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SHANNON LECLAIR

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The location of the new K-12 school was pre-sented and approved by town council at a specialcouncil meeting on April 28. Golden Hills School

Division was notified last year that Strathmore had been approved for a new school by the provincialgovernment. Since then they have been working with the town, looking for the right location.

The proposal brought to council was to have thenew school located in Edgefield. The land will bededicated as municipal school reserve, with thetitle transferred to the school board and the town.

“The school will be located in a community where development is ongoing and occurring, assuch the school site supports the overall devel-opment of that community,” said Werner Fischer,director of planning and development.

Bevan Daverne, superintendant of schools forGHSD, is pleased that a suitable site has been se-cured for the joint building project of the schooland a recreation facility.

“We are excited (that) town council has takenthis important first step and are looking forward to beginning the design process with all our partnersfor the new facilities,” said Daverne. “In additionto being a solution for the growing needs of theschool division, we see this combined facility as a wonderful asset for town and county residents.”

Councillor Rocky Blokland was opposed to theEdgefield location.

“My reasons are because even though I real-ize the dome was the kicker in this thing for theschool site, the Hillview location to me is the logi-cal site, there should be no deadlines there, thecommunity is well established, roads, pedestriancrossing are in place, it’s a much safer area rightfrom the start,” said Blokland.

“I would suggest that we continue to work withthis developer, or both these developers, on the

next school site, obviously with the dome beingpart of that plan.”

Councillor Pat Fule stated that by working to-gether as partners it may make Strathmore morefavourable, and put the town higher on the list when it comes time for the province to determine which schools will be built and when.

“I would hate to see us not pursue this matterin the way we’re thinking because it may make usfall down as far as being a desirable communityfor an approved school by the government to be,”said Fule. A motion was made to have council negotiate

a Memorandum of Understanding with the developer, which will facilitate the construction ofa school site and field house on 12 acres of land within the Edgefield Area Structure Plan.

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UFA Bisons goaltender Cody Campbell peeks over teammate Quaid McBean and Toronto

Young Nationals forward Erik Larsen during Game 4 of the 2015 Telus Cup in Riviere-

du-Loup, Que. on April 24. The Bisons capped of a fantastic season with a fourth place

showing at the national championship after winning the Provincial and Pacific Regional

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

A train derailment west of Carseland was quickly contained and cleaned upon April 23. CP Rail spokesperson Sa-lem Woodrow said the incident occurredat approximately 2:15 p.m.

“A freight train derailed eight cars nearthe community of Carseland. Seven were

carrying products used to make fertil-izer and one car was empty. This was aslow speed derailment,” said Woodrow.

CPs emergency protocols were imme-diately enacted, along with safety pre-cautions and measures, as CPs crews, lo-cal officials and emergency respondersreported to the scene.

“In situations like that the first thing we do is contain the site, make sure that

SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

On April 7 the WPCA held their an-nual tarp auction for the 2015 chuck-

wagon racers. In the past the auctioncould run six hours or more, but this

year in an effort to hurry things along,the WPCA presented the option of pre-sales up until March 23. There were 36 wagons and drivers

were able to sell their tarps prior tothe April 7 auction. Race venue com-mittees, like the Strathmore and District

Agricultural Society, were able to lookover and approve the tarps prior to theauction.

Herb McLane, general manager for

the Ag Society, said there were 16 tarpsapproved, leaving 30 up for auction.

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“Our results were off a bit year-over- year, about 20 per cent, and that’s pret-ty much what we had projected giventhe economic times, the oil patch, otherfactors that are out in the market place,”said McLane, which he said was about

what the Society had expected.“Our public that likes rodeo likes

wagons, they’re real fans, so ticket salesgo briskly, either as packages with therodeo, or some folks just come for the

wagons.” The Stampede and Heritage Days

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“We had a site meeting there, CP orga-nized a site meeting (at approximately5:30 p.m.)… and let everybody knowthe situation and that the site was fineand contained and that we could standdown our fire department.”

Parkin said CP called in profession-als from Calgary to assess the situation.Large equipment was also brought in toright the train cars, and to help safely re-

move the material from within the cars. The derailment didn’t occur on the

mainline, it instead took place on one ofthe spur lines. Woodrow said there were no injuries

to the crew, nor any environmental con-cerns or public safety issues, and saidthe incident will undergo a full investi-gation.

Project H.O.P.E. hosted their annual

fundraising dinner and auction April

18 at the Strathmore Civic Centre. Allmoney raised from the event will go

towards funding the program, which

offers unique therapies to children with

special needs. Ron Corbiel (l), who

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lapse of the appeal period.

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CHANGES TO ACCESS HIGHWAY 1 AT WESTRIDGE ROAD COMING MAY 4, 2014.

NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND WESTMOUNTROAD COMING SOON.

The Alberta Transportation eastbound highway

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closure of the existing median at West Ridge Road.

• The median closure will include modifications on the

north side of Hwy #1 at West Ridge Rd as a “Right-In /

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• The median closure will include new construction of

“Right-In / Right-Out” access south of Hwy #1 to the new

Canal Avenue industrial/commercial development area.

This is expected to be completed before May 20.

In partnership with Alberta Transportation, the Town

is coordinating installation of new traffic signals at

Highway #1 and Westmount Road, including relocating

the advance warning flashers approximately 150 m west

of the intersection. This installation is expected to be

completed later this year summer, with a target date of

July 30.

Notice of Public Hearing: May 6th 2015, Bylaw #15-09

Bylaw #15-09 proposes to amend the Land Use Bylaw by changing the land use designation of aportion of Block 2 Plan 851 1176 and a portion of the S. W.¼ Section 15 Township 24 Range 25 W4Mfrom Agriculture General District to R1N – Single Detached Residential (Narrow Lot) District, R2X -Medium Density Attached Housing District and P1 – Public Service District as shown in Schedule “A”.

A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be inspected by the public during regular office hours, 8:30am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the Town Office (680 Westchester Road, Strathmore, AB),or can be found on the Town website (www.strathmore.ca). Please contact the Town Office if youwould like an opportunity to review and provide input on the proposed amendments prior to the PublicHearing.

The Public Hearing will be held at the Council Chambers, Strathmore Municipal Building, 680

Westchester Road, Strathmore Alberta on Wednesday, May 6th, 2015, commencing at 7:00 pmwith procedures in accordance with the Town of Strathmore Council Procedural Bylaw #07-11 andamendments thereto. Any person or group of persons, or pe rson acting on his or their behalf, who claim to be affected byany or all of the proposed bylaws may present suggestions or concerns by making a submission tothe public hearing.Written submissions to the Public Hearing or the name of any person wishing to make an oralpresentation at the Public Hearing must be received by the Planning and Development Departmentprior to 12:00 noon on Wednesday May 6th, 2015. If your written submission is not received by thistime, please provide fifteen (15) copies for distribution at the Public Hearing. Each person wishing toaddress Council at the Public Hearing shall complete their verbal presentation within five minutes.

Please note that written submissions will become public documents once submitted to the Town,unless otherwise requested.

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ANDREA ROBERTS

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Hello Strathmore Times readers. Myname is Andrea Roberts and I am the Times newest intern. You will probably

be seeing some of my work during thesummer, so let me tell you a bit aboutmyself.

In the fall I will be going into mythird year of the Journalism degree atMount Royal University in Calgary andI am hoping that this summer will helpme to grow as a journalist. About three years ago my family and

I moved to Calgary from South Africa. After arriving in the country I had to

decide what I wanted to study.Naturally I looked at who I am and

what I liked. I love to write storiesand I love to read. In fact in my hand- bag you will often find a book or two.From what other people have told meI am a rather nice person and a bit of a jokester once you get to know me.

However, I am also quite shy and a bit of an introvert. So the choice wasobvious I was to become a journalist.It also looked really interesting in the

booklet.Surprisingly I enjoy the life of a jour-

nalist; it’s a bit like being a detective.I sleuth around with my camera andnotebook while tracking the perfectsource to ask questions.

I chose to intern here at the Strath-more Times because of what a won-derful place the town is. I prefer theclose knit-community of Strathmore tothe hustle and bustle of busy Calgary.It also doesn’t hurt that I have quite anumber of friends here.

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Strathmore RCMP are looking for twopeople in connection with a break andenter that occurred to a rural residenceon April 16. A complaint was called in,and it’s suspected the break and entertook place that afternoon. The suspects forced the door open,

and took jewelry and a laptop from thehome. A mounted camera took photo-graphs of a male and female who wereon the property that afternoon. The camera shows that the couple

drove onto the property in what ap-pears to be a dark Honda CRV. The maleis described as Caucasian, and appears

Suspects being soughtto be in his 40s, with light colouredhair, glasses and facial hair. The femaleis also Caucasian, with long brown hair.

Strathmore RCMP are looking for anyinformation regarding the identity ofthis couple. Anyone with information isasked to contact Cnst. Damen by call-ing the detachment at 403-934-3968.

Over the course of the summer, Andrea Roberts

will be interning at the Strathmore Times.

Andrea Roberts PhotoStrathmore RCMP are currently

investigating a break and enter

to a vehicle that occurred

overnight on April 19th. A grey

2013 Chevrolet Silverado had been

parked outside a residence on

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unknown suspect(s) broke inside.

The suspect(s) took off with an

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With an election called for May 5, we are asking the candidates questions to help you get to know them better. The thirdquestion is Why should the people of Strathmore-Brooks put an X beside my name?

Election 2015

I would never make

that large of a pre-

sumption. As I stated

when I started my

campaign that I would

have to earn the trust

of the voters of Strath-more-Brooks before

I could ever hope to

earn their vote. If I

have accomplished

that then I might be worthy of that honour.

My party is new. We are only running 34 candi-

dates this election. We had made the commitment

we would only run qualified and vetted people

and we wouldn’t “parachute” anyone into con-

stituencies just so we could say we had 87 can-

didates. Will all our candidates win? No, but it

won’t be for not caring about their constituency

or Alberta.

Voting for the PC’s will only be a continuation of

the 30 years of mismanagement which has squan-

dered our legacy and put us in this situation to

begin with. We need to ask ourselves if we are

prepared to be 10 years down the road and right

back where we started. We thought that we had

fixed our problems back in the 90’s but we are

right back to where PC’s of the late 1980’s left us.

A Heritage Fund that hasn’t grown to even keep

pace with inflation, our infrastructure in worse

shape than it ever has been, and a sense of en-

titlement that didn’t leave with Allison Redford.

The Wildrose is great for making spectacles and

are very good showmen with their visual aids

and gadgets. Should the most money spent by

a candidate win elections? You need to ask if a

Wildrose MLA will neglect Strathmore-Brooks so

he can take the Wildrose “dog and pony” show to

other places around Alberta. They can say howmuch they will serve our constituency, but we

need to ask if Strathmore-Brooks is just a step-

ping stone to larger political aspirations, because

their actions point that way.

If I am given the honour to represent you, the

constituents of Strathmore-Brooks. I will prom-

ise you that my first and last duty will be to

Strathmore-Brooks. I will represent your views,

wishes and vision in the legislature and you will

see me attending meetings all over the constitu-

ency so I know what you need me to do on your

behalf. I won’t let you down by changing parties

or crossing the floor. My desire is not power but

representing you to the best of my abilities, every

day, in and out of the legislature. I will promise

no more than that.

In closing I will ask two things of you. Regard-less of who you support please vote, if you have

never voted before please vote. Be thoughtful

and vote your conscience. I believe democracy

belongs to those who vote and I’d like to see it

belong to all Albertans. Thank you again for the

opportunity to earn your vote.

Einar Davison

Alberta Party Candidate

Strathmore-Brooks

Why should the

people of Strathmore-

Brooks put an X be-

side my name?

I would like to set

the stage by first say-

ing that I married into

a family with commu-

nity ties which go back

over 100 years. The

Strathmore-Brooks

constituency is my home. I have invested 34

years of participation, volunteerism, and activism

in our communities.

So what is the bottom line in terms of expec-

tations and outcomes for the Strathmore-Brooks

Constituency post-election?

The bottom line is:

1. You need to be confident the political lead-

ers you elect have a credible plan with the cour-

age to follow through with it.

2. You need to have an MLA who is part of the

government.

I am a person who in both my private and

public life has a history of pursuing practical so-

lutions to difficult problems. I aspire to lead by

example, which has been demonstrated during

my tenure as Principal of Bassano School and as

reeve of the County of Newell.In the realm of finance and investment, every

prediction is followed with a caveat that “past

performance does not predict or guarantee future

performance.”

When it comes to human behavior, the oppo-

site is true. One’s track record invariably predicts

future behavior.

During the last 11 years, the County of New-

ell has taken a forward looking approach which

has resulted in a regional and rural potable wa-

ter system as well as a road system that annually

increases the number of kilometers of County

paved roads. As well, our Newell Foundation has

recently received 12 million dollars to initiate the

“Bassano Project,” an aging in community com-

plex/health centre. Being able to deliver such

services to ratepayers is why I am involved in

“politics.”

When you put an X beside my name, you can

have confidence that I will follow through with a

reasoned, practical plan aimed at effectively deal-

ing with any difficult times ahead. It is in the best

interests of all Strathmore-Brooks Constituents to

have an MLA who is working with the govern-

ment.

Please allow me to make a difference for all of

you and your communities.

Molly Douglass

PC Candidate

Strathmore-Brooks(https://mollydouglass.pcalberta.com)

The Alberta First Party (AFP) believes that each

individual has the right to live his/her own life

as he/she sees fit. This right is the source of all

other rights. The AFP will work toward defining

the fundamental roles and restrictions of govern-

ment and will define the separation of the Gov-

ernment from the economy, religion and educa-

tion. The society we seek to build with Albertans

is one wherein individuals are free, within the

law, to pursue happiness and prosperity in their

own ways.

We believe that respect for individual rights is

the essential precondition for a free and prosper-

ous province, that fear from force and fraud must

be removed from our lives, and that only through

freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.

Albertans have always believed in a free mar-ket system, which makes Alberta unique in Cana-

da and the World. The AFP defends each person’s

right to engage in activities and businesses that

are peaceful and lawful.

The main functions of government, whose

powers must be constitutionally limited, are:

- Providing protection from criminals

- Providing protection from foreign invaders

- Settling legal disputes among individuals

where voluntary arbitration has failed

Within the Canadian Parliamentary system, Al-

bertans do not have, never have had and never

will have a properly represented voice in the af-

fairs of Canada for which we pay the lion’s share.

Alberta has the lowest number of MPs per capita

(2015 allotment) and the third lowest number of

Senators per capita. The AFP supports govern-

ments that are more representative of the elector-

ate at the federal, provincial and local levels.

The AFP rejects any and all encroachments

into the autonomy of Albertans by unelected peo-

ple or organizations such as the United Nations.

Freedom of expression must not be limited.

Freedom of speech and the press is encouraged,

provided that free speech does not breach laws

or constitute threats of physical violence or incite

or promote physical violence against individuals

or groups of individuals, or cause malicious and/

or falsely-based financial harm to others. Viola-

tions will be addressed using laws provided for

that purpose.

Because the International language for Com-merce is English, English will be the only Official

Language in Alberta.

The Alberta First Party would claim the consti-

tutional rights available to all provinces in Cana-

da’s Constitution but unclaimed by any previous

Alberta Provincial Government. These include,

but are not limited to:

· Property Rights

· Referenda and Recall appropriate for use by

ordinary citizens

· An Alberta Constitution separate from the

Constitution of Canada

· Collection of taxes by the Alberta provincial

government

· Establishment of an Alberta Police Force

MILITARY WHISTHappy Gang Seniors

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Love is a SongThe Gleichen and Dis-

trict Community takes

a break while practic-

ing for their upcomingperformance of ‘Love is

a Song”, to be held on

May 2 at the Strathmore

United Church. Pre-show

entertainment will be by Al Peters and Friends. The

performance at 7:30 p.m.

and there will be dessert &coffee to follow.

Photo Courtesy of

The Gleichen and District

Community Choir

Thought for

the Week

~

Pain is what

we experience

when reality

crashes intous.

J. Ortberg

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on Facebook!

HEATHER THOMAS

Expressions the Dance Gallery

Dancers with Expressions the Dance Gallery

(EDG) of Strathmore returned home with theirarms full of hardware. While attending Catch A Rising Star Dance Fes-

tival in Drumheller the EDG competition teams were very successful receiving numerous highscore awards. Thirty-four students from EDG represent-

ing Strathmore, Chestermere, Lyalta, Dalemead,Carstairs, Gleichen and Standard attended thedance festival.

“The EDG faculty are so proud of our students. They have put so much hard work into their cho-reography and it’s really paying off,” says Heather

Thomas.“We have three competitive teams at the studio

each representing a different level or standard ofdance, and all three teams did an amazing job.

Drumheller was our second competition of theseason but the first opportunity for our pre-com-petitive team to strut their stuff,” says Heather.

“The festival had over 200 performances andEDG came home with the top marks and the high-est awards possible of the weekend. Megan Leep-er centre front in the picture received the overallhighest score in the festival with a mark of 95 forher Musical Theater solo,” says Heather The faculty are looking forward to the four re-

maining competitions and festivals before their big year-end show on June 20th at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary.

Tons of Hardware

KEVIN SORENSON, M.P., CROWFOOT

Parliamentary Report

Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2015 is for Cana-dians. We have a balanced budget, we are makinglife more affordable for families and seniors, and

we are encouraging job-creating businesses to ex-pand, all while protecting Canadians here at home.

In 2008 we made a commitment to Canadiansthat we were going to invest in infrastructure togrow the economy in the depths of the recession,

but we committed that in 2015 we would come back to a balanced budget. We have lived up tothat commitment. Canadian families sit down atthe table, establish a budget, and live within theirmeans. They expect governments to do the same,and this government is doing just that. This is a budget that helps all Canadians. It helps

small business. We are lowering the small businesstax rate to nine percent, the biggest cut in 25 years.

We are investing in skill development and job cre-ation, to give young people the skills for the jobsof tomorrow.

It’s a budget that helps families. By putting anadditional $6,600 in the pockets of the averagefamily of four, we are telling Canadians that the

best people to decide what is best for their familyis mom and dad, not government bureaucrats.

For seniors, many groups asked for changesaround the Registered Retirement Income Fundsand we brought forward those changes in this

budget as well. We made a commitment to double

the Tax-Free Savings Account, and we have againkept that promise. Seniors are an enormous per-centage of those who use the TFSA, we want themto continue to have a dignified retirement, andthey know all of these measures help. A government’s number one priority is to protect

our citizens at home and abroad. The measuresthat we’ve brought forward are going to enhancethat. Canadians rely on us to take the fight againstterrorism very seriously and this budget helps theRCMP, our security agencies as well as our Cana-dian Armed Forces. These measures are going tokeep Canada secure and safe. As we move forward, Canada is positioned to

compete globally. We have positioned Canadiansto better save for their retirement. We have posi-tioned Canadian business to succeed and to cre-ate jobs and move forward with the many newmarkets. We have created record support for fami-lies and seniors. And we continue to invest in the

women and men who stand on guard for us athome. This is a budget all Canadians can be proudof.

If you have any questions or concerns regard-ing this or previous columns you may write me at4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-608-4603 or e-mail [email protected] visit my new Facebook page SorensonKevi-nA to receive updates on what is happening in Ot-tawa and across the riding or follow me on Twitter@KevinASorenson.

Economic Action Plan 2015– a balanced federal budget

Dancers with Expres-

sions the Dance Gal-lery brought home

tons of hardware from

the Catch A Rising

Star Dance Festival inDrumheller.

Photo Courtesy of

Heather Thomas


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403.325.0372 • [email protected]

Deb

MURRAY

FEATURE PROPERTY

$849,900 C4005858 ACREAGE ROW, just west of Strathmore,over 3,000sq ft living space, Shop,2 wells, paved all the way!5 bdrms, 4 bath.

PAT FULE

Fule for Thought

Recently, Deb and I went to the Canmore Lions’Charter Night. It was a nice evening with a greatmeal. In addition, there was a silent auction and a50/50 draw. The beauty of this was that Deb wonthat draw, and she pocketed a cool $270! That’s thegood part.

The bad part, is that she was one busy little silentauction shopper, and came away with three items!

The strangest part was that she bid for and “won”a $20 cheese knife. Now, I have no problem withher buying anything, but a cheese knife? My wifeis lactose intolerant! Why on earth would she buy acheese knife? I laughed about this all evening, andI’m still bugging her today! I mean, I can’t swim tosave my life, but I wouldn’t buy a day pass to a swim-ming pool! So, if anyone wants a cheese knife still in

the wrapper, let us know!I can’t be mad at her, it was pretty funny, and I ama pretty lucky guy to have her! I mean, it’s not likeI’m a Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise (although I am almostas odd as old Tom)!

In fact, I’m not the kind of guy who’s ever turnedthe ladies’ heads. Oh sure, there was a time (50pounds ago) when some girl might’ve smiled at me,

but I was always worried if I reacted, it’d turn outshe was smiling at the guy behind me! In fact, someof my high school students have seen old SHS year-

book photos of me. The usual reaction is somethinglike: “that’s you? Really, you looked so young then,and your hair is so brown! What happened?”

It’s then I that I point out to them that they (highschool students) have sucked the life energy fromme, and this is the shell that’s left! Sure, it’s a larger,softer shell … but it’s still a shell!

There really is only one time in a bar when I canremember any girl showing interest in me! It wasin Canmore in 1997, when we were all out for myfather’s funeral. That summer I had been runningregularly, and doing a lot of physical yard work onour new house. So, what I’m trying to say is that this

was the only time when all the stars were aligned …this was to be my “Perfect Storm.”

Or rather, slight shower! My brother, another pal,and I were at the Drake Pub in Canmore, as my dad

was a regular there. We were sitting at a table withthe manager Dave, drinking draft, and the other guys

were also smoking cigars. We were basically telling

stories about my dad. A young lady had joined us,and she was telling me about her volunteer work

with seniors, and I remember complimented her onher positive attitude and volunteerism. I never no-ticed anything, even when she asked me if I smokedcigars, too. I said they were gross, and she said“good” as she excused herself to the bathroom. That’s when Dave the manager said, “wow, she’s

really into you! She never hangs around a table withany of my friends, she’s definitely interested.”

I believe I stuttered the words, “are you k-k-iddingme?”

My pal, who was here for dad’s funeral said some-thing like, “you dog!” The problem was, this does not happen to me, and

I didn’t know what to do! The one thing that came tome was “get out of there!” And so I did! In fact, I ran (probably not in a very

straight line) to the nearest phone booth … you re-

member those?! Deb was at her parents with ourkids, and back then we only had one cell phone.So, I called her and explained the whole situation.I guess I was expecting a heartfelt reaction, or an “Ilove you, you crazy lug!”

Imagine my surprise when she answered with gig-gling!

“Some younger girl was putting the moves on you?”

More giggling followed … this was not the re-sponse I had envisioned! More giggling followed!

“Well I don’t know if she was hitting on me, that’s what Dave said, and I wanted to do the right thing! And by the way, for all we know, she might’ve beeninto me”

I believe my feelings were hurt!“Where are you now?” she asked. I gave my loca-

tion, and probably sulked while I sat in front of the

booth. It wasn’t long before Deb arrived, and greetedme with more giggling, followed by a kiss on thecheek. We drove to her folks’ house, and every now and

then she giggled. It didn’t matter, I thought. I mean,heck, maybe Steve McQueen and I have a lot in com-mon!

(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourous col-umn that appears in the Strathmore Times, writtenby long-time resident, town councillor, high schoolteacher, coach, husband and father of two – Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touch with Pat, you can send him an e-mail at [email protected])

Okay, so I’m not Steve McQueen!


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Rosebud School of the Artshosts annual Spring Concert

An enthusiastic audience packed Rosebud Church,

April 19, to hear the Rosebud Chorale, Rosebud Cho-rale, Rosa Cantorum and Rosebud Masterworks Choir,

directed by Bill Hamm. The Rosebud Younger Company,

directed by Deanne Bertsch and Kelti Berry, performed

the Music Machine. Pianist Connie Canfield played her

own arrangement of Christ Arose! for the offertory, asaudience members were invited to donate to Rosebud

School of the Arts’ dollar-matching Harvest program.

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SHAYLA GERENCER

Crowfoot

Crowfoot livestock 4H members enjoyed warm weather on this year’s farm tour. Every spring, ourmembers travel to each other’s farms to see the beef projects. This year there were steers, heifersand cow/calf projects. Doing this provides us withthe opportunity to see each other’s progress with

training, the various feed rations and the differenthandling systems. The 4H season is getting very busy with upcoming events. Our heifer projects will have their first show at the Wheatland CountyHeifer Show on Friday May 8th at the Strathmore Auction Mart at 3:00. May 11th is our club levelsteer show and then all members will be goingto the regional competition at the 4H on ParadeShow and Sale in Calgary May 28-31. These arethe shows we’ve been working towards all season.Everyone is welcome to come out and watch us.Hope to see you there.

Farm Tour 2015

Tammy Lambert

Jencor Mortgage Advisor

Office: 403.245.3636 ext. 2016

Cell: [email protected]

Tammy Lambert

Jencor Mortgage Advisor

Office: 403.245.3636 ext. 2016

Cell: [email protected]


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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

The Town of Strathmore Fire Department pulled out of themutual aid agreement with the county at the end of last yearand has continued to invoice Wheatland County for responseto calls.

“There was a Mutual Aid Agreement in place a number of years ago. When the town goes out into the county, they’ve been invoicing,” said Alan Parkin, Wheatland County’s Chief Administrative Officer.

There were a total of three calls, including a vehicle fireon Feb. 23, a bail processor call on March 19, and a house

fire on March 22 at the request of the Strathmore Rural FireDepartment. The total cost for calls was $13,993.43 and was invoiced to

Wheatland County from the Town of Strathmore.Parkin admits the reasoning for the town responding to

rural calls is because of one the departments being under-staffed in the situations.

“There is certain times where the rural don’t have enoughmembers and the town doesn’t have enough members so wetry to work together,” said Parkin. “In the past there has beenno charge, the town has been charging since the new yearon any calls so we’re trying to work our way through that.

We’re trying to work on getting a solution for both parties.”

Town of Strathmorecontinues invoicing County

SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Members of St. Rita’s church in Rockyford are hoping tomake dreams come true for 12 families in Thurakapalem,India. The church is hoping to raise enough money to build12 homes, each at a cost of $12,500. The original plan was to provide the money in three stag-

es. Carol Munchrath, one of the fundraising coordinator, saidthey weren’t sure how people would respond to the projectand they thought it might take three collection dates to ob-tain their first goal, which was enough funds for the firsthouse.

“We have managed to do before the end of April which ispretty amazing for us as a small community and its not justthe group within the St. Rita’s Church, it’s the whole com-munity that’s been contributing and so it’s very, very specialto have everyone involved in the project in that way, and

interested in the project,” said Munchrath. The new homes being built will replace the mud huts that

the villagers currently live in. These huts often have snakes,rats and other rodents come into them, and during monsoonseason many are destroyed. The new homes will be on a cement pad, with cement

brick walls, roofs, windows and doors, that will provide asafe, secure, sturdy and healthy environment for the families.Electricity, clean running water and sewage disposal will also

be provided. The most important stage is the first one, tearing down the

old home, and setting up the new foundation, the cementpads, getting all that final stuff in place before the rainy sea-son begins.

“Its such an interesting project, the pilot home that was built, the people are just so happy, and its just unbelievable,”said Munchrath.

“We’re quite excited about it.” The sponsoring organization for the project is the Cal-

gary Diocesan Mission Council in Calgary, who will hold themonies donated and forward them to St. Joseph’s Church in

Thurakapalem, Andra Pradish State, India. There are a number of fundraising events in the works,

including a silent auction and dinner featuring western andCanadian cuisine and Indian cultural entertainment. This isstill in the works, but Munchrath said they hope to host iton June 20. Those still wishing to donate can do so by contacting Carol

Munchrath, at Box 339, Rockyford, T0J 2R0. The funds will be turned into the diocesan council each month. Brochuresand more information about the project can also be found atthe Strathmore Times office, and at the St. Rita’s Rockyfordpartner group. Contact Diane Cammaert at 403-533-2337, orCarol Munchrath at 403-533-2266.

Helping dreams come true

Photos Courtesy of

St. Rita’s

Far left: Original mud hut

home of Ramish & Pou-lina Narisetty. Left: Vi-

kas India village Project

Phase 1: pilot home.


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ANDREA ROBERTS

Times Contributor

Strathmore High School (SHS) will be putting on a production called TheBride of Brackenloch from May 11-14.

The show was written by Rick Abbotand is a three-act play. The Bride of Brackenloch is a

story set in the Scottish moors dur-ing the 1800’s. It revolves around Ja-

bez Thorngell whose bride wandersinto the Moors and goes missing. Thecharacters suspect that the mysteriousmonster Bracky has eaten her.

However, 24 hours later Thorngellhas already found a new bride, Daph-ne. The new bride’s life is in danger as

there is a curse surrounding Bracken-loch Manor, causing any bride to dieon her wedding day. Yet another mys-tery looms, for someone has stolenthe thong that hung over the crossedswords known as Claymores whichhang above the fireplace. Can theyfind the thief and save Throngell’s new

bride?

SHS’s drama teacher, Paula Richard-

son says she picked this script because while it may be a little wordy it is veryfunny. She is proud of the Grade 11and 12 drama students who are part ofthe production. Some of the roles have

been double cast to allow the wide va-riety of students to have time on thestage. By the time of the performancethey will have been practicing for 10

weeks.Richardson also praises her stage

manager Grade 12 student GabiLamoine,

“She is amazing. She keeps us all or-ganized.” The efforts of the drama students

have been combined with those back-stage, including volunteers from shopthat helped to make the five-foot, longclaymores that hang over the fireplace.Richardson has also hired some peopleto help build the set walls and will begetting some set pieces from theatreCalgary. The show will start at seven and tick-

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JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

Wheatland County approved the five- year budget that will go from 2015 andrun through to 2019.

There is $51,314,167 that will go towards major capital projects in 2015,such as the Gleichen Water Supply ($5million), Rosebud Wastewater Field($1.6 million) and a road-grading proj-ect ($3,589,500).

“It’s basically the same as last year,the only thing is that we have is a lotmore capital projects this year,” said Alan Parkin, Wheatland County’s Chief

Administrative Officer. “We’re doingquite a bit of work with Rosebud andthe water treatment plant in Gleichen,those are the two big projects.

“We wouldn’t typically have those,there hasn’t been any upgrades on

those for 30 years, those are one offprojects that we do,” said Parkin.He added that’s why there is a huge

increase in the capital budget. Also included in the budget is the

transfer of restricted reserve fundingfor extraordinary ($1,798,174) and cap-ital ($25,549,756) projects. The total amount grant funding saw

an increase of $2,440, 561 over a year

ago and now sits at $9,955,402.$243,059 of the new sum will be used

towards Ag Service Board and Environ-mental programming. The increase in grant funding will

help offset the increase in property

taxes while maintaining a high level ofservice. The break down is as follows:• Transfers to reserves: $12, 638,301• Amortization of Assets: $12,504,400• Requisitions for others: $10,472,264• Regular operating expenditures

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A caring group of Grade 2 studentsfrom Sacred Heart Academy handedover a special quilt that they made to arepresentative from Inn From the Coldon April 27.

Shelly Jacober, board member fromInn From the Cold tearfully acceptedthe quilt from Trudy Crosby’s class. Thequilt is the class’s contribution to theschool’s Goodworks Project that eachclass in the school takes part in. Thequilt will become part of a care hamperthat is given to a family as they leave

the Inn for their new home. This isn’t the first year that a quilt has

been donated; in fact, Crosby and eachof her classes have been doing this forabout 10 years.

“We chose Inn From the Cold be-cause they keep the family together. They look after the family and theylook after the children,” said Crosby.

The quilt was patch-worked withcloth and old jean pockets donated by the children’s parents. Inside thesepockets were Tim Horton gift cards forthe family who will receive the pack-age while on the material parts of thequilt was written prayers from the chil-

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Inn From the Cold has been aroundfor 17 years and the main location is inDowntown Calgary. There are churchesthat supplement the cause by acting as

shelter. However, according to Jacober,the shelter has been over capacity this year as family homelessness grows. InnFrom the Cold tries to keep the fam-ily healthy and protected while tryingto find them somewhere permanent tolive.

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The 2015 tax rate bylaw was present-ed to council on April 15. Director ofCorporate Services Mel Tiede said themill rate is calculated by using the 2015 budget and assessment rolls for taxableproperties within the town.

Property within the town that had been annexed but not subdivided willhave an applicable mill rate that wasestablished by Wheatland County. The residential mill rate is 5.557,

down from 2014’s 5.825. The municipal non-residential rate

is 6.312 compared to 6.474 in 2014. The total residential mill rate for 2015,including education and WheatlandHousing, is 7.978. In 2014 it was at8.431, which is a decrease of 5.3 percent.

“The general municipal assessment base increased by 7.3 per cent as a re-sult of a growth of three per cent, andthe balance being market value increas-

es,” said Tiede. The mill rate was applied to 21 differ-

ent residences, using one or two hous-es from each community in town.

“The total taxes for the 21 residentialproperties increased by $157 in 2015,from $49,476 in 2014 to $49,632 in2015. This was an increase in taxationof $7 per residential property withinthe sample year-over-year, and a totalof $15 increase for the two years,” said Tiede.

The education portion of the tax isremitted to the province of Alberta,and increased by $37,600 in 2015. Anadjustment has been made to the tax-able status of social housing properties, which includes Wheatland Housingand Management. In the past the gov-ernment would pay a grant in place oftaxes. This grant amounted to $47,500in 2014.

“On March 31, 2015 the province an-nounced that this grant would no lon-ger be paid, and the status of proper-ties would be similar to senior homes

and nursing homes, which are exemptto taxation,” said Tiede.

“Combined these two changes (edu-cation and social) increase propertytaxation in 2015 by eight tenths of oneper cent.” When going through the budget

Tiede and council looked hard to find ways to keep the tax base low to at-tract population, and Councillor DenisePeterson said she remembers distinctlyhow hard they worked to take a fullpercentage- almost two per cent- off ofthe initial tax base.

“I find it horrifying that we’re nowlooking at an almost one per cent in-crease due to the cutback to one of ourmost marginalized populations, and wehad intentions brought to this council, by Councillor Sobol I believe in the pastat looking at enhancing social housingin our community, this certainly will be,I think, problematic under this consid-eration,” said Peterson. The tax rate bylaw was approved by

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Staff Sgt. Kevin Reilly presented stats from thelast quarter to town council earlier this year. Inhis report he outlined some of the areas the de-tachment has been focusing on, which areas need

improvement, and which did well over the lastquarter.In January there was the homicide of Brenda

Walker; Reilly outlined some of the police workinvolved in processing the scene and determininga suspect. This was the third homicide in the eight years he has been in Strathmore.

Something Reilly said is concerning him, andsomething that he plans to focus on over the nextcoming months, is traffic violations.

“Outside of the enhanced traffic shifts we’redown about 20 per cent. That’s a concern of mineand we’re going to be focusing on that becausethat tells me that we’ve got to look at whether we’re improving the traffic safety, or whether we’re just not getting out on the road enough andfocusing on what we should be,” said Reilly. The Crime Reduction Unit with Cnst. Shannon

White have continued to work major files, and do-ing good work. Reilly said White has been active inthe schools, teaching internet safety to one class atthe high school, and to all students in Grade 7,8,9at Holy Cross, and teaching the DARE program toGrade 6 students throughout town. The habitual offender program is still success-

ful. Five offenders have moved out of the commu-nity, which Reilly thinks is due to the fact they’re being checked on and monitored. He said thereis a working partnership with probation and thecourts to find out who’s coming in to the townand what conditions they may have. There are 11habitual offenders being monitored. White laid 21 criminal code charges in the last

few months. Notable investigations include one where the detachment was notified there was a

person that could be living in the area wantedon warrants. White investigated, found the personand was able to execute the warrant and get himincarcerated and sent back, to face fairly seriouscharges, kidnapping, forcible confinement and as-sault. Another major investigation White was involved

in started with an impaired driver that a nightshiftmember found. Part way through the investigationthe officers found there was a possible chance ofimpersonating a police officer. The suspect was travelling through the area

from Saskatchewan to BC but had a number ofpolice officer items. The officers obtained a search warrant, seized the items and had the suspect re-manded into custody.

Reilly said it was major investigation because itinvolved a domestic situation in BC at two differ-ent detachments and the suspect was subsequent-ly escorted back to BC to face those charges outthere.

Regarding complaints on Facebook about breakand enters in town Reilly said, “It wasn’t a hor-

rible rash of 20 or 30 where I’ve seen in a number of different communities that I have workedin. There were approximately six or seven. We were able to identify suspects and two males werecharged and multiple charges were laid againstthem for those.”

In February there were a number of vehiclethefts. Officers were able to investigate, work withthe businesses, identify the suspect and also mul-tiple charges where laid again.

Earlier this year a 14-year-old at risk youth wasreported missing.

“Sometimes when youth go missing, they don’t want to be found, and that was the case in thissituation. Initially the members on the watch were working that file, but it became too intensive andI got Shannon and Clint involved, both our crewmember and our GIS member,” said Reilly.

He said the two worked extensively on the case with partners in K Division, in the missing per-sons unit. Reilly said a number of organizations were involved across the country, and a bulletin was released across Canada.

Two and a half months later, thanks to goodpolice work, the missing teen was safely locatedand returned home. Reilly said it was the goodinvestigative steps that the two officers put in thatlead to finding the girl.


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• Friday, May 8th, 2015, is VE DAY (Victory in Europe Day – Holland). Join us at

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• Saturday, May 9th, 2015 the Sports Committee is holding their annual Steak

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