stettler independent, september 16, 2015
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Members of Stettler communi-ty gardens committee, town coun-cilors and administrative staff were all on hand Monday, Sept. 14 for the official launch of Stet-tler’s third community garden.
Although it was a rainy eve-ning, visitors and guests were giv-en a tour and an overview of the community gardens, what they included and the future plans for the site.
“Projects like these are good examples of how community groups can support one another and build something great,” said Rob Spencer, chair, community gardens subcommittee of the Heartland Beautification Com-mittee.
“While this garden is a work in progress at present, it is going to be awesome as the remaining
features are put in place and the space mellows.”
Funds for the third community garden came mostly from the reg-ular budget line under Heartland Beautification Committee.
A local business also granted an additional fund of $2,000 for the fruit trees.
The third community garden is located at the east end of 51 Av-enue, in the east end of the town.
With an area of about 6,000 square feet, the garden has a rasp-berry orchard, which covers one-third of the total space, and a fruit border, besides having eight gar-den plots of varying sizes.
Speaking of the benefits of the community gardens, Spencer feels joint ventures such as these are essential for a healthy com-munity.
“The community gardens see a tremendous amount of social
interaction as people from differ-ent backgrounds come together to garden,” said Spencer. “With the volunteer involvement from the schools, we’ve had zero vandal-ism of the structures and kids buy into the community aspect of it.”
Although community gardens help beautify “an otherwise plain and useless green space and cuts down on mowing”, there are some “barriers” in the cost of run-ning them, and also in terms of volunteer contributions, such as time, according to Spencer.
“It is hard to keep it all running smoothly and people don’t realize that it is a volunteer thing for most of us and that no one is paid,” said Spencer. “Maintenance of the public spaces is a challenge but we’re working on that, besides improving the soil is tough, as we rely on a limited town budget and very limited time for town staff to
help us do stuff.”Stettler’s first community gar-
den is located off of 46 Avenue, between 56A Street and 57A Street.
“What started as a 5,000-square-feet space is now somewhere be-tween 15,000-17,000 square feet, but could be closer to more than 20,000 square feet with the new orchard add-on,” said Spencer. “Despite its poor soil quality, it is one of the preferred locations, and is full every year, and includes a food bank garden area exclusive-ly.”
The second community garden was built with $17,900 funding from the same local business in early spring of 2013, at the junc-tion of 60 Street and 41 Avenue.
It is about 8,500 square feet in size, with about 7,500 of it re-served for vegetable gardening, the rest being a fruit bush border.
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Independent COMMUNITY Wednesday, September 16, 2015Page 2 The Stettler Independent
Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The town of Stettler will be getting a new play-ground by the end of Oc-tober, east side of the West Stettler Park, adjacent to the spray park, thanks to the generous efforts and donations from local busi-nesses and community.
Spearheaded by the Kinette Club of Stettler, the playground project was conceived and initi-ated when members of the community started notic-ing that kids had to cross the highway to get to the nearest playground.
“We wanted a park at that location because there is no other park for a variety of kids’ ages in that area,” said Allison Baird, social director of the Kinette Club of Stet-tler. “West Stettler is such a hub of activity with its
other amenities that this really just adds to a great area and gives a place for parents to exercise, while their kids had a place to play.”
The project reached its fundraising goals in mid-July, which made it easy to order the equipment.
The playground equip-ment is scheduled to ar-rive on Sept. 30, after which the important work of building the playground starts.
“We are hoping to get volunteers for building the
playground, from October 1-3,” said Baird. “Fingers crossed that everyone’s schedules line up in re-gards to excavation, the surfacing company, the gravel, and the volunteers to build the playground so that this project can be completed before the snow comes!”
Volunteers are needed to help once the equipment arrives, and can get in touch with Allison Baird on 403.740.9696 or at [email protected].
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Allison Baird by one of the stakes, which marks the boundary of the new playground at the West Stettler Park that the Kinette Club of Stettler has spearheaded. The actual building of the playground will only start in early October.
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Another week, another re-port of multiple thefts – and police are asking residents to take steps to help them cut down on the number of opportunities for ambitious thieves.
On Friday, Sept. 11, police responded to a call about an abandoned vehicle on High-way 56. There, they found the vehicle, stopped, in the southbound lane, its hazard lights flashing.
Upon arriving, police not-ed the vehicle, a white 2003 Ford Superduty F350 had been stolen. Through inves-tigation, it was discovered that it was taken earlier in the evening from Aspen Ford.
Stettler RCMP command-er, Cpl. Cameron Russell, said it was “quite courteous” of the thieves to leave the hazard lights on, which un-doubtedly prevented a colli-sion with the vehicle.
The same night, another truck, same model, was also stolen from Aspen Ford. Po-lice believe the same thieves returned to the dealership and took another truck.
This truck was involved in numerous incidents all over central Alberta. After noticing suspicious behav-iour, Innisfail RCMP tried to pull the truck over and pur-sued for a short time, before breaking off the chase for public safety.
The drivers of the truck later did a gas-n-dash in both Three Hills and Lacombe, and then the suspects tried to steal another truck in Ponoka.
In Ponoka, the owner of the truck “foiled” the at-tempt, Russell said, and the thieves fled in the stolen truck.
“There’s a definite in-crease in property crime,” Russell said. Local RCMP have increased patrols in ar-eas that seem to be frequent-ly targeted, but are hoping residents will remain alert and contact the detachment if they seen unusual or suspi-cious behaviour.
Russell said owners of vehicles need to lock their doors, even on rural proper-ties, and not leave their keys in the ignition. It’s important that vehicles have items that could tempt thieves removed and placed inside or out of sight as well.
Also on Friday, but in an unrelated incident, unknown person or persons broke in to Dymy Oil Field Services and stole a 2003 flat-deck trailer. Surveillance footage from the incident has revealed a distinctive white GMC truck towing the trailer away. The break-in happened at 8:30 p.m.
Anyone with informa-tion about these or any other crimes are asked to phone Stettler RCMP at 403-742-3382, or anonymously
contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Long-gun registry demise inconvenient: RCMP
With several guns sto-len in the past few weeks, RCMP have found them-selves longing for access to the long-gun registry, which was dismantled after being killed by the current govern-ment.
“A lot of people don’t keep a record of their serial num-bers,” Russell explained. “When we recover these weapons, we have no way of knowing who they belong to and where they were stolen from.”
Before the registry was dismantled, police would be able to reunite owners of sto-len weapons with their own-ers. Now, it all depends on the owners having records
proving the weapons are, in fact, theirs. It also relies on the owners contacting police and providing the informa-tion, as without that, there’s no way for police to find the owners.
It’s not just weapons peo-ple should be keeping serial numbers on, but all property. Whether its electronics, ve-hicles, weapons or jewellery, identifying serial numbers should be kept so if there is a robbery, it can be reported to police.
Without these numbers, there’s no way to decisively say that stolen property be-longs to one individual, Rus-sell said.
“If it doesn’t have a serial number, add something to it,” he said, suggesting writ-ing initials, a licence number, etc. on the item, so in case of theft it can be identified.
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This white GMC pick-up truck was caught on surveillance cameras at Dymy Oil Field Services in Stettler, where a 2003 flat-bed trailer was stolen. Anyone recognizing this vehicle is asked to phone police at 403-742-3382 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
Independent NEWS Wednesday, September 16, 2015Page 4 The Stettler Independent
Town employees recovering after
two separate incidentsStacey Lavallie
INDEPENDENT REPORTER
Two Town of Stettler employees are at home re-covering from injuries sus-tained on the worksite in the past two weeks.
The employees, whose names have not been re-leased by the town, suf-fered a separated shoulder in the first incident and a concussion in the second incident.
On Aug. 31, town em-ployees were working in a trench when the lower wall gave way, striking the employee working in the trench. He was evacuated from the trench by his col-
leagues, who brought him to the hospital where he was treated for his injuries.
Roughly two weeks later, on Friday, Sept. 11, anoth-er employee was working with the town’s hydrovac when a piece of equip-ment failed, causing a hose to fall off the equipment and land on the employee, bearing him to the ground.
“In this case his col-leagues called an ambu-lance, since he’d struck his head,” town CAO Greg Switenky said. The worker is recovering from a con-cussion.
While both are not yet back at work, Switenky said he anticipated it would not be long before both were back at the job in some capacity, depending on their recovery.
“We’re proud of our safety program and proud of our safety record,” Swi-tenky said, noting that while there’s been minor
injuries – cuts and bruises – as part of the job, there hasn’t been an injury as se-rious as these in more than a decade.
“I think the last was in 2002,” he said. “They’re very rare, but they seem to come in bunches.”
Currently both the town and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety are look-ing into both incidents, de-termining the root causes of the incidents and what can be done differently to ensure a safer environment.
Switenky said the inves-tigations aren’t about as-signing blame to any one individual or the town, but rather determining what exactly happened to cre-ate the situations in which the two employees found themselves.
“We want to know what they did, what train of thought led them there, know if equipment failed or wasn’t used properly, so
we can prevent it from hap-pening again,” Switenky said.
He said that had these situations happened and workers not been injured, the town would have in-vestigated them as “near misses.”
“Had the trench caved in and no one was there, or the equipment failed but not hit anyone, we’d still investigate to find out why it happened,” he said.
Neither of the two em-ployees were ever hurt so badly to be in life-threat-ening condition, Switenky noted, and he said he looks forward to welcoming them back to work. unable to handle upkeep. In any case, the town is willing to work with the owner to ad-dress the problem.
“We don’t show up and hand out a ticket,” Duval said. “It’s only when we offer 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 “bro-ken window” system – where the property looks easier to damage or break into, and thus is appealing.
Nuisance properties, where the nuisance ele-ment is trash, can also pose a health risk to the commu-nity 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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Independent NEWSWednesday, September 16, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 5
Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER
With the commence-ment of the new school year, Norbert Baharally, principal of William E. Hay Secondary Campus was also given the addi-tional portfolio of super-vising and heading up the Stettler Outreach School (SOS).
Contemplating on the new role and responsibili-ties, Baharally said that he is totally cognizant of the fact that his time would be “limited”.
“I realize my time is limited and it will be de-manded by many at many different times,” said Bah-arally. “I am going to have to be able to find a balance between trying to meet the needs of the students, staff and parents at both the William E. Hay Second-ary campus as well as the Stettler Outreach School.”
Instead of looking at the new situation as a hin-drance, Baharally thinks that this would help him manage his time better.
“This should be a little more of a manageable situation now that both schools are under one ad-ministration,” added Bah-arally. “I also have great administrative support with my two vice princi-pals, Mrs. Dianne Enyedy and Mr. Warren Aspenes, as well as awesome office administrative support that will help to keep me organized.”
According to Baharally, the priority is to focus on students and provide them with a “first-class educa-tion”.
“Our first priority is to provide students with a first-class education and to make William. E.
Hay Secondary, Stettler Outreach and Clearview School Division the num-ber one choice for second-ary education for students in the town of Stettler,” said Baharally. “When we are thinking of implement-ing new programming and initiatives, we always ask ourselves this fundamen-tal question. ‘Is this in the best interest of students’ and if the answer is yes, we always find a way to introduce the program or initiative.”
Discussing how the Stettler Outreach School’s (SOS) change in supervi-sion will impact the way students will function, Ba-harally feels that full-time students at SOS will not perceive much change.
“The biggest change is the fact that the SOS is un-der the administration of
the secondary school, but students that are enrolled full time at the SOS will see no real difference in how the program operated last year,” added Baharal-ly. “For other students, they will have the oppor-tunity to do a blended pro-gram between the second-ary school and the SOS.”
Overall, Baharally looks forward to the new school year with excitement as the changes take place.
“I am very excited with all of the changes that have been planned and implemented and I feel that this is a great educa-tional opportunity for our students, parents, staff and community,” said Ba-harally. “We all need to continue to remember our Clearview School Divi-sion Motto – ‘We all be-long - We all succeed’.”
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Norbert Baharally, principal of William E. Hay Secondary and Stettler Outreach schools stands in his office in the secondary campus building, as he speaks about his additional responsibilities and the new school year 2015-2016.
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Conservatives pulled it off again; with the announcement of a single statistic, they changed the main topic of discussion in the election campaign and steered it in the direction, which they think they can benefit from.
The statistic is the (alleged?) budget surplus: Just under $2B. When? Last year. How? No one knows.
Is this surplus the result of another set of unspent alloca-tions, which were returned to the government?
One might remember that in the course of the past six months alone, journalists uncovered mil-lions of dollars, originally slated for First Nations housing and RCMP investigations to create da-tabases being returned to the fed-eral coffers.
The fact that this figure was released at the request (!?) of Joe Oliver, Minister of Finance, right at the midpoint of the election campaign is stinky enough and it should call for some questions.
But there may be something
else that we as electorate should be asking, a broader question, which is: Why are we judging economy using the same yardsticks as the economists, government spokes-people or so called analysts do?
Why is a budget deficit or sur-plus important for a resident of, say, Alix or Red Deer or Calgary?
Yes, we have been led to be-lieve for a very long time now that budget management is the most important function of a govern-ment and that the failure of a gov-ernment to pass a budget means that very government is unable to govern.
But with so many detailed pieces of legislation that no lay man can comprehend without guidance, with so much fraud and wrongdoing (Senate scandals, abuse of privileges, nepotism etc.) and so many intricate governance regulations, who can say that bud-get is really being implemented as it is promised?
Are we really supposed to de-cide whom to vote for by com-paring how much budget deficit
or surplus this or other leader is promising?
One major problem with the kind of election campaign that we are going through now is that with all the publicity campaigns and the impact of the media, we, as individuals, are prone to becom-ing extensively influenced by herd mentality when it comes to mak-ing political decisions.
And political leaders, well aware of their power to swing in-dividuals’ psychology with a few phrases that touch their softer sides, exploit that ability to the maximum in order to transform the sympathy to votes on the bal-loting day.
Returning to the matter of bud-get, I am wondering why none of the leaders have been touching on the matter of widening poverty among the seniors?
Why is budget surplus or defi-cit, as a figure, taking precedence over some poor kids’ inability to afford to enroll in a hockey or ex-tra curricular program?
Unless the voters push for it,
political leaders will never put a human face to their election prom-ises, in other words, they will keep treating economic statistics as the priority over what the economy is for, the people.
As long as $15 daycare contin-ues to be a statistic to be aimed for in the eyes of NDP leader Tom Mulcair, $10 million as an an-nual target for deficit for Justin Trudeau and $1.9 billion surplus a good thing in and for themselves, regardless of the methodology the government is elected, the demo-cratic nature of the system of gov-ernance will likely to continue to weaken in the years and decades to come, as it has been doing for decades.
We might be complacent in our comfort zone, content with the thought that our system of checks and balances will save the rep-resentative form of government from being degenerated, but that complacency may cost us big time even in the lifetime of the next generation.
– Mustafa Eric
Is economy for people or politicians?
Most consumers are vaguely aware that in North America we enjoy the cheapest most abun-dant food supply in the world. One hopes that we appreciate this good fortune and support mea-sures that would see this situation continue for ourselves but also for the less fortunate. A lot of folks in the world spend much of their income on food, eke out a living on subsistence farming, or slowly just starve. Cer-tainly those wretched masses would do what they could to make their food less expensive and more plentiful.
This causes one to pon-der why there are food marketers that are trying to do the opposite to our food supply in the sup-posedly advanced west-ern world.
Most consumers have seen promotion and mar-keting schemes making claims that their products don’t contain hormones, antibiotics, are cage-free, grain-fed, grass-fed etc. etc. ad nauseum. All of that is starting to happen in livestock and poultry production with beef be-ing a prominent target.
Beef production is the best example, particular-ly in light of those prod-ucts sold by retailers as being free of hormones, ionosphores, antibiotics and steroids.
What none of the claimants dare say is that there are ramifica-tions from the production practices or lack thereof in producing their spe-cial retail products. The perverse consequence of this approach has been to increase emissions and waste valuable food pro-duction resources. Here is a direct quote from a BRC research document:
“What would happen if the Canadian beef indus-try stopped using growth promotants?
Feedlot production costs would be 8% high-er if producers chose not to or were unable to use implants, ionosphores or beta-agonists. To pro-duce the same amount of Canadian beef without the use of growth promo-tants would require 12% more cattle, 10% more land, 11% more feed, and 4% more water. It would also require 7% more fuel and fertilizer. The reduced feed efficiency
and more days to finish would also mean that the cattle would produce 10% more manure (with 10% more nitrogen and 11% more phosphorus), and 10% more and green-house gasses in the pro-cess.”
Apologists for anti-promotant retailers state that most of their beef doesn’t come from feed-lots. But that is the point - their beef, no matter where it comes from, is much more detrimental to the environment than other beef because it uses up much more resources and produces more green-house gases. It’s simply a case of production effi-ciency favouring feedlot finished cattle. Be that as it may – offshore manu-facturing grade beef from grass cattle and cull cows is still cheaper than beef produced in feedlots. That’s the real reason retailers buy it, not be-cause it was raised with-out growth promotants –
that’s just an advertising propaganda bonus. The other side, however, is that offshore beef im-ports produce much more emissions than Canadian feedlot beef.
Perhaps consideration needs to be given to ap-plying a carbon and emission levy (environ-mental tax) on food prod-ucts that exceed an estab-lished base level – some might call it a luxury tax – which is not unknown in our society. This would be fair in a world where in many places just plain ordinary food is scarce. The point is that designer lifestyle foods (and flow-ers) cost a lot to produce and cause more emis-sions than regular com-mercial food production – consumers of those products should have to pay a penalty for the use of those extra resources and production of ad-ditional pollutants. One could extrapolate that the production of those luxury foods and flowers takes away land and re-sources from the produc-tion of regular food that could be fed to the starv-ing masses of the world. Luxury food taxes col-
lected could be used to support the development of self-sustaining crop and livestock produc-tion practices in food-aid countries.
There has to be ac-countability by those that promote, exploit and benefit from the market-ing of luxury foods. They need to take responsi-bility for the extra cost in land and resources and the extra pollutants that such foods require and produce. Telling gullible consumers that foods are better because they are organic, free-from and other dubious claims without telling them there is an extra en-vironmental cost is dis-honest. I expect exposing that cost and applying a luxury tax will test the resolve of many consum-ers in their misguided be-lief that designer food is better.
Better yet, let’s put a mandatory label on those foods using a point sys-tem as to whether it is above or below a certain environmental standard. I expect some retailers (hello A&W) would fight that bit of honesty but it can be done.
Ahead of the heard
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We need a luxury tax ….. on designer/lifestyle foods
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Stacey LavallieINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Only hours after being convicted and fined on June 26, for driving while unauthorized, Cheryl Hoffarth was pulled over while driving by police – still with no licence.
As a result, Hoffarth appeared in Alberta Pro-vincial Court on Thurs-day, Sept. 10 and pleaded guilty to driving while un-authorized.
The court heard that Hoffarth, who had been convicted and fined in the morning of June 26, was pulled over by police later that evening.
Hoffarth, through a law-yer, said that her child’s father was supposed to pick up the child but then could not. Unable to find a ride, she drove the child herself, and that is when she was stopped.
The Crown asked Hof-farth receive a heftier fine because of the second of-fence, something Judge E.D. Reimer easily agreed to.
“This persistence in be-haviour will eventually find yourself penalized with a level of incarcera-tion,” Reimer told Hof-farth. “You have per-sonal responsibilities that
should keep you from do-ing that,” he added, refer-ring to Hoffarth’s child.
Hoffarth, who was fined $500 the first time for driving without a licence, was this time fined $700, victim surcharge inclu-sive.
Drugs and failed appear-ances mean trouble
Clyde Wooden appeared at court to answer to charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a controlled substance, and failure to comply with undertaking.
The charges come from a Dec. 21, 2014 in-cident where police on patrol spotted Wooden and thought the accused was trying to conceal a knife. When they stopped Wooden, a strong smell of marijuana was noticed and the man was arrested and searched.
During the search, po-lice found LSD, crystal meth and cocaine, plus a number of other items. It was not said during court if one of those items was
a knife.After processing,
Wooden was released on a condition to appear in court, but failed to do so. Wooden was loose until June 12, when a traffic stop by police.
Wooden, a passenger in the vehicle, was recog-nized by the officer who pulled over the vehicle and was arrested.
Wooden pleaded guilty to three of the five charg-es, and the other two were withdrawn by the Crown.
For the three remain-ing charges – one from the original arrest, one from not attending court, and one for giving a false name in the vehicle, Wooden faced a cumula-tive fine of $900, plus the victim surcharge.
Judge cautions against vigilantism
Daniel Lutz was sen-tenced to six months pro-bation with a conditional discharge, plus restitution for his vandalism of a ve-hicle in a parking lot near the Skate Park on July 28.
On the day, the driver of the vehicle was appar-ently doing donuts in the gravelled parking lot, and in doing so, was spraying nearby parked vehicles with gravel.
Lutz went over to tell the driver to stop it, and a verbal altercation oc-curred, before the driver left.
As the truck passed him, Lutz lashed out, punch-ing the truck, knocking a piece of the front off the truck.
The 19-year-old man pleaded guilty on his first appearance for a charge of mischief, and while the Judge granted a rather le-nient sentence for him, considering the situation, he also had words of cau-tion for him.
“Vigilantism isn’t per-mitted,” Judge Reimer said. “If you have a com-plaint to make, make it to police. Don’t take it into your own hands.”
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Wet weather abates for annual Floats’n’Flicks in Erskine
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Moush Sara John / Independent ReporterManager Dixie Orr presents Patrick Ryan (left) and Logan Wilson (right) with their Canalta Scholarships.
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Canalta A&W employees Logan Wilson and Canalta A&W employees Logan Wilson and Patrick Ryan win scholarshipsPatrick Ryan win scholarships
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.
Scholarships are calculated depending on Scholarships are calculated depending on the employee’s applicable hours, issued at the employee’s applicable hours, issued at a rate of $0.25 per applicable hour worked.a rate of $0.25 per applicable hour worked.All employees who had worked for Canalta All employees who had worked for Canalta Foods Services Ltd. before Sept. 2014, Foods Services Ltd. before Sept. 2014, will be grandfathered into the scholarship will be grandfathered into the scholarship program, although they must also fi ll out program, although they must also fi ll out the application form.the application form.All employees who graduated in 2014 will All employees who graduated in 2014 will receive a back paid scholarship.receive a back paid scholarship.
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After a week of wet, chilly weather, the sun shone bright and warm from a cloudless sky on Saturday, Sept. 12, in time for the annual Ers-kine Floats’n’Flicks cel-ebration.
The annual event be-gins with a small parade in town, followed by a free barbecue, a local farmers’ market, and then a movie presentation.
The ninth annual event began right on the mark with the RCMP leading the parade in their pick-up truck. It was followed closely by avid cyclists, decorated trucks, floats, horses and wagons, all throwing candy at eager onlookers.
The Town of Stet-tler’s Al Campbell drove a Stettler truck, toss-ing gum gleefully at bystanders, while the County rolled out its spe-
cial 60th birthday float, from atop which council-lor Joe Gendre peppered bystanders with candy. Councillor James Ni-bourg followed in anoth-er vehicle, also happily tossing treats to the chil-dren who raced alongside the floats.
After the floats passed along the northern pe-rimeter of Main Street in Erskine, many of the kids raced down the blocked-off street to catch the pa-rade as it passed through the southern part of its loop, doubling up on candy.
At first, the event was actually several sepa-rate events, but over time came together to become the Erskine Floats’n’Flicks celebra-tion, with community members and neighbours sharing in the fun.
As with the past several years, Ol’ MacDonald’s resort loaned its train, which tugged train cars
with passengers through the community – though this year the train was an ATV, as the train was out of service.
Helium balloons were tied to the wrists and strollers of many young child, though a few es-caped their owners and floated free in the breezy, cloudless sky, jewelled dots against a prairie blue background.
The Erskine Evangeli-cal Free Church’s annual “Good Neighbour” bar-becue served up ham-burgers and hotdogs, chips, lemonade and water, and watermelon to hungry members of the community – though some had already begun to dine on the candy lib-erated from the parade floats.
After the barbecue, families and kids re-treated into the church to watch back-to-back mov-ies, before heading home for the night.
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Well, it’s happening again...the world is going to end! This time on September 28, 2015 (or at least somewhere between September 21 to 28). On that date, the moon will turn a blood red color and more than a few conspiratorial theorists and their followers believe that cataclysmic events will follow, re-sulting in the destruction of civili-zation.
Some Christians have purported that this event will trigger the return of Christ to receive His people to Himself. They go on to say that this in turn, will begin the seven-year tribulation referred to in the Bible. These date setters seem to forget that Jesus explicitly addressed this matter in Matthew 24:36 when He said, “But about that day or hour no one knows...only the Father.”
A couple of popular Christian teachers are pushing the blood moon theory. They spring board from the biblical texts of Joel 2:31, Acts 2:20 and Revelation 6:12. These Bible passages do teach that there are days of judgment coming, in which horrific manifestations
will indeed occur in nature. How-ever, we need to be reminded that any biblical text taken out of con-text becomes a pretext.
There have been several hundred similar predictions over the years and obviously none of them have been true. In addressing this mat-ter recently, I told my church that if I’m wrong, and the world does end, I will apologize the following week, both over the pulpit and in the paper, freely admitting my er-ror.
I would actually find the whole thing amusing except for the fact that there seem to be so many who are prone to believe that the sky is falling. The anxiety, fear, and even rash decisions that they will make
by listening to Chicken Little range from somewhat harmless to disas-trous and irreversible.
All I have heard from the blood moons theory is fear, worry and anxiety. That is incidentally, the acid test. The promises of Christ, including His promise to return, enhances faith, instills confidence, creates peace and produces hope.
My prediction? You’re going to have to make your payments in Oc-tober! My proposal? Find out for sure when and where you might view this (I think prime time for us is 8:47 PM, September 27, but do check for yourself), not cataclys-mic, but spectacular phenomenon and enjoy it. Simultaneously, be re-minded that “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky exhib-its the work of His hands” (Psalm 19:1).
I do believe that Jesus will return, just as He promised and it may be soon! He said, “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming...Therefore you should be ready” (Matthew 24:42-44). Even so, come Lord Jesus!
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Have you celebrated National Library Card Month by showing your card at Bloke’s Bakery and Brenda’s Cozy Café? There is only two weeks left to get your library card bonuses. If you don’t have a card, what are you waiting for? Stop by the library and get one.
We are celebrating the Decade of Decadence with 80s Double Fea-ture Week. Come to the Stettler Public Library for back-to-back movies from the fabulous de-cade of the 80s. Movies show at 4 and 6:15 p.m. Wednesday—The Dark Crystal and Risky Busi-ness; Thursday—The Goonies and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adven-ture; Friday—The Prin-cess Bride and Ferris Bueller’s Day off. There will be free popcorn.
It will be, like, totally
awesome on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. for the Stettler Public Library’s 80s Glamour Party.
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 is welcome because it will be, like, wicked.
If you see a strange looking bus in the park-ing lot on Tuesday Sept. 22 between 1 and 3 p.m., the library is receiving a visit from the COW Bus. It is a friendly space for parents and younger chil-dren to learn and explore fun and new ways to add literacy into their daily lives.
Every little person ac-companied by a big per-son is welcome.
I am so excited about Friday, Sept. 25 because it is A Steamy Autumn Night in the Heart of Al-berta with best-selling author M.J. Summers at 7 p.m.
M.J. Summers made a name for herself with her debut novel, Break in Two, a contemporary romance. Her third in the series, Breaking Clear, came out July 30, 2015, making its way to #35 on Amazon.com under the erotic romance category within two days. Join us for a night of wine, food, fun and romance. It’s a great way to spend a night with the girls. If you have not read her novels, come and check them out at the Stettler Public Library.
International films are returning to Stettler thanks to the Stettler Public Library and the Jewel Theatre. “A Bril-liant Young Mind” will be shown at the Jewel Theatre on Monday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. and oth-ers will be shown on the first Monday of each month (October-March) at 7 p.m.
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Thank you to everyone who attended our harvest supper and all the supporters of The Elevator project!
We’d like to extend a special thanks to the following organizations, groups and businesses that made this event a success:Sarah and Family for the lovely mealGrismill, rope making and threshing crews- Atco - Nitschke Vac Truck Services- Stettler Independent - Q93.3FM- East Central Review - Central Alberta Life- Alberta Prairie Steam Tours - Volunteers
Please stop in for coffee at the Elevator Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and most Saturdays. Coffee starts at 8:30 a.m. and lasts until we run out of things to talk about.
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We have just completed our second week of school, and learning is already in full swing. Our students have shared many of their summer memoirs and have become fully engaged in the adventures of the new curriculum of their current grade. Some of our Grade 1 students were surprised and enthralled to learn that the sun stays still, and it is actually the earth that does the moving; giving us day and night and the seasons. This ingenious bunch of youngsters then began to questions sayings such as the sun is coming up and the sun is going down, when it is actually us that is doing the moving.
At the other end of the grade spectrum, our Grade 6EP class has begun their project-based learning ac-tivity. The students are “change engineers” and are tackling the centre school courtyard. They have eval-uated the area, taken photos and picked, and composted weeds. The next step will require the class to con-struct a blueprint (taking measurements and drawing the area to scale) as well as pricing out various surface options (pea gravel, artifi-cial grass, patio stones...). They will then be discuss-
ing the pros and cons of each selection before mak-ing their decision.
In art, 6EP took a page out of the works from famous artist, Wassily Kandinsky, and attempted to hear co-lour and see sound while they created Kandinsky Circles. They are proudly displayed in the classroom and will be available for viewing at the Open House on Thursday. In social stud-ies, Fred (a gummy worm) was rescued when his boat capsized in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during his travels around the world. The class was only able to use four paperclips and their outstanding brains to save him. And, of course, they prevailed.
Other excitement this week includes the fact that swimming lessons have now begun for our Grade 4 students and for many of our Grade 5 students. Swimming is not only a part of the phys. ed. curriculum, but it is also an important life-long skill for all chil-dren to have. We have also started work on Habit #1 (of our Leader in Me Program) this week. We are now in our third year of this pro-gram and are thrilled to see the continued development of leadership and commu-nity service mindedness in our students. This, and
project-based learning, will be enhanced by the arrival of our Chromebooks later in the week. Every student in grades 4 to 6 will be as-signed their own Chrome-book for school use, and our Grade 3 students will have a 2:1 ratio. Those, combined with our current computer labs, laptop computers, and iPads, will ensure that all of our students have ample opportunity to be connected technologically.
And finally, our school open house is being held this Thursday, Sept. 17, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.. We typically have an ex-tremely high percentage of
our parents attend this eve-ning, and this year we will be showcasing our brand new video wall and sound system. As well, our par-ents have an exciting debut to share with everyone, as a part of the school coun-cil kickoff. Teachers have also prepared activities in their classrooms, and this is an excellent opportunity for our families to meet the staff, see their child’s class-room, and to get a sense of the wonderful learning that is happening in each of the rooms. We hope that you will be able to join us for this exciting and interesting evening.
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By: Tara Kroes, Grade 6 Teacher The beginning of the school year always brings
mixed emotions for teachers. There is the excitement of decorating the classroom, the pleasure of planning out the year, and the extreme satisfaction as each child’s name is printed on a name tag and placed just so on a desk. On the other hand, there is the nervousness of meeting new students, and the worry of whether you will be able to give enough to meet each child’s unique needs. Despite this range of feelings, there is one con-stant throughout the entire process - September always brings a renewed sense of purpose to a teacher’s life.
To kick-off the new school year and to find inspira-tion, the CKCS staff travelled to Wainwright, AB on Aug. 25 for East Central’s annual Mission and Ministry Day.
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Guest speaker David Wells, spoke about find-ing a renewed joy in your life, and how important it was, as teachers, to dem-onstrate that joy to our students. Although it is a teacher’s job to teach the curriculum, David spoke on how at the end of the year, it would not be cur-riculum that stood out in a student’s mind. It would be those quiet moments that a teacher would not remember, but the student would never forget. After listening to his message, the CKCS staff have be-gun this school year with a new purpose - to focus on spreading the joy through-out the halls of our school, because “Joy is the unmis-takable sign of the pres-ence of God.” (Teilhard de Chardin).
This year at CKCS we welcome back Miss. Del-hommeau (Kindergarten), Mrs. Bohn (Grade 1), Mrs. Barnes (Grade 2), Mrs. Van Straten (Grade 3/4), Mrs. Gulak (Grade 4/5), Miss Kroes (Grade 6), Mrs. Boxma (Grade 7), Mrs. Wood (Grade 8/9), Mr. Wik (P.E.), as well as our many TAs and support staff.
I would like to send a huge thank you to the stu-dents who have volunteered to write the CKCS news articles for the 2015/2016 school year. Our newspa-per club members include Abbey Bohn, Nicole Ken-nedy, Hannah Canlas, Autumn Wyness, Jeileigh DeWitt and Brandy Ken-nedy. They will be won-derful ambassadors for our school, and will do a mar-velous job of keeping Stet-tler up-to-date on all the happenings at Christ-King Catholic School.
As we begin a new Sep-tember, CKCS would like to wish all teachers and students a fun and memo-rable school year. May each of you find your own joy.
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The Donalda Coulee Friendship Club will be open every Saturday from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. for fellowship and coffee at the drop-in centre. Ev-eryone is welcome.
Donalda Community
Market will be held at Dino’s Bar & Grill Sun-day, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Shop for a variety of handcrafted items. To book a table call or text 403.916.9006.
The Donalda School will be having its annual general parent council meeting at the school’s library on Wednesday, Sept 16. at 3:45 p.m.
Birthday wishes this week go out to Austin
Awe, Mark Meston, Jill Henderson, Mike Bro-emeling, Sheila Norman, Steven Baker, April Hur-ren, Mei Andres, Isa-bella Schoettler, Jessica Block, Kolton McKay, Steve Machell, Jordyn
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With fall soon upon us, come some fall cleaning and if you’re wondering when the Botha Transit Station is open, the hours are Tuesdays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and every Satur-
day from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Hopefully, these hours work for everyone.
With school in full force now, the Stettler Public Library’s Botha Read and Rhyme Program has started
up again for children ages 0-5 with new hours. This is held at the Botha Kin-dergarten room on Thurs-days starting at 10:30 a.m. The days for this month were the Sept. 3 and 10 and
now tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 17 and 24. You won’t want to miss these.
Then on Thursday, Sept. 24, starting at 7 p.m., there will be a village of-fice meeting and everyone
has been invited to attend. There has been some ex-citing news around there lately. Ken Hoekstra has accepted the position of deputy mayor, so this is exciting for everyone. But make sure you come on out the fourth Thursday of each month for these monthly meetings. Also in by accla-mation is Frank O’Hagen who has joined our village council team, which is right on. Welcome, Frank.
On Sunday, Sept. 27, the Old Time Dance Club will be starting again for an-other season. There was a change of bands, though, for the starting off dance, which was to be the “Old Thyme Aires”; but unfor-tunately things came up, so the “Western Sunsetters Band” will be kicking off
this season instead. They too are a fantastic band and you will not want to miss out. A big thank you to the” Western Sunsetters” for taking this position that afternoon. The theme for this dance will be the harvest and hard times, so come on out and have some fun. These dances are open to all ages as there is no age limit. They start at 1:30 p.m., the last Sunday of each month.
Bingo takes place tonight starting at 7:15 p.m., doors open at 6:30. So come on out and try out your luck.
The first day of quilting for this season will be Mon-day Sept. 28, so grab your quilting items and come to the seniors’ centre at 9:30 a.m. and join the group. Everyone is welcome.
Botha has a new deputy mayor
Since 1857 James Richardson and sons Limited has Since 1857 James Richardson and sons Limited has maintained a strong belief in giving back to the communities maintained a strong belief in giving back to the communities in which it serves. Recently the Richardson foundation in which it serves. Recently the Richardson foundation presented the Big Valley fi re department a check for presented the Big Valley fi re department a check for $10,000 to be used toward the purchase of extrication $10,000 to be used toward the purchase of extrication equipment for the department. We wish to thank them for equipment for the department. We wish to thank them for their generosity and helping us to meet our goal. their generosity and helping us to meet our goal.
PPresenting the check to Big Valley fi re department members resenting the check to Big Valley fi re department members are Ken Rollheiser & Brian Klippert both of Lacombe and are Ken Rollheiser & Brian Klippert both of Lacombe and employed by Richardson Pioneer.employed by Richardson Pioneer.
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Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER
Stettler Panthers scored a home victory as they beat Red Deer Hor-nets 32-12 on Saturday, Sept. 12 in the first game of the season.
On the crisp September morning Stettler fans were not disappointed, as the Hornets became casualties to Panthers offence and defense.
“It was exciting for the season to open with a win,” said coach and defensive coordinator Zeke Ryan. “The boys on the defense played strong, the offence played strong, too in the first quarter and then idled for a bit in the second.”
Dave Butterwick scored three touchdowns and Carson Moitous had two touchdowns in the game.
Although the Panthers had a slow start they picked up the pace as the game progressed.
“Our team got off to a slow start, which was kind of expected as most of the players were experi-encing their first game ever,” said coach Ernie Shireff. “At half-time we made some adjustments and the team responded well as we domi-nated the third quarter scoring three times and allowing nothing from the Red Deer Hornets till a late touchdown in the fourth quarter.”
Emphasizing on how far they have come as a team, Ryan thinks the team will get stronger as the
season progresses.“They will still learn and get
stronger as the practices take place and weeks go on,” added Ryan.
“The team will prosper by the end of the season.”
Panthers play Drumheller next on Saturday, Sept. 20.
Independent SPORTS Wednesday, September 16, 2015Page 18 The Stettler Independent
Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The victory was resounding as Stettler Cougars claimed the first win of the season, de-feating Red Deer Notre Dame 72-0 in a home game on Sat-urday, Sept. 12.
With a convincing defense and a relentless offense, Cou-gars did not give the Notre Dame players a moment of reprieve, raising the bar for the next game.
Noah McKay and Steele Nichols gave Cougars fans many memorable moments as they tackled and attacked fearlessly. McKay scored a total of seven touchdowns with Delaney Anderson add-ing two, one of them on a 75-yard dash.
Brett Mercier and Dan Les-age also added one TD each to the tally while Steele Nichols converted all of the nine kicks after the touchdowns setting a team record for most extra points went 9 for 9 in kicking extra points, becoming the
first Cougar to do so. Head coach Mark Neitz
was undoubtedly very pleased with his team’s performance.
“As a team we played well for the first game of the sea-son, being able to give all players ample play time and allowing them to get game experience, that will be re-ally integral for the younger players going forward,” said Neitz. “Basically we will con-tinue to work on fundamentals and being more comfortable in the offensive and defensive schemes so that we can mini-mize on-field mistakes.”
According to Neitz, it is im-portant for the players to keep up the speed.
“We need to realize that we are going to come up against tougher, more talented teams going later into the season so we can’t become complacent with such a lop-sided win,” said Neitz.
Cougars play Ponoka next on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 1.00 p.m.
Stettler Cougars crush Red Deer Notre Dame
Stettler Panthers triumph overRed Deer Hornets
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Stettler Cougars player Noah McKay gets tackled by an opponent Red Deer Notre Dame player in the first home game on Saturday, Sept. 12, which the Cougars won convincingly 72-0.
Mustafa EricINDEPENDENT EDITOR
Stettler Wildcats won an easy victory defeating Po-noka’s Broncs 37-8 at their home turf on Thursday, Sept. 10, without facing much challenge but still rais-ing questions for the rest of the season.
Wildcats opened scoring early in the game with a field goal and then scoring their first touchdown in the final minute of the first quarter with Austin Rosland. With a successful two-point conver-sion, the score stood at 11-0 for the Stettler boys as the teams switched sides for the second quarter.
Wildcats kept on going against the Broncs with no let up in their offensive ef-fort, scoring two more touch downs in the second quarter, first by Clayton Page and later by Jeremy Kirk but failing to convert after each of them.
In the last minute of the first half, a procedural er-ror by the Wildcats brought Broncs to the brink of their first touchdown by plac-ing the ball at the six-yard line of the Wildcat zone, but Wildcats stopped the at-
tempt with a safety: 23-2.In the second half, Alex
Leblanc and Kyle Lawrence scored one more TD each, and with extra points after each of them, the score stood at 37-2 as the game went into its final two minutes, with Broncs scoring their first touchdown ending the game 37-8.
Head coach Norbert Bah-arally was pleased with the performance of the Widl-cats, but concerned about the future of the season. With the team roster down to 28 players in total, and only 24 dressed for the Broncs game, Baharally said it would be a challenge to be able to keep the same performance for the rest of the season with many players taking on both defensive and offensive roles and getting exhausted easily. Factoring in the possibility of injuries, Baharally was concerned about the consis-tency of performance.
“We are missing depth in both offense and defense,” he said.
Asked what he would be focusing on in the future practices, “I will be focusing on being able to get three or four more players,” Baharally said.
Wildcats build confidence with first win of the season
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Stettler Panthers player Jaccob Cottam Stettler Panthers player Jaccob Cottam
gets through opponent’s defense as gets through opponent’s defense as
Lukas Smith of Red Deer Hornets try Lukas Smith of Red Deer Hornets try
to tackle him in their home game on to tackle him in their home game on
Saturday, Sept. 12, which the Panthers Saturday, Sept. 12, which the Panthers
won 32-12.won 32-12.
Independent SPORTS Wednesday, September 16, 2015 The Stettler Independent Page 19
Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER
As far as the weekend pre-seasoners were con-cerned, Stettler Lightning did not quite match up to opponents Red Deer Vi-pers, losing both the Sat-urday and Sunday games, 5-2 and 7-3 respectively.
Going with a younger lineup, the Stettler squad wanted to ensure that the more seasoned players were being rested enough to get them ready for the first game of the season.
“We went with a young-er lineup this weekend to again rest some vets that are a little bumped and bruised,” said Gavin Brandl, head coach of Lightning. “It’s disap-pointing to lose those two games, especially to Red Deer, but in the grand scheme of things I’m not
going to put too much stock into what the score
board read.”Emphasizing on the
importance of pre-season games, Brandl said that
most of these are op-portunities to find better and stronger players, “to see what we need to be focusing on as coaches and to do some fine tun-ing so that by the time the regular season comes around we are firing on all cylinders.”
According to Brandl, in that sense the weekend was a success because “we have seen what Red Deer will look like and now we know that we can be at the same level as them all season long.”
“A few of our rookies, namely Linden Heidecker and Braydon Whiteford looked like they are start-ing to get a lot more com-fortable playing at this
level so as coaching staff we were very pleased with that,” said Brandl.
“On top of that, 17-year-old forward Matt Sylves-ter was our best player all weekend long, putting up five points and causing a lot of problems for Red Deer with his speed and intelligence.”
“We were very happy with the way our young guys looked this week-end and the few mistakes that were made and that ended up in our net are all very fixable mistakes so there’s nothing to be concerned about,” said Brandl.
Stettler Lightning takes on Vegreville in a home game on Sunday, Sept. 20.
Moush Sara JohnINDEPENDENT REPORTER
The final gymkhana of the Stettler series was held on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the indoor arena of the Stettler Agriplex, forced by the downpour earlier in the week.
The year-end overall winners were declared by categories, with Jayme Bolin of Stettler winning the age group 19-49, followed by Tam-my Hronek of Erskine and Kelsey Bignell of Botha.
For the age six and under catego-ry, Kayla Hronek of Erskine was the winner, followed by Luke Hronek and Kayl Hawkins, both from Ers-kine again.
The winner for the age group sev-en to 10 was Skylar Hymers of Bo-tha, followed by Bret Hymers of Bo-tha and Morgan Kiemele of Hanna.
Lexa Bergstrom of Red Willow won the age group 11-18, followed by Stettler’s Emily Wright and Ra-chael Deaver.
For the 50 and above age group, the winner was Elva McAllister of Delburne, followed by Bonnie Kobi of Botha and Dwayne Bignell of Gadsby.
The series had been running throughout summer, once a month, beginning in June, giving an oppor-tunity for all participants to accu-mulate points and add to their grand total.
Events in the gymkhana included pole bending, stake race, flag pick-
ing, thread the needle and barrel racing.
The first gymkhana was held in June 2014 and was a “huge suc-cess”.
This led it to become a series of four events.
“The support of the community, entrants and volunteers was so phe-nomenal that we decided to have another series again this year,” said Kelsey Bignell, one of the organiz-ers. “Our objective with a gymkhana
series is to create a fun environment for families to practice their horse-manship skills, and for kids to have fun with their horses!”
With requests to have winter gym-khanas, Bignell and co-organizer Tammy Hronek are looking into the prospect of organizing one.
“Tammy and I grew up doing events like these so we wanted to give the kids and youth in the com-munity an opportunity to do the same,” said Bignell.
Jayme Bolin of Stettler winsat Stettler Gymkhana
Moush Sara John/Independent reporter
Dylan Houston of Stettler Lightning in possession of the puck tries to score in their pre-season game against Vipers on Sunday, Sept. 13. Vipers won 7-3.
Stettler Lightning overcome by Red Deer Vipers
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Brett Hymers of Botha participates in the flag-picking event of the final Stettler gymkhana held on Saturday, Sept. 12. He placed second in the 7-12 age group in the overall rankings.
Independent COLUMNS Wednesday, September 16, 2015Page 20 The Stettler Independent
Paulette HeerGADSBY/WESTWOODS NEWS
It’s been an exciting 10 days for the Heer family. My cousins from Norway came for 10 days. Jan and Irene, Inge, Ragnhild and Johan. While here, we toured Drumheller, Tyrell museum; took the Alberta Prairie Steam Train to Big Valley (where they loved getting robbed); enjoyed the farmer’s market on Tuesday, then on to Wetask-iwin to the Reynolds mu-seum. Joining us for sup-per in Wetaskiwin were Percy’s cousin Gayle and Brian. Twenty-nine family and friends gathered on Fri-day for turkey supper and greet the “Vikings”. A spe-cial time for Jeanne Beisel, who spent most days with us, bringing her back to her Norwegian roots as well. John and Jewel drove them back to the Calgary airport on Thursday, they arrived
home safe and sound Fri-day after 12 hours in the air.
Also visiting Percy and Paulette recently were Doug and Inez Baldwin for several days and Percy’s cousin Alan and Vi Coultis for supper after Decoration Day.
Frank and Eleanor Dahl-gren have been busy tour-ing the countryside, taking in several gymkhana; a big thrill on the weekend for them when they watched their two-year-old Mia par-ticipate in her second event, with dad Hally at the reins.
Bill and Joyce Hansel have been busy with fam-ily and friends. Daughter Sandy and Rod took them out to Capt Aira Lake on Sunday, Sept. 6 to celebrate daughter Mary Lou’s birth-day and Stan and Mary-Lou’s 35th anniversary.
This Saturday Grandson Devin and Heather Trenne-ry from Mitisco visited.
Cards were on Sunday with Gordie and Shirley Reyn-olds; and Larry and Kathy Tuck dropped in for cards after a successful fishing trip in northern Saskatch-ewan.
Also back from fishing in Saskatchewan are Harold and Hazel (Thomas). They headed back after winter-izing their RV, situated at Harold’s sister’s place.
Bill and Joyce also re-ceived word that grandson Tyler and Breanne are en-gaged to be married next October.
A by-election in Gadsby was averted when Sam Wilson went in by accla-mation, taking the place of councillor/mayor Laura Kelly-Stevenson.
The Mayor, by agree-ment of council is now Fred Entwisle. The third councillor remains Brian Burks.
Best wishes to all.
New mayor for Gadsby, lots of visits
Rain is not helping harvestPatty Steen
RUMSEY RECORD
As the rain continues to fall this past weekend, the farmers continue to watch and wait for the sun to shine so the har-vest can start. I know that farmers are never happy, but this is definitely a re-versal of what the seasons should have been. I guess it will do good for the pastures and lays a good foundation for next spring’s moisture levels. That doesn’t help my half cut lawn, though.
Linda Helmer stopped by to let me know that Marilyn Olmstead will be hosting St. Mary’s Birthday Club for Sept. 21. I would like to thank all the volunteers who give time to this won-derful monthly event. The residents really enjoy the company, music and birthday treats. Thank you for giving me a bit of news to submit because as you can see the column is a little short this week. Please let me know what is happening in the community, I would
love to share it with everyone. Here’s my joke of the week, enjoy:Bubba decided it was time to purchase
a new saw to help clear his heavily tim-bered property. A salesman showed him the latest model chain saw and assured him that he could easily cut three or four cords of wood per day with it. But the first day, Bubba barely cut one cord of wood. The second morning he arose an hour earlier and managed to cut a little over one cord. The third day he got up even earlier but only managed to achieve a total of 1 ½ cords of wood.
Bubba returned the saw to the store the next day and explained the situa-tion.
“Well”, said the salesman, “let’s see what’s the matter.” He then pulled the cable and the chain saw sprang into ac-tion.
Leaping back, Bubba shouted, “What the heck is that noise?”
Have a good week.
Rose Koenraadt & Dorothy AndersonHALKIRK HERALD
The school doors opened last week with a full slate of students and teachers ready to begin a new year. Ms. Desiree Bargholz is new to our school and joins the staff from last year. We welcome Ms. Bargholz and welcome back Ms. Sherri Beier, Mr. Mike Courtney, Mrs. Tracey Turre, who is back from ma-ternity leave, Ms. Kara Zilinski and Mrs. Maki Baird. Bus drivers are Mrs. Melody Kent and Mr. Darcy Mabbott. The school custodian is Kim Fath. The students union successfully manned a booth at the Elks’ bull-a-rama in August with cotton candy and popcorn while the parent council ran the food booth. Mother Teresa will hold their awards night on Sept. 24; students will partici-pate in the Terry Fox run at Theresetta school on Sept. 25, and on Sept. 28 the parent school council will meet at 7 p.m. with everyone is welcome to come down and meet the teachers.
At this time of year we also like to check in with our graduates from last spring. Jaycey Gamroth is at Augustana University in Camrose in a Kinesiology course working toward an occupational therapist certification; Shane Neilson is taking a heavy equipment operators
course in Drumheller; Seth Neufeld is working with a custom harvesting crew at Lethbridge and Jillian Schaffner is taking her B. of Commerce at the Uni-versity of Calgary. Other students at-taining a secondary education at Red Deer college include Ryan Dahmer – third year Business Adm. ; Elliott Mab-bott – third year, electrical engineering ; and Max Schaffner – third year Kinesi-ology. At the U of Lethbridge we have Kassidy Hronek – second year Crimi-nal Justice and Amber Neilson – fourth year Special Need teacher.
Sympathy to the family of Alice (Wil-tse) Vincett her story is on page 674 of the Halkirk Home fires history book.
Relatives of the late Ed Merrett (story on page 175 in the Halkirk Home fires book) were in the area last week. Ed lived in the area in 1906 on the late Dick Hughes farm. Ed’s relatives Pe-ter Curtis and his wife are from Dorset, England.
Correction for HOJA: they are in Castor on Saturday Sept. 26 at 7p.m.
Coming up – Sept. 23 – COW bus in town at village office; Oct. 8 – Popo-vich entertainers in the Hall for after-noon performance; Oct. 17 – Elks’ an-nual oyster fry and white elephant sale.
Welcoming back students and teachers
Les & Rosemary StulbergBYEMOOR/ENDIANG NEWS
The Byemoor School students have begun swim-ming lessons in Stettler for this term. Sharing the bus driving duties this year are Judy Buchwitz and Christa Neufeld.
The Byemoor parent council arranges the bus-sing for swimming and the annual community calen-dar fundraiser helps cover the bussing costs for these worthwhile and potentially life-saving lessons.
The County of Stet-tler crews have been busy working at the arena in By-emoor removing dirt and contouring the parking lot and areas to the south and
west of the arena to cor-rect the drainage problems around the arena. It will be nice to not have water pool-ing around the arena and running into the building.
Marilyn Boehlke and family attended the wed-ding of her niece Kari Con-ners and Max Plamondon at Hinton on Sept. 5. Kari is the daughter of Linda (Smith) Conners. The new-lyweds will be making their home at Hinton.
Jim and Maureen Was-dal and their family trav-eled to Seattle, Wash. to take in some of the Seattle Mariners major league ball games. They also enjoyed visiting other points of interest.
Lois Ballinger has moved to Points West Liv-ing in Stettler where she welcomes visitors. We wish Lois all the best in her new location.
Lenard and Rebecca Schofer and their children, along with Danny Grover and David and Amanda El-der traveled to Kerrobert, Sask. for the weekend wed-ding of friends Dione and Malory Rosin.
Farmers are struggling with the wet weather to get their harvest done. The lat-est rains have made fields too soft to travel and have delayed the harvest opera-tions.
In school news, keep in mind the Byemoor students will be participating in the Terry Fox Run on Sept. 18 and would appreciate your pledges. Also, the school is collecting Campbell’s soup labels, household batteries, Canadian Tire money, egg cartons, cell phones, pop, milk and other beverage containers and tabs from aluminum cans. These are used in school projects or raise money for school projects.
Back-to-school humour — What did the cross-eyed teacher say to the princi-pal? “I can’t control my pupils.”
Athletics and extra curricular activities in full swingPenny WarfordWILDCATS’ CORNER
This school year has start-ed off with a bang, here at Wm E. Hay Stettler Second-ary Campus. We had orienta-tion for grades 10,11, and 12 on Sept. 2 and grades 7,8 and 9 went on the next day. Sept 4 was picture day and first day of classes with all students.
The volleyball season has started with tryouts over the past two weeks for both teams. The senior girls’ first game is Sept. 15 in Lacombe.
Their first tournament is Sept. 18-19 in Rocky Moun-tain House. The junior girls’ first game is Sept 15 in La-combe. Their first tourna-ment is Sept. 18-19 in Bishop O’Byrne, Calgary. The junior boys first game is Sept. 16 in Rocky Mountain House (Home vs West Central). Football has started up again this year and played their first league game of the sea-son on Sept. 10 in Ponoka. The Wildcats won 37-8. Their next game is the first
home game of the season vs. Wetaskiwin, on Sept. 18 at 4:30 pm. Come cheer on your local team. Cross Coun-try has had their first meet-ing and will be training for their first meet on Sept. 16 in Wainwright. Good luck to all participants!
The theatre arts depart-ment is getting ready to start the process of auditions for the play they will be doing this year. It is a Christmas play and auditions will be on Sept 14 and 15, with prac-
tices starting on Wednesday. Good luck to all those who audition!
Our school offers a lot of extra curricular clubs during and outside of school time. There is the athletic board (Alyssa Henderson is presi-dent); Be the Change and YCAT (Hannah McKay is president); Chess club with Mr. McClung; Fine Arts Board (Sara Lovell is presi-dent); The Gay-Straight-Alliance (Hannah McKay is president); Improv (Schubert
Hernando and Hannah McK-ay are co-presidents); Jazz Band with Mr. Rahn; Stu-dents against Destructive De-cisions (Kaylee Somerville is the president); Senior Stu-dents Union- (Schubert Her-nando is president); Junior Students Union (president is Jenny Munholland), Girls’ Group (with Penny Warford and Mrs. Ough), and Theatre Arts (with Mr.Fly). Wel-come back week is happen-ing this week with lots of fun games and a BBQ on Friday.
County crews at work around Byemoor arena
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The Erskine Floats and Flicks was a great suc-cess and everyone had a great time. A wind did come up during the drive in, which made things a bit unpleasant for a while but everything carried on and those who were sitting outside of their vehicles went inside. Amongst the activities were face-painting, tat-tooing (temporary), hay ride, train ride, bounce house and a wonderful meal put on by the Ers-kine Evangelical Church.
More people attended this year, so everyone was kept quite busy. A huge thank you to the men and women from the church who did a superb job and also a thank you to all the volunteers who helped this year; so nice to see so many in com-munity spirit.
The first dance jam put on by the Erskine Se-niors’ Center was also a success with 44 in atten-dance.
People from Elnora,
Delburne, Camrose, Bashaw, Red Deer and other places came over to enjoy the music and dancing.
Thanks to all who brought lunch. Notice-able in not attending were seniors from Ers-kine, so it is wondered what it takes to grab their interest and keep the se-niors’ centre open and running.
There are cards on Wednesday afternoons and the dance jams will continue the second Sun-day each month. It’s great to sit and listen to the old time music even if a person does not dance, meet new people and enjoy visiting and having lunch.
The seniors also plan to have walks in the hall
this winter, so everyone can get some exercise and keep in shape espe-cially when it is too cold to do much outside. We
could certainly use some input as to anything else the seniors would be in-terested in doing.
The ladies’ curling will
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LEVESQUE
I would like to thank Dr. Lockhat and the nursing staff at Stettler Hospital during my stay. I would like to thank Ernie
for making me go to the hospital and the many visitors, phone calls, and fl owers that I received. A special thanks to Adeline for sitting with me at the hospital during Andy’s
Celebration of Life which I couldn’t attend due to my health. Also I would sincerely like to thank my Special Angel, my daughter Kim O’Brien who took over for me at our time of
sorrow, losing Andy. Thank you honey. Love you, mom
Regards,Margaret Levesque
THE FAMILY OFDON WALTON
We would like to thank all our friends and relatives for their kindness and
compassion during our diffi cult time. Thank you for all the food, fl oral
arrangements, donations, cards and phone calls. It was greatly appreciated. We would like to thank
Jan of the United Church, for being there for Don and our family and a thanks to Corinne and girls for all their help.
Verna Walton and families
The Family ofLESLIE MCBRIDE
would like to thank all friends and relatives for their kindness, charitable contributions and expressions of condolence during our diffi cult time. Thanks to those who visited, phoned, left such lovely cards and notes, attended the
funeral service and presented fl oral arrangements. Thanks also to the Royal Canadian Legion for their
participation and to the Stettler Funeral Home staff for their compassionate and professional service. Kindly appreciated
were the services of Leanne Hall who offi ciated, musician Melanie Weeks, Corina Bussard and Shayne McBride for their visual presentation and poem, Dianne Bradley and
Nelson McBride for tributes to Dad and soloist Julie Golosky-Olmstead. Thanks to Shelley Grover for
catering the lunch. Thanks is extended to Dr. Pieter Bouwer, the staffs at the Stettler Hospital, Paragon Place, Alberta
Health Services and Home Care for their care and attention to Leslie’s needs.
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Would like to thank all our family, friends and
neighbours for all the phone calls, cards, fl owers, food and donations during
our sad loss of Andy. Thank you to the Doctors and Nurses in Stettler and
the Royal Alexandra Hospitals for their care and compassion when
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IN MEMORY OFMILLIE WOODS
March 23, 1937 - Sept. 18, 2013A wife, a mother, a grandma too,
This is the legacy we have from you.You taught us love and how to fi ght,
You gave us strength, you gave us might.A stronger person would be hard to fi nd,And in your heart, you were always kind.
You fought for us all in one way or another,Not just as a wife, not just as a mother.
For all of us you gave your best,And now you get to rest.
So be in peace, you’ve earned your sleep,Your love in our hearts, we’ll eternally keep.
Forever loved & sadly missed, Your loving family
CHARLOTTE EVELYN SLIFKA (Webb)Oct. 6, 1919 - September 4, 2015Charlotte Evelyn Slifka passed away on September 4, 2015 at the age of 95 years, 10 months, 29 days. Charlotte was born during a raging blizzard in Erskine, AB, which was very unusual for that time of year. She was the middle daughter born to Ralph and Evelyn Webb. She attended Ransom School, walking the three miles to school every day and going by horse and sled in the winter. After completing her grade 12, Charlotte attended Normal School in Calgary, obtaining her teaching certifi cate. She was Valedictorian of her Normal School. Charlotte’s fi rst teaching assignment was at the Manthano School south of Botha. She boarded at the Doug Voysey farm and it was there that she met her future husband George Slifka (Jewel Voysey’s brother.) Charlotte’s teaching career included Blumenau and Erskine Schools. She later joined the Stettler Elementary School teaching staff and taught both grade 6 and grade 3. In 1968, the Stettler School Board
allowed her a sabbatical leave where she attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton and completed her Bachelor of Education degree (with distinction.) Her former students remember her Japanese Tea Parties, Drumheller Badlands excursions, Junior Red Cross involvement and her art classes.During her youth, Charlotte’s love of poetry, literature and art was formed. She wrote poetry and short stories which were published in the Winnipeg Free Press and the Western Producer under her own name and the pseudonym Charcoal. This carried on during the rest of her life both as an educator and as a learner. Her artistic talent was evident at an early age with her drawings and paintings. Charlotte would drive to Red Deer to take art lessons, even in the depths of winter. When the County of Stettler and the Stettler Agricultural Society asked her to organize an art section in the local fair, she jumped in with both feet, setting up and displaying the art in categories and bringing in the experts to judge the art. She herself won many ribbons for her own art. Charlotte travelled all around Central Alberta judging art.Charlotte was recognized with Life Memberships in the following organizations: Alberta Teacher’s Association (A.T.A.), I.O.D.E. - Frontenac Chapter - Stettler (since 1949), Stettler Town & Country Museum, Junior Red Cross and Red Cross Youth.Charlotte loved her garden, literature, language, history, art, her Church and her family. She is survived by her children: Lynne McNeill, Sheila O’Shea, Chris Slifka, Rick (Kathy) Slifka, daughter-in-law Joyce Slifka and by her grandchildren, great grandchildren, great, great grandchildren and numerous other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband George, son Bob, steps sons Jim and Lloyd, and her sons-in-law Royce and Ross.“Earth has no sorrowThat Heaven can not heal” - T. MooreA Funeral Service was held at St. George’s Anglican Church, Stettler, on Saturday, September 12, 2015. Active Pallbearers were her grandsons, Robin McNeill, Kevin McNeill, Kerry O’Shea and her great grandsons, Malcolm Clark, Patrick Johnson and Brodie Johnson. Honorary Pallbearers were Rev. Jack Schulze, Carolyn Schulze, Carrie Kuefl er, Kathleen Kossowan, Don Slifka and Members of the I.O.D.E., Past and Present. Interment took place at the Erskine Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made to St. George’s Anglican Church, Box 699. Stettler, AB T0C 2L0; S.H.S.F., Mail Bag 500, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 or to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.brennenfuneralhome.com.
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Request for Proposals The County of Stettler No. 6 is inviting all interested Contractors to submit detailed proposals for the removal of fire debris and site clean-up at #17 Railway Avenue, Nevis, Alberta. Proposals should include removal and disposal of all debris, filling in/leveling all open excavations, supply and place 0.1m topsoil and seed all disturbed areas. It will also be the responsibility of the contractor to locate and remove any existing underground storage tanks.
Contractors are advised that the County will assign prime contractor responsibilities, as specified in the Occupational Health and Safety Act, to the successful contractor. The Contractor must also safeguard any utilities and arrange removals as necessary, and will be responsible for obtaining required safety code permits.
Contractors shall comply with all municipal, provincial and federal regulations and requirements for the described work. The County desires the work to be completed no later than November 15, 2015. Contractors shall submit a schedule with their proposals noting any conditions or deviations for this desired completion date. Please send your sealed proposals to:County of Stettler No. 6Attention: Rick Green6602 – 44 Ave., Box 1270Stettler AB, TOC 2L0
Committee Members Required
Looking for an opportunity to do something positive for your community?Become a Member-at-Large!
The County of Stettler No. 6 is seeking individuals willing to sit as its Member-at-Large representatives for the:
Weed Control Act Appeal Board – 1 vacant spots
You will help make positive decisions which will benefit the County of Stettler, and its many partnering communities.
If you reside in the County of Stettler and are interested in serving on any of the above Boards or would like additional information about this opportunity, please contact Tim Fox, Chief Administrative Officer at 742-4441.
Submit applications by September 25, 2015 to: County of Stettler No. 6 Box 1270 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0
Applications will be considered and appointments made at the October 14, 2015 County of Stettler No. 6 Organizational Meeting.
County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 742-4441 Fax: 742-1277
PUBLIC NOTICE
County of Stettler No. 66602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270,
Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277
PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE TO RESIDENTS
Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)Stettler, AB T0C 2L0
www.stettler.net
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYAre you passionate about your community? Are you interested in work that continues to improve Stettler?The Town of Stettler is looking for a highly motivated and energetic person to join the team, as a
Utility OperatorJob Description: Your main responsibilities will be completing day to day maintenance and operations of the Town’s water and wastewater utilities. This work involves the use of equipment and the supervision of a small crew. Employees will receive daily instruction from the Water and Wastewater Foreman and may be given responsibility over specifi c tasks and projects.
Requirements and Qualifi cations:- Ability to react calmly and work effi ciently in a team when situations can become emergent.- Five years municipal experience in the repair and maintenance of water and sewer utilities or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.- Ability to operate equipment such as rubber tired loader and backhoe, tandem, fl usher/vac, etc.- Valid Class 3 license with Q endorsement.- Holding or working towards the following certifi cations:- Level II – Water Distribution- Level II – Waste Collection- Level I – Wastewater Treatment
How To Apply: Application are being accepted until October 2nd. Submit by email to:Melissa RobbinsDirector of Operational ServicesTown of Stettler5031-50 Street, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0Email: [email protected]
Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Randy Long• Residential• Commercial
• Automotive Needs
403-742-25204607 - 59 St., Stettler
(Beside A & W)
“If It’s Electrical We Do It”
All types of Electrical Installation &Maintenance
403-742-5111
Serving Stettler& Area since 1978
GALEN WIEBERESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
DRAFTING AND DESIGN
4905 44 AVE., BAY 2, STETTLER
PH: 403-742-4101FAX: 866-305-5686
403-742-1330
Buzz AndersenServing Stettler
area over 35 years
-Residential-Commercial
-Farm Buildings-Renovations
Keen KleanKeen Klean• CarpetCleaning
403-742-6970403-740-9782403-742-6970
• Carpet Cleaning• Upholstry Cleaning
• WindowWashing
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Phone: 403-742-6612Cell: 780-935-0540
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Monika Stahlberg
Monika Stahlberg
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Stettler FurnaceCleaning
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Windows & Doors• All your glass & screen needs
Main St., Stettler Emergency403-742-2665 403-742-3628
Dr. E. LYNESChiropractor
4719 - 49 St.Stettler, AlbertaOne block East of Scotia Bank
403-742-5810 or 403-742-6443
Stettler Eye CareDr. R. TROY NELSON
Comprehensive eye health and vision exams
Top quality frames, lenses and contacts
Treatment of eye disease, injuries and
surgical co-management
Phone 403-742-2683New patients welcome
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Phone JohnPhone John780-975-5343780-975-5343
or 403-742-0646or 403-742-0646
No Job Too Big or SmallNo Job Too Big or Small
JT AUTO BODY LTD.
“Serving Stettler & areafor years”
• Complete auto bodyrepair & painting
Call Curt or Rob
Phone 403-742-2869 4606 - 40 St., Stettler
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Find out more about us at:www.brennanautobody.com
Phone: 403-742-35554109 - 48 Avenue, Stettler
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Box 1595, 4907 - 50 Street,
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-Gitzel Krejci Building4912 - 51 Street
Stettler, ABOpen Mon. - Sat.
Bus.: 403-742-2553Res.: 403-742-0370
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Chapman and Co.Professional
Accountants LLP
Guy Chapman, CAChris Annand, CA
Kendra Walgenbach, CANaomi Roth, CGA
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Tel: 403-742-3438e-mail: [email protected]
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METAL ROOFING & SID-ING. 32+ colours available at over 55 Distributors. 40
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Canadian Texas Longhorn Association Presents
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MEIER Classic Car & Truck Auction. Sundat
September 20, 11 a.m., 6016-72A Ave., Edmonton.
Consign today, call 780-440-1860
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;
rbauction.com/realestate.
FIRST CANADIAN?Collector’s?Club Antiques
& Collectibles Show?& Sale! Saturday, October 3, 2015 9:30a.m. to 4:00p.m.
Thorncliffe-Greenview Community Hall, 5600
Centre St. North. Admission $4
HIGHWAY 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.
LAKE FRONT HOME at Jackfi 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;
rbauction.com/realestate.
UNDEVELOPED 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;
rbauction.com/realestate.
UNRESERVED AUCTION. Complete Dispersal of
Spruce Creek Antiques. Furniture, advertising,
showcases, collectibles, truck, much more! 9 a.m., Saturday, September 19, Legion, Hall, Wainwright, Alberta. 780-842-5666; www.scribnernet.com.
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
Hwy. 2A ~~~~~
TO BOOK YOUR SALE CALL
Big Strapper Auction403-782-5693
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A-CHEAP, lowest prices, steel shipping containers. Used 20’ & 40’ Seacans insulated & 40’ freezers, DMG $2450. Wanted:
Professional wood carver needed. 1-866-528-7108;
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KING and Queen Size Beds are on SALE
We have total 70 Queen Beds and 4 King Beds (included Head Boards,
Box Frames, Box Springs and Mattresses) for SALE. Everything is in excellent
condition, Mattresses have always been covered by a
mattress protector. Just $150 for Queen and $170 for King ones. If you are
interested Please feel free to call me at 403-742-3391
or email me at [email protected]
BEAUTIFUL SPRUCE TREES. 4-6ft. $35.00
each. Machineplanting:$10/tree (includes bark mulch and fertilizer). 20 tree minimum order. Delvery fee $75-$125/
order. Quality guaranteed. 403-820-0967
WANTED: WILL PAY cash for construction equipment,
backhoes, excavators, dozers, farm tractors w/loaders, skid steers,
wheel loaders, screeners, low beds, any condition
running or not. 250-260-0217
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
403-485-2532
IH White Top 914 combine, 1 owner, shedded, and
8” x 45’ Brandt PTO auger. 403-741-4353
Landscaping1240
Misc.Help 880
EmploymentTraining 900
LegalServices 1260 Legal
Services 1260
Misc.Services 1290
PersonalServices 1315
WellDrilling 1400 Well
Drilling 1400
Plumbing& Heating 1330
Roofing 1370
Auctions 1530
Auctions 1530
Auctions 1530
StorageSpace 3160
Auctions 1530
Equipment-Misc. 1620
HouseholdFurnishings1720
Misc. forSale 1760
OfficeSupplies 1800
WantedTo Buy 1930
FarmEquipment 2010
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Note: A few more hours may be required through Halloween and Christmas
We off er a very fl exible schedule and are willing to accommodate for the successful applicant. Perfect position for someone who takes an interest in decorating.
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Barristers and SolicitorsAdvocates
2401 Toronto Dominion Sq.Edmonton Centre
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Z1Telephone: 780-426-4660
Fax: 780-426-0982
BRYON D. BALTIMORE
of McCuaig Desrochers
LANDMAN REULE LAW OFFICE
4819 - 51 Street
Lori R. ReuleLL. B.
StettlerProfessional
Building
403-742-3411
ANDERSON LAW OFFICE
Brenda Anderson, B.Comm., LL.B.
5002 - 51 Ave., Stettler, AB
Phone 403-742-2529
Fax 403-742-2522
RUBBER DUCKYARD CARE
• Power Rake• Aerate
• Lawns ~ cut & trimmedFor personalized services callLana Gross ~ 403-740-3595
BRIAN HALLETTLAWN & GARDEN CARE
Town & Country Big or Small
…WE DO IT ALL!
Phone: 403-742-5830Please leave a message if no answer
403-742-2395
WHITE 20LB WHITE 20LB BOND PAPER: BOND PAPER:
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$48$48/case/caseShop Stettler Shop Stettler
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LegalServices 1260
Gary G. GrantLaw Office
4910 - 51 StreetStettler, AB T0C 2L0
Phone: 403-742-4437
TELL it all! Tell it well! Makeyour ads sell for you by givingfull description of goods orservices offered. Includeprices and terms. Phone1-877-223-3311 for a friendlyad taker.
Agricultural#2000 - #2290
Buy & Sell#1500 - #1990
THIS WEEK’SEYE SPY WINNER IS
Andrew BirchPlease come in to the
Stettler Independent to claim your prize.
HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Spring-thrashed Canola. Buying:
oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged
or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan
Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.
ROUND BALES - Hay, green feed, straw and bulk
oats. Delivery available. No Sunday calls please. Phone 403-704-3509 or
403-704-4333.
ROUND hay bales. Hay, green feed and straw.
Delivery avail. No Sunday calls please 403-704-3509
5 BDRM. located on acreage 9 miles from Stettler 403-740-5354
SMALL 1 bdrm. house in Bashaw walking distance to all amenities. Respon-
sible renters only. n/s. Refs. req’d. avail. Nov. 1
Call 403-886-2238
STETTLER 3 bdrm. 2 bath split level house w/deck & fenced yard, ref’s. & SD
403-740-6782
STETTLER 3 bdrm. house close to downtown and schools, n/p, ref’s req’d. 403-742-6631
BUFFALO LAKE/ROCHON SANDS
LAKEFRONT, extensively renovated, 3 bdrm. 2 full baths, 5 new appls, extra large lakeside deck/back-yard, no pets, n/s, SD, 20 minutes from Stettler, AB.
1-403-742-0024 avail. Oct.1, 2015
BEST RENTAL VALUEIN STETTLER
1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished kitchenette suites.
All utilities, cable, internet.Avail. immediately
Kimberly 403-690-5828
PASTURE & HAY LAND. 400 - 8000 acres of year round water supply. Full
operational with manage-ment available. Central Saskatchewan. Cross-
fenced & complete infrastructure. Natural
springs excellent water. Shortly ready to locate
cattle. Other small & large grain & pasture quarters.
$150k - $2.6m. Call Doug Rue 306-716-2671.
GRANDVIEW MODULAR HOMES Now Offering 24
X 68 Homes. Starting from $157,900 including
delivery (Conditions apply). Call one of our two
locations for details: 403-945-1272
(Airdrie) or 403-347-0417 (Red Deer).
SHOWHOME BLOWOUT! 36 homes built and ready
to be delivered before Thanksgiving. Free insu-lated skirting package on all remaining homes, until
Sept. 19th only; www.jandelhomes.com.
LOOKING FOR a shop? Post Frame Buildings.
AFAB Industries has expe-rience, expertise, reliability
and great construction practices. For a free quote,
contact Ryan Smith 403-818-0797 or email: [email protected].
STEEL BUILDINGS. “Summer Madness Sale!” All buildings, all models. You’ll think we’ve gone
Mad deals. Call now and get your deal. Call
Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422;
www.pioneersteel.ca.
GET BACK on track! Bad credit? Bills?
Unemployed? Need money? We lend!
If you own your own home - you qualify.
Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.
1-877-987-1420; www.pioneerwest.com.
We Will Take Payments!!2012 Dodge Gr. CaravanWhite, 93,000 Kms. FullInspection $13,450. CallHarvey @ Reward Lease
403-358-1698
Livestock 2100
Grain, FeedHay 2190
For Rent#3000 - #3200
Acreages/Farms ..............3010Houses/Duplexes ............3020Condos/Townhouses........3030Manufactured Homes ......3040Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050Suites ..............................3060Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070Roommates Wanted ........3080Rooms for Rent................3090Motels/Hotels ..................3100Offices ..............................3110Stores/Commercial ..........3120Industrial ..........................3130Warehouse Space............3140Garage Space..................3150Storage Space ................3160Land ................................3170Pasture ............................3180Mobile Lot ........................3190Misc. for Rent ..................3200
Wanted to Rent#3250 - #3390
Acreages/Farms ..............3255Houses/Duplexes ............3260Suites ..............................3270Rooms..............................3280Manufactured Homes ......3290Housesitting Wanted ........3300Garage Space..................3310Storage Space ................3320Stores/Commercial ..........3330Office Space ....................3340Industrial ..........................3350Warehouse Space............3360Resorts & Cottages..........3370Pasture/Land....................3380Mobile Lot ........................3390
Houses/Duplexes 3020
ManufacturedHomes 3040
Suites 3060
Suites 3060
StorageSpace 3160
Pasture 3180
BusinessesFor Sale 4140
Real Estate#4000 - #4190
Realtors & Services..........4010Houses for Sale................4020Houses Wanted................4030Condos/Townhouses ........4040Acreages ..........................4050Acreages Wanted ............4060Farms/Land ......................4070Farms/Land Wanted ........4080Manufactured/Mobile Homes ..................4090Income Property ..............4100Commercial Property ......4110Industrial Property ............4120Cottages/Resort Property ..4130Businesses for Sale..........4140Buildings for Sale ............4150Lots for Sale ....................4160Out of Town Property ......4170Investment Opportunities ..4180Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190
ManufacturedHomes 4090
BuildingsFor Sale 4150
Financial#4400 - #4430
Investments ......................4410Money Wanted ................4420Money to Loan ................4430
MoneyTo Loan 4430
VansBuses 5070
Public Notice#6000
Public Notices ..................6010Special Features ..............6050
PublicNotices 6010
PublicNotices 6010 Public
Notices 6010NOTICE
TOCREDITORS AND
CLAIMANTS
Estate of ELIZABETH
MONICA NIXONwho died on
June 29, 2015
If you have a claim against this estate,
you must fi le your claim by October 27, 2015 and
provide details of your claim with
Landman ReuleLaw Office
Barrister & Solicitor atBox 1630, 4819 - 51 St.Stettler, AB. T0C 2L0
If you do not fi le by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim
you may have.
Spacious 1&2 bdrm units. Balcony, in suite storage,
water & heat incl.
Available immediately.
New managers Frances or Mic
403-742-4448
STETTLER MINI STORAGE
Household, furniture,business records, etc.
Various sizes. Protectedby security alarm and
fenced and lightedperimeter. Owner:
Reg and Darlene Hunter403-740-9283 or
403-742-3153
Box 280 (5031 - 50 St.)Stettler, AB T0C 2L0
www.stettler.net
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOTICENotice is hereby given that the following Development Permit Applications have been approved as permitted uses in accordance with the Town of Stettler Land Use Bylaw N0 2060-15:
1. No: 2891-2015 Legal Description: Block 9, Plan 25TR Municipal Address: 5002 - 51 Avenue
Applicant: David Desantis Proposed Development: Renovation
Dave DittrickPlanning & Development Services
ADULTS/ CHILDREN ANONYMOUS
Wednesday 6:00 p.m.For more info call Bob
403-820-5583
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
403-742-4271; 403-742-1887
AL-ANONBrenda 403-742-0990
Betty 403-742-5673
ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY403-346-4636
Red Deerwww.alzheimer.ab.ca
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT Pat Lattery
403-742-3759
BIG BROTHERS &BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION
403-742-5437 during business hours
BRIGANTIA PLACE(formerly Camrose Women’s Shelter)
780-672-1035
CELIAC (Gluten Intolerance)Brenda 403-742-3067
COCAINE ANONYMOUSPager toll-free
(20 sec. response time)1-403-357-6266
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS403-742-4059
HOME SUPPORTSTETTLER & DISTRICT
403-742-6568
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUSHot Line 403-342-1444
STETTLER & AREA ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SOCIETY (STABIS)
For more information phone403-742-6456
STETTLER FOOD BANKBetty Birch 403-742-0732
STETTLER CITIZENS ON PATROL
RCMP offi ce403-742-3382
www.stettlercop.org
STETTLER HANDIBUS403-742-5858
STETTLER HEALTHEMERGENCY LINE
403-742-6568
STETTLER PEOPLE FORSUICIDE AWARENESS
403-742-2337
STETTLER READ &WRITE OFFICE403-742-2999
T.O.P.S.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly)Grace - 403-742-0681Vivian - 403-742-3935
VICTIM SERVICES403-741-7841
CONFUSED?GETTING THE RUN AROUND?
CONTACT YOUR INFORMATIONAND REFERRAL CENTRE
Residents of Stettler and the surrounding area now have access
to this free and confi dential service. Itprovides information and referral on social
agencies, government services, clubs and
organizations, to best suit the caller’s need.
Just Dial - 403-742-1155
Community Support Services
Established business with good potentialand highway traffi c.
Serious inquiries only!
403-742-5406 (after 11am)
403-430-0062 (anytime)
FOR SALE
SO008447
BUSINESS AVAILABLE IN ALBERTA Deli & Retail Store:
Franchise Restaurant:sell.
Western Style Restaurant:
Franchise Coffee Shop:Manufacturing Operation:
Frozen Yogurt:
Franchise Coffee Shop:Call Bill Conroy @ 403-346-7755
email [email protected] Maxwell Real Estate Solutions Ltd.
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Priced to sell! Move-in-Ready! This 1200 sq ft home has 4 bdrms, 3 baths. A great fi t for any size family. $274,000. Call Jill.
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Perfect family home. 3 bdrms on main fl oor and one in the basement. Low maintenance yard with perennial bed in the back and bushes in the front. This home is ready for you to move in. $215,000. Call Edna.
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5 bdrm custom built home in Meadowlands. Modern amenities with beautiful stonework
inside and out. $649,000. Call Sherri.
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Quiet and private acreage living, with an open concept home, complete with veranda and wrap around deck. $479,000 Call Mike.
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Good family home only 1.5 blocks from the school, in the quiet quaint
village of Botha. $169,000. Call Atie.
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Very well kept 4 bdrm home in Big Valley. Great for a fi rst time home buyer, or retired couple. $149,500. Call Ross.
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This mobile comes with an addition, which allows for a large family room and large entrance way. This would
be a great revenue property. $72,000. Call Enda.
Acreage by the lake. 105 acres of four cross-fenced pastures, steel corrals, and outside riding arena. This 32x56 straight wall buildings boasts a huge
open living room with wood burning stove. $425,000. Call Mike.
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Immaculate 2006 mobile is located in a quiet cal-de-sac. Stunning yard boasts a 12x12 covered deck. $189,900. Call Jill.
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This commercial property, with easy access from Highway 12, is priced well below assessed value. Premier location, close proximity to Stettler! $399,000. Call Ross.
4 bdrm 4 level split. Many upgrades throughout. Great curb appeal and
private backyard. $289,900. Call Ross.
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This cute, well maintained and updated mobile is move in ready for you. 3 bedrooms include a large master with his/her closet space. Large U-shaped kitchen. New fl ooring throughout, all
new double pane windows, shingles, This one is a must see for the price! $34,900 Call Jill
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Absolutely beautiful. Asking $789,000.
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Large 5 bedroom home
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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION - 3 bedroom/3 bathroom bungalow located 2 blocks from downtown and 2 blocks from school. Main fl oor laundry, basement has spacious family room, office & 3 piece bathroom. Large 24x28 attached heated garage. Immediate possession. Excellent location for retired
couple or young family with school aged children. CA0061723. $244,900.
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RENTERS WANTED. Attn: truckers,
welders, mechanics etc. 6940 sq. ft. office/shop for lease @ $10/sq. ft.
1.94 acres fenced yard. Will considermulti-year triple net lease. CA#0057827
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A STARTER HOME OR RETIREES Affordable priced modest, comfortable bungalow with previous upgrades such as
shingles, soffit, facia, vinyl siding & some newer windows. Beautiful and spacious fenced back yard with lots of space for a double garage. Enjoy your
privacy on the patio deck. Immediate possession. CA0067405. $125,000.
OFFICE/SHOP FOR LEASE. 6133 sq ft building - 3361 sq ft office & 2772 sq ft shop. Office area contains reception, 7 offices, lunch room & board room. 4 bay shop height is approx. 20’ with 14’ overhead doors,
wash bay & mezzanine fl oor. Yard surrounded by chain link fence. Ample storage & parking space. $8/sq ft triple net. CA#0057125.
PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP LIVES HERE - Immaculate open concept designed 5 bedroom/3 bath-room home in a newer neighbourhood that is close to playgrounds, golf course, recreation centre, sports fi elds and shopping. Fully developed basement, walk-in closet, hardwood fl ooring, maple kitchen cupboards and much more. Private fenced back yard, RV parking, multi-tiered spacious deck, underground water sprinkler system & extra large heated garage. CA0067643. $409,500.
ATTENTION: BUILDERS - Great opportunity to build a new duplex or 4-plex in Meadowlands. One of the few
lots left for duplex development in this area. Newer area with higher priced homes and close to sports areas,
restaurants and retail shopping. CA0063318. $94,500.
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IDEAL LOCATION FOR YOUR BUSINESS. 4.88 Acres north of town on Hwy 56. 7 C-Can storage units in place & room
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GREAT LOCATION & GREAT PRICE for this charming 1.5 storey home. 3 bdrms, many
upgrades, fi nshed bsmt, double garage and beautiful
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SPACIOUS 1.5 STOREY HOME with 4 bdrm, 2 bath &
unfi nished bsmt. Updated kitchen, large fenced yard &
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3 BDRM / 2 BATH BUNGALOW
close to school & daycare. Great starter for young family
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GREAT BUNGALOW located close to downtown, shopping, schools & parks.
3 bdrm/ 2 bath, nicely landscaped & 2 garages. Lots of potential here. $169,900.
WELL MAINTAINED 2 bdrm bungalow. Ideal for starter
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$148,500.
AFFORDABLE LIVING - Ideal retirement home or
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