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SHANNON LECLAIR
Times Reporter
The Town of Strathmore held an openhouse on Jan. 14 to introduce residents tosome of the ideas and changes being pro-posed in the new Municipal DevelopmentPlan (MDP). Some of the topics discussedwere indentifying future school sites, usesfor land south of the highway, increaseddensity, downtown revitalization and sec-ondary suites.
The majority of people seemed to bequite pleased with the way the directionwas going. There were some people whooddly enough didnt think developersshould be paying the cost of develop-
ment, which we thought was a little bitodd and maybe people just dont under-stand, said Pat Maloney, senior plannerwith the town.
We didnt get a lot of opposition toanything that we were proposing.
Some people didnt think downtown re-vitalization should be as high a priorityas being proposed but all that attendedseemed to agree that it was a good thing.The next step, now that the open house
is over, is to take both the public andinternal staff comments and prepare thedraft of the MDP for first reading. Malo-ney said she is hoping that will happen atthe second meeting in February. A publichearing will then be set for a later date,either the second meeting in March or the
first in April.At the public hearing of course every-
body will have the opportunity to speakfor or against, said Maloney.
Were hoping that the option is eitherthat the document is approved on thatdate or council will send it for possiblysome edits or revisions.The next major project for the town is
the revised Land Use Bylaw, which cantbe worked on until the MDP is in place.
After the Municipal Development Planthe first thing will be to finish the LandUse Bylaw and then council has directedstaff to prepare concept plans for all ofthe annexed lands, said Maloney.
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Ignite lit up the stage at the Hope Community Covenant Church on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m.
Ignite is a small group of youth club musicians trying to bring together friendship and faith within
the community of Strathmore.
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SHANNON LECLAIR
Times Reporter
At the Jan. 22 regular town councilmeeting Councillor Bob Sobol had aquestion for administration regard-ing water wells. He wanted to knowif there are still businesses or residen-
cies that still use private water wells fortheir water supply that have access tothe town infrastructure.
He also questioned if those peopleare paying any cost towards the wa-terline and infrastructure that supplieswater to Strathmore and what regula-tions are in place that deals with pri-vate water wells in town, specificallythose who have access to the town wa-ter supply.
Chief Administrative Officer DwightStanford said there are four residenc-es on Centre St, one on 5 Ave, one onWaddy Lane that havent hooked upand are still using wells.
Were not sure if theres even thehookups, said Stanford.
There would be a water and sewertie in on Centre Street but Stanford isnot sure if it was ever taken to some
of those properties. If the homeownerhas to bring the lines to their propertyfrom the street, and have to dig up theasphalt the cost could run at $10,000.There is also one business that does
have water hooked up right inside theirbuilding but they use a well to savemoney. Sobol wondered then what the
towns policy is.The town policy is everybody wherethere is water and sewer available hasto hook and has to use it. If it is waterthey have to have a water meter, saidStanford.
By available it means if it is on thestreet there for people to hook into, itdoesnt necessarily mean the pipes al-ready have to be at that persons homeor business. They are responsible tohave water and sewer.
Stanford said he doesnt think themajority of the on well water is payinganything towards the water infrastruc-ture.
If they wont go of off the wellabout the only thing you can do is, we
checked a few years ago, we have tohire somebody to come in and put con-crete in the well so that they cannot use
it, said Stanford.A question was raised by Councillor
John Rempel is its possible those prop-erties were grandfathered in to the oldagreement.
It may have been option back in theday that people could have their wells,but as long as Stanford can remember
people have not had a choice, theyhave to be tied in to town water andsewer. There were a number of ques-tions regarding penalties for not beingtied into the water and sewer lines, andwho would be responsible for the hookup and fees now that the developer islong gone.
We may have a buyer beware situa-tion if the property has been sold andtheres a new purchaser in there. Theyhave a responsibility as a purchaser tomake sure all the rules and regulationsare followed, said Mayor Michael Ell.A motion was made to gather more
information and bring it back to councilat a later date. The request will includehealth and safety concerns, bylaw com-
pliance, and historical context wherepossible and then recommendation tocouncil with options for future action.
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The concept plans wont be a fullArea Structure Plan, but they will givean indication on future land uses.Once that is outlined, then the engi-neering department can update theMaster Servicing Strategy and Trans-portation Plan based on the proposeddensity and uses.
Residents are welcome to stop bythe town office to pick up a copy ofthe questionnaire. You can also go on-line and see the display boards and thePowerPoint presentation.
Maloney said the open house wasfairly low key, with only about 35 peo-ple in attendance, but because of thepassport option brought in those whoattended were more engaged.
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Town plans for the future
Season winding down
Water well debate
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its been a learnng year for the Strathore ice
Hawks. The U14B tea has struggled wththe new copetton that was nstruented
ths year for Rngette Alberta. The copet-
ton has been stff, but the grls have pulled
together and fored lastng frendshps. De-spte a tough year, the grls have had one of
ther ost fun and ost eorable years to
date. Frst te head coach Terry Duonceau
as well as the assstant coaches have done a
treendous job of buldng self estee, andprootng frendly copetton n hs grls.
The Hawks won 10-2 on Saturday, Jan. 25
aganst the Ardre U14B tea.
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Jan. 31 - Feb. 6, 2014
SHANNON LECLAIR
Times Reporter
Too often we as a society base our thoughts and opinionson things shown to us without learning more about the sub-ject firsthand. This is true of many things, including manypeoples perceptions of Islamic people.
Helping people see past fears and misconceptions are justa couple of reasons why members of the Ahmadiyya MuslimJamaat community are coming to Strathmore.
Umair Khan, a missionary based out of the Baitun NurMosque in Calgary, and his colleagues are bringing an Un-derstanding Islam exhibit to the Strathmore Municipal Li-brary Feb. 6 to 8. On Feb. 8 there will be a question andanswer period beginning at 3 p.m.
That is where we want people to come and ask us thosequestions they felt might be a little racist, we want people toask that, we want people to put us on the spot and questionour religion because we are very deep in our belief that wewill give answers from the Holy Quran and Islam perspec-tive that will satisfy people, said Khan.
I understand that if I wasnt Muslim, if I was a non-Muslimand I was seeing what happened on the news then yes itseasy to get a certain image, a wrong image about the com-munity. We understand that and if anything were actuallyhappy if people speak up and lets us know their concerns sothat we can kind of do our part in clarifying that.
One of the main reasons that we do this is that peoplehave the wrong perception of Islam, especially because ofthings happening around the world. Many people say thatMuslim communities arent doing enough to speak up, so wewant people to know that our community, we are speaking
up to let people know that we arent all extremists werepeaceful people.If questions are asked respectfully and asked with inten-
tion of clearing up a preconceived notion, Khan said theywill have no problem answering it, even if it may seem like
a controversial question.Khan said he is hoping to also get some of the women
from their Mosque to come to Strathmore to talk about whythey cover up. In Islam women are encouraged to look beau-tiful for her husband and family members, but in public theymust keep modest. In public you dont know what the in-tentions are of the person looking at you, and so they coverup as a way of safeguarding a womans respect and she getsjudged based on who she is, not her physical appearance.
We want people to meet them and ask them why theywear that. I personally would rather have them explain it,because that is their own struggle too in a society where itis a modern society, people want to show off their physicalbeauty. It is tough for a lot of these girls, said Khan.
There are different interpretations of the Holy Quran.
Khan said his group are Muslims who believe in the Messiah.Many are waiting for the literal fulfillment of the prophecieswhereas Khan and members of his community believe in themetaphorical side.The motto Khan and members of his Mosque and commu-
nity stand by is love for all, hatred for none. Love of home-land is also a big part of their faith. Obviously not all of themhave been born in Canada, but they are big on respecting thecountry they choose to call home, and each year on CanadaDay the Baitun Nur Mosque holds a Canada Day celebrationthat sees thousands of people attend. The girls and womenwill still wear their headscarves, and will sing the nationalanthem and celebrate the fact they are able to live in peacein such a beautiful country.
Yes, were Canadians but that doesnt mean we have toget rid of our religion, we like to make our religion part ofour Canadian identity, said Khan.
The hope is to have someone on hand all three days theexhibit is at the library, though the official question and an-swer period will only be held on Feb. 8. This is a great op-portunity to find out the answer to many of the questionsyou may have about the Islam culture.
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Council has agreed to an extensionof the interim amending agreement tothe potable water servicing agreement.
The interim potable water agreementbetween the City of Calgary, Strathmore
and Chestermere expired June of 2013.Since that time, Calgary has been work-ing on amending the Master Servicing
Agreement between all of the regional-ly serviced communities, which include
Airdrie and Cochrane. The city has alsobeen working on their cost of servic-ing study, which sets some of the ratesfor water and sewer. The city asked re-gional partners if they would be okay
with extending the interim agreementas it sits for now until the end of 2014.Mayor Michael Ell questioned if thecost will be going up dramatically andif the budget will need to be reviewed,something Director of Operations andEngineering Jesse Parker was unable to
answer. Parker said some of the ser-vicing study intent is to also help withsome of the growth charges and otherfactors to help keep costs a little morestable.
POLICY CHANGES
The Family Centre and Civic Centrepolicies were brought forward for a
bit of an update. Tracy Simpson, com-munications and events officer, saidthe biggest change to the Family Cen-tre policy is the out-of-town user feeschedule. The Family Centre has a usergroup-based system. An association, forexample minor hockey, is the user. Afee would be charged to the associationand afterwards town staff would have
to contact each individual family fromthat association for the additional out-of-town user fee. The change outlined
in the policy is that now the associa-tions will provide a list of their users,it will be determined how many areout of town users, and then that fee is
billed to the association who will thenbe responsible for paying it.
The Family Centre is running at ap-proximately 96 per cent capacity. There
is very little down time and the town istrying to accommodate that.
Councillor Denise Peterson was op-posed to the motion made to acceptthe changes made to the Family Cen-tre policy. All of council were in favourof the Civic Centre proposed changes
which were mainly language and posi-tion updates.
COMMITTEES
A Downtown Design Review Commit-tee was proposed this past November.
The committee will make recommenda-tions to the town and council regardingmix of land uses, public art, site land-scaping, parking reductions and more.
At the Jan. 22 meeting council appoint-ed four members of the public to thecommittee: Sharon Sundgaard, Telisa
Tebbutt, Glen Freeland and Robert Bre-itwieser. The committee also includesthree town staff members- Linda Nel-son, Pat Maloney and Betty Ann Foun-tain - and councillors Bob Sobol andBrad Walls.
Margie Lavoy, Earl Best and YvonneShaw have been appointed to a one-
year term with the Names AdvisoryCommittee.
APPEAL BOARD
The Subdivision and DevelopmentAppeal board hasnt been utilized yet,but it was time to appoint new mem-
bers on Jan. 22. The board must includea minimum of seven members of thepublic. The term of office for each mem-
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When reading those nutrition labels on food packag-
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Movie and TV stars have a positive effect on raising
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who has Parkinsons Disease and has worked tirelessly
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ber will be a period that wont exceedthree years, with the terms being stag-gered. A member may be re-appointedto a maximum of six consecutive yearsof service. Debbie Enslen, Ian Andersonand Randy Tiller are all serving theirsecond term. First term members areBeth MacDonald, Jason Montgomery,
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PEACE OFFICER MOU
Every five years a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) must be re-newed between the Peace Officers andthe Town of Strathmore. The intent ofthe MOU is to provide a platform toenhance interagency working relation-ships and to enhance community safe-ty. Chief Administrative Officer for thetown Dwight Stanford said he had ad-ministration compare the old one MOUto the new one. The only big differencefound was when Peace Officers needto get information from license platesthey now have to go through the Al-
berta Sheriffs, whereas in the past theywere able to request the informationfrom the RCMP.This is something that is happening
in all towns, and is not unique to Strath-more said Stanford. A motion was madeand approved by council to accept andsign the MOU.
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Memories of Carseland SchoolThe following are some memories from a few students
and staff at Carseland School over the years. Instead of fo-
cusing on one memory, we decided to list a few in hopes of
prompting your memories as well:
DO YOU REMEMVER WHEN:- There was 100s of crickets in the school the
very first day of classes. They had gotten in, over
the summer. Maintenance crews were sent out tofix the problem but some crickets chirped long after
Christmas in the walls of the school.
- An end of the year picnic/sports day was always
held at Wyndham Park until 1 student went missing(later found OK). That all ended and students then
began to be bussed to Calgary for end of the year
swimming.
- There was yearly tours of the grade 2 room
to view the decorations at Halloween, Christmas,Valentines and Easter.
- We had the mini-Olympics, in 1988 complete
with a torch run!
- There was various animals living in the class-rooms-chickens, rabbits, snakes, gerbils, etc.
- We had Rodeo Days every year because of all
the famous rodeo stars that lived around Carse-
land-Ward Willard even spoke at the school. We
travelled to Rodeo Royale, Aggie Days, and had manypancake breakfasts.
- 4 grade 5 classes and 2 grade 6 classes were
bussed from Strathmore to attend Carseland School
because Westmount School had a huge fire.(Part 3)
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SHARON MCLEAYTimes Contributor
Rambling through the maze of de-partment reorganization under the En-
vironment and Sustainable ResourceDevelopment (ESRD) restructuring had
Wheatland Council a little stumped,so they met with representatives fromthe Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) on
Jan. 21, to try and get clarification andanswers to some of their outstandingquestions.
If we have one place to go, it will def-initely make things better, said ReeveGlenn Koester.
We hope it will be one-stop shoppingand we can handle it all, said PaulaKersch, AER Engagement Advisor. Theprocess was more to have everythingunder one regulator. It was time con-suming, but it is hoped to reduce someof the redundancy.
Kersch, along with Russ Deacon, a se-nior technologist with AER, said reorga-nization will soon be complete. Whilemany of the questions posed to them
by council had no clear answers, it wasevident AER staff was also caught in un-certainty from the reorganization. Thereorganization is in the second phase,moving into the third and final phase.
They said once the third phase wascomplete, experts would be at hand and
Reaching for resource resolutionsanswers would be more concrete.It is a learning process for us too.It is in its infancy and we hope to getthere for sure, said Kersch.
Issues discussed were well setbacksand county/resource company develop-ment issues, development notifications,fracking and water use, placement of
wells and pipes, cleanup, collective andlong term impacts to farmland.
The wealth for the Alberta govern-ment comes out of rural Alberta and
yet when issues arise, the solutions areturned back onto the individuals. I amhoping the new process will turn thingsaround and stop some of these negativethings from happening, said Councillor
Alice Booth.
A summary of replies to questionswere:
Resource development companiesshould adhere to designated county set-
backs as well as provincial guidelines. Notication to the county or adja-
cent landowners is not necessarily partof the new process guidelines. Applica-tions are listed online and people cansearch development taking place intheir area; however, as a courtesy, com-panies are encouraged to notify adja-cent neighbours.
On fracking, Deacon said concernsabout land or wells can be followedup by a field inspector. He said thereis stringent regulation for cleanup ofold and capped wells. Cleanup has to
be completed in one year after work isfinished, or operators face penalties. Hefelt more education on water, groundand subsurface formations may allevi-ate residents fears. He suggested book-ing an education open house or townhall meeting, if the community was in-terested. As licensing is now based ongeological plays, cumulative affects tounique pockets within those plays havenot been monitored to date.
Water is a big issue and there are anumber of reviews in play. They expect-ed at their conclusion and plan imple-mentation, industry will have to look athow they handle water resources andthe government will have more clout to
enforce requirements. Part of this willbe covered in Phase three of reorganiza-tion efforts.
Pipelines are encouraged to bealigned with property designations orcorridors, but in some circumstances itcant be done. There are stringent regu-lations for maintenance and cleaningof discontinued pipelines. Deacon saidstudies show pipe disintegration doesnthave significant soil impact overall. Itsthe operators responsibility to clean upsites, not the landowners or the county.
Wendi Tashlikowich Photos
GirlPower is a program developed by Calgary Grade 4 teach-
er and friendship expert Dana Kerford. The program started
in Calgary about six years ago and is spreading around the
world. Tania ONeill and Nicole Stein with GirlPower came toStrathmore on Saturday, Jan. 25 to run two separate seminars
for different aged girls. The program is centered around form-
ing lasting friendships, learning how to deal with friendship
res as well as being kind, open, honest and brave in your
friendships. The workshops were locally organized and theinterest was astounding, GirlPower hopes to come back and
visit Strathmore soon.
GirlPower comes to Strathmore
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Fule for Thought
Ive developed a very loud whistle in my nose.I know it sounds nuts, but I just got my first badcold in almost two years, and I think the whistleis tied to that! If I breathe through one nostril orthe other, theres no noise. However, when I in-hale strongly with my both nostrils, theres a loud,high-pitched whistle. Great, with the gap in myfront teeth, I also whistle when I hit just the rightcombinations of the letter s! I feel like a tea pot,Im whistling so much. Hows that song go again?
Im a little teapot short and stout I just re-membered why I hate that song! Its bad becausetheres nowhere in my house if I want to get away
they hear me wherever I go! Even the stupidhedgehog is coming out constantly now, and hesrecognized my whistle, too. He waits at the cagebars now for his live mealworm feast!
I dont know why, but when I was deliriouswith my cold, I began to think back on my highschool days. There was a short-lived tradition forsome of my pals to party on our one story schoolroof. I was not even there that night, but they allfeel I was! In their alcohol induced memories,I was right there. They drank, one cut his hand,and genius that he was, he wrote their initials onthe roof skylights so they could be read clearlycome Monday morning! One pal, Dave, broke hisfoot kicking a roof pipe, thinking it was an emptybottle. My other pal Kirk fell on the descent fromthe roof and put out his back! He came to schoolbent over, Dave hobbled in on crutches, and theother Dave had a bandaged hand! Yes, they werecaught, and given a weeks detentions for theirascent on Everest!
Our Canmore High basketball team becamepretty good by our Grade 12 year and we went toa tournament at Golden, B.C. Our starting forwardwas a guy named Mike, and to this day, I dontknow what he was thinking. We had a really nicebus, and were enjoying the ride to Golden. I neverpaid attention to what Mike was doing, but whathe was doing, was drinking a large 4 litre jug oforange juice on this ride! Do you know what alarge jug of fibre-filled orange juice does to a teen-aged guy after about a four hour bus ride? Yeah,thats right Mike never got to start that game
against Golden, because he was in the bathroomwith a horrible case of the runs! Oh, hed wanderout and get ready to sub in, but then wed see hislook of panic, pain, and cramps, and then hedrace back to the change room! That change roomwas also our teams half-time meeting place! Wechose to meet on the opposite side of the gymagainst the wall! We lost that game by a good-sized score, and no one wanted to sit near Mike,or share a motel room with him!The next weekend saw us go to Standard for
a small tournament. We got along well with thehome team, but we were amazed at the schooland town. We looked across the fields and youcould see all the way to the horizon! I asked howcould anyone ever make a break for it; youd be
seen cutting school for miles!Mike was always a loose cannon, and you
never knew what hed do at any given time. Wewere set to play a good Rosemary team, who hadeven brought their cheerleaders. We had neverseen this before, and it must have struck Mike asfunny, because when they made their cheerlead-ing tunnel of pom-poms, he ran through it withthe Rosemary team! He didnt just run, he sprintedyelling unintelligible things, wearing a towel onhis head and sunglasses! Rosemarys team did notlike this, and began to stare him down, just intime to see him grab a set of pom-poms from oneof the cheerleaders. Sadly, it was the girlfriend oftheir basketball captain, and we watched stunned,as their whole team got up and began to stridetoward Mike! What could we do? We all stood upas well, I mean even if Mike was stupid, he wasstill our stupid!
Luckily for us, the whole Standard team got upas well, and the situation fizzled out but I stillsmacked Mike in the head when he came back toour bench! It was to be the start of a short, weirdfriendship between he and myself, and we woundup being university roommates, but thats anotherstory!
(Fule for Thought is a slice of life humour-ous column that appears in the Strathmore Times,written by long-time resident, town councillor,
high school teacher, coach, husband and father oftwo Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touchwith Pat, you can send him an e-mail at Pat.fule@
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the EditorThank you Strathmore residents for helping out
with Operation Christmas Child again in 2013. Thetotal number of boxes packed in Canada was 664,066.
This is 1,754 more than 2012. Alberta was the secondhighest province in Canada packing 137,447. The box-es from Canada went to: West Africa, Central America,South America, Caribbean along with boxes going to
survivors of typhoon Haiyan in the Phillippines andSyrian children in refugee camps in Northern Iraq.World wide, Operation Christmas Child collected
9,985,210 shoeboxes from 11 sending countries.I would like to thank our local collection center,
Strathmore Alliance Church, and all those who packedan Operation Christmas Child shoe box gift. For manyof the children who receive these gifts, this shoebox
will be the first gift they have ever received. Eachchild can only receive one shoebox in their life time.Thank you again to everyone who participated in
this project.Sincerely,
Shauna HollingsworthOperation Christmas Child
Logistics Area Co-ordinator
Thank you Strathmore residents
Shannon LeClair Photo
Saying thanksmayor michal ell prsntd Tori Haws with a crticat
thanking hr for v yars of srvic at th Aquatic Cn-
tr, hlping to kp th pool saf, halthy and fun for all
of th patrons.
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Thought for
the Week~
Could it
be that
leadership
development
is self-
development.
Dense Geremas son Lucas was born wth Stus inversus. Hs nternal organs, wth the excepton of hs heart, are reversed. Other
than the organ reversal Lucas s a perfectly healthy baby. Gerema has also recently wrtten a new chldrens book called ThePouty Puppy. Aryn Gerema (l-r) Dense and Lucas.
Shannon LeClair Photo
SHANNON LECLAIR
Times Reporter
Anyone who has brought a new baby into a home with apet will understand that sometimes that pet doesnt adjustas well as you would like. That was definitely the case withDenise and Ryan Geremia when they brought their daughter
Aryn, who is now three, home.
The Geremias have had Bauer, a mini schnauzer, for sixyears. The couple had been a having a tough time gettingpregnant and Bauer became Denises baby, which he abso-lutely loved.
So when she came along (Aryn) he has never been happysince. He just pouts, and he is treated really well, said Ger-emia.
Bauer has become so pouty that she recently wrote, andpublished, a book about him titled The Pouty Puppy.
Geremia admits she may not cuddle with him 24 hours aday anymore and he has been banned to a chair in the bed-room instead of on the bed, mainly because when she gets upin the night to check on her son Lucas, Bauer will steal herspot and growl at her when she comes back. But he still getstwo walks a day, treats and love, which isnt good enough forhim.
He just pouts all day. The world is horrible to him; hestreated the worst out of any other dog in the whole world.
He sits on (his) chair looking outside pouting all day, saidGeremia.
The only time he is happy is if were going to go for a walkor if hes going to get a treat and that is what his life consistsof and its really funny. The thing that is really annoying aboutBauer is if he would just suck it up and start liking them he
would get more pets than any other dog. Aryn just loves him.Aleesha Gosling, Geremias business partner, illustrated all
of the photos. Geremia did a book signing at the SunridgeChapters on Oct. 19, but has since found it to be a little over-
whelming having a young baby, a three-year-old, working andtrying to sell a book. She does have copies for sale for $12,and plans to have a table to both the Pet Expo in May and theChildrens Festival in April. To order a book call Denise Ge-remia at (403) 608-0686, or go to www.thepoutypuppy.com.On the website Geremia also has a blog written from Bauerspoint of view.
The Pouty Puppy
SHANNON LECLAIR
Times Reporter
Imagine being told your baby has no stomachwhile youre still pregnant. The fear and the won-der alone would drive you crazy. Now what if youfound out that all of your babys organs arent
where they are supposed to be? Instead, they areflipped! Thats exactly what happened to Deniseand Ryan Geremia.
With advances in technology is how we foundout. Everyone when youre pregnant goes for a12-week ultrasound, so we went and the tech who
was a student went huh and then she said Ill beright back. She left to go and get the doctor, saidDenise.The tech came back saying that she couldnt get
the doctor and told Geremia that she would need
to come back for another ultrasound. Two weekslater Geremia hauled herself back into Calgary foranother ultrasound. The tech did the test and thensent her on her way saying that her doctor wouldgive her a call. Geremia suffered another two
weeks of stress before she finally got the chanceto speak with her doctor.
What she said was the baby doesnt have astomach, both ultrasounds showed that he has nostomach so what this means is he probably wontsurvive and all these things, and try not to stressout. Because of where we are in the pregnancytheres a million reasons that this could happen,said Geremia.The doctor told her its impossible not to stress
out but all she could advise was to try and calmdown. When she was near the 18-week mark Ge-remia had yet another ultrasound, and finally she
got some answers.The reason that he had no stomach is because
his stomach was on the other side, so if they lookfor it (in the right place) they didnt see it, theysay baby has no stomach instead of flipping (andlooking on the other side), said Geremia.
They ended up finding the stomach, and thenthey found all of the other organs that they couldntfind in the first place and they had the conversa-tion with us saying, so your childs insides are allflipped around.
Lucas, who is now eight months old, has a con-dition called Situs Inversus, which is a congenital
condition where all of the major visceral organs
are reversed from their normal positions. The oddsof having Situs Inversus Totalis, where everythingis flipped, are 1/10,000. Lucas has Situs Inversus
with levocardia, which is even more rare.Lucas heart is on the correct side but his stom-
ach is flipped around which is even more rare, soits 1/22,000 births, said Geremia.
If everything were totally switched, Lucas wouldhave a 5-10 per cent chance of a heart defect. But
because his heart is the right way Lucas had a 95per cent chance of having a heart defect. Whilepregnant, Geremia had an EKG to check his heart,and the doctors were able to determine that hisheart is fine, which was a relief.
He doesnt have anything, hes perfectly healthywith just his insides flipped around, said Geremia.
The Geremias have decided they are not going
to have any more kids. The pregnancy was toostressful, and there is also the fact that both ofthem carry the gene that caused the Situs Inversus.In order for it to be passed on both parents mustcarry the gene. If they were to have four childrenone would have nothing, two would be carriersand the fourth will have the condition. Only .01per cent of the population has the condition, butoften people wont find out about it until laterin life when they go to their doctor complainingabout pain where the appendix should be, only tofind out its not there.
Geremia said she doesnt know of anyone in herfamily who has had it, but unless you have had togo for an ultrasound it would not be found.
Soon after he was born, Lucas had to have hisfirst ultrasound so that the doctors could makesure everything was fine. Thats when they found
another anomaly with him. Every one has an in-ferior vena cava (IVC), which is a large vein thatcarries deoxygenated blood from your legs up to
your heart. It runs alongside the vertebrae on theright and enters the right atrium at the lower right,
backside of the heart. Lucas IVC actually crossesfrom the right side to the left side of his aorta. Noone knows what, if any, effect this will have onLucas later in life.
They said the only place this could really affecthim is organ donations either receiving or giv-ing, it wont work. Were just going to pray he hasa normal, happy life, said Geremia.
Advances in technologyfind rare condition
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ARYSSAH STANKEVITSCH
Times Reporter
Even through the wind-chill and thesnow Ben Sader, and a determinedgroup of runners, still take to Strath-mores paths during the winter, ratherthan running indoors.
I have a hard time running on a
treadmill. I just find I can go a furtherdistance, push a little bit more, Sadersaid, though he doesnt mind indoortracks. Naturally, people are going to
be run better outdoors. Their stride isgoing to be closer to what it needs to beas opposed to on a treadmill. You tendto run the same speed on a treadmillover and over again, which is unlike
your outdoor setting.Sader says that any temperature cold-
er than -15 C or -20 C is challenging, butis comfortable with -10 C, given there islittle wind or snow.
You have to be a pretty big diehardto be out there when its -20 C, he said.I know there are folks that have asth-ma and other breathing conditions that
make it harder from them to be out-doors and running. Its whatever your
body is able to do. Most people canbreathe comfortably outdoors and nothave problems.When running outdoors, Sader rec-
ommends products such as Yaktrax togive more effective grip on slipperyconditions.
People that run a lot tend to havemore confidence running on the hardpacked snow and ice with regular run-ning shoes, Sader said. But you haveto be really careful. If you run consis-tently through the winter, you developthe stride and the muscle memory thatallows you to have that balance. You
just have to be acutely aware of wherethe ice is.
Sader says hes noticed more andmore female runners keeping up theirtraining through the winter.
The town does a good job of keep-ing our paths clear, and thats helpful.Im not the only one out there in the
winter, he said. Theres a dedicatedgroup of crazy people like me.
Whisking through winter
KAITY STEWART
Crowfoot 4-H Mulit Reporter
The club members who attended theCalgary 4-H Regional Hitmen game hada lot of fun. The clubs bowling get to-gether in Drumheller was so much fun.
A big thanks to the Drumheller bowlingalley for a fun evening. Thanks to thePagenkopf family for planning a greatevening. We have three members attend-ing Senior Members Conference. Margoand Fern attended Leaders Conferencein Edmonton; they had a lot of fun and
came back with loads of new 4-H infor-mation.
Natasha is the dog agility rep reportedthey worked on walk and sit, stay and
recall, lie down, target and figure eightsin the Russells barn.
Riley is the archery rep reported themembers had a project book workshop
with Margo and then shot their bows fora bit. Before the next meeting the mem-
bers need figure out the right sizes forour leather pieces and cutting boardsare needed for working with our leather.
Kendal is the photography rep report-ed that the members met at the Russellson Jan. 17 and discussed the differentlines found in photos and then wentout and took pictures trying to capture
these different lines.I am doing creative options by myself
and I am presently working on my ragjean quilt.
Food, friends and fun for local 4-H club
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SHARON MCLEAY
Times Contributor
Objection from a county ratepayer cleared up atax account penalty that might have led to prop-erty seizure and auction.
Unaware that information on his tax accountwas not the same as that listed on the mortgagecaused confusion in the tax office. However, coun-ty policy didnt require staff to contact the owneror follow-up on letters that had been returned tosender.When the owner received the notice that his
tax account was in arrears, he took umbrage at
the penalty as the taxes were being paid by hisbank; however, the county file listed the wrongbank. The owner always kept up with his bills andeven paid the requested penalty, but he wanted anexplanation why he wasnt contacted as he hadbeen in the offices doing other business with thecounty, was easy to find and was not avoiding at-tempts to reach him. He wanted the county to takesome accountability for the mix-up, as the delay innotifying him ranged over two years.
I feel sorry for the guy, said councillor AliceBooth, on examination of the facts. I am littleconcerned we are not looking after business.
Councillor Don Vander Velde said that everyoneknows they have to pay taxes, so they should dodue diligence to ensure they are being paid.
If we get a letter back, it is up to staff to look
into it. To the best of my knowledge, we never gota letter, said Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)Alan Parkin.
Booth said there are often errors in the post of-fice, where returned letters end up in the deadletter files.
If we havent got a payment, pick up the phoneand call them, said Booth. It doesnt take a lotof time.
Parkin said a simple phone call isnt what it usedto be either. Some people dont have landlines orlist their cell numbers, callers can be blocked andcalls avoided.
Booth suggested since there was confusion onboth sides of the issue, the penalty should be splithalf and half with the owner. Council approvedthis one time for this incident.
We havent had many of these, said Reeve
Glenn Koester. This is worth discussion and land-owners should be phoned.
He suggested a policy be put in place to ensurecommunication and follow-up takes place and di-rected the CAO to look into it.There are currently 17 properties that are up
for auction because of tax arrears which will besold on March 27, 2014. For more details, see thecounty website.
ADDITIONAL PEACE OFFICER
Parkin requested permission to advertise for acommunity peace officer, which would increase
officers to four for the county.It is in the budget and there is provision for a
level one community peace officer, it would bringus up to a fourth officer, said Parkin. We wouldnot fill the position until it is approved, but we arelooking to advertise.
Council questioned if there was a vehicle for theofficer and Parkin said they have allotted moneyfor two new vehicles, with one for delivery afterFeb. 1. They also questioned if the departmentwas busy enough for the additional officer. Therequest shows that one officer will require pater-nity leave in June, which will leave the depart-ment short-staffed. It was felt the additional staff
could also increase success with road ban cover-age. Reeve Glenn Koester noted his opposition.However, council did approve the advertisementbut reserved a hiring decision until more informa-tion was brought forward to council.
ONE MILE OF RESPONSIBILITY
Husky Oil has requested that the county devel-op one mile of road along the Boundary Road RR214 to one of their pad sites. The company wouldcost-share the project but the county has reserva-tions, because past contracts have been initiatedand then cancelled by other companies.The county usually covers engineering, land
prep, gravel, culverts, sloping and fencing. Thelandowner is required to cover the other costs.Council discussed the need for the road andwhether other roads could be used. There wereno objections from the landowners.
Parkin suggested that they follow the existingpolicy but put an amending clause that the workmust be completed within one year. If it is notcompleted, all the expenses incurred by the coun-ty for road development would have to be repaidby the company. Council approved the road withthe amending clause. They wanted the county pol-icy reflect the new changes. There was also a sug-gestion that a deposit could be requested whichwould be refunded on completion of all terms ofthe contract.
Council asked the CAO to develop the policyand bring it back to council for decision.
MEETINGS SET
Wheatland Council will meet with Strathmore
Council to improve communication on a numberof shared issues. The meeting is set for the firstpart of February. Topics suggested for discussionwill include shared land boundaries, water issues,user fees for ice facilities, and the hospital.
Council will also meet with the provincial min-isters as they attend conferences in the spring.They will be speaking with the head of the RCMPK division, and bringing water, funding and roadconcerns to provincial representatives attention.Any additional issues can be brought to the atten-tion of your district representatives, so they canconsider them before meetings commence.
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ALONE IN A CROWD
Sherry Turkle has recently writ-
ten a book provocatively titled
Alone Together.
The subtitle is Why We Expect
More From Technology And
Less From Each Other.
This captures a lot about our
modern experience. The main
premise of the book is that our
devices are changing the way
we interact as humans. While
we think they make us more
connected, the reality is that
we are not engaging effectively
with each other. You already
know some people who cannot
go more than a few minutes
without looking down at their
phone.
I have some people in my life
who used to call me on my
birthday. Now I get a little hap-
py birthday notice on Facebook.
When the telephone answering
machine first came into wide
use, it was common to hear
folks complain. They wantedto actually talk to the person.
Now, many would prefer the
people we are calling not
pickup so we can just leave
a message on voicemail. You
know its true. Turkle writes,
wed rather text than talk.
Whats going on here? Why do
we live under the illusion that
these technologies will bring
us together when they actually
drive us apart? Many people,
and studies show especially
young people, can hardly carry
on a conversation any more.
The answer will not be to toss
our technology out and go off
the grid. Were here. We are
people of our generation. My
advice? Put the phone down,
turn the TV off for just a few
minutes, and have a chat with
someone close to you.
I sense that more and more
today are struggling with lone-
liness. The answer is not found
in the latest gadget, but in real
relationships with real humans.
Darrell YoungStrathmore Alliance Church
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SHANNON LECLAIR
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Learning to ride a horse is a dream formany people. Theres something almostliberating about it, knowing that big an-imal can become your friend, roamingthe countryside with the wind whippingthrough your hair. The Humblehorse
Therapeutic and Western Riding Centermay not take you trail riding, but theydo offer Western Riding lessons and a
Therapeutic Riding program.The operation is a family affair. Becky
Skuter offers Western Riding lessonsand is a level one certified coach, havinggraduated from Olds College in 2003.Her dad Clarence Skuter teaches thetherapeutic side of things, using guide-lines that his other daughter, Aimee Bai-ley, helps come up with. Bailey has anEarly Childhood Development degree.
Children can begin their lessons atHumblehorse as early as three-years-old
with the lead line classes.
We started working with three-year-olds because in the therapeutic thatswhen we can start to address CerebralPalsy and some other motoring deficien-cies, said Clarence.
Once a lead line child reaches the ageof seven or eight they have the chanceto move into Beckys classes, or into thetherapeutic side of things.
After that they kind of have their coreriding ready to come into even moretechnical lessons with me, said Becky.The Western Riding lessons run once
a week for an hour for four weeks. Atthe end of four weeks each rider candecide if they would like to sign up foranother four weeks.
Ill move you up accordingly, so I will
move you up based on where your tech-nical skill is, where your core balanceis, how youre responding to the horse.
Youre constantly progressing, but itsnot a rush, said Becky.
Even if you are in a group for fourweeks and two of the riders are a littlemore advanced she will be able to tailorthe lessons a little to fit your skill whilestill keeping you in the same group.
Other riders who have really showna lot of improvement will be put intoa sport class; that is a goal to work to-
wards, if you want it.It is kind of catered to what your goal
is but well work you up towards it con-stantly, lets us know where you want to
go and well hopefully take you there,said Becky.Our goal is to teach, not just to get
on a horse and ride, we teach horse be-haviour, horse health, proper grooming,proper tack fitting, leading. All differentkinds of scenarios as well as beginnerto advanced riding levels. We try to givethem the whole picture, said Becky.
Humblehorse supplies all the horsesand the tack for their riders. They evenhave extra boots if needed.
Becky constantly goes to clinics and isalways learning to keep herself fresh inthe industry.The Therapeutic Riding program is
different than what is offered to thewestern riders. The lessons are not as
scheduled, in general they last an houror an hour and 15 minutes but if Clar-ence sees a lot of progress from onechild and they need an extra couple ofminutes they are going to get it. Clar-ence said he often has conversations
with Aimee about how to stimulate thekids in his classes.
Thats the challenge, if these childrenhave a good time thats when thingshappen and if they dont have a goodtime then nothing happens, said Clar-ence.
The Therapeutic Riding program hasbenefited adults and children with mul-tiple sclerosis, spina bifida, cerebral pal-sy, down syndrome and autism.
Anyone that can benefit from any-thing we can do, were open to giving ita go, said Becky.
Clarence said they are open to learn-ing. There are some areas they have ex-perience and some they dont but they
will always try and see if they can makea difference.Before accepting a new rider in the
therapy programs Clarence has a one-on-one session with the potential riderand their caregiver.
He brings out three horses and tries toget a feel of what the caregiver is tryingto accomplish, what medical concernsthey have to worry about and see whatkind of horse would satisfy their objec-tives. It gives the caregiver a chance todecide if it is what they want to signup for and it gives Clarence a chanceto learn about the rider before the firstlesson.Volunteers are an asset to any orga-
nization and thats no different at the
ranch. The same volunteer base canbe used for both the Therapeutic Rid-ing program and Western Riding les-sons. For every person riding a horse onthe therapeutic side two volunteers areneeded, which can become a bit of a di-lemma. For the Western Riding classeseveryone is usually riding by themselves;Becky does have volunteers to help setup events, and if there is a student thatis still fairly new she will have a volun-teer for them but by the time they reachher class the students are more into thetechnical and more hardcore riding.
It is very challenging to train them(volunteers) and keep them dedicatedfor the whole session because you sim-
ply cannot afford to pay them, saidClarence.Something has to be said about the
volunteers because they bring the en-ergy. The horse is obviously good, butthose volunteers are what make it.
They bring the life and they know ev-eryone. Were like a big family, its like aHumblehorse family, said Becky.The volunteers are all well trained
with the horses and safety.Angela Hitch and her daughter Sara
have been involved with Humblehorsefor five years.
My daughter started going out andwatching a friend of hers ride, and washooked. Sara is now is very much partof the Humblehorse family, taking les-
sons, volunteering, and now she evenhas her own horse, said Hitch.With her daughter being so involved it
was only a matter of time before Angelabecame involved too. She had grown upwith horses, helping her uncle exercisethoroughbreds on his farm in Saskatch-ewan. It didnt take long to reignite herpassion for the animals, and she soon
became a volunteer.My favorite classes are the lead line
classes, or the Littles, as we call it, saidHitch.
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These classes are for the first timeriders, and usually around three to six-
years-old. Its amazing to watch the kidsconfidence grow around the horses, and
watch the confidence in themselves blos-som. Grooming and saddling a horse isa pretty big job, and these little ones trytheir best to get the job done.
Becky is by far one of the best rid-ing coaches I have had the pleasure of
working with. Everyone who experi-ences the Humblehorse Ranch feels herskill and passion for the sport. She cus-tomizes the classes as the kids advance... its always moving forward in Beckyslesson plan.
Hitch said she always looks forwardto going out to the ranch. She said she isalways welcomed with a smile and getsto enjoy the company of the other vol-unteers and caregivers.
Humblehorse Ranch took a bit oftime off to train from new horses; theycurrently have 30 horses at their 140-acre property. They are located just afew minutes west of Strathmore, off ofHighway 1. To find out more informa-tion about the ranch go to http://www.
humblehorse.com.
Shannon LeClair Photo
The Skuter family owns the Humblehorse Ranch just west of Strathmore. They offer therapeutic riding
programs and western riding. Karen Skuter (l-r), Clarence Skuter and Becky Skuter.
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Times Reporter
After winning 8-3 against the Lacombe Rockets onJan. 25, Wheatland Braves Coach Keith Klemmensenthought perhaps that effort would carry onto thenext day against the Cranbrook Eagles. It didnt, asthe peewee Braves lost 7-1 at home.
Winning 8-3 was beating a team that is essentiallylast place in our division, Klemmensen said. Weoutshot that team good, and I think that was goodeffort there, but we could kind of see that day thatsome of the discipline problems and the bad habitsof getting stuff done the easy way was accessible.There were seven powerplay goals in the game,
four of which by Wheatland; there were 26 penalties
handed out in total between the two teams. Thoughthe score was tied after the first period, the Bravesscored three in the second and never looked back,with 45 shots on net.
Ben Slemp, Chase Clayton, Connor Bertamini,Mitch Desserre and Kyle Crnkovic had two-pointnights, while Eric Sandum and Tarun Fizer had threeeach.Against Cranbrook, Fizer had the lone goal, to
add to his team-leading 44 points in 27 games. TheBraves only managed 17 shots on net.
They got behind, and to simply tell you, they quit,Klemmensen said. It was a complete lack of effort. Ihad other people doing effort evaluations yesterday.The players didnt know this was happening, andthey completely crapped the bed. Weve got maybethree or four guys that are playing anywhere close towhat theyre capable of.
The Braves have their next game against the Le-thbridge Hurricanes on Jan. 31; they defeated them3-1 earlier in the season on Dec. 1. Klemmensen saysthey have a chance for a win.
I think if they come and try, but to be honest, Idont know whos going to show up (on the ice),he said. Theyre just not trying, they dont wantto make that extra effort to catch the pass. Ive gotsome scared guys I dont know why theyre scared,
theres no body checking. But they dont want con-tact, and its really starting to show. Its going to leadto a quick exit.The Wheatland peewees are fifth in their division
with a 12-12-3 record.
BANTAM WINNING STREAK OVER
The Wheatland Warriors defeated the LethbridgeHurricanes at home on Jan. 25, with Joel Krahen-bil opening the scoring shorthanded. Though Leth-bridge tied it up, Kyle Merkosky took the lead again.
Lethbridge once more, made it 2-2 with a late pow-erplay goal in the second period. Chase Hnatowichscored two for the bantam Warriors in the third forthe lead and the 4-2 win. However, the next nightwas the Warriors first loss since Nov. 10.
Against the Red Deer Ramada, the Warriors wentdown 2-0. Lucas Muenchrath brought Wheatlandwithin one, but Red Deer added another in the third.The final was 3-1, even with the Warriors putting 44shots on net. Their next game is Jan. 31 against theBow Valley Timberwolves in Cochrane.
MIDGET SPLIT
Losing 2-0 to the Lethbridge Hurricanes at homeon Jan. 24, Cody Willis brought the midget Wheat-land Chiefs within one. Following another Lethbridge
goal, Quinton Peplinski and Jayden Smith rallied theChiefs to tie the game, but the Hurricanes took thelead with seven minutes remaining in the game. Thefinal was 4-3. Two nights later, the Chiefs destroyedthe Medicine Hat Venom, 8-3. The Chiefs were up4-1 after 20 minutes with goals from Jayden Smith,Taylor Donner (who finished with five points), andtwo from Thomas Reinhardt. Reinhardt completedthe hat-trick in the second, while Cody Willis had hisown hat-trick, all in the third period. The next midgetgame is Jan. 31 in Hussar against Cranbrook.
J A N U A R Y 3 1 , 2 0 1 4
Braves plagued by inconsistency
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ARYSSAH STANKEVITSCH
Times Reporter
With a record of 2-3-1 for the monthof January, UFA Bisons general manager
Wayne Hansen isnt worried about histeam with the AMHL playoffs looming.
Its hard to get refocused after theholidays, and get everyone back settled
with their billets, Hansen said, espe-cially after the Macs Tournament inDecember. It certainly wasnt unex-pected.The Bisons have four games remain-
ing before the playoffs, against the Cal-gary Buffaloes, the Calgary Flames, theSt Albert Sports Raiders, and CAC GreggDistributors. The latter will be the mostdifficult matchup, as CAC is second in
the North Division.Its a big challenge for us moving
forward, Hansen said. We have fourgames to get ourselves ready, and posi-tion ourselves where we want to be forthe playoffs. We certainly want a firstround bye; in order for that to happen,
well have to win three or four of ourgames.The Bisons are second in the South
Division (19-9-3 on the year) thoughthe top six teams in each division quali-fy for the playoffs, only the top two get
byes to start the post-season.Were about where we expected to
be. We maybe started a little bit betterthan we thought. We knew that aftermid-November until the end, that wedget better and better. Weve done that,
Hansen said. Weve already clinchedhome for the playoffs in the first round,
but we really want that first round byeto give our boys a chance to rest up.To continue their success into remain-
ing games, Hansen says the boys haveto take head coach Dan MacDonaldssystems to heart.
Were going to have to continue toimprove on the things Dan has hadthem working on puck possession,our passing, our speed, Hansen said.Theyre good now, but theyre going tohave to get better for us to be really, re-ally successful.
Hansen credits some of this yearssuccess to the new billet program forthe players.
Its changed a lot of things, he said.
Its a lot tighter knit group than wevehad in previous years. These guys be-
came teammates and friends right fromthe start. Usually at the start of the sea-son, that takes us the first four to six
weeks.Hansen and MacDonald will be de-
pending on this tight-knit group for thepost-season, but especially the older,mature 17-year-old veterans.
One of the things Ive always toldnew coaches when they come in, is your15-year-olds and 16-year-olds will get
you to the playoffs, but your 17-year-olds are the ones that will win you achampionship, Hansen said. Theyre alittle bit stronger too its a grind.The Bisons next season game is away
on Feb. 1, against the Buffaloes.
Bisons prep for playoffs
The Wheatland peewee
Braves lost at home to the
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