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March 17, 2016 Strathmore Times, Volume 8, Issue 12, Locally Owned & Operated Alberta Weekly Newspaper, Member of the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association, Official Newspaper of the Wheatland Kings and CFR Bisons Hockey Teams.TRANSCRIPT
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As last week’s Career and Employment Expo in Siksika drew a record-breaking num-ber of vendors and attendees in recent years, the event appealed to the younger generation – the nation’s powerhouse – and elevated as-pirations of collaboration with surrounding communities, greater independency, and en-couraging future propitious careers.
Portrayed as one of Wheatland County’s largest career fairs, nearly 50 vendors attend-ed the event. Despite the availability of in-formation on possible job opportunity while facing an aching economy, members of the Siksika Nation expect the event will have a catalytic effect, with intentions of addressing social issues in the future.
“Our people need to get into careers, start looking at who they are as individuals, and we’re working towards where our people can be independent versus being on the wel-fare system,” said Daniel Stimson, manager with the Siksika Employment and Training Services. “We want to break that chain from residential schools and what happened to our First Nation members, because from yes-teryears to now it has a snowball effect and this is why we’re working hard… to provide events like this.”
Understanding that the youths represent roughly 60 per cent of the Siksika Nation’s population, Stimson said he’s already seen an increase in the number of the younger gen-eration graduating from high school, college, and universities. Siksika Employment and Training Services works together with vari-ous agencies including departments of edu-cation, public works, housing, justice, and family services. By offering events like the job fair, Stimson and his team hope it will instill independence among the First Nation youth and fill vital positions currently in abundance such as doctors, nurses and engineers.
However, to achieve a greater success rate, the Siksika Nation is working towards build-ing stronger relationships with the Town of Strathmore and Wheatland County. Among the booths at the career fair, which includ-ed Siksika Income Support, Siksika Public Works, and Litipaay Tapi Yoosiini – a cultural and essential skills program - the Wheatland County office, the Strathmore Chamber of Commerce, Strathmore-based McBride Ca-reer Group, and the Strathmore Overnight Shelter were also in attendance.
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Siksika job fair fosters stronger ties
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Great show!Men’s Fancy Dancer Keith Nepoose participated in the traditional powwow at the Piksapi Me-morial Arbor on March 11. The event was part of the Community Wellness Symposium in Siksika from March 9-11. See more photos on Page 3.
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“The bridge has to be built, and it has to work where we have that mutual re-spect,” said Stimson. “Hopefully that re-lationship will be build. I think there’s a lot of room for people to work with each other. We want to be a part of the solution not a problem.”
Richard Rodgers, who helped orga-nize the event, is aware of numerous re-
sources available in Siksika. He’s been working together with the nation to build collaboration between the com-munities.
“They have a great mental health unit, they have emergency services that if a house burns down they respond instantly, they have a high network of psychologists, mental health workers, great EMS emergency services, and fire department,” said Rodgers. “There are
so many things, that it would help the county and the town, that if you build those relationships, then we can help each other. There’s a shortfall within any of those areas.”
The Career and Employment Expo ran alongside the Community Wellness Symposium, and while the job fair re-sulted in a healthy turnout, Rodgers ex-pects next year’s event to be larger with even greater networking opportunities.
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Numerous participants took part in a traditional powwow, as part of the Community Wellness Symposium, at the Piksapi Memorial Arbor on March 11. Miriam Ostermann Photos
Over 40 vendors participated in the Career and Employment Expo on March 10 at the Siksika Community Centre Building. Miriam Ostermann Photos
The Collective Cooking program got underway at the Hope Covenant Church on March 5. The group was started to help struggling families in the community during the current economic downturn. The price is $3.50 per prepared meal per per-son. The next session will be April 9 with the sign-up deadline being April 2.
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TOWN OF STRATHMORENOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
The following application(s) for development have been approved by the Town of Strathmore, subject to the right of appeal to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board:Application: 16D-014Civic Address: 222 and 224 Fourth AvenueLegal Description: Plan 5894P, Block 8, Lots 9-12Development:The Town of Strathmore has conditionally approved a Development Permit for two (2) six unit Apartment Buildings to be joined together by a common wall, at 222 and 224 Fourth Avenue (Plan 5894P, Block 8, Lots 9-12). Land Use Bylaw 14-11 requires the Development Authority to publish notice of the Development Permit for the following reasons:1. A relaxation of 0.39m for the front yard setback was granted2. A relaxation from the number of residential units per hectare was grantedA copy of the documents for the proposed development may be inspected by the public during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the Town Office (680 Westchester Road, Strathmore AB, T1P 1J1). Please contact the Town Office if you would like an opportunity to review and provide input on the proposed discretionary use and relaxation.NOTICE OF APPEAL PROCEDUREA person affected by this permit or any conditions of this permit may appeal to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board as prescribed by Section 685 of the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000 as amended, and Section 1.18 of the Town of Strathmore Land Use Bylaw 14-11.A Notice of Appeal must be made in writing, accompanied by the fee of $100.00 and addressed to the Secretary of the Strathmore Development Appeal Board, 680 Westchester Road Strathmore AB T1P 1J1 be received no later than 4:30 pm on Tuesday March 29, 2016.Date of Publication: March 11, 2016.
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TOWN OF STRATHMORE NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
The following application(s) for development have been approved by the Town of Strathmore, subject to the right of appeal to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board: Application: 16D-014 Civic Address: 222 and 224 Fourth Avenue Legal Description: Plan 5894P, Block 8, Lots 9-12
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The Town of Strathmore has conditionally approved a Development Permit for two (2) six unit Apartment Buildings to be joined together by a common wall, at 222 and 224 Fourth Avenue (Plan 5894P, Block 8, Lots 9-12). Land Use Bylaw 14-11 requires the Development Authority to publish notice of the Development Permit for the following reasons:
1. A relaxation of 0.39m for the front yard setback was granted 2. A relaxation from the number of residential units per hectare was granted
A copy of the documents for the proposed development may be inspected by the public during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the Town Office (680 Westchester Road, Strathmore AB, T1P 1J1). Please contact the Town Office if you would like an opportunity to review and provide input on the proposed discretionary use and relaxation.
NOTICE OF APPEAL PROCEDURE
A person affected by this permit or any conditions of this permit may appeal to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board as prescribed by Section 685 of the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000 as amended, and Section 1.18 of the Town of Strathmore Land Use Bylaw 14-11.
A Notice of Appeal must be made in writing, accompanied by the fee of $100.00 and addressed to the Secretary of the Strathmore Development Appeal Board, 680 Westchester Road Strathmore AB T1P 1J1 be received no later than 4:30 pm on Tuesday March 29, 2016.
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COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS – MARCH 2, 2016
• Council moved in Camera at 6:32PM to discuss an item for a Land Matter.• Council came out of Camera at 6:48 PM.• Council adopted the February 3, 2016 Regular Council Agenda with the following additions or deletions:7.1 Special Council Meeting – Designation of Anglican Church7.2 Mayor Censure8.4 New CAO Announcement• Council gave first reading to Bylaw No. 16-02 Land Use Bylaw Amendment Bylaw.• Council moved to hold a Public Hearing for Bylaw No. 16.02 at the April 6, 2016 Regular Council Meeting. • Council gave first and second reading to Bylaw No. 15-27 Taxi Bylaw.• Council adjourned the Bylaw 15-27 matter to the April 6, 2016 Regular Council Meeting.• Mayor Ell called a special Council meeting on March 23, 2016 at 6:30PM to discuss the Historical Designation of the Anglican Church.• Council moved that effective April 18th, 2016, the censure against Mayor Ell of October 14, 2014, as it pertains to the communication with the CAO without Council’s direction, unless the communication occurs within the context of a Council or Council committee meeting, be removed. • Council adopted Policy 7401 – Public Arts Policy.• Council approve the Thomas Drive Storm Retention Feature construction to Blackie Site Works Ltd. For an amount not to exceed $57,615.00 plus GST and that the total 2016 budget be adjusted to $74,056 plus GST to complete the project with funds to be drawn from the Storm Offsite Levy Reserve.• Council appointed James Thackray to the position of CAO for the Town of Strathmore effective April 18, 2016.• Council approved a change of scope to the Transitional Solutions Inc. CAO Recruitment Contract to include the drafting of a Human Resources Policy Manual and Employee Satisfaction Survey as in an amount not exceeding $14,000.00 (plus GST), with funds to be drawn from financial stabilization.• Council moved to disband the CAO Succession Committee.• Council adjourned the March 2, 2016 Regular Council Meeting at 9:05PM.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCILThe Chief Elected Official hereby calls a Special Council Meeting pursuant to section 194 of the Municipal Government Act RSA 2000 as amended, for the following purpose, date, time and place:
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016Time: 6:30 PMPlace: Council Chambers, 680 Westchester Road, Strathmore, AB.Purpose: 1. Historical Designation of the St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church.
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Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS• Every Wednesday night: Bingo – opens at 5:30 pm and play begins at 6:15 • Every Friday Night: Jamming, unless there is a booking. Meat and 50/50 draws begin at 6 pm and the kitchen also has its special $10 dinners every Friday until 7 pm. • Every Saturday Afternoon: Meat draws begin at 3:00 pm• Our Next Executive meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12th at 7:00 pm• The next General meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:30 pm• The Ladies Auxiliary is having its next breakfast on Sunday, March 20th from 9 – 11 am. • On April 2nd, the Legion will be presenting Luisa Marshall who is a Tina Turner imper-sonator!!! Rumour has it she also does Shania Twain!! Her show will begin at 8 p.m. and tickets are $25 per person. From the $25, Ms. Marshall will retain $20 and donate the remaining $5 to PTSD to benefit our Veterans. Jan, who runs the Legion’s kitchen, will be offering a very special dinner starting at 6:00 pm. Show Jan your ticket for the Tina Turner show, and your dinner will cost you $10. If you are not attending the show, you are still welcome to come for dinner, but the cost will be $15 per person. Show tickets are limited and available at the bar during business hours. SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!!!!• A heads-up about the annual Steak and Lobster dinner hosted by the Legion Sports Committee. It will be held on May 7th, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are now on sale and avail-able at the Bar. Steak and lobster: $40 per person; steak only: $15 per person and lobster only: $25 per person. Of course, the trimmings are included. Please bring your own lobster crackers. Tickets are limited and this dinner is a sell-out every year, so get them early!• May 8th is Mother’s Day. Just sayin’.• On May 14th we will be holding the annual Shoot for the Troops, which is a fund-raiser for our Veterans’ families by dart players from all over Alberta. It is a true fun-day from which over $2,000 was donated last year! There is also a silent auction, which raised over $600 last year! If anyone has an item or items they wish to donate to this auction, please bring them to the Legion between April 15th and May 13th. Please make sure nothing is broken or chipped or needs parts. Make sure you put your name on the item so you may be recognized as a donor.
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DEREK FILDEBRANDTMLA Strathmore-Brooks
For the first time in the modern history of Alberta, our government has asked the federal government for a bailout. Premier Rachel Notley requested a $250 million emergency transfer from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Ottawa obliged, handing Alberta its first welfare cheque since the Great De-pression.
It was a quiet, but substantive blow to the dignity of our province and it isn’t worth the cost.
Keep the change Ottawa, Alberta needs to stand on its own two feetThe NDP government is now on track to run a
$10 billion deficit, more than twice as large as the next largest deficit ever run in Alberta. The federal bailout money will cover just 2.5 per cent of the projected deficit for 2016. It is a drop in the pro-verbial bucket of the massive fiscal shortfall that the province faces in what will be our ninth con-secutive year of deficit budgets. It will do nothing to solve the long-term structural fiscal problems that the province faces
The only thing that the federal bailout money has done is to allow the federal government to claim that it has done its part to help Alberta.
There is one thing that the federal government can do – and do tomorrow – that won’t cost tax-payers a cent: approve Energy East. The Energy East pipeline would create billions of dollars in economic activity across Canada and allow Al-berta to finally get our products to international markets. It’s a no-brainer for any government that cares about Alberta and our constitutional right to trade across provincial borders without parochial extortion.
Instead, the federal government is abandoning its constitutional obligations under pressure from the likes of Montreal mayor Denis Coderre and the government of Quebec, which recently filed an injunction against Energy East in court.
The response from our NDP government to this injunction was to plead with Albertans to under-stand the viewpoint of the Quebec government and to not get upset. It was a response unbecom-ing of the leader of a province that has contrib-uted so much to confederation, and asked so little of it in return.
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Rather than remind Quebec’s myopic politicians
that Alberta’s net contribution to their federal lar-gesse should encourage them to start behaving like members of a united country, our government has merely pleaded for a few scraps of our own from the federal table.
Asking for this money may have weakened Al-berta’s negotiating hand, and for a bargain-base-ment price.
The fact is that only Alberta can solve Alberta’s fiscal problems. It is Alberta’s government that has annually overspent since the mid-2000s. It is Alberta’s government that borrowed money to fi-nance our deficits, even when oil was over $100 a barrel. It is Alberta’s government that is right now driving investment and jobs away beyond our bor-ders in the name of NDP economic experiments.
These are problems that only Albertans can solve. Federal handouts that cover just 2.5 per cent of a single year’s deficit will do nothing to solve our structural fiscal challenges. Ottawa can keep the change.
Alberta’s government does not control the price of oil, but we do control how much we spend, how much we tax, and what kind of business cli-mate we want to create.
A return to balanced budgets is a challenge that needs to be addressed with a multi-year plan that sees reasonable reductions in expenditures and that focuses on getting the best value for taxpay-ers’ money while protecting front-line services.
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Alberta has what it takes to stand on our own two feet if we will only just do it.
(Derek Fildebrandt is MLA for Strathmore-Brooks, the Wildrose Shadow Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Contact him at [email protected] or 403-362-6973.
MARTIN SHIELDSBow River Member of Parliament
I recently had the chance to criss-cross the Bow River riding, which is roughly the size of New Brunswick. I hosted many community round-tables, met with many municipal/local officials, held consultations at seniors centres, and spoke to dozens of constituents.
One of the common themes that was touched on at most meetings was the state of Alberta and Canada’s economy. The price of oil has hurt our oil and gas sector considerably, and to make mat-ters worse, our federal Liberal government is not giving enough support to this crucial sector.
Recently, they added new layers of bureaucracy to the pipeline review process. Unfortunately, this new layer of bureaucracy means very long delays for approval, that would take possibly many years, if ever, to get the green light. Take the Energy East project for example. This project would require no money from the taxpayer, it would translate into jobs for Canadians by private sector invest-ment.
There is already a strong regulatory process for pipelines through the National Energy Board pro-cess. There’s no reason why this project should be held up.
I was able to make a statement in the House of Commons about the newly started Oil Respect Campaign, which has been gaining traction in communities across Canada. The campaign, spon-
sored by the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC), aims to shed light on this industry, and about the hardworking men and women that it employs. One of the main roles of the Oil Respect campaign is to point out the inaccuracies about their industry that are often promulgated by mainstream media sources and by groups with special interests that are anti-oil sands.
Thankfully, the Oil Respect Campaign is able to counter many of these inaccuracies with solid facts. There are dozens of small businesses in our region that rely on the oil and gas sector. On top of the low oil prices and the low dollar, what we need is a supportive federal government that as-sists the industry, as opposed to a government that slaps more regulation on major project approvals.
The Conservatives will continue to stand up for our hard-working oil and gas sector, and will continue to pressure the Liberals to show our working families the respect they deserve. I am very proud of our industry, and will continue to remind folks that we have one of the most envi-ronmentally sustainable and strongest regulatory systems in the world.
I thank you for your continued support, and as always I welcome your questions and comments. You can contact my Brooks office at 1-844-241-0020 or [email protected] , my Ottawa office at 613-992-0761 or [email protected]. I invite you to visit my website at www.martinshieldsbowriver.ca.
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PAT FULEFule for Thought
I recently ran into a couple of my former high school students. They’re actually two brothers who were eat-ing breakfast together. My first reaction was to point out the obvious.
“Aw, this is so cute, the two brothers sitting together for breakie! Did you guys come down from your bunk beds together, too? Do you have lots of room for activi-ties in your room with bunk beds?” I asked.
They were good sports about it, and we reminisced for a while. I reminded Chris about one of his verbal responses once in Grade 10 English. About seven years ago, we were doing a kind of “team building” memory game where the kids were put in groups and had to an-swer questions about themselves. Then, they’d switch papers for a time period, and I’d ask them questions to see how well they got to know their classmates. I have never forgotten Chris’s answer to one question! The question was: if you could travel any place, where would be your favorite spot? Without missing a beat, Chris had answered, “Courtney’s bedroom!”
Now, Courtney was one of his classmates, but try as I might, I could not stop laughing! It was a brilliantly timed, funny answer, and Courtney joined us in the chuckles! I did tell Chris at the time, that I’d be telling Courtney’s father to be on the lookout for any high school stalkers in their back yard!
Speaking of bunk beds, I have another friend Ken, who’s very excited about going on a wild boar hunt in May. He even said the eight of them would be sleep-ing in two cabins with bunk beds! Bunk beds … it’s almost like a slumber party mixed with killing animals! The brochure even suggests bring the whole family for “quality family time together!”
I wonder how the boars feel about this quality time? In fact, they even have a meeting planned for two weeks from now to go over all their plans. It reminded me of the sleepover scene from “Grease” where Sandy, Rizzo, Marty, and Frenchie are trying out nail polish and makeup. I can almost picture these hunters, their planning, and the slumber party pig massacre.
“Hey Floyd, help me pick out the best camo shade for my face! What shades of green and brown would be slimming?!”
Yup, if you’re going to be big game hunters, telling me you’re in bunk beds together, sends me off in way
different directions! Hopefully, these guys won’t be hunting one of Strathmore’s “therapy piggies!”
I’ve also always wondered how hunter-guys “go to the bathroom” when they’re up high in a tree stand. You’d think that climbing down for a pee could be a dangerous proposition. I mean, what if Floyd gets con-fused! A bathroom break could turn deadly!
Ken and his wife are also avid campers. They do have a trailer with all the luxuries, but they’ve also roughed it. The Fules are not good campers. We’ve tried it in the past, and we’ve failed. My idea of rough-ing it is a 3-star motel vs. a 4-star. You know, if the TV screen in the bedroom is less than 32”, I’m facing the wilderness! You run in to interesting people when you camp, or motel. I never actually met this one guy, but I sure did have fun with the encounter! You see, I’m always amazed at just how much we as a society, use cell phones nowadays. What I will never understand, is someone talking on a cell while in a bathroom stall, on the throne!
That’s where my stranger encounter happened, on a “camping trip” in a large hotel. To me, if you’re on the phone in a stall, that’s hilarious, and I just can’t help pointing this out. I’m assuming the guy was in business, because he was speaking on the cell using financial terms. So … I began to (one by one) flush all the urinals. I hit the fan buttons, ran the faucets, and even turned on the paper towel dispensers! I thought it would be fun for the person on the other end of the line to wonder where the heck the caller was!
“What, no … no, I’m not in a bathroom, that would be dumb! I’m just in the hallway, it’s a busy place!” he said.
That’s when I went into the stall right next to him, and flushed the toilet! I flushed it a couple more times, and the guy actually admitted to his caller, that yes, he was in the bathroom now … no, it wasn’t weird to be on the phone … yes, he’d call back at another time! Well, my work here is done, I thought, and I left the men’s room! Huh, maybe that was Floyd and he was planning the costs for the pig hunt?
(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourous col-umn that appears in the Strathmore Times, written by long-time resident, town councillor, high school teach-er, coach, husband and father of two – Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touch with Pat, you can send him an e-mail at [email protected])
Beds, Boars and Beyond
JENNIFER PAGEStrathmore Pregnancy Care Centre
Imagine that you are 17 years old and your girl-friend has just told you that she is pregnant. Your mind starts to race with questions – not knowing where to turn, who can help and what your role is now.
At the Pregnancy Care Centre, we provide informa-tion and peer support for men and women who are impacted by unplanned pregnancies, and resources for those who are in the parenting stages.
We understand that the challenges facing men dur-ing unplanned pregnancies are different than those facing women. If your partner is pregnant, we can help you understand the choices that she has to make, or has already made. We provide space and support so that you can ask questions, work through chal-lenges, and navigate your role in the decision-making process and beyond.
Men of all ages and stages of life are welcome. We provide peer-support regardless of whether current or past partners have chosen to parent, place for adoption, or have an abortion. If you need a place to sort through the emotions associated with unplanned pregnancy, we are here to help.
Contact us at 403-934-3017 or e-mail [email protected] to book an appointment.
Unplanned pregnancy affects men too
Great speakers!The Rockyford 4-H Beef Club held their annual public speaking event on Feb. 24. This year’s communication event was sponsored by AltaLink. It was an evening filled with speeches, presentations and impromptus.
Photo Courtesy of Hailey Kenney
Lions come togetherThe Strathmore Lions Banquet was held on March 3 at the Strathmore Civic Centre. Lions members, guests, and spouses attended the event for a meal and a cer-tificate presentation. Lion Albert Herr received a 25-Year Certificate from 1st. Vice District Governor Gail Haight, with Strathmore Lions president James Pinkett.
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What does your future hold?People flocked to the McBride Career Group career fair to see what jobs are available on March 9.
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To the EditorYou can save your Strathmore tax dol-
lars by telling council you want them to vote no to historic designation of the An-glican Church building and property.
BackgroundYou need to inform council that wheth-
er or not you attended the “Anglican Church Property Open House,” you do not want them to declare the Anglican church building and the property it is on as a Municipal Historic Resource. The people who attended the 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. session of the open house were not told by the Western District Historic So-ciety (WDHS) that it declined the option of buying the building and the property from the parties that purchased them from the “Anglicans.” The purchaser of the property, not WDHS, informed people at the 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. session about the offer to WDHS.
Furthermore, WDHS gave the impres-sion at both sessions of the open house that no “Town of Strathmore” property was available on which to locate the church building. Material handed to some people at the meeting reminded them that councillor Fule recognized at the coun-cil meeting on Feb. 17, that moving the church building to town property such as kitty corner from the Legion would put the building in a prominent location (handout is at the web address below). Moving the building to property along Center Street by the downtown park with the lake is an option raised with all coun-cillors, WDHS and the mayor (see http://www.auctorresearch.net/church.html).
Moving the building would (1) allow Strathmore to not designate the proper-ty; (2) have the building be more promi-nent and useful; and (3) avoid litigation apparently involving paying $500,000 to $750,000 compensation to the Angli-can Diocese of Calgary. In summary, at a meeting meant to inform attendees about merits of viable options, important op-tions were not addressed or partially ad-dressed meaning attendees voting did not have appropriate information about what is best for Strathmore.
At the open house the MC, Mr. Den-nis Groehof, who controlled questions answered by WDHS, “the Anglicans” and Strathmore announced that that re-sponses to an anonymous ballot that all people attending the Anglican Church Building Open House could cast would “give Council accurate feedback from the public to assist them to make the best
decision possible for the community as a whole.”
At the first session, Mr. Groehof ap-parently had a question about why the WDHS declined the purchase offer men-tioned above but did not ask for an an-swer. Furthermore, the Times (March 11 edition) reports that Strathmore officials knew of the offer and did not have it dis-closed to attendees at the first session of the Open House.
Given that more than half the people attending the open house voted based on incomplete information on the mer-its of voting no and given no control to see that voters were Strathmore voters or taxpayers, the survey/ballot does not provide accurate information. However, if results were for no, the vote would only have been more negative given attendees had been given appropriate information for voting.
Call to ActionYou need to let council know that you
do not want them to waste $500,000 (pos-sibly $750,000 when all bills are paid) of your tax dollars by voting yes to declar-ing the church and property a Municipal Historical Resource. Yes would result in paying compensation. However, WDHS can (1) buy the building and the property and (2) when they are owners, can ask Strathmore to pursue declaration of them as a Municipal Historic Resource.
You can write or e-mail council (http://www.strathmore.ca/your_elected_offi-cials) identifying yourself as a tax payer and telling them that, as your elected rep-resentatives, your will is that the property not be declared.
I’m providing an option, you can send an e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected]. You just need to say “I want you to vote no to declaration of Anglican Church Building as a Municipal Historic Resource.”
Please specify that you are a registered Strathmore voter and/or taxpayer and give your name and address with postal code. I’ll only forward e-mail with a no vote to council and will not forward any e-mail that does not have a name and ad-dress with a Strathmore postal code. I can check postal codes for being for Strath-more and will. Strathmore will have the e-mail address you use and have the ca-pability to identify fraudulent No vote in-formation.
Jay Beaman, Strathmore registered voter
and taxpayer
Save your taxpayers dollarsHigh praiseMark Kathol was awarded the Rockyford Lions Scholarship of $1,000 in Febru-ary. He is current-ly enrolled in the Agricultural Me-chanics Program at Olds College.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the EditorI am a member of “Senior Advisory
committee to the Town of Strathmore.” I am very concerned about transportation for our seniors and our handicapped.
We have had a number of meetings to talk about this issue. This month we had the Handy Bus people come and meet with us. I am impressed with the service that they offer, but they offer no service for seniors or handicap after 6 p.m., weekdays and no service on week-ends.
It is very important that the seniors and handicapped get to their medical ap-pointments and the Handy Bus is doing a
very good job of this.The social life of seniors and handi-
cap people is also very important. After 6 p.m., on weekdays and on weekends they have no service to get them out to dinner, go to a show or go to church, etc.
It seems that funding is the problem. Monies for dispatching, more buses or vans that can accommodate the handi-capped. Our taxi service does not at this time offer this service.
We need to find a way to treat our se-niors and handicapped better!
Carol CurryStrathmore
Transportation concerns in Strathmore
The Brentwood Senior Choir sang at the Choralfest 2016 at the Knox United Church on March 4. The event was sponsored by Choir Alberta and involved 100 choirs and over 5,000 singers.
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Hitting the right note
Sacred Heart Academy Grade 6 stu-dents Aleksandra Dovichak (middle) and Cassidy Van Bavel, presented Me-lissa Haavind (l) from Meals on Wheels with a $406.95 cheque on March 7. The donation is part of the school’s Acts of Mercy initiative, which has do-nated funds to Hope for Syria and the food bank in the past.
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Spirit of giving
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Times TIDBITS
Did You Know? Every year on the Spring Equinox, we hear about how it is the only day of the year when an egg can be perfectly balanced on its end. Many try it and those who fail are told that they didn’t try it at the exact time of the equinox. The truth however is that there is noth-ing magical about the equinox or the time it occurs – you can balance an egg perfectly
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MIRIAM OSTERMANNTimes Associate Editor
Strathmore-Brooks MLA Derek Fildebrandt is finding himself on thin ice among some constituents, after a social media frenzy followed his comments regarding so-cial issues.
Prompted through the on-line medium of Twitter on March 1, whether the Wil-drose Party was going to weigh in on social issues – in conjunction with schools preparing to implement new guidelines in relation to the LGBTQ community – Fil-debrandt took to the Inter-net stating that while social issues are important, they didn’t rank in his 100 reasons of running for office and that he finds such debates stale.
His comment, which has since been removed, quickly gathered attention online, in-cluding comments from vari-ous New Democratic Party and Progressive Conservative politicians. In particular, NDP MLA Michael Connolly, who was one of the first three openly gay persons to be elected to the Alberta legisla-ture and who visited Strath-more during the Canadian Rockies International Rodeo, replied to Fildebrandt’s tweet asking whether, “homeless-ness, income inequality, inter-partner violence, ad-dictions, hate crimes, and LG-BTQ rights are ‘stale’?”
Although the Strathmore-Brooks representative did not reply to the responses, in an interview with the Strath-more Times, Fildebrandt ac-knowledged that the issues are important and that the Twitter platform was not the proper forum to have mean-
ingful debates.“It was a glib comment that
is typical of Twitter where you only have 140 characters to express yourself and it’s not necessarily the best way to do it,” Fildebrandt said.
“Of course I care about so-cial issues. What I meant by it was that my focus right now is dealing with unemployed Albertans and addressing the serious economic fiscal chal-lenges of the province. Hav-ing an endless debate about issues not focused on the real challenges facing unem-ployed Albertans, is just not my priority.”
Nonetheless, his Twitter comments had constituents questioning his reaction. While some felt it was raising concern, others stated social issues played a big part of their jobs as politicians. Ac-cording to Fildebrandt, the social media debate provided reassurance of the impor-tance of meeting and discuss-ing issues with constituents in person.
“Twitter is becoming an increasingly silly medium where it’s difficult to have a calm and rational discussion about the time of day,” he said. “Of course people on Twitter love to work them-selves into a frenzy at any perceived controversy. It’s a reminder why I engage with constituents face-to-face as often as possible.”
In response to the issue of the new LGBTQ guidelines as per Bill 10, which was passed by the previous government last year, he recognized its complexity and said he’s been encouraging concerned constituents to contact the Minister of Education direct-ly.
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Being the first among her friends and family mem-bers to make the decision of breastfeeding her children, Angela Meyer spent endless hours researching to find ad-vice and a support network with other mothers.
When numerous online sources kept referring back to the La Leche League, a na-tional organization of volun-teers dedicated to providing encouragement and shar-ing knowledge with wom-en wanting to breastfeed, Meyer began reading one of the charitable organization’s publications, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.
Despite introducing Meyer to the La Leche League and providing answers to many of her questions, the book also shed awareness on the meetings taking place across Canada. Having received the support she needed from the group in Chestermere, Meyer is now launching a La Leche League support group in Strathmore.
“Studies have shown that in Canada about 90 per cent of mothers start out breast-feeding but by around the sixth month that number has dropped really significantly to 24 per cent,” said Mey-er, La Leche League leader. “I find that a lot of moth-ers are giving up because they’re not well supported. It could be they don’t have support from their spous-es, from their family, from their friends, so they feel like they’re fighting an up-hill battle … and we need to know where we can go to
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provide a platform for ad-vice and anecdotes, while creating a mother-to-moth-er support networking op-portunity. Currently, there are more than 160 La Leche League Canada groups in communities country-wide. The La Leche League Inter-national (LLLI) was estab-lished 60 years ago, by a number of Illinois mothers, when breastfeeding was rare. Several years later, in the 1960s, Canada held its first meeting in Quebec.
According to Meyer the lo-cal meetings will be focused on various topics, but fluc-tuate depending on discus-sions and specific questions brought forward by those in attendance.
“I really wanted to bring a group out to Strathmore to help extend the reach that the La Leche League of-fers to mothers in this area,” Meyer said. “Many of the concerns that mothers have are really about the practical day-to-day aspects of moth-ering breast-fed babies and because leaders have their own experience breastfeed-ing their own babies, we’ve heard about the experience of many other mothers.”
La Leche League meet-ings in Strathmore are being held at the Strathmore Par-ent Link Centre on the third Tuesday’s of every month at 6:30 p.m. The program is free to attend and the lead-ers can also be reached via telephone or e-mail for ad-vice and assistance at 403-242-0277 or [email protected]. The first meeting will take place on March. 22.
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With a concrete founda-tion of programming secured in Strathmore, a community-based not-for-profit art orga-nization is cashing in on years of promotion and establishing relationships with surrounding communities by moving ahead with a Wheatland County ex-pansion.
For years the Hope Bridges Society established their now approximately 400-member-strong community of artists and facilitators, and developed a creative lineup of programs. As numbers continue to climb, the society is moving full steam ahead to bring programs to the communities including Rocky-ford, Rosebud, Carseland, Hus-sar, and Standard.
“Hope Bridges’ intention has always been to serve not only Strathmore but Wheat-land County,” said Wanda Re-inholdt, Hope Bridges Society program coordinator. “We have
had contact and built relation-ships with various individuals within the county, but we have not until the last year or so re-ally started developing regular workshops and deeper rela-tionships within the county. That’s because we were laying down a foundation of regular programming in Strathmore first, and when that solidified we moved into the county.”
The Hope Bridges Society al-ready worked with Rockyford Community Connections and the Rockyford Library in facili-tating the Zentangle workshop – a method of using repetitive patterns – and in the spring will offer drawing classes led by legally-blind artist Pat Tim-mermans.
While Rockyford was the first community to host a Hope Bridges Society work-shop outside of Strathmore, it also played host to the so-ciety’s annual gala event. In turn, the non-profit organiza-tion honoured the village with a Zentangle creation at their
gala in 2015 – artwork that is now displayed at the Rocky-ford Library.
“One of the key things that we find is that every commu-nity is different so every com-munity has different needs and different goals. Because of that sometimes it takes some time to find the best fit for the com-munity,” Reinholdt said. “Hav-ing these partners that live and work in the community and that we can have discus-sions to brainstorm around is so essential and we value these partners greatly. They are the key to our success, and we cannot be successful without them.”
The society, which offers art-based classes and work-shops for adults, was also ap-proached by the Carseland Jett Setters who then received an introduction into the Up-cycling program. Interest has also been shown for a Zentan-gle and pottery workshop in the Carseland area.
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Rosebud School of the Arts took learn-ing out of the classroom and out of Al-berta in February, on its annual theatre study trips. The first-year class spent ten days on Canada’s west coast, and the second- and third- year students spent fourteen days in Toronto and New York City. Both groups focused on seeing theatrical productions and participating in theatre workshops.
“The trips are trying to take the stu-dents’ awareness from a regional un-derstanding of theatre and trying to put it on a national level,” said Nathan Schmidt, Rosebud School of the Arts’ (RSA) Head of Acting, who led the Toronto-New York trip. “To expose the students to larger centres of theatre and the professionals that work there.”
The Toronto-New York students saw thirteen shows together, and some saw up to five more on their own. The shows included Marriage of Figaro at the Canadian Opera Company, where Rosebud-born Keith Hamm plays viola, and a Russian-language production of The Cherry Orchard. They took a play-writing workshop with Tarragon The-atre in Toronto, toured BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and shared conver-sation with an RSA graduate working at Sanctuary Ministries, which serves people experiencing homelessness. The students also did “a wicked cool work-shop” with STREB Dance Company, Schmidt said. “They explore impact and falling and positive space kind of in-teraction. They’re throwing themselves 30 feet in the air and landing in their faces.”
For Justin Lanouette, a third-year stu-dent, the highlight was seeing Wicked on Broadway. “We had a great cast ... and it was just fantastic,” he said. “The lights and the singing -- everything was amazing.” He also enjoyed a work-shop with The Humanist Project, where “Literally everyone in our class had a breakthrough in their acting,” he said. “My instincts just took over and I was just being really free.”
Lanouette was inspired to be sur-rounded by theatre professionals, what-ever the quality of their work. “It’s really
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great to see other people doing great work, but as an artist, it’s also great to see people doing not-so-great work,” he said. “We grow both ways.”
He found it challenging to attend live theatre with New Yorkers, because their theatre etiquette is different than he’s used to. “They’re talking the whole time and making lots of noise and just shuffling,” he said. Yet individual New Yorkers were always kind. “New York-ers appear often to have this really hard shell,” he said, “but as soon as I would say, ‘Thank you so much,’ or “You’re do-ing great work,’ they would turn on a dime and be like, ‘Aw, thank you, that’s lovely. It’s great to hear.’ ”
RSA’s first-year students started their trip in Victoria and Chemainus, seeing shows and taking workshops in dance, songwriting and voice and body, before taking the ferry to Vancouver for more, including a monologue workshop with RSA graduate Lucia Frangione. “(Fran-gione) has lots of insights to offer,” said Cassia Schramm, the RSA staff mem-ber who led the trip. Even during the workshop, Schramm said, “It was neat to see (the students’) monologues be-come clear.”
“It was a huge highlight for me to be able to experience such a variety (of theatre),” said Anna Dalgleish, a first-year student. “To be able to go and just consume this smorgasbord of art.”
“I very well may graduate from here and start auditioning for these theatres that I’m seeing,” she said, “It really brings what we’re studying here and it makes it reality. ... It reminded me of why I’ve chosen a path that by no means guarantees success. ... But it is so worth it.”
Traveling together also brought per-sonal rewards, she said. “You get used to living with each other in this envi-ronment (of Rosebud), but it was kind of neat getting to know everybody again in a whole new place.”
Her classmate Mikayla Whitehouse agreed. “The really special thing about Rosebud is that you’re really a relation-al school,” she said. “(The trip) was just one more way that we could grow to-gether as a class and not just in learning our craft, but in learning just how to relate to each other and how to do life together.”
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For the future, Hope Bridges is part-nering up with the Village of Standard - whose service groups have also been supporting the society through finan-cial means - for the very first time. Con-nections are currently being fostered with Hussar and Gleichen as well.
For more information on workshops, dates, registration, and contact informa-tion, visit www.hopebridges.ca.
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Rosebud School of the Arts students travelled outside Alberta for a different learning expe-rience last month. The first-year class spent 10 days on Canada’s west coast, while the second and third-year students travelled to Toronto and New York City in February.
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The CFR Bison booked their trip to the league final for the second year in a row after coming from behind in the last seven minutes of Game 4 to beat the Calgary Flames 6-3 at the Strathmore Family Centre on March 12, taking the series 3-1.
The Flames led 3-2 going into the third period and it appeared the home side found another gear in the later stages of the game, a trend that head coach Sandy Henry doesn’t want the team to get too comfortable with at this point in the season.
“I thought we got out of the gate a little slow,” said Henry. “They brought a lot more than they seemed like they had a game or two before. But we hung in there, we scrapped and clawed and kept ourselves in the game and I guess that’s the key, to give yourself a chance at the end, and our guys came through.”
He said the game was a step in the
right direction for the team because it showed the boys can battle in games they are not at their best in and still find a way to get timely goals from all four lines, as opposed to the Flames who cut down their bench as the game wore on.
According to Henry, the checking line of Matt Davies, Matt Halkovic and Jack-son Salt were phenomenal in the last 10 minutes of the game as they kept getting better, while breaking down the Flames.
The feeling of going back to league final hasn’t sunk in for the team yet, but Henry said it’s good for the program and they’ve done the work throughout the year to give themselves a chance to win a league title.
Rookie forward Kaden Hanas said it was great to see the support from the community, which made the South Di-vision Championship a more enjoyable experience.
“We just stayed calm and had the con-fidence,” said Hanas. “(We) just played our game like we have all year and end-ed up working for us. This is definite-
ly bigger than anything I’ve ever been apart of.”
Davies led the way with two goals, while Salt, Peyton Krebs, Zach Vinnell and Liam Izyk rounded out the scoring in the win.
The Bisons league final opponent will be the Lloydminster Bobcats and the team knows it’ll be critical to be effec-tive on the special teams, especially af-ter having been swept by them in the season series.
“We believed we’ve really improved our penalty kill and our powerplay,” said Henry. “We need to play them 5-on-5 as much as we can, we don’t want to give them those opportunities.”
Games 1&2 will be played on March 18 (7 p.m.) and March 19 (3 p.m.) in Lloydminster.
The Bisons will host Game 3 on March 24 (7p.m) and, if necessary, Game 4 on March 25 (5:15 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.
Game 5, if necessary, will go back in Lloydminster at 2 p.m. on March 27.
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The Langdon Recreation Centre (LRC) committee began the process of working to get an indoor sport facility built in the hamlet in 2013 to meet the growing population in the area that has reached over 5,000 people.
LRC president Travis Tweit said they’re a month or two away from reaching their charitable status, which he considers to be a step forward.
“Langdon grew so fast,” said Tweit. “We don’t have any indoor recreation whatsoever. That was the whole base for it was to get something indoor year round for everybody to use because every community has that except us. There’s just so many kids in town and nothing for them to do, especially in the winter months.”
The LRC is anticipating that the facil-ity will have an indoor ice rink, a dry pad for lacrosse, soccer, weddings, con-certs and a fitness facility, while having a meeting space for all the groups in the town.
The committee currently has $50,000 to get all the leg work done, while they are beginning the process of fundrais-ing one-third of the $7 to 10 million for the first phase and getting one third from both municipal and provincial funding.
He added that the committee is ex-ploring joining with the future Langdon High School in creating a joint-use site that is currently owned by Rocky View County and Rocky View Schools. There are ongoing discussions with local de-velopers.
Tweit said he has been in talks with Rocky View County as to what further steps to take and spoke to community groups as to prioritization.
“What we’ve done as a community is we’ve looked at all the amenities in the community and what we’re going to do,” said Tweit.
“And the first one we’re going to be tackling, starting this year, is ball dia-monds. We’ve got two ball diamonds that are not usually useable because they’re under water and the higher lev-el ball player can’t play there.”
The LRC hopes to break ground in 2019.
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The Wheatland Warriors swept the bantam AA league championship over the Central AB Selects with a 5-3 home ice win in Game 1 on March 11 and a 5-1 win in Lacombe on March 12.
Warriors assistant coach Ty Brinton said this championship was the first he’s won as a coach or a player; the only other time he came close was in his second year of midget.
“To actually win it this time feels pretty sweet,” said Brin-ton. “We just told the boys going into a barn like that it’s go-ing to be hostile and you know they’re going to come out. In the first five minutes they came out flying. We got an early goal and we just carried the momentum right through.”
He added that they just stuck to their game plan, telling the team to go out there and hit, while using their strong fore-check to their advantage to the point where they were nearly unstoppable.
“It was a whole team effort,” said Brinton. “Everyone pitched in. It was from our one goalie to the other goalie, to all our defencemen. As coaches we couldn’t be any happier with the group we’ve got, some of the kids are the best we’ve seen come through the system.”
It was the first time that captain Chase Clayton has been on a winning team; he said the team’s hard work and focus in every game got them the championship.
“I was so excited just knowing you’re that close to winning the ladder,” said Clayton, referring to his thoughts in the dy-ing minutes.
“It was the best team I’ve ever played for. It was a great coaching staff. The groups of guys are good and all seemed to gel together. Everybody got down to work and knew you’d be sitting if you weren’t working hard.”
The Warriors will now play in the Bantam AA Provincial Championships in Taber from March 17 to 20.
Meanwhile, Red Deer’s Nathan Kartusch broke a 2-2 tie with 1:19 to go in the decisive Game 3 to beat the Wheatland Chiefs 3-2, claiming the Midget AA League Championship in Strathmore on March 13.
Chiefs assistant coach Keenan Desmet said it was a disap-pointment to lose the game on home ice with a nearly full house on hand to watch the game, but on the other hand the boys fought right until the end.
“Playoffs is a game of momentum,” said Desmet. “I mean as soon as we had momentum, we kept the puck in there. When they got the momentum back they capitalized on a few chances they got and that’s the way it goes. Sometimes you get on the wrong end of the stick.”
The Chiefs got out to an early 2-0 lead, and Desmet said he thought the score didn’t reflect how the team played as he thought the score could’ve been 4-0 by the first intermission.
While the second saw Red Deer get a goal back, the Chiefs took a 2-1 going into the third period and coaching staff felt pretty good about their chances.
“I thought we played hard all period,” said Desmet. “It was one of those timely goals they got and kind of solidified the game there with a minute and half left.”
Despite the outcome, the coaching staff is optimistic about coming back even stronger next season.
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JUSTIN SEWARDTimes Reporter
The Strathmore Ice U14A ringette team lost 5-2 to Bow View in the bronze medal game, leaving the hosts of pro-vincials without a medal last weekend.
Head coach Randal Praeker said, re-gardless, the girls were excited to play in the environment the provincials pro-vided.
“Overall it was pretty much what we expected,” said Praeker. “The games were close. There were overtimes and shootouts; every team seemed to have a chance. It went really well. It was eight good teams vying for one thing and we’re all pretty close.”
The girls appeared to be nervous to start the games because of the loud atmosphere and with friends in the stands. However, once they got a few shifts under their belts they were able to shake it off and feed off the energy.
Praeker said he was very proud of the girls for battling through injuries and adversity by having the whole team together.
“It was the process and not the re-sults,” he said. “We wanted to bring our best to the ice at the end of the year and we really did that. They battled hard this weekend together.”
He added that if they were to play the bronze medal game over again, he would’ve liked to see the girls handle their possession better.
The team opened up with a 3-2 loss to the eventual silver medalist Medicine Hat Machine on March 11. Game 2 saw the Ice beating the Lacombe Edge 4-3 and Game 3 was a 5-2 Ice win over the Red Deer Ricochet on March 12.
They lost 4-3 to the eventual cham-pion Spruce Grove Renegades in the semi-finals on March 13.
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Secular leaders suggest similar types of reflective mindfulness to explain our past actions and prepare us for future activity. Not all that we have done is right. Not all that we have done is wrong. However, there should have been a balance, netly positive. Our future may be some of the same – not always perfect, but netly positive in trend.Pope Francis has pro-claimed this year as a Holy Year of Mercy. May mercy be our watchword for activity. May mercy be our basis for renewal.
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The Strathmore Ice 14A ringette team hosted provincials from March 11-13.
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Overtime gloryThe Strathmore Storm midget Tier 2 female team won 3-2 in overtime to claim the league banner in Lethbridge on March 12.
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March 18, 2016 • Strathmore TIMES • Page 17
JUSTIN SEWARDTimes Reporter
The Strathmore Spartans badminton team is in rebuilding mode this year, but already has over 50 eager players who have enthusiasm for the game.
The challenge for coach Kenton Zandee will be to find court time and getting the kids to work hard at leaving their comfort zone.
“I think we still have a good shot at a zone championship again,” said Zandee. “I need to see what our teams look like putting different players together in terms of doubles and singles.
“I think for this team it’s about court experience. They need more time on the court. I want my kids playing in as many events as they can just so I can coach them after the match to sort of give them certain hints and techniques as to what they should be doing in certain situations.”
There are 15 Grade 10 boys competing, and to give them court time, Zandee said, they’ll be playing as Grade 11 or Grade 12s.
“I like the synergy in the gym right now,” said Zandee. “I like our group’s optimism. They’re really learning and I think they’re learning off each other a little bit right now. We need some of our second, third-year players to step up a little bit and show the way and let our Grade 10s follow and see what good badminton looks like.”
The team is going to be participating in several tourna-ments this year, beginning in Brooks on March 19, before returning from Easter break to host teams that they haven’t seen before in their home tournament on April 9, including big Calgary badminton schools who’ll challenge for provin-cials.
Zandee feels their home tournament will be one of the most challenging in Alberta this year.
The team will be in Lethbridge on April 16, and then back at Strathmore High School to host the Feather tournament on April 23.
Counties versus Holy Cross Collegiate will be on April 28 and zones will be on April 30.
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The Strathmore Spartans senior girls won bronze at zones last weekend in Okotoks.The Strathmore Spartans junior varsity boys bas-ketball were left out of contention after losing to the Foothills Composite Falcons 83-39 during zones at Strathmore High School on March 11.The Strathmore Spartans senior boys basket-ball opened up zones with a 93-73 win over the Brooks Buffaloes at Strathmore High School on March 9.
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The Strathmore Spartans senior girls basketball team ended their season with a bronze medal after losing to the host Holy Trinity Academy Knights 68-48 who won silver to take the last provincial berth, preventing the Spartans from gain-ing the second provincials berth at zones in Okotoks from March 9 to 12.
Head Coach Dion Galandy said they dug themselves into a hole early be-ing down 19-3 after the first quarter but to lose only by 20 points, he felt they matched them the last three quarters.
The girls opened up with a 54-43 loss to Bert Church, relegating them to the B-side where they would beat Bow Valley 64-35 on March 10 in a game Galandy said boosted the girl’s confidence down the stretch.
Spartan basketball saw tremendous upside this seasonThe Apartans defeated Brooks 52-45
on March 11, in what was a redemption game of sorts after losing to them by two points earlier in the year.
The girls would then face Olds on the morning of March 12 where they came away with a tight 46-38 win.
“I think through the seniors’ energetic play and their determination to do every-thing they could do to win,” said Galandy.
“That gave all the Grade 10s and 11s some incentive to say ‘oh we should step it up too,’ and everybody did.”
Galandy had a younger team this sea-son and deemed this a rebuilding season with all but two Grade 12s moving on; however, his message was clear: that they were a good team and that they had to believe in themselves, and by the end of the year they did that.
“I think we did exactly what we wanted because we believed that’s what should’ve happened,” said Galandy.
“But with a young team you can’t rely often that they’re going to believe but we believe that they’re good as they are. The two seniors, Mady Fisk and Maria Fan-ning, those two will leave the high school with a gold zones and a bronze which is pretty impressive in their three years in one of the toughest zones in the prov-ince.”
Meanwhile, the senior boys opened up zones with a 93-73 win over the Brooks
Buffalos at home on March 9. Howev-er, they finished the tournament in Co-chrane, where they lost 84-61 to number one ranked Chestermere and to George MacDougall 95-78 to finish an otherwise successful season with a 24-9 record.
As for the Junior Varsity boys, they end-ed their season with an 83-39 loss to the Foothills Composite Falcons in the open-ing game as zone hosts on March 11.
Point guard Pierston Kahnapace said a lot of the players developed and got bet-ter as the season went on and now have a better understanding of the fundamen-tals of the game.
“When we pass the ball we’re a lot bet-ter team and we can compete with a lot of these other teams,” said Kahnapace.
“Our posts, especially learned how to play proper defense like keeping our hands straight up, avoiding a rough foul because at the beginning of the season a lot of our players fouled out and no one has fouled out our last couple of tourna-ments.”
Post Isaac Wegner said they had an up and down season in a tough zone because they didn’t have the size other teams had.
He mentioned that it was good year for the players to develop and get more court time, as opposed to being put on the senior team where they wouldn’t get much playing time.
JUSTIN SEWARD Times Reporter
Former local UFA Bisons defenseman Josh Bishop had to make some transi-tions in his Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) rookie season, hav-ing to go from a rebuilding Fort MacMurray Oil Barons team to a contending White-court Wolverines club.
Bishop said he fit in com-fortably with his new team-mates after the initial shock and disappointment of being traded away from his friends in Fort MacMurray, includ-ing former Bison teammates Shane Fraser and Will Con-ley.
“It’s been a great experi-ence because I get to see both sides of the AJHL,” said Bishop. “I know Whitecourt feels more like a team. They get along a little more and I guess it’s a little easier to get along when you win in times when you push through ad-versity and lean on each other to make each other better.”
Since the trade, he has been assigned to be more of a shutdown guy, with em-phasis on being strong in the defensive zone, while most nights he had been playing a normal shift with the injuries that mounted on the backend.
“To start out I was getting quite a bit of playing time,” recalled Bishop. “Then one of the veteran defensemen, who was hurt, he came back so me and another kid started rotating back and forth. Then last weekend in Cochrane we just lost one of our veteran defensemen that was play-ing every game. Now I should be playing as long as I keep up and play consistent.”
With the playoffs looming, the pace will be amped up, and Bishop feels that it will be important as a rookie to bring the positive energy to the team by always being up in the play, finishing checks and winning battles.
He added that the hockey community is similar to that of Strathmore’s because of the small, hometown sup-port that helps the organiza-tion, with the team involved in school visits, signing auto-graphs, and planning events.
“In both place you get un-believable support from the fans and other families and billet families,” said Bishop. “It’s just great. I know Strath-more has a billeting pro-gram. It’s been successful the last few years. It’s a lot
different because there’s a lot more guys from different places like all over Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan. The community is just unbelievable here and the support you get from the little kids when you go to the school, you’re a celebrity. It’s kind of cool.”
Wolverines head coach Joey Bouchard said they had their eye on Bishop since the beginning of the season when they faced the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, and a video prior to the trade deadline helped in the decision.
“We thought a kid being an 18-year-old, it’d be a good opportunity to bring him here to Whitecourt and keep working on his development, and he has fit in really nicely with this program,” said Bouchard. “He’s a good team player. Josh fit in with the team immediately, good character guy who’ll provide some leadership for a few more years.”
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THOMPSON, John BenjaminJohn Benjamin Thompson lived and farmed in the Duck Lake area for 85 blessed years. John was the
youngest of four and grew up farming with his two brothers (Bill and George) and sister (Betty) on the family farm south of Duck Lake. John married Mae Hoff in 1956 and together they moved close by to start their own homestead. John was a kind and patient father to Kevin, Susan, and Russell. Through 60 years of loving marriage, John and Mae raised their family, farmed grain and cattle, and were faithful members of Our Savior’s Lu-theran Church and the communities of Duck Lake and Hussar. John was a respected neighbor and a humble, generous man. He was a devoted and be-loved son, brother, uncle, husband, father, grand-father and great-grandfather, and loved spending time with all the children in his life. He took great pleasure in cultivating the land and gently caring for all his animals from the milk cow to the chick-ens. He always spoke with fond remembrance of driving the big teams of work horses in years past. John remained an active farmer throughout his life, sharing the farming with his son Russell and family during the last few years. He was also a skilled carpenter, building many lovely pieces of furniture and several houses. After 85 years serving God, his family and his community, John passed away on March 11, 2016, surrounded by the love and gratitude of his family and friends. He leaves to remember him his wife Mae, brother Bill, children Kevin, Susan (Rick), and Russell (Linda), grandchildren Laura (Josh), Heather (Daniel), Jen-nifer, Ethan and Everett, and his great-grandchil-dren Brooke, John, Mason and Janine. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Hussar at 2:00 p.m. If desired, in lieu of flowers donations may be made to Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. To send condolences, please visit John’s obituary at www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca
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For four graduating Strathmore Spar-tans athletes - Josh Lawal, Riley Johnson, Marvin Agboro and Matt Edwards - to get the chance to be recognized in front of their peers on Seniors Night prior to a game earlier this month is something they will cherish beyond their high school years.
“To be honest I thought it was pretty amazing,” said Johnson. “I know last year we didn’t do anything huge like that. We really didn’t get the chance to. To be shown off as a senior, like a player that’s been there a while. I thought was really cool.”
Johnson moved to Strathmore when he was seven years old and it was then he incorporated sports into his life; playing competitively when he attended Crowther Memorial Junior High School where he participated in rugby and basketball.
Upon arrival at Strathmore High School he also got involved in rugby, football, cross country and track and field.
“I think it’s great, we have some great athletic programs here,” said Johnson. “I think it’s great to represent the school do-ing what I love.”
He said he likes the competitiveness amongst the school sports and the most important thing to him has been the team bonding where he has made great friend-ships.
If nothing else, Johnson wanted to give it his all at zones this past weekend in Cochrane in hopes of coming back with the banner.
For Agboro it was nice to get honoured as a senior, and to play sports at the school for three years was another way of challenging himself other than in the classroom.
He said there is not much difference playing at a senior level other than want-ing to set an example for the younger players.
“It’s the same thing for all of our coach-
es, like Riley said, it’s just hard work,” said Agboro.
He is hoping to play football some-where after post secondary.
Lawal, who moved to Strathmore from Nigeria five years ago, had never touched a basketball and only started playing when he arrived in town. He gave credit to his coaches for helping him along in the sport.
“It was pretty rewarding to get recog-nized in front of our home crowd,” said Lawal. “It’s pretty nice to be recognized as a Strathmore Spartan. It’s rewarding of all the work you put in throughout the entire season.”
He recalled when he first started at Strathmore High School in Grade 10 he had Kent Smith for a coach, who had a different approach to the game, and said that between him and current coach Kyle Larson, they were able to shape the team to what it is now.
Matt Edwards came to SHS from Three Hills this year because there was more to offer academically and athletically and said it’s been a great run with having a great group of guys around him.
He added that basketball has been a big part of his life and he’d be blessed to have his dedication show through with this team in winning a championship af-ter experiencing provincial with the vol-leyball team.
Head coach Kyle Larson said all four players are super kids who work hard, compete hard and have a good friendship off the court.
“They’ve worked at their game,” said Larson. “Matt is the only one I didn’t watch for three years, but Matt came to us with a real good skill set and him and Josh have absolutely pushed each other to be better every practice every game. Right now in the boys program, we’re competing in everything; it’s been excit-ing around here. They’re up and down the floor, they play quick basketball and it’s exciting to watch and it’s been a lot of fun.”
Athletes honoured
Strathmore High School athletes Josh Lawal (l-r), Matt Edwards, Riley Johnson and Marvin Agboro were honoured by the school’s athletic department prior to a game earlier this month.
Justin Seward Photo
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Permanent Position$13.50/hr, 40-44 Hours/week
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380 Ridge Rd., Strathmore, AB T1P 1B51 Permanent, Full Time
$13.55 Hourly, for 40 Hours per week Experience: of 2 to 3 years required
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How to Apply: In person between 9:00 and 17:00, or email
Food Service Supervisor
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Strathmore Station Restaurant & Pub
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Experience preferred, but will train suitable candidates
Apply with resume to: [email protected]
or in person at 380 Ridge Road StrathmoreOnly those selected for interview will
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The Wheatland Lodge has an opening for a
SUMMER STUDENTin our maintenance and
grounds division.Applicant must be a student who will be returning to school in the fall. Positon available from May 1 to Aug 31, 2016. Duties include: Lawn and garden care, operating ride on equipment, painting, window cleaning and other duties as required.A current criminal record check is required for employment.
Please submit cover letter and resume before April 4th, 2016 to: Peter Neufeld, Maintenance Supervisor Wheatland Housing Management Body 76th-2nd Street, Strathmore AB, T1P 1J8 Or by email to [email protected]
We thank all applicants for their interest, however; only those selected for an interview will be con-tacted.
WHEATLAND HOUSING MANAGEMENT BODY
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RURAL 1 BEDROOM GUEST-HOUSE FOR RENT. 5 miles north of town. New applianc-es. Perfect single or senior. Smoking negotiable. $800/mo + SD. 403-934-9984.
AVAILABLE IMMEDI-ATELY. Private furnished bsmt. C/W fridge, big screen T.V., WiFi, cable, NP, NS. Must be quiet, working, ideal for trucker. References required. $575/mnth plus $500 DD. Please call 403-934-0063.
PASTURE & GRAZING LEASE near High Prairie, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 27 in Edmonton. 80 Acres Pasture & 2 Parcels Grazing Lease. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.
SHOP & OFFICE COMPLEX - Millet, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unre-served Auction, April 27 in Edmonton. 27,730+/- sq. ft. industrial shop & office complex - 40 +/- title acres. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.
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5 PARCELS OF FARMLAND near Altario, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unre-served Auction, April 12 in Provost, Alberta. Fenced land, natural spring water. Contact Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.
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Barry DuffieldReal Estate Broker
Residential - Commercial
“The Missing Piece to complete Your Big Picture.”
the strathmore realty group
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403-901-5388 cellwww.strathmorerealty.ca
104 3rd Avenue, Strathmore“The Old Home Hardware Building”
ARROWWOODFully renovated excellent family home close
to school. Total 5 bedrooms 2 baths.Main floor laundry. Immediate possession.
MLS#C4018693.REDUCED $240,000.NOW $220,000
17 QUARTERS OF FARM-LAND near Brant, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, March 24 in Lethbridge. Quality land, good perimeter fences, lots of water & surface lease revenue. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.
PASTURE & HAY LAND. 400 - 8000 acres year round water. Management avail-able. Central Sask. Natural springs excellent water. Grazing available. Other small & large grain & pas-ture quarters. $150k $2.6m. Doug Rue 306-716-2671; [email protected].
$69,900 CLUNY 3 bdrm fixer upper. Kijiji Calgary Houses for Sale Ad ID 1145646314.
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2 or 3 bedroom 1/2 duplex.
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Serviced lot for RV or Park Model. Deck, Pools, Lake.
Backs onto golf course.
PARK IT HERE $119,900CALL LORNA
GORGEOUS VILLA WITH OVER 2100 SQ. FT
3 BDRMS, 3 BATHS,2 TIER DECK FOR
ENTERTAININGFULLY DEV. LOWER.
IN THE SUN!$339,900
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3 BEDROOM 2 BATH
SINGLE CAR GARAGE ON LEASE LAND!
MOBILE $114,900
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2260 Sqft, large bonus room, upgraded cabinets and granite
counters.
NEW 2 STOREY LAKEWOOD MEADOWS
$448,000
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Just outside Town Limits, 1624 Sq Ft Fully
Developed Bungalow Quonset/2 Barns/
Double Heated GaragePaved Access!
13.4 ACRES WITH LAKEVIEW $849,900
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10-13 ACRE PARCELS5 MILES WEST OF
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GORGEOUS TREED 3 ACRES40X40 SHOP WITH
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CUSTOM DESIGNED VILLA. WILDFLOWER
RANCH. OVER 1500 SQ. FT. MOUNTAIN VIEWS.
DBL GARAGE
BLING, BLING!$352,900 NEW
SOLD
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Many options on this parcel of land, 25 min-utes east of Calgary.
$599,000
46.56 ACRES
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Serving 3 Generations of Families
NICELY DECORATED WITH CORK FLOORING
SO BRIGHT AND OPENVIEW OF LAKE AND GOLF
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$139,900
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NEAR SCHOOLS!ON GREEN SPACEGORGEOUS TWO
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COVENTRY CLASSIC$477,700
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Over 2100 sq ft walkout in the Community of Wildrose. 3bdr, 3 bath,
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· Over $200,000 worth of renovations!
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UPGRADED LUXURY WITH SUITE - $489,900
MOVING TO CALGARY? $424,900
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MLS C3648519
Speargrass lot nestled along the bow river with amazing
views all around! Bring along your Golf Clubs so you can
play a round at the Beautiful Speargrass Golf Course!
$70,000
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3 1/2 Lots For SaleIn Gleichen $24,900!!!
Two Titles. Great LocationAcross Park
CALL RON
CALL CHANTALECute and Cozy
Bungalow in Gleichen$79,900
2 Bed, 2 BathGreat Starter Home!
CALL TRACY BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINEDADULT COMMUNITY
RANCH ESTATES$144,900
1151 sq ft, Built 2000 3 Bed, 2 Bath
Oversized Single Garage
NEW LISTING
SOLD
CALL TRACY EXTENSIVE RENO’S$55,000!!!Detached Home2 Bed, 1 Bath
Nice Sized Yard
Robert Desjardins
403934-5533
Keith Garrioch
403333-8411
La Shaun Andrews
403850-4593
Sheila Bassen
403361-0390
Chantale Hill403
325-3860
Ron Kaechele
403934-1097
Paul Kautz403
875-4166
Ryan Kautz403
875-1170
Shauna Kenworthy
403803-4605
Tracy Larsen
403901-9143
Lorna Phibbs
403874-7660
MEET OUR
HOME TEAM!
CALL SHEILA ACROSS FROM FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL
$324,9002 bedroom,1 bath,
carport parking, deck with yard condo also
near U of C!MLS C4037467
WALKOUT BUNGALOWHILLVIEW ESTATES
$369,900! 1,285 sq. ft. Built in 2008. 2
Bed + Den, 2 Bath. Unfinished Basement. Oversized Garage.
Roughed-In In Floor Heat. Beautiful Country Views!
CALL CHANTALE
SOLDSOLD
WALKOUT BUNGALOW4 ACRES - $799,900
Near Airdrie & Calgary 2012, 1568 sq ft, ShopHeated Dbl Att Garage 2+2 Bed, 4.5 Bath
In Floor Heat, Trees, View
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SOLDSOLD
CALL RON THE COURTYARDOne bedroom apartmentMain floor. Underground
heated parking. Reasonable condo fees. $139,900
Call Ron Kaechele for more details: 403-934-1097
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NICELY DECORATED WITH CORK FLOORING
SO BRIGHT AND OPENVIEW OF LAKE AND GOLF COURSEWANT A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE??
BETTER THAN NEW!$139,900
NEW LISTING
NEW LISTING
CALL SHAUNA MOVE IN AND ENJOY! - $348,000
· Updated home located on quiet cul-de-sac
· 2+2 bdrms, 3 full baths· Fully finished
· Added bonus room!
CALL SHAUNA RETIRE IN STYLE - $340,000
· Bright and cherry adult living condo
· 1130 sq.ft. 2 bdrms, 2 baths· Single attached garage· Unfinished basement
CALL SHAUNA HOME WITH SUITE IN GLEICHEN - $170,000
· Immaculate 1352 sq.ft. home· 3+2 bdrms, 3 full baths· Lower level suite with
separate entrance· Lots of upgrades!
CALL SHAUNA COUNTRY LIVING IN TOWN - $174,900
· 1918 house on 1/3 acre in Gleichen
· 2+2 bdrms, 1 full bath· Beautifully treed lot
· Needs some TLC
AFFORDABLE LIVING JUST WEST A STRATHMORE,
HOME AND GARAGE $114,900!
PRICE REDUCED
BRAND NEW AMAZING UPGRADES IN THIS
AWESOME FLOOR PLAN, BUILDER HAS ADDED DOUBLE DETACHED GARAGE $342,400!
$159,000Upgraded home on huge lot
Single garageFully developed basement
Investment opportunityCall Ron Kaechele for more
details: 403-934-1097
APARTMENT BUILDING WITH 5 SELF CONTAINED
APARTMENTS WITH POTENTIAL TO EXPAND
TO 7, ROCKYFORD $199,900!
MLS C1026368
MLS C4037129
MLS C4040833
MLS C3648519
MLS C C4045024
MLS C4048815
MLS C4050226
We’re always getting calls for Rentals so...
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MLS C1026404
MLS C4043631
ACREAGE LIFE AT ITS BEST ALL PAVEMENT
TO HOME, HEATED SHOP AND 3.9
ACRES! $359,900
SPEARGRASS GOLF COURSE AND UP AND
GROWING COMMUNITY LOTS STARTING AT
$70,000.
SENIOR LIVING 60+ AWESOME ON SITE
AMENITIES AND WALKING DISTANCE
TO SHOPPING $139,900!
CALLING ALL MEDICAL STAFF OR STUDENTS! CONDO ACROSS FROM
FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL AND AROUND THE CORNER FROM U OF C $324,900
MOVING TO CALGARY?
PERFECT FAMILY HOME, AREA AND
AMENITIES $524,900!
DOWNTOWN 1 BDRM HOUSE RENTAL 1 BDRM/1 BATH, 750 SQ/FT, OFF STREET PARKING, WITHIN WALKING
DISTANCE OF ALL DOWNTOWN STORES AND AMENITIES, $900/MO. + $900 DD, N/S, PETS NEGOTIABLE.
PLEASE CONTACT 403-629-9010
SPACIOUS, 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATHROOM - $975AND 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATHROOM - $1,100
IN STRATHMORE WITH PARKINGAVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. NO PETS
CALL DARLENE @ 403-901-3426
PERFECT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMERCIAL ON THE MAIN OFFICE SPACE
ABOVE AND RESIDENTIAL CONDO WITH DOUBLE ATTACHED GARAGE
$619,900!
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CALL ROBERT Just on the market!Fully finished Townhouse with awesome Floor Plan and loads of character! 3 Bedrooms, 2 half and 2 full baths a must see
$254,900!MLS C4053125
CALL RON $246,700Double wide modular home
Heated garage. 3 large bedrooms, 2 full baths
Huge deck, A/C, skylightsCall Ron Kaechele for more
details: 403-934-1097