles south of Ponoka

on Hwy. 2A.

Resuming weekly sales Wed.’s @ 6 pm.

Antique sale 1st. Sun. of Month

Mar.6 @ 1 pm.

TO BOOK YOUR SALE CALL 403-782-5693 or

403-304-4791 Check website for full listingswww.bigstrapperauctions.net

COLLECTIBLE AUCTION SALE

Sunday March 6, 10 a.m.Bowden Lions Hall

Bowden ABFurniture, Glassware, China, Vintage items, Kitchen collectibles,

Native, Military,Just too much to mention.Check web for full listing

& picturesPilgrim Auction Service

403-556-5531 www.pilgrimauction.com

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 10th Annual Red Deer Collector Car Auction & Speed Show.

March 11 - 13, 2016, Westerner Park. Special

Guests: Dan & Laura Dotson - Storage Wars; “Horny” Mike - Counting

Cars; Chris Jacobs - Over-haulin’. Consign today.

1-888-296-0528 ext. 103; egauctions.com.

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 6th Annual

Edmonton Motor Show Collector Car Auction. April

8 - 13. Edmonton Expo Centre. Over 80,000 spec-tators. Over 85% sold last

year. Consign today. 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102;

EGauctions.com.

Auctions 1530MEIER GUN AUCTION.

Saturday, March 5, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Over 150 guns

- handguns, rifl es, shotguns, hunting and sporting equipment. To consign 780-440-1860.

BuildingSupplies 1550

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.

Sustainabuildcanada.com. 780-707-4791 or 403-971-4791.

Equipment-Misc. 1620

A-STEEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS. 20’, 40’ &

53’. 40’ insulated reefers/freezers.

Modifi cations possible windows, doors, walls, as offi ce, living work-shop, etc., 40’ fl atrack/bridge.

1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.

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.

Free shipping. Replacement guarantee.

1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca.

Livestock 2100

Misc. forSale 1760

SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make money &

save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd:

www.NorwoodSaw-mills.com/400OT.

1-800-566-6899 ext. 400OT

TravelPackages 1900SAVE 30% on our Heart of the Arctic Adventure. Visit

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details! 1-800-363-7566 or visit www.

adventurecanada.com. (TICO#04001400).

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

Farm CustomWork 2080

FOR your bale grinding needs call Tyson’s Bale Bustin @ 403-740-2677 for details and booking. Based in Stettler area.

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HEARTLAND GLASS

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Main St., Stettler Emergency403-742-2665 403-742-3628

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Also: Rural Water Treatment (Province Wide)

Stettler Eye CareDr. R. TROY NELSON

Comprehensive 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

PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCEPhysiotherapy, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture Acupuncture & Massage& Massage

“Keeping people in Motion...”

403-742-4533

DR. D.G. BECKLUNDChiropractor

-Gitzel Krejci Building4912 - 51 Street

Stettler, ABOpen Mon. - Sat.

Bus.: 403-742-2553Res.: 403-742-0370

RUBBER DUCKYARD CARE

• Power Rake• Aerate

• Lawns ~ cut & trimmedFor personalized services callLana Gross ~ 403-740-3595

LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE

4819 - 51 Street

Lori R. ReuleLL. B.

StettlerProfessional

Building

403-742-3411

Barristers and SolicitorsAdvocates

2401 Toronto Dominion Sq.Edmonton Centre

Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Z1Telephone: 780-426-4660

Fax: 780-426-0982

BRYON D. BALTIMORE

of McCuaig Desrochers

ANDERSON LAW OFFICE

Brenda Anderson, B.Comm., LL.B.

5002 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB

Phone 403-742-2529

Fax 403-742-2522

[email protected]

• Complete Plumbing & Heating Services• Commercial and Residential• Water Conditioning & Pumps

• 24 Hour ServiceService Wise - We Specialize

Stettler

Ph. 403-742-5237

30TH ANNUAL

BULL & FEMALE SALEMARCH 12, 2016at the Farm, Erskine, AB

Offering over 700 head ofQuality Angus Cattle

Canada’s Largest Angus Production Sale

• 150 yearling bulls• 100 two-year-old bulls

• 100 purebred yearling heifers• 300 commercial Black & BWF heifers

• 60 purebred & commercial bred heifers

LEE, LAURA & JACKIE BROWN / TRISH & TIM HENDERSONBox 217, Erskine, Alberta T0C 1G0

Phone: 403-742-4226 Fax: [email protected]

catalogue online www.llbangus.com

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Livestock 2100

BAR-DALE LIMOUSIN, ERSKINE, AB.

40, two year old virgin bulls for sale at the farm. Fully guaranteed.

Call Carole Barclay at 403-742-4825,

Terry 403-740-5037Ricky 403-740-5711. email

[email protected]

CHARLOIS 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.

RED and black Angus bulls, will be semen tested

and delivery can be arranged. E & L

Ranching in Bowden, Eric @ 403 391-2259.

Evenings @ 403 224-2396

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.

ROUND HAY BALES - self unloading, bulk oats. New truck tires. Cheap - starting

at $285. Cheap undercarriage new &

used. No Sunday calls please. Phone

403-704-3509 or 403-704-4333.

Suites 3060

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 3020$850 + D/D Renovated 3

bedrooms 1 and half bath-room with washer and dryer in Winfi eld, AB.

Across from the school and playground. For more

information e-mail:[email protected] call : 403-249-2708

3 BDRM. house with garage, and 2-4 bdrm.

condo for rent in Stettler. Applications with ref’s

req’d. No pets. Norma Leslie Sutton Land-mark Realty 403-742-7815

LARGE 3 bdrm. house, many reno’d done, paint, new fl ooring, etc., comes with dishwasher, fridge, stove, washer and dryer,

safe, and central air cond., 3 blks. from school, central

uptown location, has 2 extremely lrg. master

bdrm. with walk-in closets, secure 16x24 storage bldg.,

$1500/mo. incl. util., no pets, ref. required,

403-741-6174

ONE bedroom house for rent in Stettler, $900/mo. + utils, carport, large back yard, smoke free, pet friendly, ref’s req’d. 403-323-0212.

Condos/Townhouses3030New Blackfalds Condo. 2 Bdrm/2 Bath. Main fl oor & 2nd fl oor options avail. 2 powered parking stalls. Rent $1,400. Pets nego-tiable. Ask about rent incentives. 403-396-1688.

Suites 3060NEWLY reno’d 1 bdrm

spacious apartment. Quiet building, close to schools and hospital. No pets.

$650/mo. Timor Manor 5713-50 Ave. Stettler

403-742-3092

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

HousesFor Sale 4020

PublicNotices 6010

Cottage/Seasonal 3070VACATION week for sale

at Fairmont Vacation Villas in the luxurious Riverview complex. The dates are March 27-April 3 (coinci-

dental with the school spring break). The unit is fully equipped including

whirlpool tub. I am asking $550 o.b.o. This includes transfer and all other fees and provides you with a

luxury villa for $78.57 per night. Call 403-742-3384.

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

Offices 3110Shop & offi ce space for rent, east end industrial. 1,750 ft. shop & 1,000 sq. ft. offi ce, separate bath-rooms and heat for each, large concrete pad. 1 acre of parking, 1-12 ft. & 1-14 ft. overhead door. call Doug 403-740-6630 or email: [email protected].

StorageSpace 3160

PublicNotices 6010

Spacious 1&2 bdrm units. Balcony, in suite storage,

water & heat incl.

Available immediately.

New managers Frances or Mic

403-742-4448

403-742-2395

WHITE 20LB WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: BOND PAPER:

8.5 X 118.5 X 1110 pkgs. of 500 sheets10 pkgs. of 500 sheets

$48$48/case/caseShop Stettler Shop Stettler

& Save!& Save!

RED ANGUSBULLS

Heifer BullsCow Bulls

One and Two-Year Old BullsPerformance & EPD data available

A.I. Sires

PIRORED ANGUS

P & R ZOLLER(403) 742-0336

Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

www.stettler.net

PUBLIC NOTICEBylaw 2082-16

Public Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Municipal Council of the Town of Stettler to pass Bylaw 2082-16 to amend Land Use Bylaw 2060-15 as follows: 1. That Part 10: LAND USE DISTRICTS Section 83 Amending

C1: Commercial Central district to include Dwelling, Single Detached (existing) and Basement Suite (Dwelling, Single Detached Only) as Discretionary Uses.

A copy of Bylaw 2082-16 may be viewed at the Town Offi ce, 5031 - 50 Street during regular hours of business or on the Town of Stettler website www.stettler.net. A Public Hearing on the matter of Bylaw 2082-16 will be held at the Council Chambers, Stettler Town Offi ce, 5031 - 50 Street on March 1 , 2016 at the hour of 7:15 p.m. Oral comments and suggestions are invited to be made at the public hearing and shall be addressed to the point of the proposed bylaw. They may be made by any person or group of persons, or a person acting on their behalf who claim to be affected by the proposed bylaw, and from any person(s) whom, at the hearing the Municipal Council of the Town of Stettler agrees to hear. All written submissions and petitions must be in the possession of the Town of Stettler Development Authority no later than 12:00 noon on , 2016. You may submit your written comments by facsimile (403) 742-1404 or email to [email protected]. Angela StormoenPlanning & Operations Clerk

NOTICE OF LAND TENDERThe following property, located in the Country of Stettler No. 6, is being offered for sale by Tender:

MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 19 TOWNSHIP 40SECTION 3QUARTER NORTH EASTEXPECTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALSAREA: 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESS

The property includes perimeter fencing, 2 dugouts, no buildings and contains approximately 110 cultivated acres.

The 2015 property taxes were $320.27

The property receives annual Surface Lease revenue in the amount of $1,600.00.

The Property is offered for sale free and clear of all fi nancial encumbrances.

Tenders in sealed envelopes marked “Echo Ridge Farm Inc. - Tender” accompanied by a certifi ed cheque/bank draft, for Ten percent (10%) of the amount of the tender must be in the hands of the Schnell Hardy Jones, Box 1240, 4902 - 51 Street, Stettler, in the Province of Alberta, by twelve o’clock noon, on Monday, the 21st

day of March, 2016. All Tenders submitted must be unconditional.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid to Schnell Hardy Jones within Thirty (30) days after acceptance of tender. If the successful Tenderer does not complete the purchase after acceptance of his tender, the deposit shall be forfeited. The highest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. All Tenders to be approved by Echo Ridge Farm Inc. Cheque/Bank Draft of unsuccessful Tenderers will be returned.

County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,

Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 742-4441 Fax: 742-1277

PUBLIC NOTICE

County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,

Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277

PUBLIC NOTICE

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS APPROVED

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Notice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Application for a discretionary use in accordance with the County of Stettler No. 6 Land Use Bylaw No. 1443-10 was approved by the Development Authority: 1. No: DP 16006 Legal Description: SW 31-39-21W4M Applicant: Liviu Salajan Owner: LCTS Ltd. Proposed Development: Oil eld Service or Supply Business – MinorAny person claiming to be affected by such decision may appeal by giving notice in writing to the Secretary, Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, County of Stettler No. 6 PO Box 1270, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 not later than March 17, 2016. The notice must contain the reason for the appeal.Jacinta Donovan, Development Of cer

Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

www.stettler.net

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved as permitted uses in accordance with the Town of Stettler Land Use By-law No 2060-15:

1. No: 2915-2016 Legal Description: Lot 5, Block 4, Plan 0227539 Municipal Address: 4002 - 50 Avenue Applicant: B & B Construction Ltd. Proposed Development: Shop & Offi ce Building

Angela StormoenPlanning & Development Services

Call 403-741-4688 for more Call 403-741-4688 for more details or to book a viewing.details or to book a viewing.

6905 Meadowview Cl., Stettler

NEW HOME FORKlassen Construction

STETTLER MINI STORAGE

Household, furniture,business records, etc.

Various sizes. Protectedby security alarm and

fenced and lightedperimeter. Owner:

Reg and Darlene Hunter403-740-9283 or

403-742-3153

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Ph. 403-742-44244908 - 51 Street

49' x 125' LOT AT BUFFALO SANDS. Located in quiet cul-de-

sac. Comes with 10' x 16' insulated shed with power and 2 RV sites,

each with power. Playround & lake front steps away. $110,000.

NEW

WELL CARED FOR HOME on large lot (60' x 150') in West Stettler.

1,697 sq. ft. of living space with4 bdrms/2 baths. Large family room

with wood burning fireplace. Oversized garage. MOVE-IN READY! $248,500.

NEW

3.2 ACRE PARCEL IN BOTHAWell kept mobile with several

upgrades such as new flooring, paint & shingles. Heated

32' x 48' shop. Ideal for mechanic. 285,000.

NEW

MODERN 3 BDRM MOBILEon its own lot. Nice bright home, well maintained and

all appliances included. Ideal starter home for a young family.

$167,900.

STARTER

4 LEVEL SPLIT FAMILY HOMEGreat location! Close to schools and shopping. 3 bdrms/2 baths, vaulted

cedar ceilings in living room and dining room and nice hardwood.

Mature fenced corner lot. $249,500.

LOCATION

GREAT OPPORTUNITYto 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.

ACREAGE

HousesFor Sale 4020MONTHLY income $750. Own 2 side by side totally

renewed homes w/garages in Dondalda, AB.

for less than $290,000. Retire now. Wayne/Sutton

403-318-9114

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.

Farms/Land 4070

5 PARCELS OF FARMLAND near Altario,

Alberta. Ritchie Bros.Auctioneers Unreserved

Auction, April 12 in Provost, Alberta. Fenced

land, natural spring water. Contact Jerry Hodge:

780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

PASTURE & HAY LAND. 400 - 8000 acres of year round water supply. Full

operational with manage-ment available. Central Saskatchewan. Cross-fenced and complete infrastructure. Natural

springs excellent water. Shortly ready to locate cattle. Other small and large grain and pasture

quarters. $150k - $2.6m. Call Doug Rue 306-716-2671;

[email protected].

ManufacturedHomes 4090

NO MATTER WHO you are, we have a home that ts your lifestyle at United Homes Canada. Over 40

years of experience in providing the best value in

quality modular and manufactured housing. Call 1-800-461-7632 or

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ManufacturedHomes 4090Rebuilt two bedroom trailer for sale. $5,000 down and $700/mo. Purchase for $16,000. Beside schools and 5 minutes from down-town. Dave 403-742-8789.

CommercialProperty 4110

THIS WEEK’SEYE SPY WINNER IS

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Stettler Independent to claim your prize.

BuildingsFor Sale 4150

POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and installation.

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Public Notice#6000

Public Notices ..................6010Special Features ..............6050

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

403-742-4271; 403-742-1887

AL-ANONBrenda 403-742-0990

Betty 403-742-5673

ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY403-346-4636

Red Deer

www.alzheimer.ab.ca

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)

780-672-1035

CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)Brenda 403-742-3067

COCAINE ANONYMOUSPager toll-free

(20 sec. response time)1-403-357-6266

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS403-742-4059

HOME SUPPORTSTETTLER & DISTRICT

403-742-6568

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUSHot Line 403-342-1444

STETTLER & AREA ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SOCIETY (STABIS)

For more information phone

403-742-6456

STETTLER FOOD BANKBetty Birch 403-742-0732

STETTLER CITIZENS ON PATROL

RCMP offi ce

403-742-3382

www.stettlercop.org

STETTLER HANDIBUS403-742-5858

STETTLER HEALTHEMERGENCY LINE

403-742-6568

STETTLER PEOPLE FORSUICIDE AWARENESS

403-742-2337

STETTLER READ &WRITE OFFICE403-742-2999

T.O.P.S.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly)Grace - 403-742-0681

Vivian - 403-742-3935

VICTIM SERVICES403-741-7841

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Real Estate#4000 - #4190

Time for AGMs in DonaldaKidz Klub was held on March

1 afterschool at the Sharon Lutheran Church. The leaders were from the Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute in Camrose and they teach kids about Jesus’ love through games, crafts, music and more.

The Donalda Community Arts Society will be holding their an-nual general meeting on March 8 at 7 p.m. at the gallery. New mem-bers are always welcome to join this this exciting society.

The Donalda & District Museum Society will be holding their an-nual general meeting on March 10 at 7 p.m. at the Donalda library. New members are welcome to

join.Birthday wishes this week go

out to Ella Dawn Shepherd, Ben VanHaga, Lilibeth Arandela, Piper Lovelace, Shane Boyson, Jeffery Flores, Marcie Butterfi eld, Matthew Kneeland, Alison Norman, Blakely Hellekson, Randy Jones, Shylla Nixon, Albern Bergstrom, Albert Cartier, Joanne Halseth, and TJ Dahl. Happy birthday to all.

KASHEEN CLOUSONDONALDA DIARY

Seniors’ Dance on March 13

Coming up on Sunday, March 13 is the Seniors’ Dance Jam at the IOOF Hall from 1 to 4 p.m. While renovations are taking place at the seniors’ centre, canasta is being played at the Waverly Club Rooms this week on Friday at 12:30 p.m.

The Erskine Women’s Bonspiel is taking place this week with their banquet in the IOOF Hall on Friday. I haven’t heard how many teams are participating this year, but will have more information next week, I hope.

Teachers’ convention is taking place on March 10 and 11, so there is no school on those days. March

22 is report card day and the 24th is the student-led conferences and interviews. The presentation is about internet safety. Good Friday is March 25 ,so spring break begins then with a return to school on April 4.

The Erskine Post Offi ce is closed Friday, March 25 as well as Easter Monday, March 28.

PAT KELMERSKINE ENQUIRER


RATEPAYER ANNUAL TAX BILL ESTIMATED ANNUAL INCREASE to Tax Bill

1/4 Section of high value Farmland $691.67 0-$11.60

1/4 Section of low value Farmland $303.49 0-$5.09

John Doe (Farmland/Residential) $1,143.50 0-$35.00

Jane Doe (Farmland/Residential) $1,680.69 0-$55.58

Jim Doe (Farmland/Residential) $2,038.43 0-$70.76

June Doe (Commercial/Residential) $4,357.57 0-$152.58

Henry Doe (Farmland/Residential) $902.53 0-$16.53

Ed Doe (Commerical/Residental) $10,517.44 0-$256.43

An Open Letter to the PublicAn Open Letter to the PublicTh e Council for the County of Stettler No. 6 would like to communicate some facts regarding the new shop facility and dispel misinformation being circulated that the Council plans to double or triple taxes to pay for the proposed new shop facility.

Th e cost of the new shop facility is estimated to be $9.6 million dollars ($7 million plus $2-$3 million dollars to develop the land). Council plans to pull $2 million from reserves. Th e remaining $7.6 million dollars could be borrowed and debentured over 30 years, making the actual cost to the County $400,000 per year.

To build the new shop, Council could choose to carry the entire project or a portion of the project by introducing a tax levy. Ratepayers could see the following increases:

Th e above chart refl ects the minimum and maximum increase a taxpayer could see depending on how Council chooses to fund this project. It does not come close to doubling or tripling your tax bill.

Right now, the cost of borrowing would be less than the cost of bringing our current shop up to the required size and acceptable standards. Repair costs could have the same eff ect on your tax bill only we would be sinking money into a 47-year-old building that has air quality problems, electrical issues, space constraints, structural concerns and questionable insulation quality. Public Works offi ces were closed down in 2014 because they did not meet safety regulations. Public Works offi ces are currently housed in temporary Acto trailers. It is not a good business investment to continue to repair a 47-year-old building which the equipment and the County has outgrown. Initial estimates to begin immediate repairs and furthur investigation on the condition of the shop are over $1.2 million dollars, not taking into consideration unexposed problems which may be uncovered in the process. In addition, Provincial standards dictate once we begin renovations everything will have to be brought up to code.

Current market considerations are showing 30-35% reduction in project costs which Council would like to capitalize on to realize savings for this project. Currently we have four buildings onsite accommodating Public Works, Agricultural Services, Utilities and our mechanics shop with square footage adding up to 28,500 sq. ft . Th e new shopdesign allows for 43,200 sq. ft . and will accommodate all of the above plus allow for a 2,750 sq. ft . bay for water storage tanks and related systems to supply water to the complex. We are in a unique situation, where construction now could add much-needed jobs and activity to our local economy. Council advertised and encouraged local trades to submit competitive bids to Scott Builders, the General Contractor who is tendering the project.

Th e County of Stettler is invested in our community. We provide essential services to residents and businesses by providing a safe rural road network and snow removal services. Our Public Works department and shop is responsible for maintaining the fl eets and equipment used to provide this community with essential services including waste/garbage, fi re, ambulance and clean, safe drinking water to seven communities and many rural properties.

Council urges you to contact them for more information or clarifi cation on the County Shop project.

COUNCILLOR PHONE NUMBER

Reeve Wayne Nixon 403-741-6129

Joe Gendre 403-740-9551

James Nibourg 403-741-9493

Dave Grover 403-740-2973

Greggory Jackson 403-741-9686

Ernie Gendre 587-282-1644

Les Stulberg 403-740-5003

Sincerely,

County CouncilCounty Council

stettler independent, march 02, 2016

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