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DistrictStanding ovations for Citizens of the Year

STACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

It was a packed house at the Stettler Community Hall as local businessmen and women and their families gathered to celebrate their own at the annual Stettler Business and Citizenship Awards Gala.

The Thursday, Oct. 22 gala was warm and cozy inside the hall even as skies glowered and

rained outdoors, dampening the coats, but not the spirits, of the gathered celebrants. The good mood was further fuelled by an open bar by the Royal Bank, wine by Ol’ MacDonald’s Resort, and a delicious catered buffet dinner.

Q93.3’s Alex Mykyta was mas-ter of ceremonies for the annual event, his radio-ready voice cut-ting through the babble of the crowd with the help of the sound

system. Greetings were brought by MP Kevin Sorenson, MLA Rick Strankman, town Deputy Mayor Will Brown and county Reeve Wayne Nixon on behalf of their respective governments.

Before the handing of the awards started, Jason Werhun, a comedian-magician, entertained the room with his blend of ridic-ulous humour and sleight-of-hand, aptly judging and inter-acting with the crowd. He was

well received, with the room bursting into laughter and ap-plause several times.

While many of the award win-ners were announced prior to the evening, several businesses were waiting to hear if they were the winner in the New Business of the Year, Business of the Year, and Small Business of the Year categories.

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front pageHackers Indoor Golf and

Lounge took the covet-ed New Business of the Year award, beating out fellow nominees Central Vision and Hearing and Goodsense Health and Happiness Boutique. The business, which opened this past June, has contin-ued to expand as business has been booming.

Lorna Sinclair, who alongside Ike Lang opened the business, said being nominated was a “surprise for all of us.”

“It’s an honour to be nominated, to win,” she said. “Everyone’s been so

wonderful.”It was a sentiment

shared by Byron Geddes, who along with his fam-ily re-opened the Jewel Theatre after its closure last year.

“When the Jewel’s doors closed, it left a hole in the community,” award pre-senter Sean O’Hara said.

The Jewel Theatre won the Small Business of the Year Award, beating out fellow nominees Brennan Auto Body Repair and OK Tire and Auto Service.

“It’s been a year for us now,” Geddes said. “It’s been exciting. The other nominees were just as de-serving.”

The Business of the Year Award was between the Stettler Veterinary Clinic and SolutionCorp. Unsurprising after its Profi t500 success earlier this year, SolutionCorp took the prize.

“We’ve had a great fi ve years,” said Dean Lovell of his business, which recently placed 127 on the Canadian Profi t500 list, said. “It’s not just us.

Thank you to all our staff.”Citizens of the Year

The male and female citizen of the year were joined by the new Youth Citizen of the Year award, which went to Tennille Day Chief of Big Valley.

The teenager was a shy, reticent girl, present-er Stacey Benjamin said, until she began competing in pageants. The competi-tions, and its community service element, seemed to light the girl’s passions on fi re.

“Inspiration comes from within,” Benjamin said. “(Day Chief) inspires other youths to believe in them-selves.”

Day Chief thanked the community for its contin-ued support, noting that, “I wouldn’t have been able to get as far as I did without your help.”

Female Citizen of the Year went to Jenny Holubetz, who moved to Stettler in 1973 and imme-diately dug into the com-munity.

“She always had time for children in the communi-ty,” presenter Rose Wisner said.

Through her work with the Royal Purple Elks, the United Church, Superfl uity and other service organi-zations and committees, in addition to youth-ori-ented activities, Holubetz has become known as one of those individuals who could be relied upon to help another, Wisner said.

Musician, businessman and Rotarian Scott Pfeiffer was named Stettler’s Citizen of the Year for his long contributions to the community.

He took over the family business, Pfeiffer’s House of Music, and has used his love of music to become involved in many causes in the community. Whether it’s supplying sound sup-port to a charitable gath-ering, performing music alone or as part of the Jazz Guys, or bringing the weight of the Rotary Club to tackle a community

project, Pfeiffer has been there, presenter Penny Tash said.

Over the years, Pfeiffer has been part of the Variety Showcase, served on the board of the Stettler Music Festival, organized “Stettler Idol,” and allowed Pfeiffer’s House of Music to be the Christmas Shoebox gathering point.

Pfeiffer served as pres-ident of the Rotary Club, just recently handing the reins over to the new pres-ident, . It was music that got him involved, that and his father being a Rotarian.

“Thank you,” Pfeiffer said. “Like Sean (Nolls, who earlier accepted an award), it’s hard to accept this award when there’s so many people who do good things in the community.”

Both Holubetz and Pfeiffer received standing ovations from the crowd.Winners

Recycling Excellence: Burmac Mechanical

Learning in the Workplace: Central Alberta Co-Op

Product and Innovation: Hornet Aerial Imaging

Business Collaboration: Vortex Production Services, Score Projects, TKS Controls

Customer Service: OK Tire and Auto Service

Community Service: Sean’s No Frills

Corporate Citizen of the Year: TD Canada Trust

Stettler’s Best-Kept Secret: Stettler Hotel

Stettler Ambassador: Canalta Stettler

Heritage Award: Johnson Connor Agencies

Employer of the Year: Metalex Metal Buildings

New Business of the Year: Hackers Indoor Golf and Lounge

Small Business of the Year: Jewel Theatre

Business of the Year: SolutionCorp

Youth Citizen of the Year: Tennile Day Chief

Female Citizen of the Year: Jenny Holubetz

Male Citizen of the Year: Scott Pfeiffer


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The Stettler RCMP is cautioning residents to keep their eyes peeled when out and about this Saturday, Oct. 31, as trick-or-treaters fl ood the street in costume, looking to fi ll their goodie bags for an-other year.

With Halloween fall-ing on a Saturday this year, Stettler RCMP Cpl. Cameron Russell said he expects traffi c, both foot and vehicular, will in-crease.

“Be mindful of others,” he said. “Not just driv-ers watching for kids, but kids watching for vehi-cles, too.”

He recommends trick-or-treaters go out in groups, and add refl ective ele-ments to their costumes to help them be visible to drivers. Refl ective tape or fl ashing lights are all ways trick-or-treaters can make themselves more visible in the dark, as is not hav-ing black costumes.

He said parents should check all candy before al-lowing kids to consume their sugary loot, checking

for signs of tampering.Russell said that while

he’s never had problems emerging from accidents on Halloween in Stettler, he has in other commu-nities where he’s served, though in this case it was an impaired driver leav-ing a Halloween party and didn’t involve trick-or-treaters.

It serves as a reminder to those having a bit of adult Halloween cheer to be careful and make sure they have a way to get home that doesn’t involve getting behind the wheel if alcohol is involved, he said.Erskine action under wraps — for now

Russell confi rmed there was some sort of police action south of Erskine last week, though couldn’t comment beyond that, ex-cept to say, “There was no danger to the public at any time.”

He said that the police action was initiated at a level above him in the RCMP and he cannot com-ment on it, but informa-tion would be forthcom-ing from the RCMP in the near future.

Hunting season upon usHunting season for birds

has been well underway, but starting next week, deer hunting season opens, Russell said. Now is a good time to remind both hunters and mem-bers of the community of the fact, he added.

He said rural communi-ty members shouldn’t be alarmed to hear the occa-sional gunshot as hunters hunt, though anything re-markably unusual should still be reported to police.

Hunters are reminded to respect the proper-ty rights of landowners, else they could be facing a $287 trespassing charge.

“Don’t assume you have permission from the land-owner if you have in the past,” he said. “Get per-mission again this year, and if it’s denied, don’t go on the property.”

The only time it is al-lowable to go on prop-erty where permission hasn’t been granted is if the hunter wounds an an-imal, but does not kill it, and it runs away.

“You’re bound by the wildlife act to do every-thing possible to recov-

er that animal,” Russell said. “You don’t chase it right away, as a wound-ed animal will usually es-cape and go lie down. You should have time to go and talk to the landown-er.”

If the landowner re-fuses permission, it’s a good idea to bring in po-lice, who can mediate the issue and, if necessary, bring in Alberta Fish and Wildlife.

Gun safety is very im-portant, from storage to use, Russell said.

“Never assume a gun is unloaded,” he said. “Always check before ma-nipulating it in some way.”

Wearing bright orange hunting gear is good to help others keep tabs of hunters, and not make mistakes.

And while storing guns in a locked vehicle is legal, it’s not the advisable course of action, Russell said.

“Vehicles can be stolen,” he said. If a gun owner has to store his or her gun in their vehicle, it should be well out of sight, and the ammunition stored separately.

Alcohol-fuelled troubles result in court visitsSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Alcohol can cause a lot of trouble when ingested in excess, as both a Stettler and a Bashaw man found out at Alberta Provincial Court in Stettler on Thursday, Oct. 22.

At court, Warren Beatty — not the actor — pleaded guilty to a charge of causing a disturbance, earning himself a suspended sentence and six-month probation.

The court heard that on July 13 Beatty, already inebriated, attend-ed the Stettler Hotel’s lounge, The Beat. There, he demanded a drink from the employee working the bar and, due to his inebriated state, was refused and was asked to leave the lounge.

“He began yelling racial slurs” at the owner, the court was told, and a friend of the owner tried to remove Beatty from the bar.

“He began to struggle and police were called,” the Crown’s prosecutor said.

This is not the fi rst time alcohol has caused trouble for Beatty, who in 2011 had previous convictions, an obstruction of a peace offi cer, operat-ing a motor vehicle while impaired, and a failure to appear at court, al-ready entered into his record.

For his part, Beatty did not contest

the charge, pleading guilty at the fi rst available opportunity. When asked if the Crown’s attorney’s rendition of facts was correct, he answered that they were, at least “as best as I can remember.”

Since the altercation he has not re-turned to the Stettler Hotel, and took ownership for his actions that night.

“I’m not going to say it was the alcohol,” he said. “I was just stupid.”

In receiving a suspended sentence, Beatty must obey the conditions of his probation, which are to remain of good behaviour, not attend the Stettler Hotel, or have any contact with its owner for a period of sixth months. If he heeds his probation conditions, his sentence will be con-sidered served.

Joel Hofer wasn’t as lucky.The court heard that on Sept. 6,

Bashaw RCMP received a 911 call about a potentially impaired driver and began performing patrols in the reported area. During that time, they received a second call, reporting a collision, that was eventually found to have been caused by Hofer.

In his call to report the collision, Hofer said his wife had been driving the vehicle when the minor collision happened. However, when police ar-rived it was found that Hofer is unmarried and that it had been him who was driving at the time of the

collision.Police further noted Hofer’s im-

paired behaviour and found empty beer cans in the back seat of the ve-hicle, and arrested him for impaired driving. His blood-alcohol limit was later found to be well over the 0.08 limit, at 0.210.

Hofer, who had no previous con-victions, pleaded guilty at the fi rst available opportunity, but Judge J.B. Mitchell’s ability to lessen the pen-alty because of that factor was mit-igated by the amount of impaire-ment, which was considered to be “signifi cant.”

Hofer’s counsel, duty counsel Mark Daoust, said that the 21-year-old had been at odds with his Hutterite colony at the time and has, since the collision and arrest, made amends with his family and community and returned to the colony, where he now lives and works.

In the end, Judge Mitchell fi ned Hofer $1,200, plus the 30 per cent victim surcharge, for a total fi ne of $1,560. He also ordered that Hofer’s licence be suspended for no less than 12 months, as per the law. However, he did not require Hofer to join an alcohol counselling program because of his return to the Hutterite colony, instead giving him credit for the bravery required to reconcile himself with his community.

CorrectionIn the Sept. 30, 2015 edition of the Stettler

Independent, in the article headlined “Court lenient on offenders”, it was report-ed that Kenneth MacPherson’s probation was breached by the RCMP. In fact, it was his proba-tion officer and not the RCMP.

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November declared as Family Violence Prevention Month

MOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

Stettler Mayor Dick Richards de-clared November as the Family Violence Awareness Month on Friday, Oct. 23 along with the Stettler and District Family Violence Prevention Committee as he signed a proclamation.

At the signing the mayor said that he realized that domestic violence occurs in the community and he thanked the Stettler and District Family Violence Prevention Committee for doing their part in dealing with issues of domestic violence.

“The proclamation of November being Prevention of Family Violence month will improve and have a positive impact on our community through awareness; that family violence does occur in our community; we are not immune to it,” said Bernadette Schofer, member of Stettler and District Prevention of Family Violence committee, under the Association Of Communities Against Abuse (ACAA). “We need to make people aware that it does happen and we need to address this problem.”

For the fourth year the Stettler and District Family Violence Prevention Committee will be launching the red rose campaign this year as part of their

program.Members of the committee and vol-

unteers from the Outreach School will be approaching businesses to display, in a prominent place, a single long-stemmed rose in a vase for the month of November.

Schofer explained, “The rose cam-paign gives the businesses in our com-munity a chance to pass the awareness on by displaying the rose at their busi-ness, and along with the rose in a vase, is a card that states that the rose is to commemorate victims of domestic violence who have been killed or hurt in any way as a result of domestic vi-olence.”

The business owners are asked to leave the rose displayed on their count-ers for a month.

They are instructed not to water the rose, so with time as the rose disinte-grates and dies, it represents the vic-tims hurt in domestic violence.

“When we distributed about four dozen roses in the first year, we re-ceived calls from various businesses in town saying that they wanted to be part of this campaign, so we are now distrib-uting up to10 dozen roses,” said Schofer.

The vases will be collected at the end of the month from the businesses and used again next year.


From left to right, Bernadette Schofer and Lance Penny (standing), Judy Lefl ar, Mayor Dick Richards and Penny Dahl (seated) present at the signing of the proclamation, which declares the month of November as the family violence prevention month in the Town of Stettler.

Stettler fl oat wins accolades in fi rst seasonSTACEY LAVALLIEINDEPENDENT REPORTER

It was a small agen-da for the Town of Stettler’s councillors at its Tuesday, Oct. 20 meeting, with the most exciting news being the announcement that the new parade float, in its first season, had won several awards.

The new float, made of wood, plastic, and metal, is coated with an ele-ments-resistant coating that will help it weather Alberta’s wind, hail and snow, though the town and the Stettler Board of Trade have made sure that it is well-covered when not in use.

The old float, which was retired this year,

lasted for about a de-cade. According to Stacey Benjamin, execu-tive director of the Board of Trade, it had simply become time consuming.

“It took us a lot of time to get it ready,” she ex-plained, noting that the parade paper and fringe had to frequently be re-paired or replaced. “The heart was very heavy…(and) in high winds, it could be dangerous.”

The heavy heart re-quired at least two peo-ple to get it on the float, she said, but with the new float, it’s a simple matter of craning the lightweight train com-ponent in place and the float is good to go.

The float, which is a joint effort by the town

and the board of trade, was completed in April

2015 and debuted this season, only missing one

parade — in Erskine — due to a broken hitch.

The float brought smiles and “wows” every-where it went, Benjamin said in a press release issued the day after the council meeting.

Of the 14 parades the float was featured this summer, it brought in the first place civic or-ganization award at Westerner Days in Red Deer, best visiting com-munity entry in Camrose, first place in Coronation, second place in Sylvan Lake and Alix and third place in Drumheller.

“We are looking for-ward at growing the list of parades the float will be attending in 2016,” Benjamin noted.

The float features the

bright red heart to sym-bolize Stettler as the Heartland of Alberta, the steam train that played such a big role in found-ing the community, the P&H elevator and part of Main Street.

Council was particu-larly pleased with the float’s performance, with councillors happy to see the pride in which the residents take in the community reflected in the float, which was funded by the town but managed by the board of trade.

By the time the float rolled in its first pa-rade earlier this year, it had cost $30,000 to build, from design to the final creation by Dave’s Woodworking.

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The new Town of Stettler parade fl oat appeared in 14 parades this summer, bringing home several accolades.


Stettler’s new skatepark received a formal grand opening on Wednesday, Oct. 21 as County Reeve Wayne Nixon cut the rib-bon to mark the occasion along with mayor Dick Richards and town coun-cillor Will Brown.

Also present at the oc-casion were Stettler Skatepark Association board members Mike Lawlor, Heidi Fraser, Cathy Dadensky, Karen Hataley and other past and pres-ent board members.

“We held the offi cial grand opening now be-cause we have the lights being installed at the park, and the donor plaques are fi nished and installed,” said Mike Lawlor, board member of Skatepark Association. “It was really all about taking the time to recognize the people who helped contribute to turn the park into a re-ality.”

It was easy to see how the skatepark had be-come this “cool place” for the community kids with skateboards and skate-board enthusiasts to hang out.

Also present at the open-ing were local personal and business owners who had contributed funds to-wards the project.

The Stettler Skatepark Association was formed four years ago and fund-raising efforts made slow but steady progress with bottle drives and commu-nity barbecues.

Speaking of how the idea came about, Heidi Fraser, one of the board members of the skatepark associa-tion said, “I had been driv-ing my son to skateparks all over central Alberta for two years in a row and decided it was time that Stettler had a decent skatepark as well.”

“Whenever I took Jared to other parks, I had my girls with me too, so that meant we were utilizing other facilities in that city or town as well… . I want-ed to bring that to Stettler.”

Lee Penner, director, Parks and Leisure Services was an integral part of the fundraising process, help-ing with the paperwork

for government grant ap-plications, besides town, county and several service clubs presentations for funding.

Although phases 1 and 2 of the park were com-pleted last fall in 2014, the association is still fund-raising to complete phase 3, which is the bowl.

“We started meeting reg-ularly with a few other parents and park users and pulled off some small fundraisers to get things going and get the word out there,” said Fraser. “Cathy Dadensky has also been on board since day one, and about a year into getting things start-ed we were fortunate to have Mike Lawlor join our team.”

According to Fraser, for such a small core group, they really got a lot ac-complished in a short pe-riod of time.

“Our most success-ful fundraiser by far has been our yearly ‘Kickfl ip into Christmas’ fundrais-er, which is a night geared towards businesses bring-ing their staff for the Christmas party, however, anyone is welcome, it’s not just for businesses only,” said Fraser. “I love the skatepark! It’s right out my back door and is my son’s second home, and I love that it is a free facility

with equal access to all, no matter age or ability.”

Speaking of the proj-ect, Lawlor added, “This was truly a project that couldn’t happen without a community banded to-gether. The support we have had over the past four years has been unpar-alleled and really is what got this project happen-ing.”

In his speech at the in-uaguration Lawlor ac-

knowledged all the volun-teers and supporters and thanked the local resi-dents and business own-ers for their support.

“Most importantly a massive thank you to all local residents and busi-ness owners for their support whether it be fi -nancial, volunteering, or even just voicing support to help create an action sports area, as well used as our skatepark is today.”


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Stettler’s new skatepark getsa grand opening


County Reeve Wayne Nixon cuts the ribbon, with Mayor Dick Richards and Town Councillor Will Brown. Also present are skatepark board members Mike Lawlor and Heidi Fraser along with skate board enthusiasts from the community.

Byemoor Community Club thanks everyone who came out and supported our Annual Fall Roast Beef

Supper and to the many who helped with it.It was a great success.

Special thanks to Byemoor Store for the Grocery Hampers & Gift Certifi cate. They were won by Lynda

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tion victory has most sec-tors of the economy won-dering how their particu-lar activity will be affect-ed by new government policy. Agriculture is no exception and it comes at a particularly sensi-tive time for a number of commodities that are part of trade issues and discussions. The question is will the new Trudeau regime pursue ag related trade matters with the same enthusiasm as the previous Conservative government. It’s a fair perspective when one ex-amines where the Liberal victory was achieved.

The Liberal victory was achieved mainly in the urban areas of Canada, with a preponderance of Liberal seats in Toronto and Montreal. The Conservative seats have a preponderance of rural and small town compo-nents. It would be safe to assume that the ma-jority of urban-focused Liberal MPs would be clueless about agricul-ture and food production. That does not bode well for prioritizing ag issues by a government that is beholden to city voters. Another danger is that trendy politically correct food related issues will come to life. Green, an-imal rights and lifestyle

lobby groups would be aware of the naiveteé of new Liberal MPs on issues like GMOs, hormones, sustainability etc.. and will be unleashing their propaganda machines on those innocents. Even after government and committee chair appoint-ments, there will still be over 100 Liberal govern-ment MPS with nothing left to do. Devious lobby group strategists will be targeting those new gull-ible parliamentarians to manipulate them into supporting their twisted causes. But I digress.

Three agriculture-re-lated trade agreements and issues may be im-pacted by the change in federal government – The Canada/EU agree-ment, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agree-ment and the WTO rul-ing on US Country Of Origin Labelling (COOL). The Liberals did not for-mally declare support for TPP during the election, but they do support free trade, and with the civil service in favour, they are likely to support the agreement. It’s Liberal policy to support supply management, but with a generous quota compen-sation program in place, any significant dairy and poultry sector oppo-sition to TPP has been

averted. That’s going to make the approval easy for the new govern-ment. However, many American Democratic and Republican politi-cians and potential pres-idential candidates have already made negative statements about the TPP agreement. Without American approval and participation in the TPP agreement, it will surely die.

One hopes that Canadian trade officials are keeping alive direct trade discussions with TPP partners like Japan just in case the TPP agree-ment falters. Assuming that TPP is a done deal and then finding out two years later that its going to die puts Canadian beef exports to Japan even further behind the Americans and Aussies. The situation reminds one of past World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, all faltered

and most countries re-sorted to bilateral trade discussions. It’s been suggested that Canada put too much faith in the WTO trade discus-sion process and did not engage in bilateral dis-cussions quick enough, which gave the US and Australia the jump on us with their South Korea and Japan trade deals.

The EU/Canada treaty is nowhere near being rati-fied by the 28 EU countries and sure to get bogged down in squabbles about beef quota and access in-tricacies. The latter being particularly worrisome as crafty EU negotiators are notorious for being able to con trade partners into thinking they have mar-ket access whilst laying technical traps that actu-ally restrict real access. It will all be an excruciating process and one hopes the new government will see ratification as a priority.

What may be more worrisome is the politics surrounding the COOL issue. The new Liberal government may re-duce the zeal with which Canada is pursuing COOL trade retaliation against the US. Federal Liberals see themselves more politically aligned with President Obama than the previous Conservative government, so they will probably want to be less belligerent on any COOL retaliatory measures. I fear Canadian trade of-ficials on the COOL file will be suspending their efforts to initiate any re-taliatory measures ap-proved by the WTO. Prime Minister Trudeau may not want unpleasant political optics like the implemen-tation of trade retaliation measures to cloud his re-lationship with President Obama.

Finally many promises were made by the incom-ing Trudeau government with hundreds of mil-lions promised for new ag research and market development. But with budget realities and ag being a low political pri-ority those promises are sure to be the first to be axed or delayed. It would seem that benign neglect might be the best hope for agriculture from the new federal government.

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First seasonal farmers’ market brings buyers in droves


The Stettler and District Agricultural Society’s agri-plex was humming with the sounds of Christmas shoppers and vendors on Tuesday, Oct. 27, even though Christmas is just shy of two months away.

The Christmas Farmers’ Market early date is a necessity borne by the multi-purpose use of the agriplex, which on Nov. 1 will see tractor-loads of dirt put down to turn the building into its winter

arena, Christmas market coordinator Darla Rairdan explained.

Though many peo-ple are loathe to think of Christmas before Halloween has even sent trick-or-treaters to their doors, it didn’t stop the holiday shoppers from coming out in force.

“It’s been pretty busy,” Rairdan said Tuesday af-ternoon, adding that she expected the after-work crowd to cause another surge in shoppers.

For the past three years, Valeria Brimacombe has

travelled from Lacombe to sell her placemats and table runners at the Christmas market. Brimacomb learned to sew at her mother’s knee, then later in school through home economics classes. She was working at a cloth shop, picking up odds and ends, when she started making placemats for her-self, family, and friends.

One of those friends invited her to start sell-ing her wares at craft sales, and that was that, Brimacombe said.

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Jane Duncalfe holds out a sample of the fruitcake she was ped-dling at the annual Stettler and District Agricultural Society’s Christmas Farmers’s Market on Tuesday, Oct. 27.


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best winter markets, she added, noting that people are always super friendly, and there’s “usually a lot of people coming through. I’ve never been (here) when there’s not a lot of people.”

Across the aisle, Jane Duncalfe did brisk busi-ness in her second year selling fruitcake. Before she took over coming to Stettler, the Innisfail’s fruitcake-selling partner had come to the market.

“(The market) is very diverse,” Duncalfe said. “There’s lots of selection in the vendors, and people are very friendly.”

Duncalfe said as far as she could see, she was the only one of the many peo-ple selling food that was selling fruitcake.

“It’s quickly becoming the choice for people in athletics, due to the ener-gy packed into the dense cake,” she said of the fruit-and-nut Christmas staple.

And fruitcake appeared popular as there was rarely an open gap at Duncalfe’s table.

The market sold roughly 100 tables for this year’s event , though not every-one showed up, Rairdan said. She said that with the no-shows in consid-eration, about 95 different merchants were peddling their wares, from home-based businesses like Tupperware and Avon, to home-made preserves, smoked meat, woodwork, and sewn or knitted goods.

Another vendor, Todd Warnke, came in from Millet, north of Wetaskiwin, for the mar-ket, as Stettler’s one of his favourites.

“I’ve been doing farm-ers’ markets all year, and Stettler’s always busy,” he said. He sells beef jerky products made by a friend of his. Though originally the friend used the cattle raised by his brother, the demand has outstripped supply and they’ve had to fi nd secondary producers, Warnke said.

The former bartender came dressed up for the season, wearing a bright red and white Santa Claus hat as he handed out sam-ples of the soft smoked meat.

“I like being my own boss, I like the product, and I like helping out my pal,” he said, adding that he’s made his career out of marketing for the past two years.


Animal Haven Rescue League needs volunteersMOUSH SARA JOHNINDEPENDENT REPORTER

With the increase in the number of pets that are being handled daily at the Animal Haven Rescue League (AHRL) in Stettler, there is an urgent need for help and new volun-teers.

“This year has proven to be another busy one for AHRL, a volunteer and non-profit rescue group, which is based out of Stettler,” said Jeannie Wright, president, AHRL. “With over 70 adoptions and 41 surrenders taken in and re-homed so far in 2015 alone, we are in dire need of volunteers.”

Wright mentioned that the focus in 2015 for AHRL has been to help families and their pets within Stettler and sur-rounding areas, and AHRL has worked hard to as-sist families help rehome their pets.

“Some of these animals haven’t actually come into our care, so the total for adoptions really doesn’t refl ect the number of an-imals who have received help from AHRL,” added

Wright. “We have worked hard to make our pres-ence felt in the commu-nity by providing training opportunities to help pet owners having diffi culties with their pets, locating and reuniting lost pets with their owners, help-ing families and their pets in emergency situations or with vet care, besides assisting stray or aban-doned animals.”

With the annual general meeting scheduled in the fi rst week of November, two of the key topics ta-bled will be volunteers and foster homes.

Wright stated that with-out the increase in the number of volunteers, keeping the organization going would be a “far cry”.

“We are looking for any-one who has any time at all to volunteer, like any organization, there is a lot of “behind the scene” activities that require vol-unteer time,” said Wright. “Even if volunteers can’t afford a set number of hours, we are fl exible and can work out something, but any time volunteered will make a huge differ-ence.”

Some of the volunteer activities include vet ap-pointments, transporta-tion, social media, fund-raising events and adop-tion meets.

“Fosters are a criti-cal factor for this orga-nization as AHRL does not have a facility,” said

Wright. “When we receive a call from someone who needs to surrender an an-imal, we can only do in-take if we have an open foster home willing to take in this animal.”

For fostering, AHRL pro-vides all the food, sup-plies, vet care and training

needed, and there is no requirement that fosters have to live in Stettler.

With AHRL having a lot of goals going into 2016, Wright hopes that the or-ganization can meet all its

volunteer needs.For more information on

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Bar Harbour Camp raises fundsfor new projects


The Bar Harbour Camp held its open house on Wednesday, Oct. 7 to inform the community of new projects in the pipeline and raised funds for the same, scheduled for spring 2016.

The open house was an opportunity for the Bar Harbour board members to share the accomplishments in 2015 as well as to inform visitors and potential camp fam-ilies of the support needed to complete some of the new projects that have been planned for 2016.

It was a fundraising evening with a si-lent auction, dessert and coffee and camp tours.

Among the many projects planned, some of them are considered urgent by board members.

“The biggest, and most immediate, proj-ect that we are working on is the refur-bishment of the current bathrooms and the construction of a new bathroom facil-ity at the dining hall building,” said Helen Reed, board member, Bar Harbour Camp. “We are also hoping to replace some of the older cabins, but an important task that is being negotiated is the re-roofi ng of the staff accommodations area.”

Although the camp applies for grants, there is a shortage of funds to take upon and complete all the projects that the

camp has in mind.“We are asking for donations and ap-

proaching local community groups, al-though we also apply for grants wherever we can,” continued Reed. “The roofi ng project is being considered by a men’s group at the Camrose United Church, who have been active supporters of the

camp over the last few years.”The total funds raised were $1,700,

which according to Reed would be used for some of the new projects.

“These funds will probably go toward some of the program projects, such as the construction of a Gaga Ball Pit, sup-plies such as paddles and lifejackets for

the canoeing program, or the low ropes project, depending on how much is left,” said Reed.

Having been involved with the camp since 2001, Reed is hopeful that the roof-ing project is completed in the spring of 2016.

“It would also be wonderful to have the bathroom refurbishment done too, but we anticipate that the new bathroom project may take a couple of years,” added Reed.

With the Bar Harbour Camp board com-mitted to improving the program for 2016, tentatively planned projects are expected to be completed by the beginning of July 2016.

“I’m very pleased to be around to see the involvement of people who were campers 20 years ago who then went on to be junior counsellors and/or paid staff and who now volunteer for work-bees and/or serve on the board and/or bring their own kids to camp,” said Jan Richardson, minister at Stettler United Church. “I’ve helped at camp, usually for a week at a time, various times over my 20 years of ministry.”

Richardson explained that her role usu-ally involves in teaching about spiritual practices, which is an extension of her paid ministry position that the congrega-tion covers because they want to invest in this form of Christian education and outreach.

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Haunted ‘Booseum’ sends chills down thrill-seekers’ spines


The Stettler Town and Country museum was alight with spooky green lights on Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24, as people looking for a chill and thrill headed through the metal gates to experience the first ever “Night of Terror at the Booseum.”

Visitors were guided through the old court-house by a guide as volunteers, who came on board early in the summer, did their best to scare them out of their knickers.

“(Planning) meetings started early summer 2015,” museum manager Karen Wahlund said. “We lucked out in gathering a group of interesting volunteers with high Halloween spirit.”

Cobwebs coat surfaces, spooky green lights dimly illuminate the pathway through the exhibit, aided by black curtains that leave people with only one way to go — into the maw of terror.

“We had a few younger kids having to ‘es-cape’ out the back door from the terror,’” Wahlund said. “We do recommend minimum age is 12, and that depends a lot on the child.”

The event was the brainchild of the new museum assistant curator, Lyndsay Daymon,

who wanted to create a Halloween event, similar to the Christmas event started by Wahlund in 2014.

“These new events are the museum’s way of opening out to the community, to pro-vide an interesting look at the museum,” Wahlund said.

She praised the volunteers — and their spouses or partners, who often stepped in to help things happen.

“If it wasn’t for a couple of husbands, a lot of maintenance and mechanical faults would be noticed,” Wahlund said. “They are great on fixing things.

The Booseum is open for another two nights, Thursday Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct. 30. Admission is $10, and the site is not wheelchair accessible. The location is open from 6-9 p.m., with scary story telling for children between 6:30-7:30 p.m. The stories are geared for children 11-years-of-age and under, as the haunted courthouse is a bit too scary for them, Wahlund said.

In addition to the haunted courthouse and story time hosted by the Adult Learning Council, there’s also wagon rides by the Antique Tractor Club and a concession oper-ated by the Heartland Roller Girls.

The first two nights saw about 50 people tour the haunted premises.


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Stettler Alliance Church hosts an afternoon of musicby the Alberta Youth Choir


The Stettler Alliance Church fi lled with music on a Sunday afternoon, Oct. 25 as the Gracenotes Choir performed the open-ing song of the Alberta Youth Choir performance , but it was just the begin-ning of the musical after-

noon.The Alberta Choral

Foundation collaborat-ed with the Lac La Biche Community Choir and the Gracenotes Choir to present the two-hour long event as youth from across Alberta came together in unison to perform for the audience.

The Alberta Youth Choir

(AYC) have singers be-tween the ages of 16 and 22.

The AYC provides a unique opportunity for talented young singers from across the province to join forces in pursuit of musical excellence under the direction of a re-nowned guest conductor, this year the guest con-ductor being Dr. Graeme Langager.

All singers participate

in rigorous auditions be-fore they are accepted into the AYC, which this year comprise 51 singers from 25 choirs in 14 cities and towns across the province.

The choir fi rst met for two days of rehearsal in early October, and com-pleted a two-day residen-cy at Music Conference Alberta in Red Deer where they were featured in the conference’s gala concert.

“This is the fi rst year

that they have performed here,” said Tyler Ans, pas-tor at the Stettler Alliance Church. “Our facility has been used in the past as a host for various concerts, programs and events, and we are looking forward to having more in the fu-ture!”

The afternoon began with Gracenotes Choir ‘s performance before it mellowed into the power-ful solo of Andrea Benoit, a

former student of William E. Hay but now a resident of Camrose.

Soon after, the AYC took over with a range of sopra-no, alto, tenor and bass.

The afternoon became quite a musical treat, with Canadian pianist Roger Admiral on the piano, who has been renowned for his performances of solo and chamber music rep-ertoire spanning the 18th through the 21st century.


The Gracenotes Choir, directed by Rhonda Sylvester performs at the Stettler ALliance Church on Sunday, Oct. 25, in collabo-ration with Lac La Biche Community Choir as part of the Alberta Choral Federation.


Chasing a fi nancial rainbowRICK STRANKMANMLA, DRUMHELLER-STETTLER

The attempt to reach an unattainable goal is often referred to as “chasing rainbows.” It appears that balancing Alberta’s bud-get is becoming an unat-tainable goal.

The Alberta govern-ment campaigned on the promise that they would balance the province’s budget by 2017-18. After the election in May it was disclosed that due to a mathematical error the projected goal would be put back until 2018-19. With the disclosure of this government’s first budget mere days away it was revealed by Alberta’s Finance Minister that the day-to-day operating budget in fact won’t be balanced until 2019-20¹.

The problem with chas-ing this visual illusion we know as a rainbow is that it only exists when air-borne water droplets are present in the air along with sunlight hitting it at the right angle. When you move towards a rain-bow its position never seems to get closer, much like what is currently happening with Alberta’s finances. It appears that even though we are mov-ing towards the project-ed date for balancing our budget, we never seem to arrive at the base of the rainbow.

T h e A l b e r t a Legislature’s fall sitting is set to commence on Monday October 26th that will see the budget fol-lowing the next day. The indication is that Alberta will be presented with its 7th deficit budget in the last 8 years, projected to be in the neighbourhood of $5.9 billion.

A long held theory in Alberta is that ener-gy prices directly cre-ate deficit budgets. Well we’ve come to find out that this is simply not the case². After four con-secutive large deficits in the early 90s, the Alberta government brought in fiscal reforms. They were

able to run surpluses for 14 consecutive years, starting in 1994-95. These surpluses were achieved despite oil prices that were below $60 until 2004³. In 2007 the spend-ing began to outpace rev-enues despite record oil prices.

And so begins the chase for the elusive rainbow that promises to magi-cally balance the budget and allow no limits on spending. The reality of the financial rainbow is exactly the same as the rainbow that follows a summer rain. The closer you get to where it ap-pears to be, the more you realize it just doesn’t get any closer. It appears the Alberta government is counting on a rise in en-ergy prices to eliminate the deficit. Unfortunately the historical data sug-gests that chasing that financial rainbow is going to result in per-petual deficits without some form of restraint being shown with gov-ernment’s expenditures.

In a span of less than six months the rainbow has moved further away by two full years, going from

a goal of a balanced bud-get in 2017-18 to 2019-20. The fiscal reforms enact-ed in 1994 consisted of more than water droplets in the air that appeared as rainbows. They were concrete and substantial fiscal restraints that held spending in check and followed a formula that took into account actual revenues.

If the Alberta govern-ment continues to chase rainbows they’ll find out that the goal they’re reaching for is simply un-attainable.

The above article was co-compiled by a small group of official oppo-sition MLAs who each week, get together to talk through a legislative policy issue. As part of the pro-cess, a short commentary is compiled and then edit-ed. The editorial commit-tee members include Grant HUNTER, Cardston-Taber-Warner; Rick STRANKMAN, Drumheller-Stettler; Dave SCHNEIDER, Little Bow; Wes TAYLOR , Battle River-Wainwright; Ron ORR, Lacombe-Ponoka, Mark SMITH Devon-Drayton Valley and Don MacINTYRE Innisfail-Sylvan Lake.

We look forward to not good grief, but gone griefROSS HELGETONFAITH & REFLECTION

Charlie Brown, protagonist of the long-running Peanuts comic strip, when faced with various situational and re-lational standoffs would exclaim “Good grief!” But is grief good? Or does the phrase present a contradiction of terms?

Grief is too broad to strictly categorize as being either good or bad. For example, 2 Corinthians 7:10 says that, “Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to sal-vation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.” Feeling grief or sorrow about our sins and failures can draw us to God; however, one must dif-ferentiate between sorrow over being wrong, as opposed to regret for being caught.

Grief can be good. We experienced joy at our children’s graduations, but these happy changes simultaneously in-troduced grief and sadness because it meant our children were leaving home.

Grief is usually associated with loss through death. While I don’t consider this sort of grief good or pleasant, it does highlight something quite signifi cant. Experiencing grief indicates that we have lost someone that was precious to us. A life devoid of grief may be indicative of a life without meaningful relationships or attachments.

Grief, though quite capable of being de-structive, can be productive when man-aged properly. A group of 312 men and women were interviewed. They had all

lost a loved one within the past year. In the interview, they were asked what they had learned and what they had done that was helpful during their grief…84% of them responded very positively. The most common answers were that loss and grief had deepened their appreci-ation for life, drawn family members closer together and almost without ex-ception, they reported that they had discovered that they were stronger and more capable than they had previously thought themselves to be.

Based on my own observations, I would add that grief is responsible for more people thinking about and turning to-ward God for help than any other circum-stance. Grief greatly enhances the value of memories. And our ability to reach out to others who are experiencing loss is signifi cantly increased. This of course is God’s plan, as indicated in 2 Corinthians 1:3,4 where we read “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our trou-bles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”

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In sports this week we have the end of the vol-leyball season approach-ing quickly. CARA starts on Nov. 4. This past Saturday, Oct. 24 partici-pated in a tournament in Erskine that was hosted by Donalda. Upcoming games are on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Stettler (CARA fi nal tour-nament), and Saturday, Nov. 21 (CWAJHAA region-al tournament, location to be determined).

Twenty junior high stu-dents went to Burman University in Lacombe for the last cross-coun-try event of the season. This meet includes all schools in Central Alberta and usually draws 800 to 1,000 runners in the race. Isaac Lee in Grade 8 fi nished fi rst, with Clay Kneeland coming in a very well earned seventh place. Kassie Diegel in Grade 9 fi nished in third and Tori

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“I can’t stand him. He’s a liar,” then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy told US President Barack Obama four years ago, in a conversation about Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Obama re-plied: “You’re fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day.” It was a private conversation, but we know about it be-cause it was accidentally broadcast to journalists.

Politicians may deliberately mislead peo-ple, omit vital facts, spin the truth a dozen different ways to serve their purposes of the moment, but they usually avoid out-right lies. It’s just too embarrassing to be caught in a lie. And other politicians gen-erally accept that some of their colleagues shade the truth to fi t their own agenda as one of the regrettable realities of their trade. They all swim in the sea.

What drove Sarkozy and Obama to talk about Netanyahu like that was the sheer brazen effrontery of his lies – and he was at it again last week. In public, this time.

Speaking to the the 37th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, Netanyahu de-clared that Hitler decided to exterminate the Jews on the advice of a Palestinian, Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti (se-nior Islamic cleric) of Jerusalem. Husseini met Hitler in Berlin in November 1941, he said (although there is no record of the meeting), and that was why the Holocaust happened.

“Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews. And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said: ‘If you expel them, they’ll all come here [to Palestine].’” According to Netanyahu, Hitler then asked: “What should I do with them?” and the mufti replied: “Burn them.”

So, you see, it was the Palestinians, driv-en by a vicious and unreasoning hatred of the Jews, who really thought up the Holocaust, and Adolf Hitler was merely a tool in their hands. Historians instantly denounced this travesty of the historical record, and the greatest outrage was ex-pressed by Jews who felt that Netanyahu had given a great gift to the Holocaust deniers.

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel was so appalled that she effectively called Netanyahu a liar to his face. Standing beside him in Berlin, she said: “We don’t see any reason to change our view of his-tory, particularly on this issue. We abide by our responsibility, in Germany, for the Holocaust.” Yet Netanyahu continued to insist that it was Husseini who fi rst sug-gested genocide to Hitler.

Experienced journalists know that the most useful question to ask your-self when confronted with an im-p l a u s i b l e story is not: “Is this bas-tard lying to me?” It is: “WHY is this bas-tard lying to me?” So

why did Netanyahu say that? In particular, why now?

Because he needs to show that his policy of creating and expanding Jewish settle-ments in the West Bank, the one-sixth of former Palestine that still has a Palestinian majority, is not responsible for the recent rash of violent attacks on Israeli Jews by young Palestinians.

It is getting quite serious, though it is not yet a “third intifada”. Ten Jews have been murdered in the streets by Palestinians in the past month. About fi fty Palestinians have been killed, including most of the killers and would-be killers. The fear and suspicion have grown so intense that in two cases of mistaken identity Jews have killed or wounded other Jews.

There appears to be no central direction behind the attacks. Most observers believe that the phenomenon is mainly driven by the despair of young Palestinians who see their land slipping away and don’t believe that Netanyahu will ever let the Palestinians have their own state in the occupied territories.

That would put the blame for the out-break squarely on Netanyahu’s policies, which he cannot accept. So he is trying to prove that Palestinians just naturally hate Jews: “My intention was…to show that the forefathers of the Palestinian na-tion – without a country and without the so-called ‘occupation,’ without land and without settlements – even then aspired to systematic incitement to exterminate the Jews.”

That is Netanyahu’s explanation for the current attacks: incitement by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, whom he blames for the rumours about Israel’s intention to expand Jewish access to the Haram al-Sharif, the area around Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque. It is Islam’s third most sacred site, but it is also sacred to Jews as Temple Mount, and these rumours cer-tainly played a role in stimulating the attacks.

There is no evidence that Abbas was behind the rumours, however, and it’s unlikely that he would have encouraged them: what these attacks are actually showing is his own people’s loss of faith in his ability to get a Palestinian state. Nor is Saturday’s agreement in Amman between US Secretary of State John Kerry, Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Hussein to guar-antee the current rules for access to the holy site likely to quell the violence.

The rumours were a trigger for the vi-olence, but the gun is always loaded. The Palestinian revolts in 1929 and 1936, which were indeed incited by Grand Mufti Husseini, were already about the Jewish colonisation of Palestine. It was always about the land, and it still is today.

Netanyahu knows that very well. It is the real motive behind his own policies. He just can’t afford to admit it.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.


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Alberta’s budget, to be un-veiled on Oct. 27, will contain the province’s seventh defi cit in the last eight years, most re-cently projected at $5.9 billion. A popular narrative blames declining oil prices for the government’s deteriorating fi nancial situation. However, as a recent Fraser Institute study found, Alberta’s fi scal woes are primarily driven by successive governments not controlling the rapid growth in spending over the past decade. For further evidence of the tenuous link between Alberta’s budget balance and the price of oil, consider the following analysis.

There are three distinct periods worth noting. From 1990/91 to 1993/94, Alberta re-corded four consecutive large defi cits. After implementing a series of fi scal reforms, the provincial government was able to run surpluses in 14 consecutive years starting in 1994/95 up to 2007/08. Since then, the province has been

in defi cit with the exception of a small operating surplus in 2014/15.

If the narrative about oil prices driving defi cits was true, we would expect the province to run defi cits in years with relatively low oil prices and surpluses in years with relatively high oil prices. But that relationship simply does not hold. Alberta has run surpluses when oil was close to US$20 per barrel (all prices in 2015 U.S. dollars) and has run defi cits when oil reached nearly US$110 per barrel.

To further illustrate the lack of a relationship between oil prices and Alberta’s fi scal balance, consider the aver-ages over the three periods delineated above.

From 1990/91 to 1993/94, Alberta ran defi cits averaging -3 per cent of GDP while the price of oil averaged approx-imately US$37 per barrel. In the next major period from 1994/95 to 2007/08, Alberta recorded surpluses averaging +2.2 per cent of GDP with oil at an average of roughly US$43 per barrel. In the fi nal period from 2008/09 to 2015/16, the

province averaged a defi cit of -0.5 per cent of GDP, despite oil prices averaging a whopping US$88 per barrel.

All this suggests that oil prices alone are not a good predictor of Alberta’s fi scal balance. The province has been able to balance its books in times when oil prices (after adjusting for infl ation) were lower than what they are today.

While oil prices are currently below their historic highs, the core problem is that successive governments spent as though high resource prices (and thus revenues) would last forever. Between 2004/05 and 2014/15, the provincial government increased program spending by 98.3 per cent - nearly double the growth rate necessary to keep pace with increasing overall prices (infl ation) and a growing population, which collectively grew by 52.1 per cent over the period. Program spending also outpaced the rate of provincial economic growth (88.6 per cent).

Had governments restrained spending growth since 2004/05 to the rate of infl ation plus population growth, Alberta could expect a $4.4 billion surplus this year rather than a $5.9 billion defi cit. That’s a $10.3 billion difference.

Put simply, Alberta’s defi cit is mainly due to past spending choices, not declining oil pric-es. The key lesson for govern-ments is to spend prudently in good times in order to be prepared for the bad times.

Steve Lafl eur is a senior policy analyst and Charles Lammam is the director of fi scal studies at the Fraser Institute

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Tonight is Bingo night at the Botha Seniors’ Centre starting at 7:15 p.m. Come on out and try your luck out.

Here is something to mark on your calendar, Sunday, Nov. 29, make sure you come out to Botha Hall at 2 p.m. and dance to the music from the ” Old Thyme Aires Band”. There is no age limit on these dances so everyone can come out and enjoy the fun. Also at these dances, they are asking everyone to bring with them either buns/sandwiches, salads or dessert to share at their pooled luncheon. This dance will be the Christmas theme, so please feel free to wear something red or green in color.

This coming Friday, Oct. 30, come on out to the Botha Hall for a fun filled Halloween event. This will be donated by the Botha Community Centre.

All proceeds will go to help out Jace Thorsteinson and his family in their time of need. Jace unfortunately was seriously hurt in a rodeo accident just be-

fore school started. So this event will be a great fundraiser to help this family out. Tickets for this event can be pur-chased at the hall this evening. So make sure you come out for the fun. There will be a trick or treat station for kids, games and prizes, and DJ Services have been donated by the wonder-ful Lori Blake, who is fantastic.

That evening also will be a silent auction held, so you won’t want to miss out in the great time that evening. If you know if anyone that would like to donate any item(s) to this cause for the auction please con-tact Kelsey at 403-741-6517 or Dana at 403-741-9216 or bring them to the hall that evening. A bar will also be held for any legal age attendants so they can have a drink or two. So please do not miss out this important event.

Next Saturday, Nov. 7, starting at 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. will be the Botha Christmas Craft Show. So make sure you come on out to this.

There are great items here and a person can start some of their early Christmas shopping. If

you would like more in-formation on this please call Christine Wedrick at 403-741-7503.

Also all students at the Botha School will be holding their Halloween parties this coming Friday, so make sure all parents send your child’s Halloween outfits with your child that day.

This Saturday is Halloween, so please watch out for all our little creatures running around wild that eve-ning. This is a fun eve-ning for all children, so please drive carefully and let them have their fun.

The following day Nov. 1 is the first opening for all big game hunters, so hopefully all hunters out their get all their game they are drawn for. Happy hunting, every-one.

Nov. 2 is the time for the next very important monthly seniors’ meet-ing starting at 12 noon, and they are hoping all seniors can attend.

This starts out with a potluck luncheon, so please bring something to share with you. The meeting follows direct-ly after the potluck and you do not want to miss out.

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Bob and Maxine Baird, owners and operators, in a partnership, of Outlaw Buckers have been awarded the cow-boys’ choice stock contractors of the year. This is the fi rst time they have won this award and will receive a tro-phy saddle. At the same time, Maxine has been chosen by the cowboys and barrel racers as timer at the NFR for the 27th consecutive year. The National Finals Rodeo commences Nov. 11 and runs through till the 15th in Edmonton. Congratulations to Bob and Maxine for their contributions to the rodeo world.

The Village of Halkirk played host to an inter-municipal meeting be-tween the municipalities of Castor, Coronation, Halkirk and the County of Paintearth. The supper meeting was held at the community hall.

The seniors’ supper meeting was held on Oct. 20 at the Centre followed by fl oor curling. Pot luck supper meet-ings are held on the third Tuesday of

the month at 6 for supper and 7 for the meeting.. Floor curling takes place each Tuesday evening at 7 pm. Drop in curlers are always welcome.

The Mother Teresa students collected $ 995.00 in pledges which has been do-nated to the Terry Fox fund for cancer research.

Several in our community attended the Heisler sausage supper, the Castor fall supper and the Byemoor fall sup-per.

Get well wishes go to Jacquie Dietrich, who is currently a patient in the Red Deer hospital.

Coming up - Oct. 29 – regular hall board bingo at 7:30; Oct. 31 – watch for trick or treaters knocking on your door; Nov. 1 – Halkirk community tur-key supper at the hall commencing at 4 p.m., but fi rst remember that your clocks fall back to standard time and it’s time to check the or change the batteries in your smoke alarm; Nov 7 - Elks Fall district meeting at Hall at 4 pm; Dec 6 – Santa due in Halkirk for pancake breakfast at 9 a.m.

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Monster Bash! Monster Bash! Monster Bash! If you hadn’t guessed, it is time for our annual Halloween Monster Bash on Friday, Oct. 30 from 5 to 8 p.m. It’s gonna be a library smash. Calgary storyteller Ginger Mullen will be spinning eerie tales, Red Deer improv group Calf Skit will be performing Treasure Island, and there will be face painting, balloon an-imals, glitter tattoos, bats, Frankensteins, costumes, door prizes and more. We’re gonna be busy hav-ing an awesome time for those three hours. Tickets may be purchased in ad-vance or at the door.

In other news, the Stettler Public Library is partnering with TELUS’s Fibre for Good program. For every new Stettler Optik TV subscriber until November 15, TELUS will donate $25 to par-ticipating non-profi ts in the community. To learn more go to http://telus.com/fibreforgood and please remember to vote for the Stettler Public Library.

Don’t forget that tick-ets are still available for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Film Circuit movies at the Jewel Theatre. There are 5 fi lms left in the series and they’ll be shown on the fi rst Monday of each month. Our next movie is “What We Did on Our Holiday” starring David Tennant, Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly. The

Globe and Mail describes it this way: “What We Did on Our Holiday is a modest, winning comedy that sneaks in wisdom about life, worries and what really matters.” The movie will be showing on Monday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Passes and tickets are available in advance or at the door at the library and Jewel Theatre.

Everyone needs a good breakfast and especially so prior to one of the most important nights of the year: Halloween. Join us at the Stettler Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m. for our Halloween Comic Fest. There is cereal, but-ton-making and Scooby-Doo. Also there are free Halloween editions of some great comics.

Join us for Readers’ Circle on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. when we dis-cuss the book “Tell the Wolves I’m Home” by Carol Rifka Brunt. It is a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and fi nd that sometimes you don’t know you’ve lost someone until you’ve found them. Copies of the book are available at the library.

On Saturday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m., the Stettler Public Library welcomes Rick Smallwood, a documen-tary fi lmmaker whose lat-est work is about one of Stettler’s most infamous events: the Robert Cook murder case. We will be showing the fi lm “The Grease Pit” and Rick will be available to answer

questions about the doc-umentary.

This is the last week for Food for Fines. For every non-perishable food item that you bring to the li-brary, we will waive $1 of your fi nes during the month of October. Stock the food bank and help yourself at the same time.

Keep an eye out for ad-ditional activities on our website (spl.prl.ab.ca) and Facebook page. And if you have an activity you’d like to do/see at the library, feel free to approach us.

In search of ... pictures of yourself, your family, loved ones or friends who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces during the first World War, the second World War, the Korean Conflict, Desert Storm, Afghanistan or any of Canada’s peacekeeping missions.On Wednesday, Nov. 11, the Stettler Independent, with the generous support of the local business community, will pay tribute to those who have answered Canada's call in time of need. We will publish a very special pictorial section hon-ouring local veterans.We urge you to dig through your old albums and find your favourite photo.

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Generous community spirit is alive in Big ValleyNine players came out for crib at

the Big Valley Inn on Sunday, Oct. 25. Margaret Levesque took fi rst place and as well having seven perfect games. Congratulations, Margaret! Len Shaw took second place and Dennis Johnson took third. Dorothy Annable and Trudy Spence shared the booby and Gail Johnson won the regular draw. Ernie Petrussia won the 50/50. The Big Valley Inn crib players hope to see everyone out again next Sunday at 1 p.m. Don’t forget to turn back the clocks before going to bed.

The Big Valley Legion will hold their regular meeting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at the Legion Hall.

The Big Valley Drop-in Centre hosted an open house on Saturday, Oct. 25 from

2 to 4 p.m. Seniors were invited to come and visit the drop-in to see what activ-ities are available. Regularly scheduled events include Monday and Friday night card games at 7 p.m., Sunday afternoon crib tournaments beginning at 1 p.m. and Friday afternoon fl oor curling at 1:30 p.m.

The drop-in’s next community pan-cake supper will be on Monday, Nov. 2 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is wel-come.

Twenty people attended Bingo on Thursday, Oct. 15. The progressive jack-pot is still building. The consolation win-ners were Kathy Seiban and Vi McCarty. The bonanza winners were Ron Milton and C. Scheible with the consolation going to Lynne Palmer. The next Bingo is

on Thursday, Oct. 29. Warm up starts at 7:30 p.m. Hope to see you there.

Pastor Barbara Lieurance and the Big Valley United Church would like to thank all the wonderful people of Big Valley and area who came out to support their fall supper. You came to eat, be with family and friends and make a donation to the church. The spirit of generosity is

alive and well in our midst.Sharon Duncan and Barbara Skocdopole

and their hard-working team put on a delicious feast for everyone again. It is inspiring to see the dedication to the church and community. What wonderful folks.

November birthday wishes go out to Ken Levesque – 7, Bernard Gendre – 12, Margaret Levesque – 13, Chad Mailer – 13, Jim Greig – 15, Florence Johnston – 16, Gail Knudson – 19, Myra Greig – 19, Jim Turner – 21, Chanel Annable – 23, Caroline Pound – 23, Nicholas Dubitz – 25, Mickey Sorell – 25, and Lorne Parkin – 26.

Happy anniversary to Charles & Adeline Laisnez – 6, Craig & Lori Gordon – 7 and Doug & Raj Duncan – 18.

Weekend offers great fun in Gadsby

Another warmer than usual week gone by and hopes of it to continue through this week with the annual bazaar and Halloween this Saturday.

Start the day at the Gadsby Community Hall. The bazaar starts at 2 p.m. There is an admission fee which gives you lunch and a chance at the door prize. There will be a bake table, crafts, guessing game, white elephant, pail prizes to choose from and the main raf-fle. For the kids there is the popcorn tickets and fishpond. Lots to choose from. Draws at 3:30.

Bill and Joyce Hansel took a Sunday drive, bearing gifts of pump-kins for the great grand-children; cupcakes for the birthday girl. They had birthday lunch with Curtis and Corinne to celebrate Cadee’s fourth birthday. They then stopped at Marylou and Stan’s for a visit before heading home. They back tracked enough to take in Halloween dec-orations.

Friday night Bill and Joyce had company in to play cards. Percy and

Paulette. It should be noted the girls did very well.

Wayne and Margery Glasier enjoyed a week-end visit from Wayne’s sister Kay and Doug Hankinson of Wandering River. Kay and Doug were up for a train ride.

It has come to atten-tion that past local boy James Cressman was among the winners at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Halifax last month. He received awards for “Agency of the Year” “Management Company of the Year” and “Ron Sakamoto Talent Player of the Year” .

We can say we knew him when. Congratulations, James!

Happy 50th anniversa-ry greeting to Terry and Daphne Ziegler!

We have once again lost past citizens of the Gadsby area. It is with a sad heart that we say

goodbye to Betty Opsal. Norman and Betty lived south of Gadsby for many years, where their two boys, Tyler and Shane, were born. Betty worked in Stettler at Johnson and Connor Agency. They later moved to Tees but kept in touch with many of their friends in Gadsby and Stettler. We send community sympathies to Norman and the fam-ily.

Also a recent loss with the passing of Marie (McMillan) Long. She was the daugh-ter of Mac (Malcolm) and Imelda McMillan. Marie was raised in the Gadsby district. She attended school in Stettler and received her teaching certificate in the last year Normal School was ever held in Edmonton. She mar-ried Ken Long and they called Lacombe their home. Marie also kept in touch with Gadsby, attended Decoration Day and supported the Omega Circle through-out her life. Marie was 89 years of age.

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Jam session for RemembranceKASHEEN CLOUSONDONALDA DIARY

Donalda Community Market will be held at Dino’s Bar & Grill Sunday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shop for a variety of handcrafted items. To book a table call or text 403-916-9006.

Fall Harvest Supper, benefi tting the Donalda & District Agricultural Society will be held Nov. 7 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, call Jodi at 403-883-2330.

There will be a pancake breakfast and music jam on

Sunday, Nov 8 at 11 a.m. at the Donalda Drop-In Centre with a small ‘Lest we Forget’ service to honour our troops both past and present.

The Donalda & District Museum Society presents a come-dic evening with Jimmy the Janitor, Nov. 27 with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Donalda Community Hall. Tickets are available at the Donalda & District Museum offi ce. Tickets include a desert bar, and there will also be a silent auction and a cash bar as well. Seats are limited so get your tickets today. For any question please email us at [email protected]

The Donalda & District Community Promotion Society is planning the 2015 “A village Christmas” featuring the Parade of Lights. We invite you to participate. The parade begins at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov 29, with set up beginning at 4 p.m. For more information or to reserve your spot please call Bruce at 403-883-2943

Birthday wishes this week go out to Dennis Blouin, Kelly Strandquist, Amanda Holden, Charlee Grace Erickson, Jason Gebhardt, Dorie Jones, Annalise Sideritsch, Maureen Rider, Jennifer Charles, Marites Reyes, and Lindsay Tantrum. Happy birthday to all.


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What a nasty wind as I write this! I guess it’s letting us know what is just around the corner.

Knowing that winter is coming on, the Erskine Recreation Board is looking for someone to maintain the skating rink. If anyone is inter-ested, you can phone Mark Higgins for more information. This is a paid position.

The Waverly Club Rooms will be open on Halloween night, so drop in for some treats and tricks.

The next Dance Jam will be on Sunday, Nov. 8

from 1:30 to 4:30.Come on out seniors

or youngers and enjoy the music, dancing, and visiting.

Don’t forget Crib play-ing at the seniors’ centre every Wednesday. Also a reminder that they are

trying to raise money for much needed renova-tions and there are life-time membership cards that can be purchased — see me at the Post Office for more information on these.

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Erskine School held their annual awards night on Wednesday, October 7. Award recipients are: Front Row (L-R) - Dexter Connell, Kolby Armstrong, Sydney Shirreff, Dalyce Connell, Nora Baltimore, Rayell Haustein, Kayla Robertson, Taylor Fornwald, Makenna Heintz, Emmy Nugent. Second Row (L-R) Zac Bryson, Billy Praski, Bryce George, Brooklynn Smith, Hannah Duncan, Emily Barclay, Zak Lachowsky, Connor Robertson. Third Row (L-R) Bryson Haustein, Brier Devnich, Sydney Lepard, Nicole Schmucki, Madison McCrindle, Avery Chick, Lowell VanStraten, Meghan Matchett, Justin Matchett, Rachel Tokarchik, Isaac Nibourg. Fourth Row (L-R) Garnet Barclay, Emily VanEsch, Ava Lee, Alandra Couch, Joe Baltimore, Carter VanEsch, Rachel Morbeck, Gracie Morbeck, Jaiden Stotz, Jackson Squires, Carson Neitz, Reese Smith, Declan McCord


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Get your costumes ready for the Halloween Bash at the Byemoor Hotel on Saturday evening. A pop-ular local band — Red Squared — Marty Brooker and Terri Simpson, will be providing the music for the evening. Sure to be a fun time.

Byemoor Curling Club is starting a ladies’ night of curling on Thursday eve-nings from 7 to 9 p.m. Ice will be in by mid-Novem-ber and all interested la-dies are welcome to join in the fun. If interested call Theresa Christie at 403-579-2133 or Carolin Schofer at 403-579-2488.

The Byemoor fall sup-per Saturday was well attended with about 240 people enjoying the de-licious roast beef sup-per. Door prize winners included Lynda Wilkie, Endiang and Eileen Green, Stettler each winning grocery hampers and Thelma Bossert, Hanna winning a $40 gift certif-icate from the Byemoor Store. Thanks to all who worked, donated and patronized the supper, which is a fund raiser for the community hall.

Cribbage meets are un-derway at the Endmoor Drop-in Centre. Results of

the October games are: Oct. 6 — Lawrence Wilkie, fi rst and Ken Schultz, sec-ond. Oct. 21 — Doreen Nixon, fi rst and Bernice Clausen, second.

The next crib night is on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. and all interested folks are wel-come.

The entertainment at the Byemoor Hotel on Friday evening featuring country music entertain-er Denny Eddy drew a good crowd and was en-joyed by all.

Also on Friday evening at the hotel, was a me-morial for Danny Wooden who passed away last December at the age of 64 years. Danny grew up at Byemoor and it was his wish to have a party to remember him by at the hotel after he was gone. He pre-arranged and paid for the beverages for his friends and family who attended. Family mem-bers attending includ-ed his mother Lorraine Gendre, brothers Bruce

and Rick and brother-in-law Brian Gendre (hus-band of the late Debbie Wooden).

Mark your calendars for the Byemoor Santa Claus

Day with craft and bake tables on Dec. 5. There will also be photos with Santa and Christmas tree sales by the 4-H club. Anyone wishing to book

a table for selling their crafts or wares may con-tact Twila Buchwitz at 403-579-3755.

Les and Rosemary S t u l b e rg s p e n t

three days at Lake Louise where Les attend-ed a conference.

Humour for the day — How did the butcher intro-duce his wife? “Meet Patty.”

Pre-arranged party a good memorial for late Wooden

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In anticipation of carving pumpkins for Halloween, Mrs. Keith’s K-Gr. 3 students are busy washing the pumpkins that they grew in the Byemoor School garden.

Well, winter isn’t here yet and that makes me very happy. We have been very fortunate to enjoy a long fall giving the farmers the chance to complete their harvest work. I am sure you will be pass-ing a few cow herds in the next few weeks are the ranchers start to migrate their herds closer to home and onto swath grazing or fall pastures.

With that in mind, the Fall Supper is fast approaching. Don’t miss out on a great meal at the Rumsey Community Hall on Nov. 7 starting at 5 p.m. I hope we will have good weather on that day as well.

This is a community donated meal meaning everyone brings something and the options are as varied as they are delicious.

The Rumsey/Rowley 4-H Beef Club have had their re-organiza-tional meeting this past week, but that doesn’t mean you are out of luck for joining in if you have a child who will be nine years old as of January 1 of the current year.

It is a great organization that give the kids lots of learning experi-ences and grows their confidence like nothing else. If your nine-year- old is brave enough to lead a 1300 pound steer into a show ring in front of hundreds of people, then they have the confidence to take on just about anything. Give Jill and Kent Holowath a call at 403-368-3733 if you are interested in signing up.

Hockey, volleyball and football are well under way at the various schools and arenas in the area. Let me know how things are going, I would love to put that into this column.

The Rumsey Community Library 2016 Calendar will be arriving soon and we have 13 beautiful pictures to display in your home for the coming year if you are in-terested.

They will be on sale in November for $15 each and all the money goes to support your local li-brary. Stop by on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and see what is happening. Libraries are not just books anymore.

There are so many e-resources available that can all be accessed from your home computer that you hardly have to darken my door to benefit from all that the Alberta Library Consortium has to offer.

With the advent of technology, we are required to remember so many passwords, I thought this quote was pretty appropriate: I changed my password to “incor-rect” so that whenever I forget what it is, my computer says, “your password is incorrect.”

Have a great week.

Still lots of time to join 4-H

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 STETTLER INDEPENDENT 23 Sports

Flagging confi dence costly for LightningSaturday game postponed


It was a rough weekend for the Stettler Lightning as the Junior B hockey team lengthened its los-ing streak to eight games, dropping the team to last place in their division.

It started with a Friday, Oct. 23 home ice bat-tle with the Ponoka Stampeders which ended in a 7-3 loss for the Lightning. Before a crowd of about 100 peo-ple, the Stampeders trampled the Lightning in the fi rst, scoring three goals, two in quick suc-cession, before the buzz-er signaled the end of the period.

In the second it ap-peared there’d be more of the same as the Stampeders strength-ened their lead with a quick, unassisted goal about fi ve minutes in, but Derek Muhlbach broke the drought for the Lightning, manag-ing to sneak the puck past Stamps’ goaltender Lanny Blitt in a before-the-net scrum, bringing the score to 4-1.

The Lightning kept

the pressure on, earning their second score off a quick shot from Dylan Houston. Before the pe-riod was over, though, the Stampeders added to their goal tally, so the second ended 6-2.

The third start-ed with the Lightning short-handed from a late second period pen-alty and the Ponoka team capitalized it, add-ing another, fi nal goal to their game tally. About 10 minutes later, Jacob Bottomley narrowed the gap with a goal, but the Lightning couldn’t break through the Stampeders defense to tie up or ad-vance past the visiting Stampeders.

The next day, the Lightning hosted the second-place team in the southern division, the Okotoks Bisons, and though the team seemed to have better cohesion than the previous day against Ponoka, lost 10-1.

“We were mostly hold-ing our own,” Doug Smith, general manager, said. “Then something happens and we sag be-cause our confi dence is shaken.”

The team’s lone goal was scored in the sec-ond period by Logan Davidson, though the team had several excel-lent shots on net, and kept the pressure up.

The score doesn’t rep-resent the type of game it was, Smith insisted. A few bad penalties in the

third really crushed the team, he said.

“We had a fi ve minute penalty in the third, so we were down a man,” Smith explained. “Then a second penalty had us down two.”

During that part of the third, the Bisons scored four times. Though the

Lightning had been down 6-1 before that last rally from the Bisons, those goals had been hard-earned by the Bisons, and the Lightning had made several respect-able shots on the visit-ing team, including a few post-ringers that had the crowd groaning in frus-

tration.Despite the two loss-

es, and the team’s losing streak, Smith said he’s not particularly worried.

“If this was a team full of older people, I’d be worried,” he said. “We have so many new play-ers, and they’re getting used to the system, the tempo of it. We’re going to be focusing on de-fense and goaltending this week.”

The losing streak is a blow to the team’s con-fi dence but it’s only the fi rst month of the sea-son, so things will look up, Smith said.

The team next plays on Friday, Oct. 30 in High River. Smith said the team is about on par with Stettler in skill, but the ice surface it-self is a bit smaller than what the team is used to, which can cause some diffi culties.

The following day, Stettler was to host the Medicine Hat Cubs, but problems on Medicine Hat’s end has led to a postponement, Smith said. A date for the match hasn’t been scheduled at this time.

Mustafa Eric/Independent editor

A close range shot by Ryan Strome of Ligthning is defl ected from the Stampeders’ goalie during their game on Friday night, Oct. 23. Lightning lost 7-3.

Stettler Wildcats crush Drayton Valley 43-0, advance to playoffsBY MOUSH SARA JOHN

INDEPENDENT REPORTER

Stettler Wildcats played one of their best games against Drayton Valley on Friday, Oct. 23 to win convincingly 43-0.

Jeremy Kirk, Clayton Page and Eric Williams all scored touchdowns, while Terron Garbutt had two scores with an-other touchdown run by Drew Cassidy.

Alex LeBlanc converted after four of the touchdowns, and kicked one single point, while Wildcats defence scored a safety for two points.

“Yes, it was a good game for our guys, a good game for us to try to use a tune up to get ready for the playoffs,” said head coach Norbert Baharally. “We only had 23 players dressed, which meant that all of our players saw a lot of game time, and we had a few players that were playing both ways but we have had to do that most of the year because of our small roster and our guys have gotten used to that.”

Although Baharally was happy with the win, he added “We need to continue to work on some of our basic fundamen-tals still, tackling, blocking, playing hard until the end of the play and playing with poise and discipline, and we need to keep our composure as individuals and as team and not take unnecessary

penalties.”Aassistant coach Guy Neitz was quite

pleased with the team’s performance as well.

“In Drayton Valley, we played with de-termination, passion and excellent ex-ecution, and we have to continue to focus on the small details and executing our systems to accomplish our goal of a league championship which starts with the semi-fi nal against Rocky Mountain House on Thursday,” said Neitz. “Rocky Mountain House is a physical team and we will have to match their intensity and hopefully take over the game early, rather than wait till the end to score the winning touchdown like last time.”

Speaking of the Wildcats defence, Neitz said that the Wildcats defence will be faced with stopping a very good run-ori-ented offence with a talented tailback.

“Our kids need to focus on their gap responsibilities and maintaining outside containment; then making solid tackles,” said Neitz. “On offence, we need to exe-cute consistently and block well enough to open space for our running backs and allow Jordan Lane some time to throw the ball.”

According to Baharally, the Wildcats will not introduce any new strategies but keep focusing on keeping their con-fi dence upbeat.

“If we are going to be successful moving forward, we will have to make sure that we are playing error-free football, and we are going to have to be able to execute our offence and produce points when we are given the opportunities to score,” said Baharally. “Defensively, we are going to

have to eliminate giving up the big plays for big yards or touchdowns, and we have to be more aggressive with our team tackling and trying to create turnovers.”

Stettler Wildcats play Rocky Mountain House in their fi rst playoffs, in a home game on Thursday, Oct. 29.

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Cooper Smyth and Ty McCann of Wildcats make lead blocks for halfback Drew Cassidy as he carries the ball for another 10 yards, in their game against Drayton Valley on Friday, Oct. 23. Wildcats won 43-0.


It’s win some, lose some, in volleyball at Christ-King


Good news and bad news came out of Christ-King

School’s gymnasium last Wednesday, Oct. 21, de-pending on what team you were cheering for.

Big Valley School’s boys’

and girls’ volleyball teams travelled up Highway 56 to pit its Bulldogs against the Christ-King Chargers, with the girls fi rst taking the court.

The girl Bulldogs out-did the home team, their strong skills matched by a cohesion that had them calling the ball and clos-ing dangerous gaps, while the Christ-King girls fl oun-dered. Despite their strong skills, they worked as a team of individuals, and that cost them against the united Bulldogs, as they lost 25-17, 25-13, and 25-15 to the visiting Bulldogs.

The boys next took to the court, determined — on Christ-King’s part — to do better than their fe-male counterparts. On the Bulldogs’ part, the lads wanted a repeat perfor-mance.

Right off the whistle, though, it was clear that Christ-King was going to dominate the court. In the girls’ case, the team is made up of a lot of young-er players, while Big Valley had the more seasoned team. When it came to boys, it was the exact op-posite, and the lack of co-hesion cost the Bulldogs.

The Chargers took the three sets, winning 25-16,

25-23, and 25-18.“They played good,”

coach Denver Wik said. “For the boys, we’ve been 500.”

He said that the two teams are working togeth-

er to continue to improve their skills, especially with CARA just around the cor-ner.

Already, Wik is looking ahead to next year, having recruited several younger

players who practice with the team so next year, they won’t be green.

There’s no game for the Chargers this week as they rest up for the start of CARA.


The girls of Christ-King School battle the girls from Big Valley, though to no avail as they lost three straight sets. The boys, who played next, turned the tables on the Big Valley lads, winning in three straight sets. In one of the girls games, Bailey Strandquist bumps the ball up, letting a teammate send it over the net.

JV team gets great experienceat the senior girls’ tournament


The Stettler JV team fielded great experience as they participated in the senior girls’ tournament over the weekend in Camrose.

The team first played Innisfree and then Bawlf on Friday, Oct. 23, losing to both.

On Saturday morning, Oct. 24, the JV girls faced Daysland.

In the first set they showed po-tential with some “great volleys”, although they ended in a 25-23 loss but it was a great game.

They ended up losing the second set, too as they had just “petered out”, according Sheri Morbeck, JV girls coach.

“One of our strengths is that the girls do work well together, but we need to keep working in coverage and anticipating where the ball is being hit,” she said.

Their last game was on Saturday

against the first-place team from the other pool, Whitecourt.

“They are a great team with dynamite hitting power,” said Morbeck. “Once we saw them our goal was to finish with a loss score of 25-10 or better as we knew we were in over our heads.”

The JV team came close gaining nine points against this strong team.

Speaking of the performance, Morbeck said, “This was a senior girls’ tournament that we entered so we knew we’d have our work cut out for us as we are a JV team, but despite the losses it was a good experience for the girls.”

Morbeck continued, “As a coach, I’ll take these losses if the girls are learning from them, it is not only about promoting the sport of volleyball, but I hope the girls are learning life skills like persever-ance, competition, team work etc.”

According to Morbeck the JV

team started the season really strong.

“We started out the season so strong and now are fighting to find out mojo again,” said Morbeck. “Thankfully we aren’t losing be-cause the girls aren’t getting along, so that is all good, but we just can’t seem to find the inten-sity to play a full game right now.”

Part of the reason, Morbeck feels, is due to the girls’ thinking too much.

“We continue to have moments of greatness but we aren’t capi-talizing on these moments when we need to,” added Morbeck. “Are we thinking too much? Maybe. Are they putting too much pressure on themselves? Perhaps.”

The JV girls play in Ponoka on Wednesday, Oct. 28 and their last home game is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 2.

The girls will be in the zone playoffs on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

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Stettler Panthers score a tie against Lacombe Explosion


In an impressive show of skills, Stettler Panthers took on Lacombe Explosion on Saturday, Oct. 24 although the game ended in a tie.

Carson Mottus of Panthers scored the first touchdown run with a 11-yard dash breaking through the defence of Explosion.

Speaking of the TD, Ernie Shireff said, “We went into the game with-out our starting halfback David Butterwick, but Carson stepped up and played an outstanding game and was a huge part of this result.”

Panthers have had an outstanding season this year with a long winning streak, only to be broken by their defeat to Sylvan Lake.

“The team as a whole played much more phys-ical than they did in our

loss to Sylvan Lake,” said Shireff. “Lacombe was a bigger team than us but I think we were the more aggressive squad all day.”

But what looked like a Panthers game through-out suddenly turned the other way, with Explosion scoring a touchdown in the third.

“Unfortunately a turn-over in the third quarter led to their only score a couple of plays after, but the boys played an outstanding defensive game,” added Shireff.

Speaking of the game on Saturday, Zeke Ryan, the defensive coordina-tor, said, “It was a good tie game on Saturday, and our team played per-fect.”

According to Ryan, the team has some amazing players.

“These boys are amaz-ing and can only do what they can do, what hap-pens will happen,” said Ryan. “We go forward

with what we know, as it is what it is. I have faith in these boys, and as a defensive coordinator my defence rocks.”

Ryan said that there will be no changes made and that it was “all about the boys having fun and enjoying themselves.”

“We finished fourth for the season, a great result considering how young our team is,” said Shireff. “A rookie quarterback, Garnett Kromm has been a solid contributor and our offensive line has started to create some holes for our fullback Jacob Cottam.”

Stettler Panthers will face Sylvan Lake on Saturday in Sylvan Lake in a league semi-final game.

“We are in for a tough game on Saturday, but we hope to have a better effort than last week and we will continue to try to improve our tackling and aggression,” said Shireff.


Ty Diegel (#50) and Kyle Dennis (#65) of Panthers successfully tackle Lacombe Explosion ball carrier in their game on Saturday, Oct. 24. Panthers tied 6-6.


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The family of Earl Williams would like to thank the Erskine Community for their assistance with our father which allowed

him to remain in his home in the community of Erskine, without your help he would never have been able to enjoy

your visits. A special thanks to Doctor Agwaze, the Staff and Home Care Staff of Points West Living for the wonderful care

given to our dad during his residency there. Pastor Ross Helgeton for his ministry through Earls’ life and for the

meaningful funeral service; also to pianist Loretta Ford for her gift of music; the Evangelical Free Church Ladies for

their luncheon which was so enjoyed by all of our family and friends. To Dean Ross, Verna Rock and Corinne Adair of

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for our dad and grandfather.God Bless

The Williams Family

OPSALBetty1934 - 2015Betty Lou Opsal of Red Deer, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on Thursday October 15, 2015, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital, at the age of 81 years. Betty was born on March 31, 1934 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. She grew up in her father’s lumber camp in the Cypress Hills. A little known fact was that this lumber camp was also a POW war camp, where German war prisoners

were brought to Canada to work. While in high school, she lived in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan where she lied about her age and worked as a nurse’s aide to pay for her room and board. In 1950, she met Norman Opsal and they married in 1952. Four years later they moved to Calgary and two years after that they moved to a ranch south of Gadsby, Alberta. This is where she had her 2 sons, Tyler and Shane. During this time, she also worked at Johnson Connor Agencies in Stettler, along with her every day farm activities. In 1973 the family moved to a ranch at Tees, Alberta where they cleared the land and raised Limousin cattle. During this time she worked as the of ce manager at Chain Lakes Gas Coop and then later on at Burnt Lake Livestock Mart in Red Deer. In 2000, they moved off of the farm to Lacombe and then in 2002 it was off to Red Deer. During this time they enjoyed winter trips to Arizona and other destinations. Betty loved hard work, whether it was in the elds swathing or baling hay, feeding cattle, or picking rocks. She was famous for her cooking skills, especially her cinnamon buns and pies. She enjoyed sharing a funny joke, gardening, watching her two grandsons grow, but most of all, she loved looking after her husband, Norman. One of her greatest accomplishments, of which she was very proud, was the book she wrote on her family’s history and she made sure every descendent received a copy of it. Betty is lovingly remembered and dearly missed by her husband Norman of Red Deer; her two sons and daughter in laws: Tyler and (Nicola) of Calgary and Shane and (Doreen), of Whitecourt, Alberta and two grandsons, Dylan and Chase, both of Whitecourt, Alberta. Betty was predeceased by her parents, Albert (aka Abbie) and Sylvia Noble and two brothers, Cecil and Leslie Noble. An open house to share stories of Betty will be held at the Tees Hall on Sunday, November 1, 2015 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. In lieu of owers, donations in Betty’s memory can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, www.heartandstroke.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Quinn Edwards,

Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM,

6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

STRANDQUIST Lloyd Audrey 1916-1983 1917-2006

Gates of memories will never closeHow much we miss you no one knows

Days will pass into yearsAnd we’ll think about those memories with silent tears

Forever missed byDarleen, Patty and families

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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 30204 bedroom house for rent,

it has 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms downstairs, 2

bedrooms upstairs, 6 appliances, 2 car garage & hot tub. Next door to Gus Wetter School in Castor. Great for family. It’s for $850/mo. plus utilities. Phone 403-882-2848.

SMALL house in Donalda w/private deck, fenced yard, garage, can be 1 or 2 bdrm. $700/mo. + utils, n/s, 403-883-2819

Condos/Townhouses30303 BDRM., 11/2 bath, town-house, near hospital and golf course, references.

Call Norma at Sutton Realty, 403-742-7815.

Neat 4 bedroom house, available 1 December. Small low maintenance garden. Lounge, dining,

kitchen, laundry, large TV room, den, 2 bathroom, second kitchen in base-ment, new appliances.

House upgraded. Large at-tached heated double

garage,. Close to shops, churches and schools.

Smoke and pet free. Long term contract possible.

Rent $1400/mo. 587-282-0700

4 Plexes/6 Plexes 3050

Newer, nicely appointed 2 bedroom with den area, 1.5 bathroom unit in quiet 4-plex. Beautiful kitchen with corner pantry, white wood blinds on all win-dows, in-suite laundry.

Small deck off dining room, nicely landscaped, fenced

yard. Central to all amenities in Stettler.

$1000/mo. plus utilities. Available November 1. PH:

403-740-2547

Suites 30601 BDRM upstairs bachelor

suite, quiet tenants with references. Call Norma at

Sutton Realty, 403-742-7815.2 BDRM suite in tri-plex

unit, rent/dd $850, ref. req., avail. Contact

Clint at 403-742-9729

Suites 3060

BEST RENTAL VALUEIN STETTLER

1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished kitchenette suites.

All utilities, cable, internet.Avail. immediately

Kimberly 403-690-5828

StorageSpace 3160

Pasture 3180PASTURE & HAY LAND. 400 - 8000 acres of year round water supply. Full

operational with manage-ment available. Central Saskatchewan. Cross-

fenced & complete infrastructure. Natural

springs excellent water. Shortly ready to locate

cattle. Other small & large grain & pasture quarters.

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

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

Farms/Land 4070

Adjoining half section (2quarters) located in Pono-ka County approx 15 KM SW from Rimbey. Mixture of pasture, hay, cultivatedland, trees. Annual surface

lease revenue $9,500.$650,000. If interested call,

321-783-2609.

ManufacturedHomes 4090GRANDVIEW MODULAR HOMES Now Offering 24

X 68 Homes. Starting from $157,900 including

delivery (Conditions apply). Call one of our two

locations for details: 403-945-1272

(Airdrie) or 403-347-0417 (Red Deer).

BusinessesFor Sale 4140

KITCHEN FOOD SERVICES operation

available Apr. - Oct. 2016. Tender Deadline - Nov. 9,

2015. Contact Don McPherson for Tender

Details 403-975-5406. Box 1509, Vulcan, AB, T0L

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Farms/Land 4070

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Rural Waterline Fertilizer Plant Service Tender No. 151-10116-00

Plans may be obtained from the offi ce of the Engineer, WSP at 7710 Industrial Court, Red Deer on or after 1:00:00 p.m., Monday, October 26, 2015.

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For the following work:Installation of 3750m of HDPE small diameter water line by trenchless method; including isolation valves, services line and associated appurtenances.

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DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS APPROVEDNotice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Application have been approved as permitted use in accordance with the County of Stettler No. 6 Land-Use Bylaw No. 1443-10:

1. No: 15096 Legal Description: NW 27-38-17W4M Rural Address: 38475 Hwy 852 Proposed Development: Ancillary Building (242 ft2)

2. No: 15098 Legal Description: Lot1, Block 1, Plan 0927839 P.T. SE 16-39-19W4M Rural Address: 39210 Rge Rd 19-3 Proposed Development: Ancillary Building (1200 ft2)

3. No: 15099 Legal Description: Lot 1, Block 1, Plan 1522969 P.T. SW 13-38-22W4M Rural Address: 22042 Twp Rd 38-2 Proposed Development: Detached Dwelling (1632 ft2)

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Grains continue to trade a bit side-ways to higher as buyers went out into the market to find some supply with “let’s bring some stuff in” be-cause pulling back a bit. The oilseed complex is being supported by solid US soybean sales and oil prices head-ing higher this morning. With some firming basis across the border in the U.S., end-users may rather wait for supplies to come to them this winter, versus going out and chasing it. The only real exciting attention being seen is in the pulse markets as laird (large green) lentils recently hit 50 cents/lbs, with small reds eclipsing the 43 cents/lbs mark.

While we finished up harvest in North America, our fellow farmers on the other side of the equator are just getting going. Drier conditions have slowed seeding but because soy-bean prices are pretty solid right now thanks to a devalued Brazilian Real, over 80 million acres are forecasted to be planted, putting 2015/16 produc-tion over 100 million tonnes. From a trading standpoint, and as the USDA sees it, “stronger competition may lead to farm less dynamic demand” of US supply. What does this all mean for canola? Well, near the end of October, canola was currently sitting at an 11 per cent premium above soybean prices (or $~37.50 USD/MT or $48.50 CAD/MT). Canola and soybeans will continue to trek together and if you see soybeans move lower, canola, at least on the futures board, will likely do the same. Where you may see the biggest change though is on the basis side of things.

U.S. government weather forecasters are calling the beginning of El Nino effects on North American weather with the northern half expected to see drier/milder winter conditions, while the south is getting wet.

The rains will be helpful for U.S. winter wheat areas, which continue to be dry, albeit not as bad as the past couple of years. Canada, (clearly

part of that northern half of North America) is possibly going to see one of its warmest winters on record, ac-cording to AccuWeather. Comparably, in some parts of Russia, a lack of rain for many weeks is leading to ground so hard that it’s breaking farm equip-ment. With less winter wheat acres than originally planned going into the ground in both Ukraine and Russia, a mild winter and good spring rains will be needed to save the crop. That being said, one could look to a poor fall and a harsh winter in 2010 that pushed Russia’s wheat production down to just 41.5 million tonnes (they took off more than 60 million tonnes this year). Accordingly, wheat prices ral-lied in mid-late 2011 almost 50 per cent but keep in mind, there is still a large global supply available, com-pared to those years.

More obvious, the biggest news af-fecting Canadian growers recently was the Liberal party winning a majority government. While there doesn’t look like to be too many changes that af-fect the ag industry under another Trudeau government, there are some programs (i.e. Growing Forward 2) that are set to expire, but a big concern is where transportation standards and infrastructure are at and if the con-versation will continue despite there not being any issues today. Net-net, while attention is necessary for the change to a Liberal majority, unnec-essarily negative commentary would be unjust as they shouldn’t make the Canadian agriculture industry any worse or better off (relatively) than it is today.

To growth,Brennan TurnerPresident and CEO FarmLead.comBrennan Turner is originally from Foam

Lake, SK, where his family started farm-ing the land in the 1920s. After complet-ing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time work-ing in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile grain marketplace (app avail-able for iOS and Android). His weekly col-umn is a summary of his free, daily mar-ket note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email ([email protected]) or phone (1-855-332-7653).

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Four simple ways to winterize your homeAs winter approaches,

homeowners know they must do certain things to ready their homes for the coming months. Wrapping up the grill and closing the pool are no-brainers, but homeowners also must prioritize winterizing their homes to ensure homes withstand the winter.

Winterizing tasks range from small to big, but each can protect a home and its inhabitants and some can even save homeowners a substantial amount of money. The following are four simple ways to winter-ize your home.1. Plug leaks

Leaky windows and door-ways can cost homeowners money year-round, allowing cold air to escape on hot summer afternoons and let-ting cold air in on brisk win-

ter nights. When such leaks aren’t fixed, homeowners are more liable to turn up their air conditioners or heaters, unnecessarily padding their energy bills along the way. Before winter arrives, check areas around windows and door frames for leaks, as well as any additional openings, such as chimneys, that may allow cold air in. Use caulk or weather strips to plug these leaks, and enjoy your warm-er home and lower energy bills as winter weather gets colder and colder.2. Inspect your chimney

If your home has a chim-ney, chances are you have not used it since last winter. During that time, the chim-ney has likely accumulated some dirt and grime, and may even have served as home to some uninvited crit-ters. As the season for fire-

side chats approaches, have your chimney serviced by a professional so it’s ready for use and you are not greeted by some unwanted guests upon lighting your first fire.3. Clear the yard

Autumn days, particular-ly late autumn days, can be gusty, and strong winds can cause branches to fall off trees. Branches big and small can cause damage to cars, siding and roofs, and smaller branches can get clogged in gutters, potentially causing gutters to back up and lead-ing to leaky roofs that dam-age a home’s interior. Take a walk around your property at least once per week during the fall, clearing any fallen limbs and trimming branch-es that appear one strong gust away from falling off of trees. Remove any branches that are hanging over your

home and driveway so they don’t pose a threat to your house or vehicles.4. Turn off outdoor water supplies

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rope

rty r

egis

try

fees

, app

licab

le t

axes

and

dea

ler

fees

not

incl

uded

. Dea

lers

may

sel

l for

less

. Lim

ited

time

offe

r w

hich

may

not

be

com

bine

d w

ith c

erta

in o

ther

offe

rs. G

MCL

may

mod

ify, e

xten

d or

ter

min

ate

offe

rs in

who

le o

r in

par

t at

any

tim

e w

ithou

t no

tice.

Con

ditio

ns a

nd li

mita

tions

app

ly. S

ee d

eale

r fo

r de

tails

. ®Re

gist

ered

tra

dem

ark

of T

he B

ank

of N

ova

Scot

ia. R

BC

and

Roya

l Ban

k ar

e re

gist

ered

tra

dem

arks

of

Roya

l Ban

k of

Can

ada.

††$

11,0

00 is

a c

ombi

ned

tota

l cre

dit

cons

istin

g of

a $

10,0

00 C

ash

Cred

it (ta

x ex

clus

ive)

ava

ilabl

e on

201

5 GM

C Si

erra

HD

Gas

mod

els

(exc

ludi

ng H

D Ga

s Do

uble

Cab

1SA

4X2

), $1

,000

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ner

Cash

(tax

incl

usiv

e), w

hich

is a

vaila

ble

for

cash

pur

chas

es o

nly

and

cann

ot b

e co

mbi

ned

with

spe

cial

leas

e an

d fi n

ance

rat

es. B

y se

lect

ing

leas

e or

fi na

nce

offe

rs, c

onsu

mer

s ar

e fo

rego

ing

this

$10

,000

cre

dit,

whi

ch w

ill r

esul

t in

hig

her

effe

ctiv

e in

tere

st r

ates

. Dis

coun

ts v

ary

by m

odel

. † $

10,3

80 is

a c

ombi

ned

tota

l cre

dit

cons

istin

g of

a $

3,00

0 m

anuf

actu

rer-

to-d

eale

r de

liver

y cr

edit

(tax

excl

usiv

e) $

5,19

5 Ca

sh C

redi

t (ta

x ex

clus

ive)

ava

ilabl

e on

201

5 GM

C Si

erra

Dou

ble

Cab

1SA

4WD

mod

els,

$1,

000

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r Ca

sh (t

ax

incl

usiv

e), $

750

man

ufac

ture

r-to

-dea

ler

Elev

atio

n Pa

ckag

e Di

scou

nt C

redi

t (ta

x ex

clus

ive)

for

201

5 Si

erra

1SA

Ele

vatio

n Ed

ition

with

5.3

L En

gine

and

a $

435

man

ufac

ture

r-to

-dea

ler

cash

cre

dit

(tax

excl

usiv

e) o

n an

y 20

15 G

MC

Sier

ra E

leva

tion

Doub

le C

ab A

WD

with

a 5

.3L

engi

ne, w

hich

is a

vaila

ble

for

cash

pur

chas

es o

nly

and

cann

ot b

e co

mbi

ned

with

spe

cial

leas

e an

d fi n

ance

rat

es. B

y se

lect

ing

leas

e or

fi na

nce

offe

rs, c

onsu

mer

s ar

e fo

rego

ing

this

$5,

630

cred

it, w

hich

will

res

ult

in h

ighe

r ef

fect

ive

inte

rest

rat

es. D

isco

unts

var

y by

mod

el. *

* Go

vern

men

t 5-

Star

Saf

ety

Ratin

gs a

re p

art

of t

he N

atio

nal H

ighw

ay T

raffi

c Sa

fety

Adm

inis

tratio

n’s

(NHT

SA’s

) Ne

w C

ar A

sses

smen

t Pr

ogra

m (

ww

w.S

afer

Car.g

ov).

‡‡ $

5,00

0 is

a c

ombi

ned

cred

it co

nsis

ting

of a

$1,

000

Owne

r Ca

sh (

tax

incl

usiv

e), $

3,00

0 m

anuf

actu

rer

to d

eale

r de

liver

y cr

edit

(tax

excl

usiv

e) f

or 2

015

Sier

ra 1

500

Doub

le C

ab a

nd a

$1,

000

man

ufac

ture

r to

dea

ler

fi nan

ce c

ash

(tax

excl

usiv

e) f

or a

201

5 Si

erra

150

0 w

hich

is a

vaila

ble

for

fi nan

ce o

ffers

onl

y an

d ca

nnot

be

com

bine

d w

ith s

peci

al le

ase

rate

s an

d ca

sh p

urch

ase.

‡ $

4,95

0/$4

,750

is a

com

bine

d to

tal c

redi

t co

nsis

ting

of $

750/

$750

Ow

ner

Cash

(ta

x in

clus

ive)

and

a $

4,20

0/$4

,000

man

ufac

ture

r to

dea

ler

cash

cre

dit

(tax

excl

usiv

e) fo

r a

2015

Ter

rain

SLE

-1 F

WD/

Acad

ia S

LE-1

FW

D, w

hich

is a

vaila

ble

for

cash

pur

chas

es o

nly

and

cann

ot b

e co

mbi

ned

with

spe

cial

leas

e an

d fi n

ance

rat

es. B

y se

lect

ing

leas

e or

fi na

nce

offe

rs, c

onsu

mer

s ar

e fo

rego

ing

this

$4,

200/

$4,0

00 c

redi

t w

hich

will

res

ult

in h

ighe

r ef

fect

ive

inte

rest

rat

es. D

isco

unts

va

ry b

y m

odel

and

cas

h cr

edit

excl

udes

Ter

rain

SLE

-1 A

WD/

Acad

ia S

LE-1

AW

D. ^

$1,

750

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com

bine

d cr

edit

cons

istin

g of

$75

0 Ow

ner

Cash

(ta

x in

clus

ive)

and

$1,

000

man

ufac

ture

r to

dea

ler

fi nan

ce c

ash

(tax

excl

usiv

e) f

or a

201

5 Te

rrai

n w

hich

is a

vaila

ble

for

fi nan

ce o

ffers

onl

y an

d ca

nnot

be

com

bine

d w

ith s

peci

al le

ase

rate

s an

d ca

sh p

urch

ase.

¥ O

ffer

appl

ies

to e

ligib

le c

urre

nt

owne

rs o

r le

ssee

s of

any

mod

el y

ear

1999

or

new

er c

ar t

hat

has

been

reg

iste

red

and

insu

red

in C

anad

a in

the

cus

tom

er’s

nam

e fo

r th

e pr

evio

us c

onse

cutiv

e si

x (6

) mon

ths.

Cre

dit

valid

tow

ards

the

ret

ail p

urch

ase

or le

ase

of o

ne e

ligib

le 2

015

mod

el y

ear

GMC

SUV,

cro

ssov

er a

nd p

icku

ps m

odel

s de

liver

ed in

Can

ada

betw

een

Octo

ber

1 an

d No

vem

ber

2, 2

015.

Cre

dit

is a

man

ufac

ture

r to

co

nsum

er in

cent

ive

(tax

incl

usiv

e) a

nd c

redi

t val

ue d

epen

ds o

n m

odel

pur

chas

ed: $

750

cred

it av

aila

ble

on e

ligib

le G

MC

vehi

cles

(exc

ept C

anyo

n 2S

A, S

ierr

a 15

00 a

nd H

D); $

1,00

0 cr

edit

avai

labl

e on

all

GMC

Sier

ras.

Offe

r is

tran

sfer

able

to a

fam

ily m

embe

r liv

ing

with

in th

e sa

me

hous

ehol

d (p

roof

of a

ddre

ss r

equi

red)

. As

part

of th

e tra

nsac

tion,

dea

ler

may

req

uest

doc

umen

tatio

n an

d co

ntac

t Ge

nera

l Mot

ors

of C

anad

a Li

mite

d (G

MCL

) to

ver

ify e

ligib

ility

. Thi

s of

fer

may

not

be

rede

emed

for

cas

h an

d m

ay n

ot b

e co

mbi

ned

with

cer

tain

oth

er c

onsu

mer

ince

ntiv

es. C

erta

in li

mita

tions

or

cond

ition

s ap

ply.

Void

whe

re p

rohi

bite

d. S

ee y

our

GMCL

dea

ler

for

deta

ils. G

MCL

res

erve

s th

e rig

ht t

o am

end

or t

erm

inat

e of

fers

for

any

rea

son

in w

hole

or

in p

art

at a

ny t

ime

with

out

prio

r no

tice.

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