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Fitting Tribute - The 2015 Veteran’s Voices of Canada Flags of Remembrance ceremony took place on Saturday alongside Highway 11. As part of the ceremony, Ryan Doell and his horse Champage rode alongside Rebecca Santanna and her horse Mable. As the pair passed by the individual fl ags they were raised in honour of all those past and current serving soldiers and veterans.

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Sea of red sweeps nation during federal election with blue bubble surrounding Alberta

It was an election of historical proportion Monday night all across Canadian soil. Not only were the three local Red Deer-Lacombe candidates, Blaine Calkins(PC), Jeff Rock(Lib) and Doug Hart (NDP) in awe of the out-come - the 35.7 million people who call Canada home were shocked also as Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau saw a red rain fall across his country.

On a local level, Conservative candidate Blaine Calkins watched the numbers coming in from his election head-quarters in North Red Deer. Due to time zone differentials, Calkins and his crew watched fi rst as the numbers from Atlantic Canada came in. The re-sounding results showed riding after riding turning up red.

Calkins appeared calm, however unsure, as the numbers trickled in from across the nation until the inevitable west coast numbers began to taper across the screen. First the Manitoba numbers - ev-eryone in the room ap-peared to relax a little. The southern most tips of both middle prairie provinc-es were the fi rst notable break in the red, with a fa-miliar blue streak creeping from Saskatchewan into Alberta.

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BIG WIN - Conservative party candidate Blaine Calkins is not the Member of Parliament for Red Deer-Lacombe following Monday nights election. Jenna Swan/Sylvan Lake News

Thankfully for Calkins and his Conservatives, the blissful blue seen on the televised map spread like a low fl ame across the screen, engulfi ng all of Alberta and ensuring his seat as a member of par-liament.

“It’s a very humbling experience - it’s a fourth time for an election win,” said Calkins following the PC sweep of the prairie provinces. “I’m very grate-ful and I’m very thank-ful to the voters here in Red Deer-Lacombe. It feels bittersweet - sweet that I have another opportunity to go back to Ottawa, but obviously I’m frustrated with the national num-bers.”

As he spoke in front of a large projector screen mounted on the wall, slowly the Liberal num-bers crept higher and higher on the wall behind him. Slowly, but surely gaining the Liberal part-ing a victory on the board. It was inevitable at this point, with major news outlets across the country garnishing Justin Trudeau the next prime minister of Canada.

“My job will be to repre-sent my constituents and to hold the Liberals to ac-count so they don’t ne-glect Alberta like they have done in the past. I think Canadians have chosen style over substance,” he said fi nishing with a word on the NDP.“The Orange Crush (NDPs) now look like the Orange Crash. The pre-mier’s endorsement didn’t seem to help him out any-

ways.”Further south in the city,

Liberal candidate Jeff Rock was amidst a bustle activ-ity in his campaign head-quarters. Although it was certain he would not be-come an elected MP - Rock was ecstatic at the notion of a majority Liberal gov-ernment.

“It’s very surreal. What democracy is about is ev-eryday, average people stepping up to run in the hopes of building a better Canada and a better coun-try and seeking to serve the people of the local constituency. I see myself as an everyday, average guy - I’m a minister by day, a community mem-ber,” said Rock. “It’s not necessarily about win or lose, it’s about engaging people and we’ve done that with such a success. I’m delighted and thrilled. We rocked this election.”

“Justin Trudeau, what makes me so proud to be a Liberal and what makes me so proud to be part of his team, is that he said, ‘I will not go negative. I will speak optimism and hope-fulness’ and he stuck to his word, and that makes me so proud. I think Canadians were a little bit wary of that at fi rst - the negativity worked - I think Canadians chose optimism, hope, love, com-munity and togetherness rather than divisiveness. I’m so proud of our coun-try - that we have chosen that optimism.”

Final numbers for the election show Conservative Blaine Calkins with 43,599

votes, Jeff Rock received 9,545 votes, NDP Doug Hart received 7,055 votes, while Les Kuzyk with the Green Party received 1,773 votes. In total, 61,972 residents cast their bal-lots which translates to a 71.55% voter turnout in that riding.

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The choices we make big or small really do make a difference!

It’s Waste Reduction Week (WRW) in Canada-October 19-25th. Many of you are probably wonder-ing what in the world is WRW? Well folks it is an annual event that takes place in the third week of October. This Year the Town of Sylvan Lake has declared Waste Reduction Week. Exciting News!! This means as a municipality, they are committed to con-serving resources, protect-ing the environment and educating the community. They recognize the gener-ation of solid waste as well as the needless waste of water and energy resourc-es as global environmental problems while endeavor-ing to take the lead in our community toward envi-ronmental sustainability.

This is an ideal time for businesses, governments, schools and individuals to take action to help con-serve resources, save on

energy use and reduce the amount of waste going to landfi lls by altering our wasteful practices. We can all do our part to make a difference by rethinking, reducing, reusing and re-cycling, making a positive impact on our environ-ment and in our commu-nity.

Waste Reduction Week offers everyone one a chance to do something good for the environment. You can participate in ac-tivities that help reduce waste as well as divert waste from our landfi lls. There are many opportu-nities to that learn new ways that you can reduce waste at home, in work-place and in your com-munity.

I will be working with students from Fox Run Middle School performing waste audits on selected classrooms and I should include the staff, so why not do an audit on the gar-bage from the Staff Room as well? Students who

learn about waste in their classrooms gain good life-time habits and they help to teach their families to minimize waste.

Waste Reduction Facts:The average Canadian

Household contains 13 battery powered devices which equals 60 million spent batteries per year. Batteries contain metals that are harmful to the en-vironment when thrown in the garbage. Approx � of these batteries are being disposed of incorrectly.

Alkaline batteries and rechargeable batteries can be dropped off safely at Lakeside Rona to be recy-cled.

In 2010 it was estimat-ed that 589,269,695 plastic bags were distributed by Alberta grocers. Each re-usable bag can eliminate hundreds/thousands of plastic bags.

Canadians throw 1.6 billion coffee cups in the garbage per year. If cof-fee drinkers switched to a reusable coffee cup, it

would reduce the amount of paper we throw in the garbage by 23 pound per coffee drinker per year.

Organics comprise 39% of our daily household waste. Organic waste that is not composted ends up in the landfi ll where it pro-duces harmful greenhouse gases(especially methane) and toxic material that leaches into the ground and can pollute ground water.

-Think about changing your incandescent light bulbs to LED light bulbs.

LEDs last 20 times longer than an incandescent light bulb, as well as reducing the manufacturing, pack-aging, and shipping foot-prints. They use at least 75 percent less energy than incandescents and last 20 to 50 times longer.

We have the knowledge and ability to change the way we think and make more environmentally conscious choices. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle it takes lit-tle effort on your part, but makes a big difference in the world.

A disappointing misunderstanding from Unit 5F4, University of Alberta Hospital

BY STEVE DILLSSPECIAL TO SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

Coat on, ready to go out the door, and the doctor walked in.

“I think there’s been some misunderstanding here. Your ‘unlimited’ pass doesn’t include nights.”

I’d been planning to get back to Sylvan Lake for an overnight trip. Randy Fiedler was on his way from the construction site where he’s working. Connie and I were anxious to get back to see friends at the weekly Legion meat

draw. Just a few minutes and I would have been on the road, but I’d asked for medication I might need during the next 24 hour period only to be denied. This left Connie to ride back to Sylvan alone, leav-ing me to sulk.

But I fooled them. I wasn’t going to sulk. I was going to explore. Earlier in the day I’d asked a local where the closest VLT’s were. Turns out just four blocks away at Boston Pizza.

Hey, I can walk that dis-tance I thought to myself, or I think I can at least as my knees are still weak from two months in hos-pital.

I didn’t reckon the 18 stairs that would be straight in front of me as I entered the Whyte Avenue restaurant.

Doctors told me several weeks ago that I needed to rebuild strength. I’ve been trying, with lots of walking - but stairs are my nemesis.

Therapists made regular visits for a while. Climbing stairs was last on their ability check list. I’d made progress on everything else.

Up I went, struggling, pulling myself, then stop-ping part way up. I didn’t realize how weak my knees had become. I’ve greeted those stairs since with trepidation. Even that fi rst trip home, faced with stairs to our apartment, was daunting.

I made it to the top; it was the Blue Jay’s fi rst game of the series. The bar was raucous. I slid into a seat in front of the VLT and won some.

My curfew was 8:30 p.m. Oops, I thought to myself, where has the time gone? 7:45. I rushed along the street marveling at the big city people and their ways. The lady carrying four pizza boxes — full, I’m sure.

I was surprised to see a Sylvan Laker. In the middle of an intersec-

tion and approaching was Norglenwold’s Brian Saby and entourage. I shout out “Hello Brian Saby” and he looks blankly. I can see that lack of recognition — I’m in the wrong place for him to recognize me. Then I realize, it’s the hair I ha-ven’t got. I quickly follow up with my name. I’m sure that clicks. By then we’re midway through the in-tersection and those num-bers on the walk sign are tumbling down.

Speaking of local people. I also ran into Reeve and Judy Martin at the hospi-tal elevators, as they have a family member on the same ward where I’m res-ident. A relative of hers is also in one of the other city hospitals.

Back to my gallop home. I made it with 10 minutes to spare.

Then a quick bathroom break. Finally the inevi-table question to nurses. “Who’s going to mea-sure my urine?” You see, when I went through the

fi rst round of chemo my kidneys were affected. Dialysis is now something I know. Although, I haven’t had a treatment for a week as my kidneys are repair-ing themselves.

Now, I patiently wait for my kidneys to begin func-tioning. The ‘pee’ count is very important in my life. Once it’s determined my kidney problem is cured, doctors will consider me for a bone marrow trans-plant. Until then the count is part of my life.

Thankfully I did get to Sylvan, by bus, in time to attend the Flags of Remembrance ceremony along Highway 11, orga-nized by Allan Cameron and his tremendous vol-unteers at Veterans’ Voices of Canada.

***Steve Dills, former ed-itor of Sylvan Lake News, was diagnosed with leu-kemia in mid-August. He’s been in University of Alberta Hospital, receiving treatment since.***

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Flags of Remembrance line highway 11

Canadian flags were raised for Flags of Remembrance last Saturday to honour and pay tribute to Canada’s fallen and missing in ac-tion veterans and current serving soldiers.

The ceremony began with bag pipers dressed in Scottish attire and playing familiar tunes alongside drummers while marching towards the fl ags.

As they continued to play the fl ags were raised on both sides of highway 11, with 12 fl ags added to the several fl ags from last year’s count. These 12 fl ags represented the 12,000 men and women missing in action.

As the fl ags were raised two volunteers from the event rode on horseback acknowledging the raising of the fl ags and handing out ties for the engraved sponsored plaques that families secured to the fl ag’s pole.

The plaques read ‘Flags

of Remembrance 2015’ with veteran’s or current serving soldier’s names engraved below, followed by the sponsor’s name.

The familiar sound of the trumpet blasted ‘Last Post’, reminding the mass crowd of all that was sacrifi ced by soldiers in war times and what current soldiers are facing now in our current generation.

Everyone paid respect during a minute of silence, which allowed for emo-tional remembrance and thoughts of gratitude.

When founder and ex-ecutive director of Veteran Voices of Canada Allan Cameron started speaking he spoke from the heart and was over whelmed with what he saw.

“Seeing the fl ags go up is unbelievable,” Cameron said and the crowd clapped in support of his efforts. “I want to thank everyone for being here, it has turned into an amaz-ing day.”

During the speeches a military plane fl ew over the fl ags giving the crowd

BY JASMINE O’HALLORAN-HANSYLVAN LAKE NEWS

a glimpse of history.Comments were read

of what elementary stu-dents wrote on what the Canadian flag meant to them by Flags of Remembrance committee member, Greg Shannon. Some of it included how children felt free when they looked upon the fl ag and how their freedom will never be taken away. With Shannon reading, ‘The Canadian fl ag means that we are free, strong, brave, and important, -11 -year-old girl. The fl ag means peace, safety and love and I am so lucky to live in this country. - nine-year-old boy.”

Last year’s Flags of Remembrance saw a crowd as well, but the pop-ularity of this signifi cant

event has grown since as there were double the peo-ple in attendance this year.

With last year’s event being so popular Cameron knew it was an event that must be made annual and said right at that moment in four other provinces the

same event was taking place.

“Obviously were doing something good because it’s going across Canada,” Cameron said. “It’s going like wildfi re and that’s the whole point.”

He stressed the impor-

tance of paying tribute and remember the soldiers who sacrifi ced their lives to help make the country what it is today.

“It’s pretty simple, if we don’t remember, we’re going to forget,” he said.

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Left: Musical Tribute - Members of the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band perform alongside the Flags of Remembrance on Saturday afternoon.

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Left: Musical Tribute - Members of the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band perform alongside the Flags of Remembrance on Saturday afternoon.


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Red Rose Campaign raising awareness on family violenceNovember is family violence prevention and awareness month


November is family violence awareness month and the Red Rose Campaign will be put in place to support the pre-vention initiative.

At the end of October artifi cial roses will be dropped off at different businesses, organizations and agencies in the community who are participating in the campaign.

Chair of the Building Bridges committee Brittney Wells said the campaign will help raise awareness around domes-tic violence and will remind people of the men, women and children victimized by it.

“It happens within the home so if the children are in the home and hear the parents fi ghting, the children are affect-ed,” Wells said. “Depending on the level of violence it affects everyone in the home.”

This is the fi rst year for the campaign to run in the com-munity and Wells thought the initiative would be good to add to the many others that take place throughout the year.

In previous years there has been proclamations relating to family violence prevention, but nothing has been put out in the community which people can actually look at.

“It will be a good opportunity for people in our communi-ty to see all of these red roses throughout our community and to show the support in our town,” Wells said.

She said it is important to spread the word about domes-tic violence because it happens everywhere.

“I think people often know that it’s there, but they don’t think about it and they also don’t think about who it im-pacts,” Wells said. “It’s good to see that with these roses people can remember anyone they have personally lost from domestic violence.”

Everyone is welcome to take part in this initiative as Wells said people can call her and ask for a rose to be dropped off, depending upon how many they have left during the time of the call.

Even without a real or artifi cial rose people can still support this campaign by displaying a picture of the rose anywhere they want.

Wells said her hope is that more and more people will dis-play a rose every year whether it’s real, artifi cial or a picture.

“This is a cool initiative that people can actually see in-stead of just hearing or reading about,” Wells said. “They are actually going to be able to see this rose and the tent card and read what it’s about.”

Roses will be dropped off at the end of October and be picked up in the beginning of December.

For those wanting a rose contact Brittney Wells at 403-887-1137 ext 222 or email her at [email protected]

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Red Rose: Rose Campaign - November is family violence awareness month and the community is encourage to display a rose to promote the campaign for preventing family violence.

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A breast cancer fund-raiser will be held at the Sugar Belle Cakery Oct. 24, 7 p.m. til 10 p.m. with money raised set to go to the Hope Fund at the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

This is the fi rst time this event has been held and was organized by Cristina Rathjen, who battled breast cancer herself two years ago.

At this fundraiser at-tendees will have fun decorating cup cakes and hearing stories from dif-ferent women who have dealt with cancer.

There will also be a nurse who will show women the proper way of conducting a self breast exam.

What has motivated Rathjen to organize the fundraiser is her memo-ries of how supportive the community was towards her and her family while going through chemother-apy.

“When we went through it we were very fortunate,”

Rathjen said. “Our com-munity was amazing and upheld us so beautifully but there are a lot of fam-ilies who don’t have that.”

She added with the down turn in economics families are working hard to get what they need and funds raised will in turn provide money directly to families in need in the community who are dealing with the illness.

She said she wants peo-ple in the community to benefi t from it as it is local people who are helping to raise the money.

“Let’s help other people in our town that we will actually see when we go to gas up or go to the grocery store,” Rathjen said.

Many women are diag-nosed with breast cancer and this is why she en-courages them to not be scared of going and getting checked at the right times and at the right ages in their lives.

She also encourages women to listen to their bodies as she was only 35-years-old when she had breast cancer, with mammograms suggested to women 40 and older.

Rathjen’s cancer was at a stage two and grade two but by the time she went for a mastectomy her can-cer had grown to a stage three, all in the span of three weeks.

“It’s absolutely terrify-ing to have breast cancer,” Rathjen said.

She considered herself not a survivor of breast cancer but a graduate be-cause she said women go through it and they can almost get stuck and she didn’t want to be stuck.

For those interested in attending call 403-506-9740.

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The Sylvan Lake Community Guide is published three times a year and available online, at all Town Facilities (including the Library), Community Partners

Association, Sylvan Lake Seniors Centre, and participating Gas Stations across town.

Our next publication is January through April, 2016. Deadline for Advertising is November2, 2015.

Contact Joanne at 403 887 2141 or email

[email protected] for more details.

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– SERVICES THIS WEEK –sponsored by churches of Sylvan Lake Ministerial Association

www.frontlineministries-int.com

E-mail us at:[email protected] Peter & Cathryn Nash

“Our passion is His presence,Our commitment is His will,

Our pursuit is His way.”

403-887-3313

“Experiencing

Christ"

Our Location corner 49th St. & 50th Ave.

Sunday Service at 10:30 am

Everyone is encouraged & welcomed to join us.

Youth Services Friday at 7:00 pm

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH

Alliance Community Church4404 - 47th Avenue 403-887-8811

Senior Pastor: Rev. Kevin Haugan Associate Pastor: Rev. Jim RillingYouth Pastor Owen ScottChildren’s Ministry Coordinator: Ashley Thomas

www.sylvanlakealliance.com [email protected]

Worship Services • 9:00 am & 10:45 am

Sylvan Lake Apostolic Lutheran Church3 miles south, 2 1/2 miles west of Sylvan Lake

Sunday School 10:00 amChurch Services 11:00 am

www.sylvanlakealc.org403.887.2450

403-887-5687 Pastor Barry SigurdsonEcole Steffie Woima School 4720 45th Ave.Sunday School 9:45am • Service 11:00am

Our Lady of the AssumptionRoman Catholic Church

Administration Office: Sylvan Lake 403-887-2398or Rimbey 403-843-2126

5033-47a Avenue

Parish Priest:Father Les Drewicki

Email: [email protected]

Mass TimesSaturday Evening:

Sylvan Lake 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Morning:Sylvan Lake 11:00 a.m.(Last Sunday of each

month 9:00 a.m.)Rimbey 9:00 a.m.

Weekday massWednesdays and Fridays 9:00am

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH

“Experience the unconditional love of God in Jesus Christ.” (John 3:16)

#2-21 Beju Industrial DrivePastor Larry Brotherton 403-505-4438

Church phone: [email protected]

NEWLOCATION

Sunday Worship10:30 am

4308 - 50 Avenue403-887-1401

Sunday Services & Sunday School

10 AMwww.sylvanlakeanglican.ca

Anglican Church

www.slmpc.ca • memorial_offi [email protected]

Memorial Presbyterian Church5020 48 STREET, SYLVAN LAKE, AB T4S 1C6 403-887-5702

“Oh Lord, It’s Hard to be Humble!”Do we practise what we preach?Well, you might say, “I don’t preach! Pastor Kevin, or Bill, or Todd or any of

the other pastors in town preach! I don’t!”But, you really should be preaching, you know! And you do, whether you

realize it or not!Your actions speak even louder than words! As Francis of Assissi said,

“Preach the Gospel everywhere you go, and, if necessary, use words.” I think that is SO true. No matter what we do or say, other people are

watching us and they should be able to tell by our actions and our words that we are followers of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now, that doesn’t mean that you have to put together a message such as this one, but it DOES mean that you have to live what you believe and be ready to kindly and lovingly explain why you live the way you do to others who aren’t believers.

It is a big task, but one that Jesus wants us to do with humility.We are not better than others who don’t believe, and we shouldn’t act as

if we are. Did you ever see the bumper sticker that says, “I’m not perfect. I am just forgiven!”

Therein lies the secret!Roy T. Lloyd, in his book “Charades and Reality” said:

One of the best stories of humility I have heard is that of a man who arrived in 1953 at the Chicago railroad station to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He stepped off the train, -- a tall man with bushy hair and a big mustache. As the cameras fl ashed and city offi cials approached with hands outstretched to meet him, he thanked them politely. Then he asked to be excused for a minute.

He walked through the crowd to the side of an elderly black woman struggling with two large suitcases. He picked them up, smiled, and escorted her to the bus, helped her get on, and wished her a safe journey.

Then Albert Schweitzer turned to the crowd and apologized for keeping them waiting. It is reported that one member of the reception committee told a reporter, “That’s the fi rst time I ever saw a sermon walking.”

We ourselves are to be walking sermons. We need to put into practice the teachings of our faith. We are not to use our religion as a weapon, but instead, use it as a means of bringing faith, comfort and salvation to others.

We’ve been given a great task - to live in harmony, to weep with the mournful, to laugh with the joyful, and to not be conceited. Especially, we are called to be righteous, not self-righteous. We are to be humble.

May God help us to live out our faith in humility, confi dence and joy. Amen. By the Rev. Ethel English

St. Mary & St. Timothy Anglican Church

5020 48 STREET, ,, SYLVANAN LAKE, AB T4S 1C66 403 887 5702

October 25th Service - 10:30amMinister: Rev. Jin Woo Kim

Sermon: Suffering & the Faithfulness of God

Minimum wage increase will make tobacco even

more affordable for many Alberta youth

A coalition of prominent health organizations is urging the Notley government to reduce youth tobacco use and affordability through a signifi cant tobacco tax increase in the fall 2015 provincial budget. Alberta continues to have the most affordable cigarettes in Canada despite a modest tax increase of 50 cents per 20 pack of cigarettes that was announced last spring by the Prentice government.

The Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is also concerned about the potential for the increase in Alberta’s minimum wage to make cigarettes even more affordable for many youth. A signifi cant tobacco tax increase will offset the im-pact of a higher minimum wage.

“The Notley government has a huge opportunity to sig-nifi cantly reduce youth smoking with the most powerful weapon available—a tobacco tax increase” said Leigh Allard of The Lung Association of Alberta/NWT. “The new govern-ment must reverse the previous government’s harmful poli-cy of maintaining the most affordable cigarettes in Canada. Alberta has fallen so far behind other provinces that a tax increase of one dollar per pack of cigarettes is needed just to move up one notch from last place in terms of relative affordability”.

It only takes 34 minutes of labour for Alberta youth aged 15 to 24 to purchase a pack of 20 cigarettes compared with 40 minutes in B.C. and 42 minutes in Saskatchewan. A tax increase of $1.00 per pack of 20 cigarettes in Alberta would increase the purchase price to 38 minutes of labour and would move Quebec to last place where youth require 36 of labour to purchase 20 cigarettes.

“The increase in minimum wage will make tobacco even more affordable for many Alberta youth” said Dan Holinda of the Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/NWT Division. “The minimum wage increase should be coupled with a tobacco tax increase to ensure that youth smoking rates don’t rise. We are not opposed to the increase in minimum wage but a corresponding tobacco tax increase is needed to ensure that tobacco doesn’t become even more affordable. Alberta’s minimum wage hike shouldn’t compromise the health of young people and leave tobacco companies laughing all the way to the bank.”

According to the World Bank and the World Health Organization, every 10 percent increase in the price of ciga-rettes reduces youth consumption by 6 to 12 percent. Youth are more price-sensitive than adults due to their limited disposable income.

“As long as the Alberta government maintains the most affordable cigarettes in Canada we will continue to fi ght youth smoking with one hand tied behind our back” said Les Hagen of Action on Smoking & Health (ASH). “There is irrefutable evidence that tax increases reduce youth smok-ing. We urge the Notley government to reverse this harmful and objectionable policy with a major tobacco tax increase as soon as possible. Alberta youth deserve fi rst-class protec-tion from tobacco”.

The coalition is also urging the Notley government to ded-icate at least $20 million of any new tobacco revenue toward effective strategies to further reduce youth smoking and to help smokers quit.

“The Alberta Tobacco Reduction Strategy is woefully un-derfunded and remains largely unimplemented as the Premier has acknowledged” said Leigh Allard. “The Notley government can demonstrate its full commitment to tobac-co reduction by applying a portion of any new tobacco reve-nue to effective measures to help keep kids tobacco-free and to help smokers quit. Polls show Albertans are more likely to support a tobacco tax increase if a portion of the reve-nue is applied to tobacco reduction initiatives. The Alberta government can raise $180 million to improve the health of Albertans just by reducing our tobacco affordability from dead-last place to second-last place behind Quebec.”

A tax increase of $1.00 per 20 pack of cigarettes—coupled with proportional tax increases on other tobacco products—is expected to raise about $180 million in new revenue.

Alberta’s minimum wage increased from $10.20 per hour to $11.20 per hour on October 1. The Notley government has pledged to raise minimum wages to $15.00 dollars per hour by 2018.

According to the latest Canadian Youth Smoking, Tobacco and Drug Survey conducted in 2012/2013, there are roughly 39,000 youth tobacco users in grades 6 to 12 in Alberta.

***This article was submitted by Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta***


End of month Halloween Zombie Run hosted for youthThe Flipside Youth Drop-In Centre will host a Zombie

Run Oct. 29 from 6 p.m. till 9 p.m.The run is for youth in Grade 6 to 12 and will be set

up like a miniature Spartan race fi lled with ropes, tires and other obstacles.

As the youth run through the obstacles they will have the challenge of keeping their tags attached from their peers who are dressed up and acting like zom-

bies and out to steal their precious tags.“There will be about 40 volunteers dressed as zom-

bies that will chase the youth in between each ob-stacle,” said the youth centre’s co-ordinator Deshon Lennard.

He said if the participants make it through the race without any of their tags missing they will have sur-vived the run.

The youth have shown high interested in the event and Lennard will be collecting registration forms and

fees from participants up until the event day.This is the fi rst year for the centre to host this event,

one motivated by the time of year – Halloween.Lennard said he thinks this event will be a success

this year because of the youth interest level.“I know foresure we have a lot of volunteers signed

up and the youth will want to be a part of it and sign up as participants,” Lennard said. “It’s something fun to do on a Thursday evening close to Halloween and it’s different than your average haunted house or dance.”

What is great about this event it is fi tness oriented with the participants running away from their peers who are dressed up as zombies.

The fi rst three runners to complete the obstacle course with all their tags attached will win a gift card.

The run will be held in the Four Season’s Park area that surrounds the Community Centre.

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BY JASMINE O’HALLORAN-HAN

MilestonesMilestones

To all who attended to make my birthday a super one.

For all the cards, gifts, fl owersand good wishes .

To Lorna for a great lunch andto Marilyn for helping her. To my daughters and granddaughters who organized

the day and arrived with foodfor a family supper.

To all the family who traveledfrom afar for the event.

And special mention to some friends who made my birthdaycelebration a week long event.

allll wwho attendeded to maakake my

A SpecialA Special Thank You... Thank You...

Love to each of you,Love to each of you,Pat BlakelyPat Blakely

OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATION! WINSTON BACKUS

95TH BIRTHDAY! Afternoon tea & coffee.

Saturday Oct 24th 2015 2-4:30 pm. Memorial Presbyterian Church 5020 48th Street , Sylvan Lake.

Everyone Welcome.

Bud Zimmermann would like tothank everyone who signed

get well sheets and sent get wellcards after my slight accident.

God Bless All

UpcomingMeetings

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Committee of the WholeNovember 3, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

MPC MeetingNovember 2, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

Regular Meeting of CouncilOctober 26, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

TakeNotice

CALL FOR MEMBERSTown of Sylvan Lake - Board/Committee Vacancies

Subdivision & Development Appeal Board (2 Vacancies)Hears appeals on developments and subdivisions within the regulations of the MGA. (2 year term)

Municipal Planning Commission (4 Vacancies)Approves and provides direction of development in the Town. (1 year term)

Community Services Committee (2 Vacancies)Provides recommendations related to community opportunities and challenges. (2 year term)

TOWN OF SYLVAN LAKEELECTRICAL FRANCHISE FEE INCREASE NOTICE

Please be advised that the Town of Sylvan Lake is proposing to increase the local access fee, which is charged to FortisAlberta Inc. (FortisAlberta) for use of municipal lands for its power lines effective January 1, 2016.

The fee is recovered by FortisAlberta from its customers as the local municipal access fee on electric billings of all customers that receive electric service in the Town of Sylvan Lake. This local access fee will be increased from $5.42 (10%) to $6.71 (12%), based on the delivery charge of FortisAlberta, excluding energy related riders. This calculation is based on 625kWh consumption in a 30 day period.

Questions or concerns should be directed to Darren Moore, Director of Finance at (403) 887-2141.

Community Programs

Yard/Kitchen Waste Collection Notice:Annual service ends on November 6

The last day for yard/kitchen waste residential collection is Friday, November 6. You may continue to bring your yard/kitchen waste to the Waste Transfer Site during regular hours of operation at no charge. After hour access to the facility is not permitted.

Waste Transfer Site: New Winter Hours Begin on November 12

Summer hours end on Saturday, November 7. The facility will be closed for Remembrance Day (Wednesday, November 11) and re-opens for winter hours on Thursday, November 12. The Waste Transfer site is open through the winter from Wednesday to Saturday exclusive of statutory holidays from 9 AM – 5 PM every day except Wednesdays when it remains open until 8 PM.

The facility is located 1 km. east of the round-about on Highway 11A and .5 km. south on RR12.

Waste Transfer Site:NO After-Hour Access

Effective on November 7 there is no after-hour access to the Waste Transfer Site. This includes the cardboard drop-off, drop n’ swap recycling, e-waste, and yard waste areas.

Please call Public Works at 403.887.2800 with your questions or concerns.

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Family & Community Support Services (2 Vacancies)Annually participates in FCSS budget process & distributes grant funding. (2 year term)

Sylvan Lake Municipal Library (2 Vacancies)Responsible for the effective and responsible operation of the library. (3 year term)

Senior Citizen’s Lodge Foundation (1 Vacancy)Ensures adequate accommodation, health care, public services and recreational activities for resident senior citizens. (2 year term)

Friends of Sylvan Lake Provincial Park (2 Vacancies)Support the operation, maintenance and facilities of the Sylvan Lake Provincial Park. (2 year term)

Additional information regarding the mandates of the Boards & Committees and application forms can be found on our website at www.sylvanlake.ca or by contacting Mary Rose at the Town Offi ce 403.887.2141.

Please forward a letter of interest with relevant information and completed application form by Wednesday, October 16, 2015 to:Town of Sylvan Lake

5012 48 AvenueSylvan Lake, AB T4S 1G6Attention: Mary RoseOr via e-mail to: [email protected]


TOWN OF SYLVAN LAKENOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

REGARDING PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 1682/2015

Being a Bylaw to amend the Land Use Bylaw No. 1555/2010.

WHEREAS the Municipal Government Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 and amendments thereto, permit a Council by bylaw to amend the Land Use Bylaw No. 1555/2010, and

WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Sylvan Lake deems it necessary and expedient to amend the Land Use Bylaw No. 1555/2010,

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Sylvan Lake, in the province of Alberta, duly assembled, enacts as follows:

That this bylaw may be cited as the Land Use Amending Bylaw #1682/2015.

That Bylaw No. 1555/2010, being the Town of Sylvan Lake Land Use Bylaw, is hereby amended:

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5) by removing references to ‘duplexes’ throughout the section.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Minimum Front Yard the portion of the section prior to the exception is repealed and replaced as follows:

4.0 m (13.12 ft.)

6.0 m (19.69 ft) for units with front attached garage

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Minimum Rear Yard is repealed and replaced as follows:

7.5 m (24.6 ft)

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Maximum Building Height is repealed and replaced as follows:

Two storeys above grade with a maximum of 10.5 m (34.5 ft.)

With the exception of lots located north of the tracks between 46th Street and 33rd Street, the maximum height shall be two storeys above grade or 10.0 m (32.8 ft.)

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Supplementary Regulations by repealing section 2.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Supplementary

Regulations, repealing section 4 and replacing as follows:

4. With the exception of lots located north of the tracks between 46th Street and 33rd Street, at least 4.5m continuous length of the front parcel boundary of each interior lot shall be left unobstructed by a driveway or access to a parking pad. In addition, no front driveway shall exceed 7.5 m in width at the front property line.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Supplementary Regulations by repealing section 5.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot General Residential District (R5), Supplementary Regulations by adding new sections as follows and re-numbering the sections to refl ect amendments:

All two-storey dwelling units shall contain developed fl oor area over a minimum of 40% of the area of a front attached garage.

All bungalow and bi-level dwelling units shall be designed in such a manner that the front façade of the house is setback no more than 5.0 m. The Development Authority may request

PublicHearing

additional design treatment, including but not limited to windows along the side of the garage and increased porch or veranda space to reduce the visual impact of the garage protrusion.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Minimum Front Yard, the following is added:

6.0 m (19.69 ft) for units with front attached garage

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Minimum Rear Yard is repealed and replaced as follows:

7.5 m (24.6 ft)

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Maximum Building Height is repealed and replaced as follows:

Two storeys above grade with a maximum of 10.5 m (34.5 ft.)

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Supplementary Regulations by repealing sections 2 and 3.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Supplementary Regulations, section 6 by removing the words `the two`.

In Part 9.7 Narrow Lot Duplex Residential District (R5A), Supplementary Regulations by adding new sections as follows and re-numbering the sections to refl ect amendments:

Where each unit within a duplex is situated on a titled lot, a minimum 3.5m continuous length of the front parcel boundary of each interior lot shall be left unobstructed by a driveway or access to a parking pad. In addition, no front driveway shall exceed 4.0 m in width at the front property line.

Where both duplex units are located on the same titled lot, a minimum of 3.5 m continuous length of the front parcel boundary of each interior lot shall be left unobstructed by a driveway or access to a parking pad. In addition, no front driveway shall exceed 8.0 m in width at the front property line.

All 2 storey style dwelling units shall contain developed fl oor area over a minimum of 40% of the fl oor area above and attached garage.

All bungalow and bi-level dwelling units shall be designed in such a manner that the front façade of the house is setback no more than 5.0 m. The Development Authority may request additional design treatment, including but not limited to windows along the side of the garage and increased porch or veranda space to reduce the visual impact of the garage protrusion.

This Bylaw comes into force the day it is passed.

A Public Hearing regarding the proposed Bylaw will be held on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Government Building at 5012 48th Avenue, Sylvan Lake, Alberta.

All persons in favour or opposed to the Bylaw will have the opportunity to be heard. If you are unable to attend personally, written submissions must be submitted to the Municipal Government Building no later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 5th , 2015.

If you submit comments on this bylaw, either orally or in writing, the information you provide may be recorded in the minutes of the Public Hearing, or otherwise made public, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

A copy of the proposed Bylaw and any related documents can be seen during regular offi ce hours from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Municipal Government Building. The style of the hearing will be informal and persons wishing to speak will be requested to state their name and address for the record upon being recognized by the Chairperson.

Date of fi rst publication of this notice: October 22nd, 2015 edition of the Sylvan Lake News.

Date of second publication of this notice: October 29th, 2015 edition of the Sylvan Lake News.

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5 Behaviors that help teens learn to bounce backYoung people grow in confi dence through risks and responsibilities, says expert on adolescent behavior

It’s no secret that adolescence is a time of high stress for many teens.

Although some young people navigate these dif-fi cult years with reasonable aplomb, many struggle and are unable to cope as they run into troubles in school, at home or in their neighborhoods.

That’s where adults can step in and aid them in cultivating the mental tools they need to bounce back from life’s most trying moments.

“It’s our job as parents and educators to help our young people develop the fl exibility and resiliency to withstand the challenges they face on their path to adulthood,” says Linda Mornell, an adolescent ther-apist and author of the book “Forever Changed: How Summer Programs and Insight Mentoring Challenge Adolescents and Transform Lives.”

Mornell has worked with teenagers for almost 45 years, both through her private counseling practice and as founder of the highly effective nonprofi t organization Summer Search, which provides disad-vantaged young people with challenging and even life changing mentoring and summer opportunities.

She says that encouraging the following fi ve be-haviors can help teens learn to bounce back rather than fold under the stresses of the adolescent years.

• Reach out rather than retreat. Recent research tells us that the adolescent brain is fl exible and highly sensitive to stress, Mornell says. “Many teens withdraw into themselves when they are stressed, rather than reaching out to others,” she says. “When they do that, they miss out on learning different ways of handling and relieving those stresses, as well as diffusing intense feeling in more positive ways.” As parents try to address this, they need to understand that adolescents routinely say the op-posite of what they feel. “‘Go away’ often means ‘please stay,’ ” Mornell says. “Parents should not leave but sit down and wait.”

• Tell their story. The ability to put their story into coherent words gives teens the chance to see it from a distance and gain perspective, Mornell says. They also can compare their story to the stories of others, and that creates a sense of community. She says parents should avoid interrupting and be willing to listen when an adolescent feels like talking.

• Separate from home and parents. For adolescents to gain autonomy and confi dence, it’s essential that they sometimes separate themselves physically and psychologically from their parents, Mornell says. That’s becoming harder and harder to do in today’s world where cell phones give people instant and constant communication. “For teenagers, this over communication reinforces the idea that the world is a challenging and even dangerous place, and that they aren’t capable of learning to handle those chal-lenges and dangers on their own.” Mornell suggests that parents avoid constant texting and connection, and give their teens room to make their own deci-sions.”

• Engage in exploration and positive risk-taking. It’s hard for teens to learn how to bounce back from challenges if they’ve been protected from encoun-tering any signifi cant diffi culties to bounce back from. “Parents should encourage teens to reach out of their familiar and safe comfort zones and take positive risks like meeting new people, exploring different activities and participating in scary sound-ing summer opportunities like wilderness expedi-tions,” Mornell says.

• Take responsibility for others. Caretaking is one of the best ways to increase resiliency, whether you are babysitting, volunteering in a home for elders, or standing up for kids who are bullied, Mornell says. “When teens lend a hand to help others, they experience and support eternal values and enhance the sense of their own worth. Parents should spend time talking with teens about their family values for helping others.”

***Disclaimer: Linda Mornell (www.Lindamornell.com) is the founder of Summer Search, a nonprofi t organization that provides disadvantaged young people with challeng-ing summer opportunities and life-changing mentoring.***


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Local tattoo artist teams up with Vancouver performer

to break Guinness record for longest tattoo session

Local tattoo artist and owner of Lucid Tattooing + Design, Brandon Fancie trav-elled to British Columbia recently where he made a stab at the Guinness World Record for longest tattoo session: team of two, alongside Vancouver based performance artist Josh Burns.

The previous record was set at 50 hours and 10 minutes with Fancie and Burns smashing the prior record, totaling 50 hours and 57 minutes of needle to skin.

Burns, who has always held a love for the occult, dragons, and fi re, had been trying to orchestrate the event for nearly a year be-fore coming into contact with Fancie.

He stated he had two previous tattooists back out of the record attempt and was thrilled to have come into contact with Fancie. Burns added he was determined to not only break the record but also continue his transformation into a dragon.

“I’ve always been interested in lizards, snakes, and dragons - when I was about 12 I started thinking about how cool it would be to be a dragon but at that time it wasn’t in terms of body modifi cation, it was more about just how cool I thought dragons were,” said Burns. “Then the older I got, I started getting piercings and fi ve years ago I started the transformation into a dragon.”

In that fi ve years Burns had his tongue surgically split to resemble that of a dragon or lizard, horns implanted on his forehead, tattooed his eyes, and had his ears pointed. This led him to the idea of being tattooed head to toe as a dragon and the idea of at-tempting the Guinness record.

Following their introduction on Facebook the pair corresponded by email and even-tually Fancie made the trip to Vancouver to meet Burns prior to the attempt.

The next time the pair met was the weekend of their attempt - a weekend that would test the pair both mentally and physically.

Burns is no stranger to pain but he admits even with his past experiences, he under-estimated the amount of pain he would have to withstand.

“I’m used to pain through my line of work,I thought because it was on my back it wouldn’t be that bad, but I was wrong,” explained Burns. “After about fi ve hours I wanted to stop - at that point all of the en-dorphins wore off and it just wasn’t pleas-ant at all. I think overall I went into shock three different times and it just steadily got more and more painful.”

Fancie said eventually Burns relaxed and had accepted the pain.

“It was pretty rough on him the fi rst couple of hours and there were times I re-ally didn’t think we were going to make it,” said Fancie. “There were times where it got pretty intense as far as the level of pain he was in. The way I was doing the tattoo was outlining and fi lling it in at the same time as we went along - at one point I went back in to fi ll in some colour and he didn’t like that very much and got pretty shaky.

“I really just slowed everything down and started completing it as we went because if I were to have gone back in and reworked any spots after it became extremely painful for him.”

He added there were a few pep talks involved from the many supporters who came to watch the record attempt, but nei-ther Fancie nor Burns were willing to stop.

“Unless he physically passed out we weren’t stopping and that never happened so we just kept going. He never got to the point where he was passing out - there were a few times where he was shaking and you could tell his body was going into shock but he reeled it in and at no time did I feel there was a major risk to his health,” said Fancie.

Prior to the attempt Fancie held a 24 hour tattoo marathon at his shop in Sylvan, which was the longest he had personally tattooed straight for. Prior to the attempt, Burns longest session being tattoed was eight hours.

“The whole attempt was very mental for me - at times it was just about staying awake,” explained Fancie. “There were al-ways people around laughing and joking with us, keeping us awake - that really helped - Redbull, coffee, lots of fruit - it all helped. In the end it was defi nitely mental-ly challenging for me just to keep going - at about 40 hours into the session my feet started swelling from sitting so long and afterwards I could barely walk.”

In order to break the record, the pair were only allowed a fi ve minute break every hour, which the pair stated they spent walking, stretching, eating, and doing any-thing that wasn’t sitting. Currently the pair are awaiting confi rmation from Guinness who must review witness records as well as view the full 50 hour and 57 minute video evidence they had to provide. They both wished to thank everyone for their contin-ued support throughout the event as well as The Fall Tattooing and Artists Gallery for the use of their shop during the attempt.

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PAIN & ENDURANCE - Sylvan Lake based tattoo artist Brandon Fancie teamed up with Vancouver based performer, Josh Burns recently to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest tattoo session: team of two.

Photo courtesy of Rene Blais Photography

BY JENNA SWANSYLVAN LAKE NEWS


The Community Calendar is an open bulletin board for non-profi t community groups running free events open to the general public. Submissions must be received by Monday at 4 p.m. and should be kept as concise as possible. We will edit for content and length.We strive to publish all submissions we receive, however, due to the number of items or space availability, we are not able to guarantee publication. If you need to be sure your message runs, we suggest you place your message in the Classifi ed section.Deliver submissions to our offi ce at Suite 103, 5020 50A St., Sylvan Lake, fax to 1-403-887-2081 (Toll-Free 1-888-999-2081) or email [email protected]. Be certain to include dates, times and contact information.

Ridgewood Hall Turkey Supper.

Saturday, Oct. 24 5:30 - 7:30

pm. $13 adults, $7 ages

7 - 12, under 7 free. South

from Hwy 11 at RR13. East

on Burnt Lake Trail. South

on RR 10. 403.886.4642

Wednesday, October 28 - Sylvan

Lake Seniors Bus to River

Cree Casino, Edmonton.

Bus will leave at 8:30

a.m. phone Joan for more

information 403-887-7614.

Benalto & Area Rural Crime

Watch Society AGM, Thursday,

October 29, 2015 @ 7 pm,

Benalto Leisure Centre, Ag.

Grounds. Guest Speaker:

Sylvan Lake RCMP Cpl. James

Allemekinders. Elections,

year end business. BARCWS

Partners in attendance. For

more info, please call Yvette

@ 403-746-3429 or Dave

Dale @ 403-887-3937

Saturday, October 31 -

Spooktacular Extravaganza

at the Fox Run/Mother Teresa

Multicampus, 1-4 p.m. Mix

and mingle with other ghosts,

goblins and ghouls while you

enjoy crafts, games, a haunted

bouncy castle, and best of

all, candy! For information,

call 403-887-2199.

Wednesday, November 5 - Turkey

supper at Spruce View Hall,

5-7 p.m. Presented by Craig

Community Society and Spruce

View Community Library.

Benalto Turkey supper

November 8th. $20.00 for

supper and bus. Contact

Lydia at 403-864-2230.

Pickup starting at 3pm.

Benalto Elks 404 turkey supper

at Benalto Hall Sunday

Nov. 8. Served 4;30pm to

6:30pm. $14.00 per plate.

Kids age 6 and under free.

Sylvan Lake AA meetings.

Tuesdays 7:30 pm Lions Hall;

Sundays 8 pm Presbyterian

Church (north door). For more

information call male 403-

887-4470, 403-588-5491

or female 403-887-4297.

Sylvan Lake Al-Anon (for families

and friends of alcoholics) 8

pm Sundays, Presbyterian

Church (north door), 403-

887-4470 or 403-887-2961.

Sylvan Lake Al-Anon (for families

and friends of alcoholics) 8 pm

Sundays, Presbyterian Church

(north door), Kathy 403-887-

4470 or Robyn 403-887-2961.

Narcotics Anonymous meetings

Saturday nights at 7:30

pm at Sylvan Lake Bethany

Care, 4700 47th Ave.

T.O.P.S. weight loss support group

meets at St. Mary’s and St.

Timothy’s Anglican Church

Hall every Thursday from 7

to 8 p.m. Anyone welcome.

Please call Joanne at 403-

887-5200 for more info.

Mondays - Toastmasters Sylvan’s

Slick Speakers meeting at

Sylvan Lake Alliance Church,

4404 47 Ave. from 7-8:15 pm.

Our club is open to everyone

wishing to improve their

communication and leadership

skills. For info call Shawn

Palm at 403-887-2577.

Mondays - Sylvan Lake Sacred

Massed Choir practices take

place at Ecole H. J. Cody

High School (beginning

Sept. 21), directed by Kerry

Heisler, 7-9 p.m. Love to

sing? For info, contact Dolce

Moir at 403-887-4037.

Tuesdays - Tai chi classes begin on

Sept. 8 to Dec. 22, 6:30-8:30

p.m. at the Anglican Church

hall. Wear comfy clothes and

inside shoes. Call 403-346-

6772 or visit www.taoist.org.

At the Seniors Centre: Mondays-

Wii bowling; Tuesdays-Men’s

Yoga, Exercise Class, Drop

In Scrabble/Games; Tuesday

night-drop in crib; Wednesdays-

lunches, Bible Study;

Thursdays-Bingo; Fridays-Yoga.

Wednesdays - 55+ Club Potluck

at Sylvan Lake Legion starting

at 12 noon. Jam session to

follow. Everyone Welcome.

At the Sylvan Alliance

Church - Bible Study on

Revelation starting at 7

p.m. - Call Al at 587 377

1085 for more information

Thursdays - Sylvan Lake

Seniors Bus to Red Deer.

Pick-up starts at 9:15 am.

Returning to Sylvan 1 pm from

Parkland Mall. Call Don/Lydia

Lanterman at 403-864-2230.

Thursdays - Community Bingo

at Sylvan Lake Seniors’

Centre. Pre-call at 6:30 bingo

starts at 7 pm. Canteen

opens at 5:30 pm.

Fridays - Meat draw at

the Sylvan Lake Legion

beginning at 6:30 p.m.

First Wednesday every month - The

fi rst Wednesday of every month

is devoted to teen art projects

at the Library! Everything

from baked clay art to graffi ti!

4-5 p.m. See you there!

First Sunday every month - Sylvan

Lake Royal Canadian Legion

Ladies Auxiliary breakfast at

the Legion. 4916 50 Ave. 9 am

to 1 pm. Everyone welcome.

Sylvan Lake Seniors Bus looking

for volunteer drivers. Call

Don at 403-864-2230 or

Rae 403-887-6226.

Volunteers are required for Friends

of the Library committee. Do

you enjoy the library? Would

you like to make a difference?

We are looking for enthusiastic

friends to support the library

in many different ways. Please

join us and have fun, meet like-

minded people, volunteer and

feel good about supporting a

service that benefi ts everyone

in the community! Call

Debbie at 403-887-0968.

Are you organized and dedicated

and want to be part of a great

team? Veterans Voices of Canada

is now searching for volunteers

to fi ll a variety of volunteer

positions within our organization.

Be a part of our upcoming annual

events and tributes such as our

Veteran Appreciation Day and

Flags of Remembrance. Also

needed are interview transcribers

and committee members. Help

us in our mission of keeping

history alive by volunteering with

us. Thanks in advance. Contact

us at [email protected].

Sylvan Lake Quilters Guild meetings

are the second Wednesday of

each month at the Seniors Centre

at 7 p.m. New members welcome.

For information, please contact

Joyce Thrush at 403-887-3287.

C.H.I.P.S - Children’s Indoor Play

Space is a non-structured

playtime for children 0-5

years old. Riding, climbing and

bouncing toys provided and

parents and caregivers can

socialize. Mondays 9-11am,

Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30-

11:30am, Thursdays 12:30-2:30pm

at the community centre. Contact

Kari for info 403-392-0323.

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Acoustic cafe attracts youth of all ages to Flipside

The Flipside Youth Drop-In Centre roared with a live band Thursday evening attracting a volume of kids and teenagers.

The band, Second to Spare, includes three 17-year-old boys from Red Deer, who played familiar rock songs that sent energy through the air.

This is the second acoustic cafe night the centre has held with last year’s being held in November around 70 youth in attendance.

The event is proving to gain popularity as more acoustic cafe nights are planned between now and December.

“It draws the youth into our centre,” said the youth centre’s co-ordinator Deshon Lennard. “People come in here and real-ize this place is different from when they were a kid.”

The centre offers fun things for youth to do such as foosball, air hockey and pool alongside furniture for youth who want to relax.

During the acoustic night youth played games and listened to the music, others relaxed on the couches, and some got up and danced to the music.

Out of the many different events the youth participate in, Lennard said this

event is the most relaxed.“Hopefully the youth come back to more

events because they see that we have all the amenities for them,” Lennard said.

The youth centre was the perfect place to host the band as Lennard said they enjoy playing and the centre’s staff enjoy giving youth opportunities to play their music.

The centre’s staff are young with the oldest being in their mid twenties and Lennard describes them as being goofy and fun - making for a good hang out place.

“It’s a silly, fun, relaxed, awesome place,” Lennard said.

He said the hopes of the event is to help kids feel more comfortable with them-selves so they will break out of their shell and interact with new people.

He also wants to spread the word that the centre is a great place to be.

“I hope this place gains recognition that this is actually a cool and ok place to be,” Lennard said. “We’re hoping that more people come to the events that are com-ing up in the future.”

He said the centre used to be known to young kids and that it wasn’t a cool place to be for teenagers and the older youth, but this has changed.

“Over the past year I would say it has

Rock and Roll – The Flipside Youth Drop-In Centre hosted there Acoustic Cafe Thursday night and the live band Second to Spare includes three 17-year-olds from Red Deer who rocked their hearts out.

Jasmine O’Halloran–Han/Sylvan Lake News


a better reputation that we would like to make even better,” Lennard said.

Other events that will take place in the

near future are the zombie run and the master chef cook off.

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SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

WOMEN IN BUSINESSOCTOBER 18-24, 2015


NexSource Power Inc. awarded Large Business of the Year

NexSource Power Inc. was awarded Large Business of the Year at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards last Friday at the Community Centre.

Winning the award was a complete sur-prise to Amy Dakin, co-owner of the busi-ness, but she graciously accepted the award.

“I didn’t expect that kind of recognition but it was nice,” she said.

Her business was nominated last year and that alone she said was awesome.

Amy and her husband Darnell own their business which provides instrumentation, electrical services and rental equipment to the oil fi eld.

The couple started the company in 2009 after Darnell, being an electrician, wanted to start working for himself.

They bought a few pieces of equipment to rent out and started their business in the basement of their own home. Within a year, they moved into their own shop and started hiring staff.

Now they have around 145 people work-ing for them.

The couple grew their company by provid-ing good customer service which allowed

them to grow organically.They managed growing by themselves,

not only by providing good customer ser-vice, but also by word of mouth and being very easy to communicate with.

“It makes it more inviting to get to know people,” Amy said.

They have been most recently been known for their fi nancial contribution of $500,000 to the NexSource Centre, thus branding the building with their business name.

Branding the building with their name was never the motivation for giving this large amount of money to help fund the centre, as Amy explained they felt the need to do something about the town’s lack of a proper sports facility ever since it col-lapsed.

“With the shock of the arena falling down we knew the project needed a bit of mo-mentum,” Amy said. “The talk was always out there of needing a rink and going ahead with the project.”

They felt compelled to get the project started and completed as soon as possible as she said the facility helps the whole community.

The couple give back to the community in other ways as well as Amy said they al-ways try to do things at company functions

Amy Dakin, co-owner of NexSource Power Inc. accepted the Large Business of the Year award at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards last Friday at the Community Centre.



to help the food bank, different fundraising initiatives, different projects in town as well as remain actively involved in minor hockey.

“Whenever there is something going on, we always try to fi gure out how we can give back to the community and at different events too,” Amy said.

Running their own business and fi nding the time volunteer their efforts works for this couple as Amy said it is about being as involved in the community as possible.

“It’s a matter of being involved and you want to be there, it’s not just about running your business,” she said.

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Who are some of the most dedicated staff in Sylvan Lake? The team at Tim Hortons of course!Every morning, Linda Harp greets hundreds of people as they pickup up their morning coffee in the drive thru. She touches so many customers with her warm greetings and smile that she was nominated for Employee of the Year through the Chamber of Commerce!Working alongside Linda is an extraordinary team managed by Honie Grace Camacho, who ensure that guests receive the same-great service in-restaurant as they do through the drive-thru.Restaurant owner, Tanya Doucette says “Our Sylvan Lake team is led by an incredible group of women who through hard work, dedication and leadership have built careers for themselves in our restaurant. Our restaurant is a place of opportunity in our community where team members from diverse backgrounds come together, and where every team member has the chance to grow from an entry level position to become a member of the management team. We offer our team members competitive wages, training, advancement opportunities including a dedicated Management Trainee Program, and for full-time team members 100% of their Team Tim Hortons health benefi ts premiums are paid by our company so they and their families can count on coverage.Every day the team at Tim Hortons are ready to serve you. Thank you for recognizing the importance of our Women in Business!

4 Erickson Drive,Sylvan Lake

403.887.1068

Owner /Manager: Angele DownieService Manager: Chuck DownieRAP Student: Dawson DownieYears of Service : 25 years

Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Closed Saturdays,Sunday & Holidays

Complete service & repair on all makes of motorcycles,snowmobiles & ATVs

*high performance engine building, boring, porting & machining*suspension service & re-valving*tire installation & balancing*motorcycle dyno for test runs

Assortment of products available*OEM & aft ermarket parts, accessories, clothing & helmets*distributor of high-tech oils, synthetic lubricants & fi lters*high performance engine & valve train components

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Debbie Fisher has managed Cobbs Clothing for many years and wishes to thank Sylvan Lake and area shoppers for

their continued support now that the location of the store has moved inside the freshly updated Cobbs Block.

“We love our new store and clearance center and lookforward to helping customers with their fashion decisions,”

says Debbie refl ecting on the success of their move.

“Visit us today for boutique service,quality fashions and competitive prices.”

Sincerely Deb, Cindy, Kate, Joan and Darby

COBBS BLOCK on MAINSTREET5015 50 Street, Sylvan Lake

Open Daily: Monday to Wednesday 11am – 6pm• Thursday to Saturday 11am – 9pm

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Café Bodega brings a fresh new feel to dining in Sylvan Lake.

Casual dining has been taken in a new direction with evening service 3 nights per week. In addition to the well known daytime menu, Bodega now offers an evening social menu, a beautiful self serve wine dispenser, specialty coffee drinks and an upbeat contemporary atmosphere.Open Daily at 11am

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Evenings at Bodega• Thurs, Fri & Sat to 9pm

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Reinhart awarded one of two Business Woman of the Year awards

Kim Reinhart, owner of Optimal Fitness, received one of two plaques for Business Woman of the Year award last Friday at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards cere-mony at the Community Centre.

She said she was very surprised to re-ceive the award.

“I run my own business but it’s not a major business,” Reinhart said. “It always seems like a really big award and to get it was like ‘wow’.”

Reinhart started Optimal Fitness six years ago and instructs boot camps and personally trains adults and some teen-agers.

She has always been very active with a strong passion for fi tness and training people.

“It’s just something that was a part time fun thing and has turned out to be my fa-vourite job,” Reinhart said.

She said even if she won the lottery she would still continue to teach boot camp.

“I love it, I love the people, everybody is very positive and very supportive of each other,” Reinhart said. “It’s really cool to see what goals they achieve and where they go with it.”

She said her favourite thing about her business is being able to host the Muscles In Motion every year in May.

She always hoped her business would

thrive and do well with her ultimate goal to create a big facility in the community that is something different, challenging and fun.

“The major thing is to have fun because when you have fun everyone enjoys it and will stick with it and if they get bored and aren’t challenged enough they won’t stick with it,” Reinhart said.

She is very proud of her business and has 50 - 60 clients, some of whom have been training with her for the past six years, with her clientele continuing to grow.

“I am keeping it exciting and challeng-ing,” Reinhart said. “If I can get people to stick with it for that long then I know I am doing my job.”

She also volunteers to instruct a boot camp for Grade 5 girls, something she likes doing and said anytime she can get in-volved with youth and fi tness she is all in.

“I love it when parents bring their teens to classes and get them involved which I don’t think there’s enough of now a days,” Reinhart said.

At the awards ceremony Reinhart said carrying the plaque in her hands felt good. She was supposed to give it back that night for engraving but instead gave it back the next day.

“The more I think about it, it was pretty exciting to know that you’re appreciated and noticed for the work that you do,” she said.

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Jennifer Goodall opened Saks Shoes in Jennifer Goodall opened Saks Shoes in 2013 with the help of her family. She brings 2013 with the help of her family. She brings quality footwear and accessories to central Alberta. Shopping quality footwear and accessories to central Alberta. Shopping downtown Sylvan Lake is an experience and Jennifer has added a downtown Sylvan Lake is an experience and Jennifer has added a boutique atmosphere with her wide variety of North American and boutique atmosphere with her wide variety of North American and European brands that you won’t fi nd anywhere else!European brands that you won’t fi nd anywhere else!

Jennifer and staff welcome you to browse and enjoy their Jennifer and staff welcome you to browse and enjoy their outstanding customer service and chic footwear.outstanding customer service and chic footwear.

5016 – 50th Street, Sylvan Lake, AB

Saks Shoes is located on Main Street,

Sylvan

van Lake, Aan 5 16 –

403-887-7257Monday-Saturday: 10am-6pm • Email: [email protected]

WOMEN IN BUSINESS 2015Kim Reinhart, owner of Optimal Fitness was awarded one of two plaques for Business Woman of the Year at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards last Friday at the Community Centre.



Staff of the whole show:Staff of the whole show:Avrey, Tami, KyraAvrey, Tami, Kyra

PRODUCTS & SERVICES:PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Active lifestyle apparel, yoga wear, dance wear & shoes, cheer gear, gymnastics apparel, figure skating basics.

OWNER: TAMI LINDSTRANDYEARS OF SERVICE: 3.4

403.887.6633Mon, Tues, Wed 10-5, Thurs 10-7, 10-5 Sat. 10-4

5004-50th St,Sylvan Lake, AB

SYLVAN LAKE YOGA STUDIO!

www.studioupstairs.ca

403-597-3844

Studio Upstairs Yoga & WellnessEmail: [email protected]

Years of Service: 5Services: Yoga classes, Aerial Yoga, Prenatal Yoga,

Teen Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga, Yoga Therapy

Following in the footsteps of her entrepreneur mom, owner Carol Foy is honoured to be a part of creating a healthy community

here in Sylvan Lake. The welcoming boutique yoga studio offers small classes and experienced instructors to people of all

levels of experience and ability.

JENNA SWAN

SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

Empowering women in the 21st century

Lately I’ve found myself ask-ing ‘What does it mean to be a woman in the year 2015?’

I used to think it was hard-er now than ever before for a woman in the western world.

Being a woman in the west-ern world in this day and age poses many challenges. So many women are forced to choose be-tween having children or pursu-ing their careers to the fullest - an ideology no man will ever have to face. We are bombarded by mainstream media telling us how to look, think and act on a daily basis.

On the other hand, we now have the choice as to whether or not we even want to have chil-dren, as opposed to a time when

we were simply asked when. Although we are fl ooded by the media telling us how to look and dress, we also have com-plete freedom to dress and look however we wish, a freedom so many women around the world still don’t have.

For the fi rst time in history, women of the western world have the power to choose. No longer is there anything a woman is ‘supposed to do’ and this is the beauty of being a woman in the 21st century.

In other parts of the world women still struggle for their independence, the right to drive, vote, learn and even speak freely. Where as women in the western world are not only being greeted with open arms to the business world they now play a vital role within it.

Gone are the days where we must fi ght for our seats in board-rooms and instead it is becom-ing increasingly commonplace to see women at the helm of these tables everywhere from the ener-

gy sector straight to parliament. We must not take this for grant-ed, as it took decades for our fore-mothers to get us to this point in the equal rights move-ment and we must not forget our sisters across the world who still do not have these rights as their battle is far from won.

In my short time spent in Sylvan Lake thus far, I have been fortunate enough to be exposed to some of the many women at the forefront of local organiza-tions. It is both empowering and

exhilarating to see the incredible work they have done and are doing.

Within Sylvan there are an abundance of successful female business owners, executive di-rectors, members of local gov-ernment - the list goes on. There are no shortages of inspirational women in this small town and I consider myself blessed to be a part of a community where so many women are pursuing their goals and dreams to the fullest.

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CLEANCONSCIENCE

Leanne Bertram has a dream to assist Sylvan Lake and area businesses, apartment buildings and rural residents to become environmentally friendly in terms of disposal of their waste by implementing a convenient, reliable, cost effective pick up service for recycling. This service helps to reduce landfi ll waste while saving energy, reducing pollution and preserving our resources. Leanne also offers secure, confi dential, cross-cut shredding and will pick up at your convenience.

Clean Conscience Recycling will help you contribute to the future of our community.

403.318.4991Mon – Fri 9am – 4pm

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REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE

Lorraine St. Laurent and her husband purchased Pioneer Pizza 6 months ago as a great opportunity and have experienced fantastic growth. Lorraine, and her partner and oldest daughter Dakota, are expanding into a larger location in Hewlett Park and expect their Grand Opening to be the fi rst week of November.

Prior to being an entrepreneur, Lorraine was a stay-at-home mom, but following her husband’s injury when deployed in Afghanistan they needed to make a change and saw the opportunity right here in Sylvan Lake.

St. Laurent says, “We have put our time and energy into this shop and now we have never been so proud. We’ve had such wonderful support from our family and they have put so much effort into making this company grow.”

Ph: 403-864-2121 & 403-864-4141 • 130-49 Hinshaw Drive

NEW HOURSMon - Thurs 11am-11pm • Fri-11am-2am

Sat 3pm-2am • Sunday 3pm-9pm

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Watch for upcoming dates as Pioneer Pizza will be hosting a food drive and supporting the Sylvan Lake Christmas bureau this year.www.pioneerpizza.ca



Keri Pratt, owner of Mini Melts Central Alberta Ltd., received one of two Business Woman of the Year plaques at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards last Friday at the Community Centre.

Receiving the award she said was amazing, truly humbling adding she is very appreciative of the Chamber for the nom-ination.

Smiling beautifully she ex-pressed her deep gratitude of being recognized for her ef-forts in the community.

“I knew I was nom-inated but I didn’t expect to win and that’s the hum-bling part of it,” Pratt said. “I was up against some amazing business owners as well. To be recognized for the work that I do is hard to put into words.”

Pratt has owned Mini Melts Central Alberta for two years now but founded All

About Bouncing, the business behind the local bouncy castles so many children love to play in six year previously, but sold that business which is still in operation.

It doesn’t stop there for Pratt, as she meets with all the home based businesses in town

for the home based business visitation program to help others strive and

succeed.All of her businesses have been

home based and this is why she said she was shocked when she received the award.

“A lot of times home based businesses aren’t recognized the same way store fronts are,” Pratt said.

She said it is nice to be rec-ognized for contributing to the economy because

home based businesses are just as import-ant to Sylvan Lake as other b u s i n e s s -es are, but may not be thought of in the same way.

Pratt also spends a lot of time vol-u n t e e r i n g

Pratt awarded one of two Business Woman of the Year plaquesBY JASMINE O’HALLORAN-HANSYLVAN LAKE NEWS

as she is the director of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the business recruitment team for the Town of Sylvan Lake.

She also does food drives in the Spring for the town where she was able to cover half the town and bring the food to the town’s food bank.

In addition, she teaches early morning scripture study classes for youth and is a youth leader at the church she attends.

Pratt said she loves what she does in being a part of the business community.

“I really enjoy being a member of the chamber of commerce, being a director there and helping the businesses in Sylvan Lake,” Pratt said.

Spending time volunteering and working at her business Pratt said her volunteer work keeps her the most busy but she doesn’t complain.

“I believe in Sylvan Lake,” Pratt said. “I love living here, working here and serving the people here.”

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missing Cheryl Hyvonen, administration

Aside from publisher, Randy Holt, the Sylvan Lake News team is 100% Women in Business!

Each week we reach out to our community as wecapture the news and share it with our readers.

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Message from the President:

I would like to take a moment and personally acknowledge the accomplishments and e orts of everyone involved in our recent Business Awards and Mermaid Ball. Our 2015 event was an enormous success which was in no small part due to our members, nominees, award winners, sponsors and donators, sta and board of directors.

*To all the award nominees, you are all extremely deserving of an award and your reless work and e orts have not gone unno ced. We appreciate your con nued support in our community and we are proud we could acknowledge your hard work.

*To all the award winners, you have been chosen as ambassadors within our business community and we are proud of you for everything you have accomplished. Celebrate your win and be proud of what you have done in making our community great.

*Without the con nued support of ALL our sponsors and donators, an event of this scale would not be possible. It is because of your generosity, this event is the success that it is and for that we are eternally grateful! Please accept our hear elt thank you for all your gi s and services.

*To our board of directors and our Business Awards organizing commi ee, this is not an accomplishment achieved by one person but by a collec ve of caring people who take pride in their community. All your generously volunteered me goes above and beyond the call of duty and from me personally I say a very profound thank you!

*And nally to our sta , speci cally Denise Williams and Tracey Soroka, your many, many hours of organizing and planning, taking calls and raising sponsorship funds, your ability to communicate your ideas and make them a reality is in large part what has made this event the triumphant victory it has become. I am proud of you both for all your hard work!

SincerelyDwayne V. Stoesz

President – Sylvan Lake Chamber of Commerce

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AWARD WINNERSLARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR* NexSource Power Inc.SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR* Trilliant Real Estate GroupGREEN BUSINESS OF THE YEAR* Town of Sylvan LakeTHE CUSTOMER SERVICEEXCELLENCE AWARD* TMS WirelessTHE EMPLOYEE OFTHE YEAR AWARD* Trevor Pra , ATB FinancialTHE CHERYL DARLINGMEMORIAL AWARDFOR BUSINESSWOMAN OF THE YEAR* Kim Reinhart, Op mal Fitness* Keri Pra , Mini-Melts

THE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD* Jordan Sinclair, Adrenalin Motors

CONGRATULATIONS

THE 2015 SYLVAN LAKE BUSINESS AWARDS

YOUR BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINEESLARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR1. NexSource Power Inc.2. Falcon Homes3. Mighty Owls Daycare4. Boston Pizza5. Shoppers Drug Mart6. Meadowlands Golf Club7. Lakeside Rona8. KCS9. Servus Credit Union

SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR1. Trilliant Real Estate Group2. Pet Planet3. The Place to Mortgage4. BukWildz5. Snap Fitness6. Clearview Glass

7. Cobb’s Clothing8. Rouillard Law9. Tait Electrical10. Adrenalin Motors11. Sylvan Physical Therapy & Sports Injury Clinic

GREEN BUSINESS OF THE YEAR1. RBC Royal Bank2. Town of Sylvan Lake

THE CUSTOMER SERVICEEXCELLENCE AWARD1. Might Owls Daycare2. Rapid Auto Solu ons3. Covers & Upholstery* 4. TMS Wireless

5. The Place to Mortgage6. Bukwildz7. Salon Chateau

THE EMPLOYEE OFTHE YEAR AWARD1. Michelle Ross, Strategis Group2. Linda Harp, Tim Hortons3. Kelly Boyce, Mighty Owls Daycare4. Kristy Ma hews, Mighty Owls Daycare5. Darren Dyrland, Canadian Tire6. Mary Rose, Town of Sylvan Lake7. Trevor Pra , ATB Financial

THE CHERYL DARLINGMEMORIAL AWARDFOR BUSINESSWOMAN OF THE YEAR1. Kim Reinhart, Op mal Fitness2. Keri Pra , Mini-Melts3. Joyce Zazulak, B-Right Bookkeeping4. Kjeryn Davis, Bukwildz5. Sharon Crooks, Rowanoak Law6. Lani Rouillard, Rouillard Law O ce

THE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD1. Jordan Sinclair, Adrenalin Motors2. Brian Boschee, The Cooperators

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Trilliant Real Estate Group wins Small Business of

the Year awardPat Garritty and Jim Jardine, owners

of Trilliant Real Estate Group, won the Small Business of the Year award at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards held at the Sylvan Lake Community Centre last Friday.

Garritty graciously accepted the plaque and said winning the award was very unexpected but added it is always nice to be recognized for their team’s hard work.

“It feels good,” Garritty said. “Our team are the hardest working people in the business and I am happy to have the opportunity to recognize them for all the hard work that they do.”

There are 10 on board their team, in-cluding Garritty and Jardine, with fi ve agents and three administrators.

Garritty and Jardine started the busi-ness in May of 2009, an incredible risk Garitty said as Central Alberta does not have a lot of brokerages.

“That alone was a big risk,” Garitty said. “But we know people don’t hire a brand, they hire people and we wanted to make sure we had what we felt were the best people in the business.”

Another risk of starting up their own business was that the economy started taking a down ward turn.

Even with starting their own business at that time they still pulled through and have made it was it is today.

“It wasn’t necessarily the best timing but we succeeded and fl ourished and we’ve never looked back,” Garritty said.

They leaned on their knowledge of how and where to advertise and how to com-

municate with their clients to ensure they felt part of the process.

“It’s a complete system,” Garritty said. “We’re very fortunate to have trained under some of the people that we’ve trained with, so we have different pillars that we can lean on at different times.”

But the learning doesn’t stop for these two as Garritty said they receive coaching from top notch coaches in the country and they continue to always strive to fi nd new ways of doing business.

“Your ability to be successful is your ability to learn, adapt, be open minded, to listen to the market, your clients and to always try and improve,” Garritty said.

Perhaps one of the aspects the business as a whole was noticed for was their will-ingness to give back to the community, something Garritty said he is very proud of.

He said they are very fortunate to be in Sylvan Lake and have the opportunity to give back in all the ways they do which is something that is very important.

“It’s something that we live and breath and we’re very happy about that,” Garritty said.

The whole team is involved in showing their support to the community in nu-merous ways such as Trees for Treasures in December, adopt a family and being heavily involved with different minor hockey associations.

“We constantly give back and that’s the part that feels good,” Garritty said.

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Small Business Award – Pat Garritty, co-owner Trilliant Real Estate Group, poses with the plaque he was awarded for Small Business of the Year at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards last Friday at the Community Centre. Jasmine O’Halloran–Han/Sylvan Lake News


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Small Business Week 2015Financial advisor wins employee of the year

For the past nine years Trevor Pratt has dedicat-ed long days and endless time to ensuring his cus-tomers at ATB Financial are well looked after.

It was this endless deter-mination and dedication to customer satisfaction that landed him the ‘Employee of the Year’ award during Friday night’s Chamber of Commerce Mermaid Ball.

Pratt, who is originally from Amisk, Alberta, made Sylvan Lake his home along with his wife Keri when he began his lengthy fi nancial planning career with ATB Financial. Pratt’s day-to-day consists of en-suring his customer’s in-vestments and deposits meet their long term and short term fi nancial goals.

Through his role at ATB he has come to be an in-tegral part of many Sylvan Lakers lives as he helps them plan for retirement as well as set fi nancial foundations for families as they begin their lives.

“My role at ATB is all about building those long term relationships and taking care of the cus-tomer - we like to make sure we see our custom-ers through their working career and long into re-tirement and leave them


with successful fi nancial planning for generations after,” explained Pratt on his role. “A big part of what I do is making sure I keep customers happy year after year after year and through this they get to know me better, I get to know them better and I’m able to look after them better as I get to know their wants and needs.”

Following the announce-ment of his winning the ‘Employee of the Year’ award, Pratt stated he was both honoured and hum-bled to have been able to accept the award.

“There are a lot of great people in this town and alongside my name on the nominations list and they all do a great job of cus-tomer service and taking care of people so it’s both

a privilege and an hon-our for me to accept this award,” said Pratt. “In the line of work we are in - you can never make everyone happy all of the time - not everyone is happy with the rates whether they are borrowing or depositing - but one thing we can make sure of in our sector is that we are putting our best foot forward and tak-ing care of the customer the best we can and that’s what we strive to do,

“There’s always opportu-nities to serve in the com-munity and there’s always opportunities to give back in various ways and be your best self and when you’re putting your best self forward at all times, reward does come forth but it does take consistent time and effort.”

He explained getting to know his customers over the course of the last nine years has been a truly in-credible experience. Many of his customers have come to expect the annu-al packages of gravy he sends out on Thanksgiving

and the delightful cards at Easter, to which he adds is just one of the many little things he tries to do to go above and beyond.

Pratt added, “Each one of the customers I work with I always try to learn about them as much as I

can and try to understand as best I can their situ-ation and use the skills and resources ATB has to be able to meet their needs - both short term and long term.”

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Employee of the Year - Trevor Pratt was honoured to accept the Employee of the Year award.



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Sinclair named Citizen of the YearFor Jordan Sinclair - recipient of this year’s ‘Citizen of

the Year’ award - being an active member of the commu-nity plays a vital role in his life.

In his eyes, being a citizen of Sylvan Lake is both an honour and a privilege as well as something he takes great pride in. After having spent only three short years in the town, Sinclair can be seen on the sidelines of many major projects, events and groups.

With all of his community minded goals, input and ideas - it is of no surprise Sinclair took this year’s honour during the 2015 Chamber of Commerce Mermaid Ball.

“It was an honour just to have been nominated,” said Sinclair following his acceptance of the award. “When I look at the people around me in this town - there are so many quality people working towards such amazing projects - it’s truly inspiring and it is so easy to get in-volved in the community when you have that level of quality people to work alongside.”

“There are a few people in town who have done this for me and truly inspired me. Sean McIntyre is one, Megan Chernoff is another, Jas Payne, and Dianne Womacks Nelson - I learned so much about hard work when I watched Dianne work to help us win Hockeyville last year and she is truly an amazing individual and I am proud to call her my friend.”

He added it was an unbelievable experience to have been a part of the Hockeyville team, stating it was truly incredible to watch the community come together in such a powerful and moving manner.

Sinclair wished to thank his wife with whom he cele-brated their 20th anniversary yesterday, the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake, which he plays an active role in.

“The things we are doing with the Rotary Club - every-thing from the Canada Day celebrations, to sponsoring exchange students, to the building of the new light-house, the Rotary Club truly adds depth to nearly every facet of Sylvan Lake and I am so proud to be a member,” explained Sinclair. “Sylvan Lake is big enough to be a city, but small enough that when you do something you can still see the impacts - it’s like going across the lake,


you can see the wake you leave behind - so it’s very satisfying to see the affect your time can have on the community.”

Sinclair is currently employed at Sylvan Lake’s own Adrenalin Motors, where he was honoured with the 2014 Chamber of Commerce Mermaid Ball award for

‘Employee of the Year’. He wished to thank his colleagues again this year for allowing him the time to pursue all of the things he does in the community and thank them for helping him in getting to where he is today.

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Small Business Week 2015Town honoured for environmental sustainability

Over the past year the Town of Sylvan Lake has kicked their environmen-tal initiatives into over-drive with much hard work, energy, and time going into the sustain-ability of the municipal-

ity. On Friday night the staff were honoured with the ‘Green Business of the Year’ award thanks to a number of the initiatives put in place.

Betty Osmond, Chief Administrative Offi cer for the Town, accepted the award on behalf of staff stating they were very

pleased to receive the award, as environmental protection is of utmost importance to them. She explained they work very hard on an annual basis to ensure sustainability is at the forefront of their work, however this year was one staff were partic-ularly proud of.

A highlight of the Town’s environmental initiatives was the ‘Breathe Easy’ campaign. The program included a number of ‘mini-viral’ educational internet videos informing residents of the harmful impacts idling their vehi-cles could have.

“We invested quite a bit

Environmental Sustainability - Chief Administrative Offi ce for the Town of Sylvan Lake, Betty Osmond alongside Town Councillors Megan Chernoff and Chris Lust accept the award for Green Business of the Year.



of time and energy into that program and trying to educate people around the idea of air quality,” ex-plained Osmond. “Many people knew idling was bad for the environment but I don’t think as many knew how bad it was for people too, so it was a very successful project.”

Another initiative the Town participated in this year was the Golf Course Creek Wetland Biofi lter Restoration - an ongo-ing project which aims to restore the wetland that used to exist at the north end of Golf Course Creek. The project hopes to re-build the wetland in this area, in turn increasing the quality of the aquatic envi-ronment. Within the proj-ect there is also the oppor-tunity for the education of local students as the Town will include them in the creation stage of the wetland as well as con-tinually after by allowing them to help monitor and observe the newly created ecosystem.

Osmond explained the Town wanted to improve the natural bio fi lter for golf course creek by re-planting the right species in the right area and re-storing the biofi lter area along the water front in order to protect the water quality of the lake.

She explained Council also passed a motion to do an upcoming study to gain further information in re-gards to all of the Town’s environmentally sensitive areas.

“Particularly now with the annexation of new land in January we need to know what we have and understand the signifi -cance of it so we can plan to treat that land the way it needs to be treated,” said Osmond.

In addition, Osmond added the Town is proud of their waste management programs including their kitchen waste program and their door-to-door re-cycling programs.

“We play a stewardship role. The whole point of our municipal sustain-ability plan is to ensure we have a way of living and working in the com-munity that will last for generations to come,” said Osmond. “Being next to the lake makes us have to be more aware of what we are doing and how it might impact the environment.

“Council understands these things are import-ant to our community and understand it has to be planned for and budgeted for and they take it very seriously.”

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Small Business Week 2015TMS Wireless Solutions wins Customer Service Excellence award

TMS Wireless Solutions won the Customer Service Excellence award at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards last Friday at the Sylvan Lake Community Centre and president of TMS Wireless Michael Williams accepted the plaque with honour.

He said he was surprised that his com-

pany’s team won the award as there were a lot of good companies within the category.

“We’re a small company,” Williams said. “We work hard to make sure our custom-ers are provided with that little bit more especially in an industry where it is no-torious for customers to not have a good experience.”

The little bit more Williams is talking about is when the team is doing what it


takes to make every customer’s day better by giving them extraordinary service.

“It’s reacting to something that a cus-tomer may not normally receive in anoth-er store,” Williams said. “It could be some-thing as simple as carrying out a package for them, troubleshooting a phone issue, little things like that that really seem to resonate with customers.”

He said the team likes to take extra time and make their customers feel valued as their business is appreciated.

Williams has had his business for al-most four years and said winning the award is confi rmation that the service they are providing has been noticed.

“It’s great, we appreciate that,” Williams said.

He said the four staff working in the

store love what they do and aim to make their customers life easier.

He said communication isn’t necessar-ily noticed on a day to day basis unless it goes down and in these cases he said his team tries to empathize with the customers.

It may be a small thing he said, but if it’s the difference between a customer’s phone not working or not being able to get a phone when they need one, his team understands how big of a deal it is to their customers and does their utmost to provide a solution.

“When people leave here we want them to think ‘well that was a relatively pain-less experience and that’s a nice place to do business’,” Williams said.

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Customer Service Excellence – Michael Williams (far right), president of TMS Wireless, accept-ed the award for Customer Service Excellence at the Mermaid Ball and Business Awards last Friday at the Community Centre.


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Local teens rallying in support of rare genetic disordersOctober is EBS and POTS awareness month with two local teens sharing their journeys

Tera Skeoch and Amber Musseau, both 17, have been friends since grade 4 - long before Skeoch was diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardi Syndrome (POTS) and long before Musseau was diag-nosed with Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex (EBS).

While the pair once had an extensive group of friends, participated in school sports, and attended regular schooling - since di-agnosis of their rare condi-tions, life has changed.

Thankfully the one thing hasn’t changed for the girls is their undying friendship and daily support in help-ing one another navigate the diffi cult world of their rare genetic conditions. This week Skeoch and Musseau are reaching out to the community in hopes of spreading awareness as October is both POTS and EBS awareness month.

Skeoch’s journey with POTS began at the age of 12.

She recalls it was an ordi-nary day. She was returning home to Sylvan Lake on a fl ight from Arizona - while in the air, Skeoch suffered four seizures, with close


to 40 seizures in 24 hours after getting off the plane. She was transported to the Stollery Children’s Hospital where a string of tests were performed, only to have doctors fi nd no explanation for the 40 plus seizures.

This led doctors to try a unique approach and con-ducted a tilt table test - a procedure which involves having the patient lie fl at on the special table, ad-justing the patient from a standing to laying position while monitoring blood pressure and heart rate.

Using this test doctors were able to indicate Skeoch was suffering from POTS, a rare autonomic nervous system dysfunction which affects heart rate and blood pres-sure.

“Mornings are the worst especially when I show-er I get lightheaded, dizzy and there’s a big chance of fainting,” said Skeoch who adds she uses a show-er chair to avoid falling in the shower chair. “Living with POTS can be diffi cult because it is an invisible illness and because I don’t

look sick people judge be-cause they cannot physi-cally see something is wrong with me,

“Even hospital visits have been extremely challenging because they have never seen a POTS episode be-fore and don’t know how to treat it properly because it is not well known. I also miss out on a lot daily ac-tivities as even hanging out with friends can be hard.”

Skeoch explained the av-erage person’s resting heart rate is between 60-80 beats per minute (bpm), however the average POTS patient is usually in the 100’s. She added she has seen her resting heart rate as high as 180 bpm. Her high heart rate often leads to drops in blood pressure which can cause seizures, fainting, and lightheadedness. Each day is a struggle for Skeoch,

as on top of these symp-toms she also at any time of the day can experience blood pooling in her legs and feet, intense head pain, shaking/ trembling from high heart rate, visual dis-turbances such as seeing colours, general fogginess, exercise intolerance, chest pains, stomach pains, and general fatigue.

She was forced to give up going to a regular school and now attends an out-reach program where she is able to make her own schedule, which she adds is extremely helpful as it allows her to work around when she is not feeling well.

For her condition Skeoch takes beta blockers, anti nausea medication, blood pressure medication, as well as visits the hospi-tal once a week for blood transfusions. This treat-ment is new for her but she adds it helps a great deal and involves a mix of a blood protein called albu-min, whose main function is to regulate the colloidal osmotic pressure of blood.

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Musseau’s journey with EBS began just a few short years after her friend’s di-agnosis with POTS. The former soccer player was 14 when she recieved her diagnosis of a rare genetic connective tissue skin dis-ease, Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex.

Similar to Skeoch, Musseau awoke one morn-ing without preindication of illness, awaking to fi nd she had a rash of large painful blisters on her leg.

She visited her family doctor who diagnosed her with ‘swimmer’s itch’ which

he attributed to the lake. Musseau and her parents knew there was something else happening and she was eventually referred to the Stollery Children’s Hospital. A year of medical appoint-ments passed without di-agnosis - once a month she would visit the hospital where as many as 50 doc-tors would see her in a day all hoping to fi nd the young teen a diagnosis. Eventually it was through this process a doctor took skin biopsies from her leg, chest, and arm and sent them away to a lab at Stanford University in California.

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positive for EBS, making Musseau the fi rst person in the world to get diagnosed with EBS at her age as EBS is typically a conidtion you are born with, showing signs as early as birth.

EBS causes the skin to blister and fall off from the slightest trauma such as friction, with Musseau add-ing it is known as the ‘worst disease you’ve never heard of’. EBS not only affects the skin, but also the internal organs and bodily functions and is cause by mutations in the DNA coding which make up genes. These genes are responsible for making up the proteins Musseau lacks

in her skin.“The blisters are very

painful, I get them all over my body and they leave scars,” she explained of her condition. “I get them from friction, from sweating, and just randomly without any cause sometimes.”

The time following her di-agnosis were extremely dif-fi cult - although she now had a diagnosis, there was no cure and no available treatment. Not only was she forced to stop playing soc-cer, she began to get blisters on her face.

“I began to get bullied while in school and eventu-ally had to leave and attend

Outreach because the kids were so mean,” she remem-bers of her grade 9 year. “My whole face used to be blis-tered, so kids would call me mean names like ‘Herps’, anything to make me feel bad about myself when I already felt terrible inside. There were days I would go cry in the bathroom because of what they said to me and eventually I just couldn’t take it anymore.

“I had friends before I had blisters, but after I didn’t have any except for Tera.”

She explained it is hard for her to shower when she has blisters as the water hurts her skin. She added those

Continued from page 27 living with EBS are known as ‘butterfl y children’ because their skin is as delicate as a butterfl y’s wing. It is diffi cult for Musseau as even getting dressed can hurt, especially if she has blisters on her joints.

“What’s hardest for me is being around people when I have blisters on my face, people are really judgmental so I don’t like going to school or work or being around anyone,” said Musseau add-ing anything from sleeping with her face touching the pillow to sweating to acci-dentally bumping her face can give her blisters.

Musseau returned to reg-ular school this year and while she is still fi nding it challenging she adds she is happy to be back in high school.

There is no cure for EBS, with her only option being a cream called Cicablast to help the smaller blisters heal, with nothing work-ing on bigger lesions. While some people have had success with bone marrow transplants they are extremely painful and not a guaranteed answer. Musseau added there are currently clinical trials tak-ing place in the U.S. for a cream called Zorblisa which is supposed to treat skin blistering caused by EBS, however she knows very lit-tle about it and it could take years to reach Canada.

Both Musseau and Skeoch agree they fi nd comfort in one another’s friendship as it can be hard for other peo-ple their age to understand what it means to have a condition such as POTS or EBS.

“I just thinks it’s import-ant for people to be aware there are people struggling with these conditions every day around the world,” said Musseau with Skeoch add-ing, “If people knew more about our conditions maybe they will be less quick to judge - it would be nice to live in a world where if you walked up to some one and said you have POTS or EBS, they would know what it is and understand what you are going through.”

Neither Musseau or Skeoch have ever met an-other individual with their conditions but have found solace in online forums on Facebook where they are able to chat with people around the world living with EBS and POTS.

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RCMP News Release – October 3rd – October 9th, 2015

October 3rd 1:51 p.m. – A single vehicle collision was reported to RCMP in rela-tion to an earlier hit and run complaint. Police attended Highway 20 at Highway 11 where they located a 32-year-old Sylvan Lake male next to a damaged vehicle. An im-paired driving investigation is continuing.

7:12 p.m. – RCMP on patrol on 50th Street at 50th Avenue in Eckville witnessed a ve-hicle being driven at high speeds. A traffi c stop was conducted and the driver was found not to be in pos-session of insurance or reg-istration. A roadside screen-ing device was utilized. A 22-year-old Eckville male was issued a suspension and three fi nes under the Traffi c Safety Act, including driving an uninsured motor vehicle. His vehicle was towed at the scene.

October 4th 2:05 p.m. – A stolen vehicle was reported on Lindman Close in Sylvan Lake. The owner advised that he parked the vehicle over-

night and returned in the morning when he discovered it stolen. .

October 5th 2:15 a.m. – A traffi c stop in Sylvan Lake resulted in the recovery of a stolen vehicle and a scoot-er. RCMP observed a suspi-cious vehicle in the vicinity of Baywood Place in Sylvan Lake. The driver was ques-tioned and could not pro-duce vehicle documents at which time an investigation was conducted. A 34-year-old Grande Prairie male was subsequently charged with two counts of possession of property obtained by crime and driving while disqual-ifi ed.

October 6th 12:46 a.m. – RCMP conducted a high risk takedown after a male ad-vised that he was threatened with a fi rearm. A 36-year-old male called police to ad-vise that he received threats and a fi rearm was pointed at him at a gas station on Hinshaw Drive in Sylvan Lake. The driver then fl ed the area and was later appre-hended by police. Charged with two counts of uttering threats; pointing a fi rearm;

and possession of a weap-on for a dangerous purpose are a 31-year-old female and a 33-year-old male, both of Sylvan Lake.

12:46 a.m. – A 911 call was received regarding a domes-tic assault. A 41-year-old male advised that a physical argument at an address on 50th Avenue in Sylvan Lake ensued whereby his former spouse bit him on the hand in an effort to take some money from him. An investi-gation resulted in an assault charge against a 36-year-old Sylvan Lake female.

1:08 p.m. – A speeding vi-olation resulted in various fi nes against a 21-year-old Sylvan Lake male. RCMP ob-served a driver speeding on Highway 11 at Range Road 21. The driver was found to be under suspension. As a result, the male was charged with speeding; driving while unauthorized; and failing to return a suspended license to the registrar.

October 7th 7:19 p.m. – A report of suspicious peo-ple behind the Sylvan Lake Walmart resulted in police attendance. A witness re-

Calgary RCMP Serious Crimes Branch arrest Andrew Snow

Snow was wanted in relation to fi rearms incidents in both Eckville and Sylvan LakeAt approximately 4 p.m.

on Oct. 13, 2015, Red Deer RCMP responded to a sighting of wanted person Andrew Snow. Snow, 29, was arrested without incident, while travelling as a passen-ger in a vehicle.

Snow is facing further

charges for breaching his court imposed conditions and remains in custody.

His court appearance was scheduled for Oct. 19, 2015 in Red Deer Provincial Court.

The RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance in locating Snow. Andrew Snow

ported that a group of young males with BB guns were target shooting on a piece of property and running trucks through the mud behind the retail outlet. The youths were advised that the land is pri-vately owned and charges of mischief and trespassing could be laid. The males left the area without incident.

October 8th 2:47 p.m. – RCMP attended an aban-doned 911 call at an address on Highway 12 at 48th Street in Bentley to assist a County of Lacombe Peace Offi cer. The peace offi cer attempt-ed to stop the driver of a vehicle for distracted driv-ing when the suspect fl ed

on foot. A 51-year-old male from the Blackfalds area was subsequently arrested and is charged with operation of a motor vehicle while being pursued by police; obstruct-ing a peace offi cer; driving while unauthorized; and dis-tracted driving.

3:20 p.m. – A complaint of an intoxicated male at a liquor store on 50th Street in Sylvan Lake resulted in po-lice attendance. A male was reported to be attempting to sell a laptop to children in the area. A 20-year-old male was arrested for breach of conditions and lodged in cells until sober.

October 9th 4:52 a.m. –

RCMP received a report of a stolen vehicle in Sylvan Lake. A 2012 Nissan Altima was stolen from an address on Leaside Crescent. The ve-hicle was unlocked with the keys possibly in the vehicle at the time of the incident. The vehicle was later located by Blackfalds RCMP.

Correction: Please be ad-vised that there was an error in the previous RCMP re-port released the week of October 6th. The digital mes-sage board that was shot and damaged occurred in Eckville, not Sylvan Lake as reported. Sylvan Lake RCMP wish to apologize for the error.

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An announcement was made at the Red Deer Airport this week where Municipal Affairs Minister Deron Bilous revealed a total of $6 million will be given over three years to support the airport’s expansion needs.

A partnership between the City of Red Deer, Red Deer County, the Red Deer Airport Authority and the Government ofAlberta has made this expansion project a reality. In July this year, Mayor Veer had announced that a funding application was unsuccessful for the same project.

Each year for three years, $2 million will be provided from the Alberta Government to support the expansion of the RedDeer Airport runway. This project allows for larger commercial planes to access the area, and broad-en the service of the airport.

“The funding from the Alberta Community Partnership (ACP) program recognizes the long-term economic ben-efi ts of the airport expansion and effective collaboration that will strengthen the region,” said Bilous.

“The ACP program is dedicated to enhancing regional services and the airport is integral to the community at large as wellas this region’s continued economic de-velopment. The expansion will provide the airport with the ability to accommodatelarger aircraft and expand passenger and commercial service. This positive eco-nomic impact is impressive. Just one 737landing daily would generate $600,000 in annual revenue, 16 jobs, and $950,000 in direct annual wages.”

PARTNERSHIP - From left, Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood joined Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Deron Bilous, Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer and Red Deer Airport Authority CEO RJ Steenstra at a funding announcement for the Red Deer Airport. Bilous announced a total of $6 million would be provided to the Red Deer Airport Expansion Project over threeyears for runway expansion.

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According to Bilous, the Red Deer Airport is one of the fastest expanding airports in Canada. The expansion project will see the major runway expanded in length by nearly 2000 ft., and 150 ft. in width.

“The Province of Alberta is excited to be partnering with the County, City and Airport Authority for this

expansion. Quite frankly, it will lead to more economic diversifi cation, which is a priority of our government. It will create jobs and strengthen and improve one of the fastest growing airports in Canada,” Bilous said. “We know the runway will be expanded so the airport could allow for new carriers to come in. We’re expanding the capacity of the airport, for passenger and commercial planes, which will create many jobs and lead to a signif-icant increase in economic development.”

It was an exciting day for CEO of the Red Deer Airport Authority RJ Steenstra, who said he has been looking forward to this milestone announcement.

“Today with the announcement from Minister Bilous, we make another and signifi cant milestone - I might suggest the most signifi cant to date. This runway ex-tension is a key part of the airport and region as it will provide us with the ongoing ability to serve the public, generate jobs and provide enhanced economic prosperi-ty for the citizens and businesses that call RedDeer and Central Alberta home,” Steenstra said.

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EXTRAORDINARY SIGHT - Members of the Withrow and Eckville communities gathered at the Withrow Gospel Mission on Sunday for a balloon release in honour of the Katie, Jana and Dara Bott. Over 400 balloons were released.

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Along the dusty roads of Withrow and Eckville there are hundreds of farm fi elds - these fi elds have been passed from family to fam-ily, leaving lasting legacies and multi-generational families intertwined within one another’s hearts.

These twines and ties are what keep small towns thriving when a moment as shattering as the loss of three daughters, sisters, nieces, neighbours, class-mates, and friends is ex-perienced. It is these ties that hold us together. It is the compassion of the community, the strength of multi-generational families and the unfaltering support for one another that help us through tough times.

The communities of Eckville and Withrow are places of love, support, hope, kindness and compassion. Over the past week they have been nothing short of incredible as they have bound together in solitude and strength to show their support for Roger, Bonita and Caleb Bott as they jour-ney through the vast un-known that is the loss of Catie, Jana and Dara.

In the hours following the accident, members of the community were present at the Bott farm, including Pastor Brian Allan of the Withrow Gospel Mission lending the word of God to the Bott Family who assured the girls now rest in heaven. The following day friends, family and neighbours con-gregated on the fi elds of the Bott family farm.

Eight combines and ten trucks combed the cano-la, sweeping 140 acres in two hours to fi nish the har-vest. At their helm was Joey

Gustavson who led the way bycoordinating machinery and those willing to help.

“Everybody just stopped what they were doing put their own harvest on hold and did what needed to be done without questioning it,” explained Gustavson who’s own farm is near the Bott’s. “The farming com-munity came together and every one wanted to let Roger and Bonita know how much we cared.”

Jim and Lori Smith were also lent a helping hand at the harvest with Jim add-ing, “In small communities that’s just the way it goes, everyone helps one another when it’s needed and at a time like this it is needed. Roger would have done the same thing for anyone else and that’s just the farmer mentality - it’s just the right thing to do.”

In the following days, news of the accident went international with farm-ing communities from across the world as far as Australia catching wind. A trust was opened at the Eckville Credit Union with numerous GoFundMe pages being created online. Mitch Krecsy, branch manager at the Eckville Credit Union ex-plained it isn’t unusual for a family member to request a trust to be set up and usual-ly requires little work on the bank’s part. This trust would be different from any Krecsy and his team had experi-enced before.

“I don’t think anyone ex-pected this trust to turn into a nationwide fundrais-ing effort as it did, but it has been truly awe inspir-ing,” said Krecsy. “We have received calls and emails from coast to coast - the sheer volume was unbeliev-able. It’s not unusual for the community of Eckville and

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Withrow to come together, but the support from across the world that this trust and the GoFundMe pages have received is phenomenal.”

Currently the GoFundMe ‘Bott Family Trust’ created by Tami and Dave Brand sits at over $115,000, with the Credit Union’s trust at a signifi cant but undisclosed amount. The Credit Union’s trust for the family grew by $23,469 on Saturday after-noon as over 350 bikers and custom hot rods from across Alberta gathered for a me-morial ride in honour of the Bott family.

“I was sitting watching the news with my wife when I heard - it just broke me down - I was heart broken. I knew I had to do some-thing,” explained Derek Beeston, organizer of the ride. “I contacted a friend who had done memorial rides before and from there we had riders from across Alberta join and donations coming in from all across Canada.”

The ride began in Red Deer, travelled to Rocky Mountain House, and car-ried on to Withrow where they rode past Roger and

Bonita’s farm before stop-ping at the Eckville Credit Union where they presented their fundraising efforts.

Pam Koenig, who stood be-side Roger and Bonita as the bikes rode past their house said tears fl owed freely.

“It was so incredible to see the whole line, these peo-ple know what community means,” Koenig added.

The following Sunday over 500 people gathered at the Withrow Gospel Mission, where prayers were said for the girls and over 400 balloons were released to the heavens to the sound of ‘Amazing Grace’.

This Friday the community will gather at the Crossroads Church in Red Deer at 1:00 p.m. for a service to honour and remember the lives of Catie, Jana and Dara.

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PROVINCIAL SUPPORT - Over 350 motorcycles and cars rode together from Red Deer to Rocky Mountain House and back through Withrow where they passed by the Bott Family farm. The memorial ride ended in Eckville where the riders made a substantial donation to the Bott Family Trust at the Eckville Credit Union.

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School Grade 4 and 5 stu-dents spent a class peri-od standing to form the words ‘GO JAYS’ for a photo and to support the Toronto Blue Jays earlier this month.

They are not the only ones supporting the Blue Jays, as Grade 5 teacher Regan Lynn explained the whole school is boarding the band wagon to support the only Canadian team in the playoff games.

“They are in the second round and if they win this series, they will go to the world series,” Lynn said.

He said the students and teachers are excited and happy to support the Blue Jays as they haven’t gone this far in years and it’s the only Canadian team in major league baseball.

Many of the teachers were around the last time the Blue Jays had this much success and Lynn said it is a nice team to support, with the students and teachers keeping on top of the scores.

“The students are aware of it and it is a bit of their conversation,” Lynn said.

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spirit and are proud to sup-port the baseball team.

What is different about supporting this team is unlike the NHL where the support of a nation’s people is divided between people’s favourite teams such as the Oilers, Flames

and Montreal, everyone in support of the Toronto Blue Jays is helping to unite the nation as they are the only Canadian team.

“This is a chance for the country to get behind the team in a way that’s more like the Olympics rath-

er than everybody hav-ing their own individual favourite team they are cheering for,” Lynn said. “They are Canada’s team, it’s our chance to show our support for them.”

The students have a fi rm understanding of this as

these concepts have been discussed in class and Lynn said it is nice to see their enthusiasm.

“It doesn’t matter what kind of hockey or football fan you are, the country is behind this team,” Lynn said.

Being a baseball fan him-self Lynn said he has been consistently following the successful team and tries to watch the games as much as he can.

“They are an exciting team to watch and it’s been easy to fi nd time to watch them,” Lynn said. “It has been a long time since this has happened and you never know when it will happen again so enjoy the wave as long as it happens.”

Lynn said what is most remarkable is how even though hockey has start-ed, the Blue Jays are still on the news.

“It’s the beginning of the hockey season but the Jays are dominating the head-lines and that is neat to see as well,” Lynn said.

Even if the Blue Jays season soon comes to a close, Lynn said he thinks the students will support the team when they start playing again next year adding the Blue Jays have made more fans this year than ever before.

“Even if they don’t make it, they are doing some-thing they haven’t done in a long time and hopefully they can keep it going,” he said.

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BlueJaysSubmitted: Young Support – C. P. Blakely Elementary School Grade 4 and 5 students pose to support the Toronto Blue Jays this season.

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gold in tournamentThe Senior Lakers girls Volleyball team was in

Airdrie last weekend for a tournament at St. Martin de Porres. There were 8 teams in total with teams coming from Drumheller, Banff, Calgary, Airdrie, Wetaskiwin and Rocky Mountain House. The girls had an excep-tional two days.

On the Friday night they only gave up one set out of 6. The on the Saturday they only lost one set out of 6 again. The last game they played was against the George McDougall from Airdrie, the same team they lost a set to the night before. They each won a set then the Lakers took the 3rd tie breaking set to win a very tense gold medal game. The team was given a trophy to keep for the school trophy case.

The Lakers Juniors girls Volleyball team was in Rimbey at a senior tournament against some really strong teams. They had some exceptional games during the tournament but didn’t place in the top medal positions. They learned a lot and are coming together as a team.

The Grade 9’s were in Hunting Hills for a tourna-ment. The team had some really excellent sets and games. The fi nal game going for the bronze medal went a total of 3 sets. The girls came out on top taking home the bronze medal. The team was given a plaque to take home for their trophy case.

Seniors Lakers - (Back L-R) head coach Jason C h a t w o o d , M o r g a n , Erin, Megan, Meghan, Taylor, Asst. coach Jan (Middle L-R) Kassidy, Anna, Cassidy (Front L-R) Alli, Ceanna

Lakers Midget B show improvement against the Coyotes

The Sylvan Lake Lakers Midget ‘B’ team won 4-2 against the Coyotes Saturday evening at the NexSource Centre.

Both teams started out strong in the fi rst period with neither team scoring, but things picked up in the second period.

Laker’s player Ethan Stokowski was fi rst to score an independant goal at 18 minutes and 21 sec-onds. Two more goals were scored by the Lakers in the same period, one by Riley Judd at 15 minutes and fi ve seconds and the other by Noah Salsbury at 6 min-utes and 53 seconds.

The Coyotes soon scored their fi rst goal in the sec-ond period by Evan Spady with fi ve minutes and two seconds remaining on the clock.

Both teams scored a goal in the third period – Laker Cohby Witzaney came in at six minutes and 54 sec-onds and Coyotes player Adam Close fi nished the scoring for the third.

The Lakers have im-proved their plays and winning this game proved they have been hard at work during practices with their head coach, John Salsbury.

“I think this was a great game for the kids,” he said. “They got it together.”

He said they have been working on their passes and how to play as a team and now the players have to get comfortable with one another adding their development is coming along nicely.

“They are really skating hard and getting used to one another,” Salsbury said.

Once the players are comfortable and pass more to each other they will be able to score more goals.

The team’s reaction to this win is one of moti-vation as their confi dence is boosted. It is a good pick up from the last game as the players were down about losing.

“We tried to pick them up a lot,” Salsbury said. “This game will give them a lot more motivation going into the third and fourth game foresure.”

He said the team is pumped from their hard work during their prac-tices and the effort and preparation has paid off.

“It showed tonight and hopefully we will keep that pushing forward,” Salsbury said. “We’re off on the right step.”

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Steering - Sylvan Lake Lakers Midget B player steers the puck towards the opposing Coyotes’ net Saturday evening at the NexSource Centre.



Grade 9 Lakers - (Back L-R) head coach Steadman, Alyssa, Laila, Casey, Amanda, Gallen (Middle L-R) McKenzie, Deni, Kate (Front L-R) Jenna, Hana


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Lakers triumph over BroncsThe Lakers held out strong in their

game against the Ponoka Broncs last Friday at the H.J. Cody School fi eld with a win of 54-7.

Receiver Tyrese Hamilton was the fi rst to score a touch down in the fi rst quarter at nine minutes and 12 seconds. The Lakers scored two more touchdowns in the sec-ond quarter, and two in the third quarter with the Broncs scoring one touchdown in that same quarter. The Lakers fi nished up scoring two more touch downs in the

fourth quarter.Lakers players allowed the Broncs to

sneak in a touch down against them and sounded disappointed in themselves even though they still won the game by a long shot.

“We will give Ponoka some credit, they had some guys that made some plays too. They are going to make their plays and score some points as well,” said the Lakers head coach Jeremy Braitenback.

In comparison to the team’s previous game he said they all played a lot sharper, as they are players who don’t dip down to their opponents level.


“It was good and a step forward,” Braitenback said.

The Lakers players are pretty competi-tive with not only every team they come up against, but are also very competitive with themselves and the other players on their team.

This is what the fans saw during the game as the players put in their full effort on the fi eld.

“We can put anybody in and they were up to the task and we’re proud of them for that,” Braitenback said.

The Lakers still have one more game to play for the regular season which will

be played next Friday at 4 p.m. against Wetaskiwin at the H.J. Cody School fi eld, where they will play for fi rst place.

Braitenback said it was a great day and it was great to see all the fans out there cheering the Lakers on.

Come the fi nal game of the regular sea-son Braitenback said he hopes the Lakers will execute their game.

He said the one thing the players will have to work on is not getting so many penalties which can aide the opposing team in scoring points.

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Touch Down Bound - Lakers player Tyrese Hamilton heads towards the end zone during the Lakers game against the Broncs last Friday at H.J. Cody School fi eld.

Touch Down Bound - Lakers player Tyrese Hamilton successfully keeps the ball away from opposing Broncs player Jason McNasty during the game last Friday at H.J. Cody School fi eld.

Keeping the Ball - A Lakers player maintains possession of the ball during their game against the Broncs last Friday at H.J. Cody School fi eld.

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Everything is bad…now what?One of my favourite

things about sport and fi tness (apart from the obvious benefi ts of being healthy) is the challenge it provides, and the opportu-nity to learn from failure.

This weekend I was registered to race in a 50km Ultra Marathon in Canmore, but since I am training for a much big-ger race (Ultraman), my coach had me bike 220kms of hills on my trainer as well as a 5.5km run the day before the 50km run. What was great about rid-ing for 8 hours in a hotel

BY SCOTT MCDERMOTTSYLVAN LAKE NEWS COLUMNIST

room in Canmore, was that I could justify watch-ing the Ironman World Championships live feed on my laptop all day. I have to tell you, it was amaz-ing! Sportsmanship at its BEST! I watched in sad-ness as Canadian Heather Wurtelle suffered a bike mechanical that ended her race just a few kilometres into the bike, after a re-cord swim. She was dev-astated, but handled it like a pro! Another contend-er crashed riding out of transition and snapped his handlebars in two. He was calm, and was able to fi nd another bike to borrow and continued on. Another

friend, Pro triathlete Jeff Symonds broke a crank on his bike, and pedalled with ONE leg for (rumours say) 50kms…… and then ran a 2:50 marathon – the fast-est of the day!!!

Things don’t always go our way. Sometimes you do your level best, and things just don’t work out. think about Heather Wurtelle: years of training, the best prep for the race ever, and her gear shifting system blew up. Race over, through no fault of your own. The bike mechanics later took her gear shifter apart and said they had ‘never seen that gear break in half like that before’.

I remember watching the race back in 2007 when Normann Stadler was rac-ing to try and secure his second world champion-ship title, and he got a fl at tire. He lost it. He threw his bike in the lava fi elds and had a fi t. Swearing, crying and freaking out. The bike tech guys showed up, gave him a new tire and off he went, only to get anoth-er fl at a short time later. this time he totally lost his cool, and gave up, quitting the race.

In 2008 Chrissie Wellington, also the de-fending champion, got a fl at, and calmly tried to fi x it. After changing the tube, her C02 cartridge in-fl ator system failed and she stood at the side of the road, with nothing else she could do. She asked a few people riding by if they had a spare cartridge, and the word spread up the line. Rebecca Keat, one of Chrissie’s rivals, unscrewed her spare car-

tridge and tossed it to Chrissie as she rode by. Chrissie infl ated her tire, and went on to win the race.

The point of all this is clearly, that it is not what happens to you, it is how you manage to handle it. there are always things going wrong and stuff happening that is beyond our control and anywhere from devastating to an-noying, and in every case, the only thing that mat-ters, the only thing that we can control, is how we handle it.

In fi tness, we are always presented with challeng-es, and again, it is how we handle it that matters most!

Again, it’s what I love about fi tness: the constant chance to experiment with not quitting. The habit of pushing through a chal-lenge, of fi nding a way to accomplish the task in spite of everything. The habit of welcoming the

challenge, of accepting that heavy weight and not only shouldering it up, but crushing the ground beneath you as you defy gravity and press skyward.

Kind of like life.Bruce Lee once said: “Do

not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a diffi cult one.”

As for my 50km trail run on tired legs, yes, it was hard. No, I never gave up, and yes, I fi nished ex-hausted and happy.

Happy Training!Scott

West Central Tigers Midget AA and Olds Grizzly’s tie game

The Midget ‘AA’ West Central Tigers and Olds Grizzly’s hockey teams walked away from a tied game of 3-3 last Saturday at the NexSource Centre.

Grizzly’s player Damian Vickers scored right off the batt in the fi rst period at 17 minutes and 34 seconds, assisted by Zane Leatherdale and Laine Rothenbusch. Grizzly’s player Alan Klinck then scored again at with six minutes and 53 sec-onds left on the clock, assisted by Connor Jorgensen and Taylor Fawns.

The Tigers then made their move with Kyle Cornford scoring the team’s fi rst goal with only three minutes and 56 seconds remaining, assisted by Ryan Chambers.

In the second period both teams scored a goal with the Grizzly’s third coming from Connor Brown, assisted by Nathan Mulholland and the Tiger’s from Austin Kalev assisted by Colton Muyres.

Tigers player Kyle Cornford scored the team’s fi nal goal in the third period, as-sisted by Jacksyn Goodall, resulting in an even score.

With the game ending in a tied matched, Tigers head coach Pat Garritty said they were fortunate for the even score.

“That’s a pretty good hockey team that just played out,” Garritty said. “Our guys have to understand that we need to be more consistent. There were some good spots but for the most part we know we have to be better.”

He said the team was good at their de-fensive play but stressed that the team had to be more consistent in being pre-pared for the game as they have 36 games to play in the season.

“Consistency is knowing your job and playing hard every shift and not taking any shifts off,” Garitty said.

He said the team is meshing together well and that they are a good group of athletes who all get along well with each other.

“We expect big things and this is just part of the process,” Garritty said. “We expect to be in the top half of the league.”

While playing the game Garritty said the team took too many penalties which can be their downfall as penalties weakens the team.

“Against good teams that work hard, penalties will really hurt you,” Garritty said. “Our goal tender was our best player tonight.”

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GUIDING THE PUCK - West Central Tigers Midget AA player Ryan Chambers keeps the puck away from an Olds Grizzly’s play-er during their game last Saturday at the NexSource Centre.

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

Houses/Duplexes 3020

NICE 3 bdrm. home in Sylvan Lake, quiet

location. Avail Nov. 1. $1500/mo. 780-778-6051

Suites 3060LARGE, Clean 2 bdrm.

APT. in downtown Sylvan Lake, avail. now. Strictly N/S, no pets. Seeking

stable, employed tenant able to provide ref’s. Rent $800./mo. + power & gas. Inquire/view 403-887-3021

SYLVAN: 4 fully furn. units avail. immediately $1200. to $1400. inclds. utils., details 403-880-0210.

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

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

fenced & complete infrastructure. Natural

springs excellent water. Shortly ready to locate

cattle. Other small & large grain & pasture quarters.

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

403-887-3260403-887-3260#201 37 Beju

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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

Financial#4400 - #4430

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

ManufacturedHomes 40902009 Saturn Vue, $14,700

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GRANDVIEW MODULAR HOMES Now Offering 24

X 68 Homes. Starting from $157,900 including

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BusinessesFor Sale 4140

KITCHEN FOOD SERVICES operation

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

2015. Contact Don McPherson for Tender

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

2B0 or email: [email protected].

BuildingsFor Sale 4150

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

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Condos/Townhouses3030

MoneyTo Loan 4430

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Public Notice#6000

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

Waterfront Units Now RentingUNITS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

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Transportation#5000-5300

Examining a period of Sylvan Lake as a French “Socialist Colony”

SUBMITTED BY JEAN BRIDGE, SYLVAN LAKE & DISTRICT ARCHIVES

Students at Tim Buck School, Sylvan Lake, Alberta, 1932One month labour school to discuss communist and socialist the-ories; Tim Buck was the national secretary of the Community Party – sent to prison in 1931 for being a member of an unlawful party.

The fi rst homesteaders to settle at Sylvan Lake came from Europe looking for farmland, some of them via eastern Canada or the United States. But most of the French people had a dif-ferent goal. They had their sights set on establishing a settlement to supply the homesteaders with all their needs.

It was Frenchmen who drew plans for a hamlet; who built the fi rst general store and the fi rst hotels; laid a wooden sidewalk; donated land for the fi rst church in the community (Our Lady of Assumption) and helped establish the new Hamlet of Sylvan Lake in 1913. But the French Socialist Colony came too late to fi nd good land. They possessed many skills and talents but were unable to overcome the un-fortunate circumstances of their predicament. In 1906, a group of French citizens immigrated to Canada when the French Government dis-approved of their efforts to help the miners form a union to help raise their standard of living.

One man, Gustave Vasseur, was sent ahead to purchase land and the others fol-lowed. Among them were a medical doctor and his wife, a druggist and pianist, two Professors of Music, two teachers, a priest, a civil en-gineer, a blacksmith, a car-penter, three machinists, a butcher, two miners and one young farmer.

John Tanche, son of Dr. Adalbert Tanche, the medi-cal doctor, and Julia Tanche, the druggist, remained at Sylvan Lake on the farm. The following quotes were taken from the history he

wrote for the local history book, The District Diary, p. 231: The fi rst mistake was probably due to the fact that Gustave Vasseur did not lo-cate in a place where the colonists could each one take out a homestead. He drifted to Sylvan Lake where there was already a French Settlement (most home-steads had already been taken). Poor housing, lack of privacy and collective eating at a long table – were too much for the people groping in the dark, with very little knowledge of where to start.

After a series of misfor-tunes: most of their cattle froze to death in the ter-rible weather in 1906/07; the farm machinery bogged down every few yards in the mud; they bought a mill planning to produce lumber from the numer-ous poplar trees, but the lumber was not saleable, as it twisted like a cork-screw; when the moved to Blackfalds to mill lum-ber from the spruce along the Red Deer river, their lumber fl oated away in the spring with the high river. Everything disintegrated and most of them returned to their homeland. Moise Vasseur stayed a few years to help repay some of the mishaps of the colony.

The following is one of the incidents that John Tanche relates about their farm and the Burnt Lake, pg 232: Burnt Lake, which covered part of the quarter we set-tled on, was shallow and muddy. Long reeds grew quite a distance from the shore, leaving all sorts of places for water birds. There was enough open water to take a canoe out.

There was a beaver dam on the west side of the lake. In the fall, with freeze up,

the muskrat houses were visible from above the ice. These poor creatures were trapped to make a paltry dol-lar. Indians came to the lake to trap, pitching their white tents, gray with smoke, close by. Muskrat carcasses were hung by the tail over the fi re to be smoked, while newly cooking baking pow-der biscuits were placed in front of them.

Once my father shot a coyote and young George Vasseur, who was with him, picked it up and swung it over his shoulder, with its head hanging down be-hind his leg. All of a sud-den, young George start-ed hollering in a terrifi ed way. The coyote, that had not breathed its last, had grabbed him by the leg and wouldn’t let go in spite of the jumping around that George was doing. That is the only attack on a human that I can recall.

John Tanche lists the French Colony members as:

Dr. Adalbert Tanche – med-

ical doctor who funded the others

Julia Tanche (his wife) – the 2nd female to graduate as a druggist in France

Louis Bertiau and Eugene Laurent – Professors of Music

Gustave Vasseur – had his ‘Brevel Superieur’ and father to the following:

Moise Vasseur – became a priest

Ismael Vasseur – a civil en-gineer

Paul Vasseur – a butcherNestor Vasseur – the only

farmer in the groupGeorge Vasseur – a lad of

15Guidon – a carpenterMessrs. Rolan, Bion, and

Bagne – machinistsTwo Grundler girls – teach-

ersThe Minue Family – coal

miners from the French Coal Basin:

Grand Pere Minue – a blacksmith

Leonide Minue – a minerSon-in-laws: Lemoine and

Dath - miners

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