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Acting Staff Sergeant Kevin Reilly, from the Strathmore RCMP detachment, met with Wheatland Council on Dec. 6, to update them on the policing progress that officers had made in the last year and share some focus for the coming year.

He qualified that the statistics listed were down in general, however many factors can influence why the statistics fluctuate year to year. Provincial traffic offences and im-paired driving were down as well as theft. There were increases in oilfield theft. A co-ordinated task force addressed factors con-tributing to the thefts and developed tactics to combat them. Vandalism calls were also down. Drug arrests were generally the same and located mostly in areas bordering Cal-gary. The province was setting aside funds to develop a regional focus to address drug problems.

There were indicators that three more officer positions would be available in the Strathmore detachment by 2015, and one would be a dedicated position to deal with major crime and undercover situations. The permanent Staff Sergeant position should be filled within three to six months. The New Year may also see new support staff posi-tions.

Some focus points included increasing of-ficer visibility in all the rural communities.

“We are trying to get our members in-volved in all our communities,” said Sgt. Reilly.

Continued work with programs such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), Strathmore Wheatland Addiction Team (SWAT), the schools, Victim Services and support to gain funding for a full time Do-mestic Violence Co-ordinator. He said Vic-tim Services are a great help to the officers, often filling the gap for the victims before, during and after the time the officers re-spond.

Council had wanted more information about retaining contracts for policing within the municipality. Other counties and mu-nicipalities had contracted officer hours and developed school resource positions, or contracted officers for special event cover-age. Strathmore, for example has a contract with the Strathmore detachment to provide a certain amount of man-hours to police Strathmore.

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Under the Provincial Police Act current to 2011, www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Acts/P17.pdf there are mandates for cities and villages over 5,000 people to maintain a police force either by making contracts with the provincial force. An alternative is to establish their own regional or municipal force, which is very costly. It states that towns or villages under 5,000 people pay no costs for the provincial policing. Some areas can be exempt with permission from the Alberta Minister of Justice.

“We try to work with the commu-nities and councils. We receive their input, to try to meet our goals and their goals, in keeping our communi-ties safe,” said Sgt. Reilly.

Sgt. Reilly said that arrangements

to fund officers for special events have worked out well. The officers are usually off-duty officers called in and remain on duty for the entire event. When the event asks for on-duty patrols as available, they may have to respond at any time to other more urgent calls elsewhere.

With Christmas festivities gearing up, the Strathmore detachment in conjunction with Chestermere RCMP and the Sheriffs held a check stop that netted one impaired driver, three people with outstanding warrants and two vehicle equipment viola-tions.

“We will be conducting numerous check stops throughout the county during the Christmas season, hoping to influence them not to be drinking and driving and keep our community safe,” said Sgt. Reilly.

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As a way to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s acces-sion to the throne, a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal was created and distributed in 2012.

The medal has been presented to 60,000 Canadians throughout the year, recognizing them for various achieve-ments and/or significant contributions to their community, province or region.

Rockyford resident Dani Gariepy, 24, her fellow members of the Calgary Stampede Royal trio and Indian Prin-cess Amelia Crowshoe were among the 60,000 Canadians honoured with the Queen’s Jubilee Award.

“Receiving this award means the world to me. It goes to show that my past year of 100 per cent dedication to the Calgary Stampede was well worth it, and that my efforts contributed to something bigger than just my own self-fulfillment,” said Gariepy.

“It means that being a part of the Stampede, especially on the centen-nial year, contributed to building com-munity in Calgary, and that this was recognized by others as a significant achievement.”

At the beginning of November Gari-epy noticed a fancy envelope ad-dressed to her in the mail. At first she thought it was a mistake until she read it and found out it was for a ceremony on Nov. 30 at Mount Royal University.

“I was very surprised to get this award, considering my obvious degree of youth compared to the others. The other Stampede girls and I were by far the youngest recipients out of the 100 people that received the award that day,” said Gariepy.

“I felt so honoured to be put in the same category as the rest of the award-ed individuals. There were many doc-tors, lawyers, scientists, artists and po-

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licemen that were honoured and had worked their whole lives to achieve this. I was absolutely blessed to be a part of this special group of people.

“I have a hard time believing that I belong to this special group of people. I only hope that I can continue to be worthy of this award thought out the rest of my life, whether I continue to

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“I give glory to God. I am really thankful for all the work he has done and is doing, and for all the work peo-ple have done to help out,” said Pastor Elizabeth Karp.

The church is a spirit-filled, biblical-ly-Christian-based, non-denomination-al church. Services are high energy and music-filled.

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With help from the tradesmen in the congregation, the inside layout will have a kitchen, classrooms, a sanctu-ary that doubles as a gymnasium and a mechanical shop.

“We want it to be a well utilized building. A lot of churches are used five six hours a week and sit empty most of the time. So this will be a community service and training cen-tre,” said Karp. “We are hoping to get youth off the streets and we have some people that are willing to coach basketball, so we are hoping to utilize that sanctuary for more than a sanctu-ary. We want to teach classes on how to maintain your vehicle and bring the kids in and do some practical with them.”

The services will still be held at 10:30 Sundays at their 3rd Avenue ad-dress, until all the work in the new building is complete. Anyone wanting more information can call Pastor Karp at 403-880-3171. Everyone is welcome to attend services.

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1. Essential services access 2. Priority 1 routes – arterial routes 3. Priority 2 routes – collector routes 4. School zones 5. Areas where traffic flow is impeded 6. Town parking lots

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Students at Strathmore High School collected non-perishable food donations during the ‘Twelve Days of Giving.’ Over 3,000 items were collected and they were donated on Dec. 13.

each year students at Wheatland elementary School collect dona-tions for the food bank. On Dec. 11 the Grade 6 students helped load up the truck with the boxes of items collected the week prior.

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SLC food drive a huge successJenna GiGantelliTimes Jr Reporter

Over the past couple of weeks, the Strathmore High School Student Leader-ship Council organized the ‘Twelve Days of Giving.’

For twelve days, the stu-dents were assigned a food item to bring in to their block one class. Since ev-ery day the block one class alternates, a sense of com-petition really encouraged the students to contribute as many food items as they could.

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The classes who brought in the most food every day won a prize, ranging from a pancake breakfast, to a day of tobogganing, and even a piñata/nacho party.

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Members of the Strathmore and Dis-trict Ag Society received the requested unaudited financial report for 2012, at a meeting held on Dec. 11, 2012 in the Chuck Mercer Room of the Strathmore Civic Centre.

Last year the membership voiced concerns about accounting practises, and they asked for a bookkeeping re-view and a presentation of the finan-cial report to answer those concerns.

It was an initiative to move the Soci-ety forward, into better accountability practises and continued growth.

Gregory Harriman and Associates prepared the report.

“Nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that these fi-nancial statements are not, in all mate-rial respects, in accordance with Ca-nadian generally accepted accounting principles,” claimed the Gregory Har-riman cover sheet.

The report compared 2011 to 2012 figures, with a cut-off date of Oct. 31, showing differences between the two years.

In many areas, Schedule 1 of the re-port showed improvements from the prior year.

“To their credit, it is a substantial im-provement,” said John Gauvin, CGA.

There were gains in: • Food and beverage sales, • Fundraising, • Raffles and auction tickets, • The tarp auction, • Campground sales, • Farmers Market revenue, • DonationsThe membership increased by

$1,015, which supports continued in-terest in the Society. Admissions fees were down, but in 2012, Heritage Days cut back the event by one day.

“It is interesting to note that Heri-tage Days was decreased by one day, but total admission revenues did not suffer significantly,” said Sarah Wil-

liams, CA.According to Schedule 1, there were

good efforts to cut back expenditures, which the Board of Directors and op-erational staff promised to the mem-bership:

• Prize money decreased,• Purchases were down, • Repairs and maintenance costs

lowered,• Farmers Market costs curtailed, • Telephone bill was less• Less was spent on conventions

and conferences,• Volunteer appreciation costs cut• Donations significantly curtailed • Livestock feed and vet costs low-

ered• Property taxes and interest on

loans and bank charges reduced• Less money spent on the banquetThe Society’s Cash flow at the begin-

ning of the year was in the red, but with the sale of land and cost cutting measures, the figures sat comfortably in the black by Oct. 31, 2012.

Last years completed projects were:• Quonset reface• Building a secure Count room for

sorting money• Rodeo grounds and bathroom

maintenance• Bleachers on the south side were

repaired• Power upgrade made to the camp-

ground• Livestock Pavilion upgrades• Grounds cleanup by sea cans• New chutes with High School ro-

deo funding help• Upcoming development of an out-

door skating rinkMembers suggested that a system

of checks and balances occur, to track funds throughout the year and a book-keeper be hired.

They also suggested that improved decision-making processes were need-ed for 2013 expenditures and contin-ued efforts expended to improve ac-countability and repayment of any lost funds, or past loans.

Providing the facts and figuresDoug Taylor Photo

each year near Christmas the Strathmore Children’s Choir puts on a performance for family and friends to see how their singers are doing. This years ‘Christmas Wishes’ concert was held at the Hope Community Covenant Church on Dec. 15.

Christmas wishes Rae’s Day Tears were flowing at the Strathmore hos-pital on Dec. 5 during Rae’s Day. Raelene Schmaltz, a nurse at the Strathmore hospital, was killed in a tragic highway accident ear-lier this year. Rae’s day was a fundraiser for STARS Air Ambulance. Her family, friends and colleagues gathered to remember her. eileen Schmaltz, Raelene’s mother, was thrilled with the turnout and the support that was given. mayor Steve Grajczyk and eileen Schmaltz stand before a quilt she made to auction off for Rae’s Day. Shannon LeClair Photo

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Dec. 21, 2012 marks the beginning of winter, but it also marks the End of the Mayan Long Calendar. Some say it will also be the end of the world.

I was trying to envision what the end of the world would look like for Strathmore, Alberta. I couldn’t envi-sion sudden snowmelt rushing through the irrigation canals and sweeping us all away. A huge ice age like blizzard would probably go unnoticed until Spring, by those who stay housebound watching reruns and playing video games. Perhaps, if all the fracking seis-mic crews set off their charges at once, we might experience an earthquake of sorts, or it is possible a huge plane could drop out of the sky on the flight path to Calgary airport. It is this kind of stuff that people preparing survival shelters contemplate.

On the other hand, NASA says we won’t meet our end by cosmic calami-ties! See www.Nasa.gov and ‘Beyond 2012: Why the world won’t end’. Mayan expert Leonzo Barreno, living in Sas-katchewan, is also in agreement that we will all wake up on Friday. After all, the Mayans didn’t do a real good job of foreseeing the demise of their own megatropolis.

I came across this joke on www.yoast.com and it seems to explain as good as anything, why God won’t destroy the world this Thursday. Hope some of you enjoy it.

In the year 2012, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the Can-ada, and said, “Once again the earth has become wicked and over-populat-ed, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans.”

He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, “You have six months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights.”

Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard – but no Ark!

“Noah! He roared, I’m about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?”

“Forgive me, Lord,” begged Noah,

“but things have changed. I needed a building permit. I’ve been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbors claim that I’ve violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limita-tions. We had to go to the Development Appeal Board for a decision.”

Noah went on, “Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of mov-ing power lines and other overhead ob-structions, to clear the passage for the Ark‘s move to the sea. I told them that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.”

“Getting the wood was another prob-lem,” he sobbed. “There’s a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl. I tried to convince the en-vironmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls – but no go! When I started gathering the animals, an ani-mal rights group sued me. They insist-ed that I was confining wild animals against their will. They argued the ac-commodations were too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space. Then the EPA ruled that I couldn’t build the Ark until they’d conducted an envi-ronmental impact study on your pro-posed flood!” he said.

“I’m still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I’m supposed to hire for my building crew. Immigra-tion is checking the status of most of the people who want to work. The trade unions say I can’t use my sons. They in-sist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark-building experience. To make matters worse, they seized all my assets, claiming I’m trying to leave the coun-try illegally with endangered species.”

Noah pleaded, “So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this ark!”

Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun be-gan to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky.

Noah looked up in wonder and asked, “You mean you’re not going to destroy the world?”

“No,” said the Lord. “The government beat me to it.”

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Strathmore business owner Katy Webster has once again been recognized and honoured with a PDD-Persons with Developmental Disabilities-Community Leadership Award-individual Leader-ship Award. Last year she had been presented with the award at a regional level and this year she was happy to find out she was being award-ed at a provincial level. Katy holding her PDD Pro-vincial Community Leadership Award-individual Leadership Award.

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Strathmore’s Town Firefighters hosted their annual Legion Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Dinner. meals are prepared and served by the firefighters. This year 17 ladies enjoyed dinner and socializing with Strathmore’s fire-fighters. All ladies received a special gift of a firefighters angel. All remaining food was donated to the Strathmore Crisis shelter.

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Holy Cross Collegiate held their fourth annual Christmas Fine Arts night on Dec. 17. The night started off with guests exploring the art gallery and was followed by a musical production put on by the band and drama students at 6:30 p.m.

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Rekindling the holiday spirit: teaching our children to give backKarin HitcHcocK Counsellor’s Corner

The holidays are often a time to reflect on our good fortunes and express gratitude for our family and friends. Adults and families of-ten “give back” to the community during the Christmas season to express gratefulness for their own blessings and good fortune. The com-munity of Strathmore benefits from the spirit of giving shared at this time of year. Volunteer-ing, donating toys and food, carolling, organiz-ing benefits, and adopting an underprivileged family are only some of the ways that I’ve wit-nessed the strong community spirit in Strath-more. There are, of course, many individuals, businesses, and groups who contribute without public recognition. It is indeed wonderful to be part of a rural community which is caring and kind to all of its members.

Having children in your life at Christmas time is especially wonderful as children embrace the Christmas spirit and look forward to opening gifts on Christmas morning. However, there are many children (and adults) who only have an “I want” philosophy at Christmas. This is an ex-cellent opportunity to teach children that they also have the power to contribute to their com-munity and to give back; not only at Christmas but throughout the year. In what ways can we encourage our children to reach out and be-come positive influences in the lives of others? How do we teach children to give back once Christmas becomes a distant memory? Here are several ideas for teaching your children to “give back” throughout the year.

You can create a “family plan” together and children can have input. For example, your fam-ily may wish to donate money to a local charity

or volunteer for a fundraiser in the community. They may decide to volunteer to pick up litter in the local park or go on a fundraising walk or run. It’s important that your child sees the benefits of what she is doing for the other in-dividuals in the community. Have a discussion about what your child is doing to benefit the lives of others.

“Giving back” can also involve simple things, like smiling at someone, sending a card to a friend, or spending time with a lonely relative. Children can also participate in a number of other activities, including making homemade gifts or baking for elderly people or shutins. They may benefit from going through outgrown clothes and toys and donating gently used items to charity. Children can also create gift certifi-cates for doing good deeds in the family or in the community. While you are grocery shop-ping, you can allow your children to select an extra item or two for the food bank. Even a lit-tle contribution makes a difference and teaches your child some valuable life lessons in showing compassion and caring. Your child may choose an alternative birthday plan and ask those who attend to bring something for a specific charity.

And finally, as you move through the Christ-mas season and into the New Year, remember that you are your child’s teacher. Your ability to show compassion and caring towards oth-ers creates a child who will also care for others and ultimately work towards strengthening our communities.

Karin Hitchcock is a member of the Canadi-an Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and has a private practice in Strathmore. She has a passion for giving back to her community through volunteering. She holds a Master’s De-gree in Counselling Psychology.

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Welcomed news for local cattle producersFrom the oFFices oF Jason hale

Wildrose MLA for Strathmore/Brooks Jason Hale welcomed news that beef products from XL Foods will resume exporting to U.S. markets after the U.S. Department of Agriculture relisted the plant on Dec. 8. Hale issued the following statement:

“The news beef exports from XL Foods can re-sume to the U.S. is a relief to the community of Brooks and indeed the province of Alberta. The recall of the beef products and subsequent tempo-rary closure of the plant resulted in hardships on the workers, ranchers and community.

“The resumption of exports to the U.S. indicates the situation has stabilized, which is certainly welcome news in my constituency of Strathmore/Brooks. We must remain vigilant that this never happens again.

“While the recall was a devastating event, the community pulled together to overcome this chal-lenge. With co-operation of the CFIA, the federal, provincial and local governments, as well as the community as a whole, Brooks and its partners pulled together when it counted.

“I look forward to a full investigation into the incident so we might learn how to prevent this from happening in the future.”

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Many people say first impressions are every-thing. We judge people, places and things by our first impressions. We are taught how important it is to make a ‘good first impression’ when meeting new people or applying for a job. We walk into a store and immediately judge what we see. We pick up a book and judge it by its cover. I came to Kigali, Rwanda and my eyes saw poverty, suf-fering and dirt. I saw sadness in the eyes of the young with no toys to play with, hard labor as the children worked side by side with their parents.

In the house I live in, I noticed how many times we did not have electricity or running water. I no-ticed how many cockroaches were running around or how I couldn’t sit without being attacked by mosquitos. I saw the beauty of the rolling hills marred by a bloody history and the poverty of the people here. We are taught young how important first impressions are, yet we have also been taught the expression, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. There is much more to a person, a book, a place, than what meets the eye of our judgments.

Every day that I am here in Rwanda my eyes are opened wider. I am truly seeing beyond the media, and beyond my own initial judgments. I am seeing a people who are trying to heal as best as they can from a bloody history that many of us could not even begin to imagine. I see a people who despite poverty do not see a need for more material objects. They place value on health, fam-ily and friendships.

I am surrounded by people that live day-to-day to feed their families but still find time to praise the Lord for their blessings. I see children that can find pleasure in playing with an old water jug, a nearby tire, making their own soccer balls out of reeds, following me up the hill every day to my house, practicing their English, going to school, helping Mom or Dad look after the little ones. It is a heartwarming and humbling experience, yet also a very difficult one as I begin to reflect on my own faults and the faults of the society and

culture I come from. Here, I would keep count of the days we

wouldn’t have electricity or running water and yet every day I walk to work there are families at 6 in the morning carrying their loads of laundry down to the trickling stream at the bottom of the hill to wash their clothes because they do not have running water in their houses. They would then carry all of these heavy, wet clothes back up the hill where they would then get their water jugs and make the trip back down again. Once they had lugged the heavy, water-filled jugs back up the hill they would use this dirty stream water to cook, clean and bathe with throughout the day. Here I am feeling like I have it rough with no running water for two full weeks, or no electricity regularly and yet some of my neighbors do not even have the luxury to begin with.

An experience like this makes you think about your priorities. Where do my priorities in life lie? I value my family, friends and health but I look at the people that surround me and I see room to grow. Many people have asked me if I think this experience has changed me and each time I’ve answered with the same response…Every experi-ence changes you. Whether a good or bad experi-ence, every single experience plays an important role in who we are and who we become. We are the only ones with the power to make each expe-rience a learning experience that we can embrace and truly grow from.

I have been so blessed here to see the many faces of Rwanda and explore the country side. I have had incredibly moving experiences with people telling me their Genocide stories, talking about their ways of life, sharing their traditions and beliefs with me and eagerly welcoming me to their country. There are people here from all over Africa and each one is just as proud of their country as the next person and eager for me to love it here. I haven’t come to Africa to change the world but the impact these people have had on me, and the impact I have had on them will last a life time as we have learned from each other in such extraordinary ways.

The many faces of Rwanda


Pat FuleFule for Thought

I don’t feel much like being cheery or writing some-thing a little bit entertaining. All I can think of are the kids and teachers who were killed last week in Con-necticut. The fact that happy youngsters faced terror before this madman killed them is unbelievable to me.

These kids should be alive right now, and the only things on their minds should be Christmas, family, and pals. Unfortunately, they’ll never have another Christmas, have a first love, get to drive, graduate, get married, or experience anything they should have.

It’s all been taken by another crazed gunman who then cowardly, kills himself. I’m stunned, and I’m sure you’re in shock as well.

Right now, I’ve seen so many reports, tributes, and images for those lost. THAT’S how we have to think of the victims … they need to be remembered, not the gunman. The only thing I do want to know, is when will these killings stop? It’s almost become epidem-ic now. If 28 kids and teachers died of a mysterious illness at a school, EVERY available medical service would be mobilized. There would be a massive ef-fort to make sure the disease was eradicated! But ever since Columbine, these mass killings have still been happening.

I don’t know if there’s any ONE answer, but it’s probably that more than one thing has to be changed in our, and especially American society. First of all, people faithfully watch American TV and movies that are full of violent acts. In a typical crime show, there are murders, images of corpses to be analyzed, re-en-actments OF the killings for viewers. How can people NOT become de-sensitized to these acts? They’re even in reruns during the day for kids to watch! The irony of American media, is that nudity and swearing must be kept to an absolute minimum, to protect viewers. If that’s the case with those two things, why wouldn’t they feel the same for violence on TV?

Adding to TV and movies, we have incredibly graphic violence in video games. Kids and teens can eagerly shoot up and destroy digital people on a regu-lar basis. It’s no wonder that it doesn’t shock people to see crime scenes on TV, or hear of graphic descrip-tions of murders! We are, as a society, becoming more and more used to violence. It’s not a stretch then, for someone who has mental issues to act out on these and bring THEIR inner darkness into reality. If people already have personality disorders, killing in video may become easier to do in real life. Add to that, the fact that guns are easier to get in the US (especially

handguns), and it’s a recipe for disaster. I watched a tearful President on TV talk of the recent killing. He stated that things needed to change. I was expecting something concrete that would now happen, but it didn’t. Perhaps it’s time for all major groups to get together: The NRA, State and Federal governments, and media representatives. Maybe it’s time that (at least) TV shows become far less violent, as well as limit the violence in video games. Maybe combined with that, it’s time that people can’t have easy access to guns, and especially handguns. There is a violence engrained in American society that is not as strong in other countries. Having easier access to handguns also makes it easier to murder.

I found some interesting facts on the gun homicide rates between three different countries. In 2009, The U.S. had three gun homicides per 100,000 people. The U.K. (which has very strict gun laws) had 0.07 per 100,000!! The closest year I could find for Canada was 2004, when we had 0.5 gun homicides per 100,000 people. Please don’t infer that I think all guns should be outlawed. I just feel that highly dangerous and eas-ily concealed ones should be VERY difficult to get. Canada, for example has far more strict laws than the U.S. states regarding ownership of guns. We also have very rare examples of these mass shootings.

My point for this column was at first to express my sadness at the killing of all these little children and adults. I can’t comprehend how they must have been scared in their last moments. I hope I could be as brave as the teachers who protected, or tried to pro-tect, their little students. We as societies have to find ways to stop, or at least drastically cut the numbers of killings like Columbine, the Aurora movie theatre shooting, and now the latest Elementary School mas-sacre. Our grief and vowing not to remember the kill-ers’ names is not enough. It must become more dif-ficult for Americans to buy and keep handguns, and automatic/semi-automatic weapons.

American and Canadian media need to limit vio-lence shown in peoples’ homes. In addition, why not make buying certain video games, also become more difficult, like buying liquor, where you must be 18 to purchase? Anything to lessen the violent acts seen regularly on TV, in video games, coupled with more difficulty in getting handguns and rifles, has GOT to have some impact. If governments don’t start a pro-cess to identify and curb problems leading to gun vio-lence, then it’s only a matter of time before another massacre happens again. This has to stop, because there are 20 little angels and their families who de-serve more than speeches.

Enough is enough

Dave Plett, President/CeO of Western Feed-lots, was awarded with Queen elizabeth ii Diamond Jubilee medal for his significant contributions to the beef industry, his commu-nity and country. Plett has been with Western since 1986 and as President/CeO since 1996. He leads the Senior management Group and is head of Growth & Development at Western. martin Unrau, CCA President (l-r), Dave Plett and Travis Toews, CCA Past President were on hand for the Alberta Beef Producers Annual General meeting in Calgary on Dec. 4, where the presentation was made.

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Possibly as a sign of a slow news week, The Standard published a front-page article concerning the arrival of Viagra to Strathmore’s pharmacies. Local druggists reported that initial sales were flaccid.

The new Strathmore Town Council set thirty-six new bylaws including:• Driving in town was set at 6mph.• It was an owner’s responsibility to tie horses.• Permits were required for mov-ing a building along a street.• No displaying of goods was allowed on sidewalls.

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The Great Depression had hit the town and district hard, and workers were sometimes forced to apply for relief. Anyone receiving relief payments was barred entrance to the town’s beer parlours.

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Here was your opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of the crowded shopping centres and city streets on a winter Saturday. Why not seize the chance?

The snow was falling lightly dur-ing the early morning. The chill in the air signalled winter had come to stay. However, inside of the Cheadle Com-munity Hall on Dec. 8 was a warm, cozy, potpourri-scented atmosphere of the Second Annual Christmas Fair and Toy Show, only a five-minute drive west of Strathmore.

“People always like the country set-ting,” said Yvonne David, organizer. “It’s their chance to escape the city.”

The community hall featured about 30 display tables set up in a horseshoe layout. And those tables featured a lit-tle bit of everything: scented candles, scrap-booking projects, Native Cana-dian crafts, and of course, farm toys.

Don Risky, Farm Country Toys, trav-elled 200 km south from Lacombe to set up and sell his inventory.

“I’ve had a steady crowd of buy-ers and tire-kickers,” he said at Satur-day noon, a few hours after the doors

opened.Risky was also promoting a new

Massey-Harris Collector’s Association. “We just started up,” he said. The

fledgling group already has 20 mem-bers under their slogan of “Collecting and Preserving Part of Canada’s Agri-culture History.”

Don Lamont, who builds mini-barns at nearby Langdon, stopped by Risky’s table and they began discussing farm toys. Among other items, Lamont purchased an International Harvest-er cookie jar, which featured a farm scene.

“My wife will like it,” he chuckled, suggesting it may be her Christmas gift.

Lamont had been out hauling hay when he took a break to pull into the Hall’s parking lot. “I always like these farm toys,” he confessed.

Yvonne David was happy with the turn-out of sellers and buyers.

“We had to turn away vendors,” she said, noting she rented display space at $30/table. “And out traffic is so much better than last year.”

David charged $3/adult admission at the door. Her sellers came from near and far: Leduc, Three Hills, Gleichen, Calgary, and close-by Strathmore, to name a few places.

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The Strathmore Chapter of Canadian Tire Jumpstart was delighted to receive a donation of $200 from the Sacred Heart Academy School Council. The donation was made by the school to give back to the community for their support in the school’s annual Spell-A-Thon fundraiser. All donations made to the local Jumpstart chapter are used to assist financially disadvantaged children in Strathmore partici-pating in organized sport and recreational activities. in the photo are SHA students Ryan Orford (l-r), Cody DeSousa, SHA School Council Treasurer Kerri DeSousa, Ryanne DeSousa, Rachel Orford and Strathmore Jumpstart Chapter Chair Shelley Orford.

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Cheadle’s charity steer

The Cheadle 4-H Club, with the support of Bruce Farms and Encana, sold their charity steer at

the West Wheatland Show & Sale June 9 in Rockyford. The charity steer, which raised over

$7,000, is in support of Encana’s Race Against Hunger and the Wheatland County Food Bank.

It was originally purchased by TERA Environmental Consultants and then re-donated and sold

again to Pure Country Meats. Members who took part in the project were Michael Brewin

(back, l-r), Erin Warrack, Jake Warrack, Jared Lausen (middle,l-r), Ryan Lausen,

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Charity Lamb

Grace Heuver took care of this years

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Lending a helping hand

Luigi Vescarelli (l-r) of Encana presents Paul Kathol with

a generous donation for the 2012 West Wheatland 4-H

Show & Sale to cover the members’ sales expenses.

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When you mention the name Shelby Gregory in and around the Standard area, it will bring memo-ries of her singing with her sister Kelly at numer-ous events such as last year’s popular Ladies 80’s Night, for the Lionette fundraiser. Gregory and her sister put on a fantastic performance of 80’s music with all the neon bright clothing and cho-reographed pieces that had ladies reminiscing of days gone by with much laughter and hilarity.

On a more serious side, Gregory has for many years now helped develop the talent of many young singers and musicians in the area. She ran a group called Music for Young Children for many years, introducing children in a fun way to beats and rhythms, timing and all with a fun mu-sical twist. Now with a student body of well over 20 kids of all ages and abilities, the recitals are

well attended events in the community. Gregory has students from Standard, Rockyford, Rose-bud and Gleichen whom she instructs out of her home studio in Standard. She maintains and ex-pects a high level of excellence, which is easily seen in her students performances.

Sunday afternoon was full of whimsical Christ-mas melodies played on the piano and organ, and fun familiar carols sung by her students, the youngest of which was 6. One of her more senior students, Lyndsay Goebel, capped off the indi-vidual performances, which didn’t leave a dry eye in the Church with her song Christmas Shoes.

Presently, Gregory (mother of three) is also teaching some Music and Drama at Standard School to the Elementary students with Crystal Cavanagh. The students there will be putting on a performance in the spring of 2013 and finishing the year with a Cowboy Musical.

Christmas recital in Standard

Shelby Gregory with Maureen Gregory (who accompanies the children on piano and on guitar for their performances) with all the students.Manny Everett

KarboOn Dec.13, the Bantam Storm hockey team gathered at the Christmas Hamper toy location to help load up boxes to be taken to the Food location at the Ag grounds. The boys ages 13 and 14 were excited to help and enjoyed themselves as they formed an assembly line to load over 200 boxes. Thanks to PJ’s appli-ance and U Haul for donating the trucks to transport the boxes.Wendi Tashlikowich

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The UFA Bisons collected a number of assists over the weekend, and it had nothing to do with their on-ice product.

The organization hosted the 12th annual Christmas Shop-ping with the Bisons on Dec. 16 at Strathmore’s Calgary Co-op.

The local triple-A midget team helped children of single-parent homes select gifts for their loved ones and offered a helping hand in the wrapping process.

“It’s a humbling experience for our guys,” said Bisons head coach Jeremy Friesen. “Anytime you have an opportunity to give back to the community and spend some time with kids half your age … it’s great. There is nothing better than see-ing a smile on the kids faces. It’s very important for us to be active in Strathmore and give back to the community that supports us so well.”

According to Friesen, the UFA Bisons not only develop elite triple-A midget hockey players, but it also teaches long-lasting life lessons as well.

“We’re a unique organization – the commitment it takes to play here in terms of travel and your off-ice workouts and things like that. (Then) our extra-curricular stuff we do away from the rink (like this event) … we try and encompass as much as we can so when they do get to the next level, there is nothing new (to learn),” said Friesen. “We try and let them experience everything at least once and help prepare them for (junior hockey). I think this is a great event that a lot of other associations can be jealous of.”

UFA Bisons general manager Wayne Hansen agrees.“You know what? At the end of the day, the smiles and

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Bisons give back

The UFA Bisons hosted their 12th annual Christmas Shopping with the Bisons on Dec. 16 at Strathmore’s Calgary Co-op. Alex Nwoye (left photo) looks up while wrapping his gift with forward Mason McCarty (l) and goalten-der Carter Seminuk (r). Markson Bechtold (right photo, l-r) was happy to help Mitchall Cram shop for the perfect gift.Wendi Tashlikowich

tears that their kids had a chance to do this - that’s where it’s all worth it,” said Hansen. “This event is a big part of our organization, to be able to give back to the community. Strathmore and area, they mean a lot to this team. They make this program what it is and it’s more than just a hockey program.

“What we pride ourselves on, as an organization, is not only to develop hockey players, but we develop young men. Hockey is more than a game – it’s a part of life and a way to give back.”

According to Hansen, Co-op has sponsored the event from Day 1 and has been instrumental in the Christmas Shopping with the Bisons for 12 years.

“Co-op has done it every year,” said Hansen proudly. “Twelve years ago, the organization came to Co-op look-ing for them to sponsor part of it, and they said ‘no, we want to do it all.’

“It has been that way ever since. Without Co-op, this event doesn’t hap-pen, so they’re a big part of it. Co-op is a big part of the community as well, so this is a great partnership for us both.”

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Once again the Lord Of All Lutheran Church is hosting its annual free dinner on Christmas evening, and the invita-tion extends to everyone.

Vicki Thurn has been organizing the dinner for the past few years, along with her husband, and says that the event is “always fun.”

“We do this because there is a need. I know last year we fed 67 people, and every year is kind of different, but we’ve certainly seen the numbers come up,” says Thurn.

Anyone is welcome to come and participate in the dinner and company. Thurn explains that if your plans fall through, if you’re new to the area or if you just want company drop by and

enjoy the meal.Nothing is required to bring to the

meal, and Thurn says it is “totally free” and there is no need to book a spot or call ahead.

Thurn encourages everyone of all religions to come, since the festivities don’t focus on religion.

“Come for a good meal. Come to just be with others,” Thurn says.

Doors will open at 4 p.m. and dinner will be served around 4:30. Every year is different and after the dinner you can stay and play games or sing carols, or you are free to leave.

If you do know that you will be at-tending the dinner, please call the church at 403-934-2374 if you are able to so numbers can be more ac-curately estimated.

Lord Of All Lutheran Church set for annual Christmas dinner

The Lord of all Lutheran Church will be having it’s annual Christmas dinner

this year with door opening at 4 p.m. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to

attend for a warm meal and good times.Rebecca Friesen

Hope Community Covenant Church held their annual Community Christmas Concert On Dec.14 at 7 p.m. The festivities are usually held at the Alliance church, but were moved to a new venue this year. The night was filled with Christmas music, readings and dance. This is a great time of year to get together with other congregations and celebrate the season. Rock of Ages Ministry performing some traditional songs.Wendi Tashlikowich

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Sacred Heart Academy’s Little Flower students went to the Wheatland Lodge Dec.11. to spread some Christmas cheer. They performed some fun Christmas songs and then joined the residents in a candy cane craft.Wendi Tashlikowich

The Strathmore Children’s Choir performed at the Happy Gangs Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, Dec.11. The seniors enjoyed the beautiful voices of the young choir before they sat down to dinner.Wendi Tashlikowich

The newly established Neighborhood Alliance Church in Langdon held their first official community event this past Sunday. With the help of the Strathmore and Carseland Alliance Church they hope to continue to grow and become more rooted in the community of Langdon. The festivities were held at the Field House and included ice skating, fire pit, sleigh rides, Christmas carolling and warm hot chocolate and treats..Wendi Tashlikowich

Strathmore Skate Club hosted Mr. and Mrs. Claus this past Friday at the Family Centre. They were invited to join the Club in some Christmas festivities as they celebrated the season. Brooke Bennett with Santa and Mrs. ClausWendi Tashlikowich

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Tis’ the season for many a Sunday school concerts and renditions of the Nativity in many Churches across Wheatland County, across the na-tion and around the world. Standard’s Nazareth Lutheran Church was no dif-ferent, or was it?

This year the two directors of Sun-day school came together on the much-admired theme of “superhe-roes” by the young kids of their Sunday school. During the fall they discussed many attributes of superheroes: their strength, their brains, their gadgets, and of course their mighty powers. It then dawned on Sonya Elias and Jen Jensen, the Superintendents of the Sunday school, who better than Jesus as the ultimate superhero.

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whole concept and came up with cos-tumes (aka Halloween costumes and homemade attire). They decorated the Church with drawings and paintings of favorite heroes. The door leading to the inside of the sanctuary had a drawing of The Incredible Hulk, Spi-derman and Captain America having a discussion with Jesus. The play was mostly written by Elias and Jensen in-corporating the local Church and Pas-tor in the kids’ hunt for Jesus.

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Strathmore High School held their annual Christmas band concert on Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. The concert followed a dinner that was held for those who might not otherwise receive a Christmas Dinner. Strathmore High School has made it a tradition, and with volunteers from the Leo Club and the food class students, they helped fed over 125 guests. It is a great way to get the students involved in helping those that might not have as much as they themselves have. All the food was prepared by the food students and any left overs were donated to the crisis shelter. Wendi Tashlikowich

Mr. Bryan Allsopp led the Grade 7, 8 and 9 bands in a first of the season Band Concert at Crowther Memorial Junior High this past Tuesday. The Grade 7 band shows off their newly learned talents performing Westwind Overture by Anne McGinty.Wendi Tashlikowich

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A new business has opened in Strath-more that is sure to help you find inner peace and relaxation while getting your daily dose of exercise. Pranava Yoga lo-cated at 107-95 Brent Blvd is Strathmore’s first yoga studio. There are currently five instructors teaching in the new studio, with a few different types of yoga being taught throughout each week.

“What our vision is is to help people understand that there is no one style of yoga. As many teachers as there are, there’s that many styles of yoga, really truly,” said Becky Stone who co-owns the studio with Wayde Garrioch.

Though a class she and another in-structor teach might be named the same, Stone said it would be a different expe-rience depending on the teacher. She recommends finding the teacher and the class that speak to you.

The classes offered are a traditional Hatha, which they call foundation class-es, and are about holding a pose for four to five breaths. The Hatha flow class is faster transitions between the poses and can be more challenging but only in the sense that you should be more comfort-able in the poses to begin with.

Yin is meant to be slower, spending 10 to 20 breaths in a pose, and gets into connective tissues. Yin is more about spending time in a pose and letting it work its way through your body. Finally Pranava also offers restorative classes that Stone calls the dessert of yoga. You are completely supported using different blocks and tools to help get into the po-sition and learning to relax and focus on a specific group of muscles.

Typically in yoga you learn to use only the muscles that need to be used and learn to let go of the areas that try to help. In a traditional class ideally the hope is to be completely supported but completely relaxed.

“It is not yoga unless it is connecting you with your breath. The breath is the bridge between the body and the mind and as a yoga teacher our goal is to get you to listen to your breath so that you’re gaining awareness within your body,” said Stone.

“There’s such a disconnect these days between what’s happening in our mind and what’s actually happening in our body and how do we get those two to communicate and that’s what the breath is for. Basically if you can breathe you can do yoga.”

There are currently kids classes being offered. They incorporate play, music, art and yoga poses making the class fun for the kids. There are also seniors classes being offered and Stone said they hope to offer modified programs for people who are wheelchair bound or who might have difficulty getting to the floor and back up again.

“We have a physiotherapist coming on board in probably late spring, early sum-mer who will work in conjunction in cre-ating yoga therapy programs which is re-

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Becky Stone who co-owns Strathmore’s first yoga studio, Pranava Yoga, is happy to see that after being open for only a few weeks classes are already filling up.

ally the new way of healthcare because it treats not only the physical body but it addresses the emotional body as well, and the spiritual body,” said Stone.

“Yoga is not just exercise, yoga is about finding balance.”

In the basement of the studio there are two different saunas. Members, or even drop-in clients, can book their time on-line for the sauna and then head over to the studio for their time. It will be heated up and ready when they get there. The space in the basement will be a multi-purpose space but a lot of it will be ded-icated to private meditation for people who may need some place for a private practice.

“So if you’re finding that our sched-ule’s not working for you but you do have your own practice and you’ve got nowhere at home, or the kids are scream-ing or what have you, you can just come in and we’ll have screens and stuff set up to make it private to do that,” said Stone.

There will also be meditation sessions held in the basement, and if all goes well there will be a childcare area. Monthly unlimited memberships give access to any scheduled classes and the sauna. There is also a drop-in rate available. If you still don’t know if yoga is for you, or which class would be best, just give the studio a call.

“(I’m) so happy to help people out. If they don’t know what yoga is or if they would just like some guidance in mak-ing decisions about what classes to come to, or if they have mobility or chronic issues, dealing with chronic pain, any-thing like that and they would like some guidance in making those decisions they can just give us a call and we’ll certainly chat with them about that. Yoga is for every body,” said Stone.

“There is a version of yoga that is ac-cessible for everybody and if we can’t provide that for them we will help them find that.”

The studio is offering select classes over the holidays. To find out more or see which classes are being offered ei-ther call 587-365-3651 or go to prana-vayoga.ca.

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The Wheatland Kings scored just 26 second into their Teddy Bear Toss game versus High River on Dec. 15 at the Strathmore Family Centre. The Kings scored five more times en route to a 6-3 over their divisional rvial.

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Kings give backMario Prusina Times Editor

The Wheatland Kings collected food and toys for the less fortunate, and paid back their fans with a win over a division rival.

The local junior-B team hosted their annual Teddy Bear Toss and collected non-perishable food items for the food bank at their highly-anticipated game versus the High River Flyers on Dec. 15.

It didn’t take long for the bears to come flying, as Aaron Durant opened the scoring 26 seconds into the game en route to a 6-3 win over the Flyers.

“I didn’t realize how much of a motivation that was,” laughed Kings head coach Doug Murphy. “To get it done in 26 seconds sets a new standard. It absolutely gave us a spark (we were looking for).

“We talked about how we wanted to get it over with quick and get on with the game. I just didn’t

realize they would do it that quick.”After having their difficulties with the Flyers over

the last couple of years, the Kings bucked the trend and got the much-needed win.

“It’s a team we struggled with last year, for what-ever reasons,” said the coach. “It was good to get the win and get the trend back to winning.”

Heading into the second period tied at 1-1, the Kings scored twice in the second period to take control of the game. After exchanging power play goals to start the third, the Flyers pulled to within a goal before the Kings iced the game with a pair of goals.

Parker Goergsen scored twice and added an as-sist, and Aaron Elaschuk scored once and added two assists to lead the way for the Kings. Justin Kos-tiuk and Durant each added a goal and an assist, while Blake Bishop also tallied for the Kings, who improved to 12-12-1 on the season.

Chris Reed chipped in a pair of assists, while goal-tender Bryce Halverson made his season debut after playing junior-A, stopping 48 of 51 shots.

According to Murphy, with the addition of Halver-son and the already solid Richie Hubbell, the Kings feel like they have one of the best goalie duos in the league.

“No question (we have one of the best duos in the league),” said Murphy. “Either one on their own can challenge for the best goaltender in the league. When you’ve got them as 1 and 1A, it’s hard to think that anyone has got better goaltending.

“Both of them are extremely quick and very un-flappable. They both play their angles and positions extremely well.”

The Kings will wrap up the 2012 portion of their schedule this weekend, when they travel to Airdrie (Dec. 21, 8 p.m.) and host the Cochrane Generals on Dec. 22 (8 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.

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After earning a berth in the final of the Mac’s Midg-et Hockey Tournament last year, the UFA Bisons can hardly wait for the puck to drop this Boxing Day.

The local triple-A midget team is one of the five host teams and will welcome the Carolina Jr. Hur-ricanes, the Lethbridge Pronghorns, the Okanagan Rockets and the Saskatoon Contacts in Pool Five.

“I think we’re looking forward to it, it’s a great tournament and a great opportunity to play against the top teams in Western Canada and see how you measure up,” said Bisons head coach Jeremy Friesen. “Our end result goal is to compete for a National Championship and a lot of the teams we’re going to see here are in the way of achieving that. It’s a per-fect opportunity mid-way through the season to see where we’re at and what we need to work on.”

According to Friesen, he sees a lot of parallels be-tween last year’s squad, which made it to the finals, and this season’s squad.

Both teams were in the middle of the pack in the Alberta Midget Hockey League standings heading into the highly-anticipated tournament.

“I think we need to prepare the exact same way,” said Friesen. “Get the proper nutrition, rest, hydra-tion and all those things – it’s critical for the guys.

“It’s a tournament that momentum and confidence can carry all the way through, like it did for us last year. If you get off to a quick start and you’re happy with the way you’re playing, you can build off of that each and every day you come to the rink and you’re probably going to set yourself up for a special op-portunity.”

The Mac’s Midget Hockey Tournament held their annual press conference Dec. 18 at the Westin Hotel in Calgary where the schedule was released.

The Bisons will open the tournament on Boxing Day when they take on the Saskatoon Contacts (3:30 p.m.) at the Father David Bauer Arena.

The team will then host their feature game on Dec. 27 (2:30 p.m.) at the Max Bell Centre when they host the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes.

From there, the Bisons will tangle with the Le-thbridge Pronghorns on Dec. 29 (5:15 p.m.) at the Max Bell Centre, before closing the round-robin with a game against the Okanagan Rockets on Dec. 30 (11:45 a.m.) at the Father David Bauer.

“We just have to play our game, play a full 60 min-

utes and play consistently,” said Bisons assistant cap-tain Markson Bechtold. “We’ve shown flashes that when we play our game, we can beat any team in this league.

“If you lose the first game or two, you (could) be done for the rest of the tournament. (The goal is to) get that first game or two under your belt, get a few wins, get your feet under you and carry that momen-tum the rest of the tournament.”

Bisons ready for the Mac’sUFA Bisons assistant cap-tain Markson Bechtold was r e p r e s e n t i n g his team at the Mac’s Midget Hockey Tourna-ment press con-ference Dec. 18 in Calgary. The Bisons begin the tournament on Dec. 26.

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The UFA Bisons dropped both home games this past week-end, including a 4-3 decision to the K of C Pats on Dec. 16 at the Strathmore Family Centre.

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Bisons beaten, battered and bruisedMario Prusina Times Editor

It was an extremely disappointing weekend for the UFA Bisons, after a pair of home defeats ver-sus North Division opponents.

The Bisons lost 4-3 to the K of C Pats on Dec. 15, giving up the game winner with 40 seconds left, before falling 4-3 to the Grande Prairie Storm the following day.

“I don’t know if there is a word for it,” said Bisons head coach Jeremy Friesen, trying to de-scribe the latest loss. “We came out really flat, got into some penalty trouble in the second period, even when we started to get some momentum, we took a penalty, then another penalty, then an-other. We’re a hockey team that needs to stay 5-on-5 or better and get everybody involved. When you take penalties, you break chemistry in your lines and you take away the flow in the game.

Spar/Hawk tourney a successThe annual Spartan-Hawk invitational was held Dec. 13 to 15. There were 14 teams who came out to compete in the three day event which filled school gymnasiums in the town and county. Webber Academy took home the championship, second place went to Lillian Osbourne and third to Holy Cross Collegiate with the consolation going to Foremost.

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“You get our backs up against the wall in the sec-ond and now you’re trying to play desperate hock-ey in the third – this isn’t the league to try and do that in.

“They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again. I’d say right now (the way we’re playing), we’re insane.”

The Bisons fell behind 3-0 before finally register-ing their first goal. Affiliate players Tyler Sharuga took a feed from Dalton Dubetz to open the scor-ing. Markson Bechtold pulled the Bisons within one after burying a breakaway feed from Jake Dube, before the Pats iced the game. Bechtold pulled the herd within a goal late in the game, hammering a tic-tac-toe play from Conner McCallum and Mason McCarty.

“They’re a team that if you let them stick around and hang out with you, they’re going to bite you in the (butt) – and they did,” said Friesen. “It’s not surprising, I think our guys have to do some soul-searching and come together as a group.”

On Saturday, the Bisons fell behind 2-0 before scoring a pair of goals in the second period. Jake Dube and affiliate player Dalton Dubetz evened the score, before Tyler Sharuga gave the Bisons a one-goal lead in the third period.

The Pats evened the scoring later in the third pe-riod, before scoring the game winner with just 40 seconds remaining.

“It was very, very disappointing,” said Friesen. “We came out a little flat and we didn’t attack the net. We got down in the first period and went down 2-0 in the second and then found our legs. We re-sponded and evened up the game and took the lead and we thought we were rolling from there.

“A couple of lazy plays (cost us). The hockey Gods, I think, kind of bit us … and it’s good. I’d rather lose than get a tie in that situation as awk-ward as that would sound … but you learn more from losses and they sting a little bit more and that’s what we need to go through.

“When you cheat and take shortcuts, the hockey Gods are usually going to come back and get you. We’ve seen it time and time again.”

After traveling to take on the Calgary Northstars (Dec. 19, result not available as of press time), the Bisons will cap off the 2012 portion of their regular season with a pair of home games.

The Herd will host the Sherwood Park Kings on Dec. 21 (8 p.m.), before hosting the Calgary Buffa-loes the following day (5:15 p.m.).

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Strathmore High School (SHS) Spar-tans and Holy Cross Collegiate (HCC) Hawks teams took to the courts last week to compete in their annual bas-ketball tournament. For the girls it was the Strathmore Spartans Christmas Classic held at SHS.

The first game of the tournament was on Dec. 14, which saw the two home teams compete against each other. The first game was a bit of a battle with both teams hoping to start off the tour-nament with a win. The Spartans kept their defense strong, which helped the girls etch out a 36-29 win.

Strathmore High School:The Spartans have had trouble play-

ing at a level of their competition to start the season, said coach Dion Ga-landy.

In the semi-final, Strathmore played against Eagle Butte from Dunmore. This team has consistently been in the top 15 of the provincial rankings for the past four years, so the Spartans were going to have their work cut out for them.

The girls started out well pressur-ing the ball and being rewarded with a 15-14 lead after one quarter, and tied 29-29 at the half. Because of their ag-gressive play, the Spartans got into foul trouble and began to lose a little bit of momentum, eventually losing 59-73. They played a very good game that got away from them in the second half.

Eagle Butte went on to beat George McDougall from Airdrie in the final 77-64. Because of the loss to Eagle Butte,

the Spartans were regulated to play in the Bronze Medal Game against Olds. They handled them well and won 62-39.

This year has been a good start for Strathmore as they have been on the winning side of each of the three tour-naments they have participated in. They finished third at the SAIT tourna-ment, took second in Canmore and fin-ished third this weekend at home. Af-ter Christmas holidays, Strathmore will be back on the court with a tournament in Fernie. February is busy for them as they have tournaments in Olds, Strath-cona Tweedsmuir and Eagle Butte, not to mention league play-offs at the end of the month. The basketball season will conclude with Strathmore High School hosting 3A Girls Basketball Provincials March 14-16.

Holy Cross Collegiate:This year there were four returning

players to the Hawks senior girls team, though only three were playing in the annual tournament.

“We placed sixth in the tournament this weekend. We lost 36-29 to Strath-more High in our first game and I was quite happy with the result,” said coach Angela MacLean.

The Hawks carried on to win against Ecole de la Rose Sauvage 40-24, and finished with a 55-40 loss to Fernie. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) from the tournament was Riley Sangster who is also the team captain said Ma-cLean.

“Our year has gone well so far. We won the Christ the Redeemer tourna-ment on Nov 30-Dec 1 and we have won one league game (against Notre

Dame Collegiate) and lost one league game, Oilfields by 19,” said MacLean.

The Hawks had a home game on Dec. 19; the results were unavailable at press time. All teams will get a two-week resting period for the Christmas break before heading into the final half of the season.

With files from Dion Galandy.

Fundraiser helps mom head to Korea Kathy Chiasson was overwhelmed to ac-cept a cheque for $3,000 at the Skate Club’s Christmas party held at the Strathmore Fam-ily Center on Friday Dec.14. At 5 p.m. The funds were raised through a silent auction, and will help pay for Kathy to accompany her daughter Kennedy Zaytsoff to South Korea in January to compete in the skating por-tion of the Special Olympics World Winter Games. Kennedy and her family are very excited about the trip they will be taking in the New Year. They will be travelling to Py-eong Chang South Korea on Jan. 29 till Feb. 5, 2013. A big thank you to Laura Hueb-schwelen who was instrumental in organiz-ing the silent auction. (L-r) Leanne Wood-cock, Lindsey Woodcock, Kennedy Zaytsoff, Kathy Chiasson and Laura Huebschwerlen.

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The Rockyford Ringers U14 ringette team took home the gold medal at their home tournament Dec. 14-16. The Ringers went undefeated in the round robin portion of the tournament, before capturing the gold medal by defeating Red Deer 7-4. Assistant coach Tamara Newell (back, l-r), Head Coach Colin melcher, Taneil Kalbhen, Kennedy elder, Neav Sharpley, Paeton melcher (middle,l-r), Natalie Wilson, Jessica Clyne, ericaLynn Skibsted, emily Bertsch, Taylor Pigott, Assistant coach Brent Bertsch and Julia Newell (front).

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The Strathmore High Spartans and the Holy Cross Hawks battled each other in the first game of the Spartans Christmas Classic held Dec. 14 and 15.

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Busy time for Rockyford 4-HChristian seeley Rockyford 4-H

The 2012/13 4-H season has begun for Rocky-ford. Thank you very much to Darcy Burke, who took over the leaders position from Sean Kenny – we all appreciate it. Our president is Leah Dahm, the vice president is Will Kathol, our treasurer is Cale Kathol, the secretary is Julia Newell, the reporter is Christian Seeley, and the district rep-resentative is Brooke Kalbhen. Thank you to all these people for filling these positions.

We do have many new members, which is a good sign for our club. We again sold community calendars as a fundraiser. Thanks to Tara Kathol for organizing this and to all the people who bought calendars.

Weigh in was a success. This year’s calves look really good. I think the entire 4-H club owes Pat and Tamara Newell a huge thank you for letting us use their farm for weigh in and their shop to hold our meeting in. The calves had good weights and looked to be in good shape.

We are hoping for fabulous year to come. Warriors collideAfter leaving the first period tied at two, the Wheatland Warriors used a pair of second period goals to oust the Foothills Bisons 4-2 on Dec. 16 at the Strathmore Family Centre. The local double-A bantam team will close out 2012 with a road game in Airdrie on Dec. 22 before starting up again in the New Year.

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The Strathmore Storm femaleban-tam team had a successful week-end, winning a tournament in Le-thbridge. The girls played solid all weekend en route to the first place

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The Strathmore Skate Club took part in the Sparkle in November – Edmonton Region Open Competition on Nov. 23-25 in Spruce Grove. Team mem-bers who took part in the event were Jaicey Birch (back, l-r), Re-becca David, Ashlynn Huebschwerlen, Jayden Wilson, Kait-lyn Struiksma (front, l-r), Rylee Wilson, Chelsey Nelson and Aislyn Shaw. Missing from the photo are Danica Owel are Emily Wegner.

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an alberta ConstruC-tIon company is hiring doz-er and excavator operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experi-enced in oilfield road and lease construction. lodging and meals provided. the work is in the vicinity of ed-son, alberta. alcohol & drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

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104 3rd Avenue, Strathmore“We Have You... on the Move”

SOLD

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Tina Scott(403)901-5388

Glenna Mitzner

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Ross Collins (403) 934-2001

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1219 sqft 2storey home featuring 3+1 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, open living area, attached garage and large

fenced yard. Great family home located in Aspen Mews.

Have Interested buyers for farmland • If you interested in selling, call! My selling ratio is over 90%.

new Condo •3 Bdrms, 2 1/2 Bath, paved front drive, full bsmnt, walk to shopping mall. Vacant immediate possession. $197,400

PICTURE PERFECT 3 BEDROOM

UPGRADED FLOORING- OPEN

DESIGN

NEW- MUST SEE WALKOUT-3

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Excellent building spot on 4 acres within one mile of Standard.

1014 sqft. 2+1 bedrooms, covered deck, double attached garage, large maturefenced yard. New roof. Garage used

as workshop but easily converted back.Quick possession for this home in Cluny

14 Acre Parcel, 1/2 hr east of Strathmore along irrigation ditch. Perfect place to build.

This 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bathroom condo is located just behind Walmart. Greatstarter home. Full basement could be developed. Condo fees only 115/mon

new PrICe4 level split Maplewood

subdivision, close walk to schools & hospital.

4 bed, 3 baths, fireplace, new windows.

54 aCres in Highway #1 West Area Structure Plan 1/2 mile of highway

frontage. Can be subdivided for general industrial. Great investment property.

Immediate possession.

Huge lot 70x120 backs onto the canal on west end of Strathmore. Come build your dream home. Has a few trees.

downtown stratHmore • On 2nd Ave. Commercial main floor, residential above. Over 2600 sq ft, parking, a building

with character. Price $199,900.

3 BEDROOM- WALKOUT FULLY DEVELOPED – VAULTS DOUBLE ATTACHED GARAGE

Commercial property on two lots in Rockyford. 14x 54 Atco building and

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$279,900

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Upgraded Bi-level in Carseland, Granite, Hardwood, Travertine, Jetted tub,

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Just lIstedHillview Walkout

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overlooks the tot park!!

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Bungalow with detached garage on large,beautiful

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$349,900

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PrICe reduCedIMMEDIATE POSSESSION,

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BEST PRICED UNIT $164,900$164,900

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Like new 4 level split. 1500sq.ft. developed. 3 bed, 3 bath and family room. Huge double garage. New kitchen and beautiful decor. Excellent assumable mortgage. $279,900

eXClusIve! bow rIver vIew • 1750 sq.ft. fully developed walk out bungalow. Huge lot overlooking the Bow. Totally luxurious home featuring all the extras in this custom build by Collingwood Homes. Impossible to replace at $649,900

reduCed mossleIgH aCreage • 6.4 acres heavily treed, lots of soft water, Quonset, Barn, 1224sq. ft. bungalow, new kitchen, double garage, shows great, $359,900

mossleIgH • 1100sq.ft. Bungalow on super insulated basement. Huge lot. Double garage.Central air. High eff. heat and water. Immediate possession. Excellent price. $179,900.

bungalow •New kitchen and bath. Hardwood. Nice fenced yard and con-crete drive. Detached garage. Low price. $179,900

bungalow • Fully developed four level split. Double att. heated garage. Huge great room with 10’ ceiling and big stone fireplace. 3 bed, 2 bath, family room 2nd fireplace. Must see at $264,900

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Fully developed 1373 sq.ft. bungalow. Double detached garage. Huge yard. Huge trees. Shows great.

2-3 aCre subdIvIsons• One lends itself to a walkout basement. Gentle coulee runs through a small portion. Great view, 22mins to calgary airport and #2 hwy off of hwy #564. The other parcel is close by. Excellent view of mountains, easy drive to calgary airport. Also within minutes to Strathmore

off hwys #817 adn #564. eaCH ParCel PrICed $167,900.

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114 aCres2 miles north of Strthmore, gas well revenue,

only 1 mile of gravel, build your dream home here!

$239,900

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$467,700

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cHinOOK ii condo living! a won-derful one bedroom adult lifestyle unit located in chinook ii, rents starting from $850.00, 2 appl, coin laundry in building, cable and electric-ity additional, parking included, and no pets please. call luella at 403-934-5731 or em-erald management & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.

WestmOUnt driVea Fantastic Find in strathmore! 1 & 2 & 3 bedroom townhouse units available imme-diately, starting from $895.00. 2 appl, 1.5 baths, w/d hook-ups, yard area, parking in-cluded and coin laun-dry available in com-plex. a short walk to strathmore shopping, parks and golf courses. no pets please. call luella at 403-934-5731 or emerald manage-ment & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.

1200 Sq. FT., 4-BEDRoom hoUSE IN RoCkyFoRD, AB - 20 min. east of Strathmore, 3 bathrooms, 3 appliances, fenced yard with huge deck. Rent is $1200/mo +$1000 DD+utilities. N/S,N/P. Avail-able immediately. Call 403-330-6884.

LARGE 2 BDRm FoR RENT IN hILLVIEW, (newer area in Strathmore). Furnished (optional) and close to golf course. Perfect for single person. N/S N/P. $900/mo + some utilities. 403-641-3953.

DRIVE-IN BAy FoR LEASE. 600ft2 plus mezzanine, 12 foot entrance door, Separate bathroom area, former tire shop/detailing bay, good ac-cess to highway #1. Perfect for a mechanic or general workbay/storage. Available immediately! $700/month plus common costs. Contact Shane @ (403) 669-4874.



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call SheilaBeautiful 5 bdr home in Cambria.

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$308,000!

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increDible Potential acreage

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call chantale

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MlS c3537369

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call chantale HanDyman sPecial in gleicHen

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looking For a investment ProPerty or a Home to live

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giFtstoP renting!

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a Day at tHe track...

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call la Shaun branD new sHow suite witH your own

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fenced yard! Walking distance toall amenities and parks!MlS c3547472

Over 1500 Sq FtFull Basement

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call hayley $209,900! Renovated UP/down legal duplex HUGe

potential for Revenue and loaded with new new new Live up,rent down.

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new listing

hoMe for the holidayS!

Magnificent 4 bedr home w/ loft, media rm,home gym,

den, hot tub, granite, hardwood vaulted ceilings

and many bells and whistles (Santa would be impressed)

$422,900

call hayley Wanted- a neW FaMily For this great fully dev home on huge

1/4acre yard .Langdon $339,900

PriceD reDuceD$339,900

This 1500+ sq ft fully developed bungalow has 3 completely new bathrooms,

granite, total of 4 bedrooms and a chefs dream for a kitchen, central a/c, double attached

garage and RV Parking in rear with alley access.c3543367

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Located in popular evergreen, executive fully

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call debbie Price reDuceD $487,900!

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On behalf of the wonderful staffof Airdrie Dodge I would like

to wish all our Strathmore & areafriends a safe, happy and

Merry Christmas!

We look very forward toseeing you in 2013, our

29th year in Airdrie. All the very best

this holiday season.

Brad Styner,Dealer Principal.

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