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BUZZER-BEATER — The Stettler Legion Blues raise their sticks in jubilation after Logan Davidson’s goal with 1.9 seconds left gave the Blues a 4-3 victory over the Edson Legion Sabres in the fi nal of the provincial midget B hockey championship Sunday at Provost. Stettler also won the provincial peewee A championship at Hinton on Sunday, one week after Stettler captured the provincial bantam A crown on home ice. For full coverage of Stettler’s golden weekend, see pages B1, B2 and B3.

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Sheldon Jackson uses a snowblower to clear his Stettler driveway last Friday, one day after a heavy snowfall and strong winds extended winter’s wrath into late March. Cold temperatures persisted through the weekend.

LES STULBERGIndependent reporter

The Stettler region was pummelled by the wild spring weather that smacked much of Alberta last week — as snow and blowing snow wreaked havoc on the area.

Highways were hit hard, making driving conditions tricky, and many country roads were left impassable.

Many of Clearview’s rural school buses did not oper-ate last Thursday and by Friday all bus routes, except those in the town of Stettler, were cancelled because of the blocked roads, said Clearview superintendent John Bailey.

The weather chaos gave many rural students an early start on their spring break.

County of Stetter chief administration offi cer Tim Fox said the county offi ce received 25 to 30 complaints of blocked roads within a 24-hour period.

He said the calls pertaining to medical concerns were given priority.

The weather conditions were so bad last Thursday that the county had to pull in most of their snowplows, Fox-said.

He said that on Friday, all 13 of the county’s snow-plows were out and would be running 14-hour shifts per day, right through the weekend, to get the roads open.

He said he’s “extremely concerned” what might hap-pen to the roads if there’s a quick thaw.

Fortunately, the Stettler area did not see anything as colossal as the massive pile-up south of Edmonton, on the QE2, involving about 100 vehicles and resulting in more than 100 people being injured in the mayhem.

Sgt. Duncan Babchuk of the Stettler RCMP detach-ment said police were not called out on any traffi c-relat-ed incidents during the storm.

“I have noticed a huge change from the beginning of winter until now,” Babchuk said.

He said people now know how to react to poor road conditions and equipment-related incidents, like lack of snow tires, have been corrected.

“That’s good news, he said. Babchuk said police did, however, fi eld a number of

calls from people inquiring about road conditions.

Similar reports came in from the Bashaw area. Sgt. Cam Paul said the Bashaw RCMP detachment did

not respond to any weather-related traffi c accidents.“The people in rural areas are pretty savvy when hit

by weather like this,” Paul said.It was a different story in the Coronation area.The storm appeared to intensify as it moved eastward

from Castor to the Saskatchewan border.Const. Carl Almusa of the Coronation RCMP detach-

ment said Alberta Transportation closed highways 12, 36, 872 and 599, east of Castor.

He said there were at least two rollovers, but there were no injuries reported.

Almusa said multiple people were stuck and stranded on the east-country highways.

“A couple of semis got stuck on the highway and were out there for the night,” Almusa said.

He said he was “out late” himself, dealing with the havoc caused by the spring storm.

“Local people knew to stay off, but it was the people travelling that got caught,” Almusa said.

In a Saturday interview, County of Paintearth Reeve George Glazier said county personnel are dealing with the aftermath of the storm.

He said the county has 11 Bobcats out, pushing the immense amount of snow that was heaped on county roads in the wake of the spring blizzard.

As of Saturday, Glazier estimated 40 per cent of the east-west roads in his area were still blocked and that a portion of Highway 599 was still closed.

Poor road conditions led to the postponement of the Coronation music festival grand fi nale concert and the Castor spring rummage sale.

The agriculture community, in the midst of calving season, was also impacted by the storm and by the late arrival of spring in general.

“It’s been a challenge,” said Dee Green, who along with her husband Dale runs a cow-calf operation near Byemoor.

She said the weather prompted them to check their herd at two-hour intervals around the clock — packing newborn calves into the barn.

“It could have been worse,” she added on a positive note. “It could have been colder.”


A motion to ratify the tentative framework agreement as prepared by the Alberta government and the Alberta Teachers’ Association was defeated by Clearview trustees in a 4-2 vote last Thursday.

Clearview board chair Ken Checkel said the agreement did contain positive features.

The board was pleased with the financial aspect — the province commit-ted to looking after the cost of the increase in teachers’ salaries in the agreement.

The length of the agreement was also fa-vourable.

“A four-year agree-ment brings four years of labour peace,” Checkel said.

He cited the board’s concerns of the agreement as being the limits on teacher instruction time, added bureaucracy, the impact on school boards if the province couldn’t keep its commitment on teachers’ salary increases and the balance of gov-ernment, ATA and school boards in negotiations.

“School boards are be-ing shut out — big gov-ernment and big unions are taking over,” Checkel said.

He added school board powers are being curtailed in a number of areas, in-cluding input into profes-sional development.

Budget discussions continue to dominate board meetings as the board works to have its 2013-14 budget in place by May.

The trustees voted to decrease their expense budget to $180,000 next year, from the $193,000 that was budgeted for the current year.

That amount would cover the costs accrued when Clearview trustees

attend meetings and con-ferences.

The cut responded in part to a directive in the provincial budget for school boards’ allowable spending on administra-tion to be reduced by 10 per cent.

Trustee Peter Simons suggested a way to fur-ther reduce board expens-es would be to cut trustee benefits to 75 per cent.

Trustees discussed how to divide the Equity of Opportunity grant, which the province increased in its spring budget.

The board approved $644, 000 for instruction-al purposes and the bal-ance of the grant, about $300,000, will go to the transportation budget.

That amount is less than transportation re-ceived from the grant in the current year.

Clearview secretary-treasurer Lewis Hill said the loss of the Fuel Contingency grant will amount to a reduction of only $10,000 to $11,000 in the current year, due to conservative budgeting expectations of the grant by administration.

The 2013-14 transpor-tation budget will see a greater impact, however, with the loss of the fuel grant — a drop of about $200,000 in funding.

Hill said the possibil-ity of the number of bus routes being reduced could not be ruled out at this time.

The board learned the cost of substitute teach-ers was on the rise. Last year, the bill for substi-tute teachers was more than $500,000.

The board favoured the potential of expand-ing dual-credit programs through its co-operation with Red Deer College and other colleges in the province.

Most of the program-ming is now in the CTS area, something the board wishes to expand on.

Winter goes out without whimper

Clearview nixes teacher agreement

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY Wednesday, March 27, 2013Page A2

RICHARD FROESE Independent reporter

From a young boy of six years old, to now a young man of 18, Dustin Jackson has given high praise for how Heartland Youth Centre in Stettler has helped shape his life.

“Now looking back, I’m in awe of how much growth has been brought into my life, how many experiences moulded me into an adult, leader and friend,” said Jackson, who graduated from William E. Hay Composite High School in Stettler last June.

“The people here have never given up on me, along with their faith and encouragement.

“I’ve been given amaz-ing friends and bless-ings.”

Arriving in Stettler with his family as a young six-year-old, he was immedi-ately drawn to HYC just a couple of blocks from his home.

“It was exciting to be part of something so big from the perspective of a six year old,” said Jackson, who will pursue a career in visual arts at Red Deer College this September.

During those early

years, he and his siblings were usually top fundrais-ers for the annual Bowl for Kids, he said.

“If I look back, if I didn’t go here, where would I be?

“I’ve learned to be so-cial and help others. We got connected to our new community and we just became more involved.”

He has been involved in almost every Boys and Girls Club program that HYC offers and for the past two years has been a staff member leading the Zone Club program for boys nine and 10 years old.

“It’s awesome to learn how to take care of kids,” Jackson said.

“It’s amazing to figure out how to deal with each of them in different ways and get to know them as an individual and watch them grow as I have grown here at HYC.”

Many others have been impacted as they observe him grow.

“Dustin’s involvement at HYC over the past 12 years truly reflects the importance of the centre in our community,” said Winnie Bissett, executive- director of HYC for the past 24 years.

“Dustin is an incred-ibly appreciative and humble young man, and I have had the honour and pleasure to watch Dustin literally grow up at HYC.

“His personal growth has been amazing.”

With a gift to share his art talent, Jackson has been actively encouraged by his HYC friends to pursue art as a career after many received gifts of art from him, including Bis-sett.

Last year, he won $1,000 for a Microsoft Christmas Card competi-tion with a drawing of an overhead view of his niec-es, Emily Dunn Jackson and Arrin Dunn Jackson of Stettler, as they play in the snow.

“Most of the $1,000

prize money will support me during my schooling for visual arts in Septem-ber,” Jackson said.

He credits both the HYC and his faith for leading in his life.

“God is my rock and he’s guided me and it’s His will in my life,” Jack-son said.

“This next chapter in my life will have ups and downs, but God’s guid-ance and the values I have obtained here will prepare me for further growth.”

For those at HYC, he will has made a strong im-pact.

“As I have been at HYC for 24 years, I have had the opportunity to watch many young members grow up,” Bissett said.

“Nothing makes me feel better than when some of these past members drop in to visit or send me an email.

“I know that Dustin will be one of those members that I will stay in touch with.”

RICHARD FROESE/Independent reporter

Dustin Jackson enjoys a moment at Heartland Youth Centre with friends Kim Emblau (left) and Katie Nims. Jackson, 18, has been connected to the youth centre in Stettler since he was a six-year-old.

Youth centre helps shapeJackson into ‘young man’


YOUTH IS SERVED — Botha youth award-winner Jessie Brinson, 13, receives her County of Stettler plaque from Lorraine Hankins. Along with her community and school contributions, Brinson volunteers at the Stettler hospital.

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Below is a summary of most calls for Stettler RCMP service over a one-week period.

Calls that have SUI attached are “still under investigation.”

Anyone with informa-tion regarding unsolved crimes or incidents is asked to contact Stettler RCMP at 403-742-3382, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Monday, March 181 0 : 2 7 a . m . — A

51-year-old male from Erskine reported that he fuelled his vehicle at the Shell station and when he arrived home, his wallet was missing. The wallet was described as “a grey moose skin” and contained credit cards and other per-sonal documents.

4:18 p.m. — Report of a single-vehicle collision with a deer on Township Road 374 and two kilometres south of Highway 21. The 25-year-old female driver from Delburne received no injuries. Damage to her 2012, Jeep Patriot was more than $2,000.

7:50 p.m. — Complaint from a 32-year-old male from 54 Street that a 36-year-old male from Emmerson Acres was call-ing him “a retard” and spreading rumours about him. The 36-year-old was contacted and he reported that the 32-year-old was also spreading rumours about him. Both subjects were warned to stay away from each other.

— One residential false alarm.

Tuesday, March 1911:59 a.m. — Com-

plaint from a 29-year-old male living at a 55 Street residence that his computer received a message that it was locked. He’s to make a payment to the RCMP to have the computer unlocked and he’s being watched by camera. The owner was advised to update his anti-virus software, as he uploaded a computer virus. The information was sup-plied free of charge.

12:47 p.m. — Com-plaint of theft from a motor vehicle from a 55-year-old male who resides on 7 Avenue in Drumheller. The vehicle owner reported that he parked his semi-truck at the Chinook Pipeline Yard, north on Highway 56. When he returned to his unlocked truck, he noticed that his prescription of Oxycontin was missing from the cen-ter console of the cab. The driver did not know of any-one that knew about the prescription and there was nothing else taken from the

vehicle. A report to police was required prior to get-ting a re-fill prescribed.

— Two residential false alarms.

Wednesday, March 202:57 p.m. — A 911

open line call from a dis-connected cellphone. The phone number was listed as out of service, but the cell-phone was still capable of dialing the emergency num-ber. The call was connected through the Stettler cell-phone repeater on Tower Road, one kilometre north of Stettler. The investiga-tor was unable to locate the exact location of the source of the call.

3:09 p.m. — A second 911 open line call from the previous cellphone number. Voices could be heard in the background, but there was no way to locate the phone’s owner.

4:42 p.m. — Complaint from a 32-year-old male residing in Mirror that his ex-wife was visiting their two children at the Stettler school when she did not have visitation. The caller was directed to address the issue with the school. Information was recorded.

10:57 p.m. — Report of a stuck Dodge Ram 3500 on Range Road 19-1 between Township R o a d 3 7 2 a n d 3 7 4 . The vehicle was block-ing traffic due to the drift-ing snow. A tow truck was called for assistance.

— Two residential false alarms.

Thursday, March 211:43 p.m. — A 40-year-

old man from Stettler reported that while he was backing his 2007 GMC Sierra down a driveway in Rochon Sands, he had his driver’s door open to ensure that he used the same track and his door hit a pole, hyper-extending the door. Damage was $2,000-plus.

2:47 p.m. — An undis-closed amount of cash was stolen from Heartland Hearing, believed to be late Wednesday or over-night. SUI

3:42 p.m. — A suspi-cious late-model Chevrolet Cavalier reported to be parked on 53 Street and 48 Avenue was gone when investigators arrived.

7:40 p.m. — A 2003 Ford Ranger rolled over on Highway 12 near Botha, as road conditions were very poor at the time. The 50-year-old male driver from Botha was not injured as a result of the collision.

8:12 p.m. — A 911 cal l report ing a t raf-fic hazard near the inter-section of Highway 850 and Township Road 39-2.A blue Mercury Villager w a s a b a n d o n e d o n the side of the road. The 66-year-old female ownerfrom Red Willow was

contacted and confirmed that her van had broken down and would be towed.

— Two commercial false alarms.

Friday, March 228:05 a.m. — A 26-year-

old female from 50A Avenue reported that while her 2005 Dodge Neon was parked in front of Dillman apartments, another vehi-cle ran into the bumper. A 32-year-old male from the same area was identified as being the driver of a large blue Chevrolet truck, which was backed into the Neon. Charges are pending. SUI

11:05 a.m. — A wa l l e t wa s found in the Tim Hortons’ parking lot by a 70-year-old man f rom Mirror. The owner, a 22-year old mam from 66 Street, was notified and the wallet was returned.

12:05 p .m. — An anonymous caller report-ed that the driver of a black Nissan Altima was driving in Stettler without a driv-er’s licence. Investigators learned that the registered owner, a male from Red Deer, does in fact have a valid driver’s licence and that there had been no offence.

5:48 p.m. — Domestic abuse was reported. A 25-year-old female advised her landlord by text that her 29-year-old boyfriend had been abusing her. She had left their residence on 53 Avenue and advised that she was heading to the Edmonton area. Details are vague and the matter is still under investigation.

6:45 p.m. — A 21-year-old female f rom Red Deer rolled her 2003 Jeep Liberty, east of Stettler, on Highway 12. The road conditions were icy at the time and the driver was not injured as a result of the collision.

7:10 p.m. — Complaint from 3 Avenue South in Big

Valley that a mother-in-law had moved in and refused to leave the residence when asked. Advice was provid-ed to the young couple that would assist in sending the “mother-in-law” to other accommodations.

Saturday, March 2312:57 a.m. — A suspi-

cious vehicle, a black GMC truck, was reported stuck in front of the fire hall in Big Valley. SUI

10:16 a.m. — Report of a vehicle fire near Big Valley. The fire was report-

ed to be caused by a wiring problem. SUI

1:24 p.m. — Complaint of a 2010 black Ford F-150 being sto-len from a 65A Street residence i n S t e t t l e r .

Investigation determined that the owner’s 15-year-old son had taken the truck without consent. The 40-year-old mother of the teenager would not provide a statement, as she did not want her son to get in trou-ble. Charges are pending.

4:30 p.m. — A 36-year-old female resident of 4 Street in Gadsby called to advise that her 77-year-old neighbour had pushed snow onto her property.

There was concern that the septic field might be damaged due to snowplow traffic. The caller is request-ing trespassing charges.

10:59 p.m. — Report of an insecure residence in the 4500 block of 50 Avenue. Inves t iga tors attended the residence and found it to be opened. The owner was contacted.

Sunday, March 246 : 0 4 p . m . — A n

18-year-old female and an 18-year-old male from Donalda severed their rela-tionship, but were not able to determine who should leave the relationship with the engagement ring. The couple was advised that

the police wouldn’t make that decision. The male was encouraged to make the right decision regarding threats that he had made about stealing the female’s dog if he doesn’t get the ring back. SUI

9:27 p.m. — A bronze, 1983, GMC truck was stopped for having no mud flaps. The 31-year-old male driver from rural Big Valley and the 22-year-old male passenger from 51 Avenue Stettler, were botharrested for possession of marihuana. SUI

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PromotingStettlerin the tradition ofCarl Stettler

We live in a land where there are mil-lions of Bibles and thousands of churches and we have religious freedom to read the Bibles and attend the churches.

However, I would like to share about a remarkable man who predates the writ-ing of the Scriptures and the birth of the church. He was a contemporary of Abra-ham and his name was Job.

Job lost everything. His children died, his servants were killed, his substantial wealth disappeared, his wife left him and his three closest friends provided counsel that was more hurtful than helpful.

In spite of all of this, Job made the amazing and oft quoted comment, “ … The LORD gave and the LORD has tak-en away; may the name of the LORD be praised.” (Job 1:21)

But this isn’t the passage I wish to fo-cus on. Later in Job 19:25–27 we read, “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!”

Job, without owning a Bible, attending a church, enrolling in a seminary or seek-ing pastoral guidance was certain of sev-eral things. He knew that his “Redeemer”, (one who is able to purchase or buy back) lives. He also ascertained that this Re-deemer would one day stand on the earth in the last days.

Job had absolutely no doubts about the future. He knew that the day was coming when he would meet God, and it would be experiential and personal or “for myself”

and “with my own eyes.”He also understood that this would be

powerful. He emphatically stated that he was eager and optimistic about meeting his Creator.

There are many people who own Bi-bles, attend church, and have had pastoral guidance or have even been pastors that do not share the confi dence about God that Job had. How can this be? It’s really not very complicated …

You see, the abundance of Bibles, churches and freedom that we enjoy pro-vide a wonderful advantage. Yet it isn’t primarily the resources that are available or the era that we live in that count. It is our attitude toward God and the fervor of our spirits in wanting to know Him that makes the real difference.

Jeremiah the prophet said it this way. “You…will fi nd me, when you shall search for me with all your heart” (Jer-emiah 29:13). Jesus said, in Matthew 7:7, “… Seek and you shall fi nd…” Job sought for, found and followed God.

Are you seeking Him?

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Alberta’s education minister, Jeff Johnson, must be wondering what to do now. Having secured the agree-ment of the Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) to a deal which has some elements they were seeking – a focus on conditions of practice in response to a clear set of data that shows that teacher work-loads are “out of whack” with any reasonable expectation of work/life balance and unsuited to the kind of curriculum transformation needed – but not others, he now is facing a rebellion by school boards.

Edmonton Public and Calgary Public, which are the actual employers of teachers (the government is the par-tial paymasters), have rejected the deal. Other school boards are likely to follow. Alberta has 62 school boards (in itself a strange thing for a population of 3.7 million), all of whom need to say “yes” to the deal for the deal to stick.

It’s also not clear what the teachers will do. The ATA has recommended acceptance but the membership is now voting on the deal and many suspect that the vote will be close.

How did we get here?Over a year ago former Education Minister, Dave Han-

cock, had the basic deal in place that would have settled this before the last election. There was a tentative deal in place with the ATA, Alberta School Boards Associa-tion (ASBA) and the government. He took it to caucus, but the majority party said no. Two education Ministers later, any prospect of a deal with teachers fell apart if it involved the ASBA. The ATA walked away from the tripartite talks.

Johnson then offered the teachers a deal that the ATA rejected, leaving the ASBA out of the negotiations. (The ASBA has no legal standing from a bargaining point of view).

He then drafted a bill that required teachers to accept a deal, thereby overriding the bargaining process and cur-rent employment contracts. Looking at this ministerial dictatorship and leadership by fi at, the ATA’s leadership determined to fi ght another day with a playing fi eld they understood and, with intelligent ministerial leadership, could manage. They backed off, approached the minister and struck a deal.

Part of the deal seeks to resolve the workload issue through an “exceptions committee” to review teacher concerns about workload. The tentative contract deter-mines that a teacher’s classroom time will be capped at 907 hours. In a variety of provisions, teachers concerned about their workload can fi le a concern and an exceptions committee will determine whether or not the teacher has a case. Workloads and conditions of practice, together with a need for investment in professional development aimed at making the transformation of Alberta schools as envisaged in Inspiring Education possible, were the key issues from the ATA’s point of view. To see why, look at the study by Linda Duxbury of teacher workloads pub-lished recently.

The Calgary Public Board rejection seems to take of-fence at the idea that teachers should be professionally responsible for the management of their practice. Making extensive use of the term “visionary leaders”, by which they mean management, they suggest that visionary lead-ers “know best” and that teachers need to be led, both in terms of their practice and in terms of their professional development. They see substantial “hidden costs” in the operation of the exceptions process, suggesting that they assume they will have a great many of them – which in turn suggests that their visionary leaders care little about the conditions of practice. They also suggest that a great deal of professional development time will be spent by teachers seeking to work on workloads, when in fact that ATA and Calgary teachers in particular want to spend their time on pedagogy, curriculum and innovation. The Board’s rejection suggests several disconnects between the profession and its management.

The Edmonton Public Board rejection (the Catholic Board has said a tentative yes) is based on costs, process and the challenge to democracy. Their core argument is that the agreement erodes the power of the employer to determine how its employees work and that it undermines democracy — trustees are elected to make education “fi t” with local conditions.

These two rejections open the Pandora ’s Box for leg-islated bargaining and the creation of a Provincial Super Board for education, with local matters managed by zone leaders. It happened in health care and could happen here. The key advantage of a single employer for teachers at the provincial level is the reduction of the bargaining cycle and the standardization of the basis for employment. The key argument against it is that is destroys the idea that no two schools are the same and that the management of education is best done nearest to the student.

Given the Stalinist instincts of the Redford govern-ment, who believe that command and control is the “new black” of management, we should not be surprised if the rejection of the teachers’ contract by school boards has larger consequences. The government is already giving them clear instructions on how to reduce their costs.

Johnson sees himself as CEO of a large, multi-billion dollar corporation (he is ex-Xerox). If the “branches” of the corporation are not falling into line, the fi rst instinct of such leaders is to reorganize the corporation. With a pre-mier seeking to show that she can be tough with unions and determined to be right in both action and ideology, we should not be surprised to see the government take on the boards and change their mandates – the boards owe their entire existence to the provincial government.

We can expect fi reworks.

2003 — 10 years ago— The Stettler Indepen-

dent’s Weekender edition was offi cially launched and set to arrive in 7,000 mail-boxes. Today, it reaches 10,000 homes.

— A derailment near the Stettler Auction Mart sent several railway cars off the tracks.

— The Grant Riggins rink of Delburne won the Elks Canadian curling championship. The event was hosted by the Erskine and Stettler curling clubs.

— Patrick McElroy, 17-year-old Stettler native, was part of the gold medal-winning Alberta gymnastics team at the Canada Winter Games in New Brunswick.

— Jenna Stuckey from Stettler was selected to rep-resent 4-H at Alberta Girls’ Parliament in Edmonton.

— Super 8 Motel once again sponsored Gadsby professional chuckwagon driver Neal Walgenbach by purchasing his canvas at the canvas auction.

— Jack Hayden, presi-dent of the Alberta Associa-tion of Municipal Districts and Counties, received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal.

— Rose Wesner was named new manager of Heart Haven Lodge.

1993 — 20 years ago— Records fell at the

Stettler Swim Club when Tammy Nighswander smashed former Olympian Barb Clark’s 23-year-old record in the 50-metre backstroke.

— Ryana Allen, 15-year-old granddaughter of Otto and Gladys Nichlom of Big Valley and of Boyd and Noreen Woolsey of Stettler, won an international schol-arship to spend a year in Spain.

— Groundwork for construction of Stettler’s twin arenas began, with the county providing $32,000 worth of gravel.

— Byemoor’s Maureen Mappin won the East Cen-tral regional public compe-tition, qualifying her for the provincial competition.

— Kay Anderson retired after 20 years as curator of the Stettler Town and Coun-try Museum.

— George and Lavina Ruefl er celebrated 60 years

of marriage.Joan Bergstrom resigned

aft— er seven years with FCSS and Home Support.

1983 — 30 years ago— Stettler learned it was

being given consideration as a location for the prov-ince’s new corrections in-stitution.

— Gadsby pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. William Chick, celebrated their 65th wed-ding anniversary.

— Stettler Rotary Club named Jennifer Wilson as the winner in its annual On-to-Ottawa public speaking competition.

— Big Valley parents expressed concern about the proposed reduction of teachers at county schools.

— An Alix couple, Mark and Maureen Rhodes, and a couple from Tees, Len and Colleen Jones, each were winners of $100,000 on the Western Express Lottery.

— Stettler town council reversed its earlier deci-sion and decided to share the cost of a multi-purpose building on the fairgrounds with the Stettler Agricul-tural Society.

— Gulf Canada Inc. an-nounced the most signifi -cant oil discovery in West-ern Canada in 1982 was found in the Rumsey area.

Les-sonsfrom the past

By Les StulbergIndependent reporter

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT COMMENTARY Page A5Wednesday, March 27, 2013

A recent resolution passed at the annual general meet-ing of the Calgary Co-op, one of the largest retail co-ops in North America, showed city consumer naivete once again.

The resolution stated that the co-op should begin to phase-out its selling pork that was produced with the use of sows in gestation stalls and eggs that were produced by hens in confi ned cages.

Voting members present were told of the alleged atro-cious living conditions and alleged cruelty that these ani-mals were subject to and that it was their moral duty to do something to stop these inhumane practices.

As is usually the case in these situations, gullible con-sumers want to believe the worse and want to show their outrage. The outcome was predictable and the resolution passed easily, even though it was unlikely that a single vot-er at the meeting had ever set foot in a commercial hog or egg farm.

These actions almost never happen by accident and are rarely carried out by altruistic citizens on their accord. Ani-mal rights and green groups have strategized a long time ago that there are different and inventive ways to pursue their goals. The most effective trick has always been to dupe the innocent consumer. In this case alleged animal cruelty (real or imagined) was a surefi re catalyst to getting the resolution passed. One ponders if the movers of the resolution were connected to a group like PETA and were part of the strategy.

Interestingly, co-op management responded in a very cautious manner. They noted that they already offer organic and free-range meat and egg products and that consumers have a choice. They also pointed out that such life-style products are more expensive and that it may drive-away their members on modest incomes, like senior citizens, if those were to be the only choices. That’s, of course, the real agenda for lobby groups — that being if meat products be-come too expensive, then consumers will stop buying them

and food animal production will cease.The pork and egg industry response was both subdued

and masterful. They have learned from experience that you can’t win in this situation by telling the real story — es-pecially after the fact. The reality is the fi rst negative im-pression is the one that sticks. To derail any argument both commodity groups cited actions that, over time, would see gestation stalls eliminated and more humane cage systems being installed.

There really is no point in trying to rationalize the nu-ances of actual livestock production to city folks, they don’t or won’t understand. They have already humanized the raising of farm animals and that’s how they judge ani-mal husbandry.

Unfortunately, the production consequences of these contrived causes are real. Hog production in Alberta is al-ready under tremendous stress and they cannot afford any more costs that do not see an immediate return.

It’s different for egg production. Under supply manage-ment, they can just pass on the cost to consumers, although that may affect consumption.

One only needs to see what is happening in Europe, where onerous animal welfare and environmental regula-tions are reducing food production across the board.

Their response has been to import more food

from non-EU countries.As yet, the EU, except for GM commodities, has not

been able to impose its restrictive regulations on other countries. That may yet come, but it could result in food shortages or very expensive food in Europe. It’s always worth watching what is happening in Europe — being it will probably happen here in about fi ve to 10 years.

The reality is that public interference in restricting ani-mal husbandry practices is growing rapidly. Big commod-ity buyers like McDonald’s and other fast food operations started making animal welfare demands years ago.

Luckily, they have an extended timeline as part of the changeover process, and they also seem to understand the cost involved. They also work at involving the producer in this situation. Lobby groups don’t like producer participa-tion, as their real goal is to put them out of business.

Besides, producers tend to bring a common-sense re-ality to the issue — that’s always a threat to lobby-group propaganda.

The question always is what’s next. How many city con-sumer whims and political correctness campaigns by lobby groups can commercial food production stand?

I expect as long as food remains cheap and available, you can expect more such resolutions.

Dire results possible from welfare resolution

Dressed in their white lab coats, 300 Alberta phar-macists marched on the steps of the Alberta Legis-lature last Thursday, chant-ing “patient-care fi rst,” in the middle of the year’s biggest snowstorm.

Pharmacists from across Alberta and pharmacy stu-dents met for the demon-stration to protest the gov-ernment’s plans to reduce the price of generic drugs.

The pharmacists were protesting the government’s decision to drop generic drug price margins from 35 to 18 per cent, which will decrease their profi t margins. Many of Alberta’s pharmacists increase their margins by arranging vol-ume deals on drugs that al-lows them to take advantage of incentives from suppliers which contributes a signifi -cantly to their incomes.

The government im-posed drop in prices will not allow suppliers to of-fer the incentives which will come directly from the pharmacies profi ts.

Ultimately, patients will suffer as some pharmacies

will be forced to close, lay off staff or even reduce their hours of operation. The price lowering is being heralded as a way to save consumers money on the cost of their prescriptions, with little to no mention of the economic fallout to the businesses themselves.

Health Minister Fred Horne says that, even though they’ll be losing one source of income, they will be gaining the abil-ity to charge for additional services such as giving in-jections, putting together patient care plans and re-newing prescriptions.

These new sources of revenue will not be enough to replace the lost income. Some pharmacists are say-ing they really don’t want to charge for advice and

services that they currently give for free.

The Wildrose Offi cial Opposition has called on the government to halt the plan which could potential-ly result in major service interruptions and eventu-ally drug shortages.

In Question Period, also on Thursday, my col-leagues, Wildrose Offi cial Opposition Leader Danielle Smith and Seniors Critic Kerry Towle, both urged the government to abandon its proposed changes in or-der to preserve important pharmaceutical care for Al-bertans who depend on it.

Towle pointed out that the proposed reduction in generic drug payments will also put the squeeze on pharmacists who pro-vide care in continuing care

homes and seniors lodges. “Pharmacists are telling

me that these changes will ensure that they can no lon-ger afford to provide drugs to continuing care centres, leaving the delivery of im-portant drugs to vulnerable seniors at risk,” Towle said. “Is the Health Minister even aware of the damage this government’s poli-cies are creating and does he even know his constant meddling may result in se-niors not having access to pharmaceutical care?”

Drumheller-Stettler is an expansive constituency with many independent rural pharmacists and they have informed me of their plight. This will ultimately effect the hospitals and their delivery of services in those communities.

The Wildrose Offi cial Opposition is committed to providing Health Care that upholds the fi ve key prin-ciples of the Canada Health Act — health insurance will continue to be publicly administered, comprehen-sive, universal, portable and accessible.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor:

Nothing is appreciated more by the Heartland Youth Centre than positive media coverage. The Independent’s recent coverage of the volunteer ap-preciation night was excellent.

Of course, we can’t control what is printed in the newspaper. If requested, however, I could have provided colum-nist Richard Froese with a statement of expenses to peruse before assuming there was “waste” in our awards dis-tribution.

Last week’s “Waste Not, Want Not” column (Froese ’n Time) stated that the HYC, “which has lost thou-sands of dollars in funding, couldeasily eliminate trophies (or expen-sive trophies, as mentioned later in thecolumn) awarded to its youth.”

The HYC presents two trophies to members and three trophies to adults based on fundraising. Most of these trophies were donated in 1985 and are kept at the youth centre. A local busi-ness donates the engraving each year. The various treats and prizes awarded to the members at the Bowl for Kids

awards were donated by local busi-nesses and an HYC mentor volunteer.

The HYC Bowl for Kids event raised $14,385, with $1,526 in ex-penses. These are needed expenses to operate this event.

As for the reference to, “When is fundraising a game when the biggest fundraisers are the champions?” — I would like to point out that all HYC members and their families are encour-aged, but not required, to participate in the Bowl for Kids fundraiser. As well, this is the only event of the year that HYC members and families are asked to fundraise for the youth centre. This year, 52 members raised $3,938 for the HYC! ALL members who participated in the fundraiser were recognized, not just the top fundraiser.

I agree with the columnist’s com-ment, “Asking for money and pledges is very challenging” — however, is that not a valuable learning opportu-nity for our youth? What do our mem-bers gain from this experience? Confi -dence, self-esteem, and pride in their youth centre.

If we all avoid such challenging

experiences or going outside of our comfort zone, we’re not allowing our-selves to grow.

I will use the columnist’s term of “totally appalled” in regard to his re-minder that “it’s better to give than receive.”

I believe the youth centre has dem-onstrated over the past 25 years in the community that our membership is “giving.” Youth centre members help out with (and have been recognized for their efforts) by groups such as the food bank, highway cleanup, local parks and playgrounds cleanup, Ki-nette Club Kids Carnival, Loaves and Fishes in Red Deer, Festival of Trees, the trade show, the rummage sale and many other events.

I hope that future columns will in-clude an opportunity to provide our organization’s comments for accu-racy, as I do appreciate the excellent coverage the Independent provides the youth centre of our various events throughout the year.

Winnie Bissett,HYC executive-director

I was just in your great town last weekend for the bantam A hockey provin-cials and wanted to pass on my congratulations to the Stettler team on winning the gold medal.

They are so much fun to watch.

To begin with, the volun-teers were superb. They did a marvelous job and were so very friendly. Every sin-gle volunteer was helpful and looked like they were enjoying the weekend, though one knows how tired they must have been.

Congratulations also to Stettler minor hockey, but especially to the bantam team and their coaches.

The opening ceremony was one of the best I’ve seen.

The food provided was terrifi c and the food booth

was great.It was a wonderful week-

end and many thanks to the hockey team, coaches, par-ents and all the volunteers. Congratulations.

Ingrid Sylvester,Red Deer

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Hearing a message that Donalda School will remain open next year, stu-dents, teachers, parents and other com-munity members were optimistic during a meeting last week with the Clearview School Division.

“All schools in the Clearview School Division will remain open for 2013-14,” board chairman Ken Checkel told about 40 people at the school meeting last Wednesday night.

It was the second ina series of “com-munity consultation meetings” that Clearview has scheduled to study the future feasibility of rural schools.

“We should look at the horizon and see possibilities in charting a course for the future,” Checkel said.

Before Christmas, Donalda was list-ed as one of three Clearview schools in jeopardy of being closed, along with the Byemoor and Brownfield schools.

As it celebrates 100 years, Donalda School projects its enrolment to rise to 59 students from kindergarten to Grade 9 next year — from the current 52.

Facing reduced provincial funding and declining enrolment, Clearview plans to keep all schools open for 2013-14, said Checkel, who invited parents and the community to be proactive.

“Your school is only as good as the parents and community are active in sup-porting it,” said Alison Norman, a parent of three students in playschool, kinder-garten and Grade 2.

The meeting crowd applauded her and the next two residents who addressed the board.

“We need to do more to attract more families with children to the community, and we all need to work together to de-velop and build the Donalda School,” said John Pearson, a former reeve for the County of Stettler.

For the next school year, the school believes it’s on the upswing statistically.

“Financially, we’re in good shape — the teachers know how to be tight with the budget — and we project more stu-dents next year,” said John Thorne, the principal for 16 years.

While residents expressed concern about Donalda students going to school in Stettler,

division superintendent John Bai-ley said parents and students have their choice of schools.

He encouraged residents to promote the benefits of their school.

“We want to make each school as attractive to local students in the com-munity. Do everything to promote your

school. Celebrate the good things hap-pening in your school and promote in your community and all over the school division.”

Residents were also advised to share ideas with their school parent councils, the principals, school trustees and the administration.

Donalda believes numbers game can save school

Crowfoot MP Kevin Sorenson welcomed the “economic action plan” that the federal govern-ment outlined in its bud-get last week.

In a news release, So-renson said the govern-

ment continues to focus on creating jobs, econom-ic growth and long-term prosperity.

“Keeping taxes low and our steadfast commitment to a balanced federal bud-get by 2015 is good news

for Alberta workers and their families,” he said. “This budget takes action by helping Canadians ac-tually connect with jobs they want, continuing to build infrastructure with a new Building Canada

Plan, and (also) working to support high-quality, value-added jobs in im-portant sectors of the Ca-nadian economy.

“These initiatives will be useful in our riding. We received funding from the first Building Canada Fund. Our local agricul-ture and energy sectors will benefit from this bud-

get providing tax relief for new manufacturing equipment; a new Canada Job Grant; the creation of further opportunities for apprentices; and the larg-est investment in job-cre-ating infrastructure in the history of Canada.

“Budget 2013’s Com-m u n i t y I m p r ove m e n t Fund will work to sup-

por t local communi ty projects in communities in our riding, and across Canada. I hope we can work with the new P3 Canada Fund — to sup-port innovative ways to build infrastructure proj-ects faster and provide better value for tax-pay-ers through public-private partnerships.”

RICHARD FROESE/Independent reporter

Clearview School Division superintendent John Bailey presents information to a crowd of about 40 people atDonalda School during a “community consultation meeting” last week. The next meeting is scheduled for April 3 at Castor.

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A s v o t i n g e n d e d Monday a t m idn igh t in the provincial Small Town Saturday Night compe t i t i on , Bashaw c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s were optimistic about the community’s chances of winning the right to host a country music concert next month.

“ T h e y ’ v e t o l d u s they will announce the winner by March 28 (this Thursday),” said Bashaw bid committee member Jackie Northey.

“Peop le a re rea l ly excited and they were eager to keep the vote going.”

Going into the final weekend of voting, Bashaw remained the front-runner for the second straight week.

The concert contest is held in conjunction with the Big Valley Jamboree, the country music festival that’s staged in Camrose each August.

Bashaw finished fourth last year in the inaugural Small Town Saturday Night.

Among this year’s seven entries, Bashaw led the way last Friday, followed by New Sarepta, Foremost, N a m a o , C o l d L a k e , Bonnyville and Grimshaw.

“We’ve been on top of the leaderboard every day except one,” Northey told the Bashaw Star last Friday morning.

Alberta communities are vying for an April 27 concert headlined by Chad Brownlee , wi th a songwri te rs ’ c i rc le featuring Clayton Bellamy, Alee, Bobby Wills and Tenille.

Officially, the winning community is scheduled to be recognized April 9 during the Travel Alberta Growing Rural Tourism Conference in Camrose.

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Town of Stettler voters won’t get an opportunity to cast mail-in ballots in the next municipal election this October.

Town council turned down the option for absent or out-of-town voters in a vote at its regular meeting last week, one week after the County of Stettler sup-ported the option.

For special voting to oc-cur, councils are required to pass a motion six months prior to nomination day on

Sept. 23, with election day Oct. 21.

“You get one bogus vote and it throws the process into disarray,” said Coun. Malcolm Fischer.

“You can’t verify the signature.”

For voting with a spe-cial ballot, electors would be required to sign special documents to prove their identity and home address, with signatures and submit-ted in advance to the town in writing, by telephone, fax, in person or by email.

Councillors Fischer, Pe-ter Simons, Al Campbell and acting mayor Steve

Wildeboer voted against special ballots, while coun-cillors Leona Thorogood and Darcy Bachman sup-ported the motion.

Mayor Dick Richards was absent from the meet-ing.

“It gives these people an actual opportunity to vote,” Thorogood said. “We need all the voters.”

One other councillor cautioned against such a vote.

“It is a lot of work,” said Simons, former chief ad-ministrative offi cer for the Village of Donalda.

The town’s assistant

chief administrative offi cer and chief returning offi cer, Greg Switenky, said the decision could affect 20 to 30 voters, and that council discussed the issue a year ago to further study it for

the coming election.A returning offi cer

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Advance polls will also

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When residents head to the polls for municipal elections this October, voters will have to show a proof of identifi cation and their home address.

Along with stretching terms of offi ce to four years from three, that was the major change as the County of Stettler fi nalized plans for the Oct. 21 election.

“All voters in municipal elections must bring identifi cation and proof of civic ad-dress under new provincial regulations,” said chief administrative offi cer Yvette Cassidy, who was appointed returning offi -cer by county council at its March monthly meeting.

Even if the election worker knows that the voter resides in the county, identifi ca-tion is still compulsory, she said.

“Violations are penalized under the Elections Act,” said Shawna Benson, the county’s director of communications.

For electors who will be out of the county on election day, ballots can be cast at advance polls on Oct. 15 and

Oct. 18 at the county offi ce from 8:30 a.m. to8:30 p.m., or ballots can be mailed in.

“We’re trying to incorporate sugges-tions from the last election, such as special ballots.” Cassidy said.

For voters shut-in or in hospital, a re-turning offi cer can visit them to allow them to cast ballots.

“There will be lots of time to advertise and let people know about the changes and requirements,” Reeve Wayne Nixon said.

County offi cials plan to “extensively” inform residents about the changes in the coming months, with information to be available in the county’s display booth at the Stettler trade show from April 12 to April 14.

Polling stations on election day have been set for the county offi ce in Stettler, Byemoor Community Hall, Big Valley Community Hall, Gadsby Community Hall, Erskine IOOF Hall and Donalda Community Hall.

Cassidy also said that she plans to meet with the candidates after the nomination day to inform them about the regulations and resources they can access to help raise their profi le and encourage more voters.

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Even though it might be months away, initial plans are already underway for Culture Days at Stettler in late September.

“We’ll try to get as many organizations as possible involved this year,” said Au-brey Brown, the executive-director of Stettler Regional Board of Trade and Com-munity Development.

The board is again the sponsor, after hosting the initial event last fall.

It hopes to include the Stettler Downtown Busi-ness Association in the cul-tural celebration.

The activities are being

planned for the weekend of Sept. 27 to 29. The ini-tial organizing meeting was held in mid-March.

“We’re going to try to ap-proach more businesses and maybe include employee gatherings,” Brown said.

“We’re at the very ini-tial discussion stages, and we do want to participate in this provincial and national event.”

With more 20 events featured in Stettler last year, just a few drew large crowds.

As a result, the local or-ganizing committee plans to stage fewer events that might attract larger gather-ings.

With $5,000 in funding from the provincial govern-

ment, and as one of many host communities, Stettler staged several events, in-cluding a tailgate farmers’ market downtown, a fl ash mob by Danceology, a pan-cake breakfast at P&H Ele-vator, and a gospel concert. Those gatherings drew the biggest crowds and support.

The next organizational meeting is planned for af-ter the Stettler trade show, which runs April 12 to 14.

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Ideally, spring break would include weather reprieveLooking out across the countryside onto

our white and frozen landscape, it’s a bit of a challenge to get into that springtimeattitude.

Nevertheless, we can still hope the stu-dents enjoy their “spring break.” From the community of Big Valley, we wish one and all a very Happy Easter.

About 50 people turned out to enjoy a great meal at the Big Valley Legion’s An-nual St. Patrick’s Stew Day. Thanks to ev-eryone for turning out and making the day such a success. The marvelous cooks once again produced scrumptious stews, buns and bread. There’s nothing better than warm-ing up with a good hearty stew in the cold weather.

The draws were scooped up by the men, with Ernie Petrussa, Bennet Anderson and Len Moght winning solar ornaments.

Due to the Easter weekend, the next meeting of the Big Valley Legion will be on Monday, April 8, at 1 p.m.

The Big Valley Atom Swordmen would like to convey their thanks to the Big Val-ley Royal Purple and the Big Valley Elks for

their generous donations to help in the jour-ney to the provincial atom D tournament. We are all very lucky to have these two great organizations in our community and sincerely appreciate all that you do.

The Big Valley boys did very well and came home with the silver medal. Although they were beat out in the final by the host team, the Consort Comets, the boys all had a fun weekend and played hard.

Big Valley United Church would like to thank all those who helped to make the ham supper and silent auction such a success, whether they helped to organize, worked, donated food or auction items or just came for the food and fellowship.

Bill, your generosity always adds to our

success. This year, we were very thankful to have

the Big Valley Atom Swordmen provincial silver-medallists helping to clean tables and deliver the dessert. We received many posi-tive comments on how fortunate we were to have young people volunteering. Thanks to all for helping to keep our church alive in this community.

At the Drop In Centre, 13 players came out for crib on Sunday. First place went to Bob Boswell, second to Lynne Palmer, and third to Dave Garstad. This week, the booby went to Donna Clark.

On Sunday, the Big Valley Inn hosted 10 people for crib. First place was won by Stan Nattestad; second place by Joanne Mur-phy and third place by Len Shaw. Caroline Pound took the booby as well as the regular draw and Ernie Petrussa won the 50/50.

Please note there will be no crib this Eas-ter Sunday, March 31.

The Big Valley Inn crib players wish ev-eryone a very Happy Easter and will resume regular crib tournaments on Sunday, April 7. All are invited to come out and join the fun!

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The IOOF Lodge’s spa-ghetti supper was a huge success. The lodge hopes to make it an annual event and plans to use the money raised to fix and renovate the hall’s kitchen. Thanks to all those who helped make it a success and to Joe Gendre for his donation of home-grown tomatoes.

The lodge looks forward to seeing everyone next year at the second annual spaghetti supper.

Erskine students are out and enjoying the spring break. The weather is shaping up to be a bit bet-ter than last week’s nasty snowstorm. School resumes April 2.

Erskine School cancelled its All Kinds Of Minds in-formation session last week due to bad weather and will reschedule it for after spring break.

The curling results are in for the Erskine men’s bon-spiel. The A event winner was the Fowler team from Halkirk. The Fowlers have participated in the Erskine Curling Club for a few years and the club is happy to have them on board.

B event winners were the Jim Whitehouse team from Bashaw. The Erskine club salutes the awesome support from Bashaw.

C event winners were the hometown boys on Glen Morbeck’s team. Glen comes with a great bunch of local curlers and has sup-ported the club for years.

D event winners were the Thompson boys from Clive. Greg Thompson and his crew are fixtures at the Erskine bonspiel.

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THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT DISTRICT Page A9Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The weather has been domi-nating conversations lately, par-ticularly with the spring storm that hit late last week. There was no school in Byemoor on Thursday and Friday, due to blocked roads. This gave stu-dents a two-day head start on spring break.

Although spring storms in March are not unusual, what is unusual is that we hadn’t had any spring weather yet. The country is fully under the grips of winter still, with no bare patches anywhere.

The annual Boars Cup hock-ey tournament wrapped up in Byemoor on the weekend, to close out the ice activities at the arena for another season.

The Meat Curtains defeated the Piggy Touchers to win the A final.

The winning players were Dylan Muhlbach, Derek Muhl-bach, Dusty Wasdal, Jeff Wal-lace, Kevin Warwick, Shane Steen, Warren Jones, Tyler Boutin, Jordan Hoopfer, Rusty Nichols, Jesse Bosma, Reid Hodugen, Jeff Potter, Cody Hoskins and Ryan Gallagher (goalie).

In the B final, it was the Ba-con Bangers over the Blue Waf-fle Sows.

B final winners included Ricky Stewart, Danny Houston, Matthew Tateson, Cody Inno-cent, Justin Jones, Joe Steen, Greg Gallagher, Scott Roberts, Shyames Snowdin, D.J. Kisner, Garrett Primrose, Connor Doucette, Dustin Rairdan and

Sheldon Watson (goalie).The tournament sponsored

a dance at the hall on Saturday evening, and as usual, a good time was had by all.

Happy Big Four-O to Eugene Nixon who celebrated his 40th birthday on Friday evening with a surprise party at the Byemoor curling rink.

About 30 people gathered to help Eugene celebrate.

Congratulations to Madi-son Tucker, and her partner Mignione Vogel, on bringing home a gold medal at the Red Deer science fair. Both are Grade 5 students at Stettler El-ementary.

Madison has plenty of roots at Endiang. Her dad Mike Tuck-er, grandparents Glen and The-resa Tucker and great-grandpar-ents Clifton and Mickey Tucker are all past or present residents of Endiang.

Brittiany Hebert looked after her nephew, one-year-old Car-son Devaleriola, while his par-ents, Nicole and T.J., were on vacation in Las Vegas.

Students, teachers, support staff and bus drivers are enjoy-ing the spring break, with class-es to resume on April 2.

Keep in mind the following coming events:

Open house in honour of Ag-nes Sorensen’s 90th birthday at the Stettler United Church C.E. wing on Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. The family requests no gifts.

The Rod Erickson concert, featuring Shiloh Sharrard and Jesse Fowler, goes Saturday

evening at the Endiang Hall at 7 p.m. Tickets available from Ruthies Roost or by calling 403-579-2522 or 403-585-8379.

Easter Sunday breakfast at the Byemoor Hotel goes from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Sonny Gallant announced the spring hours at the lo-

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Spring storms Wednes-day and Thursday found people stuck in snow banks, some even strand-ed overnight in ditches. Snowplows stuck, buses cancelled and people un-able to get to work … wel-come to spring!

We are happy to hear that Barb Carey was able to be transferred to Glen-rose Hospital in Edmon-ton, from the Univer-sity. She will be doing extensive therapy before coming home. Way to go, Barb!

On Monday, March 18, the Derr girls headed to the Coronation Music Festival, where Shayla re-ceived gold for her dance solo. And the group, in-

cluding Shayla, Keonna Derr and McKenzie Han-kins, received silver.

Our local 4Hers have been busy earning med-als — once again. This Sunday saw them at the regionals in Stettler at the Rec Centre.

Keyonna Derr placed first in intermediate and Shayla Derr third in senior.

On Friday, Shayla Derr participated in the CARS (Catch A Rising Star) Fes-tival and received a gold for her hip-hop solo and a plaque for highest in her class. Her group, along with Shayla and McKen-zie Hankins, earned a gold on Saturday night for their performance.

Congratulations to all who participated.

Best wishes to Wade and Ybiett Diegel on the birth of their baby girl, Isabella Susan, on March 22 at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. She weighed in at six pounds. A sister for Cas-sandra and Jasmin and Alijah. Proud grandpar-ents are Gloria and Stan Diegel, and great-grand-

mother Maria Diegel.Congratulations to Kyle

and Danielle Chadwick on the birth of their baby boy, Davis. Proud grandparents are Tom and Leona Chad-wick.

We are sad to hear of the passing of Barb Diegel.

Barb is survived by her husband, Marvin

of Stettler, sons Steven (Shannon) of Red Deer and their family; Calvin of Stettler and daughter Shannon (Mike) Krzyez-kowski of Grande Prairie, and their family. She’s also survived by many other family and friends.

Funeral services were held Saturday in Stettler. Barb was 65 years old.

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Robin’s sighting near Halkirk springs hopeA wicked spring snowstorm hit our area last

Wednesday and Thursday, with high winds blocking the east-west roads with blowing snow, followed on Thursday with a heavy snowfall affecting the visibil-ity.

School classes were cancelled on Thursday and Friday in an effort to allow graders to clear the snow-drifts.

Highway 12 was closed from Castor to the Sas-katchewan border on Thursday. The hall board Ham and Turkey bingo scheduled for last Thursday was cancelled, while the playschool’s fundraising family bingo is postponed until spring weather hits our area.

But hey, on the bright side, a robin was seen north of Halkirk. Lucky us — poor robin!

The monthly pot-luck supper and meeting were held last week at the senior centre. Pot-luck sup-pers are held every third Tuesday, followed by a short meeting, and then there’s a floor-curling game. Bingos

are held at the centre every other Tuesday afternoon, with the next one slated for April 2.

Congratulations to Rieley and Kim (Solick) Kay on the safe arrival of their first child, a son, William Hubert, born on Feb. 22. Len and Lucy are the proud grandparents. Rieley and Kim have recently opened their own restaurant, Cilantro and Chive, in Ponoka.

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Barb Diegel,

who passed away on March 18 at the Foothills hospital in Calgary. Barb and her husband, Marvin, moved to Stettler about 10 years ago. Their sons Steven, along with Shannon and family, live in Red Deer, while Cal-vin lives in Stettler, and daughter Shannon, Mike and girls live in Grande Prairie.

Services were held Saturday in Stettler, with the Halkirk hall board providing the refreshments.

Word has been received on the passing of John Young of Sherwood Park on March 13 at 85 years old. The Young family lived south of Halkirk on the farm site now lived in by Kelsey Solick.

Congratulations to Dan Fowler, who along with sons Justin, Dean and Lee, were the big winners at the Erskine men’s bonspiel last week.

Easter blessings go out to family and friends. Enjoy the spring break.

COMING UP: March 28 and April 4 — Hall board’s annual Easter ham and turkey bingos.

I hope the sun is shin-ing for you this week; this winter has gone on a bit too long for me.

Helen Steen sends out a big thank-you to her help-ers for the March birthday club that she hosted at St. Mary’s Lodge. Those who were celebrating their birthdays were Marga-ret Swanson, Ivy Cooper, Arlene Weisenberger and Della Davis.

Everything went well and Helen figured she served her delicious orange chiffon cake to a large crowd. The entertainment had everyone’s toes tap-ping, so thanks to Marion Stickle and her band from Three Hills. Next month’s hostess will be Donna Sen-gaus on the third Monday of April. Anyone interest-ed in helping is asked to

contact Donna.The Stettler Storm won

the North Central Minor Hockey Association midget girls’ banner on Saturday evening in Lacombe, beat-ing Lacoka 6-3. Harlee Avramenko of Rumsey had an assist on Jessie Ander-son’s winning goal. This is a great accomplishment for the team … and congratu-lations to Harlee for doing so well.

Ta ta ina Avramenko competed in the Hetlinger taekwondo tournament in Wetaskiwin last weekend and bought home a gold medal for sparring in her age group. Well done, Tataina!

The 4-H regional speak-offs were held on Saturday. Lowell Nelson, Mickey Johnson, and Levi Hamp-ton had won at districts, so

they advanced on behalf of the Rumsey/Rowley 4-H beef and Morrin Multi-Club.

Lowell placed third, and because the winner is un-able to attend the provin-cial competition in Olds, Lowell will be headed there on April 6. The chal-lenge is in speech — to compete at the provincial level, all the seniors are given the same general top-ic that they must write their four- to six-minute speech on. How they choose to ap-proach the subject is all up to them. It will be interest-ing to see how each person develops the same topic. Good luck, Lowell.

Some of our Rumsey men headed up to Big Val-ley this past week to curl in the men’s bonspiel, and they did very well. Alan

Hampton with Mark Mc-Naughton, Greg Primrose and Cayle Griffith won the first division. Well done.

Rod Nelson , Cra ig Cawiezil, Bradley Nel-son and Travis Cawiezils placed third in the first di-vision.

There were also some teams headed to Drumhell-er for the mixed bonspiel.

Reports are in on the Drumheller teams that our local boys play minor hockey with. The Tier 2 peewee team that Braden Burrows plays on lost out

in provincial competition this past weekend after experiencing some tough games. They did finish first in their league, which was an excellent accomplish-ment in itself.

At the bantam level, we have Reagan Burrows and Carson Hodge together on a team. They played off for the banner in their league this past weekend, but lost. They enjoyed the experience of playing at a provincial level, but didn’t place high in the standings. Better luck next year, guys.

The midget team of D e ave r H o d g e , Ta n -ner Couturier and Colton Wolfe and a few others won their league banner, and then they went on to the provincial tournament in Coaldale this past week-end, but they didn’t reach

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tournament was played in Byemoor this past week-end, and even though it doesn’t really compare to provincial play, we were proud to see a strong con-tingency of Steens repre-sented. Randy and Lenard Schofer, Joe and Shane Steen and Sheldon Steen all headed over to play their best game and have a good time. Joe played in the B final against Randy and Sheldon’s team, and then Shane played against Len’s team for the A final.

Bad news for all … Shane’s team won, so that will be the third year in a row that Shane has been on the winning team. There will be no living with the kid after this. A good time was had by all.

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Nominations have closed for the Vil lage of Donalda council byelection.

An election has been scheduled, with advance polling on April 6 from 9 a.m. to noon, and the actual vote on April 15.

The polling station will be open from 10 a.m. to8 p.m. at the Drop-In Centre. Get out and support your candidate.

April 14 will be the pancake and jam session at the Drop-In, with breakfast served from 11 a.m. to1 p.m., and music to follow.

Spring break for all our students is underway. If any students want something to do, the Donalda library is holding “Lego Time” from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday and, of course, Thursday is Teen Night at the library from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Bethany Lutheran Church will hold an Easter Sunday Sunrise Service this Sunday at 8 a.m., with a pancake breakfast to follow.

Come and enjoy the fellowship and an early morning of prayer.

The Donalda Art Gallery has cancelled the water-colour classes until further notice.

The photography classes are planned for April 29, with a limit of 10 people. That class is attracting a lot of interest, so if you’re interested, please contact someone from the art gallery.

The Donalda School reunion meeting is April 8

from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the school library. Anyone with an interest in helping plan the 100th anniversary reunion is asked to meet at the school.

For more information, call Mr. Seale at 403-883-2280.

The Ag Society will sponsor kids ages 11 to 18 to go to the ACCA Co-operative Youth Leadership Camp at Goldeye.

Please attend the April ag meeting if you’re interested.

Birthday wishes go out to Steve Sideritsch, Travis Hutchison, Alden Mueller , Edmund Knudtson, Frank Sutton, Jessica Lee, Zachary Fisher, Jessica Nelson, Brady Jaffray, Carla Hil lestad, Colby Norman, Edwina Friberg, Breanna Hofer, Emily Saboe, Veronica Saboe, Audrey Lane and anyone else celebrating a birthday this week.

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There were 12 participating studios from all parts of Alberta.

More than 2,000 medals, more than 100 plaques, 16 overall high-score trophies and more than $1,000 in scholarships were hand-ed out over the 34-hour weekend event.

Alden Mueller from JD’s Academy of Dance was awarded a $425 scholarship for the Peacock Dance Academy Summer In-tensive.

“Back in Time,” presented by a tap group from Breaking Ground Dance Academy of Oyen, won the overall high-score trophy for the high scoring routine of the entirefestival.

Breaking Ground Dance Academy in Oyen is run by Tonya Logan.

Catch a Rising Star Dance Festival has been staged in Stettler since 2008.

The focus of the festival is to promote the performance of dance within the rural areas of Alberta.

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Dancers from 12 studios throughout Alberta participated in the Catch a Rising Star Dance Festival last weekend in Stettler.


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An appeal by Ronald and Shel-ley Streit of Stettler has failed to halt the construction of farm dwell-ings for a new Hutterite colony east of Stettler.

“I don’t know why the county would want a colony that close to town,” Ron Streit said.

Streit said he liked living where there wasn’t “a lot of people” and he wasn’t pleased that 32 families would be moving in within a half-mile of his farm.

The appeal, respecting the ap-proval of development permit 12106, for the development of clus-tered farm dwellings by the White-sand Hutterian Bretheran on the east half of 12-39-19-W4 was de-nied by the County of Stettler Sub-division and Development Appeal Board (SDAB).

SDAB chairman Bill Shaw listed reasons for the decision:

— The development site is prop-erly zoned and is deemed suitable for the proposed development.

— The proposed site is also in agricultural production, as are the

surrounding lands.— There wasn’t factual evidence

that the value of nearby residences would be negatively affected.

— The site is located outside an area in which the county would register objections to the develop-ment or expansion of a confined feeding operation (CFO).

“This affects the town of Stettler too — it should have some say — when the hog barns come, they will be smelled in town,” Streit said.

JohanVanderbank, county direc-tor of planning and development, said in an earlier interview the ap-proval of CFOs is not under county jurisdiction, but rather under NRCB (Natural Resources Conservation Board) rule.

The SDAB decided the develop-ment of the clustered farm dwell-ings be approved subject to nine conditions.

Among the conditions, the ap-plicant must receive approval from the NRCB for the operation of a confined feeding operation and ma-nure storage facilities before devel-opment occurs.

In that process, area residents are expected to have the opportunity for input and to voice concerns.

Appeal to halt colony denied


MUSIC ON ICE — The jump-start group gathers at centre ice during the Stettler Figure Skating Club’s 65th annual ice carnival, “Earworms on Ice,” in two performances Sunday at the Stettler Recreation Centre. “Earworms” are “songs, jingles and tunes that get stuck in your head.” More than 70 skaters performed.

RICHARD FROESEIndependent reporter

A fire call Tuesday morning near the eastern border of the County of Stettler turned out to be “a non-emer-gency” for the Stettler Regional Fire Department.

Crews were called to a reported structure fire on Secondary Highway 601, about 17 miles east of High-way 56.

“But when we got there, it was just a small fire in a pellet stove,” said Deputy Fire Chief Etienne Brugman.

“It didn’t do any damage, as it was really a non-fire.”

Fire crews have been relatively quiet over the past few weeks, with limited calls.

A year ago, crews had to enforce a ban on outdoor burning after a dry winter with low amounts of snow.

Stettler Regional Fire Department plans to stage its annual recruitment campaign in about a month.

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Midget Blues post golden finish

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After defeating the Edson Legion Sabres 4-3 on a Logan Davidson goal with 1.9 seconds left, the Stettler Legion Blues pose with their provincial midget B banner.

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The Stettler Legion Blues, including captain Parker Cassidy (left), celebrate Sunday evening after winning the provincial midget B hockey championship at Provost.

JOHN MACNEIL Independent editor

The midget A Stettler Legion Blues appeared to be bound for overtime, but they opted for showtime in-stead.

Logan Davidson’s goal with 1.9 seconds left in the third period gave Stettler a 4-3 victory over the Edson Legion Sabres in the fi nal of the provincial midget B hockey championship Sun-day evening at Provost.

“It was almost like a movie,” said Blues captain Parker Cassidy, who took a shot in the dying seconds that Davidson redirected past Edson goaltender Jesse Thompson.

“I was certain it was go-ing to overtime. I think it was around 22 seconds left, and there was a faceoff in our end … I saw the clock and I just threw the puck at the net with a shot from along the boards, and Lo-gan Davidson tipped it in

with two seconds left.“We don’t usually do

the thing where after you score the goal, you go to the bench and tap hands with everyone, but we did so for that one — probably the most important goal all year.”

It was the second straight 4-3 victory for Stettler, which knocked off the De-von Drillers in the semifi nal midday Sunday.

After going 3-0 and outscoring their opponents 25-7 in pool play, the Blues ran into a couple of tough tests in the playoff round of the eight-team tournament.

“We were in probably the weaker of the two pools, with the three teams that we were playing against (in the preliminary round),” said Cassidy, a graduating de-fenceman and son of head coach Matt Cassidy.

“Edson and Provost and Devon were three of the better teams, and they were all in the (other) pool.”

In the gold-medal game,

Stettler also got goals from Riley Anderson, Kieran Rost and affi liated player Levi Fisher. Anderson, Da-vidson, Jacques du Toit and David Hanton each had two points in the fi nal, and De-von Woelk blocked 21 shots in the Blues’ net.

Zack Wild, with two, and Jared Strang scored the Edson goals, while Thomp-son registered 30 stops.

It was 1-1 after the fi rst period and 3-3 after thesecond.

Edson reached the fi nal with a 5-1 victory over Bow Island in the Sunday morn-ing semifi nal.

Davidson’s second-pe-riod goal stood as the win-ner in Stettler’s semifi nal victory over Devon, which netted the lone third-pe-riod goal to cut the gap to 4-3. Davidson’s four-point game included assists on all three Micah Croker goals, while Anderson added two assists.

Wil Rymes, with two, and Rick Chorzempa netted

the Devon goals.Jordan McCallum made

21 saves in the Stettler net. Sydney Williams had 24 stops for Devon.

Capped by the gold-med-al fi nish, there was plenty of drama for the Blues as the Stettler students kicked off their March break in style.

“It was crazy,” said grad-uating defenceman Brogan Cassidy, a fi rst cousin of Parker Cassidy. “Scoring in those last two seconds, that was amazing.

“Especially since we won the league and got an-other banner (as the Zone 7 champions), we got three banners this year. It’s pretty good for the last year of midget.”

The Blues won theTier 1 midget title inthe North Central Minor Hockey Association just four days before they began play at the provincials.

They believe they made the right choice to vie for the Alberta midget B crown, instead of going midget A.

“I liked where we were at this year,” said Parker Cassidy. “It was a fun tour-nament.

“We still had good com-petition. That Edson team was really strong.”

Brogan Cassidy con-curred, noting that Stettler’s playoff-round opponents were worthy tests.

“We were in an easier pool than them,” he said. “We played those guys, and they were a lot faster and bigger, but we managed to beat them. We just played our game.”

It was a cohesive group of Stettler players, a few of whom also played with the Legion Blues team that missed the medal round at the midget A provincials last season.

“We had an awesome bunch,” Brogan Cassidy said of the 2012-13 edi-tion. “This is my favourite year for midget, I think. Everyone got along. It was good.”

Complementing that

group were a couple of forwards, Fisher and Zack Werbowesky, called up from the Stettler midget B team.

“Levi and Zack came up and they were a big help,” said captain ParkerCassidy.

“Levi scored a goal (in the championship) game, and I think Zack got two or three on the weekend. They were a big help. They had a great weekend, and I think they had fun.”

Although he was an integral part of the Blues all season, Tyler Stewart wasn’t eligible for provin-cial playoffs because of his age. He supported his team-mates just the same.

“He came up and watched,” Parker Cassidy said of Stewart.

“He was always in the dressing room between pe-riods, yelling at us if we did something wrong.”

Continued onPage B2

Davidson’s buzzer-beater gives Stettler provincial championship

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT SPORTS Wednesday, March 27, 2013Page B2


All season, coach Jason Hegberg preached “work ethic and an honest effort” from the Stettler Storm peewee A hockey team.

Hegberg and company got that and more Sunday as the Storm put on their work boots and came from behind to win the provincial championship at Hinton.

In the gold-medal game, Stettler trailed 2-0 with seven minutes left, but rallied with two goals 16 seconds apart to force overtime, in which Talon Conner needed just 37 seconds to give the Storm a 3-2 win over the Peace River Colts — and an Alberta championship.

“Of course, down 2-0 with seven minutes to play, when we got that fi rst one to make it 2-1, it really got some life back on our bench,” said Hegberg, also the president of the Stettler Minor Hockey Association.

“And the guys could see it coming. It was a pretty amazing fi nish for us, because we were down two-zip with seven minutes to go. I told the boys before we went out for the third period, ‘A 2-0 lead, boys, it’s the worst lead in hockey.’ I truly believed it, and I think our whole coaching staff did.

“I told them, ‘We’re going to go out and we’re going to win the hockey game 3-2.’ Lo and behold, they did it. It was a pretty neat feeling.”

The overtime hero was Conner, a second-year peewee centre who scored the tying goal just one shift after Alex De Young had put Stettler on the scoreboard.

“Talon played peewee B hockey last year, when he was

new to the area,” Hegberg said of Conner. “He has a lot of skill and talent. He’s a big kid. He scored a lot of goals this year.

“He was hurt for about a month, with a broken collar-bone, late in the season. He didn’t (return to the lineup) un-til we played Rocky in the league fi nal, so he’s only been back for the last two weeks.”

Daylan Kuefl er assisted on two of the Stettler goals, in-cluding the overtime marker, as the peewee A Storm fac-tored in a banner month for Stettler minor hockey.

The association also produced provincial champions at the bantam A level — on home ice the previous week-end — and in the midget B championship Sunday night atProvost.

“Three provincial banners this year alone … yeah, pret-ty rare,” said Hegberg, who is in his fi rst year as the Stettler minor hockey president.

“Three provincial banners and four league titles, plus we have another one possibly this week, with the midget Bs fi nishing out their season (in the North Central Minor Hockey Association).

“Either way, it’s been a pretty good year for Stettler. I’ve

been getting lots of feedback and comments from people.“Winning sure makes it a lot funner for everybody. As

much as it’s supposed to be a sport of fair play and fun and all that, everybody has a competitive side to them and everybody wants to win, as much as they might tell you it’s just to go out and have fun, everybody gets pretty riled up at this time of year and wants to bring some kind of championship. I hope that if there’s any kids that feel like they’re maybe on the way out of the sport that maybe a win here or there can keep them in the sport for maybe another year or longer.”

The Stettler peewee A players were happy camp-ers Sunday, which they began with a 3-1 semifi nal vic-tory over Rocky Mountain House, the same team that had swept the Storm in the North Central league fi nal just a week earlier.

“Our guys were 100 per cent committed going into this weekend,” said Hegberg, whose storied playing days included years in the Western Hockey League, Canadian university and minor-pro.

Continued on Page B3

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The undefeated Stettler Storm made the most of their weekend trip to Hinton as they came home Sunday night as the provincial peewee A hockey champions.

Continued fromPage B1

Stewart, Anderson, Mc-Callum and Parker Cassidy were also teammates with the 2011 provincial high school football champion Stettler Wildcats.

The Stettler-based Chill bantam team that won a provincial championship in 2010 included seven members of this season’s Hockey Alberta midget B champions — Anderson, Croker, Davidson, McCal-lum, Woelk, and Brogan and Parker Cassidy.

“We were all jumping around,” Brogan Cassidy

said of the Blues’ reaction Sunday after the late goal gave them gold.

“We were all thinking it (was going to overtime), and then we just got that last shot on net and it went in.”

The provincial-host Pro-vost Blades lost to Stettler in the Zone 7 champion-ship earlier this month. In the fi rst game of that two-game series, Brogan Cassi-dy suffered a concussion that sidelined him tempo-rarily.

“I took a nasty run into the boards head-fi rst,” he said. “I didn’t know I had (a concussion). I played

the second game. I prob-ably shouldn’t have, but …

“I went to the doctor and they told me to take it easy. So I took the weekend off and didn’t play any games, and started feeling better.”

He returned in time for the league championship series, which saw Stettler sweep Rimbey in two straight games to begin a stretch of seven games in eight days.

“It was fi ne,” Brogan Cassidy said of his come-back from headaches. “Like, this last weekend, I didn’t notice it.”

Hockey fans who made the trip through a nasty

snowstorm en route to Pro-vost certainly noticed the Stettler contingent, which lived up to its billing early in the tournament and fi n-ished in dramatic fashion.

The Blues listened to their coach — and in Park-er Cassidy’s case — his father.

“He always wanted us to be playing it hard, because you play a team that’s not as strong and you almost get complacent,” said the Stettler captain. “And then, it would be hard to turn the switch on when you need-ed to play well. We played hard.

“Our fi rst game, we didn’t play all that well, and then we got a good talking to.”

The Blues came to play, as they say, Sunday. Be-tween the playoff games, they rested as best they could.

“We had checked out of our hotel, but they let us come back and we waited in the lobby,” Parker Cassi-dy said. “We sat on the couches in the lobby in the hotel.”

PRELIMINARY PLAYStettler 6 Bow Island 3

— Davidson collected two goals and an assist, while Stefan du Toit assisted on each of the Blues’ fi rst three goals.

Anderson, Rost and both Cassidys — Parker and Brogan — scored the other Stettler goals. Woelk made 27 saves.

Stettler 9 Sexsmith 2 — In their second game Friday, the Blues got two goals each from Davidson and Fisher, and singles from Rost, Croker, Wer-bowesky, Justin McKenzie and Parker Cassidy. Ander-son added three assists, and McCallum tended goal.

Stettler 10 Olds 2 — Rost and Brogan Cassi-dy each tallied twice as Stettler outshot Olds 54-14 in the Blues’ lone game Saturday. Werbowesky, Hanton, Anderson, Fisher, Chase McGonigal and Ste-fan du Toit netted the other Stettler goals. Woelk was in the Blues’ net.

‘We played hard,’ says midget captain

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Stettler works overtime to net provincial peewee A title

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Stettler Legion Blues captains Parker Cassidy (left), Logan Davidson and Brogan Cassidy carry theprovincial midget B hockey championship banner they won Sunday night at Provost.

Continued fromPage B2

“We had a real good year, but we had our down spurts. We could even tell from the fi rst day of the tournament, our fi rst game — even though we were a team all year — we be-came a unit of one. It was amazing to see our guys just compete together and believe in each other and believe in themselves.”

Hegberg credited captain James Switenky for leading that effort.

“He just stepped his game up tremendously for this tournament,” the coach said. “He was outstanding. He scored a few goals, but just his entire play through-out the weekend was out-standing. Great job in lead-ing the team, and I think our guys fed off throughout the weekend.

“Davin Nattestad in net played some of his best hockey all year. He prob-ably had his best game all year against Rocky in the semifi nals.”

In that game, Conner, De Young and Switenky scored for Stettler, which hadposted three wins and a tie in the preliminary round.

THURSDAYStettler 6 Lethbridge

2 — Kuefl er collected three goals and an assist to lead the Storm surge. Conner netted two goals, while Rhett Shingoose picked up a goal and two assists.

FRIDAYStettler 4 Peace River

4 — In a preview of the fi -nal, Kuefl er scored a pair of goals for Stettler, and Daw-son Beck and Adam Shirley added one each. Peace Riv-er’s Tyrees Gorham scored the equalizer with 3:21 left in regulation time.

Stettler 4 Beaumont 1 — Austin Jacobson fi red two goals and singles went to Conner and Kameron

Bainbridge. SATURDAYStettler 3 Spruce Grove

0 — Shirley was the man of the hour as he scored all three goals. Bainbridge as-sisted on all of them.

Stettler ‘mostsportsmanlike team’

Stettler not only earned gold medals, but also

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Hegberg said the Storm were consistently recog-nized during the tourna-ment for carrying them-selves with class on and off the ice.

He shared a Facebook posting from tournament chairman Bill Mcdonald:

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Switenky supplies ‘outstanding’ leadership


A storybook season for Stettler minor hockey includes chapters full of family connections.

And none is more compelling than that of the Rost family, which had representatives on all three of the pro-vincial championship teams from Stettler.

Two weekends ago, coach Rory Rost and his 14-year-old son, Ethan, won the bantam A provincial crown as part of the host Storm that went unbeaten in their 10-team tournament at the Stettler Recreation Centre.

This past weekend, two more Rost siblings captured provincial championships — 12-year-old Erik with the Stettler peewee A team that mined gold at Hinton, and 16-year-old Kieran with the Stettler midget A team that won the Hockey Alberta midget B banner at Provost.

“I’m very proud of the boys — I’m proud of them all, obviously — but I think you’d be hard-pressed to fi nd a situation in any community where three brothers on three separate teams won provincials in the same year,” said Rory Rost, a longtime minor hockey coach in Stettler. “I don’t think it’s ever happened in this province.

“I thought about it myself, ‘What are the odds?’ The odds of winning provincials are quite remote. To have three in the same year, it’s almost unheard of.

“My sister — she’s a hockey mom (in Camrose) — she texted me and said, ‘What are the odds of that hap-pening?’ Three brothers on three separate teams winning provincials in the same year.”

It was indeed a celebratory weekend for the Rost clan, with Rory in Hinton with Erik, while Ethan joinedmother Shannon watching Kieran in action at the midget provincials in Provost.

The oldest of the Rost brothers, 19-year-old Mack-enzie, graduated from the Stettler midget program last season.

After the peewee A team wrapped up its golden over-time performance Sunday, the Stettler families kept abreast of Sunday evening’s dramatic midget B fi nal on the way home.

“I got reports from Provost,” coach Rost said. “It sounded pretty exciting there, too. We were driving home and getting reports and texts that they had won with about two seconds left in regulation, against Edson.

“I was driving and Erik was reading the texts … it was pretty neat.”

It was indeed a neat couple of weeks for multiple Stettler families.

The du Toit clan had three gold-medallists — Paul with the bantam team and Jacques and Stefan with the midgets.

The du Toits and Rosts were among fi ve families that had gold-medallists on both the midget and bantam teams. The others were: Parker (midget) and Drew (bantam) Cassidy; Brogan (midget) and Quade (bantam) Cassidy; and David (midget) and Euan (bantam) Hanton.

“He was motivation to win, because I didn’t want to hear him showing off about winning his provincials,” joked Stettler midget captain Parker Cassidy, whose younger brother Drew watched the midget tournament. Their father, Matt, coached the midget champions, and their mother, Apryl, earned widespread praise for chair-ing the bantam provincials in Stettler.

“Kieran Rost … his little brother was on that bantam team, and his youngest brother was on the peewee team that won it,” Parker Cassidy said. “So he was wanting us to win so that he wasn’t the only one around the house without a medal, and so we didn’t make fun of him.”

Provincial hockey hat trick

for Rost family of Stettler

Submitted byBJ AvramenkoStettler Stormmidget girls

The Stettler Storm are the North Central Mi-nor Hockey Associationmidget female champions.

The girls opened the best-of-three final last Tuesday at home against the Lacoka Rockets. The Storm opened the scoring early on a goal by Jennifer Hallett.

Stettler was assessed a major penalty late in the period and was able to kill it off, keeping the momen-tum.

In the second period, Stettler took advantage of a power play when Sarah Imbery scored. Jayden Hogg added more insur-ance with just 32 seconds left in the period.

In the third period, the girls kept the pressure on Lacoka. Jessie Anderson scored and Hogg got her

second of the night to round out the scoring.

Stettler’s Sommer Bau-man was outstanding in net, especially when the team was shorthanded, blocking all 22 shots she faced.

Game 2 was in La-combe Saturday evening. The Storm jumped on La-coka quickly, with a goal by Hallett. Lacoka wasn’t going to lie down and bat-tled back with a goal of its own less than two minutes later. Stettler took the lead again on a goal by Kelsie Litke.

The second period was all Lacoka as its goalie stopped all 12 shots she faced, and they took the lead, scoring two goals in less than four min-utes. Stettler came back hard in the third after a denied goal. Dani Van Dusen broke through the Lacoka squad and scored the equalizer with a nifty flip shot that handcuffed

the Lacoka goalie.Stettler, inspired by Van

Dusen’s goal, kept flying scoring again 11 seconds later on a goal by Ander-

son. The Storm added an insurance goal late in the third from Ronni Bur-rows.

Bauman rounded out

the scoring with only 34 seconds left in the game, making it a 6-3 final. Lindsey McKinnon was strong in net, stopping 21

of 24 shots.Congratulations to the

girls, including graduates Bauman and Van Dusen. Good luck.

Submitted by Sheri MorbeckStettler Storm peewee girls

The Stettler Storm peewee girls wrapped up their season by winning the North Central Minor Hockey As-sociation championship last Tuesday in Camrose.

In a one-game final, Stettler defeated Camrose 6-4. Krysta Froese led the Storm with three goals and five points. Gracie Morbeck added two goals and Jessie Armstrong had the other.

The Storm outshot the hosts 42-31.Stettler’s peewee girls’ team was formed last season.

In the Storm’s first year, they struggled to find their place, and finished near the bottom of the league.

Now, in one short year, the girls have persevered, learning to play with confidence in themselves and their teammates, and have won the championship banner.

The Stettler girls lost only five games all sea-son. They played in two tournaments — an eight-team event Stettler hosted, and a tournament in Vermilion, both of which they won.

Then, the coaches and players decided to try for a berth in the provincials. The Storm sailed through the first round against Sherwood Park, but then came up short in their two-game series against Irma.

Irma went on to win the zone title and represented Zone 7 at the provincial championship.

The Stettler girls quickly rebounded to finish the reg-ular season in first place. For the playoffs, a round-robin format was used (two games, total points) between the top four teams in the league. The girls won four games, lost one and tied one, with both the loss and tie being against Camrose. That kept Stettler in first place, and with home-venue advantage.

However, due to scheduling issues for both Camrose and Stettler, the Stettler girls — and their parents and other fans — made the road trip to Camrose last Tues-day night for a “winner-take-all” game.

This championship team consisted of players from

Stettler, Erskine, Big Valley (Jessie Armstrong), Elnora (Kacee Ward) and Forestburg (Baillie Bish).

It was a great commitment this season on behalf of

all 14 members of the Stettler squad.Six of the top 10 scorers for the league were Stettler

girls, with Maddie Kuefler leading the way.

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT SPORTS Wednesday, March 27, 2013Page B4

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The Stettler peewee girls won the North Central Minor Hockey Association banner. In the back row (from left) are assistant coach Todd DeVloo, Rachel Morbeck, assistant coach Glen Morbeck, Maddie Kuefl er, Hunter Paulson, Robyn Yaremcio, head coach Mike Kuefl er, Chelsey DeVloo and Alex Geddes. In themiddle row (from left) are Kacee Ward, Rachael Deaver, Gia Arsenault, Jessie Armstrong, Gracie Morbeck andBaillie Bish. In front are Krysta Froese and Rebecca Bridge.

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The Stettler Storm captured the North Central Mi-nor Hockey Association midget girls’ championship.In the back row (from left) are Sommer Bauman,Jennifer Hallett, Shayla McLean, Harlee Avramenko, Kendra Rusaw, Jessie Anderson and Ronni Burrows. In the front row (from left) are Sarah Imbery, MariaBourdage, Jayden Hogg, Kelsie Litke and Lind-sey McKinnon. Missing from the photo are Grace Chapman, Kennidy Fisher, Sarah Mrazek, Dakota Schwarzenberger, and Dani and Morgan Van Dusen.

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DIEGELIt is with deep sadness that the family of Barb Diegel announces her passing on Monday, March 18, 2013 in Calgary Foothills Hospital at the age of 65 years. Barbara Ann Yates was born in Stettler, Alberta to parents Irene (Robinson) and Cyril Yates on Thursday, December 25, 1947. She grew up on a farm in the Botha area with her sisters and brothers. Barb met and married the love of her life Marvin Diegel and to this union three children were born. Many people will remember Barb as the lady at the bank, as she worked in various banks for over thirty years. Barb was an amazing sister, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and best friend. She was the one that always held the family together in the good times and the bad times! She could also kick your butt in most card games and would welcome everyone into her home. Barb will be forever missed by her loving family: husband Marvin Diegel of Stettler; sons Steve (Shannon) Diegel of Red Deer and Calvin Diegel of Stettler; daughter Shannon (Mike)

Krzyczkowski of Grande Prairie; four grandchildren: Kyla Diegel (Eric Brooks) of Fort McMurray, Sheldon Diegel (Keegan Coates) of Blackfalds, twins Kaitlin and Mikayla Krzyczkowski of Grande Prairie; great granddaughter Layla Diegel; mother in law Maria Diegel of Gadsby; sisters: Linda (Ken) Taylor, Joyce Vold (Dennis Pugh), Sharon (Bill) Wegener and Jackie Malowski (Darren); brother Byron Yates; half sister Ruth (Herb) Klassen; step sisters: Della, Yvonne and Marlene; brothers in law Stan (Gloria) Diegel and Dwayne (Cindy) Diegel; numerous nieces, nephews, other family members and many dear friends. Barb was pre-deceased by her parents Irene and Cyril Yates, brother Allan Yates and stepmother Eileen Yates. A celebration of Barb’s life was held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 in the Heartland Chapel of Stettler Funeral Home with Reverend Ross Helgeton officiating. Doug McKay presented his gift of music as organist, accompanying the congregational hymns Amazing Grace and How Great Thou Art, long time friend Dale Kent presented the eulogy. Barbara was laid to rest at Lake View Cemetery, Stettler, Alberta with her children serving as bearers. Following the interment family and friends gathered together for a time of fellowship with luncheon served by the Halkirk Hall Board. Donations may be made in memory to S.T.A.R.S. or a charity of choice c/o Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium, Box 1780, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0, who were entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. To send or view condolences to the family, please visit www.stettlerfuneralhome.com

GALLEBERGMr. Fredrick “Rick” 1945 - 2013

Fredrick John Galleberg passed away peacefully at his home in Stettler, AB, March 13, 2013 at the age of 67 years. Rick is survived by his loving partner Karen Symes and her daugh-ters Julie and Teressa, his sisters Dianne (Dick) Haworth of Trochu, AB and Merrilee (Ron) Rains of Calgary, AB, his brother Michael (Mary) Galleberg of Calgary, AB, aunt Irene Duncan of Drumheller, AB, mother-in-law Edith Schmidt of Stettler, AB, cousins, nieces, nephews and a host of dear and wonderful friends. Rick was predeceased by his father Norman in 1988, his mother Colleen in 1994 and by his brother Harold in 2008. Rick was born and raised in the Big Valley, AB area and attended the Big Valley school. Rick worked in the oil patch most of his adult life. Starting as a surveyor and seismic driller in the high Arctic to tank truck

driver, well security and finally owning and operating his own vegetation management company. Through his work, Rick met and became friends with many people. Rick enjoyed his cup of coffee, baseball, (especially the Toronto Blue Jays), playing cards and visiting with family and friends, especially the kids. Karen and Rick took trips to Mexico and Las Vegas when time allowed. Rick will be missed for his sparkling, mischievous eyes, infectious laugh and his strong, stubborn and independent personality. A memorial service for Rick was held at the Brennen Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3:00 P.M. with the Rev. Susan Bowyer of the Big Valley United Church officiating. Following the committal service at the Big Valley cemetery, a supper was served for all of Rick’s family and friends at the Big Valley Jubilee Hall. As an expression of sympathy and in loving memory of Rick, memorial contributions may be made to STARS Air Ambulance, the Stollery Children’s Hospital or to the Big Valley Cemetery in care of Brennen Funeral Home and Cremation Services P.O. Box 193 Stettler, Alberta TOC 2LO who have been entrusted with the care and arrangements. 403.742.3315. Condolences can be forwarded to the family by visiting our website at

www.brennenfuneralhome.com.

LEEDonald Donald Quinn Lee passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital in Camrose on March 17, 2013 at the age of 56. Don leaves to mourn his loss with heavy hearts his wife Kathy, and sons Jordan and Ryan. He is also survived by son Curtis from a previous marriage, brother Jim of Red Deer, sisters Pat (Duane) Saunders of Sundre,and Diane (Bob) Conibear of Meeting Creek. Don’s additional family includes Karen (Pat) Cox, Vicky(Garry) Radke, Alan Holt all of Bashaw, Valerie Voros of Sherwood Park, and Sid Holt of Edmonton, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. He was predeceased by his father, Bob Lee in 1981, his mother Jean in 1983, father in law Ted Holt in 1991 and mother in law Alma Holt in 1998. A celebration of Don’s life was held at the Bashaw Community Hall at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22, with Pastor Jeff Decelle of Zion Lutheran Church Presiding. Family Interment will follow at the Bashaw Cemetery. Memorials gratefully accepted to the Alberta Cancer Foundation, the Bashaw Fire Department, or the charity of one’s choice.

Don (known to many as Automatic, so called by his dad) was born in Edmonton on June 13, 1956 and passed away in Camrose hospital with his family around him on March 17, after a

very courageous battle with cancer. Raised in the Donalda area, Don took his schooling in Donalda and Stettler. He was a good farmer who loved the land, but also loved the odd and unusual, with a keen eye for a bargain at the auction. It was as much the people he knew through them, as perhaps a good bargain that kept him going. Though failing in health, he was able to direct us in preparing for his next auction, repairing and polishing toys, and although determined to be there, he had suffered enough that God took him home to rest. He welcomed the duck hunting season when hunters who kept coming back and had become friends, would visit. He was able to get his crop harvested, while never being too busy to take a minute or two to chat. He made time for friends, because he understood it is those bonds that made life worth living. He was very appreciative for all the help he received with farming, and never wanted to put too much onto those who helped. He must have treated them well enough, because many of them are still friends now. Don was a handy-man who has dry walled or painted many homes in both the communities of Donalda and Bashaw. He had worked with his brother Jim in the oil patch, but his dad’s failing health and his love of the land brought him to settle on the farm. Don passed on his love of farming to Jordan and Ryan. They learned from him, and helped where their capabilities allowed. Helping out just meant more time with Dad.

His church family was important to him, and when invited to serve on church council he didn’t hesitate, and that became the glue that connected him enough to feel he belonged there. Even when he became too unwell to make a 9:30 service. He still felt welcome enough to make it for coffee after the service. The congregation’s prayers were so much appreciated, and he leaned on their support.

Don’s bravery and positive attitude throughout his cancer journey was inspirational. He did all he could to fight the disease, managing to keep his sense of humor and hope to the very end. His room was one the doctors and nurses liked to enter, for they were always told how much their help was appreciated. No matter how painful the treatment, he endured it because he would do anything to have more time with Kathy and their boys, knowing how much he would be missed, but knowing their bond was tight enough to take care of each other. He will be sorely missed by many.

To express condolences to Don’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.Arrangements Entrusted To BASHAW FUNERAL HOME

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Sherritt International Corporation is a leading natural resources company with locations in Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario), Cuba and Madagascar. Sherritt provides a dynamic work environment that promotes and invests in growth opportunities in each of its principal businesses and – most importantly – its people.

Our Sherritt Coal division is Canada’s largest thermal coal producer, with ten surface mines in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Producing more than 94% of the thermal coal produced in the country, Sherritt currently supplies domestic utilities and international companies with fuel for electricity generation.

Maintenance Supervisor Competition # 16-177-12 Paintearth Mine – Halkirk/Forestburg Area

Position Profile: Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager this position will coordinate and assign maintenance activities to personnel in a cost effective, safe and environmental manner. This position will also assist with monthly and quarterly forecasts and the annual maintenance budget. As well assume other duties and responsibilities as may be required due to changing circumstances in the economic and physical environment of the mine. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will posses a Journeyman Trades certificate, Mechanical Engineering Technologist diploma or degree with a minimum of 5 to 10 years of related mining and supervisory experience. Other combinations of education and experience may be considered. Demonstration of excellent interpersonal, communication, leadership and organizational skills as well as the ability to learn quickly and maintain motivation even in the face of inevitable setbacks is an asset. Sherritt Coal offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and provides the opportunity for personal growth and development.

Closing date: January 28, 2013

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Accountant/Accounts Analyst Paintearth Mine (near Forestburg, Alberta)

Position Profile: This position reports directly to the Chief Accountant. Responsibilities include assisting in the development and delivery of timely and accurate financial statements to Management. Duties will include to reconciling all accounts, auditing accounting records, preparing and providing cost analysis, preparation of monthly forecast and annual budgets, completing month end and interacting with internal and external auditors. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will posses a University Degree or diploma related to Accounting and possess at least two years of related experience and be working towards a professional designation. Other combinations of experience and education may be considered. Sherritt Coal offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and provides the opportunity for personal growth and development.

Closing date: April 1, 2013



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The Bethany Group is hiring for the following positions:

Licensed Practical Nurses – (LPN)

Full-Time, FTE 1.0 - (FIVE POSITIONS)

Part-Time, FTE 0.70 – (SIX) POSITIONS)

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Bashaw Meadows Supportive Living (Four) Positions

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Qualifi cations:

Current Registration with CLPNAGeriatric nursing an assetMedication Administration & Demonstrated Competency CourseBasic Rescuer – Level A CPR certifi cation is required.

Salary: $24.43 to $31.99 per hour

Closing Date: April 8, 2013

Please submit applications to:

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BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE ACREAGE near Donalda. 15.5 acres with lovely 5

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LARGE OPEN CONCEPT FAMILY HOME. Lots of room for everyone with4 bedrooms/3 baths and 2958 sq. ft. of living space. “A Must See”. $320,000.

5 BEDROOM FAMILY HOME close to schools. Many recent upgrades. Beautiful

new bath downstairs. Fenced yard, large lot and detached garage. $207,000.

THIS 3 BEDROOM GRANDVIEW HOME sits on a large beautifully landscaped lot. 2 solariums, hot tub and attached garage.

Close to Rec Centre. $265,000.

AFFORDABLE STARTER HOME. 3 bedroom/2 bath, fi nished basement, deck off

kitchen looks out to large fenced yard. Great home for young family. $169,900.

SPACIOUS WELL CARED FOR 3 bed-room mobile on its own lot. Cozy addition, solarium for summer use and detached garage. Nicely landscaped. $169,000.SOLD

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MOTHERS & OTHERSAccess to Computer?

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Misc.Help 880STETTLER MUSEUMREQUIRES FULL-TIME

SUMMER STUDENTEMPLOYEES,

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Must return to school in September; ages 15-30.

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or by person6302-44 Ave., Stettler.

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RESIDENT PARKCARETAKER, Lea Park

Campground, Marwayne, Alberta. Duties include fee collection & maintenance

May to October.Fax or email resume to

receive informationpackage. Living quarters provided. 780-847-4144; [email protected].

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Full TimeEmploymentOpportunity

at CR Glassin Stettler.

Apprenticeshipprograms available.

Phone403-742-2520

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ALBERTA PRAIRIERAILWAY EXCURSIONSis currently hiring both full and part-time staff to work

in the office and on the train. Applicants must be willing to work weekends,

be outgoing and likeworking with people.If you are looking for

exciting and challenging work where you will meet guests from all over the

world, Alberta Prairie may have the right job for you. Please drop off a resume or pickup an application at

4611-47 Ave., Stettleror mail resume toP.O. Box 1600,

Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0.For additional information call Bob at 403-742-2811.

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. is seeking qualifi ed candidates to fi ll Floorhand, Derrickhand and Driller positions. These positions are locally based.Applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the positionapplied for.Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary & benefi ts package along with a steady work schedule.Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources

Email: [email protected]: 403-258-3197

Or mail to: Ste. 5309, 333 - 96 Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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call 403-741-7864

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Stettler Home Hardware5018 - 50 Street 403-742-8311

Help Wanted* Garden Center- Full time person required- Knowledge of plants and gardening

is an asset, but will train- Duties include maintenance of plants,

sales, displays

* Part-time Cashier- For cashiering and customer service- Also stocking shelves and cleaning- Must be available for weekends also

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Spacious home with big garage.3 living/family rooms. Den. Breakfast bar in the kitchen. Great family home.

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Like new. Unique kitchen. Open concept fl oor plan. Fully fi nished

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MEAT MANAGER,Jasper Super A.

Jasper Super A is looking for an experienced Retail Meat Manager. As Meat

Manager you will beresponsible for all aspects

of the managing thedepartment, including cutting meat. You must

have working knowledge of gross margins, expense

controls and humanresources management. The successful candidate must have Grade 12 (or

equivalent) and be able to provide a “clear” security clearance. If you have the skills and abilities please

forward your resume to our Head Office, The Grocery

People Ltd. (TGP) inconfidence to: Human

Resources, The Grocery People Ltd., 14505

Yellowhead Trail, Edmonton, AB, T5L 3C4. Fax

780-447-5781. Email:[email protected]

EmploymentTraining 900

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Auctions 153075 QUARTERS LAND,

Oyen, Alberta- Ritchie Bros Unreserved Auction. 1HQ, 30 Parcels

Farmland, 6 ParcelsGrazing Lease, $21,000 Surface Lease Revenue.

Jerry Hodge 780-706-6652;

rbauction.com/realestate

Collector AuctionSun. April 7- 10 a.m.Bowden Lions Hall-

Bowden ABCoins, Soap stone carv-ings, Die cast cars/trucks (Corgi, Matchbox, Ert l , Brooklin, American muscle, Lionel Eastwood, Collec-tor C lass ic cars (1 :43 scale), Caterpillar, Car me-morabilia, Pepsi & coke collectibles, Household, Furniture, Hand & power tools, Jewelry, Clothing, Shelving, Just too much to mention.Check web for full listing & pictures. Sale is subject to additions and deletions.

Pilgrim Auction Service

403-556-5531 www.auctionsales.ca

COLLECTORCAR AUCTION.

3rd Annual EdmontonMotor Show Classic Car Auction. April 19 - 21.

Edmonton Expo Centre. Over 75,000 spectators.

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

EGauctions.com.

FOOD EQUIPMENTAUCTION.

Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m., Montgomery Auction Sales

Centre, Blackfalds.Selling 5000 sq. ft. of

restaurant, bakery & deli equipment; www.

montgomeryauctions.com. 1-800-371-6963

GUN & SPORTSMAN AUCTION.

March 30, 10 a.m.Firearms, ammo, partsaccessories, and more! Unreserved! No buyers fee! Wainwright, Alberta.

Scribner Auction 780-842-5666. Details: www.scribnernet.com.

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Auctions 1530JUICE JUNKEES,Rimbey, Alberta.

Friday, April 5, 11 a.m. Selling commercialproperty & building,

enclosed trailer, W/I freezer, refrigeration, ice & I/cream machines, juice & smoothy

bar equipment, sinks,SS tables, tables & chairs,

security equipment.See www.

montgomeryauctions.com. 1-800-371-6963

LARGE AUCTIONof hardwood flooring

(finished & unfinished), pallet racking equipment, office furniture. Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m., 9370 -

48 St., Edmonton, Alberta. Phone 1-888-453-6964.

MEIER - 2 DAY CLASSIC CAR & TRUCK AUCTION.

Saturday & Sunday,May 4 & 5,

11 a.m. Both days.6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton.

150 Classics.Consign today,

Call 780-440-1860.

BuildingSupplies 1550

METAL ROOFING& SIDING. Best prices!

36” Hi-Tensile TUFF-Rib 29ga. Galvalume $.67 sq.

ft. Colours $.82 sq. ft.40 Year Warranty.

ALTA-WIDE BuildersSupplies 1-888-263-8254.

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS

60% off!20x28, 30x40, 40x62,

45x90, 50x120,60x150, 80x100,

sell for balance owed!Call 1-800-457-2206;

www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Firewood 1660LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging

403-318-4346

HouseholdFurnishings1720

AMISH FURNITURE. Handcrafted. Lifetime

guarantee! Choose your wood, design, style,

dimensions, stain andfinish. Heirloom quality. Online catalogue: www.

SimplyAmishEdmonton.comVisit our gallery store at

2840 Calgary Trail inEdmonton. 780-701-0284

Misc. forSale 1760

NEVER SHOCKCHLORINATE AGAIN!

Newly Patented!“Kontinuous Shok”

Chlorinator. Eliminates: Shock Chlorination; iron bacteria; smell; bacterial breeding in water wells. Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. Visit our 29 inventions; www.1800bigiron.com.

SAWMILLSFROM ONLY $3997.Make money & savemoney with your own

bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD;

www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899

ext. 400OT

Farm CustomWork 2080

OfficeSupplies 1800

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

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Agricultural#2000 - #2290

Farm Equipment ..............2010Haying Equipment ............2020Tractors ............................2030Combines & Headers ......2040Fertilizer Equipment..........2050Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060Equipment Wanted ..........2070Farm Custom Work ..........2080Farm Auctions ..................2090Livestock ..........................2100Livestock - Exotic..............2110Sheep ..............................2120Poultry ..............................2130Horses ..............................2140Horse Boarding ................2150Riding Supplies ................2160Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170Pasture Wanted ................2180Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190Seed Grain ......................2200Seeding & Tillage ............2210

Livestock 2100

Quality yearling Shorthorn bulls

Red & RoanQuiet halter

broke.

Majestic Shorthorns

Jennifer Orom

FOR SALE

403-704-6121

RED ANGUS

BULLSHeifer BullsCow Bulls

Performance & EPD data available

A.I. Sires

PIRORED ANGUS

P & R Zoller(403) 742-0336

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]

Livestock 2100CanadianHeritageBreeds.com

FARM SALEMay 25th, Red Deer

Westerner Park Ag-center. Poultry, waterfowl, sheep, goats, swine, perennials,

started vegetables,Ag related supplies,etc.For vendor inquires and

sale info contactLiz Munro 403-391-8697

FOR sale both two year old and yearling purebred Gelbvieh bulls. We special-ize in both the heifer bulls for light weight birth and the large herd bulls for t h e c o w s . W L F a r m s 403-854-2474. Hanna

Livestock 2100KLIMEC FARMS

(15) 2 year old and yearling registered Black

Angus bulls.Semen tested.

Phone 403-783-0229

MEL’S MAINES & JANELLSHORTHORNS

- Purebred red, red/white, and black maine and

shorthorn yrlg bulls available - Mel Barkley 403-740-4958

PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year

olds. Semen tested and delivered.Vicwin farms

403-784-3517, 403-318-7363.

Livestock 2100SIMMERON

SIMMENTALS,Fullblood Full Fleckvieh

Bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds, polled and horned,

A.I. blood lines, very quiet, muscled. 780-913-7963

VERMILLIONAIRES 27TH CHAROLAIS Bull Sale.

April 6, 2013, 1 p.m.Nilsson Bros. Livestock

Vermilion. 80 - 2 year olds 15 Yearlings, white & red factor horned & polled.

All bulls tie broke, semen tested.

Don Good 780-853-2220; Brian Chrisp 780-853-3315

Poultry 2130ORDER NOW For Pick Up on April 18-20. 19 weeks

old Isa Brown laying hens.Linden, AB 403-546-3130

Horse/StockTrailers 2170HORSE and Stock trailer. Parts and repairs. Axles, brakes, drums, bearings,

spring, rims, fenders, lights, and wiring.

Pick up & delivery avail.HORSE SHOE TRAILER

MFG. AND REPAIR. HALKIRK, ALBERTA

403-884-2173 403-430-0504

Grain, FeedHay 2190

DEALERS WANTED:Hannas Seeds need agents to sell alfalfas,

clovers and grasses plus hay, pasture, turf, native

and reclamation mixtures. Contact Esther

1-800-661-1529 [email protected]

HEATED CANOLAbuying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed.

Buying damaged oroffgrade grain.

“On Farm Pickup”Westcan Feed & Grain,

1-877-250-5252

We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those selected for an interview

will be contacted. We would kindly appreciate no phone calls.



Maintenance Supervisor Competition # 16-177-12 Paintearth Mine – Halkirk/Forestburg Area

Position Profile: Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager this position will coordinate and assign maintenance activities to personnel in a cost effective, safe and environmental manner. This position will also assist with monthly and quarterly forecasts and the annual maintenance budget. As well assume other duties and responsibilities as may be required due to changing circumstances in the economic and physical environment of the mine. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will posses a Journeyman Trades certificate, Mechanical Engineering Technologist diploma or degree with a minimum of 5 to 10 years of related mining and supervisory experience. Other combinations of education and experience may be considered. Demonstration of excellent interpersonal, communication, leadership and organizational skills as well as the ability to learn quickly and maintain motivation even in the face of inevitable setbacks is an asset. Sherritt Coal offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and provides the opportunity for personal growth and development.

Closing date: January 28, 2013



www.sherritt.com



Maintenance Planning Coordinator Paintearth Mine (near Forestburg, Alberta)

Position Profile: Under the direction of the Maintenance Planner, this position is responsible for data entry to support the Computerized Maintenance Management System. Responsibilities include electronic & manual filing of documents; processing work orders; updating job plans; processing oil samples; entry of equipment operating hours, downtime reasons and delays; maintaining inventory of service, parts, training manuals; and reviewing timecards as well as recording overtime and vacation time. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have the equivalent to high school graduation and completion of a diploma program at a college or technical school. Other combinations of education and experience may be considered. Experience in MS Office Suite as well as computerized maintenance systems considered an asset. Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication organizational and administrative skills. Sherritt Coal offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and provides the opportunity for personal growth and development.

Closing date: April 1, 2013



Bale Hauling & SwathingBale Hauling & SwathingMarketing of Hay and Straw Marketing of Hay and Straw

Will load own truckWill load own truck

David UnruhDavid Unruh Cell 403-323-6787Cell 403-323-6787

Home 403-742-4673Home 403-742-4673

Business Services#1000 - #1430

Accounting .......................... 1010Acupuncture........................1020Advocate/Mediation ............1025Antique Dealers & Stores ...1027Automotive ..........................1029Bands & DJ s ......................1030Beauty/Cosmetic ................1040Bookkeeping .......................1050Cabinet Makers ...................1054Child Care/Caregivers .........1060Carpentry ............................1062Car Rentals .........................1064Cat Work .............................1065Cleaning .............................1070Clerical................................1080Construction .......................1085Consulting ...........................1090Contractors ......................... 1100Computer Services ..............1110Drafting & Design................ 1120Eavestroughing ................... 1130Educational ......................... 1140Electrical ............................. 1150Entertainment ..................... 1160Escorts................................ 1165Farm Equipment ................. 1168Financial ............................. 1170Fireplaces ........................... 1175Flooring............................... 1180Food/Catering ..................... 1190Furnace Cleaning ............... 1193Glass Shops ....................... 1196Mobile Glass Shops ............ 1197Handyman Services ...........1200Health Care......................... 1210Income Tax .........................1220Insurance ............................ 1130Landscaping .......................1240Land Mapping .....................1250Legal Services ....................1260Limousine Services ............1270Massage Therapy ...............1280Mechanical .........................1285Misc. Services ....................1290Moving & Storage ...............1300Oilfi eld .................................1305Painters/Decorators ............ 1310Personal Services ...............1315Pet Services .......................1318Photography .......................1320Plumbing & Heating ............1330Printing................................1335Rental - Equipment .............1340Rental - Misc .......................1350Repair Service ....................1360Roofi ng ...............................1370Snow Removal ....................1380Travel ..................................1385Upholstery ..........................1390Well Drilling ........................1400Welding ............................... 1410Window Cleaning ................1420Yard Care ............................1430

Accounting 1010

Ph:403-742-5979Fax:403-742-3656

Box 1595, 4907 - 50 Street,

Stettler AB

[email protected]

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Chapman and Co.Professional

Accountants LLP

Guy Chapman, CAChris Annand, CA

Kendra Walgenbach, CANaomi Roth, CGA

P.O. Box 1328 4702- 51 Ave., Stettler

Tel: 403-742-3438e-mail: [email protected]

4814 - 49 Street,Stettler

403-742-5520

403-882-3740 (Castor)

Thorogood

Pinches&Certified General Accountants

Gitzel KrejciGitzel KrejciDand PetersonDand Peterson

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

4912 - 51 StreetP.O. Box 460, Stettler, Alberta

403-742-4431

Toll free1-877-742-4431

e-mail:[email protected]

website:www.gkdpca.com

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Automotive 1029

Quality Collision Repairand Professional Service…

Guaranteed!

Find out more about us at:www.brennanautobody.com

Phone: 403-742-35554109 - 48 Avenue, Stettler

AUTO BODY REPAIR LTD.

Auto Body RepairsAccessories & GraphicsRestoration/Sandblasting

Box Liners

Phone 403-742-1681

www.northstarpaintandbody.com

Automotive 1029JT AUTO BODY LTD.

“Serving Stettler & areafor 37 years”

• Complete auto bodyrepair & painting

Call Curt or Rob

Phone 403-742-2869 4606 - 40 St., Stettler

CabinetMakers 1054

BOB HOLOWENKOTEL: 403-742-6277Res: 403-742-2409No. 5 Kunstman KomplexBox 685, Stettler, AB

T0C 2L0

Contractors 1100

403-742-1330

Buzz AndersenServing Stettler

area over 35 years

-Residential-Commercial

-Farm Buildings-Renovations

Drafting& Design 1120House Plan DesignHouse Plan DesignSmall CommercialSmall CommercialShop DrawingsShop DrawingsAs BuiltsAs Builts

Phone: 403-742-6612Cell: 780-935-0540

Email: [email protected]

Monika Stahlberg

Monika Stahlberg

Drafting Service

RAILSIDEDESIGNGALEN WIEBE

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL

DRAFTING AND DESIGN

5004 - 48 AVE., STETTLER

PH: 403-742-4101FAX: 866-305-5686

[email protected]

Eavestroughing1130FINISHING TOUCH EXTERIORS LTD.

5”Continuous Eaves“Gutter Clean” Leaf Protection

Electrical 1150

“If It’s Electrical We Do It”All types of Electrical

Installation &Maintenance

403-742-5111Serving Stettler

& Area since 1978

Financial 1170DO YOU NEED to borrow money - Now? If you own

a home or real estate,Alpine Credits will lend

you money - It’s thatsimple. 1-877-486-2161

DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25

years. Lower payments by 30% or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. Avoid bank-ruptcy! Free consultation; www.mydebtsolution.com or toll free 1-877-556-3500

MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 loan and +. No credit refused. Fast, easy, 100% secure. 1-877-776-1660.

FurnaceCleaning 1193Stettler Furnace

Cleaning

Qualifi ed and Qualifi ed and ReputableReputable

403-742-3418403-742-3418

Glass Shops 1196HEARTLAND

GLASS• Locks repinned & installed

• Windshields repaired & installed

• Residential & Commercial Windows & Doors

• All your glass & screen needsMain St., Stettler Emergency403-742-2665 403-742-3628

LTD.C.R. GLASS“Your Service Specialists”

Randy Long• Residential• Commercial

• Automotive Needs

403-742-25204607 - 59 St., Stettler

(Beside A & W)

HealthCare 1210

Stettler Eye Care

Dr. R. TROY NELSONComprehensive eye

health and vision exams

Top quality frames,

lenses and contacts

Treatment of eye

disease, injuries and

surgical co-management

Phone 403-742-2683New patients welcome

Dr. KERRY WONGOptometrist

Stettler, AlbertaBox 1796 Phone 403-742-2998

Dr. Patricia RossDr. P.G. Wilson

Dr. D.A. HeimdahlOPTOMETRISTS

Ponoka, Alta.

403-783-5575

1-800-662-7168

Coronation Office

403-578-3221

Hanna Office

403-854-3003

www.4YourEyesOnly.ca

Dr. E. LYNESChiropractor

4719 - 49 St.Stettler, AlbertaOne block East of Scotia Bank

403-742-5810 or 403-742-6443

Entertainment1160

Misc.Services 1290

HealthCare 1210PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE

Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture Acupuncture & Massage& Massage

“Keeping people in Motion...”

403-742-4533

DR. D.G. BECKLUNDChiropractor

-Gitzel Krejci Building

4912 - 51 StreetStettler, AB

Open Mon. - Sat.

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

LegalServices 1260

LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE

4819 - 51 Street

Lori R. ReuleLL. B.

StettlerProfessional

Building

403-742-3411

Barristers and Solicitors

Advocates

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]

Gary G. GrantLaw Office

4910 - 51 StreetStettler, AB T0C 2L0

Phone: 403-742-4437

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

U.S. travel waiver.(24 hour record check). Divorce? Simple. Fast.

Inexpensive. Debt recovery? Alberta collection to $25,000. Calgary

403-228-1300or 1-800-347-2540; www.accesslegalresearch.com

LegalServices 1260

IS YOUR CRIMINAL record limiting your future?

Want it gone?Have it removed today!

Canada’s #1 recordremoval providers since

1989. 1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366); www.RemoveYourRecord.com

MassageTherapy 1280

THIS WEEK’SEYE SPY WINNER IS

Blair ChapmanPlease come into the

Stettler Independent to claim your prize!

Misc.Services 1290

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IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up

scrap again! Farm machin-ery, vehicles and industrial.

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PersonalServices 1315

DATING SERVICE.Long-term/short-term

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Plumbing& Heating 1330

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Business and Services Directory

Misc.Services 1290 Misc.

Services 1290

Entertainment1160 Entertainment1160

Buy & Sell#1500 - #1990

Grain, FeedHay 2190ROUND hay bales for sale.

We deliver. Self unload-ing. No Sunday calls

Please. 403-843-6380

SMALL square hay bales, brome/alfalfa mix,

shedded, can deliver, $4 each. Call Shawn at

780-385-5316 or 780-879-3923

SeedGrain 2200CERTIFIED seed for sale:

Busby barley, Sundre barley, Ponoka barley,

Jordan oats, Guaranteed, fully tested. Greg Jones,

Magic Seed Farm 403-704-6277 or

403-783-6495

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 3020OLDER 4 BDRM. house, possible opt ion to pur-chase, 2 bdrms on main floor, 2 in bsmnt.. bath-r o o m o n e a c h f l o o r , 403-742-5575

STETTLER spacious 2 bdrm. 2 full bath, avail.

Apr. 1, no pets, n/s, ref’s 250-766-6766

Suites 3060L A R G E

One & Two BEDROOM APARTMENTS

FOR RENTNo pets

Phone Ellen at 403-742-1568

Phone Linda or Ernieat 403-742-5005

ONE SMALL BEDROOMAPARTMENT AND

ONE BACHELOR SUITEfor rent in Stettler.

Phone 403-742-5575.

Offices 3110

1920 SQ. FT. mainstreet Stett ler retail or off ice space available June 1. Will be completley remod-eled inside and out and wi l l develop to tenants specs.$11.00 per sq. ft. PLUS depending on required improvements. This is a t r i p l e n e t l e a s e . 403-704-0827

Industrial 31301,200 ft. heated shop in East Industrial area of Stettler. Available Dec.

1/12. Phone 403-742-8327, Tracey.

StorageSpace 3160STETTLER MINI

STORAGEHousehold, furniture,business records, etc.

Various sizes. Protectedby security alarm and

fenced and lightedperimeter. Owner:

Reg and Darlene Hunter403-740-9283 or

403-742-3153

MINI STORAGE10X12’ With 5x7 doors.

For quads, snowmobiles, furniture, etc.

Phone: (403)742-9729 DYMY Oilfield Services

Pasture 318075 ACRES. Good grass, tame hay. Medicine Lake,

North West of Rimbey.403-352-0776, 843-2511

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HousesFor Sale 4020

Real Estate#4000 - #4190

Realtors & Services..........4010Houses for Sale................4020Houses Wanted................4030Condos/Townhouses ........4040Acreages ..........................4050Acreages Wanted ............4060Farms/Land ......................4070Farms/Land Wanted ........4080Manufactured/Mobile Homes ..................4090Income Property ..............4100Commercial Property ......4110Industrial Property ............4120Cottages/Resort Property ..4130Businesses for Sale..........4140Buildings for Sale ............4150Lots for Sale ....................4160Out of Town Property ......4170Investment Opportunities ..4180Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

HousesFor Sale 4020

2007 Bungalow in Stettler 1304 sq. ft. open concept w/ hard-wood fl ooring, 5 bdrms 3 bath, master bdrm has 3 pc. ensuite, fi n-ished basement, landscaped yard w/fruit trees and perennials, north side of Stettler in newer community. Quick possession. $355,000.

Phone 403-742-8078

INVEST IN Red Deer.Purchase titled land for as little as $13,000. Cash and

RRSP eligible. MakeRed Deer real estate part

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Krisiti 403-670-9166 ext. 5.

Perfect RetirementHome for Sale

in StettlerBuilt in 2011, 1400 sq. ft. home with everything on

one level. 3 bdrms, 2 baths, attached double garage.Part of an age 45+ condo association,†$50/month

fee†covers snow shoveling and lawn care. Located next to large green area

with mature trees.Phone (403) 742-7765

HousesWanted 4030

RETIRED,RESPONSIBLE COUPLEwith friendly well behaved

dog, seeking house or mobile home.

Long term rent as ofMarch 31 or April 15.

Written reference. 403-741-3008

Farms/Land 4070

THREE QUARTERS LAND & HOUSE FOR SALE BY TENDER.

SE-11-55-13-4; NE-14-55-13-4; NW-13-55-13-4

(includes bungalow).Submit tenders by

April 15/13:Box 401, Two Hills, AB,

T0B 4K0.Phone 780-657-2627 /

780-603-1505.

ManufacturedHomes 4090THINKING OF SELLING?

We need your 1990 or newer manufactured or

modular home (to be moved). For free evaluation contact Terry at 1-855-347-0417 or

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VOLUME PURCHASEon our new Alaskan Series! 1520 sq. ft. $129,900 until March 30. Includes Arctic

insulation package and stainless steel appliances. Toll free 1-855-463-0084; www.jandelhomes.com.

CommercialProperty 4110

FOR SALE: 4,000 sq. ft. commercial building on two

lots. Located in southern Alberta. High traffic, light

industrial park.Phone 403-331-8662

or 406-533-9955.Asking $489,999

Out Of TownProperty 4170ELINOR LAKE RESORT. 2.5 hours NE Edmonton. Spring Sale, fully serviced lake lots reduced by 15%

May 17-31, 2013.Suitable for cabin/house,

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retire on main level, granny suite attached. $429,900.;

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MortgagesBought/Sold4190

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Double Wide Home locatedon Spruce Crescent.

Completely renovated, ready to move into. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, new

appliances. Asking $129,000.403-742-3685; 403-740-5562

Town of Stettler

PUBLIC NOTICELAND FOR LEASE

The Town of Stettler is now accepting tenders to lease the following land(s).

The Term of the Lease will for 2 years (2013 – 2015).

LOCATION ACRES USE

1. Pt. N.W. 4-39-19-W4 84.33± Pasture Parcel D, 2981ET 12± Hayland or Pasture

2. Pt. S.E. 9-39-19-W-4 96.9± Pasture

3. Lot 1, Plan 8023215 (airport) 42± Hayland

Conditions of Lease: Upon acceptance of lease tender by the Town of Stettler, all lease moneys must be paid in full prior to tenant occupancy.

Closing Date: Sealed lease proposal documents must be externally marked “Land Lease” complete with “Land Location” and submitted to the Stettler Town Office at 5031 – 50 Street no later than 2:00 p.m., April 3, 2013.

Further information may be obtained from the Stettler Town Office, 5031 - 50 Street or by contacting Leann Graham at 403-742-8305.

Town of StettlerPUBLIC NOTICE

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Develop-ment Permit Applications have been approved.

1. No: 2696-2013 Legal Description: Lot 12, Block 1, Plan 0120129 Municipal Address: 4902B - 44 Avenue Applicant: On-Sight Sign Group

Proposed Development: 4 Illuminated Fascia Signs & 2 Non-illuminated Banner Signs

You may appeal this decision by serving written notice of appeal to the Secretary of the Stettler Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, P.O. Box 280, Stettler, Alberta prior to 4:30 p.m. April 10, 2013. For further information, please phone 403-742-8305.

Leann GrahamPlanning & Development Services

2013 DUST CONTROL Applications for Farmstead Dust Control will be received at the County Offi ce during regular offi ce hours ending Friday, April 19, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. Applications must be made in person and must be accompanied by the fee:

$1,336.55 plus GST per 200 meters for calcium. For further information please contact Dennis Nelson, Director of Public Works at (403) 742-4441.

INVITATION TO TENDERThe County of Stettler No. 6 is inviting all interestedContractors to submit quotes for an annual contract to haul sewage from Buffalo Sands, Buffalo View Estatesand occasionally other sites as the County may deem necessary, to a licensed sewage facility.

Full details of the job description, estimated quantities and Quote Sheets may be obtained from the County ofStetter website - www.stettlercounty.ca, or by emailing your request for a quote package to Darlene Croker,Administrative Assistant at [email protected]

Sealed quotes will be received up to 1:30pm local time, Monday, April 8, 2013 at the County Administra-tive Offi ce.

The contract will commence on May 15, 2013 for one year, with an option for additional contract years in 2014 and 2015.

NOTICE OF ROADCONSTRUCTION COMPLETION

Pursuant to the Municipal Government Act M-26.1 534 THE COUNTY OF STETTLER NO. 6 hereby provides notice to any person having an interest in land that is adjacent to lands which the County of Stettler No. 6 has constructed a public road. Persons entitled to compensation from the municipality for loss of or the permanent lessening of use of that person’s land caused by the public work are advised to make claim within 60 days after this notice is pub-lished.

The following locations have been completed as of December 31, 2012:

SE & SW 3-41-17-4 NE & NW 34-40-17-4

NW & SW 18-39-19-4 NW & SW 19-39-19-4 NE & SE 13-39-20-4 NE & SE 24-39-20-4

SE & SW 33-35-20-4 SE & SW 34-35-20-4 NW 27-35-20-4 NE & NW 28-35-20-4

SE 2-38-20-4 Plan 8493AI/Rly/38 SW 1-38-20-4

NW & SW 18-38-17-4 NW & SW 19-38-17-4 NE & SE 13-38-18-4 NE & SE 24-38-18-4

Plan 9924620 For more information, please contact:

Tim FoxChief Administrative Offi cerBox 12706602–44 AvenueSTETTLER, Alberta T0C 2L0Phone: (403) 742-4441

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 NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE

PRAIRIE LAND REGIONAL DIVISION # 25

Proposal Call for External Audit Services

Prairie Land Regional Division # 25 invites responses to a Request for Proposal for External Audit Services for a three year term commencing with 2012-2013 fi scal year.

A “Proposal Call for External Audit Services” package detailing Closing Date, Firm Contractual Agreements for RFP, Eligibility, Scope of Work, Requirements, Conditions, Proposal Questionnaire and School Division Information is acces-sible on the Divisions’ website www.plrd.ab.ca.

Sealed responses clearly marked “Proposal Call – External Audit Services” are to be in the hands of the undersigned in Hanna, AB on or before 12:00 noon, Mountain Standard Time, on Friday, April 12, 2013.

Ms. Sharon OrumSecretary-Treasurer

Prairie Land Regional Division #25101 Palliser Trail

Box 670Hanna, AB T0J 1P0

Phone: (403) 854-4481 Fax: (403) 854-2803

NOTICE OF ADVANCED VOTELocal Jurisdiction: the Village of Donalda, Province of Alberta. Notice is hereby given than an advanced vote

will be held for the fi lling of the following office:

1 Vacancy for the Office of Councilor

Voting will take place on the 6th day of April, 2013 between the hours of 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The Voting Station will be located at:Donalda Drop-In, Main Street Donalda, AB

Dated at the Village of Donalda in the Province of Alberta, this 28th day of March 2013.

Marlene ConibearReturning Officer

Town of Stettler

PUBLIC NOTICEBYLAW 2038-13

Public Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Municipal Council of the Town of Stettler to pass Bylaw 2038-13 to close portions of public highways (streets) to public travel and create title to portions of public highways (streets):

A copy of Bylaw 2038-13 may be viewed at the Town Offi ce during regular hours of business.

A Public Hearing on the matter of Bylaw 2038-13 will be held at the Council Chambers, Stettler Town Offi ce, 5031 – 50 Street on April 19, 2013 at the hour of 8:00 p.m. when written or oral presentation for or against the bylaw will be received.

Leann GrahamPlanning & Development Services

A copy of Bylaw 2038-13 may be viewed at the Town Office during regular hours of b i

DISPOSAL OF LOST AND FOUND PROPERTY AND USED EQUIPMENT

The Town of Stettler is offering for sale items that have been turned in by the RCMP, as well as Town-owned used miscellaneous equipment. All items are purchased on an "As Is Where Is Basis" and can be viewed at the Town Shop on April 3 & 4, 2013 between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

A tender sheet and list of the items being offered for sale will be available at the Town Office or the Town Shop during regular business hours on April 1, 2013. Submit your sealed bid marked "2013 USED EQUPMENT TENDER" to the Town Office prior to 1:30 pm., April 9, 2013.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

GST will be added to all quotes.

Town of StettlerPUBLIC NOTICE

Effective March 30, 2013 the hours for the Erskine Transfer Station are as follows:

Wednesdays - 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturdays - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

PUBLIC NOTICEChange to Hours of

Operation forErskine Transfer Station

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Public Notice#6000

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

PublicNotices 6010Notice to Creditors

And ClaimantsEstate of

LYDIA FLORENCE McKENZIE who died on

November 22, 2012If you have a claim

against this Estate, you must file your claim by

May 3, 2013 with

Schnell Hardy Jones LLPBarristers & Solicitors

atP.O. Box 1240, 4902-51 Street

Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4436and provide details of

your claimIf you do not file by the date above, the estate

property can lawfully be distributed without regard

to any claim you may have.

ADULTS/CHILDREN

ANONYMOUSWednesday, 7:30 p.m.

For more info Kira & Ian

FCSS, 403-742-2339

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS403-742-3214; 403-742-2966 or 403-742-4271

AL-ANON403-742-0990

ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT

GROUP403-742-4263; 403-742-8122 or 403-742-4091

BEREAVEMENT

SUPPORT GROUP403-742-2337

BIG BROTHERS &

BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION403-742-5437 during business hours

BRIGANTIA PLACE(formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)

780-672-1035

CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)Brenda 403-742-3067

COCAINE ANONYMOUSPager toll-free (20 sec. response time)

1-403-357-6266

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

SUPPORT GROUP403-742-2337 (parents who have lost a child[ren])

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS403-742-4059

HOME SUPPORT

STETTLER & DISTRICT403-742-6568

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUSHot Line 403-342-1444

STETTLER & AREA

ACQUIRED BRAIN

INJURY SOCIETY(STABIS)

For more information phone

403-742-6456

STETTLER & DISTRICTFOOD BANK SOCIETYKathy Willis - 403-742-4567

Elaine Williams - 403-742-2745

4820 - 51 Street

STETTLER CITIZENS ON

PATROLRCMP office

403-742-3382

www.stettlercop.org

STETTLER HANDIBUS403-742-5858

STETTLER HEALTH

EMERGENCY LINE PROGRAM403-742-2337

STETTLER PEOPLE FOR

SUICIDE AWARENESS403-742-2337

STETTLER READ &

WRITE OFFICE403-742-2999

T.O.P.S.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly)

Grace – 403-742-0681

Vivian – 403-742-3935

VICTIM SERVICE403-741-7841

CONFUSED?GETTING THE RUN AROUND?

CONTACT YOUR INFORMATION

AND REFERRAL CENTRE

Residents of Stettler and the sur-rounding area now have access to this free and confi dential service. It provides information and referral on social agencies, government ser-vices, clubs and organizations, to best suit the caller’s need.

Just Dial - 403-742-1155

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After winning the provin-cial bantam A championship on home ice just a couple of days earlier, the Stettler Storm kept on truckin’ in the North Central Minor Hockey Association cham-pionship series last week.

The Storm posted back-to-back wins — 5-1 at Stettler last Tuesday and 3-1 at Sylvan Lake last Wednes-day — to sweep the Lakers in the league fi nal.

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The Stettler offence came from the likeliest of sources in Game 1 of the league fi nal, as Quade Cassidy scored three goals and an assist, and Matt Sylvester collected two goals and an assist. Ben Bauman made 25 saves in the Storm net.

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25,000.

Down pa

yment

on pur

chase fi

nancin

g offers

may be

require

d based

on app

roved cr

edit fro

m Ford

Credit.

Taxes p

ayable

on full a

mount

of purch

ase pri

ce. ††Un

til April

30, 201

3, receiv

e 0%/1.4

9%/1.4

9% ann

ual per

centag

e rate (

APR) pu

rchase fi

nancin

g on a n

ew 201

3 Focus

4 Door

SE/201

3 Fusion

SE wit

h 2.5L e

ngine/

2013 Es

cape SE

FWD w

ith 1.6L

EcoBoo

st engi

ne for a

maxim

um of 7

2 mont

hs to qu

alifi ed

retail cu

stomers,

on app

roved cr

edit (OA

C) from

Ford Cr

edit. No

t all bu

yers wil

l qualif

y for th

e lowes

t APR pa

yment

. Purcha

se fi na

ncing m

onthly

payme

nt is $2

36/$34

4/$363

(the su

m of tw

elve (12

) mont

hly pay

ments

divided

by 26 p

eriods g

ives pay

ee a bi-

weekly

payme

nt of $1

09/$159

/$168 w

ith a do

wn pay

ment o

f $2,00

0/$2,30

0/$2,00

0 or equ

ivalent

trade-

in. Cost

of borro

wing is

$0/$1,0

89.83/

$1,149.

61 or AP

R of 0%

/1.49%

/1.49%

and tot

al to be

repaid

is $16,99

9/$24,7

88.83/

$26,148

.61. Off

ers incl

ude a M

anufact

urer Re

bate of

$750/$

0/$750

and fre

ight an

d air ta

x of $1,6

50 but e

xclude o

ptional

feature

s, adm

inistrat

ion and

registra

tion fee

s (adm

inistrat

ion fee

s may v

ary by d

ealer), f

uel fi ll

charge

and all

applica

ble tax

es. Taxe

s payab

le on fu

ll amoun

t of pur

chase p

rice aft

er Manu

facture

r Rebat

e deduc

ted. Bi-

Weekly

payme

nts are

only av

ailable

using a

custom

er initia

ted PC

(Intern

et Bank

ing) or

Phone P

ay syste

m thro

ugh the

custom

er’s ow

n bank (

if offere

d by tha

t fi nanc

ial insti

tution)

. The cu

stomer is

require

d to sig

n a mo

nthly p

ayment

contrac

t with a

fi rst pa

yment

date on

e mont

h from

the con

tract da

te and t

o ensure

that th

e total

month

ly paym

ent occ

urs by t

he paym

ent due

date. B

i-week

ly paym

ents ca

n be ma

de by m

aking pa

yment

s equiva

lent to t

he sum

of 12 m

onthly

payme

nts div

ided by

26 bi-w

eekly p

eriods e

very two

weeks

comme

ncing on

the con

tract da

te. Deale

r may s

ell for le

ss. Offer

s vary b

y mode

l and no

t all co

mbina

tions wi

ll apply.

*Purcha

se a ne w

2013 Fo

cus 4 D

oor SE/

2013 Fu

sion SE

with 2.

5L engi

ne/201

3 Escap

e SE FW

D with

1.6L Eco

Boost e

ngine f

or $18,9

99/$25

,999/$2

6,999. Ta

xes pay

able on

full am

ount of

purcha

se price

aft er M

anufact

urer Re

bate of

$750/$

0/$750

has bee

n deduc

ted. Of

fers inc

lude fr

eight an

d air ta

x $1,650

but exc

lude op

tional f

eature

s, adm

inistrat

ion and

registra

tion fee

s (adm

inistrat

ion fee

s may v

ary by d

ealer), f

uel fi ll

charge

and all

applica

ble tax

es. Manu

facture

r Rebat

es can b

e used i

n conju

nction

with m

ost reta

il consu

mer of

fers ma

de avail

able by

Ford of

Canada

at eithe

r the tim

e of fac

tory ord

er or de

livery, b

ut not b

oth. Ma

nufactu

rer Reba

tes are

not com

binabl

e with

any fl ee

t consu

mer in

centive

s. ±Unt

il April 3

0, 2013

, lease a

new 201

3 Focus

4 Door

SE/201

3 Fusion

SE wit

h 2.5L e

ngine/

2013 Es

cape SE

FWD w

ith 1.6L

EcoBoo

st engi

ne and g

et 0%/

0%/1.4

9% ann

ual per

centag

e rate (

APR) fi n

ancing

for up

to 48 m

onths o

n appro

ved cre

dit (OA

C) from

Ford Cr

edit. No

t all bu

yers wil

l qualif

y for th

e lowes

t APR pa

yment

. Lease a

vehicle

with a

value of

$18,999

/$25,99

9/$26,9

99 at 0%

/0%/1.4

9% APR

for up

to 48 m

onths w

ith $75

0/$1,45

0/$1,85

0 down

or equi

valent t

rade in

, month

ly paym

ent is $

248/$3

79/$39

2, total

lease ob

ligation

is $12,6

54/$19

,642/$

20,666 a

nd optio

nal buy

out is $

7,529/$

9,675/$

11,705.

Offer inc

ludes M

anufact

urer Re

bate of

$750/$

0/$750

. Taxes p

ayable

on full a

mount

of leas

e fi nanc

ing pric

e aft er M

anufact

urer Re

bate is

deducte

d. Offer

s includ

e freigh

t and ai

r tax of

$1,650 b

ut exclu

de optio

nal fea

tures, ad

ministra

tion and

registra

tion fee

s (ad m

inistrat

ion fee

s may v

ary by d

ealer), f

uel fi ll

charge

and all

applica

ble tax

es. Addi

tional p

ayment

s requi

red for

PPSA, re

gistrati

on, secu

rity dep

osit, NS

F fees (

where a

pplicab

le), exc

ess wea

r and te

ar, and l

ate fee

s. Some

conditi

ons and

mileag

e restric

tions of

80,000

km ove

r 48 mo

nths ap

ply. A ch

arge of

16 cent

s per km

over m

ileage r

estrictio

ns appl

ies, plu

s applic

able ta

xes. Ma

nufactu

rer Reba

tes can

be use

d in con

junctio

n with

most re

tail con

sumer o

ffers m

ade ava

ilable b

y Ford o

f Canad

a at eith

er the t

ime of f

actory

order o

r delive

ry, but n

ot both

. Manuf

acturer R

ebates

are not

combin

able w

ith any

fl eet co

nsume

r incent

ives. ▼

Progra

m in eff

ect from

Januar

y 15, 20

13 to Ap

ril 1, 20

13 (the

“Progr

am Per

iod”). T

o qualif

y, custom

er must

turn in a

2006 m

odel ye

ar or old

er vehic

le that is

in runn

ing con

dition (

able to

start a

nd move

and wit

hout m

issing pa

rts) and

has bee

n prope

rly regis

tered/p

lated or

insure

d for th

e last 3

month

s (the “

Criteria

”). Eligib

le custom

ers will

receive

[$500]

/[$1,00

0]/[$2

,500]/[

$3,000]

toward

s the pu

rchase o

r lease o

f a new

2012/2

013 For

d [C-Ma

x, Fusion

Hybrid &

Energi]

/[Fusio

n (exclu

ding S,

Hybrid &

Energi)

, Taurus

(exclud

ing SE)

, Mustan

g (exclu

ding Va

lue Lea

der), Es

cape (e

xcludin

g S), Tra

nsit Con

nect (e

xcludin

g EV), Ed

ge (excl

uding S

E), Flex

(exclud

ing SE)

, Explo

rer (excl

uding b

ase)]/[

F-150 (e

xcludin

g Regul

ar Cab 4

x2 XL), E

xpediti

on, E-S

eries]/[

F250-5

50] – a

ll Fiesta

, Focus

, Rapto

r, GT500

, BOSS 3

02, Tran

sit Conn

ect EV,

Medium

Truck, V

alue Le

ader an

d Linco

ln mode

ls exclud

ed (eac

h an “El

igible V

ehicle”)

. Taxes p

ayable

before

Rebate

amoun

t is ded

ucted. To

qualify

: (i) cus

tomer m

ust, at t

he time

of the E

ligible V

ehicle sa

le, provi

de the D

ealer wi

th (a) s

uffi cien

t proof

of Crite

ria, and

(b) sig

ned orig

inal ow

nership

transfe

rring cu

stomer v

ehicle to

the Aut

horized

Recycle

r; and (i

i) Eligib

le Vehic

le must

be purch

ased, le

ased, o

r factor

y order

ed durin

g the Pr

ogram

Period.

Offer o

nly ava

ilable to

residen

ts of Ca

nada an

d payab

le in Can

adian do

llars. O

ffer is t

ransfer

able on

ly to per

sons do

miciled

with th

e owner

of the r

ecycled

vehicle

. Offer

can be

used in

conjun

ction w

ith mo

st retail

consum

er offer

s made

availab

le by Fo

rd at eit

her the

time of

factory

order o

r delive

ry, but n

ot both

. Offer

not ava

ilable o

n any ve

hicle re

ceiving

CPA, GP

C, Comm

ercial C

onnecti

on or Da

ily Rent

al Reba

tes and

the Com

mercia

l Fleet R

ebate P

rogram

(CFIP).

Custom

ers elig

ible for

CFIP ar

e not eli

gible fo

r this o

ffer. Lim

ited tim

e offer,

see dea

ler for d

etails o

r call th

e Ford C

ustome

r Relati

onship

Centre

at 1-80

0-565-

3673. *

**Estim

ated fu

el consu

mption

ratings

for 201

3 Focus

2.0L I4

5-spee

dma

nual tra

nsmissio

n: [7.8L

/100km

(36MPG

) City, 5.

5L/100

km (51

MPG) Hw

y] / 201

3 Fusion

FWD 2.

5L I4 6-

speed S

ST tran

smissio

n: [9.2L

/100km

(31MPG

) City, 5.

8L/100

km (49

MPG) Hw

y] / 201

3 Escap

e FWD 1.

6L GTDI

I4 EcoB

oost 6-

speed a

utoma

tic tran

smissio

n: [9.1L

/100km

(31MPG

) City, 6

.0L/100

km (47

MPG) Hw

y]. Fuel

consum

ption ra

tings ba

sed on

Transpo

rt Canad

a appro

ved tes

t meth

ods. Ac

tual fu

el consu

mption

will va

ry base

d on roa

d condi

tions, ve

hicle lo

ading, v

ehicle e

quipm

ent, an

d drivin

g habits

. **Rem

ember

that ev

en adva

nced te

chnolo

gy cann

ot overc

ome th

e laws o

f physic

s. It’s al

ways po

ssible to

lose co

ntrol of

a vehic

le due t

o inapp

ropriat

e driver

input f

or the c

onditio

ns. ©20

13 Siriu

s Canad

a Inc. “S

iriusXM

”, the Si

riusXM

logo, ch

annel n

ames a

nd logo

s are tra

demark

s of Siri

usXM R

adio Inc

. and ar

e used u

nder lic

ence. ©

2013 Fo

rd Moto

r Comp

any of C

anada,

Limited

. All righ

ts reserv

ed.

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