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Residents gained information from Jason Hale, the MLA for the Strathmore-Brooks rid-ing, regarding natural gas and resource devel-opment at an open house held in Stratmore.

Hale pointed out wastes in Government spending surrounding a $235 million handout for a coal bed methane capture plant and three billion dollars to improve the oilsands carbon footprint. Hale said Alberta’s carbon footprint is significantly less than California’s, which has no oil sand development.

“It is basically a corporate handout,” said Hale, who thinks resource companies should not be funded by public money and the mon-ey should instead be put towards public pro-grams.

Hale stated that most of the oil from easy sources was gone, so there was a need to de-velop innovation in oil production such as coal bed methane capture.

The audience responded with their environ-mental concerns over fracturing procedures. Hale said money should be given to indepen-dent researchers that could develop innovative solutions for the industry problems. Hale said there is new technology in use that could be used to deal with some of the environmental problems, such as micro seismic monitoring systems. Residents stated they would like to see regulations put in place.

Questions were raised around the oil and gas price differentials that set the cost of oil and gas. Hale explained the various factors used in the calculations including supply and demand, different grades of product, availabil-ity and global factors that influence cost. An audience member asked about the possibility of putting in refineries close to the oil sands project and the status of various pipeline de-velopments. Hale suggested that it would take over two years to get new refineries built and operational. There are currently four refiner-ies and three upgraders in Alberta. Audience members suggested that government had plenty of time to build more refineries, if they only considered oil production patterns from the past. Hale said that the refineries cost be-tween three and 15 billion to build, and cur-rently Alberta only gets three to 11 billion in revenue. Some audience members suggested the cost could have been covered by writing details into the oil contracts, applying tolls on the product and adding dispensing fees.

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Students and staff were encouraged to come to school sporting a wild hairdo on March 1 as part of Crazy Hair Day. Grade 1 Montessori students Lane Habing (l-r), Charlize Somers and Anthony Laycock sported their craziest looks.

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The Golden Hills School Division (GHSD) #75 once again held informa-tion meetings in the four schools in East Wheatland being affected by de-clining enrollment. The only difference this go around from previous meetings is they are looking for parental support from the communities for their pro-posed consolidated school at a specific location that was passed by the GHSD board earlier.

The proposed site for the 450 stu-dent capacity school is located on the south east corner of highways 840 and 561, just north of the AVB greenhouses. Superintendent Bevan Daverne gave a positive public relations power point presentation to the four communi-ties touting the wonderful opportuni-ties and benefits that this consolidated school would have.

“This location is the best compro-mise,” stated Daverne.

At the Standard meeting residents were still very concerned about the now chosen location, stating that the

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Energy talk moved to electricity. Hale stated the cost recovery cap had been removed for companies and consum-ers would be seeing a raise in rates. Hale said lines were being built, which presently don’t hook up to anything, but are waiting to link up to lines in Montana, for cross border utility sales. Hale said rather than overbuilding electric power lines, he would like to see more local generation stations built. They could be powered by wind, natural gas or water.

Mayor Steve Grajczyk asked what

was being done about water supplies. He indicated forecasters have predict-ed that this area will be out of water by the year 2050.

“It is an issue we are not talking about,” said Grajczyk. “We need to build reservoirs. We can fill them when water levels are high and use the water when they are low.”

Audience members said that the WID has two locations where reservoirs could be built but requests to build them have not come through. Audi-ence members asked Hale to take the water issue and resident concerns to Ministers in the Alberta Government.

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CorreCtionIn the article ‘Skate Club prepares for season end showcase’ in the March 1 paper we

said the showcase will be on March 16, the show will actually be on March 15 at 6:30 – 8:30.

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Students across the province participated in anti-bullying awareness campaigns. many wore pink as part of the Pink Shirt Day/Anti-Bullying initiative, which was start-ed as a protest against bullying in Nova Scotia.

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Superintendent Golden Hills School Division Be-van Daverne addresses the crowd in Standard with his public relations power point presentation of the new proposed location of the consolidated school.

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land use, water and sewage (septic field) will not work in the proposed lo-cation. While Daverne tried to answer questions from the floor, there are still many factors that need to be resolved before the government will pump the amount of money needed to fund this large of a project.

Daverne stated that the previous working group, who met from Decem-ber 2011 through March 2012 (and who had equal representation from all four communities), came to the conclu-sion that a consolidated school was the only way to go.

Where the school will be located is a big deal. Parents were more supportive of a stand-alone school because they felt it could be a shared school for their community – not a school in another town. Sheri Skibsted, who currently has her two girls attending Standard school in Grades 7 and 9, stated “currently parents who have children in Rocky-ford, Hussar, Gleichen and Standard in the K-6 grades take 100 per cent ownership of their schools. However once their children hit Grades 7-12 and attend Standard school the feeling of ownership diminishes from parents of the other three communities.”

The new consolidated school would cause all communities to take 100 per cent ownership and be equally part-nered in their childrens education.”

GHSD is looking for parents of East Wheatland who have children attend-ing schools in these communities to give them feedback, which they are looking to present as part of their capi-

tal plan to the government. There is still plenty of work to be done before this can happen. GHSD is planning to apply to the County for monies (hoping for the $1.68M that is held in the reserve fund).

At the end of the meeting in Standard a question came from the floor asking Daverne “If this proposed location falls through what is Plan B?” His reply was, “If the proposal doesn’t go through (and the GHSD Board says this is the best shot). We will do the best we can with the existing schools in each com-munity. We (the GHSD) are very eager to hear back from as many parents as possible asking the huge question “Is this something that you (parents) can support?”

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Two years ago, Brooklyn Davidson, a Strathmore Grade 11 student, had a brilliant idea: to host a concert show-casing the talent of students at SHS, and raise money to make a positive difference somewhere in the world. Davidson organized the first concert, and it was so successful, the Me to We Club made it an annual event. When Davidson graduated in 2012, she passed the baton to Mariah Wilson, now in Grade 12.

During this school year, Wilson ex-plains, the Me to We Club has desig-nated all of its fundraising to build a classroom in the Osenetoi Primary School in Osenetoi, Kenya. Hoping to raise $4,000 this year, the club has al-ready raised $1,000 through a Penny Drive in November.

On Friday, March 1, they held this year’s benefit concert. It was accom-panied by a silent auction, to which Strathmore artists Alecia Demott and John McElroy, as well as many local businesses -- The Station, Wal-Mart, The Laugh Shop, Orange Julius, Boost-er Juice, NV Hair & Body Studio, The Bank Athletic Club, Domino’s Pizza,

The Red Carrot, Home Hardware, Tar-get Fitness and Agrium – made gener-ous donations.

More than 100 people attended, and the event raised $2,100.

“All of the support from the commu-nity was overwhelming,” said Wilson.

The program line-up was impressive -15 individual students and three musi-cal groups - and Wilson said, “the con-cert went very well.”

“Kylie Breault and Colten McMahon’s rendition of the song ‘Little Talks’ by Monsters & Men; Richard Yao’s origi-nal song titled ‘Cloud’; the hilarious dialogue from our emcees Carlee MsI-saac and Jenna Mohamed,” were high-lights of the show said Wilson.

Concertgoers also appreciated a speech by Grade 11 student Paige Rist, about her experience working in Osenetoi last summer.

“Most people said every act was fan-tastic and that the whole evening was a night to remember,” said Wilson. “We heard lots of positive comments after the concert. Many people asked if they could buy a recording of the concert on a disk because the performances were so well done.”

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Pink Shirts were seen all over East Wheatland and across Alberta on Feb. 27. Pink Shirt Day is becoming a world-wide event to bring awareness to bullying and its impact on people.

Principal Karen Smith at Standard School said, “every year more students and staff are participating in Pink Shirt Day at Standard School which speaks strongly about the school’s culture of acceptance and intolerance of bullying.”

Children from Grades 1 through 12 (boys and girls) along with their teachers wore many shades of pink to take part in the day.

Bullying comes in all shapes and sizes and it has infil-trated all aspects of society. People have been bullied since the dawn of time but the impacts have become greater and greater. People are bullied in the workplace, in relation-ships, in families and schools.

Bullies use their words, their actions and all forms of media available to them. One sad thing is that bullies need to bully due to issues of power and control and low self esteem for themselves. In order to feel good about them-selves or make themselves look better their need to “bring someone else down” becomes more and more prevalent.

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Travis Price of Berwick, Nova Scotia, who bought and dis-tributed 50 pink shirts after a male ninth grade student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt during his first day of school. Since then awareness has been brought to the forefront.

As of late the biggest problem in our society with re-gards to bullying has come through the various forms of mass media in our computer age of Facebook, Twitter and the availability of media to students through iPods, iPhones and Blackberrys.

Kudos to everyone, especially the schools in our com-munities for wearing pink and making the awareness of bullying and its impact on our society and kids a priority.

audience and performers genuinely enjoying themselves.”

She also enjoyed the satisfaction of a job well done.

“As the organizer, it was a relief that all of the Me To We Club’s hard work had paid off in an evening enjoyed by all who attended,” she says.

This year’s benefit concert may be over, but fundraising and concern for Osenetoi Primary School continues. The club plans a few more fundraisers in the spring, possibly including a 30-hour famine and a necklace sale.

Those who missed the concert are still welcome to support it.

“If anyone wishes to donate they can contact (our teacher) Ms. Magill at 403-934-3135,” said Wilson/

They can also take comfort in Wil-son’s assurance: “We will definitely be organizing the benefit concert again next year.”

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Strathmore High School students held a benefit concert and si-lent auction on March 1 at 7 p.m. Breanna Wells performs her original song titled “Storms from Within.”

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Standard students show their support for anti-bulling by wearing pink shirts on Feb. 27.


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Until 1920, the Cemetery Board had used the current Kinsmen Park site for internments. Upon the choosing of a new and permanent cemetery location, all remains were exhumed and re-buried at the new location on the present Trans-Canada Highway.

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Increasingly more Canadians are living 100 years or more. People get to be this old through the usual good nutrition and regular exercise. But other conditions also contribute to longevity: being married, living in the same geographical area most of your life; getting a good night’s sleep (at least 8 hours) and not smoking.

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Staff Sergeant James McLaren, cur-rently posted at the Gleichen detach-ment, received a RCMP Commission-ers’ Commendation for Bravery in February 2013. The award is given for demonstrating outstanding courage in the face of extremely dangerous and volatile circumstances, not commonly encountered in routine police work and which pose an imminent threat of grievous harm, personal injury, or death.

“There was a lot of hard work by my members. They truly cared about their community and I could not have served in this way, without their help and support,” said McLaren.

McLaren was born in Edmonton and he enlisted in the RCMP 1993. His first post was Stony Plain, before moving on to Banff. He was promoted to Cor-poral, teaching several years in Regina RCMP depot. He transferred to Edson, and with a promotion to Sergeant, moved on to the arctic serving in Ig-loolik, Nunavut. He applied, and was accepted, for his last arctic posting in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. He later moved back to Alberta serving a short time at Calgary RCMP headquarters. He re-ceived his promotion to Staff Sergeant and accepted his posting in Gleichen.

McLaren also received a Governor General’s award in Oct. 2012 and a RCMP Commissioners Commendation in Feb 2013, for bravery in dangerous circumstances. The award was gener-ated by his response to a domestic dis-pute in 2010, when McLaren was serv-ing in Cape Dorset, Nunavut.

McLaren said it began with a hus-band getting drunk and running out onto thin ice swearing to kill himself. The officers looking for him were noti-fied of a man running across the ice. It was end of May, when the ice is breaking up and extremely dangerous. McLaren and his partner donned cold weather gear and responded. Through a child interpreter, a hunter pointed to a safe route to reach the man. They commandeered the hunter’s skidoo and approached the man.

“As soon as we take a step, he takes ten. We tried to call him back, but he keeps going shouting suicidal inten-tions. We waited hoping he would come back in. Meanwhile, his wife sees him and frantically wants to go get him. We had to restrain her and divert her attention, in case something happened,” said McLaren.

McLaren said he called for a rescue boat, but knew response would be de-layed. He told his partner to remain behind with the man’s wife for safety. Meanwhile, the man fell through the ice. McLaren borrowed a seal hook and rope, tied the rope around him-self, and slowly crawled out to hook onto the man’s clothing. Just before he reached him, the ice gave way un-derneath McLaren. Luckily, the wind was blowing the man into shore, or he would have been swept away. The equipment had become useless, but McLaren was able to maneuver to reach him. The boat arrived and they retrieved McLaren and the suicidal man out of the water. They both were left in the boat, McLaren securely re-straining the combative man, while a skidoo towed the boat to safe landfall.

Bravery in the face of danger

The patient was hypothermic and both he and McLaren were taken to the hos-pital for assessment.

McLaren said alcohol is the major contributor to domestic incidents in the community. He said that his service there was rewarding and he would like to return for a visit in the future.

“The people are amazing. It has the most Inuit artisans in North America. The artwork is known worldwide. It is one of the richer communities be-cause of the art. Inuit culture is dif-ferent from the native culture. Policing is different. It’s like saying, ‘What’s the difference between African and South American culture?’ Inuit are closer to their culture. They are second genera-tion from living off the land. It was a great community. If there was no alco-hol in town, we wouldn’t get a call for days,” said McLaren.

Sharon McLeay Photo

Staff Sergeant James McLaren, currently posted at the Gleichen detachment, received a RCMP Commissioners Commendation for Bravery in February 2013. McLaren also received an award for bravery in October 2012, from the Right Hon-ourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. McLaren stands in front of inuit Art given to him from artists at his posting in Cape Dorset, Nunavut.

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Langdon held their annual WinterFest on March 1-2. The event started off with a chilly snow pitch tournament, followed by a charity poker tournament. Saturday, March 2, events consist-ed of a craft sale, free pancake breakfast, horse wagon rides, chili/soup contest and concluded with a WinterFest dance which featured music by Room to Dance. All proceed raised from this event will go towards a new community Playground. Neil Needham enjoyed cooking his homemade Chili soup out in the frigid weather over an open fire.

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Pat FuleFule for Thought

There has been a new movement in education to embrace and use technology. Once we did not al-low cell phones in class. However, now they can be used for educational purposes. In fact, I have also begun to use technology in reffing PE games. At one time, I used to use the standard plastic whistle. After a few classes of biting on the plastic, your teeth can get pretty sore. I also blame these things for my already wide gap in my teeth growing into a chasm! In fact, when I’m teaching, if I hit the right combinations of the letter “s”… I emit a high whistle noise! Needless to say, my students find this hilarious, and in an earlier column, I mentioned that a few used to write creative stories with as many ”s” words as possible … waiting for the sharp whistle! I DO believe that we developed a stray dog problem at SHS BECAUSE of that high whistle!

Well, I too have now begun to use technology. My new best friend in refereeing PE games is a sleek, red, electronic whistle. It’s the size of a small flashlight and has three different tones. It also has a wrist band so it doesn’t fall. All you have to do, is push a black button and it makes an exact referee’s whistle sound! This has helped protect my teeth, and has surprisingly helped with students who don’t put out much effort in PE classes. Here is how the electronic whistle has helped me. I use the regular tone for refereeing, and a separate higher “trill” to signal my “pylons” to actually move (“py-lon” is an endearing name PE teachers sometimes use for students who don’t wish to move in PE and love to stand and chat). Now, whenever I use the second tone, my “pylons” know that they should move a bit more … and talk less. It’s really like conditioning them WITHOUT using high voltage. However, at times I DO wish there was an added tazer feature!

About six years ago, I had a student I’ll call Sa-mantha. Sam did not like to do much in PE class, but visit and chat to anyone near her. In fact, she’s

the only student I’ve ever had, who took a cell-phone call, playing Right Field in Softball! The hit screamed over her head, and we had to have our own “chat” about paying attention in class. I ex-plained that “good ole Mr.Fule” would rather NOT get sued when the ball hit her RIGHT between the eyes!

I usually drive my van out to the Ag. Society ball diamonds, ever since an accident in another class happened, even BEFORE the game started. Back then, I arrived at the diamonds in time to see one of my PE 30 guys on the ground in obvious pain. He had decided on a dare to jump OFF the dugout roof, only to land on and break his ankle! Since then, I have always driven, even if I AM a short distance from the diamond!

Fast forward a couple of years to Sam’s class. Bear in mind, that Sam did not move much in our softball games. Driving by Sam and her pals to the diamonds, I slowed to a stop, and lowered the pas-senger window. I called them over to see a new “classmate.”

There, riding “shotgun” was a bright Orange py-lon buckled in! I had taped the name “Sam” to it, as well as sunglasses, and she and her classmates laughed. However, I wasn’t done yet. Out at the diamonds after we randomly picked teams, I put the “Pylon Sam” at Home base to bat! It stood to the side of the base, and I lay a bat on the ground in front of it. I went to the pitchers’ mound and pitched TO the pylon. When the ball would hit the pylon, I had one of the guys run it to First Base! I even think the PYLON made it “safe” as much as the REAL Sam! When it was time for Sam to play Right Field, I put “Pylon Sam” next to her with a ball glove open and on the ground next to it! That way, if any hits came out there, TWO Sams had a chance to catch the “fly,” even IF only ONE of them was real! I recently ran into the REAL Sam, and we reminisced about those glory days of Softball in PE 30. After we briefly talked, I left wondering if she had kept in contact with her Pylon pal over the years! After all, they WERE once teammates!

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A wonderful weekend in January 2002, away with friends came to a crashing end on the Mon-day night following that weekend. Sitting at the table having supper the phone rings. It is the doc-tor that I had been to see a week previously. He is all chatty. I get him to cut to the chase. “Why are you calling?” He says “I have made an appoint-ment for you at the Tom Baker Centre. You have cancer!” I sat down in disbelief.

Twenty years earlier I had a hysterectomy. The doctors had left in one ovary so there would be “fewer problems later.” That one ovary had de-cided to get cancer. Because I needed to have gall bladder surgery, which had already been sched-uled for March, I needed to wait an additional six

weeks to heal before they could do the ovarian surgery. This took place on May 13, 2002. The lon-gest four months in my life.

I am a survivor. Unfortunately, not everyone can say that. Since my cancer, I have lost two very good friends to this type of cancer alone. Relay for Life gives us the opportunity to raise funds to help find a cure, share our stories with each other and contribute to education about the disease in general. Walking the survivor walk is very emo-tional as we know we have all been down that same path. Some of us will be back next year, but some won’t make it. Please support a team, volun-teer or join in the celebrations at this year’s Relay for Life in Strathmore. Sadly, you never know if you or someone in your family will get that call and hear those words “I am sorry, but you have cancer!”

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The Wheatland Conservation and Wildlife Association held their 19th annual Wild Game Dinner on Saturday, March 2. This is a widely attended event every year and this years menu consisted of pheasant, bear, goose, cougar, big horn sheep, buffalo and elk. The most popular dish this year was the cougar stroganoff. The funds raised through this event, go straight back into the non-profit organization whose focus is on assisting wildlife habitat and species management through conservation and education. This year, as in the past, the club was honoured and recognized through the Alberta Fish and Game Annual Conference for their efforts in habitat preservation, hunting ethics, education, pheasant programs, and the dedication to youth programs. Mike Van Verdegem (club member/organizer) displays one of the hot Raffle items up for grabs. The Cheadle 4-H club came out to support the event and served up the tasty dishes to the guests.

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Two Tuesdays ago in the House of Commons, I delivered the following Members Statement be-fore Question Period:

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate our Prime Minister for keeping our Conservative Govern-ment’s promise to create the Office of Religious Freedom. This office will stand up to the terri-ble cruelty of religious persecution. Around the world, violations of religious freedom are wide-spread and they are increasing. In Iran, Baha’is and Christians face harassment; imprisonment; and, in some cases death. In Pakistan, Christian, Sikhs and Hindus are vulnerable to persecution and violence. In China, Christians who worship outside government-approved boundaries are driven underground and their leaders are arrested and detained, their churches burned down. Shia Muslims in Iraq; Coptic Christians in Egypt; Chris-tians at worship in Nigeria; the list appallingly goes on and on.

Elsewhere we watch in horror as sanctuaries are destroyed and believers are attacked and in some cases, slaughtered. In the face of these in-justices, Canada has not been silent. We wish Can-ada’s first Ambassador of Religious Freedom, Dr. Andrew Bennett, success monitoring and promot-ing religious freedom around the world.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is fulfilling a role that previous Prime Ministers have when it comes to protecting freedom for Canadians. Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated, “Canada is free and free-dom is its nationality.”

This meant a great deal to Canadians of Lauri-er’s generation and his words resounded through-out the ensuing decades. Prime Minister Harper

said on Feb. 19 when he unveiled the Office of Religious Freedom, “The freedom to worship ac-cording to one’s own conscience is at the root of our personalities and therefore, at the root of all our liberties.”

Our Prime Minister continued by explaining that there is an historical link between respect for religious pluralism and the development of democracy itself. Democracy cannot develop in any society that prohibits the freedom of personal conscience and faith.

Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker said, “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think is right, free to op-pose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.”

The importance of the establishment of the Of-fice of Religious Freedom cannot be underesti-mated. It is a beacon of hope to many people around the world. It is part of our heritage of freedom that many Canadians have given their lives defending. It is typical of our willingness – throughout our history – to engage in the struggle against tyranny and oppression around the world.

Canadians want our government to promote our freedom and prosperity. Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom will help Canada work with other countries and peoples and share our values with them.

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

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Thought for the week

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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).2. In a medium, non-stick skillet over medium heat, cook chicken until no longer pink and juices run clear. Drain excess fat. Cube the chicken and return it to the skillet. Add the onion, sour cream, Cheddar cheese, parsley, oregano and ground black pepper. Heat until cheese melts. Stir in salt, tomato sauce, water, chili powder, green pepper and garlic.3. Roll even amounts of the mixture in the tortillas. Arrange in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Cover with taco sauce and 3/4 cup Ched-dar cheese. Bake uncovered in the preheated oven 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

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Karin HitCHCoCK Counsellor’s Corner

What are you grateful for? Have you ever thought about how lucky you are for having a bed to sleep in, clean water to drink, or food in your fridge? Did you know that by focusing on the “good things” in life (even those we take for granted) and ex-pressing thanks can bring about an improvement in your happiness, health, and well-being? Part of the philosophy of “Positive Psychology,” is to encourage people to express gratitude in their daily lives, which can actually improve happiness and improve relationships with others. Optimism works.

Recent research conducted in the U. S. indicates that when people take the time to be grateful, they can also improve their overall happiness by up to 25 per cent! Saying “please” and “thank you” is just the beginning. In fact, it was found that manag-ers who said “thank you” to their employees in-creased their employee’s motivation at work. In a recent study completed by Dr. Robert Emmons, it was found that those who practised gratitude ex-perienced greater health benefits, which included an increase in happiness, well-being, physical ex-ercise, life satisfaction, optimism, forgiveness, en-thusiasm, love, and altruism.

Gratitude is defined as the acknowledgement of goodness in one’s life and that the source of goodness can lie outside of the self. This isn’t a new concept as many religions include prayer and meditative practices which focus on being grate-ful.

How can you take the time to practice gratitude? Here are some suggestions for getting started on

your “gratitude journey.” 1. Keep a daily journal and record several things

that you are grateful for. 2. Post some visual reminders in your home, car,

or office to remind yourself what you are grateful for.

3.Change your self-talk. We can change our mood by changing the things that we say about ourselves. We might want to say, “I’ve been through some rough spots before, but I’ve always been grateful for the support of my family. They’ll help me get through this and I’ll be okay.”

4. Write a “thank you” note to someone you re-ally appreciate!

5. Thank someone mentally in your mind. Per-haps it’s someone from your past who taught you something that you are grateful for learning.

6. Use “grateful” language. “Thanks for doing that!” or “I really appreciate your help,” or “Thanks so much for all you do!” can go a very long way.

7. Have a grateful partner or hang out with grateful people. Being friends with people who are positive and focus on the good things is catch-ing.

8. Pray or meditate every day. If you’d like to read more about how “counting

your blessings” and expressing gratitude can help you to improve your life, try “Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier,” by Robert Emmons.

Karin Hitchcock has a private counselling prac-tice in Strathmore and is currently focusing on increasing her well being by practising 30 days of gratitude. She has a Master’s degree in counselling and is a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.

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For the past few years the band SILO has been building a fan base here in its own community. They play a hard rock style that is hard to find these days but that shows the roots of their musical love.

Everyone listening to the band hears something a little bit different; a Metallica influence is apparent, as are Avenge Sevenfold and Offspring. Vocalist Clay (Cash) Watson said SILO has never wanted to sound like a cookie cutter band. They are happy to hear that their fans can pick out the different mix of bands coming through. They have always strived to sound different for each song, instead of each song sounding like the previ-ous one.

Last year the band was happy to announce their song Paper Note was being released across Canada to 131 rock stations. This year the good news continues for the band mates.

A publishing company in Vancou-ver had recently scouted the band, and the rep wanted to see what he could do for the guys at the Midem Music Conference held in France this past January.

The rep put together a compilation package of SILO’s music and videos and then met with other representa-tives from music labels, licensing and publishing companies.

“Our music and the quality of our music was so well received over there that he didn’t even have to do fol-low ups, he already had four of these deals. Basically these deals are place-ment licensing and publishing deals, and they have some really big back-ing behind some of these companies like EMI Music, Sony Music, Univer-sal,” said Cash (Clay) Watson.

“The reason it’s good is really the way you make money in music is through placement/licensing deals. If you think about the grand scope like how big Rock Band is, how many bands came from the Rock Band era? Or you think about movies, growing

up I would see a good movie and if you’d love the soundtrack, you would go buy the disc, that’s how you would get to know a band. These compa-nies already have so many TV, movie, commercial opportunities all over Eu-rope.”

Watson said sometimes there are bands that may be looking to buy a song or two to fill their album. By signing on with the publishing/licens-ing companies new doors and oppor-tunities are being created. Canada and the United States are both great places to be, but musically right now, Europe is where hard rock is in its glory.

“We’ve been trying really hard to get into that market and finally found a way in. Also it is going to open up a lot more opportunities in Europe, once they get to know your name then they want you over there play-ing music. We’re hoping this kind of gives us that bridge to go from here to go over there and hopefully make a living, it’s sort of the first big, big step for that,” said Watson.

“We have to go where our stuff is popular and right now in Europe it’s the place.”

Every year SILO host theirs own mu-sic festival called In Our Blood Music Festival. This year the event will be a baseball tournament and concert, which will be held in Lyalta. Lead-ing up to the music festival the band hosts two pre-shows, one in Calgary and one in Strathmore. On March 9 the Strathmore Hotel is sponsoring the 2013 In Our Blood Music Fest and Ball Tournament Pre-Festival event.

Registration will be open for the ball teams and the bands go on stage beginning at 9:30 p.m. The lineup for the pre-fest includes Devin Peterson, Big T, Head Cobra, SILO and Dun-right.

SILO’s music can be purchased on iTunes or by heading to one of their shows where CD’s are always on sale. For anyone who maybe doesn’t want to download a track or the album, but still wants to hear what the band is all about go to soundcloud.com/silo-1.

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The Strathmore Lacrosse Club held their Discover Lacrosse event at Trinity Christian Academy on march 2. The annual event gives kids a chance to learn more about lacrosse, and to try the sport be-fore actually making the commitment. Doug Taylor Photo

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Local band SiLO is busy preparing for its in Our Blood Pre-fes-tival music concert at the Strathmore Hotel on march 9. The band recently had good news come out of eu-rope.

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For the past few years the band SILO has been building a fan base here in its own community. They play a hard rock style that is hard to find these days but that shows the roots of their musical love.

Everyone listening to the band hears something a little bit different; a Metallica influence is apparent, as are Avenge Sevenfold and Offspring. Vocalist Clay (Cash) Watson said SILO has never wanted to sound like a cookie cutter band. They are happy to hear that their fans can pick out the different mix of bands coming through. They have always strived to sound different for each song, instead of each song sounding like the previ-ous one.

Last year the band was happy to announce their song Paper Note was being released across Canada to 131 rock stations. This year the good news continues for the band mates.

A publishing company in Vancou-ver had recently scouted the band, and the rep wanted to see what he could do for the guys at the Midem Music Conference held in France this past January.

The rep put together a compilation package of SILO’s music and videos and then met with other representa-tives from music labels, licensing and publishing companies.

“Our music and the quality of our music was so well received over there that he didn’t even have to do fol-low ups, he already had four of these deals. Basically these deals are place-ment licensing and publishing deals, and they have some really big back-ing behind some of these companies like EMI Music, Sony Music, Univer-sal,” said Cash (Clay) Watson.

“The reason it’s good is really the way you make money in music is through placement/licensing deals. If you think about the grand scope like how big Rock Band is, how many bands came from the Rock Band era? Or you think about movies, growing

up I would see a good movie and if you’d love the soundtrack, you would go buy the disc, that’s how you would get to know a band. These compa-nies already have so many TV, movie, commercial opportunities all over Eu-rope.”

Watson said sometimes there are bands that may be looking to buy a song or two to fill their album. By signing on with the publishing/licens-ing companies new doors and oppor-tunities are being created. Canada and the United States are both great places to be, but musically right now, Europe is where hard rock is in its glory.

“We’ve been trying really hard to get into that market and finally found a way in. Also it is going to open up a lot more opportunities in Europe, once they get to know your name then they want you over there play-ing music. We’re hoping this kind of gives us that bridge to go from here to go over there and hopefully make a living, it’s sort of the first big, big step for that,” said Watson.

“We have to go where our stuff is popular and right now in Europe it’s the place.”

Every year SILO host theirs own mu-sic festival called In Our Blood Music Festival. This year the event will be a baseball tournament and concert, which will be held in Lyalta. Lead-ing up to the music festival the band hosts two pre-shows, one in Calgary and one in Strathmore. On March 9 the Strathmore Hotel is sponsoring the 2013 In Our Blood Music Fest and Ball Tournament Pre-Festival event.

Registration will be open for the ball teams and the bands go on stage beginning at 9:30 p.m. The lineup for the pre-fest includes Devin Peterson, Big T, Head Cobra, SILO and Dun-right.

SILO’s music can be purchased on iTunes or by heading to one of their shows where CD’s are always on sale. For anyone who maybe doesn’t want to download a track or the album, but still wants to hear what the band is all about go to soundcloud.com/silo-1.

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The Strathmore Lacrosse Club held their Discover Lacrosse event at Trinity Christian Academy on march 2. The annual event gives kids a chance to learn more about lacrosse, and to try the sport be-fore actually making the commitment. Doug Taylor Photo

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Local band SiLO is busy preparing for its in Our Blood Pre-fes-tival music concert at the Strathmore Hotel on march 9. The band recently had good news come out of eu-rope.

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Bob’s great-grandfather moved from Ireland to Ontario in the mid-1800’s. His grandfather homesteaded at Poplar Point, Manitoba where Bob’s father was born. In 1932, while Bob’s Dad was working in Joliet, Illinois – Bob was born, the oldest of three children – a brother and a sis-ter were born later, following his parents move to Oakville, Manitoba.

At the outset of The Korean War in 1952, Bob joined the Lord Strathcona Horse, which was actually a Tank Regi-ment and was posted to Korea. Tragical-ly, his brother who was serving with the PPCLI was killed in Korea, the same year

Bob arrived.Dorothy’s grandfather was born in Wel-

lington County in Ontario in 1860, and moved to Sunningdale, Saskatchewan where he lived and brought up his family until he died in 1935. Dorothy was born here on the farm in 1936, the third of four children. She has two brothers and a sister. In 1947, the family moved to a farm near Penhold, Alberta.

Following the Korean War, Bob re-turned to Red Deer and re-established his friendship with Dorothy whom he’d met before going to Korea. They were mar-ried on November 3, 1955. This marriage produced two sons and two daughters, and they now have 11 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Bob has worked in construction all his life. After their marriage, they moved to Calgary so that Bob could attend S.A.I.T. While in Calgary they lived in Forest Lawn, but apart from this they have always lived on acreages, where Bob built two of the houses. And Dorothy was happy to be able to have her beloved horses again. In 1961 Bob joined CJ Oliver Construction where he worked for 13 years, rising to the position of Construc-tion Superintendent. In 1974, he moved to Cascade Construction in the same posi-

RemembeRing ouR Roots Bob & Dorothy Stanley

tion. His main forte was the construction of high-rise office and residential towers. Some of the buildings he was involved in building are well known – the South YMCA, Woodman Junior High School, Mount Royal House, the Suncore Build-ing, Norcen Tower, Rose Kahn Arena and Mayfair Place.

When he complet-ed the Norcen and Suncore buildings in 1970, they were the second and third highest buildings in downtown Calgary, at the time. Look at the high-rise buildings in downtown Calgary, now! In 1986, while

the construction bust was happening across the country, with interest rates soaring to 20 per cent and beyond, Bob and Dorothy moved to Strathmore. Up until 1993, Bob worked with his son Bob Jr framing houses, and he also worked with various construction companies in and around Strathmore before retir-ing in 2008. He assisted in the building of the recent extension at Strathmore Legion #10. As a long time member of The United Church of Canada, he soon put his construction skills to work with the Property Team at Strathmore United Church, where he was responsible for building maintenance.

In the meantime, Dorothy was not idle. She spent many years working in craft stores, as a nanny, and at one time was the daycare cook for up to 110 chil-dren. Since moving to Strathmore, she has worked with children at The Crisis Shelter, spent eight years working at The Toddle Inn Daycare, and served as a nanny for nine years with the Smail Family while they were in the RCMP. She has served on many different commit-tees and projects with Strathmore United Church, and is a member of the Quilting Group and UCW.

She and Bob both enjoy gardening, their family and friends, and their coun-try home with its wonderful views west to the mountains.

The main changes they have seen in this area include the increases in the number of acreages, highway traffic, and population in and around Strathmore. They are concerned with the loss of busi-nesses in downtown, as some businesses are moving closer to the highway.

Dart players from the Legion’s Alberta / North-west Territories Provincial Command area con-verged on the Strathmore Legion to compete in the Senior mixed Command Darts Championship march 1-2. As the darts settled at the end of the event, Calgary’s Ogden Legion team took top spot to earn prizes and bragging rights.

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special eventsMarch 8 @ Strathmore Municipal Library (85 Lakeside Blvd.) 1-3pm Friday Fun Films. This month the library will be featuring The Smurfs! Rated G. This program is free to attend and no registration is required.

Project H.O.P.E. annual Gala Fundraiser, “The Power of HOPE’. March 9th at the Travelodge. Cocktails @ 5, Dinner @ 6, Tix $50 @ 403-807-2965 or 403-804-3101.

Community Lunch Club 55+, themed lunch and presenter. Tuesday, March 19 (Irish Culture) from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm At Lord of all Lutheran Church. Register: call Marg at 403-901-7811.

A meet & greet for Parents & Mentors – Mon, March 11 (Luck of the Irish) & Mon, March 25 (Ukrainian Easter Eggs) from11:00 – 1:00pm. At Lord of all Lutheran Church. Free event, register by calling Pat at 403-901-7684.

Strathmore Skate Club Spring Skate. 10 Lessons from Mar. 20 -April 19. Offering CanSkate/PowerSkate, Jr, Sr. Registration form: strathmoreskateclub.ca. Call Tania 403.499.9358 or email:strathmoreskateclub @msn.com.

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

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

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

Strathmore & District Chamber of Commerce Meets the second Thursday of the month @ 7:00 p.m. All members welcome. Check web page for meeting location. For more infor-mation call 403-901-3175 or: www.strathmoredistrictchamber.com.

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

Storytime at Strathmore Municipal Library85 Lakeside Blvd. Held every Tues-day 11am-12pm and Fridays 2-3pm. . Pre-school children of all ages are welcome but must be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult. No registration required.

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

The Hope Bridges Society for Creative & Continued Learn-ing Advocating for, and bringing together citizens of all abilities for meaningful relationships, friendships, & opportunities through the Arts holds Board Meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM, at Unit 9, 104 – 3rd Avenue (the Leary Centre). Please contact Wanda at 403-983-3690, or 403-901-5081 (Cell) for further informa-tion about our work and upcoming events, if you would like to be added to our “friends/contact” list, or visit us in our new office noted above.

Strathmore Musical Arts SocietyIf you love music and musicians and have a special soft spot for the Blues, you would enjoy being part of this group. Call 403-934-4196 or 403-680-7721 to get on our phone or email list and be notified about meetings and upcoming events.

Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 Meets 3rd Tuesday at the Strath-more Curling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at 7 pm. New Members welcome. Call Greg 403-888-6155. Strathmore Homeschool Families Any Strathmore and Area familes that are homeschooling are invited to join our Yahoo Group. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/strathmorehsfams

Strathmore Hand in Hand Par-ent Link Offers FREE programming to kids 0-6 and their caregivers! Check the Town of Strathmore website Com-munity Events section for programs and times! Located at 421-2nd St, across from Paragon Pharmacy. 690-1237.

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

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

Happy Gang 55 plus Seniors Meetings; 2nd Tuesday every month @ 1:30 pm. Potluck Supper; fourth Tuesday every month at 5:30pm. Everyone welcome! Hall Rental; $80. Call Shirley @ 403-934-9927. All other inquiries call Eric @ 403-901-1596.

Meetings and Sewing Work-shops The 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month at 7pm. We meet at the Strathmore Ag Grounds, Red Quonset. Looking for 100% cotton or flannel fabric dona-tions to do some charity quilts. New Members Welcome. Contact Laurie at 901-0088 or Wendy 901-3756.

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

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

Youth Club of StrathmoreProvides youth (6-17yrs) with opportunities/activities that build positive relationships, strengthens and develops self-esteem and promote personal skill development through affordable and barrier free programs. Our programs include After The Bell, a homework program offered Monday to Friday from 3pm-6pm. Call the Youth Club for further info 403-934-4918 or www.youthclubofstrathmore.ca.

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

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

Strathmore Fun Runners Car Club Meets the first Wednesday of the month. New members welcome! Please call Todd at 403-934-0558 or Shawn at 403-901-9303 for info.

Wheatland Business Women Meet the second Tuesday of the month @ 8:00 am at Days Inn & Suites. New members welcome http://businesswomen.ca and follow us on Facebook. Call 403-324-6641.

RCCG Peculiar People As-sembly, 1 Peter 2:9 (KJV) meetings. Sunday Services at 10am & Thursdays Bible study at 7pm. Venue: Civic Centre, Strathmore. PH: 403-667-7832, E-mail: pastor@ rccgstrathmore.com

Strathmore Lions Club Meets the first and third Thursdays at the Strathmore Civic Centre at 6:45 pm.

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

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

Strathmore Parent and Tot PlaygroupMeets every Tuesday at 9:30 - 11:30 am. in the Strathmore United Church Basement. $1/child.

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

St. Michaels & All Angels Anglican Currently at interim location: 245 Brent Blvd. (North Door) 403-934-3017. Christ Alive in our Community. Sunday MorningWorship 11:00am

Seventh-day Adventist Church Meeting in the Lord of All Lutheran Church at 112 Lakeside Blvd,Strathmore. Saturday morn-ing @ 10:00 AM. Pastor Ghena Girleanu, phone 403-983-0081. Strathmore Baptist Church Meeting Sundays @ 11am and Thursdays @ 7pm, Call Pastor David Blankenship for info 403-390-4431.

Wheatland County Food Bank SocietyFood applications accepted at (403) 324-4335 Monday through Thursday 12pm to 4pm or through the website at:www.wheatlandfoodbank.com.

Strathmore & District Agricul-tural Society Strathmorestampede.com, [email protected] Office 403.934.5811 Fax 403.901.0299 Facebook: Strathmore Stampede Twitter: Strathmore Rodeo

Community Futures Wild Rose In partnership with ‘The Busi-ness Link’ Attend valuable, low-cost learning sessions for small business owners in our video-conference facility in Strathmore. Phone: 403-934-8888 for info & to register.

Strathmore Writer’s Group Meets on the first Monday of the month at the Strathmore Municipal Library. Please find us on Facebook or email Sam at [email protected] for more information.

Cheadle Lions ClubDrop off your pennies or change off at the Civic Centre. “All proceeds raised goes toward local projects.”

Alcoholics Anonymous Meet-ings Strathmore – open meetings Monday 8:00pm, Hope Community Church, Call 403-934-9570 or 403-901-6009. Strathmore Full Gospel Church – Closed meetings – Ladies, Tuesdays @ 7pm, Call 403-901-1163. Men’s, Tuesdays 8:30pm, Call 403-324-0056. Open Step Meeting, Thursdays @ 8pm at Full Gospel Church, Call 403-361-9396. If drink-ing is a problem, please come to a meeting or all any of the numbers just to talk.

Wheatland Whirlers Square & Round Dance Club Dances every Wednesday at Westmount School Gym, September to April. New Dancers: 7-8:30 pm; Experienced Dancers: 8-10 pm. Contact Dave or Claudia 403-934-5966.

Chestermere and area Children (& Families) with Type 1 Diabetes. Our Goal is to create a group of mature, responsible members where we open our own homes as Safe Places for Diabetic Children to go to if ever in Diabetic Distress. Join the Facebook group for more information.

Stitch Together: Library Needle Arts Group Tues evenings (6:30pm-8:30pm) at the Strathmore Municipal Library (85 Lakeside Blvd.). Whether you love knitting, crocheting, embroidery or cross-stitch, you are welcome to drop in and work on your project with oth-ers who share the same passion.

Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society (SRVSS) SRVSS is looking for men and women interested in becoming front line victim advocates to provide support, information and referrals to victims of crime or tragedy. We need individuals interested in a challenging and rewarding volunteer experience who are caring and non-judgmental with a sincere interest in helping victims move past their immediate trauma. We provide extensive train-ing in many areas, including sexual assaults, domestic violence, suicide, court preparation, and sudden death. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Lesley Hering at the Strathmore RCMP Detachment at (403) 934-6552. Website: www.strathmoreregionalvictimser-vices.com

Wheatland County Food Bank Urgently requires VOLUNTEER SCREENERS. Please call Sylvia at 403-934-5287 or WFCSS at 403-934-5335 for info.

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When gray winter clouds hang low day after day, and it’s so cold we don’t want to go outside, we may feel the onset of the winter blues.

Rob Van Dyke, psychologist and clinical super-visor at the Strathmore Mental Health Clinic, says the winter blues are pretty common for Canadi-ans. In fact, 15 per cent of us have a mild case at some point in our lives.

The winter blues may bring changes in our mood, so we feel sad or hopeless, Van Dyke says. We may have less energy and be easily fatigued. Some of us experience appetite changes, perhaps craving sweet and starchy foods.

We may be bothered by weight gain, sleep dis-turbances, and difficulty concentrating. We may have less interest in sex or want to avoid social encounters altogether.

For most of us, the blues remain mild, lasting only until the sun comes out or the world warms up. But for two to three per cent of us, Van Dyke says, the blues last longer than a couple of weeks and /or begin to interfere with our daily routines. In that case, we might have Seasonal Affective Disorder which Van Dyke says is, “a diagnosable depression that has a seasonal pattern.”

No one is exactly sure what brings on the blues, Van Dyke says, but most theories suggest it’s due to reduced sunlight.

“As human beings, we depend upon sunlight,” he says, so less light seems, for some people, “to decrease mood and decrease energy levels.”

Sunlight also produces Vitamin D, and we may become Vitamin D deficient.

It may also be because we’re programmed our-selves to revolve around day and night.

“Less daylight and more darkness,” Van Dyke says, “could be signalling our bodies to want to sleep more and to hibernate.”

He points out that less light and colder tempera-tures also affect our behaviour.

“We aren’t as prone to want to go out and take a walk outside or jog outside. We might instead choose to curl up and sit on the couch and be less active.”

That’s not necessarily a bad thing to do, “but exercise is a natural anti-depressant.”

Fortunately, although we can’t do much about our climate, we can do a lot to treat the winter blues.

“The most important thing to emphasize,” Van Dyke says, “is to get more sunlight in the day,” which can be as simple as taking a 20 minute walk. “If it’s too cold to be outside, open the cur-tains. Sit in the chair near the window.”

“The second biggest thing is exercise,” he says, “being intentional about...setting up my day so that I do get outside for a little bit each day, so that I do exercise.”

It’s also important to keep regular eating and sleeping patterns, he says, not “over-sleeping or under-sleeping, getting a good amount of sleep each night.”

Since “social isolation is a common symptom of a depressed mood,” said Van Dyke, we also need to be intentional “about surrounding themselves with people (we) enjoy.”

“These are things that have been proven to re-ally generate positive momentum for people,” said Van Dyke. Those small steps can have a big im-pact.

But for some people, these steps aren’t enough. For people who are “feeling a prolonged de-pressed mood, with sadness, or feelings of hope-lessness or despair,” Van Dyke says, “and/or if they’ve had major disruptions to their appetite or sleep patterns and certainly if they’re having thoughts of suicide” he encourages them to seek out the help of professionals.

His first suggestion is to contact a family doc-tor, who may provide medication and light ther-apy. He also invites people who are concerned about their mood to contact the Strathmore Men-tal Health Clinic through the Rural Addiction and Mental Health Intake Line at 1-877-652-4700.

“If they feel they’re having those symptoms, and they feel they’d be helped by counseling or thera-py, they’re certainly welcome to call,” he said.

It’s also important to understand that feeling ups and downs is normal, Van Dyke says. It’s “part of what it means to be human....I hope people would not feel any shame in that.”

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Expectant Strathmore mothers currently must make the trek to Calgary or Drumheller to de-liver their babies, they are not permitted to de-liver at Strathmore Hospital. Locally, they may receive prenatal care until their babies are about 20 weeks gestation, then they’ll be referred to a Calgary maternity clinic for support until their ba-bies are born.

They may take prenatal classes through local public health at any time during their pregnan-cies.

Nurse and midwife Amy Deagle has been con-cerned that Strathmore women aren’t always served adequately by the pre-scheduled prenatal classes. If they or their spouses work out of town, such as on the oil rigs, or are in seasonal work like farming, they can’t necessarily attend the classes at the times they’re offered.

Deagle says, “I was frustrated by the fact that women living in rural areas did not have the same access to care that women in the city did.”

Deagle, has worked as a nurse and midwife in Alberta, Alaska, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and British Columbia.

“I believe that women and couples need the education, information and support...so that they can make confident, informed choices in the best interests for themselves and their families,” said Deagle.

With these concerns in mind, Deagle recently launched Expecting Success. She explains that the new company offers online support, education

and information for women during preconcep-tion, pregnancy and early parenthood.

Before conception --- in the stage that Expecting Success calls “Baby Talk” – Deagle and her staff of-fer online support & education. During pregnancy -- the “Baby Bump” stage -- women and couples can contact Expecting Success for pregnancy sup-port and information, and for in-person or online prenatal classes. During Baby Steps -- the early stages of parenting -- Expecting Success provides parenting support & information.

All across Canada, Deagle says, women and couples can receive information online and via telephone from Expecting Success’s RN Consul-tants. Additionally, in the communities where the RN Consultants are based, expectant women and couples can arrange for in-person prenatal care, consultation and education. They can also access individual or group prenatal classes, scheduled to fit into their lives and tailored to provide the infor-mation they need.

In Strathmore, Deagle said, “there is a local Ex-pecting Success RN Consultant, Sara Phillips, who will provide the online maternity and parenting support as well as offer private & group prenatal classes.”

Deagle believes the services offered by Expect-ing Success will make a significant difference for rural Canadian women and couples.

“Knowing that they have a medical professional that they can email for advice or schedule a call with,” she says, “should decrease stress and in-crease the empowerment of parents.”

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The Wheatland 4-H District held their annual Funspiel at the Strathmore Curling Rink on Feb. 21. members from different clubs were divided into teams and played three, 4-end games. Congratulations to the team of So-nia Pagenkopf (l-r), Landon Hebbes and of Billi Comstock, who were the top team, winning all their games. The members also competed in a turkey shoot and the Top Turkey Shooter was Aleri Swalwell (right). Thanks to Toni Comstock and Dale Palsson, the District Key members for organizing the Funspiel and to Getz & Associates for sponsoring the fun event.

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We had another 4-H meeting on Feb. 5. We talked about public speaking that was coming up March 16. Also on March 10 our club is planning a horsemanship clinic with Jill Barron. It will be held in the Barron Barn, Full Service Equine Facility from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We are still planning if our club wants to spend the money to do a Trick Training Clinic. It is on April 20-21. The cost for the arena would be $75/hour, $25/night and $125-175/mem-ber. On May 5 there is a midnight express schooling show and on May 12, Bow Valley Schooling show that our members have a choice to attend. Spring is on the way!

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Strathmore United Church Thrift Sale

The Strathmore United Church Thrift Sale will be marking 37 years of service to the com-munity and beyond this spring. The sale is well supported with donations and by many folks who come to volunteer. There are multitudes more who come to purchase items of value at very low prices. This is like the biggest garage or yard sale ever (with the lowest prices). The support of everyone is much appreciated and valued.

We are often asked about where the items remaining after the sale go and where the funds raised go. The clothing and household items are delivered to Calgary to the Drop In Centre and/or the Mustard Seed to be redistributed to those in need there. The money raised from the sale goes far and wide as well as helping to support local groups and our church. Last year funds were distributed to:Local · Strathmore United Church · Wheatland Crisis Shelter · Wheatland Food Bank · Wheatland Christmas Hamper · Strathmore Handibus · Cheadle Lions Club (Canadian Food Grains Bank Project)

Alberta · St. Andrew’s College · Foothills Presbyterial Student Bursary Fund · Mustard Seed · Calgary Drop-In Centre · United Church Historical Society · Calgary Urban Projects Society (CUPS) · Acadia Place (low income housing) · Alberta Child Wellbeing Initiative · Alberta CGITNational & International · United Church of Canada Mission & Service Fund · Friends of the Observer · HopEthiopia In addition, clothing or household items are donated every sale as needed when we become aware of the need. In the past we have assisted fire victims, charities in the Ukraine and Philippines and victims of violence.

Over the years many of our customers have grown to be friends, we have enjoyed seeing children grow up and return with their children. We know the hard work of putting on this sale twice a year is appreciated because you tell us and because you return to donate, purchase and often work with us. The fellowship is wonderful and we are grateful to our community for your support. See you at the next Thrift Sale!

For more information, please contact Lynne Fair (403-934-4359), Sharon White (403-934-3069) or Elisabeth Struiksma (403-934-3264).

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The Cheadle 4-H beef Club had their meeting on Feb. 12. The district 4-H Clubs had a curling Funspiel on Feb. 21. This gave members a fun way to spend one day of Teacher Conventions. Each team played three games and then we did a Turkey Shoot. Five members from our club attend-ed; Jared, Ryan, Ray, Maria and Sabrina. On Feb. 24, we had Public Speaking at the Cheadle Hall. Our members worked hard on speeches and presentations.

You can see the following presenting at Districts in Strathmore on March 16: Erin Warrack, Michael Brewin, Sabrina Koois-tra, Jared Lausen, Maria Kooistra, Geneva Brisebois, Nicole and Walter Lausen, Ray Warrack, and Ryan Lausen.

The members had another unique ex-perience by serving and washing dishes at the Wild Game Supper. After we were done serving we got to try Bear, Cougar, Antelope and lots of other wild game.

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Kaity Stewart Crowfoot 4-H Multi Club Reporter

12 members from the Crowfoot Multi club attended the Wheatland District’s An-nual Curling Bonspiel Feb 21 in Strath-more. The winners were Billi Comstock, Landen Hebbes and Sonia Pagenkopf. A big thank you to Key member Dale Palsson for organizing the event. A bigger Thank you to John Getz for sponsoring the tro-phy. Thank you to Wayne Johnson for the coffee. Everyone had a blast.

Our club members will be volunteering at the Crowfoot community hall, Thursday March 14 for a Community Pot Luck din-ner. Please contact Margo if you have any questions 403-394-2237.

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The Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) is administering the Homelessness Partnering Strat-egy’s (HPS) Rural and Remote Homelessness fund-ing stream for Alberta. The funds will be used to as-sist projects that offer supports and services to assist those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

“ARDN believes that rural and remote Albertans at risk of homelessness face unique issues that require unique solutions,” says Dee Ann Benard, executive director of ARDN. “It’s our goal to engage these at-risk rural Albertans and provide them appropriate supports so they do not become or remain home-less.”

A total of $424,625 is available to fund projects until Feb. 28, 2014. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2013.

Though rural and remote homelessness is not as visible as it is in urban locations, it is still an impor-tant issue to address. It also impacts urban settings as many rural homeless people move to cities where there are more supports.

More information on the funding opportunity is available at http://www.ardn.ca/programs/rural-re-mote-homelessness/. Priority will be given to proj-ects with activities in communities with a popula-tion of 25,000 or less, although projects impacting larger communities may be considered.

This project is funded by the Government of Can-ada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy.

The Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) is a not-for-profit partnership of Alberta’s 21 public colleges, universities and technical institutes work-ing together to enhance the quality of life in rural Alberta through research and learning. Visit www.ardn.ca to learn more.

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Wendi TashlikoWich Times Contributor

The Strathmore Minor Ringette Association (SMRA) and the Strathmore Ice Ripperz U16B team have been chosen to host this year’s U16B Provincials this coming weekend March 8-10. This is an important opportunity for SMRA and especially the host U16 team as they are very excited and hope that all the teams attending will have lots of fun and skate hard.

The weekend’s events begin on Friday, March 8 on the gold ice surface at the Strathmore Family Centre. The teams will all take part in an opening ceremony followed by a skills competition, in which all players must participate in at least one event. The teams will then gather at the Civic Centre for a congratulations banquet beginning at 6 p.m.

Sonny Warrack is the head coach of the Ripperz and is very proud of his girls, as well as of his hometown of Strathmore.

“This event is a great way to showcase ringette to the com-munity,” said Warrack.

He would love to see families with children of all ages out to participate in this event and witness this sport at its highest level of competition.

“It is my hope that many future young players and current players as well as community supporters join us this weekend and come away with a new desire to try a new sport,” he said.

Warrack’s team would like to thank the Strathmore Minor Ringette Association for their strong support and backing dur-ing their bid to host this year’s provincial games.

“Strathmore Minor Ringette Association is among the fin-est ringette associations in the Province, and my team is very proud and fired up to represent our community this week-end,” said Warrack, extending his appreciation.

Team goalie Raylee Dunbar has been a rock in net for this season, often holding the team in early in order to give the girls time to heat up. Rockyford area residents Danielle Clyne, Teddi Ann Skibsted and Cassie Rieger have added a lot of energy and fun to the team as well as regular goal scoring all season long. First year U16 members Jemma Warrack and Becky Driver have provided fierce fore-checking and steady offense while by age they are only considered U14 level.

First year U16 players Hannah Wylie and Meg Warrack have been consistent defensive standouts for the team all year and will be leaned on heavily to contain top players from oppo-nents this weekend. Second year players, team captain Kyra Keer and assistant captains Maclynn Ruckaber and Tassia Rushford will be counted on to spur the team on with their passion for ringette, strong offensive play and incredible de-termination.

Fellow second year player Jenny McCollister, who has been very steady and always in proper position at defense, with her positive outlook will be sure to keep everyone on the level during the games to come this weekend.

A lot of hard work went into the preparation of the U16B Provincial Tournament and the association would love to see the community come out to support the girls in their first game of the tournament on Friday, March 8 at noon against the Medicine Hat Zing.

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Strathmore hockey players brought home two medals from the Alberta 55Plus Games held Feb. 13 - 16. Doug Risdon and his teammates on the 70+ team brought home bronze. For Risdon, who scored the bronze-winning goal, the win was a family affair.

The hockey team from Zone 2, to which Strath-more belongs, lost their first game of the tourna-ment, but won the second. In their third and final game, Risdon’s brother Leon, from Okotoks, was goalie.

“It so happened that the last game when we were playing for the bronze, it was my turn the fourth round,” said Risdon. “They dropped two pucks at center ice and then I skated one way to their goal and their guy (skated) to ours.” His brother Leon stopped the puck at their net, “and I scored, and we won,” said Risdon.

Risdon’s wife, Norma Jean and their three chil-dren were all there to cheer him on, along with their six-year-old grandson, Nolan Parker, who also plays half-pint hockey. Risdon said Nolan “came up

to me after...and he said, ‘Grandpa, I thought you were skating a little slow on that shoot-out.’” Ris-don laughed. “Because they have shoot-outs after each of their games. Out of the mouths of babes!”

In the 65+ age group, six Strathmore men helped the Zone 2 hockey team bring home another med-al. They won their first game against Edmonton, 3-1 on Feb. 14. Then on Feb. 15, they won 4-1 against Edson. On Saturday the 16, they met Calgary, and team organizer Jim Kay said, “we played against players we play with a lot,” because rural and Cal-gary people play together in local 55Plus hockey.

The Zone 2 team captured a 2-0 lead very early on, but four or five minutes in, Calgary got a point. Zone 2 didn’t win any more points but they didn’t lose any either so, Kay said, “it was by the grace of God and a little good luck and we ended up win-ning.”

They brought home gold.Despite their big win, though, Kay expressed

surprise about one thing. “We never had any agents come talk to us after-

ward,” he joked. “It was unbelievable.”Well done to all Strathmore 55Plus Games com-

petitors.

Medals come home with Alberta 55 plus hockey players

Back row (l-r): Graham MacDonald, Banff, Wayne Davidson, Strathmore, Bob Murdock, Canmore, Max Huntley, Strathmore, Doug Wheeler, Strathmore, Randy Harper, Canmore, Don Patton, Bearspaw, Chuck Goldade, DeWinton, Ross Elgbert, Chestermere. Front Row (l-r): Bob Bridger, Airdrie, Dan Lovsin, Bearspaw, Rollie Girard, Banff, Keith Clayton, Strathmore, Howie Goon, Banff, Bruce Hawkins, Kathyrn, Doug Blaney, Strathmore, Jim Kay, Strathmore. Missing from photo- Gary Palmer, High River.

The Ice Ripperz ringette team has been preparing for provincials which will be held in Strathmore March 8-10.

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After a close battle with Airdrie, the Wheatland Warriors advanced to the North Final in the SCAHL bantam playoffs.

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Mario Prusina Times Editor

With their backs against the wall, the Wheatland Warriors responded and earned a berth in the SCAHL North Champi-onship Series.

The local double-A bantam team, which lost 4-2 on home ice in Game 1 on Feb. 28, kept their season alive with a 4-0 win in Airdrie March 2, before clinching the series with a 3-2 win in Game 3 on home ice March 4.

“They’re good team and it was a battle all the way through,” said Warriors head coach Paden Grant. “We didn’t play our best in Game 1, we knew that, and we bounced right back. We had a really good effort in Game 2 – it was a pretty dominating performance – and it just kind of fed into Game 3. It was lot tighter game, but the kids kept battling and it worked out in the end.”

Unfortunately the Warriors got off on the wrong foot in

Warriors battle backGame 1, allowing two goals in the first period, before Ryan Bell made it a one goal game off of a feed from Kody Hammond and Matt Quigley. The Lightning struck again, taking a two-goal edge, before Matt Halkovic con-verted on the power play with a feed from Quigley and Hammond. Howev-er, the Lightning iced the game with a third period marker.

In Game 2, with their backs against the wall in a win-or-go-home game, the Warriors responded with a huge shutout win. Nolan Kent denied all 37 Airdrie shots, while Brad Hendricks, Joel Saraceni, Chris Rebeyka and Ham-mond each scored to extend the series to a one-game showdown.

While Game 3 was postponed one day because of the winter storm, the Lightning got on the board first, before Rob Butterwick converted a feed from Rebeyka early in the second period. After Airdrie regained the lead, Rob Finkbeiner scored late in the second period, converting a feed from Butter-wick and Sarah Lecavalier.

The Warriors iced the game and the series with a goal with 9:23 left, when Rebeyka converted a feed from Regan Kinley.

The Warriors will now meet the Syl-van Lake Lakers in the North Final, beginning on March 9. Game 1 is in Sylvan Lake, before the series shifts to Strathmore for Game 2 on March 10 (5:30 p.m.). Game 3, if necessary, is slated for March 12 in Sylvan.

“We’re definitely going to have to be on our game,” said Grant. “There is a reason they’re in first place, they’re a really good team. We have to play a disciplined game and we can’t get away from our systems. We just have to worry about winning every shift and battling hard. We can’t have any lapses.”

Braves advanceDespite sweeping their opening

round playoff series, the Wheatland Braves need to elevate their game to another level if they expect to advance any further in the SCAHL playoffs.

That was the message Braves head coach Keith Klemmensen had for his squad after defeating the Red Deer TBS two games to none.

“There is no doubt about it (that there is room for improvement),” said Klemmensen. “I’ll tell you right now … if we play like we did (in Game 2), we’ll be done Sunday afternoon. That’s the second game of the next round and we’ll be done. Bow Valley is just too good to play like that. They’ll just jump on you.

“We can beat Bow Valley, but we need to be working hard and doing our best. If we don’t want to do that, they can beat us, believe me.”

The Braves opened the playoffs with a 4-0 win on March 1 in Game 1 on home ice in Hussar, before traveling to Red Deer March 4 and posting a 5-1 win.

Despite outscoring Red Deer 9-1 in the series, Klemmensen was not fond of the Braves performance in Game 2.

“I give my hat off to the coaching staff of that team,” said Klemmensen of his Red Deer counterpart. “They outworked us for most of the second game and I give them a lot of credit.”

The Braves are now preparing to host Bow Valley in the North Final. Game 1 is slated for March 8 (7:30 p.m.) in Hussar, before travelling to Cochrane in Game 2 on March 10. Game 3, if necessary, will take place March 11 (6 p.m.) in Hussar.

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The Spartans played in the league semi-finals on March 1. The first game of the evening for them was against Holy Trinity Acad-emy.


Strathmore residents represented our community well at the 2013 Alberta 55 Plus Winter Games, Feb. 13 - 16 in Calgary. Men from Strathmore and area played in all four hockey categories – age 55+, 60+, 65+ and 70+. We also had representation in the Scrabble tourna-ment. The Games, which provide both intellectual and physical challenges, also feature bridge and euchre, as well as curling, 5-pin bowling, carpet bowl-ing, darts, shuffleboard, snooker, alpine and cross-country skiing, and badmin-ton.

The Games are usually hosted in smaller communities, so Kelly Black-shaw, who volunteered as board chair, says it was a treat for this year’s 1,136 participants to be hosted in Calgary’s world-class facilities. It was also a high-light that multiple events were hosted in the same large rooms at the Calgary Winter Club.

“People loved being together in one

room,” she said, “because, typically, at these games, these would be in all dif-ferent venues and (participants would) never see each other except for open-ing and closing ceremonies.”

This year’s cultural events were also noteworthy. The Health and Wellness Fair, with 32 different exhibitors, wel-comed both participants and members of the public. Plus “roving vans and roving activities...kept people enter-tained,” Blackshaw said. “Everywhere you went there would be some little musical thing going on.”

People could learn to square dance or perhaps the Chinese New Year lion dance. She adds, “we had these people on stilts called the Green (Fools) and they walked everywhere and engaged people. They were priceless!”

The National Music Centre loaned a busker piano for the Games.

“Anybody could just sit down and play it,” said Blackshaw. “A lot of se-niors like to play the piano, so they’d just sit there (and play) and people would gather around and watch them.”


The Strathmore High School Spartans girls basketball team played in the semi-finals on March 1 at home. The girls played a close game but in the end were defeated by Holy Trinity Academy, who went on to win the league finals.

“We didn’t shoot very well, but not having played since Feb. 16, we had trouble finding our game,” said coach Dion Galandy.

In the final provincial ranking, released on March 4, SHS was listed in the Top 15 as an honourable mention. Galandy said for a team of Grade 10 and 11 players that was pretty amazing, and while it won’t help them win any games it’s fantastic.

“We just need to go out and play like we can and I think we should have a chance in any game we play, except the few top teams as they are clearly head and shoulders above everyone else in the province,” said Galandy.

Despite the loss the girls will played against Bert Church on March 6 for the first game of South Central Zones. The results were not available at press time. Basketball will continue for the girls either way, as Strathmore High School is hosting 3A Girls Basketball Provincials March 14-16.

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The greatest highlight for Blackshaw herself was seeing people in “that age group...being so active, engaged and inspiring” and displaying that energy from being fully engaged in life. And “they’re good athletes on top of it all.”

She also enjoyed seeing young spec-tators cheer on senior family members.

“Little kids came to see their grandpa play hockey or their grandmother car-pet bowl,” she says. “So (the seniors) were actually inspiring the younger people to be more active. We saw lit-tle kids holding up signs that said, ‘Go Grandpa!’, there was (another sign) that said ‘Grandma rocks for curling.’ Isn’t that a hoot?”

“People should take part in these things if they have the opportunity,” said Blackshaw, whose husband and mother have both competed in the Games. “It’s such a great experience....It’s not about the years in your life, but the life in your years...If you have a chance, try it out!”

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Chiefs fall to LakersMario PruSina Times Editor

In an extremely close series, the Wheatland Chiefs took the best team in the North Division to the distance.

The local double-A midget team forced the Sylvan Lake Lakers to a third and deciding game, before ulti-mately falling 5-3 in the winner-take-all contest.

The Chiefs dropped a 6-5 decision in Game 1 on March 1 in Sylvan Lake, before a heart-stopping 3-2 double overtime win on home ice in Game 2 on March 3.

Despite taking a 1-0 and 2-1 lead in Game 3 on March 5, the Chiefs al-lowed a pair of goals late in the first period en route to the loss.

Despite being eliminated from the SCAHL post season, the Chiefs are now preparing for the 2013 Midget Major AA Provincial Championship tournament March 21-24 in White-court.

The Wheatland Chiefs used a 3-2 double over-time win on home ice to force a winner-take-all Game 3. Jody Schneider Photo

more Family Centre on March 6 (result not available as of press time).

However, there are no second chances, as the Bisons must play perfect hockey to extend their season.

“We need to simplify our game and come with a better approach,” said Bi-sons head coach Jeremy Friesen. “It’s a five game playoff series for a reason – I don’t care if they outscore us 52-10 and we win the series three games to two. It doesn’t really matter, you have to be the better team three (different games).”

Here is a breakdown of the first three games of the series.Game 1 – UFA Bisons vs Red Deer Chiefs Feb. 26 @ Red Deer Arena

Facing arguably the best team in the Al-berta Midget Hockey League is obviously a big task for the UFA Bisons.

However, facing that impressive team and ‘brutal officiating’ in the same game is definitely overwhelm-ing.

The UFA Bisons had a parade to the penalty box to open the series in Red Deer, and the Chiefs made them pay en route to a 6-1 Bi-sons loss.

Despite falling 1-0 in the first period, the local triple-A midget team managed to even the score at 1-1 when Tristian Thompson converted a feed from Matt Forchuk and Markson Bechtold.

However, mere seconds later, the Chiefs scored the eventual game winner and added four more goals thereafter en route to the win.

“We took some penalties and that’s something we talked about, we need to stay five-on-five,” said Friesen. “It’s not so much taking penalties and going on

the penalty kill as it is taking momen-tum from our team. We want to keep four lines involved in the game … if we’re kill-ing penalties all the time, there are some guys that don’t get on the ice very often. It’s hard to keep them all in the game.

“A lot of their goals were off the rush in transition and we need to take that away from them as well. (So) we need more discipline and get more pucks on the net.

“At the end of they day, they were the much better team.”Game 2 – Red Deer Chiefs vs UFA Bisons March 1 @ Strathmore Family Centre

Goaltender Richard Palmer played the game of his life and forward Kurt Fraser ensured that it was a win.

The UFA Bisons netminder made 42 saves and Fraser supplied the heroics with a double overtime marker, giving the UFA Bisons a 2-1 win on home ice.

After exchanging goals early in the first period, the goaltenders stole the show, before Fraser converted a feed from

Mark McLeod and Con-nor Tudor.

“I was trying to (shoot on net) and hoping the goalie would kick it out to Tu-dor there to pop in the rebound, but I guess it snuck by,” grinned Fraser after the win. “It was pretty exciting – it

is (my) greatest hockey moment so far.”The same could be said for Palmer,

who made numerous great saves to pre-serve the win.

“We knew we couldn’t lose or we’d be down two-zero,” said Palmer. “The team was playing great … but they had a lot of shots and it got me into the game. I didn’t have a chance to think or worry or anything.

“I’d say this is probably my highlight reel game, I’ve never felt so good about a game as this one.”

Palmer said Colby Chartier’s first pe-riod tally, when he converted a pass from Mark Nerland and Mackenzie Bauer, re-ally sparked the Bisons and changed the complexion of the game.

“In this game, they never had the lead on us and I don’t think they’re used to that,” analyzed Palmer. “That put them off their game.”

According to Friesen, the Bisons made the right adjustments heading into Game 2, by putting pressure in the neutral zone and changing things up in the defensive zone.

However, there was something that re-ally stuck out for Friesen.

“I don’t think we had one single pas-senger today,” said the coach. “Everybody was fully invested in the game and knew the magnitude of what we were trying to do.

“You don’t want to go down 2-0 back into their barn – (we) wanted to play well and gain some confidence.”Game 3 – UFA Bisons vs Red Deer Chiefs March 4 @ Red Deer Arena

Despite carrying the all momentum after a huge home win, the UFA Bisons gave back all the positive energy to the Red Deer Chiefs in Game 3.

The Bisons allowed three first period goals and two more in the second frame before registering their first marker, en route to a 7-2 loss to the Chiefs.

“We came out a little bit flat and disen-gaged mentally,” said Friesen. “We gave up seven goals, all of them five-on-five and that just tells you that mentally, we weren’t prepared. We talk about all the time how the small things turn out to be big things and that was definitely the case. From me, all the way down to the players, we have to be a lot better.

“They were the better team, yes – but we gave them everything they got. Every goal they scored was a breakdown by us. They wanted it more and they were more hungry.”

MARio PRuSinA Times Editor

The UFA Bisons have their backs against the wall in their best-of-five sec-ond round series versus the Red Deer Chiefs.

Despite being outscored 14-5 in the first three games of the series, the local triple-A midget team trails the series 2-1, with Game 4 on home ice at the Strath-

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ObituariesJANZEN, Marianne

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Marianne Janzen (nee: Dirks)

on February 27, 2013 at the age of 82. Marianne was born on February 24, 1931 at the family home in Namaka, Alberta. She will be forever loved and remembered by her children Bob (Christine), Brenda, Beverley, Lori (Bruce), Allan (Jane), Warren (Dolores), Kathy (Marvin) and twenty grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Marianne was the sixth child born to Gerhard and Tina Dirks, and had sixteen brothers and sisters. She was very grateful for her Christian upbringing and the hard work ethic her parents instilled in her. She met her husband Nick in church and they were married on October 23, 1949. They enjoyed over sixty years of marriage. They raised their family in Strathmore and surrounding area. Marianne loved nature, she and Nick would frequently travel the countryside looking for deer, birds and other wildlife. Marianne had a green thumb and took pride in beautifying her home with many flowers and plants. She had a strong faith and was a great example to many. Marianne and Nick were long time members of the Alliance Church. Marianne took on many different roles within the church including teaching Sunday School, nursery care, AWANA leader, kitchen duties and later on Church Caretaker. One of Marianne’s greatest gifts was caring for people, be it a kind word, a good meal or a hug. Her greatest joy in life was her family. She loved spending time with all of her grandchildren and had a unique relationship with each one. The candy dishes were always full when the grandchildren came to visit. Her cinnamon buns and sweet buns (with icing) were legendary. Surrounded by her family, Marianne went peacefully to be with her Lord. She was predeceased by her son Rod in 1975 and her husband Nick in 2010. The family takes comfort in the fact they are together again. “For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation.” Rest in peace Mom – until we meet again. The family would like to thank Dr. Douglas and the emergency staff at the Strathmore Hospital for their care and compassion. For those wishing to pay their respects, a visitation and viewing will be held on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Wheatland Funeral Home between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Funeral services were held on Monday, March 4, 2013 at Strathmore Alliance Church at 2:00 p.m. Internment took place prior to the funeral service at 11:00 a.m. at Strathmore Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either “Project HOPE” at www.ghsd75.ca (Golden Hills School Division 75) or “Hope Bridges Society” at www.hopebridges.ca. To send condolences, please visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.

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

Applications to remove parcels consist of:

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

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

Jim Webber, P. Eng. General Manager

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APPLICATION DEADLINEIn accordance with the Irrigation Districts Act (Section 25), the WID has a policy for Alternate Parcel Irrigation. This will allow water users to use existing Irrigation Acres on an alternate par-cel, which they may or may not own. The alter-nate parcel must be land classed and support the number of acres applied for. Each application will be reviewed for practicality by staff and is subject to Board approval. This agreement must be applied for on a year to year basis and has a fee which must be paid at the time of application submission.

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FORM 5Irrigation Districts Act

(Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGETHE AREA OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

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

Applications to remove parcels consist of:

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

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

Jim Webber, P. Eng. General Manager

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(sections 54, 58, 59)Local authorities election act

(section 26)WesterN irrigatioN District in the

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Notice is hereby given that nominations are open from the date of this publication until 4:00 pm on Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 for the election of candidates for the following offices and will be received at the location of the office of the Western Irrigation District set out below:

Office(s) Number of Vacancies

Division Number

Director 1 1

Director 1 4

Electoral Division 1 which comprises Townships 21, 22, 23 and 24 in Ranges 20, 21, and 22.Electoral Division 4, which comprises Township 24 in Ranges 26, 27, and 28 and Townships 25, 26 and 27 in Ranges 25, 26, 27 and 28.

Nominations must be in the form prescribed by the Irrigation Districts Act and can be obtained from Western Irrigation District; location being 105-900 Pine Road Strathmore.

Dated at the Town of Strathmore in the Province of Alberta, this 11th day of February 2013.

Erwin BraunReturning Officer

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On Behalf of the Family of Trevor Soroka

We would like to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers, sympathy cards, phone calls, fellowship, flowers, gifts, meals, gift cards, money, food, and mass cards.

Thank you to those who were able to attend the service and the fundraiser!! Also Thank you to those who organized the Soroka family fundraiser, silent auction donations, the volunteers at the event, and to those who attended and everyone for your thoughtfulness in your money and gift donations to the fundraiser. Thank you to the staff at the Wheatland Funeral home and Pastor Dawn for creating a Beautiful Celebration of Trevor’s Life! We are thankful to live in such a caring community. Words cannot alone express our gratitude for everyone’s kindness and support to our family during this tough time, your Kindness will will never be forgotten.

Sincerely, Audrey, Brandon and Megan Soroka

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2 bdrm condo for rent. downtown strathmore. $975/mo + electricity. newly renovated. call 403-540-0340.

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LOT 7CANAL CROSSINGLIGHT INDUSTRIAL LOT FOR SALE(ZONED M-1)2.00 ACRES (APPROX.)




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• Perfect for anyone

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6 lots cluny $36,000

backs onto greensPace

$364,900· Immaculate fully finished bungalow· 2+2 bdrms, 3 full

baths· Walk-up basement

· Quiet location

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call roberT & TaMara call chanTale

call chanTale

by the bow

come to carbon $236,900

very affordable

renovated & sPotless! -

$187,400·1206 sq.ft.

·3 bdrms, 1 bath·New maple kitchen

·Too many upgrades to mention

call Shauna

MlS c3551598

call ron

seller's motivated

call ron

Lovely 2 storey home Fully restored

Newer heated double garage

Beautiful condition$169,900

Call Ron Kaechele 403-934-1097

call la Shaun only 2 left - brand new

condos, modern decor. low condo fees

$168,900MlS c3528218

we can helP you find

your dream home!

call roberT & TaMara luxurious livingFormer Show Home: Granite/Wood Floors/Custom Kitchen/Main

Floor Master Suite/Developed 1200 sf

Walkout...Must see! $588,800

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call roberT & TaMara

need a yard...buy this home!

Cul de sac Location=Pie Lot, 4 Bdr + Loft + Main

Floor Family RoomGranite + Work-Out Room + Workshop

$422,900

call la Shaun fully develoPed

bungalow with unPrades $344,900!MlS c3553546

4 Bedroom Bungalow

Walk Out BasementMany Upgrades...

$444,999

Huge Yard! Build a Rink

4 Bedroom HomeFully Developed

3 Bedrom Home with Full Basement

Move-in ready with fresh paint/flooring/

windows +++$193,100...Monthly

Payments under $900

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call la Shaun

MlS c3550080

renovated inside and out totally fenced

3 lots $134,900

Ashlee Samaska

403934-5533

ready to move uP?

Abe Fehr Built Modi-fied Bi-Level

4 Bedrooms + DenFully Developed...

WELL MAINTAINED$354,900

OVER 1670 SQ FT. ON MAIN

MAIN FLOOR FAMILY ROOM, 3 BDRM,

RV PARKING IN REAROVERSIZE SINGLE GARAGE

really, really nice!$264,900

call lorna

BEAUTIFUL VILLA

WILDFLOWER RANCHCUSTOM INTERIOR.

Just soldcall lorna

Many options on this parcel of land, 25

minutes east of Calgary. $599,000.

46.56 acres

call lorna

GREAT DOWNTOWN LOCATION ONE BAY LEFT AT 1200 SQ FT

$249,900

great location downtown

on third avenuelease or sellleased

call lorna

steal this$110,000Great Location,

Close to Schools, Garage Too!

call lorna

call hayley 3 acresStart the NEW YEAR

in a NEW HOMEJust south of Smore A NEW 3 bedr mobile

and NEW shopAll ready for YOU

$344,900

call hayley lovely locaTion!Are you looking for a home that has everything on your

WISH LIST? Granite, hardwood, gas fireplace,

vaulted ceilings, new paint, current colours, home gym,

media room, hottub gorgeous landscaping on

a huge lot $422900

call hayley

call hayley

4 bedrooMS

coMMercial

Yes... this is IT ... fully developed newer home with

4 bedr & 3 baths open kitchen, big familyrm w/ gas

fireplace and fenced yard complete w/ newer deck

$319900

1/2 lot in Smore w a large -almost 5000 sq ft metal building in exc condition w 3 16' OH

doors & office space. Fenced, plenty parking, multi use options. call hayley for more details

sold

call aShlee

Backing onto Griffith Woods! This stunning home has so much to offer with all the

upgrades you would ever want! Call today for a viewing!

this luxury home in Prestigious discovery ridge may be for you!

$1,095,000

call Sheila

MlS c3543352

call SheilaHave you ever REALLY

wanted to move?! We DO too!! We are motivated to sell! This fully developed home is in the well desired area of Cambria.

Over 2400sq ft in total this home has lots to offer.

Stainless steel appliances, Large kitchen, island, 5 bdr,

3 baths, fireplace etc.

$308,000!

MlS c3535651

sold

sold

Great Curb appeal on the outside! Beautiful on the inside! Fully developed

bi-level in Hillview. 4 bdr, 3 baths, 3 fireplaces, open floor plan, huge kitchen with loads

of cabinets and counter space, pie shaped lot, etc, etc! This home is Stunning!

call Sheila

MlS c 3553139

$374,900

buying or selling call us first

immaculate home in hussar -

$125,000

· Spotless, renovated 1336 sq.ft. bungalow

· 3 bdrms, 1 ½ baths· Large, 75’x130’ lot

· Single detached garage

call Shauna

Great Set Up ForYour Family and YourSnow Birding Parents

Or University Age Kids!

call chanTale Quiet cul-de-sac

MlS c3549056

call la Shaun why rent one left,

2 bedroom condo with own

fenced yard $168,900!MlS c3547472

sold

soldPerfect condoBeautiful 3 berm condo.

Fully developed basement. Single Garage. Many

uprades inc;. A/C, fireplace, maple cabinets,

laminate flooring. $229,000

Call Ron Kaechele 403-934-1097MlS c3543927

call ron

sold

call la Shaun

MlS c3547312

3 acres, 3 titles

handy man sPecial

$99,900!

call hayley $299,900YES! this beautiful 1 acre fully developed home w a

suite and dbl garage could be your NEW

DREAM home. Private setting and very well

cared for...you will love it

the courtyardBeautiful 2 bedroom

end unit. Underground heated parking

Bright enclosed atriumSelf contained laundry

$246,000Call Ron Kaechele 403-934-1097

available in gated communitycall chanTale

• #1-Single Detached Garage and a 3 Bedroom Home $122,900

• #2-Backing to the canal with Heated Workshop $126,500

sold

MlS c3530846

oPeh house367 ranchridgemar. 10, 1-4Pm

sold


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