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A request for funding for the gymnastics club caused the lon-gest discussion amongst town councillors at the Town of Stettler council meeting on Sept. 2.

Karen Sernecky, one of the town’s councillors, recused herself from the vote on the matter as she is chairing the Stettler Gymnastics Club. Instead, she was on hand to answer any questions coming from council.

They had many.Sernecky and the club asked the

town for between $5,000-$10,000 to help purchase equipment for the

club, which is slated to start its first session later this month.

The club is in a financial pinch as while it has more than a hun-dred children signed up for the first session, it hasn’t collected full registration costs. Further, the club is waiting to hear about the success of its grant applications and is still fundraising.

“I just don’t want to lose mo-mentum,” Sernecky said. If the club misses this first session, she fears enrolment for the second session in the new year would be greatly down. Children would be enrolled in something else, or in gymnastics in Red Deer.

Council was sympathetic to

Sernecky and the club’s financial difficulty, acknowledging it as a catch-22; without children en-rolled there’s no money, and with-out equipment there’s no classes and thus no children.

While the town has in the past funded recreational facilities, such as the skate park, the key element involved in these funding situa-tions is that the venues have been public and freely available for use by anyone in town. The gymnas-tics club facilities would not meet that criteria.

“The last group we gave money to was the skate park,” Council-lor Malcolm Fischer said. “Any-one can use it. They can’t use the

gymnastics (facilities). Give (the money)? No. Loan? Yes.”

The idea of a loan to the club was generally well-thought of around the council table until Mayor Dick Richards pointed out that the Municipal Governance Act (MGA) expressly disallowed council from giving loans.

Councillor Al Campbell wanted to use money the town gave the Stettler Board of Trade, which the Board of Trade still has in savings, to fund the project. The money was given to the Board of Trade to develop local events, such as the Steel Wheel Stampede and the Pheasant Festival.

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A plane descends, eventually landing on the Stettler Airport runway, the pilot coming in for the Fly-in Breakfast on Monday, Sept. 7. Please see our

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It was a full day for the congregation at Stettler’s branch of the Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints (LDS) as they hosted a public barbecue and open house in the morning at the church and a full afternoon and evening of reunion events in Linda Hall.

The event was held to dis-pel myths and misconcep-tions about the LDS faith as well as to bring people of the church and community together, Don Seale, presi-dent of the Stettler branch, explained.

Many of the congrega-tion have scattered over the more than 50 years since the church was founded in

Stettler, he explained, and the gathering was meant to help bring them back to-gether, to celebrate life and the place of Jesus in it.

The church came togeth-er to plan, decorate, and ex-ecute the open house with friendly smiles, as the nurs-ery, primary classes, and groups for young men and women were explained and shown to those of the com-munity and the faith who came through for the open house.

The event involved ev-eryone who attended the church, Rob Spencer, a member of the church, said as he led tours. He would deliver tour-goers to an area of a church, and let the people within explain the exhibits that had, in many cases, been put together specifically for the event.

Outside, under gloomy and sometimes raining skies, members of the faith barbecued hotdogs for event goers, offering up the yummy summer treat with a side of potato chips, salad, and other munchies.

In the young men’s room,

boys demonstrated how to tie knots, one of the things they learn through the Boy Scouts program adapted for the LDS church. The church is one of the largest supporters of Boy Scouts in North America.

Down the hall, young women spoke about their projects, which they com-plete over a series of years. These projects are a dem-onstration of the different aspects they study over the years, including faith, divine nature, individual worth, knowledge, choice and accountability, good works, virtue, and integrity.

One young woman was building a book of quotes that she felt best described integrity, so she would have it to help keep her actions befitting the quotes she had gathered. Several young women had made books for their family, so they could have pre-made lessons that include scripture reading, music, discussion topics, and games at hand, combat-ing the busy lives they live.

The women’s relief soci-ety showed the works they

undertake as part of their study. The group for adult women work to support the church’s congregation and the local community.

In another room, the men talked about the importance of the church’s history, both of the congregation as a whole and of the individu-als within. Stations were set up to help with geneal-ogy tasks, as a large aspect of the faith is the ability to perform sacraments via proxy.

By being able to locate the past family of its wor-shippers and baptize them into the faith, the LDS con-tends it is giving the spirits of its members’ deceased ancestors the ability to learn about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and make the choice to believe and thus join God in heaven.

Later in the afternoon, after the open house, the re-union in Linda Hall brought together people from far and wide for a dinner and dance, a general evening of socializing where friends who had not seen each other in years could do so again.

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The youngest church-goers play with play-doh and have fun while the adults visit at the Stettler Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, Sept. 5. From left are Quinn Scott, Clark Gedlaman (hidden), Autumn Tanner, Aubrey Gedlaman, April Fedlaman, Brock Neitz and Taite Neitz.

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RCMP const. Glen Gabruch is now waiting to find out if he is guilty or not-guilty of common assault, after a two-day trial in Stettler.

Judge B. Fraser, who heard two days of testimony from witnesses, Crown and counsel, has yet to set a date when he will announce his decision in Gabruch’s case.

The assault charge stems from an incident in a 2013 arrest, where Gabruch threw the arrested individual to the floor. The Crown contends that Gabruch’s actions were unreasonable and therefore the action constitutes assault, while Gabruch said that the individual was belligerent, had stopped respond-ing to instructions, and was escalating towards a potential for violence. The action was performed to subdue the subject and de-escalate the situation.

The court heard that in the early morning hours of Nov. 30, 2013, Gabruch was riding with RCMP Const. Curtis Duples-sis when the two men noticed a vehicle parked on a service road parallel to Highway 12.

When the RCMP approached the vehicle, it began driving at a slow, and swerving pace, so Duplessis activated the lights and pulled the vehicle over. Inside the vehicle was Mark Sawatzky, the complainant in the case, and his two children.

Sawatzky was arrested and searched by Duplessis, and an arrangement for another constable to come and pick up the children was made. After the children were picked up, Duplessis took everyone back to the detachment and began to process Sawatzky.

The court saw, repeatedly, on security footage, Duplessis, Sawatzky and Gabruch enter the cell block hallway. There, Sawatzky turns in his unnecessary garments and items, turn-ing over shoes, belts, excess clothing and the like. At the time of arrest, Duplessis took from him medicine. He is again searched, this time by Gabruch.

The soundless video then shows Sawatzky gestured to sit on a bench, which he does, and Duplessis writing some notes.

Gabruch leaves the line of sight of the camera. After that, it appears that Duplessis offers Sawatzky the opportunity to use the phone room to contact a lawyer.

At this point, the unheard conversation becomes more ani-mated with Sawatzky gesturing. Gabruch returns, and as the conversation continues, Sawatzky stands. He is gestured to sit down by Gabruch and complies, and the conversation contin-ues, the gesturing on Sawatzky’s part becoming less pleading and more angry. He stands and is told to sit again, and begins to sit before standing again. At this point, Gabruch places his hands on Sawatzky’s shoulders to push him down onto the seat, and when Sawatzky resists, is tossed to the floor.

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Two break-ins in the County of Stettler in the past week have resulted in mul-tiple long-gun thefts, RCMP report.

The first theft was report-ed on Sept. 3, but happened some time earlier as the home owner had been away on vacation, RCMP Cpl. Ryan Koehli reported. The individual had a “gun room” in his home, which was kept locked, with the guns stored in a locked cabinet within.

“The door was smashed in and the cabinet pried open,” Koehli noted. “The good news is that the guns were recovered.”

Red Deer RCMP stopped a 37-year-old Red Deer man after a complaint and found him in his vehicle with the nine stolen guns, which were traced to the rural Botha break-in.

The man, whom police are not identifying, is being charged with nine counts of possession of a weapon ob-tained through crime as well as several breach of firearm prohibition conditions. Ad-ditional charges are pending

against the man in an unre-lated case.

On Sept. 5 in Gadsby, an individual or individuals, broke into a home and stole several guns and a safe. The home owner’s vehicle, a Dodge truck, was also sto-len and found north of town, burned out, Koehli said. The guns have not been recov-ered.

In this case, too, “every-thing was done properly” by the owner, who had locked up his firearms.

People need to lock up their weapons “to have a fighting chance” against thieves who break in, Koehli said. A lot of the cabinets, while meeting requirements, aren’t the most secure and wouldn’t withstand a deter-mined effort with a crowbar. Investing in a good cabinet is important, as is bolting down smaller safes to prevent them from being carried away.

Koehli said the two thefts aren’t the work of the in-dividuals in the previous gun thefts, as they are still in custody, and were before the thefts occurred in these cases.

Koehli noted that some

people have had late-night or early-morning visits from individuals looking to use the phone, purchase gas, or looking for vehicles for sale. He said that in today’s world, where almost everyone has cell phones, there’s usually very little need for people to come knocking on the door to say a vehicle’s broken down, and there’s need for a phone.

A suspicious visit like that in late August led to the ar-rests reported last week, Koehli noted.

“People know each oth-er (in the rural areas),” he said. “Be on the look out for strangers at odd times.”

He noted that he believed the very rural areas have been a target because of the small population, but he’s hoping someone saw some-thing that will be reported and lead to an arrest.

“Don’t worry about the time,” he said. “Just call us, or use Crime Stoppers.”

Other break-ins still happening

Over the night of Sept. 3-4, someone broke in to a location in Rochon Sands

Provincial Park, stealing an undisclosed amount of money. No one was at the location at the time of the theft, but as the park has only one entrance and exit, police are hoping a witness may have seen someone lurking around the park and have in-formation that may lead to an arrest.

On Labour Day, Monday Sept. 7, someone broke into a downtown Stettler home during the day. The break-and-enter was reported around 5 p.m., and happened earlier in the day when the home owner had stepped out.

According to Koehli, a window had been popped out, allowing the suspect or suspects entry, where they stole sports memorabilia, medicine, and money.

Slow long weekendPolice reported a well-

behaved final long weekend of the summer, with no inci-dents happening at the park in the lake other than the one theft. Police stopped a ve-hicle that they noticed was swerving around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5. The ve-hicle seemed to try to flee

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When the member ap-proached the vehicle, a strong odour of marijuana was noticed.

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hicle was arrested on an out-standing warrant, a 19-year-old male passenger was arrested on obstruction of a peace officer and possession of a prohibited substance, and the 22-year-old driver was not arrested. All three were from the Stettler area.

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Derelict building to come down this monthStacey Lavallie

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A building deemed der-elict by the provincial gov-ernment earlier this summer will be torn down by the end of September, if all goes to plan.

The teal-coloured build-ing on 50 Avenue, located next to the old Kent’s Cafe location, has been on the Town of Stettler’s bylaw ra-dar for more than four years now, according to bylaw enforcement officer Kevin Duval.

Duval, who has been with the town as its bylaw officer for five years, said that de-molition is the absolute last resort, and usually only tak-en when a building is a dan-ger to the community. It’s also a measure a community will take only if all other av-enues have been explored.

In this case, it started with a ticket more than four years ago, and progressed to the point where the town went to court for the injunction

allowing them to demolish the building. The court, af-ter hearing the town’s case, ruled in favour.

“We’ve been working on disconnecting the utilities,” Duval said. “There’s only electrical left.”

He said adjacent building residents and owners will be notified with the date, so they can be prepared for the vibration that accompanies a demolition. Local media will also be informed as road closures may need to be ad-vertised.

“At one point this build-ing was a business, with an apartment above,” Duval said, standing outside the building. The teal-coloured paint is peeling and paper on the windows show the yel-low and brown waves typi-cal of water damage.

He said that animals aren’t an issue with the building, as there’s not really anything inside to attract them, but the building itself, besides being an eyesore, can become a fire hazard if it continues to

be left in neglect.Located in Stettler’s his-

toric downtown, the building is virtually, if not complete-ly, flush with the neighbour-ing buildings, meaning that the risk of fire is not just for the derelict property, but the adjacent ones as well.

The building, at this point, is not safe for human occu-pation, Duval noted, dashing any hope that the owner, or a new owner, could restore it to some level of habitability.

“AHS (Alberta Health Services) has deemed it un-safe,” he said. Due to the water damage, mould is a rampant problem inside.

When the building comes down, he said that adjacent and nearby property own-ers and residents should keep their windows closed to keep out dust from the demolition, but that there is no real threat expected from the dust.

Bylaw to focus on nuisance properties

Every year the town’s by-

law department focuses on a different aspect of its en-forcement, and this year’s focus is on nuisance proper-ties, Duval said.

Last year, a focus on dog bylaws, including dogs run-ning loose, dog defecation, and dog leash bylaws was augmented by the offer-ing of free doggie-doo bag dispensers in the shape of a hydrant. The refillable con-tainer can be connected to a leash.

“We had a lot of success with the program,” Duval said. Dog waste bag dis-pensers were also installed in popular walking areas in the town, as well as the dog park.

Right now, Duval said the town has about five nuisance property investigations on the go, including the derelict building slated to be demol-ished.

The others aren’t, for the most part, in such a severe state.

Nuisance property inves-tigations begin only after an

attempt to remedy the issue with a home owner goes unresolved, Duval said. If someone complains about someone’s grass being too long, and Duval speaks with the subject grass’ owner and it’s mowed, the matter’s re-solved. It’s only if the owner doesn’t take any action to resolve the problem that it goes on.

Nuisance properties are unsightly and decrease the property value in the sur-rounding area, Duval said. It can be anything from aban-doned equipment in the front property, neglected yard work, or the building itself becoming run down.

There are a lot of reasons why properties become nui-sance, including the owner living out of the town or be-ing physically or financially unable to handle upkeep. In any case, the town is willing to work with the owner to address the problem.

“We don’t show up and hand out a ticket,” Duval said. “It’s only when we of-

fer suggestions and help and it goes nowhere will a ticket be levied.”

The initial fine for a nui-sance property is $300, and it goes up from there.

While there is no direct correlation between nui-sance property leading to crime, abandoned proper-ties are tempting targets to the homeless, vandals, and arsonists.

Duval called it the “broken window” system – where the property looks easier to damage or break into, and thus is appealing.

Nuisance properties, where the nuisance element is trash, can also pose a health risk to the community because of its ability to draw in animals – mice, crows, bears and coyotes, as well as local strays.

Many of these animals can pose a risk to family pets as well.

To make a complaint about unmaintained prop-erty in the Town of Stettler, phone 403-742-8305.

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Once Sawatzky begins to go down, Ga-bruch releases him, and comes around to the other side once the man is down to put a hand on his shoulder. At no time does the video show the complainant shoved or slammed into the floor, and it appears his head does not at any point touch the floor itself.

Words are exchanged and Duplessis comes over, pushing Gabruch back. Sawatz-ky stands, and he and Duplessis enter a cell.

Through testimony from the complainant, who later pleaded to driving while impaired, Duplessis and Gabruch, a picture was paint-ed of an impaired man who was detained and was relatively co-operative throughout most of the evening. It was only when he was asked if he wanted to phone a lawyer that things changed.

The complainant said that he had to go to the washroom, and was denied the op-portunity by RCMP. Duplessis, while on the stand, said he believed it was a stalling tactic on the part of the accused, who didn’t want to go on to do his breath test. Gabruch, while on the stand, said that the complainant had not indicated at any point that he had to use

the washroom until he was asked if he want-ed to phone a lawyer. He noted that many individuals seem to truly realize there will be consequences at this point, and he believes that is what happened with the complainant.

The complainant, in his testimony, said that his medication made him have to uri-nate more frequently, and he was going to wet himself if he wasn’t allowed.

The complainant’s recollection was two constables who were treating him callously and denying him his reasonable requests to go to the washroom, whereas both Duples-sis and Gabruch recall a man who became increasingly belligerent, making comments about Duplessis having “small man syn-drome.” Const. Dave Yome, who was called to the scene of the arrest to see to the towing of the complainant’s vehicle, had returned to the detachment and testified he could hear the complainant yelling from the bullpen.

When Sawatzky stood, began to sit, and stood again, Gabruch testified that he saw the motion as threatening and performed a “hands soft” restraining method, bringing Sawatzky “gently” to the floor.

Sawatzky became compliant for a time af-ter the throw, but testimony from the RCMP

said that he began being difficult again while in the cell, where he was allowed to use the facilities to relieve himself.

There were no visible injuries on Sawatz-ky, who was later released.

Sawatzky complained to the detachment commander, now-retired Sgt. Duncan Bab-chuk. Babchuk, who had not been familiar with the case, testified that he had looked up the case and then spoken with both con-stables, having Duplessis turn over the video to him so he could review it.

When questioned by Crown attorney Pho-tini Papadatou, Babchuk said he did not seek out the video himself as Const. Duplessis would have already collected it for the case being made against Sawatzky, to be turned over to defence for the impaired driving.

Papadatou spent a great deal of time fo-cused on the denial of the use of the wash-room and the dates the reports were filed. She even noted when Gabruch put on his gloves, asking if he was putting them on because he intended to put his hands on Sawatzky. Gabruch denied that, stating that he put his gloves on because the situation was escalating, and he wanted to be prepared for whatever happened.

Defense lawyer Paul Moreau repeatedly brought the attention back to the alleged assault, calling Sgt. Todd Leatherdal to the stand to testify as an expert witness in RCMP procedures on training and policy in use of force.

It was his conclusion, having reviewed the reports, the videos, and having been allowed to remain for all testimony, that Gabruch had acted within the confines of RCMP training and policy. However, he would not say if Gabruch’s actions were correct and appro-priate, as that was a matter for the judge to decide.

After the conclusion of testimonies, the judge reserved his verdict, advising both Crown and counsel that it would take time for him to review the information, exhibits, and testimony before making a decision. A date for that decision has not yet been set.

In the meantime, Gabruch continues to serve as an active RCMP constable in the Lloydminster detachment, where he was transferred after eight years in Stettler.

While the actual transfer happened af-ter the incident which spawned the assault charge, the order had been given prior to the arrest of Sawatzky.

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A healthy crowd of estate auc-tion hunters gathered on the Stet-tler Town and Country museum grounds on Tuesday, Aug. 26, to find their special new item to bring into their own homes.

Curator Wilda Gibbon, who died in May this year, bequeathed almost her entire estate to the museum, with which she was in-volved for more than 30 years.

For nearly 30 years, anyone coming into the Stettler Town and Country Museum would be cheer-fully greeted by Gibbon and her miniature dachshund Coco, who would help draw back the curtain of time on the Stettler area’s his-tory and people.

Her loss, shortly before her 90th birthday, was a blow not only to her family and colleagues at the museum, but to the museum itself.

Even in death, however, Gib-bon sought to ease that blow, leav-ing her household to the museum she loved in the hopes it would be sold off at a yard sale or two to raise money.

After discussion with the fam-ily, museum manager Karen Wah-

lund chose to have an auction. Stettler Auction Mart donated their time and services to hold the auction.

“They were all volunteer,” Wahlund said. “We had lots of people, the attendance was fairly good. Items seemed to sell for the right prices.”

The financial results of the auc-tion won’t be known for a bit yet, Wahlund said, but she noted that during the weeks leading up to the auction, and during the auction it-self, Gibbon’s presence lingered.

“It’s been tough at times,” she said. “We miss her.”

The money raised through the auction will go to helping support the museum’s exhibits, as well as a potential memorial for Gibbon.

The current front-runner in the memorial ideas is a gazebo where people can sit in the shade, or mu-sicians can play. Roses would be planted, as Gibbon was an avid gardener and loved roses.

The selection of items ranged from newer items to items that had several decades to their name. Bedroom suites, tables and chairs, couches and corner and coffee tables were augmented by sales of boxes of kitchen wares, books, and odds-and-ends.

The museum’s red barn was full up of items which were cleared by the volunteer auctioneers.

“They started at 6 (p.m.) and were done by about 8:30,” Wah-lund said. “Shortly past 9 (p.m.) we all went home.”

While Wahlund said she and staff are glad to see the big red barn empty and spacious once again, and corners of the office building returned to normal use, they’d much prefer to still have Gibbon with them.

“She was planning her 90th birthday celebration,” Wahlund recalled. “She was so excited, and she had sent out all the invita-tions, bought the necessary party things.”

“We miss her.”

File photoWilda Gibbon, left, tells the tale of artifacts on display to two young guests at the Stettler Town and County Museum in this undated photo. Gibbon passed away just months before her 90th birthday in May 2015, after spending more than 30 years volunteering at the museum.

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Logan Wilson and Patrick Ryan, employees at the Canalta Logan Wilson and Patrick Ryan, employees at the Canalta A&W have won scholarships while working at the restaurant.A&W have won scholarships while working at the restaurant.Wilson started his work tenure in 2009, working full-time Wilson started his work tenure in 2009, working full-time during summer and part-time during the school season, while during summer and part-time during the school season, while Patrick Ryan has been with the restaurant chain since 2012, Patrick Ryan has been with the restaurant chain since 2012, working part-time during summer and school season.working part-time during summer and school season.“We try to work with all our employees, especially students so “We try to work with all our employees, especially students so that they have fl exible hours and their school work, sports or that they have fl exible hours and their school work, sports or family time do not suff er,” said Dixie Orr, manager at A&W.family time do not suff er,” said Dixie Orr, manager at A&W.To apply for the Canalta A&W Scholarship program, To apply for the Canalta A&W Scholarship program, employees must be enrolled in high school or junior high employees must be enrolled in high school or junior high school at the time of application, and are eligible only after school at the time of application, and are eligible only after they have worked at least for a year with Canalta Foods they have worked at least for a year with Canalta Foods Services Ltd.Services Ltd.

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Who is responsible for the drowning deaths of two beautiful little boys, Ailan and Galib Kurdi and their mother Rehan?

Is it Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is trying to hang on to his seat using his military and em-ploying all sorts of savagery against the people of his own country?

Is it Islamic State, the jihadist entity trying to expand its territory in both Syria and Iraq, and succeed-ing despite the allegedly efficient air strikes of US-led coalition? Or is it Al Nusra Front or the others, the op-position groups fighting against the Assad regime with the support and arms provided by the US and other Western governments?

Is it the Gulf sheikdoms, led by Saudi Arabia and regional countries like Turkey that have supported Is-lamic State until recently in pursuit of their own domestic and regional interests, among them hurting Iran by weakening Bashar Assad, the only ally of the Shiite regime in

Tehran?Or is it the West, led by the US,

which knew and tacitly gave the green light to the Saudis and their followers by doing nothing to stop the efforts to undermine the Syrian leadership?

Now that the smiling eyes of the two young boys have been closed forever, there is suddenly an in-creased awareness of the plight of the hundreds of thousands of refu-gees; those little children have done more to create that global awareness than the United Nations, interna-tional NGOs, government spokes-people and the media combined.

Germany now says it will accept 800,000 migrants (for some reason the language in the world media changed and the new description for refugees has been transformed as if to say that these desperate people are willingly being displaced), Brit-ain very reluctantly agreed to take 20,000 over five years and France said it would take a few thousand

more than Britain although in a shorter period of time.

US appears to be in no mood to help the people it is at least partially responsible for whose forced migra-tion and in Canada, there is a lot of goodwill and enthusiasm to help ease the desperation, although not from the authority which matters, at least until October 19.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says accepting more refugees will not solve the problem and he is right, but the accuracy of his diag-nosis ends just there. Yes accepting more refugees will not solve the problem but bombing Islamic State won’t resolve it, either; actually it will only worsen it. Furthermore, the fact that accepting more refu-gees will not end the problem does not mean that the current disastrous situation should not be addressed to ease the suffering of the already dis-placed thousands.

It will be interesting to see whether the announcements by

some provincial leaders and mayors of big Canadian cities to the effect that they will accept refugees will be followed through or forgotten once the international outcry from little Ailan’s picture on the shore fizzles out.

What needs to be understood is that the current problems of the Middle East are the direct results of the Western/US strategy of using religion as a tool of foreign policy, dating way back to 1950s. During the Cold War, that tool was em-ployed to weaken Moscow’s control over the Asian part of the Soviet ter-ritory and following the end of it, the same tool is being used to create conditions conducive for US/West-ern intervention in Middle East with the ultimate goal of controlling the region’s energy resources.

In the meantime, those in the military-industrial complex keep drooling and ecstatically rubbing their hands.

– Mustafa Eric

Who really killed little Ailan?

Dear Editor,

I, too, feel for the little boy that drowned while his mother was attempt-ing to relocate him from the religious wars sur-rounding their homeland.

However, it should be

obvious to all that facili-tating their emigration, no matter how, no matter to where, will not solve the fundamental prob-lem.

They are being dis-placed or killed by the millions. Left unchecked,

the terror, the brutality will continue and spread. Mr. (Stephen) Harper understands the threat to the world. ISIS and its like must be stopped. They must not be allowed to exist. To them, the life of that dear little boy, his

family, their culture, is the enemy. So are we the enemy. We must stop the slaughter. Five, twenty, one hundred thousand immigrants won’t do it. We have lots of room in our great Canada for compassion. Get on with

it but don’t be blind to the fundamental problem.

Mr. Harper understands what the world needs to do. Let all help the world to do the right thing.

Edward BennettCounty of Stettler

– Letter to the editor–

Harper is right

Independent COLUMNSWednesday, September 9, 2015 The Stettler Independent

Quick - do you know the words to the official pro-vincial song of Alberta? I expect you don’t with most readers unaware that there even is an official song. Well there is and it’s called, not surprisingly, “Alberta”. It was made the official song by the legislature in 2001 in honour of the 2005 Alberta centennial. It was picked by a 13 person committee and it shows – there was no danger of it becoming a smash hit. But it is a pleasant tune filled with clichés and bromides about the glories of Alberta. Three other provinces have official anthem/songs: Newfoundland, PEI, and Ontario. Quebec has a sort of unofficial national song called “Gens du Pays” but it was never officially adopted, perhaps because it didn’t extoll the glories of Quebec. It does have a catchy melody and seems to bring tears to the eyes of Quebec separatists.

One thing the official provincial songs share is that they are all forgettable tunes. They don’t seem to cause an emotional tear, or send chills down your spine and none have that memorable reflective chorus line that unofficial songs all possess. For instance, few know that the provincial song of Newfoundland is “Ode to Newfoundland”. But if you were told that the unofficial song is “I’s the B’y” you would remember it, particu-larly if you heard it again. It is the same for Nova Scotia which has no official song, but everyone associates that province with the legendary song “Farewell to Nova Scotia”. BC has an unofficial song called “Summer Wages” by Ian Tyson. PEI has a provincial song writ-ten by Lucy Maud Montgomery of Green Gables fame. A noble tune but I expect more people would associ-ate PEI with that famous Stompin’ Tom Connors song “Bud the Spud”. The same goes for Ontario - their of-ficial song is a cheesy ditty called “A Place to Stand”. Stompin’ Tom knocks that tune out of the park with his legendary smash hit “Sudbury Saturday Night”. Now that’s a song about the real Ontario!

It’s the same at the national level - you would be for-given if you didn’t know that “Advance Australia Fair’ was the national anthem of Australia; that’s probably because most think the iconic “Waltzing Matilda” is the national anthem, but it’s not – it’s the much more fa-mous unofficial song. In England the official anthem is “God Save the Queen”. It’s an ok tune, but what really chokes up Brits and swells their pride is a rousing ren-dition of “Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves”. But I digress.

So what might be a more memorable song for Alberta that we will instantly recognize and make us feel proud to be Albertans? Well there are two songs that come to mind and you will probably recognize one if not both. The most familiar is “Four Strong Winds” by Ian Tyson; a close second is “Alberta Bound” by Gordon Lightfoot. You may recall either of those long before you remem-ber the official Alberta provincial song. I should men-

tion a couple of runner-ups for a new Alberta national anthem – “Alberta Alberta” by Eric Clapton a variation of a memorable old bluesy tune and another runner-up also called “Alberta Bound” by Paul Brandt.

So why don’t governments adopt the more popular unofficial songs of provinces and countries? Well, much of it has to do with the lyrics and themes of those well-known songs. It would seem most governments prefer their official anthems to extoll and wax on reflections that evoke images of the natural and human wonders and virtues of their regions and countries. That’s like listening to someone sing from a tourist brochure. The unofficial songs don’t pretend to be cheesy booster songs – they tug at your heartstrings and emotions as a national anthem should. Most relate to heartache, personal misery, adventure and the human condition – all of which people relate to. Few know that Waltz-ing Matilda is a song about an itinerant sheep shearer who hangs himself after being caught shooting a sheep – now there’s a real image of Australia. But who cares, it’s a great song about that country. Summer Wages is all about losing your hard earned pay whilst gambling in BC – that sort of reminds me of what happens to Al-berta tourists going to BC. But I digress.

I suggest Alberta take the bold step and proclaim “Four Strong Winds” our new Alberta national anthem. After all in your heart, you know it’s our song. I rest my case.

Alberta needs a new National Anthem

Canada’s unemploy-ment rate was at 6.8 per cent for six months, but recently rose to 7 per cent. I’ve spoken with several people recently who are looking for work. My heart goes out to them for their plight is not an easy one. This is espe-cially true for certain age groups who feel that they have neither the time nor the money to obtain train-ing for re-entry into the workforce.

A 2008 Gallup poll re-vealed that more than 50 per cent of people find their jobs unfulfilling and unsatisfactory. However most, if not all, embrace a new appreciation for the job they no longer have. Times like these cause us to re-examine the matter of work.

I grew up on a farm, so there was never any shortage of work. One of my friends said that we were “worked like hired men and paid like sons”.

If I have any regret from those days on my parents’ farm, it would be that that I didn’t work harder and with a more positive at-titude.

In the early 70s, about the time the word reces-sion was invented, I was laid off with the promise of recall. I brought my need for employment to our weekly prayer meet-ing. A well-meaning in-dividual, following the prayer time, came and reminded me that there were 1.4 million Cana-dians out of work. I re-minded him that I didn’t need 1.4 million jobs...just one. We don’t always have to look at the bigger picture.

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Some people have what I would consider to be a dis-torted view of work. They misinterpret Genesis 3, where God placed a curse upon this world and told Adam that he would have a perennial struggle with sweat on his brow and told Eve that labor pains were not going to be pleasant. However, it was not work that was cursed, but the world into which sin had entered.

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“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might...” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).

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Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER

On a Friday evening after five, there is a steady ebb and flow of patients at the Stettler Medical Clinic on Main Street, a reflection of the much-needed arrival of Dr. Marvin Bailey in town.

Coming to Canada and “making the big move” has been time consuming but very worth it, according to Bailey.

“There’s a lot of paper-work, tests, and then a final exam of five hours, which is very expensive and tough,” said Bailey. “It is the same exam that the medical stu-dents here write as their fi-nal exam.”

Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Bailey attended the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, where he completed his medical degree.

After graduating from medical school, Bailey worked for the government of South Africa for three years as an intern at the Ka-lafong Hospital in Pretoria.

“It’s a pretty large gov-ernment hospital with 1,000 beds,” said Bailey. “That’s where I went through with all the rotations and com-pleted the mandatory gov-ernment internship, before becoming a medical offi-cer.”

Thereafter, Bailey worked in different areas of medicine, before starting private practice as an emer-gency medicine doctor in the town of Mpumalanga, something similar to what he hoped to do in Canada.

“I managed the hospital single-handedly along with five to six nurses,” said Bailey. “With the drainage area of the hospital almost 200,000 it was quite an ex-perience as I was the only doctor-on-call.”

Looking back, Bailey thinks it was one of the most challenging, as well as exciting phases of his career, which helped him to gain a lot of experience.

“It was the bridge before coming to Canada,” said Bailey.

In October 2014, when

Bailey visited Stettler for the first time for two weeks, he fell in love with the town.

“The very minute my fi-ancée Leanne Starke and I arrived in Stettler, we received a very warm wel-come from the town,” said Bailey. “The people were so accommodating of all our needs and had gone through so much effort just to show us around and help us to learn about the community.”

Being touched and over-whelmed by the first visit helped Bailey choose Stet-tler over any other town in Canada.

“The doctors in Stet-

tler are excellent medical professionals,” said Bai-ley. “Although some of the doctors are overworked because of the volume of patients’ needs, they are so dedicated to what they do and display a rare example of professionalism.”

Moving forward, Bailey thinks that it is important to distribute the “workload” more “evenly and efficient-ly”.

“We are looking into getting more doctors, to expand our team, so that we can provide adequate care for all our patients in Stettler.”

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Sharebear Playschool will be opening two weeks later on Sept. 28, instead of the earlier announced date of Sept. 14 because of construction delays and incompletion of acquisition of permits.

With the purchase of a new facility and zoning requirements, besides inspection and other code-specific guidelines that had to be met for playschool, the process took longer than expected.

“Sharebear board and staff have been communicating on a regular basis and on Friday, Sept. 4, we met with the individu-als and agencies involved to make a deci-sion on the opening date,” said Lynne Pot-ter, teacher at the playschool. “It was then decided we would push back open house to Sept. 28 because we wanted to ensure we had enough time to finish renovations, and have all necessary inspections completed before opening doors.”

Although the open house date had been chosen as early as April 2015, even before the purchase of the new facility, liasing and getting the project permits in place have taken some time.

Potter added, “We have had five months to find a new facility, ensure zoning, move contents, and complete all renovations, meeting code requirements, and it is our be-lief it will be worth the wait.”

With a social-media savvy community, Sharebear Playschool has already posted a Facebook update informing parents of the

delay on Saturday, Sept. 5, but will ensure that they get in touch with those parents, who have not responded to the update.

This is the fourth year for Sharlene Huska and her family with Sharebear.

One of the parents who responded to the delay, Huska will be sending her daughter Eden Huska to playschool this year and did not seem to be worried about the delay of two weeks.

“I know the dates have been pushed for starting this year but the wait will definite-ly be worth it,” said Huska. “I trust in the teachers and the board that this was the best decision for our children, to provide a safe finished new school for our little ones.”

For Ruby MacDonell, whose three-year old son Vance MacDonell will be starting with Sharebear this year, it is a homecom-ing of sorts.

“My mother had chosen Sharebear for my sibling and I 25 years ago,” said Mac-Donell. “I am very excited that my child gets to go to the same playschool I did.”

“I know that the playschool has moved locations and within such a short time they have had to do major renovations, so this delay is really minor,” said MacDonell. “The kids will still get the same amount of school in the end and I’m sure they won’t even know the difference.”

Sharebear Playschool’s open house will be held on Monday, Sept. 28 from 3 to 5 p.m., with tours of the new facility running every half hour and refreshments being served.

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Rick StrankmanMLA DRUMHELLER-STETTLER

In the previous column I This past week, two members of the Notley government made public statements about spend-ing and debt. The first came from Finance Minister Joe Ceci, who indicated that the government is going to spend $8-$9 billion more this year than it will collect in taxes, fees, and royalties. Wildrose Finance Critic Derek Fildebrandt said his calculations put the shortfall at $9.1 billion. Overall, Ceci said, the NDP plans to spend more than $50 billion.

No Alberta government has ever spent $50 billion. As re-cently as the fiscal year ending in 2007, provincial spending was less than $30 billion. The interest on provincial debt will cost taxpayers over $800 million this year.

When politicians and the news media start talking about the millions and billions that are being spent, borrowed, or sometimes wasted, many of us get lost in the numbers. Most Canadians don’t write million-dollar cheques. Individuals and their families buy farms, businesses, and homes—but not regularly. And very few of us even know anyone capable of writing a billion-dollar cheque.

The gap between spending a million and spending a bil-lion is enormous. If a government department is spending at the rate of a dollar a minute, it takes 23 months to plough through a million dollars. Spending a billion dollars at the same rate would take 1,900 years. And remember, Alberta’s NDP government is running a one-year shortfall of $9.1 bil-lion. At the rate of a dollar a minute, it would take 17,000 years to eat through that much money. At $100 per minute, it would take 170 years.

The one thing Minister Ceci never mentioned is that Alberta’s government has grown way too expensive. This year, the NDP will spend nearly $50,000 for every family of four in the province. (The actual number is calculated at $48,112.16.) Yet according to Ceci, there is absolutely no way that the Notley government will trim the size of Alber-ta’s civil service. Apparently, he thinks a top-heavy govern-ment should cause every Alberta taxpayer to heave a sigh of relief.

The second statement made this week about government spending and debt was trumpeted by Bruce Hinkley, the NDP MLA from Wetaskiwin-Camrose. Hinkley said that or-

dinary people get mortgages to buy homes (and think it’s an okay thing to do), so why shouldn’t the Notley government go into debt to spend money on programs.

Hinkley looks right past the fact that government debt and mortgages are worlds apart. When families obtain a mortgage they gain ownership of an asset that generally in-creases in value. Monthly payments build equity and pile up net worth. The property can be sold and converted to cash. Parents and grandparents can use the equity to pay for re-tirement, or else leave it to their estate. Their beneficiaries receive the accumulated value of the asset.

When governments borrow and spend, there’s no mar-ketable asset. There’s only debt. It’s like using a credit card to buy pizza. Even when governments borrow to spend on bridges and highways rather than programs, the debt is still not connected to a marketable asset. It’s a liability. Mort-gages can be liquidated. Houses can be sold. Who buys used government bridges and worn-out highways?

All things considered, it is irresponsible for the NDP to claim that government debt is the same thing as a home mortgage. It’s not.


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Gwynne DyerTHINK GLOBALLY

US Secretary of State John Kerry has just phoned Rus-sian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warning him not to “escalate the conflict” by in-creasing Moscow’s military support for the beleaguered Syrian regime. He stamped

his foot quite hard, telling Lavrov that his government’s actions could “lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk con-frontation with the anti-Isil coalition operating in Syria.”

What the Russians have ac-tually done, so far, is to send an advance military team to

Damascus of the sort that is normally deployed to prepare for the arrival of a much larg-er military force. They have also sent an air traffic control centre and housing units for its personnel to a Syrian air-base.

It suggests that Moscow is getting ready to go in to save

President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. It has given Assad diplomatic support, financial aid and some weapons over the course of the four-year-old Syrian civil war, but it will take more than that to save him now. That would include at least an airlift of heavy weapons, but maybe also direct Russian air sup-port for Assad’s exhausted troops.

They need it. Since the fanatical fighters of “Islamic State” (or Isil, as the US State Department calls it) captured Palmyra in central Syria in May, they have advanced steadily westward from their new base.

One month ago they cap-tured the mostly Christian town of al-Qaratayn, north-east of Damascus. (The in-habitants fled, of course). And now IS forces are within 30 km. of the M5, the key highway that links Damascus with the other parts of Syria that remain under govern-ment control.

The jihadis captured Pal-myra, by the way, because the “anti-Isil coalition” – the US Air Force, in practice – did not drop a single bomb in its defence. It made at least a thousand air strikes to save Kobani, the Kurdish city on the border with Turkey that was besieged by IS fighters, because the Kurds were US allies. Whereas Palmyra was defended by Assad’s soldiers, so the US let Islamic State have it.

One can imagine Kerry’s (and Obama’s) horror at the idea that by defending Pal-myra they would be seen as protecting Assad’s brutal regime, but if Islamic State

troops manage to cut the M5 it will be seen as a sign of the regime’s impending de-feat. At that point, up to half the people who still live in government-controlled areas – around 17 million – may panic and start trying to get out of Syria.

They would obviously in-clude the religious minorities (Christians, Alawites, Druze), some 5 million people who have good reason to fear slav-ery, rape and murder at the hands of Islamic State. The millions of Sunni Muslims who have served the Syr-ian government and its army would also be at risk. So let’s say 4 or 5 million more refu-gees pouring out across Syr-ia’s borders, to join the 4 mil-lion who have already fled.

What they left behind would be a Syria entirely controlled by the extremists. The only remaining question would be whether the jihadis roll on through behind the refugees, overrunning Leba-non and Jordan as well, or whether they fall to fighting among themselves.

All three major Islamist groups – Islamic State (which Turkey and Saudi Arabia no longer support), and the al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham (which they still do) – are virtually identical in their ideology and their ultimate goals. However, they have some tactical differences, and Islamic State and al-Nusra fought a quite serious turf war last year, so maybe they will get distracted again. But even if they do, Syria will be gone.

This is what the Russians see coming, and they may be willing to try to stop it. When asked on Friday if Moscow

intended to get involved di-rectly in the Syrian fighting, Russian President Vladimir Putin would only say that the question was “premature”. Nobody, including the Rus-sians, likes Assad’s regime, but it is the least bad remain-ing option.

ndeed, it is the only alter-native left to a jihadi victory. Most of the “moderate” anti-regime rebels went home or fled abroad years ago, unable to match the jihadis in fire-power, in money or in fright-fulness. The notion that the US can now create a moder-ate “third force” able to defeat both the jihadis and the Assad regime is a shameful face-saving fantasy

Moscow used diplomacy to save the Obama admin-istration from itself two years ago, when Washington was getting ready to bomb Assad’s forces in response to a (possibly spurious) allega-tion that they had used poison gas on civilians. The only way Russia can avert disaster this time, however, is to put its own air force into the fight – and maybe its own ground troops too.

If it does, the key question will then be whether the Unit-ed States lets Russia do the job that it is too fastidious to do itself, or whether it gives in to the clamour of its Turk-ish and Saudi allies – and they would be clamouring – to “stand up” to the Russian intervention.

Since the United States doesn’t actually have a co-herent strategy of its own, it’s impossible to predict how it will respond. For all Kerry’s bluster, they don’t know yet in Washington either.

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The loud, rumbling, gusting thunderstorm that blew threw Stettler on Wednesday, Sept. 2, had some people running for cover while others reached for their cameras.

According to meteorol-ogist Bill McMurtry, who works for Environment Canada, fears of a tor-nado spawning from the storm were unfounded.

“We didn’t see any ro-tation in the storm,” he explained. “It was an out-flow wind event.”

McMurtry explained that in an outflow wind event, wind from the storm flows downward and when it hits the ground, it fans out – sort of like how water, dropped from a height, will splash out to the sides.

The effect is strongest on its leading edge, which in the Stettler area pro-duced 98 km/h winds – more than strong enough to blow heavy wooden chairs off a deck, McMur-try said.

“This sort of storm is fairly typical in the sum-mer severe weather sea-son,” McMurtry noted, adding that September is still within that season.

The noise of the storm was likely caused by the wind and the debris picked up by the wind, the dust and dirt and gravel, branches and like, bang-ing into things or each other in the wind.

“It can be even louder when there’s hail,” Mc-Murtry said.

Despite the fierce and growling winds, the rain recorded at the Stettler weather station only saw 1.8mm of rain collected,

a bare pittance. However, McMurtry acknowledged that with a storm mov-ing as fast as this one did, rainfall would be very variable over the distance travelled by the storm.

McMurtry said the storm was moving at about 50-60 km/hr, and was experienced in vari-ous areas of the province.

Town staff was busy the next day cleaning up downed branches, as were many homeowners, who also had to contend with debris blown into their yards as well as damage to yard ornaments, play-houses and the like.

The storm lasted less than an hour and blew in around 4 p.m.

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“Why are we even talking about it?” he asked council. “That’s what the money is there for.”

The mayor disagreed, say-ing that while the Board of Trade’s mandate would defi-nitely apply to helping de-velop the gymnastics club, the use of money in savings specifically set aside for set-ting up events would not be proper.

Another option put forward by town staff was to purchase the equipment outright, and either renting it to the club, or engaging in a rent-to-own program with the club.

In the end, Councillor Fischer put forward a mo-tion to buy $10,000 worth of the equipment. A friendly amendment from around the table bumped the number to $12,000, so the council and club wouldn’t have to deter-mine what the town owned or did not own. The friendly amendment was accepted, and council – less Sernecky, who recused herself from voting – unanimously agreed to buy the equipment.

McImpressedThe owner of the newly

built McDonalds, Gurpreet Takhar, made quite the im-pression on the town’s mayor, councillors, and staff during its private opening for Mc-Donald’s staff, families, and local dignitaries.

The employment drive en-gineered by Takhar to staff the two in-town McDon-ald locations has resulted in between 60-70 jobs, and at full employment, council said Takhar hopes to employ roughly 80 people.

The safety inspections, sanitary practices and auto-mation levels also caught the eye of council and staff, who had a full walk-through of the kitchen, staff area and public restaurant.

Alberta 55+ gamesStettler was invited to ap-

ply as host for the Alberta 55+ games in 2017, two years from now.

Council seemed to unani-mously like the idea of host-ing the games, as the town already has the facilities in place from when it played host to the Alberta Summer Games several years ago.

Councillor Fischer, who was part of the Summer Games organizing commit-tee, said he didn’t know if Stettler could pull it off today.

He said that while yes, the town has the facilities neces-sary for such an event, which would bring in a few thou-sand people to the town, and while yes, the event would be good for local economy, the event itself rode on the back of volunteers.

Given that council had just heard that the Pheasant Fes-tival was in need of volun-teers for next month, and that

other groups were struggling to find volunteers, Fischer didn’t know if the town could round up enough people with the dedication to put in two years of volunteer work.

“People want to be per-sonally asked,” Councillor Sernecky noted. “You can have the need published in the newspaper or played on a radio, and they won’t do something. If you call them, though, they’ll be on board.”

In the end, council decided that they themselves would not apply, but they’d speak to the local 55+ group to see if they’d be interested in spear-heading the project, which they’d then support as they could.

Pheasant Festival needs volunteers

The second annual Pheas-ant Festival kicks off next month, and more than a hun-dred hunters have already registered to take part. As part of the festival, hundreds of pheasant hens are released into the wild to help populate the local pheasant population.

The festival is in urgent need of volunteers, however. Anyone interested in volun-teering can phone the Stettler Board of Trade.

AUMA preparationsCouncil will be heading to

the Alberta Urban Munici-palities Association (AUMA) conference soon, and Mayor Richards warned councillors to stick to the topics approved

by council.“Unless you have specific

instruction or support from council, nothing of a personal nature should come up.”

Richards invited council-lors to bring up topics and Councillor Campbell imme-diately brought up the con-dition of Highway 12 going through town.

The road was recently re-paired and resealed by the province, but Campbell said he had received several com-plaints regarding the quality of the work.

“It’s very untidy,” he said. “It’s not well cleaned-up.”

Campbell wasn’t the only one to receive complaints, Councillor Fischer added.

Council was advised that the roadwork on Highway 12 was not repaving, but instead repair and reseal.

“I think with the work done on Highway 56, people ex-pected the same for Highway 12,” Richards said.

“The province invested $2 million into the highway and we haven’t seen money like that invested in a long time,” he continued. He said that if councillors went to AUMA and complained about the money spent, it could send the wrong message to the province.

CAO Greg Switenky ad-vised council that staff were currently working on a list of issues to bring to council so it could be decided what topics council wanted to tackle at the provincial meeting.

Council moves to support gym club


Members of Stettler’s Flying Club watched the weather with a bit of trepi-dation over the long week-end, but other than a quick shower Monday morning, the rain kept away.

The windy and overcast weather kept some fliers and members of the com-munity away from the an-nual Labour Day Fly-in Breakfast, which is held every labour day by the fly-ing club. This year, it fell on Sept. 7.

This year’s breakfast had a surprise, special segment, as the club honoured long-time member John Wittwer. Wittwer, now approach-ing his 90s, volunteers his hours maintaining the Stet-tler Airport.

“John was actually a farmer in the area, for a number of years,” club President Cam Andres ex-plained. “He started off crop-dusting...flying out of his farm strip. He used a Piper Cub, then he bought a bigger, commercial spray-ing plane.”

That Piper Cub, bought in 1975, was recently sold by Wittwer. The restored plane was the basis of the plaque made by Andres to honour Wittwer, which was revealed to the crowded hangar of breakfast seekers and Wittwer, who looked surprised and a bit embar-rassed by the attention.

This year’s weather wreaked havoc on the num-bers of attendees, but An-dres said the event was still great. The furthest fly in was either from near Medi-cine Hat or just north of Edmonton – Andres said he wasn’t sure which ended up being the furthest.

Twenty-six planes landed on the airport, well down from the usual hundred or so, but the support was still strong for the community event, weather not-with-standing.

“We’ve had people who’ve flown in from Victoria (B.C.),” he said. “They’ve flown over the

mountains to come. We’ve had people come in from central Saskatchewan. From the north, we’ve had people come in from Peace Country. When the weath-er’s nice, people make a day of it.”

This year marked the 38th anniversary of the breakfast. For Jay and Lynne Bell, fly-ing in to different airports for events like this has been a great way to enjoy flying and learn more about the airports in the area.

The pair, who flew in from Olds, Alta., split al-most as soon as they hit the tarmac, with Lynne going for breakfast and Jay, the pilot, heading to investigate the other planes and chat with other pilots.

“Stettler puts on a great breakfast,” Lynne Bell said. “We try to come every year.”

The pair flew in on an RV-7A, a home-built kit-plane.

“We built it together as a family,” Lynne Bell ex-plained. She, her husband, and their children Kelsey, Ian and Elyse helped put the plane together. While Jay is the only pilot, and a hobby-ist pilot, Lynn and Ian have gone flying with him in the small plane before.

Henry Johnson, a mem-ber of the flying club, ap-preciates people like the Bells, who fly in every year. He also noted that the event would be nowhere as fun without the community support.

“We’re very lucky to have the support we have from our community,” he said. “Sometimes we’ll have 150 planes fly in, but serve 600 breakfasts.”

Involving the community in the breakfast was some-thing the club planned from the start, Andres said.

“We could have done it for just the pilots and the club,” he said. “But this is a venue for the people in the community to come and see what’s going on at the air-port. We find they love to come and see the planes fly in and out.”

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If you asked average Ca-nadian families what their largest expense is, many would probably say: hous-ing. And, you can’t blame them. Mortgage and rental payments are a painful monthly reminder of how much we pay for this basic necessity.

But what if we told you that the average family’s largest expense is, in fact, taxes?

When we say taxes, we don’t just mean income taxes. We’re talking about all the taxes you pay to all levels of governments (federal, provincial, and local). This includes both visible and hidden taxes - everything from income

taxes, which are less than a third of the total, to payroll taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, health taxes, fuel taxes, vehicle taxes, im-port taxes, alcohol taxes, and many more.

In a recent report pub-lished by the Fraser Insti-tute, we track the total tax bill of the average Cana-dian family from 1961 to 2014.

For 2014, we estimate that the average Canadian family (including unat-tached Canadians) earned $79,010 in income and paid $33,272 in total taxes - or 42.1 per cent of income - while just 36.6 per cent went to food, clothing, and shelter combined. Indeed, Canadian families spend more on taxes than the ba-sic necessities of life.

But it wasn’t always this

way.Back in 1961, the first

year we have calculations, the average family paid a much smaller portion of its household income in taxes (33.5 per cent) while spending proportionately more on the basic necessi-ties (56.5 per cent).

In fact, since 1961, we find that the total tax bill increased by 1,886 per cent, dwarfing increases in shelter costs (1,366 per cent), clothing (819 per cent), and food (561 per cent). Even after ac-counting for inflation (the change in overall prices), the tax bill shot up 149.2 per cent over the period.

And now taxes eat up more income than any oth-er single family expense.

So why should Canadi-ans care?

With more money going to the government, fami-lies have less to spend on things of their own choos-ing, whether it’s a new car, technological gadget, or family vacation. They also have less money available to save for retirement and their children’s education, or to pay down household debt.

While there’s no doubt that taxes help fund impor-tant government services, the issue is the amount of taxes that governments take compared to what we get in return. With 42 per cent of income going

to taxes, Canadians might wonder whether they are getting the best value for their tax dollars.

Are we paying too much, too little, or just the right amount? That’s up to you and your family to decide.

But to make an informed assessment, you must have a complete understanding of all the taxes you pay. Unfortunately, it’s not so straightforward because the different levels of gov-ernment levy such a wide range of taxes - with many taxes buried in consumer prices and hard to discern. Therein lies the value of

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edge, we can hold our gov-ernments more account-able for the resources they extract from taxpayers and continue a public debate about the overall tax bur-den, the amount and scope of government spending, and whether we’re getting our money’s worth.

Charles Lammam and Milagros Palacios are co-authors of the Fraser Insti-tute report, The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2015, available at www.fraserin-stitute.org

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Rain, lots of rain, fell on our area at the weekend bringing the harvest to a standstill. Some say it’s for the birds, and it could be. Hunting season for ducks and geese started last week.

The Walker and Kent families gathered last weekend at Content Bridge to celebrate Lisa Kent’s 40th birthday. Have a great year, Lisa!

Congratulations to Chris and Amber ( Creasey ) Hansel on the birth of their first child, a 7 lb. 1 oz. baby boy, Gavin Christo-pher, born on Aug. 31 in Bonnyville. Proud grand-parents are Dick and Ann Creasey as well as Lyn and Marina Hansel. Gavin has two sets of great-grandpar-ents: Joe and Maxine Han-sel and Gordon and Mari-lyn Keibel.

Congratulations to Clint and Lea Ashbacher on the arrival of a son, Levi Dale, born on Sept. 4 in Towns-ville, Queensland, Aus-

tralia. This is the seventh grandchild for Darrel and Wendy Ashbacher.

Word has been received on the passing of Dorothy Thoen in Kamloops, BC on Aug. 23. Dorothy was the youngest and the last of the family of 10 children born to George and Agnes Knee-land. She was 85 years of age. Several family mem-bers attended the services.

Sympathy goes out to the Fletcher family on the passing of Vern. A double funeral service for Vern and Shirley was held at the Castor Hall on Sept. 7.

Castor and district FCSS will be sponsoring a couple of musical enter-tainment days open to all ages. HOJA, a Canadian

acappella musical group will perform at the Castor Hall on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 7 pm. Then on the after-noon of Oct. 8, the Popov-ich family entertainers will be at the Halkirk Hall.

The Halkirk Seniors’ Centre will start the new season with a potluck sup-per on Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. Senior Bingo will com-mence on Sept. 15 at 1:30 p.m. and be held every two weeks. Anyone wishing to rent the centre for a small gathering should contact Jacquie Dietrich at 884-2565.

Halkirk Prairie Short Line Club has the train running on Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. when the RR crossing lights are flash-ing. Stop by for a visit. They’ve done a great job.

COW (classroom on wheels) will be at the vil-lage office on Sept. 23. COW bus is full of fun ac-tivities for children, but ev-eryone, including seniors, is welcome to tour.

Tickets are still available for the Elks’ annual Oyster Fry and White Elephant sale on Oct. 17.

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Our regular programs are getting started again for their fall/winter/spring run. Read and Rhyme is back for Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Join our new rhymer Kay-la for a great time with you and your tots.

I realize that school just got started, but why not get a jump on the concepts before you fall behind with free tutoring at the Stettler Public Library on Tuesdays starting Sept. 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. We pro-vide all the help that you could need with a highly qualified educator.

We are pleased to be back in Erskine for Some-thing Cool after School on Fridays starting Sept. 11 at 2:30 p.m.; a great way to spend an afternoon craft-ing, reading and having fun at the Erskine School.

It is time to get creative with bricks on Saturdays from 1 to 4 pm with the LEGO Club. Play with the library’s LEGO and cre-ate some incredible builds using the library’s guide books or just your imagi-nation. Hey mom, you won’t have to pick up the LEGO.

We celebrate the 80s from Tuesday, Sept. 15 to Friday Sept. 18 with 80s Double Feature Week. Come to the Stettler Public Library for back-to-back

movies from the fabulous decade of the 80s. Movies show at 4 and 6:15 p.m. Tuesday—E.T. and The Outsiders; Wednesday—The Dark Crystal and Risky Business; Thurs-day—The Goonies and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure; Friday—The Princess Bride and Ferris Beuller’s Day Off. Every-one welcome and there will be free popcorn.

Join us on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. for Tech Time for Seniors. Do you need advice on apps? Have a new gadget or need general help with technol-ogy? Drop by the library for one-on-one assistance.

It will be, like, totally awesome on Saturday Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. for the Stettler Public Library’s 80s Glamour Party. We are totally celebrating the 80s. Come and join in some karaoke of tubular hits of the decade; make a scrunchie; get a radical 80s makeover and try out our photobooth. Everyone welcome because it will be, like, wicked.

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

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Wednesday, Sept. 2, was a very ex-citing day as our students returned to school with great joy, new clothes and an array of school supplies. The smiles and giggles of nearly 600 students is indeed a very joyous sound. Students rushed through the doors to find out who their teacher would be and then headed to the classrooms to discover their new classmates. We were privileged to have our Superintendent, Peter Barron at the doors also helping out. Once inside the classrooms, students learned the rou-tines and began their learning journey very quickly. The Grade 6 students (and teachers) have adjusted to being a part of the elementary school very quickly.

Our kindergarten students had a drop-in day on Wednesday, Sept. 2, and then have been part of the traditional stag-gered start since that time. This allows our teachers to focus on small groups of students, and help those students to adjust to being at school, before the entire class attends together. With the staggered start, Thursday, Sept. 10, will end up being the first full day of kin-dergarten for our five-day students. As well, we are very excited about the Start Right Playschool that will be a part of our school this year. Our program is

nearly filled to capacity, however, we do have a few spaces left and there will be an open house on Wednesday and Thursday morning this week to show-case the brand new facility. The open house will be from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and is open to anyone who would like to visit this new space.

We held our opening assembly on Fri-day, Sept. 4, and our students were en-tertained by the tremendously talented trio of the school administrators. Prin-cipal, Sharon Fischer and Vice Princi-pals, Jeff Lee and Kate Syson sang their version of Carly Rae Jepson’s “I Really, Really Like You.” Changing words to express how they felt about the student body, welcoming them back to school, and reminding students of The Seven Habits journey. Their version was en-titled, “We Really, Really Missed You.”

Upcoming events at the school in-clude the start of swimming lessons, our school open house at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 17, and our first school council meeting is scheduled for Sept. 14, at 7:30 p.m. All parents are invited and encouraged to attend the school council meetings, as this is where many deci-sions are made and it is a great opportu-nity to have a voice in what goes on at the school. Please feel free to come out and join us.

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Stettler Panthers has been practicing rigorously throughout the past week ahead of their first pre-season against Red Deer Hor-nets in Stettler on Saturday, Sept. 12.

With only six players from last year and the rest being all new recruits, Panthers will have to figure out a game plan.

“I feel we’ll know more after there first game,” said Zeke Ryan, coach and offensive coordinator. “We’ve been working hard and these young gentleman are amazing.”

Ryan added that Panthers would be going with a new offensive scheme, which he thinks would work well.

Ernie Shireff, coach and defensive coordinator said, “My ex-pectations are always simple, I expect the boys to practice hard, play hard and have fun.”

Having coached the Stettler Cougars for over a decade, Shireff has the Panthers under him this season, along with Ryan.

“It will be a very tough first game,” said Shireff.Anticipating tough competition from Red Deer and later in the

season, Lacombe, Panthers are getting ready for the Saturday face-off.

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Stettler Wildcats had their first game of the season in St. Albert on Thursday, Sept. 3, against the home team St. Albert Skyhawks, losing with a score of 10-0.

“Our game on Thursday night in St. Albert went very well for us,” said Stettler Wildcats head coach Norbert Bahrally. “We did not win, but our guys played extreme-ly well and composed for our first game of the year.”

According to Baharally, although the score reflects a 10-0 loss for the Wildcats, the match was a lot closer.

It was 0-0 with 15 seconds left in the first half when Skyhawks scored their first major score and a conversion to go up 7-0 at half time.

Then in the second half was “a defensive battle” and pretty much the same as the first half.

“We had our chances on offence to score but just could not capitalize at key moments and we had chanc-es to make big plays but we

either missed the receiver or we dropped the ball,” said Baharally.

For the Wildcats it was “a positive experience” to be able to compete with such a high-calibre provincially recognized program.

Going into the game with only 23 players dressed, Wildcats did not have a lot of depth.

Besides, there were two of the starting linemen, Chase Walton and Ty McCann and one of the starting slotbacks, Kyle Lawrence sitting out due to injuries.

Some notable first year players that played well were, Will Whiteside, Grady Thomson, Drew Cassidy, Zack Werbowesky and Kam Bainbridge.

Returning players that had a strong game includ-ed, Jordan Lane, Russell Steen, Hunter Berger, Clay-ton Page, Keegan St. Denis, Jeremy Kirk, Tyler Matchett and Jens Lohmann.

Wildcats will face Ponoka Broncs next in Ponoka on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 4.30 p.m.

Stettler Wildcats suffer their firstsetback against St. Albert

Stettler Panthers anticipate lead over Red Deer Hornets in their first season game this weekend

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Terry Burks, #4, and Russel Steen, #9 of Wildcats tackle the St Albert ball carrier as Hunter Berger #42 rushes to help teammates during the Wildcats’ season opener road game on Sept. 3.


Stettler Panthers practice rigorously as they prepare to take on Red Deer Hornets in their first game on Saturday, Sept. 12 in Stettler.

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Stettler Lightning out-shot Mountain View Colts 50-27, in a 5-2 win with two goals from Dylan Houston and some timely saves from Jordan Mc-Callum in their first pre-season on Friday, Sept. 4 in Stettler.

However, on Saturday, Sept. 5 Colts equalized the pre-seasons by win-ning the second game 4-2, despite a two-goal effort from Logan Davidson, as Lightning decided to give a night of rest to eight of the key players.

“I think it was a solid weekend for us,” said coach Gavin Brandl. “On Friday, we had a lot of en-ergy right from the get-go and our speed and depth was evident as we were able to hem the Colts in their own end for large portions of the game.”

For the second game in

Three Hills, Lightning-coaching staff decided to rest some of the players to avoid risking injuries this early in the season.

Brandl added that, with

a shorter bench, it was evi-dent that “our conditioning needs to improve, but that is to be expected at this point.”

With “solid goaltending

both nights”, Brandl was very pleased overall with Lightning’s performance.

Dylan Houston, who scored two goals in the first game will be key this

season and a major part of the Lightning attack, ac-cording to Brandl.

Tyler Wagner and Ki-eran Rost are two rookies that came up from the lo-cal midget program and are expected to be major contributors, as Lightning will lean heavily on over-agers.

Coach Brandl’s expecta-tion for this season is for Lightning to make an ap-pearance at provincials in Red Deer next spring.

“With the host team be-ing from our league, we have to win the Heritage League championship to

earn a berth to provin-cials,” said Brandl. “It is a big challenge, but we have a very dedicated and talented group and I think they are up for it.”

Speaking of new tactics on ice, Brandl is especially excited about some of the different powerplay sys-tems that Lightning should be able to set up with the “amount of pure talent and wide range of types of players we have.”

“We will stress all sea-son long that we want to be agressive on the forecheck and positionally sound all over the ice,” said Brandl.


At the Calgary Scooter Jam 2015 held on Saturday, Aug. 29, Jared Fra-ser of Stettler placed second in the in the 12 and under pro category.

Tyler Foster of Canmore took first place in the same category.

The annual jam, which is a gather-ing of scooter enthusiasts, both pro-fessionals and amateurs, was held at

Shaw Millennium Park, considered to be a world-class skatepark at the cen-tre of Calgary.

It consists of several events, with competitions for amateur riders, trick demonstrations and the pro shootout.

Fraser who tuned 12 in May started scootering when he was eight.

“I have spent many a day or eve-nings traveling to other skateparks in Alberta with Jared,” said Heidi Fra-ser, his mother, vice-president of the

Stettler Skatepark Association. “Usu-ally with a car full of his friends so they can experience different parks.”

According to his mother, Fraser spends hours at the skatepark here in Stettler, honing his scootering skills and practising his tricks.

On Saturday, August 22, Fraser won third place at Rock the Rails scooter competition held at Leduc Skateboard Park, competing against an older age group of 16-17 years.

Jared Fraser of Stettler takes second place at the pro U12 Calgary Scooter Jam


Lightning defense Cody Wright steers away the puck from his Colt opponents in their first pre-season game versus Mountain View Colts.

Stettler Lightning at par with Mountain View Colts in first two pre-seasons

Contributed photo

Jared Fraser practices at the Canmore Skatepark. Fraser came second in the 12 and under pro category at the Calgary Scooter Jam

competition held on Aug. 29 at the Shaw Millennium Skatepark in Calgary.

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MCINENLYJames1944 - 2015Mr. James Spires ‘Jim’ McInenly of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, August 30, 2015 at the age of 70 years. Jim was born on December 22, 1944 at Delburne, Alberta to Mary and Alfred McInenly. Jim had a successful plumbing career, helping to establish Burmac Mechanical in Stettler, Alberta. He worked hard to obtain many certifi cates and accomplishments in the Plumbing Industry, and was held in high regard for his expertise. He had many hobbies that he enjoyed; including fi shing, hunting, and gardening (potatoes especially!). During his prime, Jim was a social man; always involved in an organization or gathering around town. His charm, sense of humor, and gentle manner will never be forgotten, and he will missed by his family and friends. Jim is survived by his mother, Mary McInenly; his four children, Lisa (Don) Salmon, Jarett (Nancy) McInenly, Denise (Clint) Watts, and David (Tina) McInenly; his brother, Don (Jodi) McInenly, brother-in-law, Lawrence Mitchell and the mother of his children, Bonnie Defehr. Also left to mourn are his six grandchildren, Rylan, Karisa, Hunter, Kaci, Deah and Chaz; and nieces and nephews, as well as many close friends. Jim was predeceased by his father, Alfred and three siblings, Francis, Rick and Billy. A Memorial Gathering to celebrate Jim’s Life was held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, September 3, 2015 between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Jim’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com. The family would like to extend their sincere thanks to the wonderful staff at the Red Deer Hospice and to Dr. Aimee Phillpot, for their exceptional care to make Jim’s fi nal days peaceful and comfortable. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

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THOENDOROTHY1930 - 2015

A life well lived is now lovingly remembered.

Dorothy Alice Thoen (nee Kneeland) was born October 19, 1930, the 10th and last surviving child of George and Agnes Kneeland, and passed away August 23rd, 2015. Dorothy grew up near Halkirk, AB, and moved to Langley, BC, with her parents in 1946. She trained as a psychiatric nurse, and moved with her fi rst husband, Lou, to Kamloops in

1961. Dorothy began a successful career at Tranquille, attaining the position of Associate Director of Nursing, and retired in 1985. Lou died tragically in 1961, less than a year after they were married. In December, 1968, Dorothy married Leonard Thoen. Dorothy and Len were very active in the Sons of Norway where Dorothy held many positions, both locally and internationally. They spent many happy years together until Len’s passing in 2006. Dorothy is survived by her loving birth daughter Marilyn Belyea (reconnected 2008), son-in-law Brian, grandchildren Scott and Carolyn (Brad Hornland), great grandchildren Caiden, Natalie and Jackson, and many nieces and nephews in Alberta, British Columbia and Norway. The family would like to thank her dear friends Maxine McDonald, Alan Williams and Gladys Hartnell, who have cared for her devotedly over her last decade, as well as the staff at Ridgeview, who provided excellent care in her fi nal years. A Celebration of Life for Dorothy was held at the Cottonwood Manor, Oak Room on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 at 1:00pm. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Dorothy’s memory may be made to the Boys & Girls Club, or to the Leonard and Dorothy Thoen Heritage Bursary sent to TRU Foundation 900 McGill Road, Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8

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IVESIt is with great sadness that the family of Ellen Ives announce her passing but is rejoicing that she has gone to be with the Lord, on September 1, 2015 at her home near Donalda at the age of 73 years. Ellen was born in Westlock, Alberta to parents Ethel and William Wilton on September 8, 1941. She leaves to mourn her husband of 49 years, Harold Ives; her children: Catherine Bache (Paw) of Sherwood Park, Colin (Maelynn) of Sturgeon County, Richard of Edmonton, Jane (Robert) Nixon of Baten Rouge and Noel (Haley) of St. Albert; eight grandchildren; three sisters Sheila (Mike) Omelchuk of Victoria, Joyce (Dale) Wesenberg of Niton Junction and Florence (Tom) Sanders of Thorsby; as well as other relatives any many friends. Ellen was predeceased by her parents Ethel and William Wilton. A private family service will be held, as per Ellen’s wishes. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.stettlerfuneralhome.com Memorial donations accepted to a charity of your own choice c/o

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Stettler Community Hall Cleaning - Request for ProposalsStettler Community Hall Cleaning - Request for Proposals

The Town of Stettler is in search of a detail oriented person to contract the cleaning of the Stettler The Town of Stettler is in search of a detail oriented person to contract the cleaning of the Stettler Community Hall. The Stettler Community Hall is rented throughout the year for weddings, funerals, Community Hall. The Stettler Community Hall is rented throughout the year for weddings, funerals, banquets, dinner theatres, concerts etc. It is rented nearly every weekend with a few week day bookings. banquets, dinner theatres, concerts etc. It is rented nearly every weekend with a few week day bookings.

Proposal RequirementsProposal RequirementsAs a part of each proposal, there is a requirement for the proponents to provide detailed experience in the following areas: As a part of each proposal, there is a requirement for the proponents to provide detailed experience in the following areas: - Ability to physically handle the tasks required - Experience dealing with people- Ability to physically handle the tasks required - Experience dealing with people

Janitorial duties include but are not limited to: Janitorial duties include but are not limited to: - Mopping - Vaccuming - Cleaning of washrooms - Stripping and waxing of fl oors - Mopping - Vaccuming - Cleaning of washrooms - Stripping and waxing of fl oors - Cleaning of ovens, stovetops, overall kitchen area - Inventory - Cleaning of ovens, stovetops, overall kitchen area - Inventory - Ability to move tables and chairs around (when needed) - Ability to move tables and chairs around (when needed)

Submissions: Deadlines for RFP submission is 3:00pm local time on September 30, 2015 Submissions: Deadlines for RFP submission is 3:00pm local time on September 30, 2015

For more information on salary and viewing please contact: For more information on salary and viewing please contact: Lee Penner, Director of Parks and Leisure Services - [email protected] or call 403-742-4411 Lee Penner, Director of Parks and Leisure Services - [email protected] or call 403-742-4411

Position: HousekeeperWe are looking for a housekeeper with full time or part time availability. No experience required.

Duties:- Strictly observe all safety and security policies.- Check that rooms have been vacated before cleaning.- Make beds daily and change bed linen.- Dusting, Scrubbing, Polishing.- Ensure that television, radio and other electronic things are working.- Ensure that any maintenance issues are recorded in maintenance log.- Report to the General Manager all hazards in all guest and employee areas.

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environmental due diligence. • Customer sales and service. • Oversee maintenance of facilities and equipment. • Recruitment, development and employee performance management.Required: • Knowledge of fertilizer, seed and agricultural chemicals. • Knowledge of the Health & Safety and Environmental aspects of handling chemicals • Management or supervisory experience • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) • Competency in Microsoft Office (Work, Excel) and OutlookCentral Alberta Co-op offers: • Competitive salary, excellent benefi ts including: Extended Health and Vision Care, Dental, Long Term

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Auctions 1530HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

LOTS in High River, Alberta. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 29 in Edmonton. 2 parcels -

Paved street, zoned Direct Control/Highway

Commercial Industrial. Jerry Hodge:

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

Auctions 1530Canadian Texas Longhorn

Association PresentsSELECT

LONGHORN SALESept 26th at the Calnash Ag Event Centre -East Building, Ponoka, AB.

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ESTATE AUCTION FORRobert & Maria Hall

Sunday Sept. 13, 10 a.m.From Bowden west on

587 to hwy 22, then north 6 miles to twp. 35-4

(Crammond hall road), then west to RR. 6-0 then south mile. Watch for signsRi es, Vintage

Collectibles, Tractors, Acreage items, Glassware,

Household & primitive furniture… Just too much

to mentionCheck the web for full listing and pictures

Pilgrim Auction Service403-556-5531

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FARMLAND/GRAZING LAND near Keephills, Alberta. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 29 inEdmonton. 6 parcels - 855+/- acres West of

Stony Plain. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652;

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LAKE FRONT HOME at Jack sh Lake, Alberta.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction,

October 29 in Edmonton. 6400 +/- walkout

bungalow, interior to be completed, 2.08 +/- title

acres. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652;


Auctions 1530UNDEVELOPED

COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL LOTS at Baptiste Lake, Alberta. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 29 in

Edmonton. 2.05+/- and 1.62+/- title acres, power & natural gas at property

line. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652;


UPCOMING ESTATE AUCTIONS

Wed. Sept. 16, at 6 pm. and

Wed. Sept, 30 at 6 pm.

both at The Moose Hall, 2 miles south of Ponoka on

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Equipment-Misc. 1620

A-CHEAP, lowest prices, steel shipping containers. Used 20’ & 40’ Seacans insulated & 40’ freezers, DMG $2450. Wanted:

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OfficeSupplies 1800

PetServices 1820

OBEDIENCEAND AGILITY CLASSES

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information at403-742-3698

FarmEquipment 2010BALEMASTER round bale wagon, hauls 14 bales, self loading, tractor pull, $17,500 403-740-5354

FUTURE steel building, ready to be erected, 26’ x

25’ x 19’, located in Central AB, great for farm or small

acreage, must sell, reduced $11,000

403-485-2532IH White Top 914 combine,

1 owner, shedded, and 8” x 45’ Brandt PTO auger.

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Grain, FeedHay 2190HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Spring-thrashed Canola. Buying:

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

or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan

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ROUND hay bales. Hay, green feed and straw.

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Gary G. GrantLaw Office

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Independent DISTRICT Wednesday, September 9, 2015 The Stettler Independent

Rod Jack and his daugh-ter Emma were in Nova Scotia for the wedding of Rod’s niece. Emma was flower girl at the wed-ding.

Krissy Jack and daugh-ters Jesse and Sydney were busy that weekend with their mobile spe-cialty coffee business at Global Fest, the interna-tional fireworks competi-tion in Calgary. The Jacks had a busy summer with their mobile business, taking in many major events across Alberta.

School doors opened on Wednesday at By-emoor School, beginning another new term. Staff remains the same as last year with teachers Mandi Rietmann, Gwen Keith and Corey van Zandber-gen (principal) and sup-port staff Linda Kobi and Erin Wilkie.

Bus drivers are Sandra Keith and Rosemary Stul-berg. One bus route was eliminated from last year. Anita Mappin drives the high school students to Stettler.

The Byemoor Colony School sees teacher Jen-elle Hassett and teacher aide Theresa Christie re-turn once again.

Friends of Adam and Lindsay (nee Tucker) Bowness and their sons Liam and Nathan will be pleased to know they have moved back to Al-berta from Ontario. The boys spent a few weeks with their grandparents Glen and Theresa Tucker in Castor while Lindsay finished up work in On-tario. The family is now settled in Fort Saskatch-ewan and much closer to family.

We extend sympathy to the Szapko and Pearson families on the passing of Ken Szapko in Mani-toba on Sept. 4 follow-ing a lengthy illness. Ken and his wife Barbara (nee Pearson) farmed for a time west of Byemoor on the Ed and Olwin Pearson farm at Wolf Hill. During this time the Szapko’s be-came well known and in-volved in the community. Our thoughts are with Ken’s family in their time of loss.

Caitlyn Keith was honoured with a bridal shower on Friday eve-ning at the Byemoor hall. She was showered with many beautiful gifts and was assisted by her five bridesmaids.

Caitlyn and her groom-to-be Tyler Dickson will be married in Hanna on Oct. 3.

We send get well wishes to Ruby Hausher who is a patient in the Hanna hos-pital and to Eileen Smyth who is home recuperating from the surgery she had in a Calgary hospital.

Rob and Rhonda Mag-inn and Hunter spent the long weekend at their cabin in Saskatchewan and got the cabin ready for winter.

Thought for the day — “These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter… I go somewhere to get some-thing, and then wonder what I’m ‘here after’.”

Bowness family

returns from

Ontario

Byemoor/Endiang

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AL-ANONBrenda 403-742-0990

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BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT Pat Lattery

403-742-3759

BIG BROTHERS &BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION

403-742-5437 during business hours

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780-672-1035

CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)Brenda 403-742-3067

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GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS403-742-4059

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403-742-6568

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The Big Valley Ag. Society is now accepting tenders for

the position of Arena Caretaker for the

2015-2016 season. Interested applicants should submit their tenders to Box 7 Big Valley, AB T0J 0G0 by

September 20, 2015. For questions, please call 403-740-5223.

The Big Valley Ag. Society is now accepting tenders for

the position of Kitchen Caretaker for the

2015-2016 season.Interested applicants should submit their tenders to Box 7 Big Valley, AB T0J 0G0 by

September 20, 2015. For questions, please call 403-740-5223.

Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)

Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

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DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved with a variance or as a discretionary use:1. No: 2888-2015 Legal Description: Lot 4, Block 4, Plan 0227539 Municipal Address: 4006 – 50 Avenue

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facility You may appeal this decision by serving written notice of appeal to the Secretary of the Stettler Subdivison & Devel-opment Appeal Board, P.O. Box 280, Stettler, Alberta prior to 4:30 p.m. September 23, 2015. For further information, please phone 403-742-8305

Notice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved as permitted uses in accordance with the Town of Stettler Land Use Bylaw N0 2060-15:

1. No: 2889-2015 Legal Description: Lot 15, Block 32, Plan 1850Z Municipal Address: 4909 - 54 Street

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Coming up this week-end is the annual Floats and Flicks sponsored by the Erskine Recreation Board.

The line up for the parade takes place at 5 p.m. in the school park-ing lot. Parade begins at 5:30 followed by supper of hot dogs and hamburg-ers gratefully donated by the Erskine Evangelical Church.

There’s lots of fun things for the kids and a good movie for them when the drive-in begins.

Mel Kelm will be “driving” the train for the smaller children donated by Ol Macdonalds and Jim Long will be there with horses and wagon for the older kids to ride on.

As well, there will be home sales tables for adults to have a look at. Hopefully the weather will be cooperative for

all of this.The next day, Sunday

Sept. 13, the Erskine Se-niors, in conjunction with the IOOF, will be having their first Dance Jams be-ginning at 1:30 and con-tinuing until 4:30. Come on out and enjoy dancing, listening to the music and/or visiting. A dona-tion towards lunch would be appreciated. Every-one is welcome.

The Erskine Knitting Club had their first meet-ing of the season. The date was set for the knit-ting retreat as Nov. 5,6, and 7.

The next meeting will be on Oct. 1 at the se-niors’ centre at 7 p.m.

PAT KELM403-742-0604

Erskine Enquirer

Hopefully everyone was able to enjoy the last long weekend of the summer in spite of the weather.

Yesterday, Sept. 8, 2015-2016 school year started in full force again at the Botha School and they would like to welcome everyone back (returning students and all the new students that are starting up this year and all parents).

They are looking forward to working with everyone and anoth-er fun filled year. The school area restrictions are in full force again with school zones, so watch out for all the students in our area as they make their way to class.

The first monthly senior meet-ing was held this past Monday. These meetings usually are held the first Monday of each month, and they are hoping all seniors can attend.

On Monday, Sept. 27, starting at 1:30 p.m., the Old Time Dance Club will be starting up again for another fun-filled year of enter-tainment. The first band to start the year off will be the “Old Tyme Aires”, so you do not want to miss out. There is no age limit for these dances, so everyone can come out and enjoy themselves. If you have any questions, please contact

Doug Haustein at 403-742-3994 or John Blonski at 403-574-2194.

The September village meet-ing will be on Thursday, Sept. 24, starting at 7 p.m., and they would love to see everyone out to these important meetings, which takes place on the fourth Thursday of each month.

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Bingo evening happens again starting at 7:15 p.m. Come on out and try out your luck, as it’s getting really in-teresting again. The jackpot hasn’t been won for quite some time and the loonie pot is growing, too, so you might be the lucky one taking it home with you.

On Monday, Sept. 28, the quilt-

ing club also starts up again for another year. So grab your quilt-ing supplies and meet them at the seniors’ centre at 9:30 a.m. for a great day of quilting. Even if you’ve never quilted before, they would love to see you join them, as they would love to teach you this special craft. The club meets two times per month, so join the ladies there.

Coffee is always on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. at the seniors’ centre, and they would love to see everyone join them. Then, that afternoon at 1 p.m. join them for floor curling. This activity hap-pens every Wednesday and Thurs-day afternoons.

Old Time Dance is resuming in two weeks

Botha Booster

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The Chowhound/ Don-alda Animal Rescue, is put-ting on a fundraising event with all proceeds being donated to Wanda Stensrud and family to help out with the expenses during their time. Jeff Stensrud passed away Aug. 29 in a tragic farming accident, and this is our way to help out in their time of need. The Chow-hound will be at Sean’s No Frills in Stettler on Sept. 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and at O.K. Tire on Sept. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Donalda Community Promotions Society was very pleased with the turn-out of 43 vehicles at the last drive-In movie held Aug. 14, despite the threat of rain, which held off for the movie. The next upcoming event will be “A Village Christmas”, which is to be held Nov. 29. If anyone is interested in helping with the event, please call 403-883-2943.

The Donalda Coulee Friendship Club will be having its regular month-ly luncheon and meeting Thursday, Sept. 10 at noon. New members are welcome Also, Sunday, Sept. 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be the

pancake breakfast. Every-one is welcome.

The Village of Donalda will be holding a by-elec-tion on Sept. 14, 2015 for the position of village coun-cillor. Voting will take place at the village office from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Please bring a piece of ID to vote.

The Donalda School will be having its annual general parent council meeting in the school’s library on Sept. 16 at 3:45 p.m.

Birthday wishes this week go out to Sharon Bl-ouin, Donna Sehlstrom, Naveah Jaffray, Ron Rider, Louis Bell, Anna Kneeland, Brittany Hofer, Sabrina Bromeling, Tayler Bro-meling, Davin O’Malley Viske, Herminia Arandia, Rhonda Strandquist, Hay-lee Machell. Danny Thom-as, Estella Helfer, Grace Hebbes, Irene Ross, and Kelly Bailey-Carroll. Hap-py birthday to all!

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