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Despite pushbacks from neighbouring landowners,town council supported an epoch-making decision inapproving a development permit that would conceiv-

ably result in greater downtown density and new busi-nesses to Strathmore’s core – the first of many futurechanges facing residents. The construction of a 12-unit apartment building at

604 and 606 Lakeside Boulevard is forging full steamahead, after the issue was brought back to council withfurther details and discussion of parking, increased traf-fic, variances greater than 25 per cent, and reviving thedowntown area. After the May 20 regular council meeting, administra-

tion received direction to inform more residents of theproposed development and provide additional time toallow residents to respond. According to Werner Fischer,director of planning and development for the town, asecond letter was sent to 33 landowners producing an-other five letters, four of which were in opposition tothe apartment building.

While some residents expressed concerns of the proj-ect not keeping with the tenor of the neighbourhood,council was challenged to make a decision – the first ofits kind - to steer Strathmore forward in a prosperousdirection.

“I think we need to increase the town density to keepit viable, and while I understand that that can be a chal-lenge for people in the community, I have seen it workin my own neighbourhood,” said Councillor Denise Pe-terson, who’s lived in downtown Strathmore for threedecades.

“[We] watched the decimation of the downtown overthe years as it moved farther and farther east … for usthat was far more disturbing than having density comeinto our neighbourhood. As density has come in overthe last decades, we’ve also seen accompanying devel-opment. We’ve seen incremental improvements.”

Councillor Peterson added that a larger downtown

population will increase chances of attracting amenitiesand grocery stores back into the area and contribute toa more desirable area. The proposed four-storey apartment building will pro-

vide 13 off-street parking stalls, stand 13.25 meters tallat its highest point, and is supported by the DowntownOverlay District. According to the Land Use bylaw, thedevelopment meets the 12 parking-stall requirementand remains under the 14-meter height allowance as setout in the R3 District, which the lots were rezoned asin 1995.

“Seeing that increased residents is the only way tosave downtown and that retail will typically follow this,I think the struggles that we’re facing is that this is thefirst of its kind in this area,” said Councillor Pat Fule,

who attended a Downtown Revitalization conference.Continued on Page 5

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Last year’s absence of the Relay for Lifeprompted unification within the Strath-

more community, which sent a clearmessage over the weekend - the void isno longer acceptable. As funds already exceeded expecta-

tions with a whopping $21,000 beforethe event even kicked off on Saturday,42 participants braced the cold and rainy weather while embarking on a six-hourrelay around Kinsmen Park. After many contributions from local

businesses, whether financially or inkind, the enthusiasm and determinationeliminated any uncertainty about theevent’s future within the Town of Strath-more.

“So to see it grow so quickly in thelast two weeks gives me so much posi-

tivity for next year, and I think we laidthe ground work to make an amazingevent next year,” said Siobhan Doherty,revenue fund development coordinator with the Canadian Cancer Society.

“The thought of Strathmore Relay forLife being cancelled again, that’s noteven a possibility in my mind. My con-cept of this right now is cancer neverstops. It doesn’t matter the weather,doesn’t matter the time, it doesn’t mat-ter your age. So we’re not going to stop. This is uncomfortable, it’s rainy, it’s wet, but we can make a difference in cancer.”

However, the initiative to bring theevent back to Strathmore began long be-fore last weekend. Over the last couplemonths, the staff at the Strathmore Val-

ue Drug Mart drummed up interest andcanvassed the streets selling over 150luminaries for their campaign, Light upthe Park. The team also received dona-tions from Strathmore businesses total-

ling $1,000 and took the title for the topfundraising team with their donation ofnearly $8,400.

Legends Sports Bar was also amongthose contributors who were instrumen-

tal in reviving the cause, by donatingtheir space and a percentage of bar salesfor several fundraising initiatives.

“When they approached us we weremore than happy to help them out,and it’s always a lot easier when it hitshome,” said Logan Cox, co-owner of theestablishment, who had a friend andgrandfather battling the disease. “If thereis anything we can do to help, we aremore than happy to. Especially when it’slocal and in the community.”

In an effort to attract more commu-nity members and focus on family, theevent was open to the public for the firsttime in Strathmore. Recent changes alsoallowed for the relay to be reduced tosix hours, rather than go throughout thenight, and be held during the day. Resi-dents were also exposed to food trucks,entertainment, and even a dunk-tank, while the day finished off with the light-ing of luminaries in memory of lovedones.

Faced with becoming another statis-tic on four occasions, Dale Stephenson,cancer survivor, not only participated inthe relay, but shared his story with thecrowd. Having been diagnosed with can-cer for the first time 34 years ago at theage of 16, Stephenson battled the diseasefour times and received two bone mar-row transplants. With a portion of his lifespent in hospitals, he is no stranger tothe costs associated with the diagnosis

and understands the value of keepingthe relay alive within the community.

“The wheels start turning and spinningand your mind goes in 42,000 differentdirections,” Stephenson said when he

found out he had cancer the first time.“It’s nice to see it come back to Strath-more. It’s not something that needs togo away, and it’s all about helping thecommunities and people that you don’t

know. Your story will ring volumes intheir ears. Maybe now, maybe not, ormaybe in a year.” Aware of the community’s contribu-

tions in the past, Robin Navin, whoDoherty said played a crucial part in

bringing the event to life, felt confidentin advising the Canadian Cancer Soci-ety that a goal of $20,000 is reasonable.Navin, who previously raised $7,000 forthe Airdrie Relay for Life, took on a moreactive role in brining the relay back toKinsmen Park. After her brother–in-law,Peter Navin, a professional snowboard-er and sponsored skateboarder, losthis 10-year battle with brain cancer inlate 2013, Navin struggled to explain toher young children their uncle’s fate. Inturn, the kids were eager to participatein ways to help prevent other familiesfrom losing their uncles. While the pro-cess proved exhausting, in part due toa lack of volunteers, Navin was thrilledabout the participant turnout and dona-tion results.

“My goal is that one day no one hasto tell their kids what dying of canceris, because that was hard,” Navin said.“Strathmore has a lot to give and it’s agreat community. Events like this, likeCanada Day, have huge turnouts. I think we can make the Relay for Life like thattoo, where the whole town comes outto have a good time and give back to ahorrible disease.”

The Relay for Life in Strathmore raised$24,136 that will go back into servicesprovided to cancer patients, such as pro- viding gas for the volunteer transporta-tion services.

Community fights back against cancer

Forty-two participants walked in memory oftheir loved ones for the Relay for Life from 5p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 13. The organiza-tion raised over $20,000 before the eventkicked off and featured a dunk-tank, foodtrucks, and entertainment.

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“I agree that there are going to beproblems … at some point we have toincrease density beyond what we’ve

been doing. I understand that peopleare upset and there is some worryabout this, but this is the first of otherthings that are coming, and it’s one ofthose things that may have to be done.”

In addition to circulating further cor-respondence to residents, town coun-cil also requested information regard-ing the condition, cost, and optionsof the back alley –parallel to LakesideBoulevard. With a relatively low cost of $16,000

to $20,000 for improving the north-south portion of the lane situated be-hind the site, and $34,000 to $40,000for upgrades along the entire blockthrough the east-west portion, the de-

veloper agreed to pay nearly double

his share for upgrading the town-owned road. This would include theportion of the lane along properties602, 604, and 606.

However, it was the issue of park-ing that raised red flags for Council-lor Brad Walls. With a requirement ofonly one parking stall per dwelling,one visitor off-street parking stall, andsome on-street parking, Walls was un-able to justify approving the develop-ment permit when he reasoned many

households require both members to be working and driving a vehicle.

“I will not be supporting this be-cause I do not believe that one park-ing stall is adequate for a dwelling,even though the bylaw states that,”

he said. “I look at my little complex,there’s four houses there, and there’s12 vehicles. To me one parking stall issimply not sufficient even with streetparking.” Although Councillor Walls voted in

opposition of the motion to approvethe development with conditions as

were outlined in the draft develop-ment permit, the rest of council votedfor the motion. The permit sought le-niency for setbacks to the front yard,side property lines, site width andarea, and allowable density. According to Fischer, such decisions

are necessary to ensure downtownStrathmore will be viable once again.

“I think we have very clear direc-tion from the Municipal DevelopmentPlan that we want to encourage andpromote re-development in the down-town,” said Fischer. “Everything tendsto be a bit of a compromise and some-times you never satisfy anybody in theprocess of doing it.” The matter is subject to appeal, and

those wishing to appeal can submittheir reasons to the Subdivision andDevelopment Appeal Board.

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HILLVIEW LOOP

A 3.8 km mixed surface trail

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PARKWOOD TRIANGLE

A 2.7 km paved path that trav-

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path on Parklane Drive before

heading back up along

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CAMBRIA TRAILA 2.6 km paved trail that leads

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West Coast Amusement

rolled onto the Strathmore& District Agricultural Soci-ety’s grounds – and despitethe cool temperatures, there were lots of smiles from lotsof young kids that were en- joying rides and the midwayfood.

Buzz Kimble, a repre-sentative with West Coast Amusement, thought it is atough sell in smaller townsas these carnivals are meantfor the bigger centres, butliked the space that theStrathmore had to offer.

“You see how much it isto set-up a big carnival, oth-

erwise we’d have to go to asmaller mall,” said Kimble.“We usually go for the bigtowns because we havemore people and everything– in small towns you don’tget that much.”

Kimble added that Strath-more had a great atmo-sphere surrounding theevent.

“It’s great, you’ve got thepark, the baseball game, ev-erything,” he said.

Local attendee TammyHeinzlmeir would like to

see this entertainment comearound to Strathmore moreoften, as she thinks it’s agreat way to promote the

town and the future of big-ger events in the area.“It doesn’t happen very

often, it’s a big deal,” shesaid.

Heinzlmeir felt that thiscarnival would be better ona weekend for a crowd andit took some convincing forher kids to go on the rides.

“They had to be broken in but they’re fun,” said Heinzl-meir.

Her son, Jacob, just fin-ished his fifth time on theSpring Ride where he feltscared but really enjoyed itat the same time.

“It’s exciting, I (also) likethe bumper cars because you get to bump into peo-ple,” said Jacob.

He added that he wouldlike to see the carnival come back more often becausethen he can do all the rideshe wants.

Strathmore & District Agricultural Society Gen-eral Manager Herb McLeanthinks the carnival’s appear-ance in town bodes well forthe possibility of it comingto the Strathmore Stampede

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carnivals in town,” said McLean. “Weknow that from exit interviews from

the Stampede and Heritage Days froma year ago.”He emphasized that this was more of

a testing period to give it a try beforeany future commitments are made.

“We’re unable to attract one stillfor the Stampede and Heritage Days,”said McLean. “We wanted to have theoutlet, we wanted to give it a try. We wanted to hopefully have one thepark. He’s (WCA manager) happy with the set-up, it’s a pilot if you willand an experiment.” There is nothing but positivity that

McLean sees with the carnival and hehopes it comes back twice a year.

“There were lots of kids, that’s thegreat thing about it, no line-ups and

it’s comfortable,” said McLean. “You’renot standing for 20 minutes waitingfor a ride.”


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ANDREA ROBERTS

Times Contributor

Bow Valley College hosted a career expo with hopes of promoting education and ca-reer paths in Strathmore and surrounding re-gion. The event, held on June 9 at the Civic Cen-

tre, was aimed towards high school students,adult learners and those seeking new op-portunities. Attendees were able to talk withlocal employers, local service providers andrepresentatives from places such as McBrideCareer Group, Community Futures, the Strath-more Chamber of Commerce and StrathmoreImmigrant Services.

“Bow Valley is about access to education,and we make them work ready,” said CorinneFinnie the director of Regional Stewardship

at the college.“Post-secondary is important in rural com-

munities as it leads to economic and social well-being.”

Currently the college offers a number ofprograms and in the fall will be offering ex-citing new programs in continuing education.

Lilian Au is the administrative assistant forthe Strathmore and Chestermere area. She

helped to organize the event in order to bringthese education and employment opportu-nities to the community. At the campus shehelps the students on their path to employ-ment.

“I help see which program is the best fitfor the person and make sure they have therequirements they need,” said Au.

Registration is now open for the fall semes-ter.

Bow Valley College Career Expo leads

Lilian Au, the administrative assistant at the Strathmore Bow Valley College campus,

helped to organize the Bow Valley Career Expo held at the Civic Centre on June 9.

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When the Western District Histori-cal Society were required to make anout-of-the-blue abrupt decision in pur-chasing – and therefore preserving -the 105-year-old Strathmore AnglicanChurch, the organization faced thou-sands of dollars to move the existingstructure to a temporary location andoff its current land. With fortuitous t im-ing, the society was able to attract theattention of three judges at the secondannual Let’s Make a Pitch event thatawarded the society the prize moneyof $5,000. Having been quoted movingcosts of $10,000 along with addition-al $2,000 per beam to go underneaththe structure, cost of insurance at the

new location, and the moving of pow-er lines, the winnings will help offsetsome of the society’s financial load.

“We were given the offer of purchas-ing the church or not and we had tomake a fairly quick decision, because ithas to be moved very soon,” said LynneFair, member of the Western DistrictHistorical Society.

“Preserving it is important, and the Anglican Church people are very happythat it’s not leaving town. If we hadn’ttaken it there was a buyer all ready totake it and it would’ve been gone. Butthe major cost is in the moving.” The grass-roots committee, which re-

ceived its society status in January, hasmet for the past two years, worked on

strategic-planning, and sought advicefrom experts at the Glenbow Museumin Calgary. By acquiring the AnglicanChurch, the society hopes to incorpo-rate the structure into their plans ofestablishing a museum, and possiblyaccommodate an even bigger vision ofa Strathmore Historic Park. According to Fair the project will

focus on the rich heritage of the CPRDemonstration and Supply Farm andthe Irrigation District that played keyroles in Strathmore’s history from 1908

to 1943. Although currently still in aplanning phase, the society is awaretheir vision may take years to come to

fruition and will require ongoing fun-draising.

“The planning of the museum is a very long-range project … this doesn’thappen overnight,” Fair added. “If wedon’t spend a lot of time doing all ofour visioning, needs assessments, plan-ning, and paperwork before anythinggets off the ground, we may not be assuccessful as we would hope.” Ticking off all of the criteria for this

year’s Dragon’s Den-inspired Let’sMake a Pitch event, the project aimsto promote community pride, engagecommunity involvement, strengtheningthe quality of life, and inspire change. The competition is the brainchild

of Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Strathmore Dwight Stanford, who was inspired when he part icipat-ed in a similar event at the EconomicDevelopers Conference last year. Win-ning $500 for his team’s idea, Stanfordreinvested the funds – which grew to$10,000 – into the project that most im-pressed the judges for beautifying thetown.

Mimicking the same style, Jerry Lem-mon with Talisman Energy, William G. Turnbull president of W.G. Turnbull & Associates, and Kenneth Struss withCancorp Property Group deliberatedfive pitches, which included little freelibraries, a graffiti initiative, eats ofStrathmore, and park enhancement.

“The judges took it very seriously,”said Stanford. “The Western DistrictHistorical Society was neat, becausethe group dressed the part. They’vegot a group that’s enthused about it. They have some members with goodhistory of this area, and hopefully inthe future they can get set up and geta facility.” While Stanford was pleased with the

turnout and Travelodge’s donation oftheir facility and refreshments, plansfor next year may be shifted towards

Prize money offsets financial load to preserve history

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Val Christie (l-r) Lynne Fair,and Rhonda Stockwell of theWestern District HistoricalSociety won $5,000 for theirpitch at the second annualLet’s Make a Pitch event tooffset costs to transport the105-year-old Anglican Churchto a temporary location, whichwill be incorporated into plansto construct a museum inStrathmore.

the end of the year. With program-filled summer months, Stanford ex-pects moving the event to the fall will

provide non-profit organizations withmore time to prepare and possibly in-crease participation.

Holy Cross Collegiatevaledictorian RayvenMoore addressed herclassmates on June 13during the graduation cer-emony held at the HopeCommunity Church.

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Thought for

the Week

~

The difference

between a cat

and a dog is

that a dog has a

master, while a

cat has staff.

KRISTA STOUT, GAMES COORDINATOR

Strathmore 2015 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games

Are you looking for something fun to do thissummer? There’s still time to volunteer for theStrathmore 2015 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games! We are currently looking for 65 volunteers to

help out with Opening Ceremonies, and 15 forClosing Ceremonies. Are you great with people? We still need 10-15

Ambassadors. Ambassadors promote goodwill atthe games, provide a smiling face, answer ques-

tions on the Town of Strathmore and the games,and assist all patrons of the games!

Docents are needed for the Arts & Crafts Exhibi-tion at the games! A docent is a person who worksin a gallery answering any questions and is gener-ally on call to direct the public into the exhibition.

Can’t help out during games week but still wantto contribute? Help out the Arts & Crafts Exhibi-tion July 2-5 or July 13-15!

Please contact the games office at (403) 934-1580 to sign up or visit us at 233 3 Ave, Strath-more.

No one can do everything,

but everyone can do something

DEREK FILDEBRANDT

Wildrose MLA for Strathmore-Brooks

Alberta’s government is running on autopilot right now, without any budgetary framework in place. In fact, the prov-ince’s finances are still being run based on Alison Redford’s budget from March of 2014, the last budget actually passed by the legislature.

While former premier Jim Prentice introduced a budget

before calling an election, it was never actually debated orpassed by the legislature. That means that the government

Mini-Budget deserves proper scrutinyhas no constitutional authority to spend moneymuch longer. As such, the NDP needs to seek authority to

keep spending until it can piece proper budgettogether. They will do that in the form of an “in-terim supply bill.”

Normally, these bills are for sums of moneyranging from a few hundred thousand dollars toa few million dollars. It is extraordinarily rare –

if not entirely unprecedented – to use such aninterim measure to spend tens of billions of dol-lars. It effectively constitutes a ‘mini-budget,’ andis likely to add up to between $15 billion and $20 billion.

The Wildrose Opposition will work with theNDP government to ensure that this mini-budgetis held to a proper level of scrutiny befitting sucha massive sum of money. That is why on June 12I spoke at the legislature and laid out four pointsfor the government to do just this.

1) Allow the mini-budget to be fully debated inthe house, with all ministers accounting for newspending items presented;

2) Commit to returning the legislature after La- bour Day and not delay the full budget beyondSeptember 2015;

3) Provide full information on the true state of Alberta’s finances before voting on the bill, in-cluding estimates of revenue, spending, the debt,and deficit; and

4) Do away with the PC funny-money account-

ing tricks to stop hiding billion of spending fromthe deficit’s bottom line. We would not being doing our job as the of-

ficial opposition if we simply allowed a spending bill for $10 billion to $20 billion to pass throughthe legislature without proper scrutiny, and with-out knowing the big-picture impact to the prov-ince’s finances.

I thought that these measures were pretty rea-

sonable, and in fact, a new way of doing politicsdifferently, with the opposition and governmentcooperating together despite ideological differ-ences. That is why I surprised to when PremierRachel Notley responded why shrugging off oursuggestions and stating that the legislature will just have to make due with minimal details.

The NDP hasn’t yet released the bill for us tosee, but this doesn’t bode well for bringing asense of fiscal responsibility to the legislature thathas been sorely lacking for a decade.

It is critical that a mini-budget authorizing abouthalf a year’s spending contain it some informationto allow for even minimal accountability.

How much money is the government asking forin Program A? Without spelling that out, what’s tostop bureaucrats from going over budget?

If the government is merely given a blankcheque to spend as it sees fit without any over-sight from the legislature, what’s to stop the cabi-net from spending money on things that it wouldotherwise have no legal authority to spend on?

Student excellence!Strathmore High School Grade 12 student Lo-

gan Blakney was awarded the Merit Contractors

Association Scholarship award for Achievement

and Leadership in Construction Technology

during the Strathmore High School’s Academic Awards Ceremonyon June 9.

Justin Seward Photo

Crowther’s got talent! A band of talented Crowther Memorial Junior High School students performed ‘Uptown Funk’ during the Crowther’s got talent

show on June 11. Justin Seward Photo

Farming appreciationUFA held their Open Farm Days on June 12 to show their appreciation for

continued business from the farming industry. UFA employees, Dan Irvine(l-r), Joseph Van Bavel, David Sammons, Tyler Damen and Virgil Edlyn.

Justin Seward Photo

By Irene Knappe, Secretary / PR / Membership

Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS

IMPORTANT DATES FOR JUNE / JULY, 2015

Sunday – 21st: L/A Breakfast

Father’s Day

First Day of Summer

• Two more weeks of Wednesday Bingo until summer break!• Don’t know what to do on Friday nights? Don’t forget about

Jan’s special dinners, jamming and meat draws on Friday Nights.• On July 1st, Canada Day, our Legion will once again raise the

flags at the Kinsmen Park. Come and join us for the ceremony!

• We will have our large blue and yellow wagon at Kinsmen Park

on July 1st, as well. Once again, WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUN-TEERS!

• Did You Know?:

o The Legion donated $1,500 to sponsor the Strathmore Rodeo

People Mover this year. We did the same last year.

o The Legion also donated $200 to the Relay for Life.o On July 3rd, our very own Brian Allemang will be at Fort Calgary

on the float from the Pan Am games, and then, at 9:29 a.m., he

will be running with the torch!!!!! Be sure to look for him on the

news!!!

For further information, please call the Legion at 403.934.5119


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JOHN GODSMAN

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Gordon’s grandparents Henry and Florence Hil-ton emigrated from England to the NightingaleDistrict in 1910, and became part of the EnglishColony.

Henry was a tailor in England, but moved toCanada to become a farmer, so Gordon’s roots in

agriculture were set. Gordon’s mother’s family, theMaillous also originated in England, immigrating toPiapot, Sask. in 1909. Vi’s father’s family - the Bar-

telens immigrated from Hollandin 1908 to the Aakenstad DutchColony, northeast of Strathmore.

They were among the group who helped build the first Cath-olic church in Strathmore, in1910. Unfortunately, it didn’thave a church bell, and whenthe elder Mrs. Bartelen was dy-ing, she asked her husband topurchase a bell in her memory.

Accordingly, a bell was orderedfrom France, arriving here in

1926, and was inscribed withBartelen family names, as wellas those of the Pope, Bishop and Priest who werein office at the time. This bell was moved whena new church replaced the original building, and

was still in use at the time of the demolition of thischurch in 2013. Vi and Gordon were able to re-trieve the bell. Vi’s mother’s family – the Verweires,immigrated from Belgium to the Finnegan district,near Gem, in 1913.

Gordon grew up in the Nightingale area, and Viin the Cheadle area. They both started school inone-room country schools, for their elementaryeducation. Gordon attended Berta Vale,

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