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Shannon LeCLairTimes Reporter

Gleichen residents are in an uproar after find-ing out their fire department has been shut down by Wheatland County council. On Feb. 15, a press release was issued, stating, that effec-tive immediately the Gleichen fire department no longer has responsibilities for fighting fires and providing emergency services in the county. Cluny and Standard fire departments are to pro-vide fire protection for Gleichen for the time being.

“Right now it’s in the hands of our lawyers and I think that’s all the information that I can give you at this time,” said Gerald Skibinsky, manager of protective services for the county.

It’s the same response everyone is getting out of county officials, which is adding more fuel to the fire.

“This is endangering our community - I can not believe this. 103 years we’ve had a fire de-partment and county walks in here and pad-locks the door,” said Gleichen resident Dr. San-dra Burke.

She said she had phoned municipal affairs and various organizations trying to get answers.

“The problem is there is not enough checks and balances in place with municipalities... they really are a law within themselves and so every-body is really upset for us, but there’s nothing anybody can do,” said Burke.

“I’m just really upset because I mean we’ve al-ways relied on our fire department, they’re very well trained. They’re wonderful people and to do this with no rational. I don’t care what the politics are...but you know what, this is endan-gering the lives of the people in this commu-nity.”

No one was more shocked than the 11 vol-unteer firefighters and their Fire Chief Richard Clarke. Clarke said the fire commissioner’s of-fice recently had done an audit, checking the condition of the equipment. There had been a previous concern the equipment may not meet standards. Clarke said he had checked it out and found they had no problems with the depart-ment on an operational basis.

“We’re not happy about it. I think things could have possibly been done in a different way, but the county has decided how they want to deal with thing so there’s not a lot we can do about it,” said Clarke.

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The Family Centre has been having a rough start to the week after the re-frigeration plant went down, causing them to cancel games Sunday after-noon, Sunday evening and the Half Pint tournament on Monday, Feb. 21. As of Tuesday arena manager Kelly Barret said they don’t fully know what the situation is and they have cancelled ice time for Tuesday and Wednesday.

“This is my worst nightmare. The arena manager’s worst nightmare, for the plant to break down in the middle of the playoff season,” said Barrett.

Thanks to the help of Gleichen, they were able to move the half pint tourna-ment to the Gleichen arena.

“Everybody has been really good that we can get a hold of, so we’re all

working together to keep it going,” said Barrett.

Arena staff have had to keep the doors to the arena open and the lights off to keep the building cool and con-trol the temperature of the ice pads. Barrett said they normally sit at 19 de-grees and 21 degrees, but on Tuesday morning the ice was sitting at 24 de-grees and 26 degrees.

“Thank goodness we have cold weather,” said Barrett, who couldn’t believe she was happy for the cold.

This is the first time it has happened. Barrett said there have been situations where they have almost lost it, but nev-er this bad. Staff noticed there was a problem when the temperatures of the arena pads started to climb up quickly and the compressors weren’t working. If the ice starts melting they would have to remove the old ice, which

would take about a day per arena. “If we were to work around the clock

24 hours, and everything was going up good, we could probably have at least one ice surface ready within two to three days,” said Barrett.

“We were lucky we only had to can-cel one game and move the tourna-ment with this,” said Jody Schneider, with Strathmore Minor Hockey, about Sunday’s SMH games.

“If it wasn’t for Gleichen the tourna-ment would have been cancelled, we really appreciate the Gleichen arena for taking on the Half Pint tourna-ment.”

While most teams practice during the week, that time will now be used for make up games from the weekend. If the refrigeration unit isn’t fixed by the weekend it will affect various clubs and organizations who use the ice.

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He said the department is not very good at paper work, they had talked to the county about getting standardized forms to do the reporting efficiently, which had yet to happen. Clarke said he keeps getting basically a no com-ment response from the county as to what the issue is.

“What I feel that is, is a paper work issue here as far as our funding and stuff like that goes. We need to get it ironed out. I’ve been trying to do that for quite awhile and we just can’t seem to get on the same page,” said Clarke.

“I’m definitely hoping that we can get a guideline on what they’re look-ing for and get it supplied to them and get things sorted out.”

He said they want to provide the service. There have been concerns be-cause the departments covering them are further away. The added response time could be critical, said Clarke.

“The county did this without telling anybody,” said Gleichen resident Mark Flebotte.

“I’m concerned that the county council is saying that they’re not go-ing to be issuing a public notice until

the 24th.”He said his insurance could go up

if the department stays closed, which is a concern many residents and busi-nesses have. Flebotte phoned MLA Arno Doerkson and various govern-ment organizations, including munici-pal affairs, trying to find out how the county can close it without informing residents.

Curtis Lussier has been a volunteer firefighter in Gleichen for six years, and was heartbroken when he found out.

“It’s a very hard thing to deal with. There’s a lot of concerned citizens in Gleichen. They want answers and we can’t give them any answers because we don’t know anything ourselves,” said Lussier.

“That means now our little hamlet of Gleichen is in distress.”

He said there will be trained people in the hamlet that can’t do anything to help in case of an emergency. Lus-sier said they are telling the residents that they don’t have answers. He said firefighting is a passion of his and it’s difficult to have it ripped away like it was, with no answers to his questions.

“If something is wrong then delegate it to somebody else that can fix it,” said Val Noseworthy of Gleichen.

She also couldn’t understand how the county could leave the hamlet without emergency services, and is worried about the safety of the resi-dents if something does happen. Dep-uty Fire Chief Mike Burne echoed his fellow firefighters’ sentiments about no warning being given.

“It’s not fair to the guys I mean if its an issue, well it should be brought to the attention of the chiefs because the guys only have so much say in things. For them to just find out that they’re locked out that’s not really fair, its real-ly quite insulting actually,” said Burne.

“I believe that we should have been given at least notice to what the prob-lem is so that we can try to resolve it before we came down to this. Even if it was an ultimatum, I could go with that. But to just get told that we have an issue and that’s it, you’re locked out, you’re shut down and no reason as to why, to what it is... I don’t appre-ciate that at all.”

He is worried that by locking the department it may tarnish the reputa-tion the department has been working at building back up. Burne said there had been issues in the past which have been resolved and are no longer a concern but he’s concerned it will be a black mark on the department and the firefighters that they don’t deserve.

“I do not like the way that this was handled, I do believe that there was a much better way in which this could have been handled. I don’t really un-derstand why they decided to go to this extreme,” said Burne.

The Gleichen Fire Department is over 100 years old and is one of the oldest departments in Alberta. Burne said to their knowledge they have never failed to respond to a call. He said now if something happens their hands are tied, and the wait times will increase.

“It does significantly increase the re-sponse time to anything in our area,” said Burne.

Burne said the fire department will be working with the county to get this resolved anyway that they can, as soon as they can. They want to find out the problem, fix it and get back into op-eration. The only information the de-partment has been given is there will be a meeting between them and the county on March 1. For now, all they can do is standby and wait to see what happens.

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Six of Strathmore and area’s finest youths were honoured this past week-end at the seventh annual Strathmore Youth Exceptional Service Award Soci-ety banquet.

The evening, dedicated to the out-standing contribution of the next generation, took place Feb. 19 at the Strathmore Golf Club.

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• Six-year-old Nataya Reid was honoured for helping patients at the Strathmore Hospital by getting them water, picking flowers and singing for them.

• Stanley Gallant was nominated for citizenship and kindness. The 14-year-old is highly regarded in his commu-nity for shoveling snow and cutting the lawn for people in his neighborhood.

• After cancer struck a member of his family, 14-year-old AJ Dunn grew his hair long before cutting it to create

wigs for those in need. His selfless act generated hundreds of dollars worth of donations to cancer research.

• Keersten Chernenkoff was nomi-nated because of her assistance to the summer reading program at the library. The 12-year-old is diligent, en-thusiastic and always cheerful.

• Jessica Wright was also nominated for her contribution to the summer reading program. The 12-year-old is al-ways willing to help children with any task given to her.

• Ayrton Hughes, 12, was nominated for his enthusiasm and willingness to help children at the library’s summer reading program.

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On Feb. 15 Staff Sgt. Larry Marzinzik from the Strathmore RCMP presented the third quarter review of the Annual Performance Plan, APP, to Wheatland County Council. While most things have stayed fairly steady, the percentages of rural thefts have increased.

“Do I think that is a huge surge in activity? No,” said Marzinzik.

“It’s just that the percentages are up and we have had concerns from the oil industry in specific.”

The rise in thefts isn’t just in the Strathmore area, it’s affecting rural ar-eas all over southern Alberta.

He said the concerns from the oil in-dustry are regarding thefts at drill sites.

“What we’ve done in the past few months is...we’ve put together a small project team with representatives from Drumheller, Three Hills, Airdrie, our-selves, Beiseker, Gleichen, to look in our kind of general regional area and basically what’s affecting the county themselves in their area,” said Marz-inzik.

He said it’s an information sharing group to set up strategies to combat the thefts and break and enters. It’s also to set up more patrols in those areas, tar-geted patrols to try to identify people involved or sites that are insecure that they can recommend to the industry to increase security.

“The spin off on that is, it’ll also in-crease visibility in the rural area and give a little bit more patrol time to the residents in the rural area as well,” said Marzinzik.

He said when industrial areas are

being targeted, it’s not far off the resi-dents might be, too. Marzinzik said the county is interested in having their en-forcement officers more involved in in-formation sharing. County enforcement officers don’t patrol at night, and Reeve Ben Armstrong pointed out someone could do reconnaissance during the day and notice that there are no patrols at night.

“We are actually taking this to our rural crime watch group and informing them about what’s going on, and talk-ing to them to see how they may want to become more active in participating, even in rural crime watch patrols,” said Marzinzik.

Marzinzik feels the increase in the numbers is likely due to the economy getting better and the oil fields picking up again. He said they are prime tar-gets, especially if they are doing new construction, because the equipment is out and can be expensive.

The criminals are also mobile, said Marzinzik, and they tend to move around where they think the targets are most vulnerable. He said because they tend to move around it could maybe explain part of why there has been an increase in thefts.

“They don’t stay close to home any-more. If they feel they can make money coming out of Calgary and targeting ar-eas in the rural area,” said Marzinzik.

“There are less people out to see you doing it and if there is a profit to be made, there is a chance someone will try to capitalize on it.”

He said the council discussions are a good way to allow council to voice their concerns and for the RCMP to update the county on how things are going.

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The irrigation committee held an information session for interested residents at the Civic Cen-tre on Feb. 16. The purpose of the session was to outline what the committee has been work-ing on over the past six months and what their recommendations are. Approximately 60 people gathered to hear what the committee had to say.

“I was really overjoyed at the people’s inter-est,” said Christine Mitzner, chairperson for the committee.

“We got a lot of people asking questions and voicing their concerns.”

She said one resident found out he used over 60 cubic metres of water to water his lawn and the cost of the sewer charge would have been more than irrigation.

Strathmore resident Rob Pirie attended the meeting and is in favour of bringing irrigation back. “I thought the meeting went very well. I thought it was very informative,” said Pirie.

“Obviously the committee has done a lot of research and it doesn’t seem to agree with Town administration,” said Brian Code, who also at-tended the meeting.

“From my perspective, once I boiled it all down it’s almost like they (the town) have eliminated the irrigation system for irrigation users to subsi-dize the sewage system.”

“Personally, the irrigation water has huge ad-vantages over the regular water system in terms of water temperature, water quality, the lack of chemicals, the non-poisoning of the environ-ment. There’s an endless list of reasons why ir-rigation makes sense.”

Dwight Stanford, Chief Administrative Officer, CAO, for the town said some things presented to the public at the meeting weren’t true. Even

though council was not able to attend, there were still members of administration there. The committee has said administration is opposed to reopening the irrigation, which Stanford said they have never alluded to. Stanford said over the years there was not a lot of money put into upgrading the system. The committee has said the Town let the system deteriorate intentionally.

“We’ve continued to do repairs on it every year, and EPCOR has been doing it for us for quite a few years and they fix (it) whenever there’s a break,” said Stanford.

“We have not budgeted to put money to up-grade the lines, it’s just been that we’ve had EP-COR fix them, and repair and keep things go-ing. The town supports irrigation as long as the citizens without irrigation don’t have to subsidize the irrigation users.”

One of the disagreements involves the parks; some are watered with city water, some with ca-nal water. Stanford said some are not even irri-gated. He said the group’s philosophy is that 50 per cent of the canal water usage is the Town’s responsibility, and the town is saying their por-tion should be less, because some of the bigger parks aren’t watered with canal water. Stanford said town employees have been looking into the numbers and think their portion should be ap-proximately 25 per cent. Stanford gave an ex-ample, if irrigation were going to cost $80,000 just to keep going, then maybe the town should pay for 25 per cent. The committee wants to see them pay half, which Stanford said would mean residents without irrigation would be subsidiz-ing, and the town has concerns about it.

“The committee has been very diligent and they have met almost weekly gathering informa-tion, preparing their report,” said Stanford.

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The regular Town council meeting on Feb. 16 started off a little differently this past week. The meeting began with ev-eryone bowing his or her head in a mo-ment of silence for former Mayor Keith Schneider, who recently passed away.

After the moment of silence there was a live auction in the council cham-bers. The auction was for the first cen-tennial pin, which was sold to Huxted Waste Disposal for $450. Mayor Steve Grajczyk bought the second pin for $100, and Huxted bought the third pin for $100. All of the proceeds from the sales will be going towards the centen-nial celebrations. The pins are now on sale for $5.25 at the Town offices and various other locations around town.

Revised budgetThe operating and capital budget has

been revised to reflect the purchasing of land and the borrowing for the pur-chase of that property.

The capital budget has been in-creased by 1,750,000 for the acquisi-tion of capital assets to be funded by borrowing. The operating budget has been increased by 40,833 for interest on the borrowing.

Debt repayment on the borrowing of 59,496 has been included in the bud-get. The changes will only take place if the borrowing bylaw is approved. The borrowing bylaw can be viewed on the Town’s website, www.strathmore.ca.

Centennial CloCk Council approved the purchase of a

four-sided classic clock for the amount of $19,000 U.S, plus GST, shipping and handling. The funds for the clock are coming out of the budget for centen-nial celebrations. There will be an ex-pansion of the sidewalk into one of

Town auctions off first centennial pinsthe parking stalls to house the clock at the park located across from Chinook Credit Union on 2nd Ave. The cen-tennial committee deter-mined the location of the park on Jan. 3, 2011, and it was decided by a majority of the voters it be on 2 Ave., said Councillor and acting Deputy Mayor Bob Sobol. The clock will be front and centre, he said, on an ex-tended sidewalk.

nominationsCouncil had asked admin-

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lence, dedication to munici-pal government and chief administrative management. Chief Administrative Officer Dwight Stanford’s name was put forward as a candidate for the award. One of the requirements of the award is that council nominate the candidate by way of resolu-tion. They nominated Stan-ford as the Dedicated Chief Administration Officer on behalf of Mayor and council. Earl Best said it was long overdue. He feels the town has one of the best CAO’s out there. Council all appeared to agree with the nomina-tion. They voted unanimous-ly to send the forms in to the AUMA and the SLGM.

what they recommend and then council will make a deci-sion.”

“If council wants it we certainly can,” said Bob Carver, committee member, about bringing their recommendations to council.

“We thought based on that meeting that we might want to have one other before we do it.”

The next meeting is in two weeks. Originally the commit-tee intended to present their recommendations to council then. Because people at the meeting said they would like another meeting involving council, Carver said they want to try to arrange it. Carver plans to talk to the council and arrange a time to meet.

“We’re like them, the sooner we can get this done the better. All we need to figure out is how quickly we can set a meeting up,” said Carver.

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No hat policy at high school raises some hairs

Jenna CampbellTimes Junior Reporter

Students from Strathmore High School, SHS, have launched a petition challenging the no Hat policy, which is a common regulation within the SHS Student Handbook. Collectively, the students’ main objective was not to eliminate the policy, but rather to modify the policy.

“I just feel it’s outdated, it’s unnecessary and there are a lot of other schools that have changed this policy. I’m not asking to wear the hats in classes, out of respect for the teachers. I just feel that in the hallways, when we’re not learning, the policy feels largely irrelevant,” said SHS student evan Kelly.

after immediately having their efforts denied, the students’ frustrations became apparent as they realized making a change within the school’s policy was not as simple as anticipated.

“I can understand that they want their voices to be heard, but at the same time, we have policies in place. Where do we look in the Student Handbook and say this is a major issue and that is a minor issue? That’s very subjective. From the school’s standpoint, they are never going to change its policies midway through the year, because that creates confusion,” said teacher, paul Sonsteby.

Delving into the bigger picture, the students felt that their right to freedom of speech was being denied, creating strong feelings of contradiction.

“I support this so strongly because we’ve been taught throughout high school that this is how society works, and they go contradict themselves by shutting us down,” said Kelly.

The direct regulation within the Student Handbook states that, “Students are expected to remove headwear, including hoods and bandannas upon entering the school. Violation of this expectation could result in confiscation of the hat for a period of time.”

The definition of ‘head wear’ is up to the interpretation of the teacher. Some students are finding this unfair, seeing that sometimes the policy is being stretched beyond hats to headwear like girls headbands.

“We’ve asked the principal for an interpretation over this, for the remainder of this year, with the intent to be equitable. There’s still clarification going on for the teachers, if a teacher feels it’s within that role (of headwear), it’s that teacher’s prerogative to remove that,” said Sonsteby.

The no Hat policy is not enforced entirely to control the student’s choices in attire. Sonsteby claims that recognisability of the kids is the major concern.

“I don’t think it’s because the school is choosing to hold on to tradition. It’s a recognisability thing, when kids are wearing hoodies, baggy jeans and skater shoes, and you throw a hat into it, I’m sorry but in a school of 730 kids, it’s sometimes hard to pick that kid out,” said Sonsteby.

Once they learned that a petition can only be legitimate if its signatures are from registered voters, the students took a different approach in trying to alter the rule.

“Our goal is to send copies of the petitions to the Golden Hills School Division, along with written letters and formal complaints that they have to register and can’t just ignore,” said Kelly.

progress in making a change in the no Hat policy for next year is still up in the air. The students will have to wait and see if their efforts will make a difference.

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Kevin SorenSon, M.P., CrowfootParliamentary Report

In Ottawa this past week, the business of the House was focused on passing Bill C-59, our Conservative government’s effort to end early pa-role for white collar criminals. C-59 will increase offender accountability and work towards de-creasing the number of future victims of financial scams, fraud, ponzi schemes, and related crimes that dupe Canadians out of their savings and in-vestments.

With C-59, our government is responding to the Correctional Service of Canada’s Indepen-dent Review Panel recommendation to work to-ward a system of earned parole. The Bill also responds to victims groups who speak on behalf of the people who, in the worst cases, have had their life savings, retirement funds, and other as-sets ‘stolen’ by nefarious persons posing as in-vestment experts.

Our government is working to enhance the re-sponsibility offenders have for their actions by placing a greater emphasis on whether an of-fender is participating in their rehabilitative pro-gramming, for example. As well, we are enshrin-ing in law the right of victims to participate in conditional release board hearings. Victims want to be better informed about the treatment of the perpetrator of a crime that cost them dearly or ruined them in financial terms. Victims want to be sure that a perpetrator doesn’t continue com-mitting these crimes and hurting other individu-als and families.

Currently, offenders convicted of non-violent offences can access day parole at one-sixth of their sentence, and full parole at one-third of their sentence through an expedited process. The review is done by paper, whereas, regular

parole reviews (for violent offenders) are done through an in-person hearing. This means an of-fender convicted of a serious white-collar crime for example can be eligible for this type of early release. As it stands, an offender sentenced to 12 years could be released into the community on day parole in just two years – and fully paroled at just four years.

During my speech in the House in support of Bill C-59, I noted that the Parole Board of Canada is limited in its discretion to deny parole by the test of whether an offender is likely to commit a violent offence once paroled. As a result, even if the Parole Board believes the offender is likely to commit another fraud, another theft or another drug offence, it is compelled to release the of-fender back into the community.

I told the House, “This offends my constituents. It offends most Canadians. It offends them be-cause they believe there is no justice. It under-mines their faith in our system. It undermines their faith in the Correctional Service of Canada. Victims want to see these sentences served.”

After my speech, Mississauga Ontario Liberal MP Paul Szabo immediately rose and asked me if I and my party even believe in parole? I said, “Our government has said very clearly over many years here that we do believe in parole. However, we do not believe in a parole system that would automatically give parole to criminals after one-sixth of their sentence without an interview or anything and cranking them back onto the street. Do we believe in parole? Personally, I believe in earned parole.”

If you have any questions or concerns regard-ing this or previous columns you may write me at 4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call 780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail [email protected].

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Work experience leads to high school weekly column Jenna CaMPbellTimes Junior Reporter

With only a half a block left to fill my remaining semes-ter of high school, I was given a couple of choices regarding which 3 credit course I wanted to take. I was intrigued by the many courses my school had to offer, from photography in Com-munications Technology to ar-tistic classes like jewellery mak-ing. Ultimately, I just wanted to take something I enjoyed. That’s when ideas of work experience came about and what I could do for this particular ‘module.’

Not really being a definitive class, work experience allows students to earn credits based on employer evaluations, hours worked and a completed CTR 1010 (which includes work like

a resume, cover letter etcet-era.) The more hours a student works, the more credits that stu-dent can earn. The credits are awarded in 3 credits, 62.5 hours and 5 credit, 125 hours amounts. It is most common for students to gain credits by doing work experience for teachers around the school, but many variations of work experience do take place. I’ve always wanted to pursue the idea of doing work experience for the newspaper because I know that journal-ism and communications is the direction I hope to take after graduation. My thoughts go-ing into work experience were, what better way to clarify my future aspirations then by sur-rounding myself with the work-ing environment of a field I’m very much interested in?

Expecting to only be an ex-tra set of helping hands for the Strathmore Times, I was ex-tremely surprised and overjoyed to be given the opportunity and space to write a weekly column, reporting on the current events which are happening at Strath-more High School. Being able to voice the school’s news is excit-ing, and seeing my name under my first published article was one of the best feelings I’ve ever had. Even though I’m acquiring only a few credits with work ex-perience, it feels like I’m accom-plishing a lot more. By doing work experience for the Strath-more Times, my mind has been given a strong feeling of reas-surance. I feel more confident when it comes to choosing the direction I am going to take af-ter high school.

Big plans for Rockyford 4-HreeCe KenneyRockyford 4-H Beef and Multi Club

The 4-H club held their monthly meeting on Feb. 6. The members of the club are planning a ski trip to Sunshine on Feb. 24. Our annual public speaking date was changed from Feb. 23 and will now be on Mar. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rockyford Hall. A reminder to all members to be there by 6 p.m. and to bring a snack item for that night. Everyone is welcome to attend.


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sured fo

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The story of Maggie began when her parents, Andrew and Kathryn Rieffen-stien married in Denmark. Shortly af-ter their marriage they moved to Iowa, where they had 13 children (7 girls and 6 boys). Maggie was the 9th child.

The family moved from Iowa to a farm southeast of Standard, in 1915. Maggie was 9 or 10-years-old.

For several years school teachers boarded at the Rieffenstien home. Two of the sons each married one of these young teachers. As the family grew old-er they all married and stayed within 10 miles of their parents farm. Maggie liked being with her mother helping out. At 16 she would go to other homes to help with housework and children.

April 7, 1926 Maggie and Rex Grego-ry were married at St. Rita’s Church in Rockyford. The reception followed and was at her parent’s home and due to almost impassable roads, the bride and

groom, and their attendants Milford (Rex’s brother) and Vivian (Maggie’s sister) were late getting to the recep-tion.

Maggie and Rex moved onto their farm, a three room shack, six miles southeast of Hussar. Rex farmed with horses for a few years and then bought a tractor. The early 30’s were dry, crops were almost nil, things were tough. When their neighbours moved to Cal-gary, Maggie and Rex rented the house and farm buildings.

The following years the crops were somewhat better and finances im-proved. In 1938 Rex installed a ‘home electric system’ 32 Volt. Maggie now had a washing machine with an elec-tric motor. The house was crowed, they had seven children by this point, so Rex built a new two story full basement home on their property, with running water and sewer drainage. Two more children were born. Over the years all nine children married and there are grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Special occasions were large and happy gatherings.

In 1972 Maggie and Rex decided to retire from the farm. They moved into a new home in Strathmore. Together they enjoyed visits with family and friends and the Happy Gang. They had a holi-day trailer and frequently went for short trips for fishing and enjoying the sites. One summer they went on a big trip to Alaska. Shortly after moving into a condo, Rex passed away suddenly in 1991. Maggie lived there for 10 years before moving into the Lodge in 2001.

Maggie was a member of the Sacred Heart Parish and helped with the CWL functions for more than 50 years. Mag-gie enjoys good health, she has not had to be in the hospital except for child birth!

Today she lives at Meadowlark Care Home - Everyday she continues to en-joy her ‘fancy work’ crocheting doi-lies along with a good cup of coffee. Commenting often on how happy her younger childhood days were, they al-

ways got along and had good times. Very proud to have been a farmer’s wife and having had nine children. As she says, ‘She did her part’.

Maggie and Rex’s Children: Margaret - 1927, Frances - 1929, Ralph - 1930, and Catherine - 1933. Marilyn - 1938, Barbara - 1941, and Ron - 1942. Gilbert - 1948 and then Theresa - 1953, the ninth child.


Enhancing the parks green spaceShannon leClairTimes Reporter

A portion of land attached to Kins-men Park is owned by private individ-uals, and the Town has been negotiat-ing a purchase of the land for close to a year. The 10-acre parcel of land is located to the east of Kinsmen Park and many residents have assumed it was already a part of the park.

“The Kinsmen have been saying for quite a while to buy the land,” said Dwight Stanford, Chief Administrative Officer, CAO, for the town.

The Kinsmen Club has been push-ing the town to buy the land for some time and have sent letters asking the town to buy it. When administration received the letters, negotiations had been in the works for quite a while.

First reading for the borrowing by-law took place at the Feb. 16 council meeting. The land is being sold to the town at $1,750,000, which administra-tion ensures is a fair price after having an assessment done last fall. Before the sale can go forth the borrowing bylaw must be approved.

“The town wants to buy that so that

we can have more park space and make Kinsmen Park larger,” said Stan-ford.

Second and third reading for the by-law will take place on April 6.

“That allows for, under the Munici-pal Government Act, the required time for residents to bring forward a re-quest for a plebiscite,” said Mel Tiede, director of corporate services.

There is another 30 day waiting pe-riod after second and third reading, then the money can be borrowed after that. The first possible day to borrow the money would be May 9. Possession

would be June 1, so there is time to get the money to the owners. There are several different owners of the land.

“I think it’s a really important piece of property for the town. It’s essential as far as expanding that park in the downtown area and make use of it for the Town’s purposes,” said Councillor Pat Fule.

“I think it’s a very wise move, I think it’s something we’re all going to appre-ciate as time goes on.”

Information about the borrowing bylaw can be reviewed at www.strath-more.ca under public announcements.

Minor soccer looking forward to the opening of new fieldsShannon leClairTimes Reporter

Strathmore Minor Soccer held their Annual General Meeting, AGM, on Feb. 9, to discuss what is in store for them in 2011. Presi-dent Mark Shorhen said they have a few things on the go, such as the outdoor fields which won’t likely be playable until early summer. The new fields are lo-cated behind Walmart, east of the Ranch Estates, and Shorhen said it’s already the highlight of their year.

“We’re hopefully going to have something kind of in line with the Town’s centennial this year,” said Shorhen.

He said they would like to hold a grand opening once the fields are ready. Shorhen said recent discussions by the Golf Club and the Lions Club about opening a recreational facility were also dis-cussed at the AGM.

“We’re really hoping that can be spearheaded or go through soon-er than later. We’re in dire need of indoor facilities to increase our numbers,” said Shorhen.

The indoor teams practice in the school gyms, which isn’t re-ally all that beneficial, said Sho-rhen.

“They don’t have the boards, they’re playing on a fairly slip-pery wooden surface, it’s not the ideal conditions.”

The indoor teams also play in the city but sometimes may miss out on games due to poor road conditions. This year a U14 in-door boys team is heading to Edmonton to take part in provin-cials.

“Its (the) first in quite a few years that we’ve sent a team up there,” said Shorhen. Shorhen said the team going is a good team and it should be a very com-petitive game.

Like any group or organization funding is needed to keep things going and to keep costs down.

“We’re pursuing some fundrais-ing. We’re trying to keep soccer at a minimal cost to people just so that everybody has the ability to get into it,” said Shorhen.

He said one of the board mem-bers is coordinating the corporate end of things, and he said they hope to fundraise in some form. Shorhen also said with so many people coming into the sport, they are always looking for more coaches. He said for coaches who have been there for a bit they are looking to put them into coach-ing certification courses, giving them advanced training through Alberta soccer. He said you don’t only do the theory in the course, but actually participate in the drills. There is an online option at www.strathmoresoccer.ca, for parents wishing to enroll their children.

maggie Gregory proudly shows off the plaque, which was given to her from Wheatland County, commemorating her 104th birthday. Three of Gregory’s children were in attendance along with some friends to enjoy cupcakes and coffee with her on her birthday Feb. 18.

Shannon LeClair Photo

Building self confidence through horsesShannon leClairTimes Reporter

Late last year, Strathmore resident Kari Fulmek officially opened her new busi-ness, Spiritual Equine Connection. Unlike other equine-assisted learning programs, Spiritual Equine Connection, located three minutes west of Strathmore, is a building block program. It helps give kids a better sense of social security and self-confidence while teaching them other valuable life skills.

“Originally... the kids were very ap-prehensive around the animals because they’re quite large,” said Wheatland Ele-mentary School principal Kevin Lane.

“Some of them were very standoffish initially, so the comfort level with the ani-mals has really increased and their knowl-edge about getting them to do things and reading their body language has really im-proved.”

Four students from Wheatland School took part in the program, which had been sponsored by Encana. Lane said Leah Muenchrath was already a part of the pro-gram, and the other three students, Chay-ton Birch, Taylor Lindsay and Sebastian Primbs were picked because the school

felt they would benefit the most from it. “It’s helped him dealing with people, you

know with the horses and that and taking it over to with the siblings and other kids,” said Tammy, Chayton’s mom.

She said when Chayton comes home after taking part in the program that day, he’ll talk about the horses and what they did. She said he loves being there.

When Leah Muenchrath first began the program she was there on her own. Joy, Leah’s mom, said now the idea of coopera-tion is huge. The four students had their last lesson on Feb. 18 and have officially graduated from the program. Before they were given their plaques, each of the stu-dents were told to pick two words off the board that best described what they thought the program had taught them. The parents, and even Fulmek, were surprised and happy with some of the words chosen.

“What’s really neat is I love that she chose the word negotiation because just the other day she told me let’s negotiate,” said Joy.

The students will be heading back out to the arena in the spring, but until then are officially done with the program. Fulmek said she is going to miss working with the kids.

Local resident celebrates 104 birthday

Leah muenchrath, Tay-lor Lindsay, Sebastian Primbs and Chayton Birch graduated from the Spiritual equine Connec-tion on Feb. 18.



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On March 19 and 20, St. Gabriel the

Archangel Parish is hosting a

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Ministries. This high energetic team, through

talks, prayer, and music, will take you on a journey to strengthen

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contact Jeff/Annette @ 403-936-2030.

Royal Canadian Legion For information regarding hall rentals, darts and crib, please call 403.934.5119

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

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

Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup, meets every Thursday at 9:30 - 11:30 am. in the Strathmore United Church Basement. For more information call Tammy at 403-983-7284 or Ali at 403-934-2089. $1 per child

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

Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce meets the third Monday of the month @ 7:00 p.m. All members welcome. Check web page for meeting location. For more information call 403-901-3175 or www.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.

Come Fly With Us 903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. Meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the blue building and Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys & Girls welcome between 12 & 19 years. Call Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for more information.

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

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

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

Strathmore FASD Parent Support Group at the Strathmore United Church. For more info call Pam @652-4776.

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

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

Wheatland Conservation & Wildlife Association (Your local fish & game club). Meetings – 2nd Thursday every month, 7:30pm at the Clubhouse. Call Larry at 403-934-4388 for more information.

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

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

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

Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month. Tours, guest speakers, workshops and much more included in a membership. $20 single, $30 family. For more information visit www.strathmore-countrygardensclub.webs.com or phone Linda Pekrul 403-901-0017.

TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly Want to Lose Those Unwanted Pounds?? Need support to reach your goal? We are here for you! We meet every Thursday at 6:30 pm @ the Anglican Church. Contact Melissa @ 403-901-1566 or Lynne @ 403-934-4359 to join our journey to a fitter you.

Free Tree for all New Born Babies Attention all infants – remind your parents to register your birth so a tree can be planted commemorating your birth in the Chinook Credit Union Birth Forest in Strathmore. Registration Forms are available at the Town office, Chinook Credit Union and Health Unit. (A Communities in Bloom Project)

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

Adult Competitive Volleyball at Crowther Memorial Junior High in the gym every Wednesday from 7-9 pmContact is Lavern Lein 403-934-4646.

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

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

Strathmore Full Gospel Church We’re a Pentecostal Bible based family church that has something for all ages. Call 934-2225 or visit www.strathmorefullgospel.com

Wild Rose Career & Employment Services - Free drop-in JOB-FINDING CLUB, every Tuesday from 9 to noon. A Career Counsellor will share tips and tools to assist in your job search. Please call 403-934-6488 or drop by 101, 331-3rd. Avenue. Bring your lunch and join us for a Small Business Brown Bag presentation at Community Futures Wild Rose on Tuesday and Thursday from Noon to 1 pm. Weekly Topics.

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

Kidz 1st Network Parent Link Centre, We offer programs for children (0 – 6 yrs.) and their parents (caregivers)Strathmore ProgramsStay & Play - Mon. 10- 12, Wed. 9:30 - 11:30 and 4:00 - 8:30 p.m.Tot’s Time - Continuing Care Facility Mon. 1- 2Let’s Grow Together- Thurs. 10-12Sing and Play -Fri. 1-3Rockyford - Let’s Grow Together- Mon. 10:00-11:30Nightingale - Encouraging Development through Play - 10:00-11:30Standard - Sing and Play - Friday- 10:00-11:30Cluny- Let’s Grow Together - Thurs. 10:00-11:30All Programs are free. Please call 983-0016 ext.3 for program details.

HIV Edmonton providing support, education and advocacy for those infected with, affected by or at risk of HIV and AIDS for 25 years.Go to www.hivedmonton.com or call toll free 1.877.388.5742

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Join us in the First Round of Playoffs! Strathmore - Saturday, February 26, 8:00 pmStrathmore - Sunday, February 27 TBA Please check website for time & location

Okotoks - Friday, February 25, 8:00 pm • Okotoks - Monday, February 28, 8:30 pm

www.heritagejuniorb.com

Prior to their first playoff game on Family Day in Okotoks, the Wheatland Kings hosted the Cochrane Generals in their final regular season game on Feb. 20 at the Siksika Nation Deerfoot Sportsplex. Despite a solid effort, the Kings lost 6-4. Chief Fred Rabbit Carrier dropped the ceremonial puck be-tween Kings forward Leslie Doore and Cochrane’s Jason Labelle.

Doug Taylor Photos

Kings step-up, fall in OTMario PrusinaTimes Editor

Despite losing Game 1 of their best-of-five series ver-sus the Okotoks Bisons, the Wheatland Kings are optimis-tic they have what it takes to move on the second round of the post season.

According to Kings head coach Doug Murphy, the local junior B team can build off of Monday night’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Bisons.

“It was without question, the best game we’ve played all this year, probably as an organization,” said Murphy. “It was absolutely awesome. We came out and we totally dom-inated the first 15 minutes.”

The Kings took a 1-0 lead early in the contest, before the Oilers struck for three un-answered goals. However, the Bisons showed tremendous resiliency and tied the game late in the second period with

a pair of goals of their own.After a seesaw battle in the

third, which saw the Kings push the play, the Bisons cap-italized on one mistake to win the game in overtime.

However, the Kings have a lot of positives to take from Game 1.

“We’re extremely pleased and we’re very much looking forward to the next game,” said Murphy. “We just need to put our scoring chances in the net.”

Game 2 of the series was scheduled to be played Feb. 23 at the Strathmore Family Centre. However, because of the refrigeration system fail-ure at the arena, that game was moved to Feb. 25 (8 p.m.) in Okotoks. The Kings will host Game 3 on Feb. 26 (8 p.m.) and Game 4 (Feb. 27, TBA) at the Strathmore Fam-ily Centre.

Visit www.heritagejuniorb.com for the full schedule.

Tykes take the iceStrathmore Minor Hockey hosted their annual half-pint hockey tournament Feb. 21. After the ice machine failure at the Strath-more Family Centre, the one-day tournament was rescheduled for the Gleichen Arena. Despite a change in venue, the players and fans had a great time.

Mario Prusina Photos


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On behalf of the Gleichen and District Minor Hockey Association, I would like to thank the following for making our second annual

Hockey Day in GA a success:

Encana • The Gleichen Lions • The Cluny LionsThe Country Farm House - Cluny • Brownview Farms

UFA - Strathmore • The Travelodge - StrathmoreTotem - Strathmore • Canadian Tire - Strathmore

Home Hardware - Strathmore • M&M Meats - StrathmoreBoston Pizza - Strathmore • Pioneer Seeds - Dave Sammons

Mayfair Lumber Sales - Calgary • Volker StevinSSM Heating - Bassano • Shephas Trucking - Olds

Gleichen Fire Dept • Lalis - Race Track Gas - GleichenGleichen RCMP • Robert & Barb Clark

Hockey Alberta • Sports Equipment for KidsSeveral Anonymous Donors

Also, a special thank you our Ice Men, Bill Sheppard and Curtis Lussier who worked on our outdoor rinks during often

trying conditions. Thanks to our community members with and without children in our program- you make me proud to be part

of this community. Finally thanks to our players, parents and volunteers from near and far who make it all worth it!

Thank You

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The Holy Cross Col-legiate and Strath-more High School JV boys basketball teams played an ex-hibition game against each other on Feb. 17. The Hawks beat the Spartans with a final score of 66-56.


Spartans and Hawks face off


The UFA Bisons took control of their first round playoff series versus the Calgary Northstars with a 2-1 overtime win on Feb. 21 at the max Bell Centre.

Mario Prusina Photos

Bisons advance to second roundMario PrusinaTimes Editor

After defeating Calgary’s northeast triple-A midget team, the UFA Bisons have their sights set on the city’s northwest squad.

The Bisons, who are now gearing up for a best-of-five second round series with the Calgary Flames, swept the Calgary Northstars 2-0 in the opening round of the playoffs.

Despite starting the series on the road after the ice machine malfunction at the Strathmore Fam-ily Centre, the Bisons snuck out a 2-1 overtime win at the Max Bell Centre on Feb. 21, before closing out the series with a 6-3 ‘home’ win in Cochrane the following day.

“The guys pushed themselves,” said Bisons head coach Parry Shockey after clinching the series. “We had some adversity to fight through with all the distractions going on, but that’s what hockey teams are built of. I think it’s a huge growth for us maturity wise – we found a way to win.”

Both teams scored twice in the first period, be-fore the Bisons had a three-goal outburst in the second period, taking a 5-3 lead after two periods of play.

UFA clinched the game with an empty net goal, advancing to the second round.

“We have to give them a lot of credit – they never quit until the last whistle,” said Shockey. “We bent, but we didn’t break and we got great performances from our secondary scoring.”

The first game of the series was much different, as both teams battled back and forth in a defen-sive battle.

Kirby Ruzesky scored midway through the sec-ond period to give the Bisons a 1-0 lead. Calgary tied the game early in the third period, setting the stage for a nerve-wracking overtime.

The Northstars managed to put the puck be-hind Bisons goaltender Devon Fordyce, who made 36 saves on the night, but the goal was called off after an apparent high-stick. Minutes later, Connor Chartier capitalized on a rebound to take Game 1.

“It’s a little bit of a blur,” confessed Chartier after scoring the game winner. “I pretty much just shot it – I don’t even recall how it went in. It doesn’t matter as long as it goes in.”

Now the focus for the Bisons is the second round series versus the Calgary Flames, which is slated to begin Feb. 24 at the Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary.

“We’re looking forward to playing the Flames,” said Shockey. “They are a good hockey club and we’ve had some good games against them.

“We need to slow them down and take our game to them. We’re probably a little more physi-cal than they are, so we have to play that game. It puts a little more wear-n-tear on your people, but our depth is the key right now.”

The schedule for the series has not been pub-lished as of press time. Check out www.amhl.ab.ca for the full details.

WAA updateIn the final weekend of the season, the Wheat-

land Braves AA peewee team tied the Cranbrook Ice and the Taber Golden Suns to clinch a berth in the SCAHL post season.

The Braves earned a 6-6 draw versus the Ice on Feb. 20, before tying the Suns 5-5 on Feb. 21, giv-ing them the same points as the Foothills Bisons.

However, because of their mastery of the Bi-sons, going 3-0-1 during their head-to-head bat-tle, the Braves claimed the tiebreaker and the fi-nal playoff spot.

The sixth-ranked Braves will travel to Red Deer to take on the Parkland on Feb. 25, before host-ing Game 2 in Hussar (12 p.m.) the following day. Game 3, if necessary, will be held in Red Deer on Feb. 27 (11:30 a.m.)

Meanwhile, the Wheatland Warriors bantam team will host the Red Deer Steel Kings in their first-round playoff series this weekend.

After earning the third-seed with a 17-9-6 re-cord, the Warriors will host the Kings in Game 1 on Feb. 25 (7:30 p.m.) in Hussar, before Game 2 takes place in Red Deer the following day at 12:30 p.m. Game 3, if necessary, is back in Hussar on Feb. 27 starting at 12:30 p.m.

The Wheatland Chiefs will look to clinch first-place in the SCAHL South Division when they close out their regular season this weekend. The Chiefs will take on Bow Valley Feb. 24 (7:30 p.m.) in Cochrane, before hosting them the following day in Standard at 8:30 p.m. Wheatland will close out the regular season when they travel to Airdrie on Feb. 26 (8:15 p.m.).


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Mel BoscheeStrathmore Ice Creamers

Our Ice Creams were busy this week-end with travelling on Saturday to Co-chrane to take on the Rockies and then to Picture Butte to play a double header against the Lethbridge Crushers. Satur-day was an absolutely fantastic game with the pride and determination to leave Cochrane with a win. After the first period the Ice Creams were down two goals, but were not ready to give up. They came out strong passing, stick checking and playing hard. In the end the Cochrane Rockies posted the win of 8-7 but not without a lot of hard work.

Sunday took the Ice Creams down to Picture Butte to take on the Lethbridge Crushers. The last time these two teams met was in the Tournament in Lethbridge the Ice Creams attended. Coaches were a little worried about the “travel legs” but the Ice Creams were ready. There was lots of determination and lots of passing, and when the dust settled after the first game, the Ice Creams won the game 11 -6. There was so much effort in that game that we were all ready to see the results of the second game. After a 10-minute break, both teams hit the ice. The Crushers were ready to show the Ice Creams what they were made of, they did not crush the Ice Creams but they were able to pull a win of 6-3.

The Ice Creams may not have had a winning weekend on the ice, but they truly had a winning weekend as a team.

The girls played so hard and their efforts were recognized by the Coaches (Lana/Vince/Guy) and the parents. You girls are truly stars!

Great goaltending by McKenna Blades and Jaden Tashlikowich and our goals scorers for the weekend: Daylen Wathen, Jaden Tashlikowich, Ainsley Olson, Ab-bey Hilton, Jaidyn Eitzen, Payton Jensen, Cayley Boschee, Emily Bailie, Brooklyn Reinhart. Our super passers and “as-sisters” were McKenna Blades, Meghan Munchrath, Shelby Lane and Abby Bratt. You girls really showed your team spirit and your true team value - true team players! And there was the true Success Story for the weekend.

This weekend will see the Ice Creams traveling to Cochrane (again) on Satur-day and Airdrie on Sunday.

Ice Creamers have successful weekend

On Feb. 18, families were in-vited to bring their kids down to the Family Centre to ‘Come try Ringette’ for free. The event took place from 4:30 to 5:30 and saw the gold ice filled with kids learning the basics of rin-gette. Before heading off the ice to get ready to go home all of the kids took part playing the game ‘What time is it Mr. Wolf.’

Shannon LeClair Photos

Meadowlark Home

Independent Doesn’t Have to

Mean Alone Comfort,

companionship & individual attention.

Call Debbie 403-934-5294 Let’s chat. See if we are a good fit for your needs.

www.MeadowlarkCareHome.com

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heLP wanted

We are seeking staff who are hard working, conscientious and

self-motivated. Outdoor work and greenhouse work. Duties include, pruning, planting, greenhouse

transplanting, lifting, repetitive tasks, working with plants. Experience and Education in Horticulture an

asset. Must have a vehicle. Wages $8.83/hr .Start Date March 1, 2011. We are located 20 min east of

Calgary in the County of Rockyview. Please fax your resume to Greenview Nurseries

& Tree Farms Corp.403-936-5981, or email info@

greenviewnurseries.ca

SHS Parents Sponsored Grad Banquet

meetinG monday, February 28 • 8 pm

Upstairs in the Strathmore Legion For information contact Karen 403-934-6933

or email [email protected] join our Facebook group at

Strathmore Grads 2011The SHS Parent Sponsored Grad Banquet

is being held on May 28th.

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

FORM 5Irrigation Districts Act

(Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGETHE AREA OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

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

Applications to remove parcels consist of:

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

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

Jim Webber, P. Eng. General Manager

Western Irrigation District

FORM 5Irrigation Districts Act (Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE AREA OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

TAKE NOTE that applications have been received by the Western Irrigation

District to change the area of the District.

Applications to remove parcels consist of: Name of Landowner CargillLimited Number of Irrigation Acres 30 Legal Land Description SE9-22-26W4

AnypersonwishingtocomplainisrequiredtosubmitawrittencomplainttotheWesternIrrigationDistrictatBox2372105-900PineRoad,Strathmore,Alberta,T1P1K3within30daysafterthedateofthepublicationofthisnotice.

Erwin Braun, P.L. (Eng) General Manager

Western Irrigation District

WHEATLAND COUNTY

UPCOMING PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

Wheatland County Regional Growth Management Strategy

5:00 - 8:00 pm Wednesday March 9, 2011

Strathmore Centennial Civic Centre120 Brent Blvd Strathmore, AB

Presentations at 5:00pm and 7:00pm

All residents of Wheatland County are invited to participate. Wheatland County Council and staff

will be in attendance. The open house will be hosted by Dillon Consulting.

If you have any questions please contact the Planning Department at

(403) 934-3321.

legal noticeLocation of Property: Legal land description

SE-28-24-25-W4M, across from Oxbow

Golf Course on Township Road 244

Items Need to Be

Removed: Vehicles, recreational vehicles, storage bins, building material, utility

trailers

Deadline Date: April 30, 2011

After April 30, 2011 this property is now owned

by John Coldwell (C6 Ranch Ltd).

LegaL notiCeS

You are Invited to attend our

Public benefit club

Meetingin carseland

Wednesday, March 27:30 pm

in the Senior’s Room of thecarseland Hall

Our Guest Speaker is Amelia Clarke, President of the Old Sun Community

College who has some wonderful stories to share.

Refreshments to follow.We hope to see you there!

March 11 @ 12 noonDouglass agro ltD.

(Russell & Pam Douglass, Gem AB)

350 hd Straight Blk Coming 3yr old Angus Cows (2nd calvers)

Bulls out July 13 - Sept.490% Rwf, 10% Angus Bulls

Cows are on Bovashield Gold ProgramSee ouR weBSite foR PiCtuReS

“Serving Alberta’s Livestock Industry Since 1940”

BrookS, ALBertA (403) 362-5521

Carseland & District Community & Agricultural Society

Carseland Lions Club

Annual Fundraising Dinner

Saturday, March 12Door open 5:30 pm

Dinner 6:30 pm • Auction 8:00 pm

Door prizes include: Apple IPad, Wii, BlueRay Player

Tickets: $15. Available from any Carseland Lions Member, Library, ATB Carseland, Carseland Hotel

For info call 403 934 6007

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meetingS

Coming eventS

Logocontest

Attention Artists of All Ages, the lyalta recreation Association

is holding a logo Contest! The winner will get a prize of $50.00

and a free t-shirt! All ideas, colors, and deigns are welcome

by all ages. The only requirement is to include “Lyalta Recreation Association”

within the logo!Submit all entries online to

[email protected] or by mail to Box 13 Site 18 RR2 Strathmore, Alberta T1P 1K5

by March 18th, 2011 include your name, and contact number.

Learning ringette basics


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help wantedhelp wanted


If you like people, sales and the outdoors, we are looking for you. Eagle Lake Landscape Supply is hiring for the following positions:

- InsIde sales - shIppIng & ReceIvIng - YaRd supeRvIsoRWe are a new Landscape Supply centre located just off of 84th Street SE, Calgary.

Send resumes to [email protected]

Town of STraThmoreemployment opportunities

Where Quality of Life is A Way of Life

Lifeguard/Instructors Competition #TOS2011-005

Senior Head Guards Competition #TOS2011-006

Fitness Instructors Competition #TOS2011-007

The Town of Strathmore is a vibrant community of 12,139 people located on the Trans Canada Highway 40 km. East of Calgary. The Town is looking for highly motivated individuals seeking the opportunity to join our diverse team. We offer a friendly team spirited work environment, including great

values and open dialogue, innovation, collaborative relationships, continuous learning, and employee well-being.

The ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:Lifeguard/Instructors• 16 years of age• Current NLS Award• Current Standard First Aid Award• Current CPR C / AED Award• Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Award• Lifesaving Instructor / Examiner Award (An Asset)• Any other qualifications are an asset

Senior Head Guards• Grade 12 or equivalent• Current NLS Award• Current Standard First Aid Award• Current CPR C / AED Award• Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Award• Lifesaving Instructor / Examiner Award (An Asset)• Swimming Pool Operator Level 1 (An Asset)• Any other qualifications are an asset

Fitness Instructors• Grade 11 or equivalent• Current AFLCA (Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association)• Current Standard First Aid Award• Current CPR C / AED Award (within one year)• Any other qualifications are an asset• Must be 18 years of age

We are seeking Full Time and Part Time staff.If you possess the required competencies, please submit your resume to:

Linda Nelson, Deputy CAOTown of Strathmore

680 Westchester Road, Strathmore AB T1P 1J1Email: [email protected]

help wanted

help wanted

CJS Agro ServiCeS Ltd.A family owned business located in Hussar AB,

which has been in business for the past 30 years. Has become one of the biggest independent retailers of agricultural inputs in Alberta is

currently accepting applications for the following full time positions.

MiLLwright – Competition # 1125In this role, the Millwright is responsible for

maintaining and preventative maintenance of all blending equipment in our dry fertilizer facility

which handles 30,000 MT a year.If you have the following: 2 years or more

experience, problem solving, welding, lifting 34 Kg (75 lbs), able to repair, replace and diagnose all

mechanical problems, we want to hear from you. Salary $25/Hr we also offer benefits

after 3 months.

FertiLizer BLending/wArehouSe operAtionS StAFF

2 vacancies – Competition # 1130In these positions the successful candidates

will be responsible for receiving and inspecting incoming product, loading customer trucks, palletize cases, wrap and load onto trucks,

inventory control. Will have direct customer contact. If you have the following: 1 year or more forklift experience, customer service,

lifting of 34 Kg (75 lbs), TDG, WHMIS and basic computer knowledge, we want to hear from you.

Salary $20/Hr we also offer benefits after three months.

For all positions First Aid CPR and steel toed footwear required.

We have also found the most successful relationships we’ve had over the years have been

with folks who are incredibly professional, disciplined, focused and leave their egos

at the door. Attitude comes first.

Please forward your resume with cover letter, by March 4 to:

CJS Agro Services Ltd.Attn: Corey

Box 143, Hussar, AB T0J 1S0Fax (403) 787-2395

Email [email protected]

help wanted

Custom feedlot & farming operation looking

for full-time employees

Competitive wages including O.T and other Benefits.

Valid driver’s licence and a good attitude a must. High school

diploma an asset.

Send resumes to:namaka farms inC.

Box 2409, Strathmore, AB T1P 1K3Fax (403) 934-6133

TEMPORARY OFFICE HELP NEEDED

Stella-Jones Canada Inc is looking for a detailed oriented individual to fill a data entry

position for its Carseland Facility. This full time 40 hour/week position will run from mid March until the end of August.

Interested applicants may fax a resumeto (403)934-5880 Attention: Ron

or email [email protected]

www.byronsmithford.com

In Preparation for our 2011 Building Renovation,

we RequIRe addItIonal staff!

sales Consultants

& seRvICe teChnICIans

Sales experience preferred but not necessary

as we will provide training.

Send your resume to [email protected]

or drop it off at 1040 Westridge Road, Strathmore

Full-time

Feedlot laborer required

Carseland area feedlot requires full time employees. Duties include processing cattle, equipment maintenance, feed

truck and pen riding. Wages are competitive with health benefits

package. Class 5 is required. Class one license is considered an asset.

Applicants bilingual in English and Spanish will be considered an asset.

Send resumes to bruce Farms ltd., RR#1, Strathmore, Alberta T1P 1J6

or fax 403 934 2567

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

ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK Competition Number: TOS2011 - 008

An employment opportunity exists for a full time An employment opportunity exists for a fulltime Administrative Clerk with the Town of Strathmore. If you have excellent oral communication skills and enjoy working with the public, can work indepen-dently as well as enjoy being part of a team this could be the opportunity you are looking for!

Duties will include, but are not limited to:• answering the Town’s busy switchboard;• processing the Town’s incoming and outgoing mail and courier deliveries; • ordering of stationary, printed materials, and other office supplies; • work with departments to coordinate the purchase & programming of cell phones;• responsible for the control and maintenance of keys and security systems for the Town’s facilities; • word processing as required.

The successful applicant will have Grade 12 or equivalent, at least two years reception/switchboard experience and a good knowledge of computers in-cluding Microsoft Office. Must have a valid Class 5 Driver’s license and provide your own vehicle.

Rate of Pay: $19.23 - $22.24 per hour

Those interested in applying should submit a com-plete resume to: Linda Nelson, Deputy CAO Town of Strathmore 680 Westchester Road Strathmore, AB T1P 1J1 Email: [email protected] (when emailing please quote the Competition #)Visit our website at www.strathmore.ca

Closing date for applications is March 11th, 2011. Town of STraThmoreemployment opportunities

Where Quality of Life is A Way of Life

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Competition #TOS2011-009

The Town of Strathmore is a vibrant and progressive community of 12,139 people, located on the Trans Canada Highway 22 minutes. East of Calgary. .

We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join the ad-ministrative team. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, the role of Executive Assistant will appeal to a strategic thinker who thrives in a challenging and progressive environment. The Town of Strathmore is an employer offering growth, a supportive and entrepreneurial environment, and opportunity to succeed. We endeavor to be leaders in municipal sustainability, and encourage our employees to help us achieve excellence.

The successful candidate will be required to have a comprehensive background in municipal secretarial/administrative support, with experience in Bylaw and policy formatting, superior minute taking skills, and excellent knowledge of Municipal Council/Board procedures. Must be willing to work on a flexible basis, as some evening work is required.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have a post secondary education in an administrative field, along with a minimum of five years of broad and progres-sive experience in a municipal secretarial/administrative role in a supervisory capacity. You must have strong interpersonal and communication skills. Cer-tificate in Local Government Administration will be an asset.

Salary: The salary range for this position is $28.14 - $32.45 per hour. The Town of Strathmore offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the Local Authorities Pension Plan, and Health & Wellness Benefit.

Candidates without a post secondary education in an administrative field and 5 years of progressive experience in a municipal secretarial/administrative role will not be considered.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity, please forward your resume, quoting the Competition # to:

Linda Nelson, Deputy CAOTown of Strathmore

680 Westchester RoadStrathmore AB T1P 1J1

Email: [email protected]

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is selected.

3 bdrm house on acreage near carseland with high-way access. $900/mth + utili-ties. n/s & mature adults only. call 403-934-2467.

available immediately, fur-nished common area with mi-crowave, bar fridge, & 32” tv. includes 3 piece bath. $550 a month inc. util. $550 sec. dep. Ph.983-2725 or 921-5082.

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looking for Profession-al hair stylist. minimum 2 years experience. call 403-701-7439.

house for rent, available march 1st. 2 bdrm, fireplace, fridge, stove, washer, dryer – all energy efficient. large fenced yard, dog friendly. $1000/mth + d.d. call tanya at 403-934-6728.

nice & clean 25’ x 32’ work-shop with 240 power, plenty of parking. 5 minutes east of strathmore off of highway 1. $500/mth. 403-616-8993.

rentalsexPerienced toddler room staff required. must have first aid and be certified in childcare. drop off resumes at the day care. 309 2nd ave. strathmore, ab.

tire technician needed, f/t. must have drivers li-cense. experience preferred but willing to train. drop resume off at fountain tire, 1010 Westridge road, strath-more.

driver/laborers re-quired. must have class 3/air. contact craig at 403-533-3838.

exPerienced Parts Per-son for busy heavy duty vehicle repair shop in strath-more. fax resume to 403-901-1531.

red and black angus bulls for sale. yearlings and 2 year olds. semen tested and deliv-ered. call mardy skibsted at 403-934-2571.

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help wanted

Get your Classified ads in the times!

Get your Classified ads in!

Call traCey 934-5589

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new listing $259,900

opEn houSE $194,900 - 203 Ranch Ridge Meadows

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opEn houSE $499,900 - 26 Grand pointe Estate

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“not intended to solicit property already listed.”

Call KEVIn 403-561-0037

3 bedrooms, 1/2 duplex, single car garage, finished basement

new listing $245,900

Kori-Lynn StepaniuKMortgage Specialist

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Strathmore & AreaTel: [email protected]

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Buy noW prior to tHe government cHangeS marcH 18

1381 sq ft Bungalow

For further information, please call (403) 901-6036

3+1 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, hardwood, new carpets and tile, theatre room,

games room; two gas fireplaces. Must be seen to be appreciated!

open House saturday, feb 26th from 2-4 pm. # 40 Hillview Drive, strathmore. $365,000.00

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Canyon Creek (Strathmore)www.strathmorerealty.ca

Your Running Realtor

Hayley’s Feature Property

Hayley Poirier 403-934-2001

Rosebud Creek flows through with scenic areas, wildlife. Home Site serviced with

bungalow & garage plus quonset. Gas Lease revenue.

Recreational investment opportunities.

For more information call Hayley Poirier 403-934-2001Leo Helfrich 403-923-7776

932 Acre Farm

Upper dUplex one mile from Strathmore, 2 bdrm, n/p. $1000/mth + utilities & $1000/ d.d. Upper dUplex in Strathmore, 3 bdrm, n/p, n/S. $1000/mth + utilities & $1000/d.d. Wood burning fireplace in both rentals. ref-erences required. 403-934-3196.

Shared accomodationS furnished or not, one bdrm, available march 1st. $550 plus utilities. call 403-850-4593.one Bdrm Bachelor SUite. available march 1st. $550 in-cludes utilities.

fUrniShed room for rent, (5 minutes from Strathmore, 20 minutes to calgary), $550/mth includes utilities, n/S but pets/horses are negotiable. call 403-461-5544.

2 Bdrm apartment in Strath-more, $1100/mth + $1000 d.d. heat, power, water & cable are included. n/S, n/p. call 403-934-3212.

chinooK iii. 2 Bdrm. $900/mo. dd required. heat & water included. no pets. call Jane at 403-934-6896.

for rent, cottage at G&r equine centre, Suit one person, $700.00, call 403 875-9724.

2 Bdrm condo/apartment including washer, dryer, dish-washer, gas fireplace & 2 parking stalls. n/S, n/p. avail-able immediately. $900/mth + utilities and + d.d. call 403-274-9639.

3 Bdrm, 1 Bath hoUSe for rent in Strathmore. fridge, stove, dishwasher, fireplace & large fenced yard. double parking pad, shared laundry & storage. $1050/mth + d.d. + utilities. available march 1, n/S, pets negotiable), call 403-901-0309.

oUt of toWn 26 ac & 14,000 sq ft newer industrial Build-ing for Sale near cluny. www.century21.ca/100662017. Bob Sheddy.ca @ 403.324.2222.

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Light Construction & Garden Equipment • TrenchingNew & Used Equipment • Sales & Service

Lar-Don RentaLs Ltd.

15 Spruce Lane, Strathmore

Bus: 403-934-3727 Fax: 403-934-3849

Echo Power Equipment

rental equipment

Marv Poettcker

“Your Painting Pro”

Painting since 1975

co-alta HoldingsO 403.901.1137C 403.880.3299

Specializing in Repainting (Inside / Outside)

Residential • Light Industrial • Commercial

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PLUMBING

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plumbing

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[email protected]

403-934-5139 • fax 403-901-6265

Newborn to KindergartenNEW Before & After School

Licensed & Accredited Charitable Organization

day care

Your Local Realtor with the

Calgary Connection

Jim Buckle

(403) 325-7347 www.calgarytocountryhomes.ca

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Your Local Realtor with the

Calgary Connection

Jody Buckle

(403) 560-2652 www.calgarytocountryhomes.ca

real estate

403-934-5707

Greg Wilson153 Orchard Park Road,

Strathmore, AB

mufflers

Whole Home

We make your house a HOME

Specializing in:• Painting

• Basement Development• Family Rooms• Kitchen Reno’s

• Bathroom Reno’s• Play Rooms• Tile Work

• Laminate Flooring• Hardwood Flooring

• Plumbing• Light Electrical

• Deck & Fence RepairCall Today for a FREE ESTIMATE

403-620-1970

BLACK EAgLE SERvICESgeneral Contractor / Handyman

403-620-1970Email: [email protected]

general contractors

huxtedWaste Disposal & Port-A-Potties

Serving Strathmore, Drumheller & Areas

403.934.560510B Bayside Place, Strathmore, AB

waste disposal

general contractors


by the day, week or monthfrom Flatdecks to Cargo Trailers

StrathmoreTrailer Rentals

Jeff: 403.804.3070 Jody: 403.999.5937email: [email protected]

117 Orchard Way, Strathmore. AB

trailer rentals

Renovations, RepaiRs & ConstRuCtion

Basements, Bathrooms, Custom Sheds, Custom Counter Tops & Beyond

Interior & Exterior • Residential & Commercial

FRee estimates

403-629-9010

renovations / repairs

M&M Drilling Co. Ltd

• Water Well Drilling

• Pump Systems: Supply, Install & Repair

• Water Conditioning Equipment

403-934-4271StrathmoreServing the rural Community for 58 yearS

water well drilling

Kelly’scarpentry

Finishing • Painting Decks • siDing

35 years experience

Kelly franKs 403.533.2169

No Job to SmallExceptional Work at Affordable Prices

carpentry

Canyon Creek (Strathmore)

“Constantly Selling More Real Estate”

Tina Scott 403-901-5388

www.strathmorerealty.ca

real estate

Custom Carpentry & Renovations

Carmon WiebePh. 403.901.0884 c. 403.710.2165

carpentry

DEAL WITH EXPERIENCE· Specializing in new home construction draw mortgages· Home Equity Lines · Raw Land · Mortgage Refinance

Vonnie BoschMobile Mortgage SpecialistPh: 403 701 [email protected]

mortgages

Specializing in Diesel Repair

automotive

403.901.5472 . [email protected]

dennis j seibel

media

Specializing in new conStruction &commercial & reSidential renovationS

John Napperowner / operatior

BuS: (403) 923-0584Fax: (403) 226-8351

email: [email protected]

FaSt, proFeSSional & aFFordaBle

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2010 JEEpgrand ChErokEE Ltd

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2009 mazdab2300 sX

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2007 dodgECaravan $10,888

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2009 dodgEJournEy r/t awd $26,848

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