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Amy GreGsonTimes Reporter

The Town of Strathmore has fi-nalized its decision for a new pro-motional advertising campaign to encourage people and businesses to move to the town.

A main campaign of advertising on Calgary city buses will once again be used to encourage peo-ple to come to Strathmore.

“From previous experience quite a few years ago, it was very successful,” said Dwight Stanford, CAO. “We are going ahead and we are going to spend $15,000 of our budget on advertising on buses.”

The town advertised on the back of Calgary buses a few years ago. The ads featured sheep walking down the road and the saying “we hear there’s room in Strathmore.”

Stanford said a of number of members of the promotion com-mittee were around when the original campaign was done, and said it was very successful.

“They said ‘if you have some-thing that’s very successful, why wouldn’t we do it again,’” said Stanford.

Stanford said they want to be on the back of 23 buses in the next three weeks and will stay there for a few months, including during the Calgary Stampede.

“We think it is an ideal time be-cause there are people from all

over the province and everywhere else coming [to Stampede]” said Stanford.

Town Council decided to in-crease the advertising budget to promote the town this year to $30,000 because the economy was slower and they wanted to get people coming to Strathmore again.

A town hall meeting held in December was well attended by members of the community to start brainstorming ideas of what the town could do to help pro-mote itself.

A smaller committee was then formed and has been working out plans and ideas ever since.

With new subdivisions opening up soon, Stanford said they want people coming out and looking at the area.

“This year is a perfect time, when you have show homes and interest in lots and houses,” he said.

Approximately $10,000 will also be spent on a radio campaign to promote tourism in Strathmore and highlight events such as Spring Fest and Canada Day.

The town will be applying to the province to help fund the ra-dio campaign.

The town will also be spend-ing $10,000, as it does every year, toward advertising in other medi-ums such as magazines.

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It was a weekend of debating is-sues affecting the world, but instead of world leaders sitting at the United Nations, it was a group of students.

Strathmore High School was able to send one team of four students to the Model United Nations Conference Feb. 27 and 28 to represent the coun-try of South Korea.

“It was good because we got a seat on the human rights council, which is pretty good,” said Christine Magill, teacher in charge.

The group of four students - Lyndsay Helfrich, Zack Neale, Colt Phillips and Jordan Kraft - joined approximately 200 other high school students at the University of Calgary to debate issues affecting people across the globe.

They were assigned South Korea

before the conference, to be able to research the country, its foreign poli-cy and who would be their allies.

The team said it was hard to re-search South Korea because there isn’t a lot of information and a lot of it was censored.

The information they gathered was then brought to each different board they sat on, such as the general as-sembly, political, special political and disarmament committee, economic social and cultural committee and se-curity council.

The goal of the week is to draft, mo-bilize support for and introduce reso-lutions outlining a plan of action to deal with issues, keeping in line with their country’s values and interests.

The debated topics included con-trolling illicit small arms, human trafficking including child labour, re-sources extraction in Africa and con-

flicts between human rights, counter terrorism and sustainable develop-ment.

“It was a blast,” said Jordan Kraft, a grade 11 student.

Colt Phillips said it was a good learning experience and there were lots of well-researched students with good views.

“It’s a good place to meet a lot of good people, meet a lot of friends and see what it’s like to be a world leader,” said Phillips.

But it wasn’t all work, as the stu-dents all took a break on Feb. 28 to watch the Canada versus United States Olympic gold medal hockey game.

A banquet and award ceremony were also held.

The Model UN conference has been held at the University of Calgary for the past 25 years.

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The annual fundraising event to help fund programs such as art, music and physical education for students in Project H.O.P.E. happened March 13.

The event held at the Travelodge featured a silent and live auction as well as live entertainment.

“It went very well,” said Ron Corbi-ell. “It went a little slower than some auctions, a little quieter than other years, but considering recession and everything I think we did very well.”

The final totals for how much was raised at the Gala was not known at press time, but Corbiell believes the auction portion raised at least $17,000.

Auction items included a Sidney Crosby Team Canada jersey, floral ar-rangements, paintings and framed Calgary Flames pictures.

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Feedback about the current policy on trans-portation for Golden Hills School Division, which was received by the board from staff and parents councils, was read and presented at the March 9 school board meeting.

The board is currently reviewing the transpor-tation policy as it does on a yearly basis, and will be posting the feed-back they received with their comments on their website.

“The policy commit-tee of the board really appreciates receiving it because it gives a chance to see if there are general themes and it lets you see the dif-ference between what might be an individual’s concern about some-thing versus what’s a general concern,” said Dianne McBeth, super-intendent of GHSD.

The Golden Hills School Division reviews

each policy on a routine basis.

“It’s a way of monitor-ing the effect of a pol-icy and an opportunity to gather input and get public perception about the policy,” said McBeth.

There were three com-mon themes that came out of the feedback the board may be looking to address with regard to transportation: alter-native programs, walk distances and program of choice.

Alternative programs, such as a faith-based program, can be offered by a board if there is enough interest and the board chooses to, ac-cording to the School Act in Alberta.

Trinity Lutheran Acad-emy in Strathmore is an example of a faith-based program. The board is considering how to handle transportation to these types of schools in terms of fees, for ex-ample.

Currently, any student who is not going to their designated school

is required to pay $200 in transportation fees, even if they are rid-ing the same bus they would to their designat-ed school.

The board said this is something that needs to be addressed.

Also similar, is if par-ents exercise their right to send their children to a school of their choice instead of the designat-ed school.

The board does offer students transportation, but they must go to an existing bus stop.

“What it’s about is try-ing to find a balance be-tween letting kids use the service that exists if there’s empty space, but not having a real adverse effect on other kids riding the bus,” Mc-Beth said.

The board also is looking at walk dis-tance. The rule set out by the province is that anyone who lives more than 2.4 km from his or her designated school requires transportation.

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While most of us watched the closing ceremonies on television, a former Strath-more resident got to experience it first hand as a performer in the show.

Kristy Klaiber, who is now living in Van-couver, got the experience of a lifetime by getting to perform in the closing ceremo-nies.

“I feel so lucky to have been a part of this moment in history,” said Klaiber. “I’m so sad to see the Olympics leave. The streets are quiet again and everything is going back to normal, but I have so many memories that I will be talking about for the rest of my life and will never forget.”

Klaiber filled out an application online in February of 2009 to perform in the clos-ing ceremonies after her dance teacher had told her they were accepting applica-tions.

She was invited to audition in May, where applicants were asked to do floor work such as splits, jumps and pirouettes, along with combinations, a kick line and improvisation in different styles.

“It was very interesting,” said Klaiber. “Very different from any audition I’ve ever been too.”

Klaiber found out on Oct. 31 that she would be a part of the show. She said at this time the performers were given mini-mal information, only when they would be rehearsing and that the production team was excited it was all coming together.

They weren’t required to sign any confi-dentially agreement, but did take an oath promising they wouldn’t reveal any se-crets.

“They didn’t really let us know much until the very last minute though,” said Klaiber. “We still weren’t allowed to talk about what style we were doing or who was choreographing.”

Klaiber said as the day approached it was harder to not talk about her part in the show. However, the organizer didn’t tell performers about what else was going in the ceremonies or who was performing.

She said it wasn’t until the first dress re-hearsal in the stadium when they realized what would be happening.

“When I had people ask me to give them a hint of what was going on, it was more fun to say ‘I can’t tell you’ because it wasn’t just some small secret, it was a secret we were keeping from the world,” she said.

Klaiber was involved in two parts of the show. The first was a preview on Sochi, where the Winter Olympics will be held

in 2014. Klaiber was in the aisles holding a big

balloon that was full of confetti, and they had to pop it when cued.“It wasn’t any-thing complicated, but I’m so glad that I got the opportunity to be a part of it be-cause we got to see the Russian ballet dances and the Russian choir practice,” she said.

The other segment Klaiber performed in was at the end in the hip-hop dance.

There was one rehearsal in November to learn the routine and another one Jan. 2 Klaiber had to miss because she was home in Strathmore for Christmas.

She said they started having consistent rehearsals starting Feb. 15.

They also had a pre-dress rehearsal, which was the first opportunity for per-formers to see and hear what was going on.

She said the dress rehearsal was a ‘sur-real experience’ because everyone was in full costume and everything and everyone was brought together.

“Our jaws were literally dropping open as we listened to each announcement of all these performers and bands that we didn’t even know were performing – Nick-elback, Avril Lavigne, Alanis Morissette, the list just kept going,” said Klaiber.

Klaiber started off the day of the closing ceremonies by watching Canada winning the gold medal in the mens hockey game with other performers while getting ready, and that it just got them all pumped for the show.

She said her favorite part of the night was when the airlock door opened and she could look into the stadium for the first time that night.

“I’ll never forget what it was like look-ing up the ramp and seeing the flame, the flashing lights. It was unreal,” said Klaiber. “Everything about being there felt like be-ing in a movie, from Canada winning, to dancing in the closing ceremonies, to the big after-party in the streets. The city was going crazy and I’m so lucky to have been a part of it.”

Klaiber also got the chance to be close to the outside cauldron when Wayne Gretzky ran by with the torch.

She did all her work without getting paid, but performers did receive lots of free swag, got to keep their costumes, re-ceive the audience kits from the closing ceremonies, a Sochi snow globe and a commemorative Olympic performer coin.

“The experience was priceless though,” said Klaiber. “I’d volunteer to do it all over again.”

Performing in the Olympics

Kristy Klaiber from Strath-more, who now lives in Van-couver got the opportunity to perform in the closing cer-emonies at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Here she is shown in her costumes.

Photo submitted by Kristy Klaiber


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Budget 2010 confirms $19 billion in new federal stimulus under Year 2 of Canada’s Eco-nomic Action Plan to continue to create and protect jobs. In the coming year, we will com-plete the rapid rollout of infra-structure projects because they are creating jobs now. They are also giving us the modern infra-structure we need for long-term growth.

Budget 2010 invests in a limit-ed number of new, targeted ini-tiatives to build jobs and growth for the economy of tomorrow, harness Canadian innovation, and make Canada a destina-tion of choice for new business investment. It outlines a three-point plan for returning to bud-get balance once the economy has recovered. This includes ending the temporary stimulus measures as promised, restrain-ing growth in spending through targeted measures and addition-al restraint through an in-depth review of government’s admin-istrative functions and overhead costs.

The political will to eliminate the annual federal budgetary deficit was what I heard from constituents over the course of the Satellite Constituency of-fices I held last month. Budget 2010 has the least amount of new spending of any federal budget for the past ten years.

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times call for extraordinary mea-sures, but now that Canada is emerging from the global reces-sion, our government needs to be a partner in Canada’s recov-ery, not an obstacle to growth. We have already reduced the GST to the benefit of all Cana-dians. More than one million low-income Canadians are off the tax rolls altogether. Families have greater choice in child care and seniors can split their pen-sion income for tax purposes. We have reduced the burden on families with incomes be-tween $60,000 and $80,000 by 20% and reduced the burden on families with incomes between $15,000 and $30,000 by more than 50%. As well, the federal general corporate income tax rate is dropping from more than 22% in 2007 to 15% in 2012.

This year Canada will achieve the lowest overall tax rate on new business investment in the G7. By 2012 Canada will also have the lowest corporate income tax rate in the G7. Re-ducing the tax burden on busi-nesses is a key part of Canada’s advantage in the global econ-omy. It helps protect existing jobs, and attracts investors to create new jobs for Canadians.

Canada has the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7 at 31%, compared to nearly 67% in the U.S. and 75% in the U.K. Many other economies in European and Asian nations are facing a similar fate as the U.S. and U.K. and struggling to curtail their escalating budgetary deficits.

Our Conservative government’s plan is to bring the annual fed-eral budgetary deficit down from $53.8 billion this year to $1.8 billion in 2014-15. If we can stay the course and do this deficit-fighting work, Canada will be operating in the ‘black’ long before these other econo-mies.

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“It is an honour and a privi-lege to serve in this capacity,” said Sorenson.

Sorenson thanked the com-mittee members for their vote of confidence placing him in the Chair. He said, “I hope that will continue throughout the dura-tion of this committee in this Parliament. It is a pleasure to be part of the Afghanistan commit-tee. I think we all understand the importance of this commit-tee. Like most committees in the House, we want to make certain that our work is substantive and that we can have some good accomplishments here in our committee.”

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SwiM-A-ThOnThe aquatic centre hosted a swim-a-thon March 14 in support of Haiti. 13 swim-mers took part and raised $2,500, with money still trick-ling in as of press time, to support Dr. Manno’s Clinic, which the Hope Community Covenant Church supports. Tracey Rogers Photo


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Are you a new resident of Strathmore and would like to meet new friends? Are you look-ing for new activities to partake in? Here are some activities you may enjoy: jigsaw puzzles, smear, crib, scrabble, bridge, canasta, bingo and men’s pool. Would you enjoy a potluck meal with friends? Are you fifty years of age and over and a resident of Strathmore and area? If the an-swer to any of these questions is yes why not consider joining the

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On February 23 Richard Popo-wich entertained at our facility and a fun time was had by all in attendance.

Our next potluck will be March 23 at 12:30 PM. Members are reminded to bring a food dish or donate $5.00 in lieu. Starting in April the potlucks move from 12:30 PM to 5:30 Pm for the summer. Watch for an an-nouncement regarding the May

potluck.Bridge is a new activity on

our schedule. It is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon (1st, 3rd, and 5th), of the month at 1:15 PM. Canasta is another recently add-ed activity. It is played Thursday afternoons at 1:15 PM. The sea-son for Bocci ball is approach-ing. Watch for the announce-ment for day and time.

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sTudenTs hypnoTized Students Against Drunk Driving and the Student Leadership Coun-cil hosted hypnotist Sabastian Steel march 4 at the Strathmore High School. The crowd shared many laughs as Steel presented them with a fun activity that’s an alternative to drinking. Colt phillips photo


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Presentations and speeches on various topics were deliv-ered at the Civic Center March 13 as 4-H clubs from the Wheatland District gathered to compete for a chance to move on to regionals.

Marleen and Dale Palsson won the senior division for the presentation portion after speaking and demonstrating golf.

“We golf quite a bit in the summer so we know it really well and it would be easy to talk about,” said Marleen. “For the presentation especially, there are lots of visual things you can show.”

This was the first time Mar-leen had completed a presen-tation, while it’s Dale’s third time.

Presentations are a relative-ly new thing for the Wheat-land District and aren’t as popular as the public speak-ing portion.

“Public speaking is a really good skill that 4-H teaches us,” said Marleen. “Presenta-

tions are a little bit more fun because you can go in a group and have the visual aids to talk with instead of standing up there and doing a speech.”

Each member in 4-H must complete some kind of com-munication activity through-out the course of the year, whether it is public speaking, presentation or being the mas-ter of ceremonies at an event.

For the presentation, par-ticipants can present within a group up to three people.

They are to chose a topic and deliver a presentation about it, between four and 10 minutes depending on the age group.

Some topics presented at the district presentations were how to make a mocha milk-shake, our outer appearance, African drumming, and curl-ing.

Judges and audience mem-bers are able to ask questions after the presentation is com-plete. Judges base their mark on content and presentation.

Susan Fowler was one of the three judges marking the presentation and said they

were ‘fabulous’. “You could really tell that

the kids spoke about things they really are interested in and have a passion about,” said Fowler.

Fowler said what the judges look for varies between the age groups. With junior they look to see if the confidence level of standing in front of a group is there.

With the intermediates they are looking for that confi-dence to grow and if they are starting to enunciate and proj-ect their voices more.

By seniors, they must be fully confident and know their topic.

“There’s very little room for stuttering or error,” said Fowl-er. “They have to draw their audience in and make us hear what they have to say about what they are talking about.”

Her advice to those mov-ing on to regionals is to know their topic 100 per cent.

“There is no room for error once you get to the regionals because you are bringing the best of the best together,” she said.

The public speaking portion is done individually. Speakers must prepare a speech and deliver it in front of the judg-es. They then must complete an impromptu speech where they choose one of three top-ics and have one minute to make notes before giving a two-minute speech.

The public speaking portion at districts had 12 juniors, nine intermediates and six seniors competing against each other, while one junior, two inter-mediate teams and two senior teams delivered presentations.

All who delivered a pre-sentation at the districts will be moving on to regionals on March 20 at 1 p.m. at the Civic Center.

Those who placed in the top two in each level for pub-lic speaking will be moving on to regionals on March 20.

The Wheatland 4-H District has hosted the regional com-petition for a couple of years now and will be the host for the next five years.

Five different districts will be attending March 20 to com-pete.

4-H Clubs gather for districts

Danielle esau (pictured) of the Crowfoot Multi 4-H Club did a presentation on curling with Jillayne Swal-well at the Wheatland 4-H Districts March 13. The pair along with six others from the district will be moving on to regional’s March 20 at the Civic Centre. Amy Gregson Photo

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On Feb. 19, the Cheadle 4-H Club helped take down some of the Christmas lights for the Celebration of Lights at the Ag grounds for their community service.

On Feb 28, club communications events were held at the Cheadle hall. Ev-eryone did a great job. The members go-ing on in juniors are: 1st - Meg Warrack, 2nd - Sabrina Kooistra and 3rd - Jared Lausen.

In intermediate: 1st - Jake Warrack, 2nd - Nicole Lausen and 3rd - Erin War-rack. In seniors: 1st - Louise Laycraft.

Good luck at Districts.On March 6, our members served and

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On March 26, Louise has made ar-rangements for our club to go tour the Costco NW meat department.

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AnAstAsiA AitonStrathmore Rusty Spurs

The preparation and training to help get our speeches ready this year was wonderful.

Karen Harris did her best to make us ready for both impromptu and regular speeches and we thank her for all her help in making this years speeches less traumatic and more fun.

The speeches were held at Strathmore High School in the theatre. A wonder-ful lunch was available for Judges and contestants alike, made possible by our parents.

I want to take time to say a special thank you to our judges. They provided us with loads of constructive ideas on improving our performance.

Former mayor Keith Schneider was on hand as a judge and we enjoyed his won-derful effort to make our speech experi-ence educational and inspiring.

Strathmore 4-H Rusty Spurs light horse club held our 4-H speeches on February 27. The winners were:

For junior: 1st place Martina Vergou-wen , 2nd Morgan Storch and alternate Annie Aiton.

For intermediate: 1st Brittney Kuhn, 2nd Kate Harris and alternate Shelby Stout.

For seniors: Sydney Scheifele.For presentations: intermediate: 1st

Darby Regehr.Might I say that we all did exceptional

and Darby Regehr did great on her pre-sentation on African drumming.

I’m pretty sure all of my 4-H Members would agree with me when I say HUR-RAY!!!!!! WE ARE DONE!!!

Riding resumes the last weekend of the month with a clinic at Cloud Walker Stables. We all hope to learn lots that weekend.

Anastasia Aiton, club reporter

4-H News

2010 WheAtlAnd 4-h district PresentAtion resultsJuniors1st- Robyn Shipley (Crowfoot Multi)

intermediates1st- Darby Regehr (Strathmore Rusty Spurs)2nd- Toni Comstock & Madison Todd (Crowfoot Multi)

Seniors1st- Marleen & Dale Palsson (Standard Sheep)2nd- Danielle esau & Jillayne Swalwell (Crowfoot Multi)

2010 WheAtlAnd 4-h district Public sPeAkinG resultsJuniors1st- Jourdyn Sammons (Hussar Beef)2nd- Meg Warrack (Cheadle)3rd- Martina Vergouwen (Strathmore Rusty Spurs)

intermediates1st- Jake Warrack (Cheadle)2nd- Alicia Magwood (Crowfoot Multi)3rd- Sydney Berreth (Crowfoot Multi)

Seniors1st- erica Bexte (Arrowwood River Wranglers)2nd- Louise Laycraft (Cheadle)3rd- Sydney Schiefele (Strathmore Rusty Spurs)

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Members of the Strathmore RCMP Detachment were on hand at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics to make sure things ran smoothly behind the scenes.

Six members of the Detach-ment and four members of the traffic department all respond-ed to a Canada-wide call for the opportunity to work at the Olympics.

One member who went was Sgt. Kevin Reilly, who was as-signed to do security at the al-pine events at Whistler-Creek-side.

“Something like the Olym-pics doesn’t come around all the time,” said Reilly. “If you can it’s something you always want to be involved with be-cause you might never get that chance again.”

Reilly said the Olympics is a different situation than they are used to, and that many mem-bers were assigned to security situations or given designated tasks, jobs and duties.

Reilly said it was a lot of checking people’s accredita-tion, static security or checking people’s vehicles on the way to Whistler.

For those in the traffic sector, Reilly said they were involved in traffic control and the flow of people.

“Of course when you get large crowds you’ve got a lot of people that aren’t normally there and you have to deal with that,” said Reilly. “Plus the fact there was a lot of different traf-fic patterns for vehicles,” he added, referring to the desig-nated Olympic lanes for vehi-cles containing athletes, coach-es, trainers, medical staff etc.

RCMP members were in Van-

couver between three and six weeks each and would work four days on, two days off.

He said there wasn’t much time to see events, and that he saw less of these Olympics than he has in the past 20 years.

“When you’re doing your job up there, you’re not watching the events,” said Reilly.

He said when walking through Whistler Village, espe-cially during the second week of the games, you would see people walking around with medals and athletes in their team outfits.

“It’s very interesting in the sense that you don’t see that thing or be involved with it and you’ll never get that opportu-nity again,” said Reilly. “It’s a unique experience.”

In total, approximately 6,000 police officers from across Can-ada, worked the games, with 4,300 of them being RCMP

members and 1,700 from 130 to 140 other police departments such as the OPP, Calgary Police Service and Vancouver Police Service.

Reilly said it was interesting to work alongside members from other detachments, and see how they operate and how they all ultimately come to the same conclusions.

It’s more the relationships you build, meeting new people and the outlook on different things.”

Cst. Susan Macintosh also went from the Strathmore RCMP detachment to work at the Olympic games.

“I can’t believe I got paid to be there,” she said. “It was awe-some.”

Macintosh was also in Whis-tler, but worked as a scribe for the watch officer and took notes for him on what was hap-pening.

“When things hit a certain level they don’t have time to take notes because they have to make split decisions and deploy people and resources,” said Macintosh.

She said the weather was amazing and on her days off she did get to take in some parts of Whistler including go-ing rock climbing.

Macintosh also said it was good to see how other police forces work from across Cana-da.

“Not a lot of things happened in Whistler, which was good because it meant everyone was doing their job,” she said.

The others who went to Van-couver from Strathmore were Cst. Anne Daly, Cst. Mike Fulton, Cst. Leah Haye, Cst. Clearance Jackson and from the traffic de-partment Cst. Mike Magee, Cpl. Tim Croft, Cst. Wendell Crosby and Cts. Martin Bouchard.

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A new feature on Rocky View County’s website has been set up to provide residents with informa-tion about hot topics in their com-munity and how it affects them.

My County Matters was launched just after Christmas and features information talked about at council meetings and what the county feels will be important to residents.

“It’s a nice way for people to get up to speed on latest topics of in-terest and they can follow up with me if they wish,” said Revee Lois Habberfield.

Habberfield said it’s a loca-tion they can direct people to if they have questions or concerns and that if they do receive lots of emails on a certain subject they can put the information up on My County Matters.

“We want to put the valuable in-formation they need there, where it’s easy to find, and by having it on the first page on the website you can just click on it and see what’s going on,” said Habber-field.

Currently, the County is provid-ing information about the East Rocky View Water Transmission Main, their response to a flood, the CN Logistics Park, 2010 Elec-tion Bylaws and Appointments and the results of their Commu-

nity Satisfaction Survey.“It’s a good place to put what

happened at council meetings of the week if there’s anything of special interest, rather than take out an ad in the local paper and try to explain it to everybody,” said Habberfield. “We thought the website was a good spot and then we can always put an ad in the paper that says ‘check out My County Matters’ for the latest go-ings on in the County.’”

My County Matters provides an email link if residents want to ask more questions.

Another reason for setting up the My County Matters feature is because they are trying to in-crease their communication with residents.

The results of the Community Satisfaction Survey were present-ed at the Feb. 23 County Meeting and Rocky View County scored a B+.

The survey, completed by IPSOS Reid identified communication and dialogue needs to be a top priority for the County, especially involving the issues of growth and development.

In the survey, residents were asked to respond to questions re-garding quality of life, planning initiatives and customer service, to name a few.

The survey found that 98 per cent of residents were pleased with the quality of life in Rocky

View County and that it has im-proved in the last three years.

71 per cent of residents indi-cated they were satifised with the environmental performance of the County, while another area showed that residents felt they get good value for their tax dollars and user fees.

Habberfield said that in regards to planning and development the County has a Growth Manage-ment Study, but that not every-one understands it fully and more people would like information about it.

“Sometimes you worry about sending stuff in the mail and over-doing it,” said Habberfield. “They have a real interest in finding out more, so whether we do town hall meetings and go out in the communities and talk to them or whether we send out brochures, that’s what we have to figure out.”

The County is set to have a workshop in March to discuss how they will communicate with residents and what the best way to reach them is.

Habberfield said they are look-ing at using more social media tools such as Facebook and Twit-ter to target different groups, but that they will not eliminate the traditional methods of commu-nication such as newspaper be-cause there are still people who use them.

Continued on page 16

Rocky View County trying to connect more with ratepayers Amy GreGsonTimes Reporter

motorcycle theftA custom-built motorcy-

cle was stolen from a rural residence in the Strathmore RCMP detachment area.

RCMP responded to a complaint of theft on Feb. 16 after the victim returned home one day and found that the motorcycle was missing.

There are no suspects or witnesses at this time.

theft At fAs GAsA carton of cigarettes was

taken from the Strathmore Fas Gas on Feb. 7

A male suspect ap-proached the counter the counter and asked for a

carton of cigarettes, lottery tickets and a phone card.

When the items were placed on the counter, the suspect asked for additional items and when the clerk turned his attention away the suspect gathered the items and walked out of the store without paying.

The suspect drove away in an early model brown mini-van.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, ap-proximately five foot nine inches, 160 to 170 lbs, dark hair, 25 to 30 years old.

Any one with information on any of these crimes is asked to contact the Strath-more RCMP at (403) 934-3968 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 meets 3rd. Tuesday at the Strathmore Curling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at 7 pm. New Members welcome. Call Greg 403-888-6155.

RCL Ladies Auxiliary Events for March:16th – Executive & General Meetings, beginning @ 7:30 pm. 21st – LA breakfast from 9 am to 11 am. Toast, pancakes, bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs,potatoes, juice, desert, coffee, tea. All for only $6 per adult & $3 per child under 12. Old time music played on the piano by Jimmy Risdon. PUBLIC & KIDS WELCOME!!!!

Royal Canadian Legion Events for March:LPC & Sports Steak & Lobster tickets both for sale.First LPC draws to be held after the next General Meeting. 20th – Cash Crib – registration at 11:00 am. 23rd – General Meeting, open to ALL Legion Members, @ 7:30 pm. Meat Draws every Friday @ 6:30 pm & Saturday @ 2:00 pm. Bingo every Wednesday @ 5:15 pm. Darts & Crib throughout the week. Legion Veterans Hall & the Main Hall available for functions. March events calendar now at the bar. For more information regarding the above, please call 403.934.5119.

MOPS (Mother’s Of Preschoolers) meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays 9:30am – 11:30am at the Strathmore Al-liance Church. Babysitting available for ages 0 - 6. For more information call Jennifer at 403-934-5799 or visit www.mops.org

Strathmore Lions Club meets the first and third Thursday at the Strathmore Civic Centre at 6:45 pm.

Strathmore Photography Club. Photographers of all ages and skill levels are welcome. For more information and meeting dates call Gaylene at 403-901-2760 or email - [email protected]

Strathmore District Health Services Auxiliary Meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month @ 1:30 pm, (excluding July & August). Lower level Conference Room at the Strathmore Hospital. New members welcome. For more info please call 403-934-4436

Wheatland Rural Crime Watch. Meetings are the 3rd. Thursday of each Month. Featuring guest speakers. For more information call 403-934-4055.

Come Fly With Us903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. Meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the blue building and Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys & Girls welcome between 12 & 19 years. Call Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for more information.

Meals on Wheels is available in Strathmore. For information or to obtain this service please contact Wheatland FCSS at 403-934-5335. drivers needed Contact Shirley Minty at 934-3953.

Healing Rooms, open for prayer Mondays from 7 to 9 pm. at the Harvest Healing Centre at 115A-3rd. Avenue in Strathmore. Everyone is Welcome.

Strathmore Masonic Lodge #53 meets the first Monday of each Month at 7:30 p.m. Call Glen at 403-901-6038. Website: www.strathmore53.com

Strathmore Homeschool Familes. Any Strathmore and Area familes that are homeschooling are invited to join our Yahoo Group. groups.yahoo.com/group/strathmorehsfams

Strathmore Caregiver Support Group This is an opportunity for caregivers to find support and benefit from interaction with others in a similar situation. For more information or to register call Amy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.

The Hope Bridges Society Board meetings held the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at #3-236-3rd. Avenue. Please visit our website at www.hopebridges.ca or contact us at [email protected]

Wild Rose Career & Employment Services - Free drop-in JOB-FINDING CLUB, every Tuesday from 10 to noon. A Career Counsellor will share tips and tools to assist in your job search. Please call 403-934-6488 or drop by 101, 331-3rd. Avenue. Bring your lunch and join us for a Small Business Brown Bag presentation at Community Futures Wild Rose on Tuesday and Thursday from Noon to 1 pm. Weekly Topics.

Seniors 50+ Centre General meetings the second Tuesday of each month at 1:15 pm. For info call Eric at 403-901-1596.

The Community Crisis Shelter has several Board Member vacancies and is recruit-ing individuals who would like to apply for Board Membership. Interested individuals can call Karen Pease at 403-934-6634.

KIDERGY Play Group Meet every Friday from 9:30 - 11:30 am at the Hope Covenant Church. $1 per child, (snack is included). Contact Tammy at 403-934-5887 for more info.

Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month. Tours, guest speakers, workshops and much more included in a membership. $20 single, $30 family. [email protected] or visit our website www.icangarden.com/clubs/CountryGGC/

Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society needs community members to be Advocates (volunteers). Training is provided. Contact Victim Services through the RCMP Detachment at 403-934-6552

Strathmore United Church KIDzONE SUNDAY SCHOOL with every Sunday, 1030. An interactive program based on the principles of Godly Play 403.902.0218PRAYER SHAWL, knitting the sacred. Join us each 4th Wednesday, 1pm, at Strathmore United Church. No experience necessary, knit or crochet, wool provided. 403.902.0218MOSAIC a family friendly journey into the sacred for all ages thru the lens of the arts, 7pm every Thursday, 403.902.0218

Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup, meets every Thursday at 9:15 - 11:15 am. in the Strathmore United Church Basement. For more information call Lisa at 403-934-4874 or Ali at 403-934-2089.

Sunday School for All Ages: Lord of All Lutheran Church offers Christian Education opportunities for ages 3 years to adult, on Sunday Mornings. All are Welcome! For more information please call Margo Sevick 403-901-2044 or call the Church Office at 403-934-2374

Strathmore Youth Exceptional Service Award Society - If you would like to recognize a youth who has demonstrated an act of courage, citizenship and community contribution, call Val at 403-901-4254

100 Years of Girl Guides in Canada 2010The Girl Guides of Strathmore want to celebrate this event with a picnic in the park on Saturday May 29th and invite anyone who was ever a Spark, Brownie, Guide, Pathfinder, Ranger, Guider etc. Guiding has been in Strathmore since 1967 and we are looking for any old photos, books, badges, crests uniforms etc. to showcase at the picnic. We would also like to invite anyone interested in helping with this project to call Robin Wenzel at 403-934-2495.

It’s almost Girl Guide Cookie TimeStrathmore & Langdon Girl Guides will be out door to door selling there delicious Chocolate and Va-nilla Sandwich Cookies, for Strathmore starting the week of Monday March 29th & for Langdon Friday March 26th. Cookies are only $4.00 a box. Please remember to have a little cash on hand as we do not have debit. If we miss you or you would like to pre-order in Strathmore call Robin 403- 934- 2495, in Langdon call Sabrina 403-936 5457 or Jodie 403-936-2427.

Strathmore Minor Hockey AGM & Fun NightFriday, April 16 - 7 pm Strathmore Family Centre. AGM upstairs, player shinny floor hockey in arena.

Relay For Life, cancer fundraiser, Scrapbooking Crop April 16, 6 - 11pm, contact 403 901-5867 or 403 901-1717 for more info

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Art ExhibitMarch 10 to April 13 at the Strathmore Munici-pal Library. 85 Lakeside Blvd. Contact Jesse for more info.

Annual Skating Carnival Skating through the century at the Gleichen Arena, March 19, at 7:00pm. Tickets at the door.

Royal Canadian Legion No. 10 St. Patrick’s Day SupperSaturday March 20th at 6:00pm, Everyone welcome.

CRCA’s 2nd Annual Mind, Body & Spirit Expo Saturday March 20 from 10 - 4 at the Chestermere Rec Centre.

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Spring is in the air, which also means a new play at the Rose-bud Theatre.

The theatre will fea-ture the comedy “We Won’t Pay, We Won’t Pay”, which had its grand opening March 12.

“This particular play is good for all audienc-es because it’s such a side-splitting comedy,” said Bob Davis, execu-tive director. “People of all ages will get the humor.”

“We Won’t Pay, We Won’t Pay” is a story about two housewives who refuse to pay for groceries after an in-crease in prices.

The women sweep their husbands into the scheme and even-tually the police and

local undertaker are involved.

“There’s all kinds of misdirection and con-fusion that leads to a pretty funny story,” said Davis.

He said the play was chosen for a few differ-ent reasons, i n c l u d i n g for getting over the r e c e s s i o n blues.

It was also chosen because it is a comedy and is a different genre than the plays coming up later in the season.

The summer play is the musical, “Oliver!”; the fall play is drama, “The Road to Mecca”; and the Christmas play is also a musical, “The Secret Garden.”

“This gives a variety to our patrons so we’re not doing the same kind of show all the time,” said Davis.

The play also fea-tures some up and com-ing students who attend-ed the Rose-bud School of Arts, in-cluding Cari Russell and John Mc-Iver, who will perform along side H e a t h e r Pattengale,

Giovanni Mocibob and Kendra Hutchin-son, some of whom returned to perform in Rosebud.

“I think it’s a nod of their talent that they are capable of tak-ing what they learned in Rosebud and go-

ing and making a liv-ing and a career out of what they do,” said Davis. “To have them come back and be mentors for stu-dents who want to do the same path is very strong and powerful.”

The play runs Wednesday through Saturday until May 15, with matinees on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and then evening performances on Fri-day and Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets range in price from $54 to $62.50 for adults, $49 to $62.50 for seniors and $27 to $31.50 for children.

Special group rates are also available.

For more informa-tion visit www.rose-budtheatre.com or phone 1-800-267-7553.

Spring play opens at Rosebud TheatreContinued from page 4

Golden Hills is one of the boards in Alberta that has set the walk limit for elementary students closer than the 2.4 km.

“For many years the board was able to offer that at no cost,” said McBeth. “We’re just not in that situation anymore. We’ve had to have fees for the last couple years.”

Golden Hills is currently fac-ing a second year where the transportation budget has been in a deficit.

This is also something they are looking to address.

“The Board’s intention would be to try and give the highest level of service they can within the means that you have,” said McBeth.

The transportation policy isn’t the way to address the deficit, said McBeth, and will be looked at when the board prepares it’s budget.

The board does have some options, she said, to either cut some services, raise fees or a bit of both.

Currently, the only ones who are charged fees are students

not attending their designated schools or those who ride the bus and live within the 2.4 km distance.

“There’s people who get on the bus to go to their des-ignated school, they live be-yond the walk who probably feel because we’ve provided it for a very long time, not only are they entitled to that ser-vice, but they are entitled to it free of charge,” said McBeth. “They’re other people that say, ‘well if others are paying a fee, shouldn’t we spread it a little.’”

The school board didn’t charge fees for anyone for a long time, but the cancellation of the fuel price contingency and decline in enrollment in rural areas has changed this already.

“The board has to decide when they go through this round of budget discussions how they want to address that budget deficit.”

All feedback received by the board will be posted to www.ghsd75.ca and anyone who needs further clarification can call McBeth at (403) 934-5121.

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Chinook Credit Union Annual General Meeting – Membership Approved Amalgamation

Chinook Credit Union held their 7th Annual General Meeting on Thursday, March 4th at the Hussar Community Hall. The community showed their support with 94 members in attendance, plus 20 guests. Chair of the Board of Directors, Maurice Landry opened the meeting, welcoming all members, guests and staff. He announced that Chinook Credit Union had a good year, especially in light of the economic times. New property was acquired in Drumheller to build a new branch and a new Agency has been set up in Vauxhall.

He went onto say that the Board of Directors of Chinook Credit Union Ltd. and Macleod Sav-ings and Credit Union Ltd. are recommending an amalgamation between the two credit unions.

A video presentation demonstrated Chinook Credit Union’s involvement in the communities as well as Staff Service Awards and initiatives for the future.

Joe Creaghan from the Accounting Firm of Kelly & Creaghan presented the Auditors Report. V.P. Finance & Technology, Jack Hiller gave a brief highlight of our financial statement which was presented in the Annual Report. All sectors enjoyed a loan growth in 2009, growing from 6 ½ % to 8% with overall loan growth of 7 ½ %. Our deposit growth was 3.4%, resulting in overall as-set growth of 4.2%. Our total assets at year end were $564 million. In 2009 we paid back to our

members in the form of dividends and patronage rebates $683,000. The total paid back to our mem-bers since our merger in 2002 is $7.3 million.

The Nominating Committee received the nomi-nations of incumbents Sabine Nasse, Carey Tau-bert and Richard Hiebert. As no other nomina-tions were received by the closing date, all three incumbents were declared by acclamation.

The Amalgamation information was presented in the annual report as well as financial state-ments of both credit unions. As Mr. Landry stated, both credit unions share a common philosophy with similar markets. The newly formed credit union will be stronger, and more efficient. A se-cret ballot was taken with 89 members voting in favour of the amalgamation and seven opposed.

Guests from Alberta Central and Concentra Fi-nancial brought greetings and best wishes for a successful merger.

Both Mr. Landry and CEO, Tom Mossing thanked everyone for supporting the merger. They thanked the staff for all their hard work, and the Board for their good leadership and the mem-bers for their support.

Draws were made for door prizes. Following the meeting the Hussar Lutheran Church Ladies Group catered a delicious meal, which was fol-lowed by the comical and entertaining “Pre-Tenors”.

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to find, which is why they redesigned their website recently after they were told it wasn’t user-friendly.

“It’s going to be a combined approach,” said Habberfield.

Voter IdentIfIcatIonRocky View County approved a change

to their voting policy Feb. 23 and now peo-ple will be required to show identification when voting in elections.

The discussion came up because the County will be having four days of advance polls before the Oct. 18 municipal election this year and they don’t have voter lists.

“If you have advance polls in different locations, how do we know people don’t come to the advance polls and then vote in their own area on Election Day,” said Hab-befield. “Who’s checking that out?”

The County was concerned about how secure their voting procedures were be-cause all anyone had to do previously was fill out a piece of paper to say who you were and where you lived.

“People could say they were someone who lives in the County, but you weren’t that person,” said Habberfield. “If some-one was away, what would stop someone from voting for someone who was away? There was no way of verifying who actu-ally voted.

The County said they were not con-cerned about this happening in their vot-ing process, but were looking at what other municipalities, such as Calgary were doing.

“We want to get the information out to people so they’re not alarmed at the last minute,” said Habberfield.

Valid forms of identification include,:Canadian driver or operator’s li-cense: Canadian passport; Canadian mili-tary identification; birth certificate; bap-tismal certificate; Alberta personal health card; Alberta identification card; certificate of Canadian citizenship; Veteran Affairs Canada; old age security card; firearms li-cense possession acquisition; and firearms possession-only license.

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St. Patrick’S Day teaLadies packed the Anglican Church march 13 to celebrate an early St. Patrick’s Day with a tea and bake sale. Rev. Jane Rowland (left), mary Risseeuw and Lynn Walker all show off goodies that could have been purchased. amy Gregson Photo

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Dressed as sharks, kittens, aliens and different members of the cast of Gilli-gan’s Island, the Strathmore Figure Skat-ing Club showcased what they’ve learned during the year March 14.

The club put together a production this year, Gilligan’s Island Adventure’s on Ice, and each group performed songs that had a Gilligan’s Island theme.

“It was really, really good,” said Leanne Woodcock, head coach. “The kids had so

much fun. They were just beaming.”Woodcock said the show ran smoothly

with no problems and that a lot of time and effort went into the show.

The club also honoured a queen and prince, Rebecca Faulks, 13, and Ethan Scott, 5, for selling the most raffle tickets.

The pair were brought out onto the ice in the S.S. Minnow and given capes to wear.

“They were pretty excited about it,” said Woodcock.

The club is looking to do productions like this one in the future.

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While the country of North Korea is a mystery to most people in the world, a local skater had the chance to travel to the country.

Erica Risseeuw of Glei-chen has been skating for the country of Great Britain for nearly two years with partner Robert Paxton, and the two were able to skate in North Korea for the Paektusan Prize.

“The experience Robert and I had was unbeliev-able and probably the most interesting experi-ence I have had in my career so far,” said Ris-seeuw. “I was very appre-hensive to go at first since North Korea doesn’t ex-actly have a respectable reputation to us North Americans, but was cer-tainly glad I did go!”

North Korea, officially called the Democratic

People’s Republic of Ko-rea, is a single-party state led by Kim Jong-il and is considered by many in the world as a totalitarian dictatorship.

Tourism is not common from people in Western countries and is orga-nized by the state. One or two guides who speak the language accompany all tourists at all times.

She said skating at the Paektusan Prize was outstanding and that the arena was filled with 6,000 spectators each of the three days of perfor-mances.

“Everyone sat in such an orderly fashion and everyone was respect-ful,” said Risseeuw. “The athletes, yet simply all the people in general, are very disciplined and self-less. Everything they do is for the leader of their country and they have developed huge pride in their country.”

The event was consid-

ered a demonstration and all athletes did their com-petitive programs with no warm-up.

Risseeuw began skat-ing as a four years old at the Gleichen Figure Skat-ing Club and entered her first competition at seven years old.

She then trained at a number of clubs in Cal-gary to further her sin-gles training.

In 2008 her coach in Calgary, Scott Davis, set up lessons for Risseeuw at the world-renowned Mariposa Figure Skating Club with coaches Doug Leigh and Lee Barkell, and mentioned she was interested in pairs skat-ing and if there were any potential partners inter-ested in a tryout.

She met Paxton, who competes for Great Brit-ain, in April 2008 and she said everything just clicked. However, with her being in her last year of high school, Risseeuw

didn’t make any deci-sions until June 2008 and made the official move to Barrie, ON on July 1, 2008.

Risseeuw said it was a difficult decision to com-pete for Great Britain while being Canadian, but she and Paxton knew they were the right part-ners for each other.

“We felt at this time that Great Britain would pro-vide us with a lot of great opportunities and experi-ence,” said Risseeuw.

The pair has already had huge opportunities in gaining international exposure and experi-ence. They were selected to skate at the 2009 and 2010 European Figure Skating Competitions, placed seventh and 12th respectively.

“The struggles we’ve encountered have been similar to a lot of up and coming amateur skaters and that is simply due to the everyday cost and ex-penses of training at such an elite level,” Risseeuw

said.Risseeuw said they be-

lieve they were selected to go to North Korea based on their perfor-mances at the European Championships.

She said they delivered their best performances all year in North Korea.

Risseeuw and Paxton are busy staying condi-tioned and in competitive form because they have been named as an alter-nate for the upcoming World Championships in Torino, Italy.

They will then start working on new pro-grams in April, compete at summer competitions

in the United States and Canada and then focus on skating well at the Na-tional Championships in November, which could earn them a spot for the European Figure Skating Competition in Switzer-land in January.

Their goal is to get on the senior grand prix cir-cuit and be competitive at the World Champion-ships, being held in Ja-pan next season.

“Our ultimate goal is simply to become the best team we can be,” said Risseeuw. “We feel we are still improving and far from reaching our full potential.”


Skater travels to North Korea

Minor Hockey PlayoffsThe Strathmore Storm Novice Tier 4 team continued their playoff run march 13 in a home game at the Family Center against the Banff Bears. The Storm took the first game with a score of 9 to 7 and lost the second game 8 to 4. The teams will compete in one final game for the banner and Novice tier 4 title march 20 at the Family Centre march 20 at 12:45 p.m. amy Gregson Photos


The Wheatland AA Chiefs beat the Aird-rie Lightning in a two game series and ad-vanced to the North Division finals.

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Midget AA moves on to division finalsAmy GreGsonTimes Reporter

After getting a bye in the first round of playoffs, the Wheat-land AA Chiefs beat the Aird-rie Lightning in two games in their first post-season action.

The team played two close games March 11 and 13, but pulled it out in the end to move on to the North Division finals.

The first game in Strathmore March 11 saw the Chiefs lose an early 3 to 0 lead to Airdire, but ending up winning 4 to 3

in a game dominated by pen-alties.

“In a playoff game you don’t really want too many penalties called, you just want the kids to play it out,” Olsen said.

The teams then went to Aird-rie March 13 and the Lightning took an early 2 to 0 lead dur-ing the first two periods.

Olsen said his team didn’t come out very good and that they had a little chat in be-tween periods.

The Chiefs dominated the whole third period, said Olsen, and scored two goals which

forced the game into overtime, with Michael Tkachuk scoring the final goal.

“It’s a good feeling when you win those type of games,” said Olsen.

The team now plays Red Deer for the North Division finals, in SCAHL beginning March 18 at the Familt Centre.

“They’ll be a good team to play,” said Olsen. “It should be a good series.”

In the regular season, the games between the two teams stood at one win, one loss and one tie.

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coming events

It’s almost GIrl GuIde CookIe Time

Strathmore & Langdon Girl Guides will be out Door to Door selling there delicious Chocolate and Vanilla Sandwich Cookies, for Strathmore starting the week of Monday March 29th & for Langdon

Friday March 26th. Cookies are only $4.00 a box. Please remember to have a little cash on hand as

we do not have debit. If we miss you or you would like to pre-order in

Strathmore call Robin 403- 934- 2495, in Langdon call Sabrina 403-936 5457 or Jodie 403-936-2427.

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$1,500 Prize Money to First Place!

Strathmore Heritage Days Stampede

Back by Popular Demand

Strathmore’S got talentStrathmore’S got talent

All Acts Must register at the Strathmore Ag Society or online at www.strathmorerodeo.com

by June 15, 2010

All Talent is eligible! No Age Restrictions!

Judges panel & spectator voting determine winner.

“If more than 15 acts register then an audition will be held

one week prior to event”.

Strathmore Civic Centre.Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Dinner - Door Prizes Vendor Shopping - Cash Bar

Silent Auction for “Future Cowboys & Cowgirls Rodeo Association”

Tickets: $40 each - includes dinner and one drink, ballot for SGT vote, and many chances for door prizes.

From everyone at the Strathmore Times!

Peyton Peterson would like to tell everyone her little brother has finally arrived!

‘Grady Quinn’ was born February 02, 2010 at the Peter

Lougheed Hospital. He weighed 7lbs. 11oz. and was 20 1/4 in. long.

We’re all very happy; Mommy & Daddy, Susan & Don Peterson, Grampy John & Nana Doreen

Knight, Grampy Rog & Nana Nise Nelson, Grampa Larry & Grandma Wanda Peterson

and Great Granny Helen Carroll.

Kathleen Oesch August 2, 1925 - March 18, 2008

Those we love never go awayThey walk beside us every day

Unseen, unheard, But always near

Still loved, still missed And always andForever dear.

Loved and missed forever

Walt, Pat & Lana, Shannon & Family,

Stacie & Family

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Who is RogeR eagle you may ask? Roger was born at the CAFE (Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions) Conference in PEI on November 18th and quickly became a star! He is now the informal Mascot of the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions and we are lucky enough to have him here in Strathmore for the Strathmore Heritage Days and the many weeks leading up to this years event. We would like to send a special thank you to Paul “Lil Ray” Goulet who has not only graced Heritage Days with his amazing reptile show for a number of years, but has also given Roger permission to come and stay in Strathmore for a little while.

Roger has already flown out to Toronto and will be travelling on to other events all over Canada after Heritage Days. Roger will be featured around town in a variety of stores and locations and everywhere you can find Roger you will also find a ton of prizes and tickets to the 2010 Heritage Days Stampede.

Stay tuned as Roger starts his adventures in Strathmore and keep an eye out for him in and around town! You never know what fun and exciting place he could be going to next! Watch next weeks paper for more details.

Strathmore and District Agricultural SocietyRoger Eagle!

HElp find

Flying back from P.E.I.

Roger giving a speech at C.A.F.E.

midget tournament rocks

Top: The Rockyford Colts Tier 2 midget team hosted their annual tournament march 12-14 in Rockyford. The Colts won the B Final 5-4 versus Cochrane, while the Strath-more Storm Tier 3 team, bot-tom, shown here versus Red-cliff, lost 3-2 to Airdrie in the C Final. The C Final needed a shootout to determine the winner, tied 2-2 after regula-tion. A Final was won by Great Falls against Red Cliff. Rocky-ford and Strathmore will both continue on with league play-offs. Both teams will be play-ing in the finals for their divi-sion. Rockyford against Three Hills and Strathmore against Hanna or High River. Jody schneider Photos


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CLASSIFIEDS SELL ...SomE PEoPLE Don’t EvEn WAIt to GEt HomE to CALL!

When you place an ad in the Strathmore Times Classifieds it sells and sells because newspapers go just

about everywhere that people do. Next time you want to make something go mobile,

try an ad in the Strathmore Times Classifieds!

livestockRed Angus and Black Angus bulls for sale. Yearlings and two year olds. semen tested and delivered. Call Mardy skibsted at 403-934-2571

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Seasonal WorkersAgrium Fertilizer Operations is currently seeking seasonal workers for our Standard, Alberta facility.

The facility at Standard manufactures and ships liquid fertilizers.

The successful candidates will be part of a team whose responsibilities include the safe and efficient handling of Agrium products.This includes:• Shipping and receiving of solutions products by truck • Light maintenance• Production

Training in all applicable areas is provided.Start date April 15, 2010. Job applications close March 31, 2010.

Resumes may be submitted:By Fax (403) 644-3799By Mail Box 40, Standard, AB T0J 3G0By email [email protected] Our Site 400 East Rd, Standard, AB T0J 3G0Agrium offers competitive wages in a clean and safe working environment.

Town of STraThmore Where Quality of Life is A Way of Life

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT Competition #TOS2010 -007

The Town of Strathmore is a vibrant and progressive community of 12,000 people, located on the Trans Canada Highway 40 km. East of Calgary.

Major infrastructure, including a Regional Waterline from Calgary is now in place and will support a population of 30, 000, with opportunity to

expand to 50,000.

We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to become part of the Planning & Development Team. Reporting to the Director of Planning & Development, the role of Development Assistant will appeal to a candidate

who thrives in a challenging and progressive environment. The Town of Strathmore is an employer offering growth, a supportive and

entrepreneurial environment, and opportunity to succeed. We endeavor to be leaders in municipal sustainability, and encourage

our employees to help us achieve excellence.

Qualifications: The successful candidate will have a Grade 12 Diploma and a Diploma/Certificate in Business Administration or a related field; typing speed

of 65 wpm and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products, (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint), and internet. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in a Municipal environment.

Salary: The starting wage for this position is $20.78 hr. The Town of Strathmore offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the

Local Authorities Pension Plan, and Health & Wellness Benefit.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity, please forward your resume, by March 31, 2010, to:

Linda Nelson, Deputy CAOTown of Strathmore

680 Westchester RoadStrathmore AB T1P 1J1

Phone: 403-934-3133 Fax: 403-934-4713Email: [email protected]

InternatIonal Compost

International Compost Now Hiring

produCtIon paCkers and warehouse

helpers Must be able to lift

25kgs. Starting wage $12/hr. Benefits after 3 months. Fax resume

to Abe or James at 403-236-8985.

Assisted Live-in HeLp

required for elderly women.

Please contact Joyce (403) 901-5829

help wantedToddle Inn dAYCARe re-quire part time childcare worker. Job requirements; criminal record check, 1st aid and must hold a childcare professional certificate. drop off resumes at the day care, 309 2nd Ave. strathmore.

HeAvY equIpMenT opeRA-ToRs, laborers, Class 1 truck drivers. Full time year round, Benefits & overtime paid, please fax resume to 403-934-5713.

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Misc wantedWAnTed puReBRed, geR-MAn sHepHARd puppY. Rea-sonably priced. For a loving home. Call 403-616-3570.

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The Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Days 2010

The Canadian Cancer Society is again asking for community support during its

Daffodils Days campaign on Friday, March 26th & Saturday, March 27th, 2010 in Strathmore.

Daffodils will be sold by volunteers at Sobey’s, the Co-op and No Frills on the sale days.

Pre-sales to banks, schools and businesses will not be done this year due to time constraints. However, those

wishing to preorder flowers, may phone an order to Carol Curry #403-934-3261 and the flowers will be

delivered to the requested locations. We look forward to serving you on March 26th

and 27th and we thank you for your past support.

Strathmore regional Victim SerViceS Society

agmmonday, march 29

6:30 pmStrathmore RCMP Detachment

500 Westlake Road

Western IrrIgatIon DIstrIctBox 2372, 105 - 900 Pine road, strathmore, aB t1P 1K3

FORM 5Irrigation Districts Act

(Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGETHE AREA OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

TAKE NOTE that applications have been received by the Western Irrigation District to change the area of the District.

Applications to remove parcels consist of:

Any person wishing to complain is required to submit a written complaint to the Western Irrigation District at Box 2372 105-900 Pine Road, Strathmore, Alberta,

T1P 1K3 within 30 days after the date of the publication of this notice.

Jim Webber, P. Eng. General Manager

Western Irrigation District

notice of election by acclamation

irrigation Districts act(Section 61(3) (5))

TAKE NOTE that only one nomination was received for the election of a member to the Board of Directors of the Western Irrigation District in electoral Division(s) 1 and 4. When only one nomination is received for an electoral division, the nominee is elected by acclama-tion and balloting is not required. Therefore, I declare (Donald) Douglas Brown to be elected as Director for Electoral Division 1 and Dan Shute to be elected as Director for Electoral Division 4 of the Western Irrigation District.

DATED at the Town of Strathmore in the Prov-ince of Alberta, this 10th day of March, 2010.

James WebberReturning Officer

Western IrrIgatIon DIstrIctBox 2372, 105 - 900 Pine road, strathmore, aB t1P 1K3

FORM 5Irrigation Districts Act

(Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGETHE AREA OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

TAKE NOTE that applications have been received by the Western Irrigation District to change the area of the District.

Applications to remove parcels consist of:

Any person wishing to complain is required to submit a written complaint to the Western Irrigation District at Box 2372 105-900 Pine Road, Strathmore, Alberta,

T1P 1K3 within 30 days after the date of the publication of this notice.

Jim Webber, P. Eng. General Manager


Irrigation Districts Act(Section 85/86)

notIce of ApplIcAtIon to chAnge the AreA of An IrrIgAtIon DIstrIct

TAKE NOTE that applications have been received by the Western Irriga-tion District to change the area of the District.

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FORM 5

Irrigation Districts Act (Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGE

THE AREA OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

TAKE NOTE that applications have been received by the Western Irrigation District to change the area of the District. Applications to remove parcels consist of: Name of Landowner

Number of Irrigation Acres

Legal land Description

1027437 Alberta Ltd. 45 SW 29-22-22 W4 Mullen, Lorne Alvin & Frances Elaine 40 NE 34-23-22 W4 Mullen, Lorne Alvin, Frances Elaine, Shawn Kenton & Donna Marie

40 SW 32-23-22 W4

Mullen, Lorne Alvin, Frances Elaine, Shawn Kenton & Donna Marie

40 NE 30-23-22 W4

Mullen, Lorne Alvin & Frances Elaine 30 NE 26-22-22 W4 Downey, Daryl 40 NW 8-23-25 W4 Downey, Daryl 30 NE 17-23-25 W4 Downey, Daryl 30 SE 17-23-25 W4 Daryl Farms Ltd. 30 SE 17-23-25 W4 Applications to add parcels consist of: Name of Landowner

Number of Irrigation Acres

Legal land Description

Mullen, Lorne Alvin & Frances Elaine

110 NE 26-22-22 W4

Downey, Daryl 130 SW 8-23-25 W4 Geeraert, Gerald R. & Dorthy M. 50 SE 22-26-23W4 Any person wishing to complain is required to submit a written complaint to the Western Irrigation District at Box 2372 105-900 Pine Road, Strathmore, Alberta, T1P 1K3 within 30 days after the date of the publication of this notice.

Jim Webber, P. Eng.

General Manager Western Irrigation District

Any person wishing to complain is required to submit a written complaint to the Western Irrigation District at Box 2372 105 - 900 Pine Road, Strath-more, Alberta T1P 1K3 within 30 days afte,r the date of the publication of htis notice.

James Webber, P. Eng.General Manager


Strathmore High School

RegiStRationgrade nine

oRientation nigHton Monday, March 29 • 7 pm

Strathmore High School would like to invite all Grade Nine parents and students to attend this informative evening.

A special invitation is extended to students who are not presently attending Crowther Memorial Junior High and who may be interested in attending Strathmore High School.

Information will be presented about Grade 10 academic and option courses and the following programs: Advanced Placement, Registered Apprenticeship, Green Certificate & Honours Gr. 10 Math. Many options courses will have inter-active displays that highlight the work students will be do-ing. The teaching staff will be available to discuss course details and expectations. This is a great opportunity to see all that SHS has to offer.

For more information contact Ms. Harris or Mrs. galandy at

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Do you love Hockey? Figure Skating? Recreational Skating?

How about owing your own Hockey Store?

Professional skate exPress (Pse) is for sale!

PSE has been in operation within the Strathmore Family Center since 2003 and has 3 part time employees. Big name brand buying power

comes with the purchase. A little TLC and this business has exceptional potential to grow.

Serious buyers only. Email: [email protected]

busIness Opp

Wheatland County’s Agricultural Service Board is currently seeking a

seasonal equipment operator.

Applications should be submitted to: Personnel Committee

-ASB Equipment Operator Wheatland County Hwy 1, RR1,

Strathmore, AB T1P 1J6.

For More information please refer to our website or contact Bonnie Knox:

Tel: (403) 934-3321 Fax: (403) 934-4889. Email: [email protected]

Website: www.wheatlandcounty.ca.

The successful applicant will be required to supply a driver’s abstract and submit to a criminal records

check and pre-employment drug testing. This position will remain open until a suitable

candidate is selected.We thank all applicants for their interest, however,

only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

WHeatlanD CountY

agriCultural serviCe BoarD

seasonal equipment operator

Busy, energetic salon looking forfull time

stylistFlexible hours, benefits,

clientele waiting.email [email protected] or

call 403-934-5802

106 95 Brent Boulevardwww.banglesharistudioandspa.com

help wanted help wanted


Doug Taylor • [email protected]

www.dtaylorimages.ca

Nature Landscape Event Photography

photographers

Light Construction & Garden Equipment

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Lar-Don RentaLs Ltd.

15 Spruce Lane, Strathmore

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rental equipment

Happy Kleaners

Free Quotes available

Jessica FreakePh 403-901-6298 • Cell 403-969-2935

Email [email protected]

residential & commercial

cleaning

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Specializing in: Individual & Group Sessions

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