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In an effort to mini-mize the reduction of teaching staff, Clearview School Division trustees has changed a recommen-dation for schools to keep five per cent of their an-nual budget in reserves.

The board directed administration to advise principals that school reserves can be spent to help retain staff at schools for the 2013-14 school year.

The principals were expected to revise their budgets before the ad-ministration presents a final draft of the spring budget to the board for approval at a planning meeting Thursday.

Bus service expan-sion: Families in Stettler wanting bus service ex-tended to their part of town got the news they wanted to hear.

Effective in Septem-ber, bus service will be expanded to include Em-merson Acres and an area northeast of West Stettler Park.

Budget deliberations: The board supported full-time kindergarten programming at Stettler Elementary School and directed administration to set the level of finan-cial support accordingly.

To free up more money for individual school bud-gets, the board amended the way some services are charged out.

Currently, the double bus runs in the Town of Stettler require Stettler Elementary School to maintain supervision staff for a longer time.

The board asked ad-ministration to allocate to the transportation bud-get the supervision costs for Stettler Elementary School, because of morn-ing and afternoon double bus runs within the town.

As well, costs associ-ated with network admin-istration at the schools will be applied directly to the central network bud-get and resource officer costs will be funded as a central expense, rather than as an expenditure for William E. Hay Com-posite High School.

Celebration presen-tation: It was Erskine School’s turn to showcase events happening at its school to the Clearview board. Grade 9 students made a multimedia pre-sentation and answered questions from trustees.

Student funding re-quest: As per Policy 412, the board approved a re-quest from Carlie Gendre for financial support for her travel to the Pan Am Games in Columbia in August.

Gendre, a member of the William E. Hay Com-posite High School wres-tling team, was selected to represent Canada at the Games. The board agreed to give her $500 to help with travel expenses.

Recognition night: Plans were finalized for Clearview’s annual rec-ognition night, set for June 19 in Stettler.

The Clearview Award of Merit recipients are scheduled to be hon-oured, along with long-service employees. Also, a tribute is planned for a former superintendent, Dr. Bill Baergen, who died this year.

Clearview board

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before approval

LES STULBERG/Independent reporter

GROOMING A CHAMPION — Jesse Jack of the Byemoor 4-H Club prepares her heifer for the show ring at the Stettler District 4-H Show on Monday. Her heifer was named grand champion commercial yearling and reserve grand champion commercial female overall. For more on the fi rst day of the two-day show, see Page A2.


Sid Morris got “the shock of my life” when he opened his January gas bill and saw that it was $3,789.08.

He said that was $45.26 more than his gas bill for the entire year in 2011.

“Anybody with any common sense would say something is wrong with that,” said the 81-year-old Alix farmer.

Morris is in an ongo-ing dispute with the gas

supplier, Chain Lakes Gas Co-op of Tees.

Morris also operates Morris Meadows Country Holidays and Seminars from the same location, but said that during the winter months, those fa-cilities aren’t heated.

He said his average an-nual bill is $380 and that can double during the winter.

After Morris com-plained about the amount of his gas invoice, he said Chain Lakes Gas Co-op

removed the gas meter and had it checked.

Morris said they didn’t find anything wrong with the meter, but replaced it with a new one.

He contends an engi-neer told him a meter can roll ahead and then contin-ue to work properly again, but there wasn’t any way of determining whether that happened.

Chain Lakes Gas Co-op general manager Sven So-rensen said he believes the Morris property consumed

the gas.He said the January bill

was a “catch-up bill,” as the previous two months were estimated.

“The $3,700 bill rep-resents underestimated amounts from November and December,” Sorensen said.

He said Morris doesn’t have a just a home, but also a guest ranch with eight buildings.

Sorensen said the gas line was walked and checked for leaks.

He said if there had been a leak, Morris’s me-ter would show him still using abnormally high amounts of gas, which wasn’t the case.

“Either the meter

malfunctions, you have a leak downstream of the meter, or the consumer burned it — one of the three,” Sorensen said.

He said the chance that the meter rolled ahead on its own is “very remote,” but the company decided to give Morris the benefit of the doubt and returned $1,496.24 to “meet him halfway.”

Morris said that still doesn’t explain why his bill was so high, and he re-fused to pay the balance.

Morris said he received a disconnect notice from the gas co-op in March.

He paid last month’s portion of the bill and contacted “Go Public,” a CBC news investigative

team in Edmonton, to air his concerns.

The TV crew visited Morris’ farm and aired his story.

But the deadlock con-tinues. Morris pays his new monthly charges, but refuses to pay about $800 still owing from his Janu-ary bill.

Morris said he doesn’t like how the situation was handled, with the only choices being “pay up or be cut off.”

“I should have taken them to court, but that would be time-consuming and costly.

“The annual general meeting of the co-op will be a lot more lively next March.”

Alix farmer disputes gas bill, still upset about ‘settlement’

RICHARD FROESEIndependent reporter

Aging playground equipment at Donalda School was removed last week after the school, parents and Clearview School Division realized the equipment wasn’t safe for children.

“We do inspections of our school playgrounds every year and found that the equipment at Donalda has signifi cant

problems,” said Clearview secretary-treasurer Lewis Hill.

Initially, when two components of the playground were condemned, the school division asked the school community and parents’ group to try to determine the future viability of the playground.

“They came back to us and told us to remove all the equipment,” Hill said.

Taking down the “unsafe equipment” became a priority for the Donalda School Parents’ Society.

“Consensus from the playground committee was that the entire playground be removed,” said Shauna Wilkie, who chairs the committee.

“For the safety of children, we decided to have no playground than to have an unsafe playground.”

About 15 years old, the wood-structure playground at Donalda School was showing signs of age and wearing, Wilkie said.

“We hope to have a playground for the start of the 2014-15 school year. We are

working with two playground companies to get a feasible plan.”

While teeter totters, monkey bars, slides and a sliding glider were removed, two swing sets were retained, she said.

Most schools and playgrounds in the region have modern and durable equipment that’s deemed safer for children than the old-fashioned wood structure in Donalda.

Parents and the committee plan to soon begin fundraising for new playground equipment.

Donalda School removes ‘unsafe equipment’ from playground

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Shayla Schilling of the Byemoor club (left) shows the grand champion commercial herd at the Stettler District 4-H Show on Monday. Assisting her are Bryce Stewart, Natalie Schilling, Tyler Stewart and Kallie Stewart.


Kathryn Dolliver of the Big Knife club presents the grand champion purebred female at the Stettler District4-H show Monday. Helping her with the calf is Rylee Jacobson, who was also a multiple award-winner.

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Big Knife 4-H Club member Kathryn Dolliver guides her grand cham-pion purebred yearling at the Stettler district show Monday, the fi rst dayof the two-day event.

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The 63rd annual Stettler District 4-H Show and Sale kicked off Monday with the heifer classes and the judging competition.

Four participating beef clubs, Big Knife, Big Val-ley, Byemoor and Erskine, staged their long-running event at the Stettler Agri-plex, with Big Valley serv-ing as the host club.

The show continued through Tuesday.

Judge Maureen Smith applauded the 4-H mem-bers’ hard work and the quality of the livestock they put before her.

One of the members

showing multiple animals was Shayla Schilling of the Byemoor club. Her yearling, two-year-old and three-year-old, with calves at side, were named grand champion commer-cial herd.

“Even though it’s a lot of work, the calves are al-ways fun to work with,” Schilling said.

On Tuesday, the 4-H members brought their steers to town for the show and sale, along with the grooming and showman-ship competitions.

Day 1 results:

Commercial females

The grand champion yearling — Jesse Jack,

Byemoor.Reserve grand cham-

pion yearling — Faith Shuckburgh, Big Valley.

Grand champion two-year-old — Rylee Jacob-son, Big Knife.

Reserve grand champi-on two-year-old — Shayla Schilling, Byemoor.

Grand champion three-year-old — Shayla Schil-ling, Byemoor.

The reserve grand champion three-year-old — Kourtney Schilling, Byemoor.

Grand champion fe-male — Rylee Jacobson.

Reserve grand champi-on female — Jesse Jack.

Grand champion herd — Shayla Schilling.

Reserve grand cham-pion herd — Kourtney Schilling.

Purebred females

Grand champion year-ling — Kathryn Dolliver, Big Knife.

Reserve grand champi-on yearling — Jenny Mu-nholland, Big Valley.

Grand champion two-year-old — Kathryn Dol-liver, Big Knife.

Grand champion female — Kathryn Dolliver.

Reserve grand cham-pion female — Kathryn Dolliver.

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An art display was unveiled last week in the Stettler hospital acute-care unit. From left are William E. Hay Composite High School Grade 10 art students Mycaela Henderson, Bailey Steinhoff and Morgan VanDusen, along with Don Letwinetz of Encana, which donated the frame that houses the colourful artwork.


As an added attraction at Stettler Hospital and Care Centre, a display featuring student art was unveiled last week.

The frame in the hall of the acute-care wing showcases art from William E. Hay Composite High School stu-dents.

“The Creative Connections wall was a project that fi rst began at Red Deer Regional Hospital, which pro-vided art work from local schools and artists to showcase their talent,” said

Diane Palmer, the site manager of the hospital and acting manager of acute care.

“By featuring artists, it was our in-tention to create a positive, healthy ex-perience for our patients and visitors.

“Because we have received such positive response to this project, vol-unteer resources in the central zone want to expand the Creative Connec-tions project into some of our rural hospitals.”

Also featured in hospitals in Drumheller, Lacombe, Ponoka, Rim-bey, Bentley and Rocky Mountain House, the Creative Connections dis-play was added to Stettler’s facility to

enhance the decor of the hallway.“It’s good to work with students

and we want to promote local art and talent,” said Don Letwinetz, a com-munity relations advisor for Encana, which donated the frame.

“People in the hospital will be hap-py and able to enjoy the works.”

Art pieces will be changed about four times a year.

The Stettler high school art teacher welcomed the project.

“It’s a great opportunity to get stu-dent art in the community and it’s a good partnership,” Erroll Brager said.

People are invited to view the art during their visits to the hospital.


Botha and Stettler elementary schools got a charge out of a safety show on stage last Thursday.

ATCO Energy Theatre continues its road show this Thursday at Theresetta Catholic School in Castor.

“We appreciate ATCO, with its shows to promote safety and career options in the community,” said Botha School principal Mitch Hammond said.

For the past few years, ATCO has also visited schools to give hands-on safety demonstrations and even showed a mock-up of a small town, Hammond said.

ATCO Energy Theatre and its “Power Game with the Blue Flame” uses “edu-tainment” to teach children les-sons about electricity and natural gas, their hazards, and how to avoid potentially fatal situations.

“Safety of the public, our customers and our employees is a core value at ATCO,” said president Bill Stephens.

“The program reinforces information presented in safety education programs already offered to schools by both ATCO Gas and ATCO Electric, as well as science information related to the Alberta school curriculum for grades 4 to 6.”

Since the program started in 2007, educators and par-ents have been receptive to the program, the company said.

“We believe live theatre is a particularly effective edu-cational tool,” said Bobbi Lambright, president of ATCO Electric’s distribution division.

“The script and performances by our actors allow our young audiences to see themselves in the context of the play, which is extremely important for learning.

“We’re using the power of theatre to tell a story that is relevant to their world and provides important infor-mation they can bring home and start to apply immedi-ately.”

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PromotingStettlerin the tradition ofCarl Stettler

Celebrated British actor William Ma-cready (1793-1873) was approached by a clergyman. He asked, “Would you explain something to me?”

“What is it?” the actor queried, and hu-morously added, “I don’t know that I can explain anything to a preacher!”

The minister asked, “What is the dif-ference between you and me? You appear before crowds night after night with fi ction and the crowds come wherever you go. I’m preaching essential and unchangeable truth and I am not getting any crowd, at all.”

Macready answered, “That’s simple. The difference between us is that I pres-ent my fi ction as though it were truth; you present your truth as though it were fi ction. You lack fervency!”

What a sad commentary for that min-ister! Fervency should be one of the chief characteristics of those who claim to be spokesmen for God, but also for any fol-lower of Christ. The apostle Paul wrote, “... be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.” (Ro-mans 12:11)

The Bible touches on numerous areas in which Christians should be fervent. I will mention just a few of them. First, believ-ers should be fervent in love; “Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another.” (1 Peter 4:8a)

The believer is also to be fervent in prayer. James 5:16 says, “... pray for each other ... The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”

The progression is natural. When we love and care for someone, we’ll automati-cally want to bring their needs before the Lord in prayer.

Titus 2:14 advocates a fervent lifestyle, saying, “Jesus gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to cleanse us so

that we could be his special people who are fervent about doing good deeds.”

Fervency should be present in our teach-ing. A man named Apollos was, “... fervent in his spirit as he spoke and taught dili-gently of the things of the Lord ...” (Acts 18:25)

A passion to share the truth of the Bible is fundamental for believers in Christ. The good news is just too good to keep to our-selves.

Finally, fervency should be manifested in generosity. Paul shared in 2 Corinthians 9:2 that the Corinthian believers’ faithful and fervent giving had encouraged others to follow their example.

This list is by no means comprehensive, but it’s clear that the Christian life should be lived in a passionate and fervent man-ner. In fact, it would not be a stretch to say that for a Christian to live in a spiritually apathetic or indifferent fashion is unaccept-able.

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be fervent about.” — Charles Kingsley

Pastor Ross Helgeton is senior pastor at Erskine Evangelical Free Church.

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Pearn adds colour to awards night

By Brian Lee CrowleyTroy Media columnist

Probe the mind of the average Canadian and you’ll likely find a complex knot of feelings and thoughts about Aboriginal Canadians, a mixture of guilt, admiration, resentment and frustration in roughly equal measure.

But perhaps more importantly, you’ll find a deep vein of pessimism, a feeling that relations between Aborigi-nals and non-Aboriginals is a mine field, that the prob-lems are intractable, that huge sums of money are spent but things never improve.

That picture comes from many sources, but one of the most important is the media, which often reflects back at Canadians their own anxieties and preoccupations, in-cluding those about First Nations.

Yet we are on the cusp of a revolution in relations between aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. That revolution will be driven by the potential of the natural resource economy to create wealth, coupled with the in-creasing need to make Aboriginal Canadians full part-ners in resource development if we are to unlock that wealth.

New respect from the courts for Aboriginal treaties and rights, particularly as they relate to resources, make them indispensable for developments that touch on their interests.

I tried to tell the story of the positive developments that are the most likely outcome of this increased ab-original power recently when my institute launched a new project on Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Re-source Economy, but I made a bad mistake. I underes-timated the power of important segments of the media to subvert a good-news story that conflicted with their prejudices.

In my naivete, I thought we had to tackle the thorny issues around Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relations head on. That meant looking at what could go right and what could go wrong, and a strategy to maximize the first and minimize the second.

My co-author, Ken Coates, Canada Research Chair at the University of Saskatchewan, and I wrote about the great potential for partnership with First Nations, and how many of those partnerships in places like northern B.C., the Yukon, northern Quebec and elsewhere are already paying huge dividends, including for Aborigi-nal people. Vast new aboriginally-owned development corporations are sprouting up to run their projects on a business-like basis, and soon will be among the largest corporations in the country.

Aboriginal involvement in the oil pipeline from the Northwest Territories has been so successful that they are now taking an equity participation in a proposed gas pipeline.

Those are models we can build on in enlarging the partnership with Aboriginal people beyond the commu-nities where it is already working.

But I insisted that we not neglect or downplay the po-tential for things to go wrong. No one who remembers the Oka crisis, or followed the conflict at Caledonia in Ontario, or reads the many stories of aboriginal block-ades of critical highways and railways, can be in any doubt that conflict exists between aboriginal Canada and the rest of society, and sometimes that conflict boils over.

So I also asked Doug Bland, a retired colonel in the Canadian Forces and professor emeritus of strategic studies at Queen’s University, to write about the poten-tial for conflict, so that our two papers would lay out the alternative futures we have before us. He sensibly wrote that the research on uprisings and insurrections from around the world indicated that the existence of certain factors, like a young disaffected group (the “warrior cohort”), vulnerable infrastructure and deep social divi-sions (such as between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians) all made such conflict more feasible.

Bland’s point was that we can lessen the chances of insurrection by dealing with these contributing fac-tors, reducing the likelihood of conflict. Moreover, at the news conference where we launched the project, we were at pains to point out that we were not predicting conflict, but laying out the reasons for optimism and strategies to reduce the risk of things going wrong.

For our pains, we got front-page stories across the country claiming that our “grim” report “predicted” a long hot summer of Aboriginal uprisings.

Thus, our effort to introduce a note of justified opti-mism into what can sometimes seem a desperately de-pressing discussion unleashed much alarmist coverage almost completely divorced (with some honourable ex-ceptions) from what we said.

Fortunately, the Aboriginal world got the real mes-sage and we have been encouraged by the outpouring of encouragement and even relief from people who were just delighted to see someone telling the optimistic story they are living every day on the resource frontier.

We are swamped with invitations to speak to Abor-iginal economic development conferences.

The National Chief of the AFN, Shawn Atleo, wrote to congratulate us.

Brian Lee Crowley is the managing director ofthe Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an independent non-partisan public policy think-tank in Ottawa.

1988 — 25 years ago— An Alberta Wheat

Pool storage shed in Botha was robbed of $60,000 worth of farm chemicals.

— Byemoor 4-H mem-bers Loretta Knowles and Curtis Clausen were award-ed educational tours at the provincial selections at Olds College.

— John Holderness cel-ebrated his 103rd birthday with a party at his Stettler home.

— Perry Pearn, a Wil-liam E. Hay Composite High School graduate and the coach of the NAIT Ook-piks, was the guest speaker at Colour Night.

— Brad Marshall was appointed the director of the Stettler Boys and Girls Club.

— Donalda School claimed 11 wins in the 15 classes at the STACS badminton tournament in Stettler to win for the third year in a row.

— Former Stettlerite Mike Szapko, a pianist and chiropractor, purchased items from Liberace’s Hol-lywood mansion at an auc-tion in Los Angeles.

1978 — 35 years ago— A historic sign com-

memorating the early Esto-nian settlement in the Linda Hall vicinity was placed on Highway 56.

— Stettler school band, consisting of 41 students in grades eight to 12, made a spring tour to Midnapore, Okotoks, Calgary and Banff.

— Alva Knapp of Stettler won a silver medal at the Labatts’ world fi ve-pin bowling championship at Thunder Bay, Ont.

— A pair of seniors with local connections — Donal-da pioneer Dave Anderson and former Stettler resident Serena Jensen — each cele-brated their 100th birthday.

— Alberta Power marked 50 years of service to the Stettler area with a presen-tation of an original paint-ing of the Stettler Court House to the community.

— Dr. James Casey opened a dental practice in an offi ce above the Credit Union.

— Sale items at IGA in-cluded: lettuce — two heads for $1; cucumbers — three for $1; Heinz ketchup — $1.29; Campbell’s soup — four for $1; and margarine — three pounds for $1.59.

1968 — 45 years ago— Almost 1,000 campers

took in the three-day trailer rally at Rochon Sands Pro-vincial Park.

— A referendum was set to decide if Waverly School should be amalgamated by the Stettler School District.

— Barbara Shepherd’s Irish setter “Penny” was judged best dog in the par-lour show of the Stettler Kennel and Obedience Club.

— Graduation exercises and a banquet were held for 22 Grade 9 graduates at Er-skine.

— More than 50 women participated in the fash-ion show sponsored by the Stettler Recreation Com-mission, Stettler Co-op and Freda’s Yard Goods.

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By Les StulbergIndependent reporter

THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT COMMENTARY Page A5Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Most folks have heard about the use of drones for mili-tary purposes, but there is a much better future for these un-manned aerial vehicles (UAV), as they are offi cially called, in the world of agriculture.

A number of universities and research agencies are al-ready busily investigating their use mainly for crop surveil-lance of diseases and other production issues. The potential is certainly clear, the research is now trying to fi nd what system and equipment will work best at the least cost.

However, the real push is coming from private UAV de-velopers who see new marketing potential in agriculture. A whole swarm of companies in the U.S., Canada and Australia are already well along with UAV concepts and prototypes. An additional industry in creating unique plant sensors and cameras will probably be created to take ad-vantage of drone technology.

Aerial crop surveillance isn’t new, satellites and aircraft have done it on a limited scale for years. But the results were not always detailed or timely and cost was a limiting factor.

However, the advancement in drone technology has changed all that. Military drones now seem to be able read stop signs at 1,000 feet, do it for hours on end with precise GPS measurements and broadcast the results to your cell phone instantly. One can envisage infrared technology that will identify what types of insects and how many are infest-ing a crop.

All of that future surveillance will see further develop-ment in the use of attack drones spraying crops against disease and pests and pinpointing the exact location of the outbreak. That could see considerable saving in the use of herbicides and pesticides in blanket spraying as is now done by ground equipment and large spray aircraft.

Another area that might see some potential is in the use of drones in locating and counting livestock on large range operation. Such more cumbersome technology has been used for years with the use of radio collars in wildlife studies. It can surely be used in the near future with more advanced ultra high frequency ear tags.

Drones could fl y over an area at 100 feet and scanners would pick up the tagged cattle. No more riding the range looking for stray or sick cattle. Its not that far fetched,

Wal-Mart and other retailers are developing tiny electronic tags that can be inserted onto every item they sell.

Those items can be scanned all at once in a grocery cart and a bill made up instantly. That would see most cashiers lose their jobs. I expect the present animal ID tags will be replaced with even more advanced technology within the next fi ve years if the retailers move forward with theirtechnology.

Of course there is a further extrapolation of this type of technology. Are we that far away from having an ID chip inserted into humans that can be picked up by dronesurveillance.

That would sure make law enforcement a much more interesting exercise. Missing persons would certainly be re-duced. If you think that is unlikely, think again, how many parents would not want an ID chip inserted in their kids in case the child is lost or kidnapped. But that opens a whole new can of worms and it’s already a big concern in the U.S.

The Federal Aviation Authority in the US is already in the midst of developing a policy on how to regulate the private use of advanced UAVs. At present only hobby level model aircraft can be used by private citizens without a li-cence. The concern has to do with privacy.

Authorities are worried that more advanced low cost drones can be used by citizens to spy on other citizens for nefarious or titillating purposes. It gets worse, government agencies could expand their surveillance of the behaviour of citizens. Ponder this, what if diabolical green or animal rights activist groups wanted to spy on a farming operation to gather incriminating evidence. They could do this if they

were allowed to use advanced drones.It would seem that the future of drones for use in agri-

culture would be a great leap forward and make crop pro-duction even more effi cient and I expect that will come.

The problem for authorities and society is to fi nd a way to use UAVs for its positive potential and not allow it to be abused. I expect that those concerns are being struggled with as we speak.

Just more than 100 years ago, in 1911, Sam Drumheller and Thomas Greentree tossed a coin in the air and began the rich history of what is now the town of Drumheller.

It was a story I had never heard before, it was a story about how the town came to get its name. The centen-nial celebration was held on May 15, which was the ac-tual exact anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Drumheller.

As the MLA for Drumheller-Stettler, I was honoured to have been in-

vited to be in attendance for the ceremony held on a beautiful spring day in the valley. Civic pride was on display by a great many residents of the town, which included a number of resi-dents from the Hillview and Sunshine seniors’ lodges.

The organizers of this event should be very proud of the celebration that was put on, at no charge, to participants that celebrat-ed this historic milestone. Mayor Terry Yemen and town councillors — Sharel Shoff, Doug Stanford, Lisa Hansen Zacharuk, Tom

Zariski, Andrew Berdahl, and Jay Garbutt should all be proud of how the town of Drumheller came out in large numbers to enjoy the festivities. The centennial organizing committee is to be commended for making everyone feel welcome and a part of the event.

One of my great plea-sures in my newly-elected position as your MLA, is travelling throughout the constituency and recogniz-ing the 100-year milestones of residents’ and towns. Witnessing the pride the people of Drumheller have

in their community is in-spiring in so many ways and I felt privileged to share this occasion with them.

As visitors mingled and reminisced, the projection screens at the Badlands com-munity facility were fi lled with historic pictures of the valley and the pioneers that make up Drumheller’s magnifi cent history. As the old photos and videos ran, it gave you a real sense of what was and still is a very unique place to be. A very entertaining duo also pro-vided the musical entertain-ment with songs about the

town’s history.One of the highlights of

the day for me was the 4 cen-turion Drumheller residents that were in attendance, with Dr. Brummy Aiello at the age of 102 years, cutting the centennial cake.

Looking forward to the July 1 Canada Day celebra-

tion this year in Drumhell-er, it will be a very special event that I encourage everyone to attend. The events that happen around Drumheller on Canada Day are something to behold. Drumheller comes alive on Canada Day with a crowded parade route and activities for all ages that is all topped off with a spectacular fi re works display that lights up the valley.

Thank you to the town of Drumheller for hosting a great centennial celebration and I hope to see you all on Canada Day in Drumheller.

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With the spring season arriving in our riding of Crowfoot, it is not too ear-ly to congratulate the many students who will soon be graduating. We should all take a few moments to en-courage our younger gen-erations by assuring them of the importance of their education.

Parents know that stu-dents work hard and stu-dents need to know that the time and effort they spend on their studies will pay off.

The spring season is full of optimism and hope as we watch the fi rst fl owers bloom and look forward to the great summer months.

I always try to remind my constituents that Al-bertans enjoy the best prospects for a bright fu-ture. We’re living in an era where our province is the most prosperous in our na-tion. Canada is known as an “energy superpower,” mostly because of the gas and oil reserves in our province.

Yet, Alberta offers other strong opportunities, as well.

Any economist will tell you that the best long-term forecasts are for the ag-riculture industry. This is especially true for the ag-ricultural sector in Alberta. Since the snow has left, we can see tractors in the fi elds, air drills, and seed-ers: the planting season is beginning. The producers I meet are optimistic about this year’s prospects for the family farm: commod-ity prices are strong; grain prices are strong; and the cattle market is stable as ever.

Again, we see an eco-nomic sector that is attrac-tive to many young people. Not only is the lifestyle the envy of any “offi ce worker,” but graduates who have studied agriculture are anxious to apply their high-tech knowledge to the traditional challenges

ranchers and farmers con-front.

As well, our tourism in-dustry continues to grow in leaps and bounds. More and more as your member of Parliament, I’m being invited to events that are created by the folks around our riding that are build-ing our tourism sector. We have all seen this promis-ing source of income grow in the smallest villages and our larger population centers. We don’t offer the kind of Stampede found in Calgary — and we are not Banff. We host a friendly, more intimate small-town version of everything our province offers families on vacation. Again, we see op-portunities for our young people to prosper and de-velop what we have here at home.

As part of Economic Action Plan 2013, our Con-servative government is helping ensure Canadians

have the right skills for the job. We’re delivering the Canada Job Grant, which will help ensure our work force obtains the skills em-ployers are seeking. The Canada Job Grant provides a maximum of $5,000 per person towards training at an eligible training insti-tution. Employers and the province match the federal contribution, meaning an individual could receive up to $15,000.

As the government, we have already created the Tradespersons’ Tools De-duction and the Appren-ticeship Job Creation Tax Credit and extended the

fees eligible for the Tuition Tax Credit to include the costs of tests required to be certifi ed as a tradesperson in Canada.

Budget 2013 creates op-portunities for apprentices by making it more practi-cal and easier to get the experience needed. There is also support for job op-portunities for underrepre-sented groups of citizens, including persons with dis-abilities, youth, Aboriginal peoples as well as new-comers, to help them fi nd a good job.

Yes, it is a great time to be graduating with the op-portunities Alberta affords. Congratulations graduates and best wishes!

Kevin Sorenson is the MP for Crowfoot. He can be reached at 780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603, or email [email protected].

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THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ZONEPage A6 Wednesday, May 22, 2013


Stettler Concert Band members got a taste of H o l l y w o o d d u r i n g a school trip this month.

“Al l d i rec tors who worked with them com-mented to me on their professional conduct and their enthusiasm,” said bad director Eric Rahn, who has taught music in Stettler schools for 20 years.

F e a t u r i n g s t u d e n t s from grades seven to 12, the 93-member Stettler band performed a 30-min-ute concert on Hollywood

Stage and California Ad-ventures and learned new music and techniques as part of the Disney Per-forming Arts Series from May 8 to 13.

“I was really proud of the students,” Rahn said of the largest band he has led on a trip.

“ T h e y r e p r e s e n t e d themselves, the schools and their communities very well.”

When the lights came on as the band played O Canada, “the students also brightened up and played to a higher level,” Rahn said.

“They sounded wonder-ful and it seemed to make it all come together.”

Although the audience was small, the concerts sounds were broadcast

over much of the popu-lar amusement park, with thousands of people on the grounds.

During a workshop led by a Disney composer and conductor, the Stettler band learned parts of the score to The Lion King and Atlantis, and recorded a brief sound track to ac-company the video.

“The whole band got a headset so they could hear the whole band,” Rahn said.

“All of the students wanted to stay longer in this workshop.”

Students were also in-spired from another work-shop given by a conductor from California State Uni-versity.

“She worked with them on new pieces, and it was

a different voice in front of them,” Rahn said.

During the trip, the stu-dents and 17 parent chap-erones also toured old Los Angeles.

Some of the sites might have changed for Rahn, whose first band trip to Disneyland as a teacher was in 1999.

That was the same school year that the Wil-liam E. Hay High School d rama c lub l aunched Grease, which was also staged by Wildcat Theatre last fall.

Rahn was special ly grateful for the chaper-ones and strong commu-nity support and fund-raising since the band was accepted in its audio and video audition last September.

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The Stettler Concert Band performs during its Disneyland tour this month. The band was made up of 93 Stettler students, the largest contingent in school history.

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Congratulations!

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Taylor ElliottKimber-Lee Emblau

Michaela EnnisDaniel Falkenberg

Bryce FisherHayley FisherKelsey Fisher

Michaela FisherSam FletcherColin Foot

Mark ForresterAngela Gendre

Brandon GramsTyler GreinerMaddie Hall

Morgan HamiltonFelecia Heier

Makyla HiemstraBrittany HoferDestiny JacksonStephanie JonesJenell Kaiser

Colton KirtleyJanea KoppTara Kruk

Cheyla LachowskyTyler Lalonde

Sherri LangfordBrendan Laughlin

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Brittany LewisMorgan LoshnyElliott MabbottAustin Marlow

Jeff MartinCeanna McArthur

Alison McCreaJared McGhan

Kayde McMullenBree McRaeKyle MestonMark Meyer

Naoka MiyazawaGarett MoirShayla NeitzBob Nelson

Ethan NelsonDustin Newton

Cole NicholsJoshua Nichols

Mary O’DonnellJesse Lee Oswald

Ty PageMiranda PetersWyatt PetersRyan Ponich

Shelby RamsayMatthew Reinbold

Ross SalmonShelbi Salmon

Kourtney SchillingAmber Smith

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Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements, as well as your plans.Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the

changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high

ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do notdistress yourself with imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it

should.

Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,and whatever your labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life,

keep peace with your soul.With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be careful. Strive to be happy.

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Although a foot injury curtailed Jonathan Fuller’s training this spring, he still managed to run the Woody’s half-marathon Sunday in Red Deer.

Fuller and his two sis-ters, Rebecca and Eliza-beth, completed the half-marathon in a celebratory week for the Castor sib-lings.

The twins — Jonathan and Rebecca — turned 22 on Monday, while Eliza-beth celebrated her 25th birthday last Thursday.

They teamed up for birthday cake Sunday after running the same event in family fashion.

Jonathan is a competi-tive cross-country runner who fi nished fi fth in last year’s half-marathon, but his fractured right foot kept him out of the up-per echelon Sunday. He opted to run further back in the pack with his sisters and crossed the fi nish line alongside Rebecca, about 15 minutes before Eliza-beth.

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“When we get together, it’s just more fun to really hang out with each other, rather than doing our own thing.”

Running is a way of life for the Fullers. The twins trained together as far back as their school days at Gus Wetter in Castor and at Red Deer College.

Jonathan has been a U of A student for the past two years, and he runs with the Bears cross-coun-try team while studying in Edmonton. He trains year-round, and even overcame an injury this winter to bounce back and fi nish the Woody’s half-marathon.

“Probably the begin-ning of March, my foot began to hurt when I was running,” said Fuller, now home in Castor for the summer. “I tried (to con-tinue) running for a week, and it wasn’t feeling any better, so I went to see the doctor, got an X-ray and it turned out I fractured it.

“It’s my third metatar-sal of my foot and it’s a stress fracture. It’s not like a complete fracture or an open fracture. It’s a closed fracture.

“I think (the cause) was heavy training load and a change in training sur-faces, just moving from less forefooting to more asphalt, more grippier footing, which allows you to apply more force, and then stress.”

He wore extra support on his right foot for Sun-day’s race.

“I’d say it’s been at least nine weeks, maybe coming on 10 weeks, since I fi rst fractured it,” he said. “So about two weeks ago, I started running again, and I was trying to run every-day. And my foot started feeling sore, so I backed off a bit.

“But the week pre-ceding this race (in Red Deer), I was able to run every day, 10 kilometres, so it was good.”

Among the 801 fi n-ishers, Fuller fi nished 229th in 1:55:35.20, just behind twin Rebecca in 1:55:34.90. (Jonathan’s top-fi ve time last year was 1:18:50.45).

Elizabeth fell at the fi n-ish line, but she placed in the top 500 with a time of 2:11:03.90. She lives in Stettler and works with the County of Stettler.

Jonathan Fuller has a summer job in Castor with the County of Paintearth. He returns to university in the fall for the fi nal leg of his undergraduate studies.

“I’m enjoying it,” he said. “I have one term of schooling (left), and then a practicum, and then I’m

fi nished my undergraduate bachelor of science in ki-nesiology.

“(For my practicum), I’m hoping to get in with a physical therapist, or may-be shadowing a researcher and helping out the re-searcher that way.”

As a runner, he’s al-ready a student of the game. His daily log is am-ple evidence.

“Right now, I get up at fi ve o’clock in the morn-ing, usually, and go for a run right before work,” said Fuller, almost fi ve-foot-nine and about 140 pounds.

“But during the school year, it’s more like I get up at six and go for a run. It’s not too bad, at all, really. There’s always the benefi t of getting up and going for a run fi rst thing in the morning, because other things don’t interfere with it.

“And I fi nd I can actu-ally think better in class and focus. It helps get rid of stress from exams. I’m enjoying it and getting the marks I need, so it’s good.”

Last summer, on the same Castor trails that he knows so well, Fuller tried to reach at least 80 miles per week.

“My highest was prob-ably about 95 miles,” he said.

Fuller hopes to continue building his mileage this summer, as long as he’s healthy.

He plans to run the Calgary Stampede half-marathon, and both twins are part of teams in the Kananaskis 100-mile relay race.

“Every year, (RDC coach) Brian Stackhouse always organizes a team relay for the K100, and we each run a leg in that race,

and that’s always really fun, just because you’re with a group of good run-ners and it’s a good envi-ronment,” he said.

Although he prefers small-town life to the city pace, Fuller’s passion for running has seemingly no limits. He lived on the U of A campus this past school year and the neighbour-hood suited his training goals.

“The university is right beside the river, so there’s a good system of trails right there, so it worked out very well that way,” he said.

“It’s kind of part of my daily routine.”

Although he celebrated a birthday this week, Full-er joked that his age is still a mystery to many people he meets at university and in running circles.

“People perceive that I’m very young,” he said

with a smile. “They think I’m in high school still, and I’m, ‘I can under-stand,’ because I do look very young.

“I get it a lot. People are always asking, ‘How old are you?’ Or, ‘What year are you in?’ I’m like, ‘I’m in my third, fourth year here,’ “

When it comes to run-ning, however, Fuller has long been considered a man among boys.

FINISH LINE: Stettler teacher Stefan Olafson, 37, placed 200th in the half-marathon with a 1:54:04.45 clocking. … Wally Cameron, 74, of Alix fi nished the half-marathon in 3:21:55.00. Cameron’s grandson, Cassidy Meston, placed eighth overall in the 10-kilometre race and won the 19-and-under category. Meston, 18, posted a time of 43:44.35.

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Jonathan Fuller, a competitive runner from Castor and a kinesiology student at the University of Alberta, over-came a foot injury Sunday to complete the Woody’s half-marathon in Red Deer. His two sisters also fi nished the half-marathon. Fuller and his twin sister Rebecca crossed the fi nish line together. They turned 22 on Monday.

Family comes fi rst in Woody’s half-marathonNursing a foot injury, Jonathan Fuller steps backto run with twin Rebecca and older sister Elizabeth


Almost 1,400 runners participated in the 15th annual Woody’s Marathon on Sunday morning at Red Deer. The 1,371 entries were made up of 801 in the half-marathon, 410 in the 10-kilometre race and 160 runners in the full marathon. Weather conditions were considered ideal, with a light breeze and just a slight touch of rain.


Cassidy Meston, a 2012 graduate of Alix-MAC School, was the 19-and-under champion Sunday in the Woody’s 10-kilometre race at Red Deer. Meston, 18, fi nished eighth overall in a fi eld of 410 runners.

Longtime local golfer Dick Hamilton aced his second career hole-in-one May 10. It was the first hole-in-one this season at Stettler Golf Club.

Hamilton used his trusty eight-iron on the second hole to score the big shot.

It was Hamilton’s sec-ond ace at the course, af-ter he accomplished the feat in 1995 at the same hole.

For the Stettler course, it was the 45th hole-in-one for the club.

League play at the course is underway the past couple of weeks, with numbers in all leagues up from last year.

The men’s league has 106 members, while the women have 40 and more than 60 juniors have signed up for the club’s instructional program.

In the men’s league, the latest standings see the Jets leading the Heg-berg Division with 50 points, followed by the Habs with 46, the Oilers with 45 and the Capitals with 43.

The Stewart Division has the Penguins on top with 52 points, ahead of the Hawks with 44 and the Islanders with 44, while the Canadiens trail with 37.

Kevin Burkard won the deuce pot of $235 back on May 8.

For more information on the golf course, phone manager Ernie Shirreff at 403-742-2001.

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SOCCER SHUTOUT — Will Roberts (left) of the Stettler under-16 boys’ team battles against Ponoka in Stettler’s 6-0 loss in Central Alberta Soccer League action last Thursday at Ponoka. It was a tough week for Stettler, which was missing personnel in recent games. Stettler lost 4-2 to Rocky Mountain House as Eric Pitzel and Scott Verhoeven scored for Stettler. In an exhibition game, Verhoeven netted the lone Stettler goal in a 7-1 setback against Wetaskiwin. With a full complement of players, Stettler hoped to get back on track with a home game Tuesday against Sylvan Lake and a road game this Thursday night against Lacombe.

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Farmland property owners will see minimal increases in property taxes, as the County of Stettler fi nalized its oper-ating and capital budget after provincial funding cuts.

At its monthly meeting in May, coun-ty council adopted a revised budget of $29,401,675 to refl ect funding cuts in pro-vincial funding this spring and reduced revenue in linear property assessment and a downturn in the oil and gas industry.

“We tried to balance the budget with-out unnecessary burden on the taxpay-

ers,” said Tim Fox, chief administrative offi cer.

“Average costs of taxes will be the same, if not less.”

If assessment goes up, taxes for munic-ipal services will go up, and decrease if assessment is lower, he said as the county deals with reduced taxation and funding revenues.

“We’ll have to defi nitely work hard next year to deal with continued cuts and revenue.”

For farmland properties, the millrate rose by half a mill to 10.4408, as the only millrate to change.

“Farmers I have talked to don’t mind this increase when it will be paying for

improvements in the their areas,” Coun. Joe Gendre said.

That will provide the county with ad-ditional funding of about $60,000, Fox said.

Millrates for other properties classes will remain the same as 2012.

This year, the county will lose more than $500,000.

“We saw a reduction of $200,000 this year from taxation from a downturn in the oil and gas industry with several wells shut in,” Fox said.

“Next year will be tough. It declines every year.”

Revenue of linear property tax has dropped by about $100,000 while the

provincial Municipal Sustainability Ini-tiative (MSI) program cut operating funds in half this year to $174,000 and will be eliminated next year.

As county departments were requested to cut expenses by to essential services and programs, the county trimmed expenses, with $750,000 cut from public works with two staff positions eliminated.

To repair the much-needed Donalda Bridge, the county has taken out $162,000 from reserves to pay for the project es-timated at $354,000 and now opened to tenders.

During the provincial budget, fund-ing was eliminated for bridge projects for counties and municipal districts.


With sights set on rural growth, the County of Stettler has presented an update municipal development plan and land-use bylaw set for a public hearing June 12.

At its monthly meeting in May, county council gave fi rst reading to the MDP that was adopted in 2009 and slightly amended in 2012.

“It helps the county evaluate the merit of immediate development proposals in context of the community’s de-sired long-term future,” said Johan van der bank, director of planning and development, as he explained the plan he drafted.

Among the proposed changes, the county plans to in-crease the density in the agricultural district from two private titles per quarter section to three private titles per quarter section. “This means that each quarter section in the county could have two parcels subdivided out of the re-mainder of the quarter section, while all three titles remain in the agricultural district and rezoning is not required,” van der Bank said.

The plan also proposes to change the defi nition of a farm-

stead subdivision so that the setback distances required for private sewage disposal systems from property boundaries are not included.

Under the proposal, the plan would deem any subdivi-sion that proposes the fourth and additional private titles out of a quarter section as a multi-lot subdivision that must follow the rules for multi-lot subdivision.

As well, a new multi-lot subdivision must create at least fi ve new private titles. Certain exceptions are provided to this requirement, to allow less than fi ve new private titles under specifi c circumstances.

For confi ned feeding operations, policies in the plan align with the provincial Agricultural Operation Practices Act.

Under the plan, the county would endeavour to:— Foster traditional rural lifestyle, support the rural

sense of community and encourage a thriving rural-based agricultural economy.

— Preserve the rural qualities and agricultural charac-teristics of the landscape through growth management that balances the rural, historic, and natural areas that provide the community’s unique identities.

— Preserve the rural character of community cohe-siveness and strive to remain responsive to the needs of

residents, businesses, and the agricultural community.— Explore opportunities and invest in the means to

enhance and diversify economic activity to balance local growth and provide increased employment and economic opportunities for all residents.

— Wisely manage natural capital to preserve and pro-mote agricultural productivity, conserve commercially vi-able resource lands and preserve ecological functions of the ecosystem.

Among the plan’s guiding principles, the county strives to promote growth in and surrounding existing hamlets, provide a range of housing opportunities and maintain co-operative relationships with neighbouring municipalities.

For more information on the MDP and land-use bylaw, visit the county website at stettlercounty.ca or phone van der bank at the county offi ce at 403-742-4441.


Just as many people south and east of Buffalo Lake retired for the night Monday, hundreds of cus-tomers were without power for several hours before ATCO Electric repaired the breakdown.

“Crews found a faulty insulator on Highway 601 about two miles west of Highway 56,” said Allan Gano ATCO’s east-central district manager, based in Stettler.

Power was knocked out about 9:30 p.m. for about 1,000 customers south of

Buffalo Lake in the summer villages of Rochon Sands and White Sands north to Highway 53 and east to Highway 56, he said.

“Crews responded im-mediately when they isolat-ed the problem and restored power to about 900 custom-ers within two hours and to the remaining customers around 4:30 in the morn-ing.” Gano said.

Cause of the fault was created by a heavy rainfall in the area, he said.

“The fi rst rain and mois-ture will bring out a prob-lem,” Gano said.

“The insulator has de-graded over time and mois-ture will allow the insulator

to conduct when it shouldn’t conduct.”

Gano and ATCO Electric thanks customers for their patience and understanding during the outage.

When power goes out, he urges customers to call the emergency line at 1-800-668-5506 to report the case or when a power line or pole falls or is damaged.

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For decades, women have been paint-ing their faces and powdering their nos-es before leaving the house. Now mil-lions of North American men are doing the same. If you’re scratching your head and thinking I’ve gone nuts, consider the fact that cosmetic sales for men have doubled in the last five years in the U.S., and male grooming has become a $5 billion per year market.

More than ever, men have started wearing make-up. Not mascara, eye-shadow and glitter, but moisturizer, foundation and lip balm. They’re using natural-looking cosmetics to even out their skin tones and enhance their ap-pearance in an effort to become more handsome.

Why not? Good looking men have an edge over their competition - with the ladies and in the workforce. If you don’t think so, just ask guy-lining dudes like George Clooney, Johnny Depp and David Beckham.

A bright, flawless complexion is at-tractive no matter what gender you are, and men are starting to understand that.

Personally, I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand I think it’s about time. Why shouldn’t males have access to some esthetic trickery like us females? It’s been proven time and time again that being more physically appealing can give us an advantage in life. Cos-metics can also be expressive and de-lightfully fun.

On the other hand I wonder if men could eventually end up in the same boat that many of us women are – feel-ing like our faces aren’t good enough in their natural state.

I hate to admit it, but I won’t even go to the gym without mascara on. I wasn’t always like this, though.

When I was a kid I used to wonder why it took my mom so much longer to get ready in the morning than the rest of us. I couldn’t understand why she felt the need to style her hair and put on make-up when she looked beautiful al-ready. And after she spent all that time in front of the mirror, I’d barely see a

difference.“I like to look natural,” she’d explain.

“Make-up shouldn’t make us look like clowns, it should be used to enhance what we already have.”

I would then be left wondering why my dad, uncle and papa didn’t do the same. It looked to me like men needed more sprucing up than the women did.

By the time I became a teenager I fell prey to the societal norms and started obsessing about my looks as well. Fuss-ing with my hair and my face, among

other things, I would envy males and their wash-and-go lives.

After 30 years of applying make-up and styling my lid, I now look at the lovely, fresh faces and unprocessed hair of my 12-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter, and hope they feel less concerned about their appearance as they get older.

But with the continuing boom in cosmetic products and procedures, that pressure is likely to get worse.

As parents, I think one of the best

things we can do for our children is to teach them that their true value comes from within, and how they appear on the outside is far less significant.

As for being adults in this ever-in-creasing vanity-filled world we’ve cre-ated for ourselves, perhaps we could all agree to give up our beauty products and procedures and go au naturel for the rest of our days.

Not going to happen? Fine. I’ll keep wearing mascara to the gym, and I hope to see you there with your glitter.

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With a steady rise in the use of the car, and a strong decline in kids get-ting to and from school and after school activi-ties on their own steam, we have to ask ourselves: are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits?

The 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physi-cal Activity for Children and Youth, released Mon-day, reports that many Canadian children and youth are driven to and from destinations, and assigns a “D” grade for

Active Transportation. Active transportation — walking, biking, wheel-ing, in-line skating or skateboarding to get to and from places such as school, parks and shops — has long been known to be an important source of physical activity for children and youth, but has seen a rapid decline in the last generation.

While 58 per cent of parents walked to school when they were kids, only 28 per cent of their children walk to school today. In addition to this

generational shift, 62 per cent of Canadian youth, aged five to 17, use only inactive modes of trans-portation to get to and from school.

“By driving our kids to and from their destina-tions, we may be robbing them of an important source of physical activ-ity, and contributing to lifelong unhealthy hab-its,” says Dr. Mark Trem-blay, Chief Scientific Officer, Active Healthy Kids Canada.

“Active transportation presents an easy, cost-effective and environ-mentally friendly way to increase physical activity levels among children and youth, and its benefits are significant.

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“Active transporta-tion can easily be inte-grated into everyday life at little or no cost. Col-lective action needs to be taken — by parents and

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Shinzo Abe, now six months into his second try at being prime minister of Japan, is a puzzling man.

In his first, spectacu-larly unsuccessful go in 2006-07, he was a crude nationalist and an econom-ic ignoramus who rarely had control of his own dysfunctional cabinet. By the time he quit, after only a year in office, his popu-larity rating was below 30 percent and his health was breaking down.

Last December, his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a landslide victory in the elections for the lower house of the Diet (parliament), and as party leader he became prime minister again — but what a difference six years makes. He’s still a radical nationalist who on occasion comes close to denying Japan’s guilt for the aggressive wars of 1931-45, but in economics he is now Action Man. His approval rating is current-ly over 70 per cent.

In only six months Abe has broken most of the rules that defined Japan’s budgetary and monetary policy for the past 20 years, and he has promised to break all the old rules about restrictive trade policies as well.

(Together, his new pol-icies are known as “Abe-nomics”).

He has launched a make-or-break race for growth that only the bold-est gambler would risk. Who is this guy, and what happened to change him

so much?A resident foreign aca-

demic with long experi-ence of Japan once told me that there were only around 400 people who really counted in Japan: they would all fit into one big room. Most of them would be there because their fathers or grandfa-thers had also been there, and Shinzo Abe would certainly be one of them.

Abe’s grandfather, Nobosuke Kishi, was a member of General Tojo’s war cabinet in 1941-45, a co-founder of the LDP in 1955, and prime minister in 1957-60. But heredity does not guarantee com-petence, and on his first outing in power Shinzo Abe was an embarrass-ment to the LDP. He has obviously acquired some braver and perhaps wiser advisers since then, most notably Yoshihide Suga, now chief cabinet secre-tary.

Abe put several ultra-right-wing ministers in the cabinet, and it is Su-ga’s job to keep them from giving voice to their revi-sionist views on history.

“Our cabinet will adopt a unified perception of his-tory,” he told them. “Make no slip of the tongue be-cause it would immediate-ly cost you your post.”

He also polices Abe’s own tongue: no more re-marks like “It is not the business of the govern-ment to decide how to define the last world war” or “comfort women were prostitutes.”

Abe doesn’t mind, be-cause he has bigger fish to fry this time round. He has launched a high-risk strat-egy to break Japan out of twenty years of econom-ic stagnation by cutting taxes, raising government spending, and flooding the economy with cash. One of his first acts was to put his own man in as head of the Bank of Japan, and order him to break the deflationary spiral by adopting a target of 2 per-cent annual inflation.

He has also promised to smash the protection-ism that has hampered the Japanese economy for so long, although this will require him to take on the powerful agriculture and small-business lobbies. He has even promised to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an American-led effort to lib-eralise trade in the region, in order to guarantee that the structural reforms will continue.

Structural reforms will have to wait until Abe also has a majority in the upper house of the Diet, which he confidently expects to win in the July elections, but already his strategy is showing results. Eco-

nomic growth in the first three months of this year equates to about 3.6 per-cent annually, more than four times higher than the long-term average of the past two decades, and the Japanese stock market is up 80 per cent since Janu-ary.

The strategy is high-risk because Japanese govern-ment debt is already the highest in the developed

world: 240 percent of Gross Domestic Product. If the surge in growth does not last, the government’s income from taxes will not rise (it is no higher now than it was in 1991) and in a few years the debt will soar to an unsustainable level. The country will es-sentially go bankrupt.

Of course, the surge may persist; creating a perception of vigorous growth is half the battle. But why take such a risk? Probably because Abe is keenly aware that Japan had the world’s second-biggest economy when he was prime minister the first time, and now it’s only the third-biggest. The country that overtook it was China.

For a thousand years China was the dominant power in eastern Asia. Ja-pan wrested that role from it in the late 19th century, but now it’s going back to its natural home – and Abe would do almost anything to prevent that. That’s why he takes such a hard line on the dispute between the two countries over the Sen-kaku/Diaoyu Islands. But much more importantly, he must get the Japanese economy growing again, or the country will end up far behind China.

To avoid that, he will take any risk.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are pub-lished in 45 countries.

What drives Shinzo Abe as he strives for power

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Concert lineup set for West Stettler Park summer entertainment


May is national “Jump Start” month, and Stettler is in on the act.

Stettler hosts a fundraising barbecue May 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cana-dian Tire to raise funds for local youth participation in sports.

The program has been in Stettler since Canadian Tire came to town four years ago, said Mareena Davits, office supervisor at the Stettler location.

She said it’s a way for the business to give back to the community and help

to support local kids.Along with the barbecue, people can

purchase rubber balls, donate their Ca-nadian Tire money or make a donation to support the Stettler Jump Start chap-ter, said Davits.

The assistance is to enable disadvan-taged children, from four to 18 years old, to participate in sports and orga-nized physical activities.

The Jump Start slogan is “Together we can help all kids play.”

The local Jump Start chapter is sup-ported by partnerships with Heartland Youth Centre, Stettler FCSS and the Town of Stettler recreation board.

FCSS director Wendy Rhyason said she was “really impressed” with the program, because “it removes barriers so all youth, regardless of their finan-cial means, can participate in sports and recreation.”

Jump Start tries to help youth from low-income families who might not oth-erwise be able to participate in sports.

“When kids participate in sports, they gain self-confidence, build self-esteem and learn leadership skills,” Rhyason said.

She’s pleased that all the money raised in Stettler stays in the area.

Heartland Youth Centre program

director Sara Wengryn said kids that qualify and want to take advantageof the program can apply at the youth centre.

The program pays registration fees and an application can be made to cover the cost of sports equipment.

“Having access to Jump Start gives kids an opportunity to participate in sports and physical activities and to so-cialize,” Wengryn said.

“It gives them a sense of belonging.”Last year, 187 local youth were

helped by Jump Start, Wengryn said.She said families who have benefited

by the program “are so appreciative.”


IF THE SHOE FITS — A sign goes up on the Shoe Closet and Boutique, the newest Main Street business in Stettler. The official opening was last Thursday.

Fundraiser to kick off ‘Jump Start’ in StettlerNational program aims to enable all youth to participate in sports


Stettler’s popular Jazz Guys will again open the curtain to the summer con-cert series Entertainment in the Park at West Stettler Park each Wednesday at7 p.m.

Sweet sounds of jazz are expected to resonate in the

park June 26.Several other local and

visiting entertainers will take centre stage during the summer.

— The Canada Day festivities on July 1 fea-ture music by local band Loose Change, starting at 8 p.m. Birthday cake and fi reworks are also set for the evening.

— July 10: Intense

Reality recently released new songs “Midnight Drive” and “The End.”

— July 17: Domino of the Stettler area entertains with county rock music and continues to have the “domino effect” as a popu-lar band throughout Alber-ta and across Canada. The band is often featured at the Calgary Stampede.

— July 24: Randi

Boulton is a self-taught guitarist and known as a talented singer.

— July 31: Jimmy Whiffen plays music that has been infl uenced by some of the best country and rock tunes.

— Aug. 7: Erin Ross entertains with soulful country blues groove and swamp music.

— Aug. 14: “Sing Out

Summer Fun” for children and families features Mary Lambert, “an outstanding Canadian artist in chil-dren’s entertainment,” and includes fun songs and ac-tivities. The audience is en-couraged to join in the fun.

— Aug. 21: The Genu-ine Cowgirls of Big Val-ley are renowned for their haunting lyrics. Humorous toe-tappers are what give

these women a style all their own.

— Aug. 28: Steve Ar-senault has opened for Duane Steele, Johnny Reid, Trooper and Nazareth.

To enjoy the evening, patrons are advised to bring a lawn chair or blanket.

For more information, visit the Town of Stettler website at stettler.net.


The Jazz Guys, with John Ireland (left), Scott Pfeiffer and Ted Nibourg, again kick off the summer Entertainment in the Park concert series June 26 at West Stettler Park.

Graduation season is in the air.Mickey Tucker attended the gradua-

tion of her grandson Christopher Tucker at South Central High School in Oyen on Friday.

Congratulations to Cody Keith on his graduation at J. C. Charyk High School in Hanna on Friday. Another member of the Keith family, Kaylee Mohl, was also among the graduates.

Graduation exercises are coming up

Friday in Castor and Saturday in Stettler.Ken and Eleanor Schultz hosted their

annual Victoria Day weekend campout at their farm. They had 14 RV units partici-pate this year to enjoy peaceful country camping.

Keep in mind the bridal shower for De-laine Green, future bride of Jonathan Ben-nett, at the Byemoor Community Centre on June 1 at 1 p.m. Women of the community are asked to please bring lunch. Remember the Scapa Strawberry Tea

will be held on June 3 at 2 p.m. at the Scapa hall. The afternoon includes entertainment, prizes and lunch, with everyone welcome.

Don’t forget the 4-H Drama Club’s pro-duction of “Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch” is set for June 6 at the Byemoor Commu-nity Centre. The show begins at 7 p.m. and

admission is a donation to the food bank.Heather Tucker is home from British Co-

lumbia, where she participated in a hockey function.

The long weekend was a busy one, as farmers continue to work on getting their crops seeded, while others were camping, playing ball, gardening or doing other ac-tivities of choice.

We send out birthday wishes to former Endiang resident Jean Boehlke of Olds, who celebrated her 87th birthday May 20. Jean has had a long hospital stay and we hope she is on the mend now.

Thought for the day —Women, if a man says he will fi x it — he will. There is no need to remind him of it every six months.

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The Donalda Gallery of the Arts has a new ex-hibit of local artists who have taken and repurposedmaterial.

Dan Knudtson has taken old wood from a building and built cabinets. Imag-ine having a cabinet built with wood 100 years old.

Lane Damberger uses his welding scraps to build “dinosaurs” for another unique piece of art.

Gerald Heisz has brought in reproductions of old machinery. Those are built from bits and pieces of tin and hardwood fl ooring.

Wayne Helmig has a talent of carving scenes

out of elk and mooseantlers.

All of those artists are very talented and put many hours into their art. The ex-hibit opened May 17, with a “Wine & Cheese Gala” set for this Friday at the gallery from 7 to 9 p.m.

On Saturday, the Don-alda and District Museum Society will hold its sev-enth annual Garage Sale and Pancake Breakfast at the Donalda Community Hall. The doors open at9 a.m. Come out and seek treasures and fi ll yourtummy.

If you want be a part of the Donalda School 100th anniversary as a volunteer for June 29 and 30, please contact Don Seale at 403-

883-2280 for more infor-mation.

Birthday greetings go out to Ashton Reyes, Eas-ton Walstrom, Don Todd, Elaine Helfer, Felicity Af-fl eck, Gail Halseth, Kevin Crumly, John Paul Wa-syliw, Mennie Sta Cruz, Trent Sehlstrom, Tyler Dietrich, Candace Rider, Mercedez Rasmussen, KC Bugayong, Garry Blouin, Turner Volker and anyone else celebrating a birthday this week.

Happy Birthday!

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Linda Helmer was the host for this month’s Birthday Club at St. Mary’s Lodge in Trochu. They had three birthdays to celebrate: Elsie Elvin, Elsie Painter and Clar-ence Brosseau.

Pat Hatt is June’s host and it will be held on the 17th. Jill Brodie will be entertaining the lodge members with her dogs and ducks.

Larissa Webster, daughter of Tammy (nee Helmer), granddaughter of Linda, will be hon-oured at a wedding show-er to be held at the Big Valley School on June 1 at 1 p.m.

Donald Marshall called on the weekend and re-ported that his aunt on his mother’s side had passed away recently. Grace Lamb was the daugh-ter of Homer and Bertha Lamb and grew up on the Rowley northeast corner. She was married to Gib Gibson and they lived at

Prince George, B.C.Although Donald

hadn’t seen her in many years, he had very fond memories of her. Once was when he was about seven years old … Grace had his mother and him with her while driving down the road out by Prince George and a log-ging truck passed them. She commented, “You wouldn’t want one of those logs to fall off and land on you would you,” and with that a huge log (about three feet in diam-eter) fell off onto the road

below about 100 feet in front of their truck. It was close enough she had to swerve to miss it.

He thought she had planned it or something, he decided that it just wasn’t their time. She always had dogs, and though she never had any of her own, she loved kids. Donald said he al-ways liked her. “She was good people.” Her sister Helen passed on before Christmas. Donald in-cluded her obituary, and it reads as follows:

“Grace Edna Gib-son, born Feb. 26, 1920, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 22, 2013, at the Prince George Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Allan (Gib) Gibson, her three sisters Ruth Turner, Doris Henson and Bobbi Sem-inchuk, and her brother Homer Lamb, as well as

numerous nieces and nephews. Grace was well-known for her involve-ment in the local craft sales. She was a beauti-ful seamstress who made men’s workshirts, quilts and various other items. She would sell raspber-ries, currents, jams and jellies and bake breads for her sales. She was also known as an avid garden-er for her vegetables and a multitude of flowers.

“She had such a pas-sion for creativity that it always kept her planning ahead for future events. Funeral services will be held at the Prince George Funeral Home on Thurs-day, March 28, at 11 a.m. Internment to follow at the Memorial Park Cem-etery.”

The community would like to send condolences to the family of Dale To-liver upon his passing. He lost his battle to can-cer. At press time, there was no word as to when the memorial would take place.

“Life” is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one.

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Paden Williams re-ceived honourable mention for the photo he submitted to the 2013 Environmen-tal Art Works Foundation contest. His picture depic-ted the Halkirk windmills against a night sky. Con-gratulations, Paden.

A family get-together was held at the Paintearth Lodge on Mother’s Day to honour Dora Morasch, who’s celebrating her 85th birthday this Friday.

Daughter Carolin and Bob Cox with grandson Carmen, Nicole and Col-ton Cox from Coronation; daughter Linda and Mur-ray Duncan with grand-sons Tyler, Tanner and Michelle from Stettler, as well as daughter Katie and Dennis Turre, grandson Monte and Tracey Turre and granddaughter Vick-ie and Dallas Lang and great-grandchildren Cam-eron and Shelby were able to attend. A very happy birthday, Dora, from all your Halkirk friends.

Matt and Jessica McK-night returned home re-cently from Weisswasser, Germany. Matt spent the pro hockey season with the local team, the Fox-es. The McKnights are visiting with mom Patti McKnight.

Keith Stewart left last Thursday for Calgary, where he will undergo a stem-cell transplant. He expects to be in the Tom Baker hospital for sev-eral weeks. Best wishes, Keith.

Kent and Evelyn John-son spent a few days in Van-couver before the spring seeding began. They vis-ited with daughters Kim and Kandice and their families.

There’s an old saying, “Plant in the dust and your bins will bust,” and it sure is dry and dusty as farm-ers rush to plant the spring crops. Rain is expected for the long weekend, just as the campsites open for the season.

COMING UP: Friday — Students will partici-pate in Hoops for Heart; Gus Wetter spring prom in Castor; Saturday — Wil-liam E. Hay grad ceremo-nies in Stettler; Hazard-ous waste to be gathered at the fire hall in morning only; Tuesday, May 28 — Grades 1 to 6 track meet at Theresetta school; Mrs. Norman’s piano students hold a recital at the hall at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, May 29 — Mother Te-resa Grade 9 farewell and pot-luck lunch at the hall at 6:30; Saturday, June 15 — town-wide garage sale; everyone is invited toparticipate.

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Gibson had strong local ties from her Lamb days McKnights back home afterGerman hockeyseason

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We hope everyone had a great long weekend, relaxing with family and friends. I guess fishing season began last Friday, so that’s right on. Maybe some of you out there relaxed by going fishing all weekend. It’s a great sport.

This is an exciting weekend coming up, with Grade 12 graduation in Stettler on Saturday night. Congratulations to all the graduates out there and hopefully all your dreams come true.

This coming Monday is Quilting Day. Make sure you come out and enjoy yourself. Quilt-ing will come to an end until fall very soon, so make sure you make it out to these last few ses-sions. They start at 9 a.m. at the Botha Senior Cen-tre. Please check with Audry Hauck at 403-742-4333 before attend-ing, and also for more information.

A very special birth-day is also happening that same Monday. It’s McK-enzie Hankins’ big day, so if you see McKenzie, make sure you wish her a happy birthday.

Bingo night hits again Tuesday, starting at 7:15 p.m. at the Botha Senior Centre. The jackpot has not been won for a long time now, so make sure you get out and try your luck. Bingo continues every second Tuesday throughout the summer.

This coming Sunday, come out to the Botha Hall for a great time, at the second last dance be-fore the summer break. Then they will restart in the fall. The date will be announced later in

August, so please keep your eyes open for that notice. For this second last dance, the Reflection (Randy Jones) Band will entertain for the after-noon. What a great way to spend a Sunday after-noon. It’s a pooled lunch, so they’re asking every-one to bring either buns/sandwiches or dessert to share with all who attend. These dances start at 1:30 p.m. sharp, and all are in-vited to attend. There is no age limit, so come on out and have fun.

Please note that de-velopment permits are required in the Village of Botha. So please contact the office on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to purchase one or to find out if you need one for your project.

Don’t forget the soc-cer-after-school program has started now and will continue until June 18. So if you have not got involved yet, why not phone Lorraine Hankins at 403-742-1155 to get more information and to get registered for the game.

Thanks to everyone that got out and support-ed all the 4-Hers at their show and sale this week in Stettler.

All the 4-Hers put a lot of work and effort into their animals, and love all the support they

receive for their efforts.This Friday at the

Botha School, all stu-dents and staff will be participating in the “Jump Rope” for the Heart event. The Heart and Stroke Foundation sup-plies all that participants with a new skipping rope and a Heart Hero Hand-book to encourage them to continue physical ac-tivity at home. They are also excepting pledges for the foundation.

Also this Friday, the whole school will have their project day at the school, so have fun ev-eryone.

The Grade 5 camp is coming up really soon, which all Grade 5ers are looking for and getting very excited about. But they are in need of a reg-istered nurse or a LPN to volunteer their time (day or night) to tend to any health-related issues the students might have.

They are also in need of parents or relatives (male or female) to come along on their trip to help out or can commit to staying overnight as a cabin supervisor. So if you can help out in any way, it would very much be appreciated. Please contact the school at 403-742-5187. Thank you in advance.

For art, the grade 4/5 students will need empty boxes for their dioramas,

so if you have any empty Kleenex, cereal or shoe-boxes, please drop them off at the school or send with your child.

Don’t forget coffee is on at 10 a.m. every Wednesday at the Botha Senior Centre. So make sure you come out for a great visit, some great relaxation, and some hot, refreshing coffee.

Don’t forget that there’s a dog bylaw in effect in Botha and area. So you must have your dog on a leash and under

control at all time when out in the great outdoors. Dogs can cause a lot of damage, so please obey the law and keep the lit-tle Village of Botha neat and clean.

If anyone has any con-cerns, please contact the Village Office or the by-law officer.

With the other activi-ties, such as floor curl-ing and carpet bowling, please contact one of the group’s members, as I heard they close down for the summer months. They

might decide to continue if there is enough inter-est, so please contact a member if interested.

Church services con-tinue at 9 a.m. every Sun-day until the end of June. They would love to see everyone come out and worship with them.

With everyone try-ing to clean up after the winter months, the trans-fer station is open every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to noon and every Saturday from noon till 4:30 for your convenience.

‘Jump’ heart fundraiser set for Friday at school

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s the pu

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new 201

3/2014

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ComingEvents 52

You’re InvitedTo the

HOME SUPPORTSTETTLER &

DISTRICTANNUALMEETING

To be held Th ursday, May 30

5:00 p.m. In the F.C.S.S. Building

4720 - 50 StreetEveryone welcome! Come and learn what

Home Support is all about and what we do in your community.

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Personals 60

ComingEvents 52BRIDAL SHOWER

for LARISSA WEBSTER

bride elect of CAM JACKSON June1, 2013 at

1 pm. at the Big Valley School

Gym. Everyone welcome

BRIDAL SHOWER for MONICA BAUMAN

bride-elect of SHELDON DONALD

Sunday, June 2, 2013,2 p.m., Erskine Hall. For more info call,

403-741-6947, 403-742-4114.

Bridal Shower forCheryl Sommerville,

bride-elect ofJesse Broemeling

June 1st, 7 pmat the home of

Eileen McComishEveryone welcome!Call 403-742-6140

for directions

DONALDA MUSEUMANNUAL GARAGE SALE

Saturday, May 25at the Donalda

Community Hallstarting at 9 a.m. with

$5 Pancake Breakfast.For information, phone

403-883-2100.

FERNE’S FASHIONS(Hwy 795)

ANNUAL BLOW-OUT GARAGE SALEAll new clothing!

June 7th & 8th, 9-6 daily.Phone 780-352-0933

for info/directions.

wish kitchen & gift

Bridal RegistryMarci Ackerman & Cole Spady dance May 25Amanda Dick & David Elder June 15Megan Hurlburt & Tanner Walgenbach June 22Melissa Derksen & Jamie Hamilton June 22Kristina Peters & Justin Jones July 5Larissa Webster & Cameron Jackson July 6Carla Potter & Pernell Van Straten July 13Monica Bauman & Sheldon Donald July 20Erin McDougall & Michael Brown July 27Chelsea Brausen & Bo Cassidy July 27Alexis Cortes & Mike Lawlor Aug 3Whitney Van Landuyt & Carson Sutton Aug 10Mary Beth Costigan & Brent Wilson Aug 24Amanda Manz & Michael Buck Aug 24View registries online www.wishkitchen.comMain Street, Stettler 403.742.8484

Bridal RegistryDerek Krywcun & Claire Swanson July 27

Gift Certifi cates available at

WELLS FURNITURE.ca403-742-3223 1-888-711-3223

WE FINALLY DID IT!Please join

COLE & MARCI SPADY (Ackerman)

At the Stettler Community Hallas they celebrate their marriage

held April 25 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

Program with slide show to start Saturday May 25, at 7:00 p.m.

Dance to start at 9:00 p.m.Toonie bar &

Designated Driver service

CROSS Gary Everett of Donalda, AB passed away while in the St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose, AB on Monday, May 13, 2013 at the age of 62 years.Predeceased by his parents Thelma and Frank; brothers Ron and Don; brothers in law Mike Howard, Chris Skinkle and Harry Brady; Gary is survived by his loving wife Rhonda of Donalda; his sons Stephen (Jen) Vance of Meaford, Ont and Stephen’s children Samuel and Zachary, Alan (Mira) Cross of Huntsville, Ont and their children Beckett and Gwyneth, Robert Tandy of Belleville Ont; Rhonda’s children Michelle (Eric) Sigvaldson of Edmonton and their children Kiana and Kasidy, Clint (Shauna) Cole of Stony Plain; brother Keith Cross; sisters Marilyn Bardy and Sheila Skin-kle both of Belleville Ont; numerous other family and a host of many friends.

Dearest HusbandI thank you with all of my heart

For sharing this journey called lifeI’ll be forever grateful

That I was blessed to be your wife

Grateful to have held your handTo have loved you throughout the years

Amidst life’s joys and challengesIn times of happiness and tears

Blessed to have built a life with youTo have shared so many things

Moments I’ll treasure with all my heartMemories that mean everything to me

I can hardly accept you’ve been taken awayI can hardly bear the thought

Of facing the future without you hereI’m still not sure how I’ll get through the loss

Yet I’m comforted by how much you loved meAnd this knowledge is helping me through griefAlways remembering the closeness we shared

That brought us both such happiness and peace

And so…I thank you, Dearest HusbandFor all you’ve meant to my life

I’m so grateful that we found each otherAnd for the blessing of being your wife

At Gary’s request there will be no formal funeral services. The family wishes to thank you for your prayers and support at this time.Memorial contributions may be made in Gary’s memory to the Alberta Cancer Foundation or to a charity of the donor’s choice in care of the Stettler Funeral Home, Box 1780 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting the funeral home web site at www.stettlerfuneralhome.com

STETTER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM was entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements.

For further information please call 403-742-3422.

Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Jean Melnyk1924 - 2013

Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Jean Melnyk of Big Valley passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the age of 89 years. Peggy is survived by her loving husband Bill Melnyk, brothers Perry (Inez) MacMillan and John (Myrna) MacMillan as well as many nieces, nephews other relatives and dear friends. A funeral service for the late Peggy Melnyk will be held at the Bethel Evangelical Church in Three Hills, Alberta on Friday, May 24,

2013 at 2:00 P.M. As an expression of sympathy and in loving memory of Peggy memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice 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 funeral arrangements. 403.742.3315.

Condolences can be forwarded to the family by visiting our website at www.brennenfuneralhome.com

WOODSRobert “Bob” Reid Woods passed away in the Stettler Health Care Centre on May 11th, 2013 at the age of 79 years.Bob was born on March 21st, 1934 and raised in Big Valley, Alberta. He met Melda Stewart and they were married on June 15th, 1956. He enjoyed his work in the oilfield as a battery operator for Gulf, where he stayed until retirement. He then pursued a career in small engine repair and spent the rest of his time chasing

around grandchildren, going camping and catching the occasional fish. Bob was predeceased by his parents, seven brothers and one sister. He leaves behind to mourn, his loving family: wife Melda Woods of Big Valley, son Len (Cindy) Woods of Red Deer, daughter Brenda Woods of Big Valley, son Ron (Cheryl) Woods of Stettler, nine grandchildren and one great grandson. A celebration of Bob’s life was held on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Big Valley Jubilee Hall, Big Valley, Alberta with Reverend Ross Helgeton officiating. If desired, memorial donations may be made in Bob’s memory to a charity of choice c/o Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium, Box 1780, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0, 403-742-3422, who were entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. To send or view condolences to Bob’s family, please

visit www.stettlerfuneralhome.com

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Caregivers/Aides................710Clerical ..............................720Computer Personnel ..........730Dental ................................740Estheticians........................750Hair Stylists ........................760 Janitorial ............................770Legal ..................................780Medical ..............................790Oilfield ................................800Professionals......................810Restaurant/Hotel ................820Sales & Distributors ..........830Teachers/Tutors..................840Trades ................................850Truckers/Drivers ................860Business Opportunities......870Miscellaneous ....................880Volunteers Wanted ............890Positions Wanted ..............895Employment Training ........900Career Planning ................920

Clerical 720STETTLER & DISRICT FCSS

SUMMER PROGRAMASSISTANT

June 3 - August 23, 2013

• Extensive Computer and Internet experience

• Excellent organization-al skills

• Ability to collect and compile information

• Able to work in a team environment

• Excellent communication skills

• Good interpersonal skills

The ideal candidate mustbe a full time student,

18 years of age or overintending to return to

school on full-time basis. Apply with resume by

May 24th, 2013.Only those candidates

selected for an interview will be contacted.

Resumes can be dropped off, mailed, faxed

or emailed to:Stettler & District Family

& CommunitySupport Services4720-50 Street,

P.O. Box 2097, Stettler AB T0C 2L0

Fax: 403-742-1391 email:[email protected]

Farm Work 755CATTLE RECEIVING,

Shipping and Processing. Immediate full-timepositions available.

Cattle experience an asset but willing to train the right person. Positions offered are permanent, full-time opportunities. Wages are

negotiable and willcommensurate according

to qualifications andexperience. Lakeside

offers an excellent benefit package. Fax resume to: Duke Joy - JBS Lakeside Feeders 403-362-8231.No telephone inquiries.

HairStylists 760

HIRING HAIRSYLISTS two positions available in

Whitecourt Alberta.Full time and part time.

Top wages willing to train and share knowledge.

To apply phone 780-778-4248.

Legal 780THIS WEEK’S

EYE SPY WINNER ISGilbert Ellis

Please come into theStettler Independent to

claim your prize!

Oilfield 800AN ALBERTA OILFIELD construction company is hiring dozer, excavator, and labourer/rock truck operators. Lodging and

meals provided.Drug testing required.

Call Contour Construction 780-723-5051

NEWCARTCONTRACTING LTD.

is hiring for the upcoming turnaround season.

Journeyman/Apprentice; Pipefitters; Welders;

Boilermakers; Riggers.Also: Quality Control;

Towers; Skilled Mechanical Labourer; Welder Helpers.

Email: [email protected].

Fax 1-403-729-2396. Email all safety

and trade tickets.

Trades 850

Truckers/Drivers 860

Oilfield 800

ASSISTANT DISTRICT MANAGER

JOIN OUR FAST GROWING TEAM!!

Qualifications

Include:• 5-10 yrs experience in

the Production Testing Industry

• Valid Driver’s License• Business Management

Skills• Organizational Skills• Project Management

Experience

Duties required:• C o o r d i n a t i n g f i e l d

Operations• M a n a g e c r e w a n d

personnel• Flexible work schedule

- after hours on call rotation

• Financial Management - Cost control

Please visit our website at:www.

cathedralenergyservices.comor apply by email to:

[email protected]

[email protected]

Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

CENTRAL PEACENATURAL GAS

CO-OP LTD.requires full-time Gas

Utility Operator. Experience, safety tickets an asset.

Clean valid driver’s licence required. Forward resume:

[email protected]. Fax 780-864-2044.

Mail: Box 119, Spirit River, T0H 3G0.

NOW LOCATED IN DRAYTON VALLEY

BREKKAAS Vacuum & Tank Ltd. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers, Super Heater

Operators with all valid tickets. Top wages,excellent benefits.

Please forward resume to: Email: [email protected].

Phone 780-621-3953.Fax 780-621-3959.

Oilfield 800

CLASS 1 LOW BEDTRUCK DRIVER

HINTON, ALBERTAAlstar Oilfield is looking for a highly motivated individual

to join our Team.Alstar has been serving the

oil and gas constructionindustry since 1969.

If you have….• Minimum 5 Years with

Class 1• Low Bed Experience

hauling Cats, Excavators, and Side Booms

• Clean Abstract• Winch Tractor Experience• O f f R o a d O i l f i e l d

Experience

If you Desire to bePart of a Growing CompanyPlease email your resume to: [email protected] fax to 780-865-5829

Please QuoteJob # 72096 on Resume

“Committed to enriching the lives of our workforce,

while providing qualityenergy construction solutions”

ExperiencedOilfield Construction

Lead Hands

ExperiencedOilfield Construction

Labourers

Industrial Painters

Alstar Oilfield is looking for a highly motivated individuals

to join our Team in both Hinton and Fox Creek.

Alstar has been serving the oil and gas construction

industry since 1969.

If you have a Desire to be Part of a Growing CompanyPlease email your resume to: [email protected]

Please QuoteJob # 72095 on Resume

For detailed job description Please email

[email protected] visit our Career Section at: www.alstaroilfield.com

“Committed to enriching the lives of our workforce, while

providing quality energy construction solutions”

Trades 850

Misc.Help 880

Oilfield 800LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR

Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/driversabstract to 403-886-4475

PRESSURECONTROL SPECIALIST

Nexus Engineering iscurrently seeking a

mechanical individual for their shop to perform

testing of all BOP’s and Pressure Control

Equipment. Duties include heavy lifting, manual labour,

operating forklift and overtime as necessary.

We offer a competitive wage, benefits and RRSP plan.

Experience is not mandatory, but a definite asset.

Email resume to: [email protected]

VAC & STEAM TRUCK OPERATOR.

Valid Class 1 or 3,Safety Tickets, Top Wage,

Benefits, Camp Work,Experience an Asset. Email/Fax Resume:

780-458-8701,[email protected].

Professionals 810JOURNALISTS, Graphic

Artists, Marketing and more. Alberta’s weekly

newspapers are looking for people like you. Post

your resume online. Free. Visit: www.awna.com/

resumes_add.php.

Restaurant/Hotel 820

EVENING WAIT STAFF& DISHWASHER

Experienced preferred.Apply in person toClub Cafe, Stettler.

SHANGRI LA RESTAURANTIN CASTOR ABIS NOW HIRING

F/T CHINESE COOK.3 yrs. experience required.

$12-14/hour,depending on experience.

Phone Sam at 403-882-3977

Sales &Distributors 830

STETTLER SALES & RENTALS LTD.

is seeking a F/T PERMANENT

COUNTER SALES PERSON.

Successful applicant will have good computer and

customer relationship skills. Previous counter

experience and equipment or construction related experience will be an

asset. We offer competitive wage and

benefit packages. To join our team please fax resume to 403-742-8777

or email [email protected]

Trades 850AUTOMOTIVETECHNICIANS.

Licensed, 4th year & 3rd year Technicians required. Signing/moving allowance,

full company benefits,very aggressive bonus/pay

plan. Ford experiencepreferred, but not required.

Denham Ford,Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

Email resume: Attention:Dean Brackenbury;

[email protected]

JTL INDUSTRIESREQUIRES WELDERS

in Stettler,to start immediately. Call 780-608-4456.

LICENSED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN UP TO

$40.00/HR.Signing bonus or relocationassistance depending on experience. Send resume to; Fourlane Ford Innisfail

403-227-3311;[email protected]

MILLWRIGHT ANDELECTRICIAN REQUIREDat Edson Forest Products a division of West Fraser

in Edson, Alberta. $37.67/hour

with full benefits.Trade certification required.

Fax 780-723-3783 or email: esuter

@sundanceforestindustries.ca

PIDHERNEY’S RequiresExperienced HeavyEquipment Operators forwork in the Coronation andRed Deer areas. Fax oremail resume to: 403-845-5370 / [email protected]

PYRAMID CORPORATIONIS NOW HIRING!

Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various

sites across Alberta.Send resume to:

[email protected] fax 780-955-HIRE

We are now seeking a full-time employee for the following position in the

Stettler branch:

Field Service TechnicianDetails:The following qualifications are required:

Journeyman Heavy Equipment Certificate and/or Journeyman Millwright Certificate and/or Journeyman Automotive Certificate. (Consideration would be made for 3rd/4th year apprentices).Gas compression experience an asset. Must be highly motivated and a positive attitude is key.

Duties would include the following:Field work as assigned including some shop work.Screw and reciprocating compressor package maintenance and overhauls.Other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

Benefits Include:Competitive wagesExcellent benefits (health, dental, life insurance, disability etc.).Participation in company RRSP program with company match.

If you are interested in a career with an established Energy Services company please apply in person

at 7201-50 Ave., Stettler, Alberta or please fax your resume to 1.403.742.6901 or

email your resume to: [email protected]

For more information on Vortex Production Services, please visit our website at: www.vortexservices.ca

We thank all applicants and advise that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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TORNADO Combustion Technologies Inc.A strong and growing design/manufacturing companyproviding combustion-related products, including arrestors, fl are stacks, thermal oxidizers and custom- designed equipment.

JOURNEYMAN WELDERS“B” PRESSURE WELDERS& LABORERS REQUIRED

FOR RURAL LOCATION NE OF STETTLER, ALBERTA

Tornado Combustion Technologies Inc. offers full-time employment in a stable position supporting the fabrication of technical products sold worldwide. We invite you to join our team of highly skilled tradesmen, who work in a goal-oriented, team atmosphere. Salary, profi t-sharing incentive and benefi ts package.

SUBMIT YOUR RESUME FOR REVIEW TO

[email protected]

To Work in Bashaw AB Shop, this position is responsible for the Mechanical Maintenance, repairs, servicing, inspections and rigging up

of A&Bs on highway trailer and truck fl eet. The Majority of this position’s duties will be involved

with trailer repairs.Start Date: ASAPCompensation: Competitive wage, full benefi tsQualifi cations: Alberta on Highway Heavy Duty Equipment Technician. Journeyman Certifi cateCondition of Employment: Valid Drivers License

Fax resume: 780-372-4238Email: [email protected]

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

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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Community newspapers are thriving in a media environment where words like “community” and “hyper-local” are proving to be the keys to advertising success.The Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association is committed to providing advertisers with unsurpassed service and up-to-date information on each of the community newspapers served. We are seeking an Advertising Traffic Coordinator, a support role to the Advertising Director. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing existing clients including market research, helping clients determine needs and providing proposals reflecting the suggested course of action, while ensuring accuracy of client bookings.Attention to detail, organizational skills, problem solving, teamwork and a personable disposition are necessary for a successful candidate.

Please submit your resume, references, and salary expectations by e-mail: [email protected] or fax 780-430-5380 No phone calls please.

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Cando, an employee-owned company supplying specialized rail services across Canada, is looking for Tamper Operators to operate a Mark IV Tamper, EJ6 Tamper, or equivalent. Successful candidates will lead small teams responsible for aligning tracks, spreading ballast and tamping ties.

Top candidates will have a minimum of five years experience operating a tamper, possess and maintain CROR and TIG certifications, work independently and have experience working on Class 1 railways. Full time position with wage range of $25 to $30 per hour. Requires extensive travel throughout Western Canada. Accommodations and living allowance provided when on the road.

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CRUDE SERVICES INC.

is now hiringClass 1 Drivers for

transporting Dangerous Goods

Experience driving Super B, Tridem,and Body-Job units is an asset.

We offer top industry wages,group benefi ts package,

company RRSPs as well asscheduled days off.

Please send resumes:Fax: 403-742-4181

Email: [email protected]: 403-742-4189

JEN Express a local General Freight Company is

looking for aPart Time delivery Driver.

Travel area isFrom Stettler to Edmonton orRed Deer. 20-30 hrs. per week,

Some heavy lift ing required. Must have a minimum Class 3 license

with air brake endorsement.

Please fax Resume inconfi dence to 403-742-2890

CLASS 1 TRUCK DRIVERClean abstract. Must have experience moving

heavy equipment that is related to pipeline construction.

Benefi ts available.Please fax resumes to 780-372-4238Or email to: [email protected]

Arnett & Burgess is now accepting applications for the following:

OPERATOR 2 POSITIONRahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer

of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applicationsfor a full time Operator 2 position.

The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties.

Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma and must be available for shift work.

Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

Application Closing Date: May 27, 2013

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd.Attention: Human Resources

Box 113Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0

Fax: 403-747-2660email: [email protected]

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Heritage home on double lot. 2 Blocks to Main Street.

7 Bedrooms. Many updates.$289,900.

Built for the executive. Large two storey. Quiet cul-de-sac. Fully developed. Mature yard. Very nice. Asking $465,000.

Immediate possession. Great retirement home. New fl ooring.

Fresh paint. Double garage. RV parking. Now just $279,900.

Seniors! No stairs. Only one block to Main Street. Spacious home.

Garage. Only 6 years old. $219,500. Call today!

Lots of possibilities! Large building on 2 lots Zoned R2

between Main Street and schools. $199,900. Will consider trades.

Super clean! Over 1300 sq. ft. Fully developed. Beautiful kitchen.

Well fenced yard. $282,900. Don’t wait!

JUST

LISTED

IT'S BUYING TIME!

[email protected] 1-888-824-3464

Results

Realty

403-742-4253 an independent member broker

OPEN HOUSESaturday, May 25 & Sunday, May 26

2 - 4 p.m.

5116 - 41 Avenue

Head towards cemetery, watch for signs.There is not another like it in Stettler.Ask about our other available listings.

Dave Walker

403-740-6315

Trevor Leinweber

403-740-3036

FOR LEASE - Prime Main Street location. Available June 1.

Trades 850

TORNADO Hydrovacs, a division of Petrofield

Industries is accepting resumes for: Assembly Department: Industrial

Painters, Electrical Technicians; and Labourers. Our

Company has an enthusiastic, fast paced

working environment with advancement for

motivated individuals, and an excellent benefit package. Please forward

resume to [email protected] or Fax

403 742-5544

Misc.Help 880$100 - $400 CASH DAILY for landscaping work! Must be competitive & energetic.

Honesty is a must!Please visit us at:

www.PropertyStarsJobs.com

Misc.Help 880

Misc.Help 880 Misc.

Help 880UNITED HOMES CANADA

HIRING WARRANTYCOORDINATOR.

Detail oriented, organized candidates need apply.

Customer service experience required, warranty

experience is an asset.ron@

unitedhomescanada.com or fax 403-948-5240.

Misc.Help 880

Misc.Help 880SANDBLASTER REQ’DNo exp. necessary, will train. Health plan. Wage $20.hr. +, dependant on exp. Send resume to PO

Box 2187 Stettler T0C 2L0

Misc.Help 880 Misc.

Help 880

13053CV1

Quality ingredients start with quality people.

If you share our passion for quality at every level – in the work we do, in the products we sell, and the people we work with – then Viterra is the place for you.

Sales RepresentativeStettler, AB

We are looking for a self-motivated, results-focused, customer service driven sales

professional to join our team. As the Sales Representative, you will be responsible for

maximizing the sales of grain and delivery through direct contact with clients.

Ideal candidates have a post-secondary education in agriculture or agri-business and proven experience

in agriculture, customer service and sales. Applicants must also have excellent relationship-building skills

and a Class 5 driver’s licence.

Tracking number 2960.

Viterra offers a competitive salary and benefits plan.

The closing date for applications is May 31, 2013.

Visit Viterra.com to apply or for further information on career opportunities at our Regina Head Office and

throughout our North American asset network.

Viterra is an exciting and dynamic company that works directly with farmers to provide premium quality food

ingredients to the world’s most discerning food manufacturers. Together, we seek to fulfill the nutritional needs

of people everywhere.

Guided by our values of integrity, trust and respect, our goal is to achieve a workforce as diverse as the people

we serve. We encourage aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, women, visible minorities and others to join

our team!

Visit viterra.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Battle River Credit Union Ltd.

Stettler Branch PART-TIME MSR/TELLER

POSITION: - MSR/TellerREQUIREMENTS: Candidates for this position should possess: - Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills - Willingness to learn quickly - Working knowledge of computer applications - An aptitude to train and work in a fast paced, changing environment - Must be bondable

Please submit resume to: David Sheets, Branch Manager Battle River Credit Union Ltd.

Box 1357, 4911-51 Street Stettler, AB T0C 0X0

Phone 403-742-2331 Fax 403-742-2255PLEASE NOTE: Only those individuals invited for an interview

will be contacted.Deadline for applications: August 24, 2012.


Deadline for applications: May 30, 2013

FULL-TIME OR PART TIME MSR/TELLER

Whatever You’reSelling...

We Have ThePaper You Need!

CLASSIFIEDS1-877-223-3311

CALL NOWTO FIND OUT MORE

A Star MakesYour Ad

A Winner!CALL:

1-877-223-3311To Place Your

Ad Now!

FOR fast results: Classified Want Ads. Phone 1-877-223-3311.

Misc.Help 880

EmploymentTraining 900

Misc.Help 880

JOHN’S VENDING LTD.of Donalda

is looking for aROUTE PERSON

Must have a valid drivers license and be able to do

some heavy lifting. 100 LBS. plus.

The day starts in Donalda & ends in Donalda.

No experience necessary. Phone 403-883-2223

ask for Dannyor fax resume to

403-883-2246 or [email protected]

THE Donalda & District Museum and Donalda Art Gallery have 2 positions

available for summer students. Starting

immediatly, 35 hrs a week, including weekends. Competitive wages.

Send Resume to info@

DonaldaMuseum.com for more information call

403-883-2100.


HEALTH CARE AIDE CERTIFICATIONIN 22 WEEKS.

Visit www.healthcareaideacademy.comEnroll early to reserve your

seat 403-347-4233. Classes start Sept. 02, 2013@ The Health Care Aide

Academy downtown Red Deer

OVER 90%EMPLOYMENT RATE

FOR CANSCRIBE GRADUATES!

Medical Transcriptionists are in demand and

CanSrcribe graduates get jobs. Payments under

$100 per month, 1-800-466-1535;

www.canscribe.com;[email protected]

Misc.Help 880

SO008392

MÉTIS YOUTH SUMMER STUDENT PROGRAM

If you’re a Métis youth between 15 – 30 years old, and going back to school this fall, Métis Training to Employment Services can give you the assistance you need to land that summer job where you can gain employable skills and the pay cheque you deserve.

Call 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca

Funded in part by the Government of Canada.

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Metis Environmental Career CampEARN HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS AND A WAGE THIS SUMMER

Gain career experience in the environmental field. Métis Youth Participants (15 – 18) will receive

certification in standard first aid,

wilderness first aid, H2S alive,

WHIMIS/TDG, GPS, and canoe, Alberta

High School credits and earn a wage!

Program Runs July 22nd - August 23rd, 2013

Application Deadline - June 21st, 2013

Call 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca

Funded in part by the Government of Canada.

UTILITIES OPERATORThe County of Stettler No. 6 has an exciting opportunity for an energetic individual with a great work attitude to join our team in the Utilities Department.

The suitable candidate will be a self-starter with a strong sense of responsibility, have a practical aptitude to carry out work assignments and have a friendly, helpful and cooperative personality. We are looking for an able-bodied individual who is well presented and can communicate well in both written and verbal situations.

The suitable candidate will have, or be prepared to have the County assist them in obtaining a Level 2 Distribution, Level 1 Wastewater Treatment system and Level 1 Wastewater Collection system designation.

To obtain more information about this opportunity, please visit the County of Stettler No. 6 website at www.stettlercounty.ca, or contact Garth Ennis – Director of Environmental Services ([email protected]) or Steve Lockhart – Utilities Foreman ([email protected]) at (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 NOTICEHELP WANTED

MIDWEST PROPANEMIDWEST PROPANEis currently seeking

Gasfi tter To operate in central Alberta.

Class 3 Drivers license and all relevant

Oilfi eld Safety Certifi cates required.

Please apply with resume to:Midwest Propane

Rimbey, AB. Call: 403 843-8430,

Fax: 403 843-8460 or byemail to:

[email protected]

Are you a people person looking for a rewarding

maintenance career with a growing company?

Field Maintenance TechnicianCanalta is a family owned and operated Hospitality Company based in Drumheller, AB focused on development and operations within Western Canada. Canalta is committed to being a growing and profi table company, respected by its employees, customers, and stakeholders.

Canalta is searching for a hard worker with a professional attitude who takes pride in their work. You must have great interpersonal skills and be willing and ready to support our vision of providing high quality experiences to our guests and customers. After being provided with extensive training, you will work independently, but under the guidance of a skilled and experienced supervisor and management team who will be focused on your development for the future. Travelling within Alberta will be required and will give you the opportunity to work closely with a variety of Canalta’s business managers and staff with whom you will have the opportunity to share knowledge and skills. Overtime will be required occasionally and working safely is always required.

Depending on your experience level and qualifi cations, starting salary for this position will be $51,000 – $64,000. Canalta offers an annual bonus program that is performance based in addition to a comprehensive group insurance and benefi ts package.

RESPONSIBILITIES: • Perform complex maintenance tasks that will include carpentry, drywall,

painting, concrete repair, etc. • Manage and supervise internal staff and external contractors • Identify and act on opportunities to enhance our maintenance program

and minimize operational costs • Understand and perform safety, environment, and regulatory responsi-

bilities such as hazard identifi cation, equipment lockout, emergencyresponse and implementation of safe work procedures

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS REQUIRED: • Five or more years of maintenance, construction or trades background • A strong ability to work independently • Strong organizational skills • Professionalism

SUBMIT RESUMES TO: [email protected] II www.canaltahotels.com

EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITY

Floor Covering Installers and Tilesetters needed

for Jensen Contract Flooring, Big Valley, AB

Starting wages:$28.85/hr - Floor Covering Installers

$24.75/hr - Tilesetters40-50 hours per week

Applicants should have a minimum of 3 years of work experience or have a valid trade certifi cation.

Please send qualifi ed resumes only [email protected] or

fax to 403-876-2554

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]

Betee

Bet,

ABtree

AABt,

B

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]

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

GG KKPPDD

4814 - 49 Street,Stettler

403-742-5520

403-882-3740 (Castor)

Thorogood

Pinches&Certified General Accountants

Automotive 1029

Auto Body RepairsAccessories & GraphicsRestoration/Sandblasting

Box Liners

Phone 403-742-1681

www.northstarpaintandbody.com

Construction 1085

Contractors 1100

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.

JT AUTO BODY LTD.

“Serving Stettler & areafor 37 years”

• Complete auto bodyrepair & painting

Call Curt or Rob

Phone 403-742-2869


CabinetMakers 1054

TEL: 403-742-6277No. 5. 4707 - 42 Street

Stettler, AB

Cleaning 1070Keen KleanKeen Klean

• CarpetCleaning

403-742-6970403-740-9782403-742-6970

• Carpet Cleaning• Upholstry Cleaning

• WindowWashing

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


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

Call Barry Harvey

403-742-8838*27 years experience*

Electrical 1150

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

Installation &Maintenance

403-742-5111Serving Stettler

& Area since 1978

Flooring 1180GET your floors done now! Carpet, lino, laminate. Pro-i n s t a l l . G o o d p r i c e s . Evaluations and estimates. Call Robert 403-742-6523

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

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

4806 – 51 Ave., Stettler, AB403-742-EARS(3277)

Open Monday to Friday 9:00a.m to 4:00p.m.

(Closed over lunch & on holidays)

Jacquie Mvula, M.S., R.Aud

DR. D.G. BECKLUNDChiropractor

-Gitzel Krejci Building

4912 - 51 StreetStettler, AB

Open Mon. - Sat.

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

PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCEPhysiotherapy, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture Acupuncture & Massage& Massage

“Keeping people in Motion...”

403-742-4533

Dr. E. LYNESChiropractor

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

403-742-5810 or 403-742-6443

Misc.Services 1290

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

LegalServices 1260

LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE

4819 - 51 Street

Lori R. ReuleLL. B.

StettlerProfessional

Building

403-742-3411

ANDERSON LAW OFFICE

Brenda Anderson,

B.Comm., LL.B.

5002 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB

Phone 403-742-2529

Fax 403-742-2522

[email protected]

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

Gary G. Grant

Law Office4910 - 51 Street


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.

Misc.Services 1290

403-742-3007

Get rid of your Garbage with. . .

3R Management

Tru-FenceGood Fences Make Good Neighbours!

Verle KlassenPh 403-741-4483Fax [email protected]

“Contact usfor all your

fencing needs”

DISCONNECTED PHONE? Phone Factory

Home Phone Service.No one refused

Low monthly rate!Calling features & unlimited

long distance available.Call Phone Factory today!

1-877-336-2274; www.phonefactory.ca

Painters/Decorators1310

Misc.Services 1290

Misc.Services 1290

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up

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

Serving central Alberta. 403-318-4346

NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifieds.

Reach over 1 millionreaders weekly.

Only $269. + GST (based on 25 words or less).

Call this newspaper NOW for details or call

1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.

Oilfield 1305

• 28 Ton Picker• Trailer • Spreader Bar

• [email protected]

(780) 608-4468

Oilfi eld,Construction,

SECORCertifi cation

ProctorPickerService Ltd.

PersonalServices 1315

DATING SERVICE.Long-term/short-term

relationships. Free to try! 1-877-297-9883.

Live intimate conversation, Call #7878 or

1-888-534-6984.Live adult 1on1 Call

1-866-311-9640 or #5015. Meet local single ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+)

TRUE PSYCHICS!For Answers call now 24/7 Toll Free 1-877-342-3036;

Mobile: # 4486; www.truepsychics.ca

Plumbing& Heating 1330

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

• 24 Hour ServiceService Wise - We Specialize

Stettler

Ph. 403-742-5237

YardCare 1430

Colour enhanced whole tree woodchip mulch.

Variety of earth tone colours.www.mulchpeople.ca

403-740-3610

BRIAN HALLETTLAWN & GARDEN CARE

Town & Country Big or Small

…WE DO IT ALL!

Phone: 403-742-5830Please leave a message if no answer

RUBBER DUCKYARD CARE

• Power Rake• Aerate

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

CSA Approved Septic Tanks Since 1988

780-372-3854www.bashawconcrete.com [email protected]

Ready Mix ConcreteConcrete Blocks Septic TanksWater CisternsBlock FormsGravelSand Serving Central Alberta for 50 years

Leaking Basement?Weeping tile and membrane installation

For more information call Frank at:Home: 780-877-0186 Cell: 403-741-8750

F. T. S.F. T. S.Farla Technical Services

STETTLER

AND

SURROUNDING

AREA

For more information call Frank at:

Home: 780-877-0183 Cell: 403-741-8750

Leaking Basement?Weeping tile and membrane installation

Screwpile installation

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RURAL WATER TREATMENT (Province Wide)

Tell them DannyHooper sent you

Home Consultations • Shades & Blinds • Soft Treatments • Fabrics & Hardware

THREE HILLS

403.443.5192STETTLER

403.742.1965Fax 403.443.2407Cell 403.443.0664

Bev’s ValancesBev’s Valances

Custom window coverings and more

Beverley [email protected]

Construction 1085

Contractors 1100 Misc.Services 1290

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Painters/Decorators1310


HOW DO YOUCALCULATE THE VALUE

OF A HOUSE?Determine property taxes? Develop these skills and more with the Appraisal

and Assessment major at Lakeland College in

Lloydminster, Alberta.Career opportunities

include property manager, assessor, realtor, appraiser,

lender, or working for adevelopment firm.

Recent grads reported an average starting salary of

$60,000 a year. Phone 1-800-661-6490 ext. 5429

or visit: www.lakelandcollege.ca/realestate

MASSAGE CAREER. Train full-time or part-time

at our highly regarded, progressive school.

Small classes,individual attention,confident graduates!

1-877-646-1018;www.albertainstitute

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Buy & Sell#1500 - #1990

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

Auctions 153075 QUARTERS LAND,Oyen, Alberta - Ritchie

Bros Unreserved Auction. 1HQ, 30 Parcels Farmland,6 Parcels Grazing Lease, $37,300 Surface Lease Revenue. Jerry Hodge

780-706-6652;rbauction.com/realestate

CENTRAL PLUMBING& HEATING,

Slave Lake, Alberta.Tuesday May 28, 10 a.m.

Selling truck & forklift, compactor, river boat,

snowmobile, seacan, sheet metal equipment, power

threaders, shop & specialty tools, wood working &

drywall equipment, plumbing& heating inventory.

See www.montgomeryauctions.com

or 1-800-371-6963

ESTATE AUCTION(Estate of Glenda/

Norman Mortenson)Sunday May 26,

10 a.m.Bowden Lions hall,

Bowden AB

Furniture, Kitchen, Household, Collectibles,

Yard & Garden items, 1996 Ford Crown Victorian

Car, For full listing & pictures check the web.

Sale is subject to additions and deletions..

PILGRIM AUCTION SERVICE

403-556-5531

www.auctionsales.ca

MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, June 1, 11 a.m.,

6016 - 72A Ave.,Edmonton.

Over 150 guns- handguns, rifles,

shotguns, miscellaneous. Call to consign 780-440-1860.

Misc.Help 880

Farm CustomWork 2080

Auctions 1530WELL ESTABLISHED

campground & RV Park. High Level, Alberta,

July 6, 2013. Offers 12 acres with 42

sites and additional room for approximately 30 more.

Immediate revenue.Team Auctioneers on

www.globalactionguide.com;

780-927-4060.

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

GardenSupplies 1680

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE:

$1.49/each for a box of 270 ($402.30). Also full range of trees, shrubs,

cherries & berries.Free shipping.

Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or

treetime.ca

GORGEOUS SPRUCE TREES. 4 - 6 ft., $45,

machine planted, fertilized, mulched. Minimum order

20. Delivery charge:$75 - $100.

Quality guaranteed.Crystal Springs 403-820-0961

Health &Beauty 1700

MOBILITY SCOOTERS and Stair Lifts available

from MEDIchair Edmonton at competitive prices.

Phone; 780-437-3300 or 1-800-537-0579. See

www.albertaability.com.

Misc. forSale 1760

COLEMAN Powermate tool set $250; Quanty new and used harness - saddle

parts, 3 guitars 780-879-2385

FOR SALEPLASTIC WATER TANK,

1,250 gallons. Stored inside.Asking $400.

Phone 403-579-2403 or 403-740-9336

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.

RESTLESS LEGSYNDROME

& LEG CRAMPS? Fast relief in one hour.

Sleep at night.Proven for over 32 years;

www.allcalm.com. Mon-Fri, 8-4 EST. 1-800-765-8660

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $3997. Make money &

save money 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.

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

& Save!& Save!

PetServices 1820

AGILITY & OBEDIENCE Classes begin May 27.

Phone Lorrie at 403-742-3698.

SportingGoods 1860

1986 6 HP MERCURY 2 stroke outboard motor. Price includes tank and hose. Excellent shape.

Asking $725. 403-742-1719

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

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]

BREEDING hei fers, 40 hand picked reputat ion breeding heifers, complete drug program, black & red Simmental X Angus cho-sen from 300 cow herd. 403-783-8756 Ponoka, AB

BULLS FOR SALERED & BLACK ANGUS

HEREFORDYearlings & 2 Year Olds

Semen Tested

MATEJKA FARMSMark†403-783-6389

Ponoka, AB

LIMOUSIN Bulls Polled Red and black two year olds and yearlings. Semen tested. Combest Limousin Farm. (403)742-5211

PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year

olds. Semen tested and delivered.Vicwin farms

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

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

Pasture/Land Wanted 2180

SUPERVISEDPASTURE WANTEDfor 100-300 Yearlings.

780-608-0159

WANTED PASTUREfor cow/calf pairs,

403-742-4703, 403-740-4799

Grain, FeedHay 2190ROUND hay bales. Cheap Free delivery. Self unload-

ing. No Sunday calls Please. 403-843-6380

CommercialProperty 4110

Grain, FeedHay 2190

HEATED CANOLABUYING GREEN,

HEATED OR SPRING-THRASHED CANOLA.Buying: oats, barley,

wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or

offgrade grain.“On Farm Pickup”

Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

SeedGrain 2200

COMMON SEED OATS.98% germination.

Forage variety. $5.50/bu. Phone Glen Lepard

403-740-2872.

WHEAT: CDC GO, ParkWINTER WHEAT: Norstar

BARLEY: SundreOATS: AC MustangCANOLA: Early One

LYSTER FARMSSTETTLER AB 403-742-4456

For Rent#3000 - #3200

Acreages/Farms ..............3010Houses/Duplexes ............3020Condos/Townhouses........3030Manufactured Homes ......3040Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050Suites ..............................3060Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070Roommates Wanted ........3080Rooms for Rent................3090Motels/Hotels ..................3100Offices ..............................3110Stores/Commercial ..........3120Industrial ..........................3130Warehouse Space............3140Garage Space..................3150Storage Space ................3160Land ................................3170Pasture ............................3180Mobile Lot ........................3190Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Wanted to Rent#3250 - #3390

Acreages/Farms ..............3255Houses/Duplexes ............3260Suites ..............................3270Rooms..............................3280Manufactured Homes ......3290Housesitting Wanted ........3300Garage Space..................3310Storage Space ................3320Stores/Commercial ..........3330Office Space ....................3340Industrial ..........................3350Warehouse Space............3360Resorts & Cottages..........3370Pasture/Land....................3380Mobile Lot ........................3390

Houses/Duplexes 3020

HOUSE FOR RENT. Available June 1,

4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $1300/mo. plus utilities, non-smoking. Corner lot,

extra long single car garage. Close to schools

and downtown. Call 403-740-3640

HOUSE for Rent. Effective June 1/13 2+1 bedrooms,

2 bath, 5 appliances. Finished basement.

Detached double-car garage. Large fenced back yard. Close to schools and downtown. Non-smoking,

no pets please. References required.

$1,000/mo. plus utilities. Call 403-742-3063 and

leave message if no answer.

Condos/Townhouses3030ALIX: 2 bdrm. 1 bath, 5 appls, shows l ike new. $1000 + utils. Avail. June 1, 403-341-9974

Suites 3060L A R G E

One & Two BEDROOM APARTMENTS

FOR RENTNo pets

Phone Ellen at 403-742-1568

Phone Linda or Ernieat 403-742-5005

2 BEDROOM APARTMENTLarge, clean, bright.

1/2 flight up. Deck, close to schools & hospitals.Quite tenants. No pets.

Timor Manor. 5713 50 Avenue, Stettler

403-742-3092

One bedroom very clean basement suite in a quiet house, downtown Stettler. $750/mo., $700 with lease, includes all utilities and shared laundry. No ani-mals and no smoking. Available immediately. 403-883-2436.

Industrial 31302000 sq. ft. shop for lease. Great location with drive-thru bay and fenced yard on corner lot in Stettler’s industrial section. Please

call 403-350-1353 or 403-742-7765

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

StorageSpace 3160

MINI STORAGE10X12’ With 5x7 doors.

For quads, snowmobiles, furniture, etc.

Phone: (403)742-9729 DYMY Oilfield Services

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 4020NO BANK QUALIFYING!Beautiful 1700 sq ft, 3 bdrm,

1 bath home w/vaulted ceilings & a single garage (with room to build more

bdrms and baths).Only $19,000 cash needed

to take over financing of $291,000!

Call Janet at780-483-2006

if you want to start paying toward your own home!

Condos/Townhouses4040

SOUTH EDMONTON CONDO FOR SALE.

Quiet building. Close to transit and LRT. Main floor corner. 2 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 parking

stalls! $228, 900. August possession.

780-718-8864

Farms/Land 4070

SPECTACULAR HOME and farm operation - Three Hills area. Up to 750 acres,

high end custom home, heated Quonset, grain handling system, much

more. Info; 403-990-6678.

ManufacturedHomes 4090

$5,000 CASHBACK!Last 3 Brand New 2011

SRI 20’X76’.Nicely optioned. Free

delivery, skirting package. New home warranty. From $118,900 (was $127,900).

View at www.dynamicmodular.ca;

1-877-341-4422.

PROPERTY in Alliance, AB. Mobile home, 2 lots,

fully fenced, mature trees, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, large addi-tion, fully upgraded, heated

workshop $95,000 780-879-2385

Cottages/ResortProperty 4130ELINOR LAKE RESORT. 2.5 hours NE Edmonton. Spring Sale, fully serviced lake lots reduced by 15% May 17-31, 2013. Suitable

for cabin/house,RV or investment. 1-877-623-3990;

elinorlakeresort.com.

GOLF, SKI, HIKE, WATER SPORTS, etc.

WHITEFISH, MT.

Townhouse in Mountain Park subdivision. Over

3700 sq.ft., 4 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. Features include 22’ vaulted ceiling in Great Room with floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, hardwood

floors, Dacor stainless steel appliances, in-floor

radiant heat, walk-out lower level & more. Slate

spa shower & large walk-in closets with built-in cabi-

netry. House is fully wired for surround sound, security smart home.

$599,900For more information call

403-396-5516.

Lots For Sale 4160

15 RESIDENTIALBUILDING LOTS,Vulcan, Alberta.

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers. Selling by Unreserved Auction, July 18 from

Lethbridge. 25 Bareland Condo Units as 8 lots + 7 single lots. Simon Wallan

780-831-8529;Greg Cripps - Re/Max

403-391-2648;rbauction.com/realestate

Lots For Sale 4160

LOVE GOLF?Walk-out view lot (.40 acres) overlooking pond, backing W. at Wolf Creek Village. Power, municipal water & sewer to be connected. 10 yr. Golf membership avail. valued $30,000. Controls in place to protect your investment. 403-782-4599

Out Of TownProperty 4170

SIDNEY, BC CONDO.25 minutes north of Victoria. 1232 sq. ft., 2 bedrooms,

2 bathrooms, manyupgrades. Kitchen, living, dining, sunroom, includes heat, hot water, parking.

No pets. $227,000.;[email protected].

MortgagesBought/Sold4190

BANK SAID NO?Bank on us! Equity

Mortgages for purchases, debt consolidation,

foreclosures, renovations. Bruised credit,self-employed,unemployed ok.Dave Fitzpatrick:

www.albertalending.ca. 587-437-8437,

Belmor Mortgage

Financial#4400 - #4430

Investments ......................4410Money Wanted ................4420Money to Loan ................4430

MoneyTo Loan 4430DO YOU NEED to borrow money - Now? If you own

a home or real estate,Alpine Credits will lend

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Transportation#5000-5300

Automotive Services ........5010Antique & Classic Autos ....5020Cars ..................................5030SUV’s................................5040Trucks ..............................5050Heavy Trucks....................5060Vans/Buses ......................5070Motorcycles ......................5080Campers ..........................5090Motorhomes......................51005th Wheels........................5110Holiday Trailers ................5120Tent Trailers ......................5130Utility Trailers ....................5140ATV’s ................................5150Boats & Marine ................5160Snowmobiles ....................5170Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180Auto Wreckers ..................5190Vehicles Wanted ..............5200Car/Truck Rental ..............5210Recreational VehicleRental ..............................5220Trailer Rental ....................5230Misc. Automotive ..............5240RV’s ..................................5300

Motorhomes 51002006 HOLIDAY RAMBLER

- “Endeavor” 38 1/2 ‘.Diesel Pusher

400 Cummins engine, 34,000 miles, 3 slides,

Black tie Edition. $129,000 o.b.o. 403-553-4313.

Kijiji RV’s ad #470192385.

2000 38’ Coach Class A diesel pusher, Cheetah

Safari, 12’ main slideout, 300HP Cat, $39,995 obo

403-430-0260 or 403-742-5667

FifthWheels 5110

2010 DENALI 5TH WHEEL27’ 1/2 ton towable.

Lrg. slide, electric awning,a/c, satellite, sleeps 6.

$24,000. 403-741-6994

Public Notice#6000

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

PublicNotices 6010

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

AND CLAIMANTSEstate of

Frank Thompson HOLMAN (deceased)

Notice is given to hereby given to creditors and others having claims against the estate of Frank Thompson Holman, formerly of Red Deer. All claims should be sent, on or before June 15, 2013 to

Tara McCullough 1613 6 Ave. N.W.

Calgary, AB. T2N 0W1

SQ008763

PRINT SHOP For Sale in Drumheller, Alberta

Turnkey operation, very affordable - great location and building. Owners sold wholesale business and want to retire. Approx. 6000 sq. ft building available for sale or (affordable) lease, shop with 2 overhead doors for vehicle decaling, sign making etc.

We have a TON of printing equipment – some leased – some owned. Various options for purchase available.

Phone Janis for full details and list of equipment at 403-823-2717, or 403-820-8691

or e-mail: [email protected]

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

Looking for an outgoing, high energy,goal oriented leader, remuneration

based on experience. Above industry standard staff discount. Must have 2 years women’s fashion experience.

Apply in person or by email [email protected]

Reference STT805 in subject line

Join our team!

ASSISTANT MANAGER

SUMMER VILLAGE OF ROCHON SANDS

PUBLIC NOTICE

2013 ASSESSMENT NOTICES AND TAX ROLL

Summer Village of Rochon Sands, Province of Alberta

Notice is hereby given that the Combined Assessment & Tax Notices have been mailed to all property owners.

The assessment roll is open to inspection at the Village Office by appointment (403-742-4717). Any person who desires to object to the entry of their name or that of any other person upon the said roll or to the assessed value placed upon any property must, by July 16, 2013lodge their complaint(s) in writing with the VillageAdministrator.

Dated this 17th day of May 2013.

Carrie TurgeonVillage AdministratorSummer Village of Rochon Sands#1 Hall StreetRochon Sands, AB T0C 3B0

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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THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT NEWSPage D6 Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Police called to Rec Centre after dispute between former coupleCPL. CAMERON

RUSSELL

Stettler RCMP

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

Calls that have SUI at-tached are “still under in-vestigation.”

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).

Sunday, May 55:03 p.m. — Stettler

EMS, Stettler fire depart-ment, Bashaw RCMP and Stettler RCMP were called to a rural residence north of Stettler, for a male who had a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A thorough investi-gation was completed and was determined that the 54-year-old male victim had shot himself with a small-calibre rifle. The male was transported by ground am-bulance to Stettler, then to Calgary by STARS air am-bulance. The male unfor-tunately succumbed to his injuries.

5:31 p.m. — Two males were reported to be on top of the Stettler hotel on 50 Street, throwing beer cans and other objects at pass-ing traffic. Investigators at-tended, however the males described were not located. There was no damage re-ported by any passing ve-hicles.

5:53 p.m. — Police were called to assist a 51-year-old male from 40 Avenue and 62 Street check on a friend who he had not been able to get in touch with all day. Investigators attended a residence on 44 Street and 49 Avenue to check the welfare of the 52-year-old female resident. She was found to be fine.

6 : 4 9 p . m . — A n 18-year-old male from Erskine called to report a 2010 black Ford F-350 registered to a 34-year-old male from Stettler was driving in an erratic manner on Highway 12, speeding and swerving on the road. Investigators were unable to locate the vehicle at the time of the complaint. The caller does not wish to pro-vide a statement, however the driver has been spoken to about his driving.

7:38 p.m. — A 911 call of a suspicious person who was observed to be sleep-ing on his roof and had a case of beer. Investigators met with the 61-year-old female complainant from Fairview, who pointed the male out. The investigation led to a residence on 50 Av-enue and 45 Street, where a 31-year-old man was lo-cated. He advised he had been inspired by an episode of “Workaholics” to drink on the roof and decided to try it. The man was not

committing an offence and advised that he would con-tinue, as he was enjoying himself.

8:20 p.m. — A 36-year-old female from Emmerson Acres called to advise that her couch had been stolen,. After an investigation was done, it was determined that the female’s boyfriend had the couch.

Monday, May 69:26 a.m. —A con-

cerned mother from Syl-van Lake called 911 to ad-vise investigators that her 14-year-old runaway daugh-ter may be at a residence in Stettler. After inquiries were made, the 14-year-old runaway was located at a residence on 69 Street and Meadow View Close. The runaway was fine and not in danger. It was deter-mined that the 14-year-old had a disagreement with her mother over her boy-friend and came to Stettler to stay with a friend.

1 2 : 1 2 p . m . — A 27-year-old male from 59 Street and 51 Avenue re-ported that his 2013 Hisun R500 side by side ATV was stolen from his garage on the weekend. SUI

12:41 p.m. — An area resident reported that a brown 2004 GMC truck had been parked in the middle of Range Road 18-1, had been there for several days, had a broken front axle and some front-end damage. The 20-year-old male from Botha who owns the truck was contacted and assured investigators that it would be moved off the road. The next day, the truck was still there, so the owner has been charged with aban-doning his truck. The truck was towed at his expense.

2:05 p.m. — A 46-year-old female from Stettler County attended the detach-ment with a black/white and grey Husky, who she had found to have killed one of her sheep. The dog had been on her property in the morning and when she returned home during the lunch hour, she found the dog with blood on its fur. With investigating fur-ther, she found one sheep dead and another injured. The dog was lodged in cells until animal control investi-gators were able to attend. The owner of the dog is not known. The dog was taken to a facility in Red Deer .

2:38 p.m. — Investiga-tors were called to a resi-dence on 50A Avenue and 57 Street to sort out an is-sue between a 64-year-old female and her 42-year-old son. The female came home and found that a window in her basement had been bro-ken, she found her son in the house and confronted him and now would not leave. When police arrived, the male had gone, the mother refused to provide a statement therefore charges were not laid. The 42-year-old male was located and it

was determined that there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest. The male was arrested and taken to the Red Deer remand center.

Tuesday, May 7

9:09 a.m. — A 51-year-old male from Stettler County repor ted tha t he struck a deer with his 2007 Dodge 3500 on Range Road 19-1 in April, while it was snowing heavily.

12:13 p .m. — A 23-year-old male from Stettler advised that he struck a deer with his 2012 Dodge truck on Township Road 39-4, causing exten-sive damage.

Wednesday, May 8 1 a.m. — A 17-year-

old female called from a residence just west of Stettler to advise that her ex-boyfriend had been at her house wanting to talk with her, knocking on her window and shining a flash light in her window. Inves-tigators were not able to lo-cate the 17-year-old male suspect from 40 Avenue and 62 Street, until the fol-lowing day. The male is on conditions not to have contact with the female and has been charged with breaching those cond i t ions . The male will appear in youth court on June 9 in Stettler.

6:04 a.m. —A 2002 Dodge truck was reported to be driving in an erratic manner on Highway 12 coming into Stettler. The truck turned off into a business before police could intercept the truck. The registered owner of the truck, a 60-year-old man from Erskine, was contacted by investigators and spoken to about his driving, charges are pend-ing, this file is SUI.

11:07 a.m. — A minor collision was reported at a rural residence where a 65-year-old female, driving a 2003 Ford F-150, backed into a 2011 Dodge Caravan.

2:10 p.m. — A break and enter was reported at the Erskine hall. Investiga-tors attended and found that a door had been kicked in, and the culprits then en-tered the hall, opening ev-ery cabinet and made away with a small amount of cash. There are no suspects known. SUI

7:08 p.m. — A collision was reported at the intersec-tion of 50 Street and 48 Av-enue. A 17-year-old male driving a 1993 GMC truck proceeded through an inter-section without using due care and attention. As a re-sult, the truck collided with a 2003 Buick LeSabre driv-en by a 60-year-old man from Stettler. There were no injuries as a result of the collision, but the 17-year-old male driver has been charged with failing to pro-ceed safely after stopping.

8:48 p.m. — While driv-

ing South on Range Road 20-0, two miles north of Stettler, a white 2003 Ca-dillac sedan went off the road into the west ditch then rolling into a creek. An investigation ensued, and it was revealed that the 17-year-old male driver from Stettler became dis-tracted when the passenger in his car had dropped their glasses. The car then went into the ditch that soon af-ter turned into the bridge for the creek, causing the car to flip. None of the five male occupants in the car were injured. Alcohol was proven not to be a factor. The 17-year-old driver of the car has been charged with distracted driving.

Thursday, May 9 1:06 p.m. — A 911

call was received from a 22-year-old female from 40 Avenue and 63 Street, who was on her way to her 56-year-old mother’s resi-dence on 64 Street and 38 Avenue. The daughter was worried that her mother might hurt herself. Investi-gators arrived on scene and found that all parties were calm and paramedics were

attending to the mother.4:09 p.m. — A

55-year-old female from Alix called to

advise there was a fire ban in ef-fect and that she could see smoke near Erskine. Stettler fire de-

partment and RC-MP were already on scene, a 52-year-old male was grinding in his shop, some sparks got away and caught the shop on fire, which then lead to several other out buildings to become en-gulfed in flames. The resi-dence that was at the same location was not in the fires path. There were no inju-ries as a result and the fire department worked hard to ensure the fire didn’t spread further as there were strong winds at the time.

5:02 p.m. — A 21-year-old female from Red Deer called to advise that while pulling into the campsite at Content Bridge, their trail-er caught a fence nearby, pulling the fence out of the ground and causing exten-sive damage to the trailer.

Friday, May 107:14 a.m. —A 70-year-

old man from Stettler called to advise that on Highway 12 near Vitera, there is an ongoing traffic issue, with trucks speeding and failing to stop at stop signs at the railway crossing. Patrols in this area will be stepped up to ensure everyone’s safety.

7:53 a.m. — A 48-year-old female from 50A Av-enue and 59 Street called to advise of an ongoing issue in the area — loud muf-flers and speeding trucks. Licence plates have been provided to investigators. SUI

2:06 p.m. — A 32-year-

old man from Stettler called to advise of a semi that was just west of Stettler, east-bound on Highway 12, swerving all over the road. The complainant was not able to provide a licence plate for the semi and al-though investigators pa-trolled the area, they were not able to locate the semi.

2:38 p.m. — A 38-year-old female from 68 Street and the 4100 block advised that her purse was stolen from her unlocked vehicle sometime overnight. SUI

6:49 p.m. — Investiga-tors were notified of an on-going issue with dogs bark-ing in the 4000 block on 58 Street. Animal control of-ficers have been notified to follow up with the owners, as they were not home at the time. The dogs were in no danger, as it was proven they had food and water.

8:49 p.m. — Investiga-tors were called to a resi-dence on 47 Street and 51 Avenue to deal with a park-ing issue. There was a black Dodge truck parked in an alleyway when another ve-hicle may have had an issue getting by, the driver of that vehicle yelled at the owner of the truck. The truck was moved shortly after and there were no other issues reported.

11:14 p.m. — Police were asked to attend a res-idence on the 4700 block and 48 Street. The 32-year-old male tenant had just moved his belongings out of the residence earlier that day. He returned to finish up and noticed the front door was wide open. Fear-ing there might be an in-truder, investigators entered the house, but they found no one inside.

Saturday, May 1112:58 a.m. — On 64

Street and 39 Avenue, Stettler EMS responded to a 69-year-old male who was found unresponsive. An investigation revealed the male, who had been suffering from several medical issues, had passed away due to natural causes. Stettler Victim Services at-tended the scene to provide support for the family dur-ing that difficult time.

8:08 a.m. — Investiga-tors were advised of dam-age to an above-ground pool on 52 Street and 49 Avenue. It appears that the pool had been cut by a knife. It wasn’t known when that occurred or who was responsible.

9:18 a.m. — On 40 Av-enue and 63 Street, a white Dodge truck was egged sometime overnight. The registered owner had no idea who would want to egg his truck.

1:19 p.m. — Police were called to the Rec Cen-ter as a result of a verbal altercation that was tak-ing place between a man and woman. Investigators arrived on the scene and learned that the couple

were no longer together but have a child together. They had both attended the child’s lacrosse game, but the child was late get-ting there, which made the 26-year-old mother from Drumheller angry. During the exchange of words, the new girlfriend, a 32-year-old female from Lloydmin-ster, pushed mom several times and she’s now facing assault charges.

1:21 p.m. — On 49 Street in Botha, a licence plate was found laying on the ground. The owner has been notified and isn’t sure how that happened.

1:29 p.m. — A 33-year-old man from 3 Avenue in Big Valley called to report a collision that occurred in early January. His truck had been hit by a local pipeline company whose owner was going to pay for the dam-age, rather than go through insurance. None of the cost as a result of the damage, has been paid back. Both parties may face charges for failing to report a collision as soon as possible. SUI

2:32 p .m. — The 29-year-old female from Three Hills attended her ex-boyfriend’s residence at 55 Street and 47 Avenue to collect her belongings. The 29-year-old male was wor-ried that his ex-girlfriend may leave a mess and wanted the police to attend and ensure that she didn’t. Investigators were not able to attend the residence as requested. There were no other issues reported.

3:32 p.m. — A 45-year-old man from 53 Street in Botha called to report that the rims and tires from his 1984 pickup truck were sto-len sometime overnight. No witnesses have been identi-fied. SUI

3:36 p.m. — A purse was found on 54 Street and 46 Avenue. An investiga-tion revealed the purse had been reported stolen in late February after a string of vehicle break-ins. The own-er of the purse, a 27-year-old female from Stettler, was advised and claimed the purse. There was no ev-idence left on the scene to identify a culprit.

4:12 p.m. — A 32-year-old male from 48 Street and 44 Avenue reported that he had sold an old car the day prior to a 30-year-old fe-male from Delia. She called him, angry, because the car had broken down, saying that she would sue him. The male was advised that he may be sued, as this is an issue that could be dealt with in civil court, but po-lice would not be involved.

5:43 p.m. — Phone calls were being received by a 63-year-old female from 2 Street in Gadsby, which she thought were harassing in nature. An investigation re-vealed that the calls were infrequent. There was never anyone on the other end and the calls came from an unknown number.

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DETOUR EN ROUTE — Stettler-and-area motorists have been advised that Highway 56 south will be closed for the next month because of road maintenance.

stettler independent, may 22, 2013

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