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The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees(AUPE) and AgeCare Sagewood Seniors Com-munity in Strathmore are facing mediation af-ter failing to see eye-to-eye on a fair collectiveagreement.

One-hundred-and-thirty nursing staff at Sage- wood joined AUPE’s many seniors care employ-ees last August, when the workers decided toform a union under the organization. As oneof three sites in the province to be organizedover the past year, a collective agreement is cur-rently nonexistent.

While the parties have met over the last year,local health-care workers recently held a peace-ful rally to stop Sagewood from what they feel isstalling to negotiate a fair agreement. However,Michelle Pham, general manager at Sagewood,said they have a good working relationship

with their workers and want to work together with AUPE to come to an agreement – a desire AUPE said they have seen no evidence of.

“They’ve stalled for months; they’ve cancelledmany bargaining dates; they failed to discloserelevant bargaining information; and they ta-

bled proposals that fall short of other AgeCaresites and refuse to negotiate compensations

with us,” said Erez Raz, vice president for AUPE.“So I don’t know how the employer is sayingthey’re working together with us. That’s de-nitely not the case.”

However, according to Sagewood, some prog-ress had been made during the last bargainingmeeting by agreeing on some key collectiveagreement clauses. Sagewood had requestedfuture bargaining dates, but said the union had

declined to provide further dates, just beforeapplying for mediation.

A collective agreement would outline termsand conditions of employees and their work-place while meeting industry standards on is-sues such as wages and compensation. As the

AgeCare facility in Lethbridge just signed theircollective agreement, AUPE is currently bargain-ing with four out of their ve AgeCare facilitieslocated in Brooks, Medicine Hat, Calgary, andStrathmore.

But according to Pham the process will taketime to ensure a balanced agreement, but add-ed both parties are eager to see a respectfulcontract that meets the needs and obligationsof both.

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Mediation tosolve dispute

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Nelson Schiller gave it all he had at shot put during the county’s track and eld competitionon May 21. Students from Strathmore High School, Holy Cross Collegiate, Standard School,and Siksika Nation High School competed in the event for a chance to show off their skills atzones. See Page 21 for more coverage.

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JUSTIN SEWARDTimes Reporter

A new initiative is encouraging fami-lies to enjoy a relaxing afternoon bytaking part in a Teddy Bear Picnic, withthe stuffed bears being donated to the

Alberta Children’s Hospital. The event, which is hosted by Re-

Max Landan Real Estate, will featurefun activities for kids at Kinsmen Parkon June 6.

“We’re going to have guest speakers,freezies and frisbees for the kids,” saidDanielle Stahl, co-event organizer. “It’sgoing to be a lot of fun.”

“We’re asking people to, but not ob-ligated to, bring new or gently used

blankets to sit on while they’re there,new teddy bears, non- perishable items

and toiletries.” The toiletries and non-perishable

items will be donated to the Family andCommunity Support Services (FCSS)and the Wheatland Crisis Centre. The

blankets will be dropped off at theMustard Seed and the bears will go to

Alberta Children’s Hospital.Stahl is hopeful that events like these

will promote the overall area and at-tract more festivities.

“It’s always nice to have more eventsin Strathmore for families,” she said.“It’s something that we came up with.It’ll be nice to give a little and have an

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ODD NUMBERED houses may water lawnson Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays

EVEN NUMBERED houses may water lawnson Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays

HOURS: 5:00 AM to 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Flowerbeds, Trees and Vegetable GardensMay be watered by hand anytime, using a watering can or hosewith a nozzle with a trigger shut off to restrict water ow.

Sprinklers & Water ToysMay be used for recreational purposes by children as long as thechildren are present during use.

New Sod/Seed ExemptionsA Temporary exemption to the outdoor watering restrictions is

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PUBLIC HEARING, JUNE 17, 2015, 7:00 PM:BYLAW# 15-11

Schedule A of the Land Use District Map in the Land Use Bylaw No.14-11is amended by changing the land use designation of a portion of Block4 and a portion of Block 7 Plan Unregistered from R1-Single DetachedResidential District to R1N-Single Detached Residential (Narrow Lot)District, as shown in Schedule “A”.A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be inspected by the public duringregular ofce hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the TownOfce (680 Westchester Road, Strathmore, AB), or can be found on theTown website (www.strathmore.ca). Please contact the Town Ofce ifyou would like an opportunity to review and provide input on the proposedamendments prior to the Public Hearing.The Public Hearing will be held at the Council Chambers, StrathmoreMunicipal Building, 680 Westchester Road, Strathmore Alberta on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, commencing at 7:00 pm with procedures inaccordance with the Town of Strathmore Council Procedural Bylaw #07-11and amendments thereto.Any person or group of persons, or person acting on his or their behalf,who claims to be affected by any or all of the proposed bylaws maypresent suggestions or concerns by making a submission to the publichearing.Written submissions to the Public Hearing or the name of any personwishing to make an oral presentation at the Public Hearing must bereceived by the Planning and Development Department prior to 12:00noon on Wednesday, June 10, 2015as outlined in Bylaw #07-11 andamendments thereto. If your written submission is not received by this time, please provide fteen (15) copies for distribution at the PublicHearing. Each person wishing to address Council at the Public Hearingshall complete their verbal presentation within ve minutes.Please note that written submissions will become public documents oncesubmitted to the Town, unless otherwise requested.

SCHEDULE “A”

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING:JUNE 17TH 2015, BYLAW #15-10

Bylaw 15-10 proposes to amend Land Use Bylaw 14-11 by adding the following to Section 3: In addition to the Districts in Section 4, adevelopment shall be subject to the provisions of a District Overlayattached as Schedule E to this Bylaw, if that District Overlay applies to the site of the proposed development. The subject property (proposed inSchedule E under the Highway 1 and Range Road 254 District Overlay)consists of that portion of the SW¼ Sec. 16 Twp. 24 Rge. 25 W4th M. lyingsouth of the Railway Plan RY11 and contains 15.766 ha (38.9 ac.) and isshown in Map 1below. The proposal is to develop the triangular areaoutlined in red, namely the westerly 242.3 m (495 ft.) of this parcel, as anRV and mini-storage site. The total area of the proposed site, including themost westerly 73.15 m of the parcel is 1.706 ha (4.2 acres). The westerly73.15 m of the parcel forms part of the proposed site, but will not be fencedinto the RV/ mini-storage compound.The proposed development may be considered a temporary or

transitional use until services are available given the limited investmentin improvements. Subject to the passing of this Bylaw, it is anticipated that the development permit will be approved for a period of 5 years. After that time, a review of the development will be conducted and the permitissued for the same or alternate period of time, with or without conditions.To enable approval of a development permit application for this proposeddevelopment an amendment to the LUB is proposed. Bylaw #15-10proposes “Highway Commercial” zoning for the subject property.A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be inspected by the public duringregular ofce hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday at the TownOfce (680 Westchester Road, Strathmore, AB), or can be found on theTown website (www.strathmore.ca). Please contact the Town Ofce ifyou would like an opportunity to review and provide input on the proposedamendments prior to the Public Hearing.The Public Hearing will be held at the Council Chambers, StrathmoreMunicipal Building, 680 Westchester Road, Strathmore Alberta on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, commencing a t 7:00 pm with procedures inaccordance with the Town of Strathmore Council Procedural Bylaw #07-11and amendments thereto.Any person or group of persons, or person acting on his or their behalf,who claims to be affected by any or all of the proposed bylaws maypresent suggestions or concerns by making a submission to the publichearing.Written submissions to the Public Hearing or the name of any personwishing to make an oral presentation at the Public Hearing must bereceived by the Planning and Development Department prior to 12:00noon on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 as outlined in Bylaw #07-11 andamendments thereto. If your written submission is not received by this time, please provide fteen (15) copies for distribution at the PublicHearing. Each person wishing to address Council at the Public Hearingshall complete their verbal presentation within ve minutes.

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

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“There are many articles within a

collective agreement and I think, atthe end of the day, when we have twogroups coming together and trying toget each group to agree to each article;it takes time,” Pham said.

“It’s quite ironic, because in the build-ing we have a good relationship witheverybody and we’re working well withour team. The team is quite respectfulof us and we’re quite respectful of ourteam.”

AgeCare Sagewood, Strathmore’ssupportive living Level 4 and long-termcare senior community, set the stagefor the May 20 rally that saw roughly25 individuals participate. AUPE alsoorganized another two rallies, one inCalgary and one in Brooks this month.

AUPE applied to the Alberta LabourRelations Board for mediation assis-tance that is set to take place on June

Two sides meet

MIRIAM OSTERMANN


With Lakeside Blvd. currently under-going ineluctable construction, a lackof a complete storm sewer infrastruc-ture in the downtown area requiredtown council to consider Strathmore’s

future and dip into funds for an in-creased storm water mainline. With heavy machinery currently tear-

ing Lakeside Blvd. and 4th Avenueapart for the reconstruction of the util-ity mains and roadway, the town de-cided to spend $275,000 to increasestorm water mainline sizing in LakesideBlvd. The upgrade would provide forfuture extensions of storm sewer to thenearby 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue. Inturn, expanding the storm main along4th Avenue, would allow better storm

water management along the route andpermit a storm water facility expansionfor 2nd St. and 3rd St.

“We are currently under constructionof the Lakeside Blvd. and 4th Avenueproject which includes replacementof the existing underground utilities,”said Gord Elenko, director of engineer-ing for the Town of Strathmore. “Forthe storm sewer, the project includedreplacement only of the existing agedstorm sewer. Having the storm sewerallows us to have options to how the

water is managed. Not all of it has to bekept on site. You can have controlledreleases and other things like that,

which developers then can use as op-tions.”

The current storm sewer design was justied based on pipe sizes for mainsand the Kinsmen Lake outfall. Howev-er, since then, the pipe size of the out-

fall to Kinsmen Lake was deter-minedto be much smaller than originally an-ticipated and, therefore, under capacityfor the current design.

With an increase in development inthe downtown area and plans for great-er density, most developments would

be required to incorporate alternativesto manage storm water on site - an op-tion that can often prove costly. Suchalternatives include rain gardens, bio

swales, and other surface storage. While Councillor Bob Sobol was con-

cerned that the project was not includ-ed in the original design, Elenko re-marked that the cost seemed to be theprimary driver behind the storm sewerhaving been left out in the design. TheLakeside Blvd. and 4th Avenue project

was previously postponed when itscost of over $6 million was deemed toosubstantial for the town in 2014. Theproject in 2015 proved benecial forthe town, with the project currently es-timated to cost $3.45 million.

“The project approval being substan-tially less than it was originally, weactually potentially have room in the

budget,” said Elenko. “So we’d be goingover budget, but well within the origi-nal scope that we had.”

Administration outlined four pos-sible options for dealing with the storm

water infrastructure. Council had thechoice to continue with the existingdesign by replacing the existing stormsewer only and therefore dealing withlimited storm sewer capacity. Optiontwo would be a small upsize of the ex-isting storm sewer; however the depart-ment identied some constraints withinthe existing capacity. With an attachedprice tag of $175,000, council also hadthe chance to increase the storm watermainline sizing in Lakeside Blvd. for fu-ture extensions of storm sewer into 6th

Avenue, 5th Avenue, and 4th Avenue. Inthe end council decided on option four,

which, while more expensive, wouldinstall the greatest infrastructure sizeand thus prevent further reconstructionon Lakeside Blvd. in the future. Theoutfall replacement would also be up-graded for ultimate ow.

However, councillors raised sever-al concerns regarding the WID canal,the lake, and the budget. Administra-tion assured council that the canal notpose any concerns, while option four

would mean the lake’s outfall would beincreased to the park and not into thelake.

Council decided to include optionfour as a scope change to the projecton May 20.

Council approves $275,000 upgrades

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18 and 19. If no agreement can bereached, AUPE said the next step would

be to le for arbitration.

Strathmore’s town council decided to upgradethe storm sewer infrastructure along LakesideBlvd. and 4th Avenue for $275,000 that will al-low for future downtown growth. Lakeside Blvd.is currently undergoing construction of its utilitymains and roadway. Miriam Ostermann Photo

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It is time to Celebrate Our Dedicated and Hard Working Volunteers of Strathmore.

You and your families are invited to attend a

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Please register by June 10th, 2015 by calling Kendra atthe Town of Strathmore at 403-934-3133.

Register early as spots will fill up quickly.

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A lack of organization, col-laboration, and scheduling,concerning last year’s Se-nior’s Week, were active mo-tivators behind the decisionof a handful of organizations

to work together and createan exciting program-packed,fun-lled week for seniorsthis year. As a result, seniors

will have the opportunity totake part in twice as manyprograms as before.

Rather than compete withother local groups for spaceand dates, numerous organi-zations in Strathmore formeda committee to reach thesame goal – celebrating se-niors.

Unlike last year, where theplans had to come togetherquickly, the committee has

been hard at work for thepast three months, ensuringthis year’s event will be even

bigger and more successful

than before.“It was kind of thrown on

our laps last year, and wehad a lot of overlap of toomany things going on on acertain day,” said DahrlyneKnaus, FCSS Programmer,

who realized organizingmeetings and spreading out

the activities would provemore benecial to seniors.“I found it a very easy

group to work with, because we all had the same commongoal. So it was very easy to

juggle things. Because werealized last year we didn’tspread it out as much as we

wanted to, we all knew thatgoing in and that was ourgoal. Everybody pitched inand did their part, and it wasa very easy collaboration this

year.”Starting on June 1, se-

niors will have a chance topartake in 20 different pro-

grams including a free yogaclass, pancake breakfast, andcribbage tournament. The

Local organizations band together for seniors Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games wasalso approached and will be teachingseniors how to play shufeboard and

bocce ball.Furthermore, seniors will have the

opportunity to learn how to protectthemselves against scams, shred con-dential documents, and leave theirhandprint on the generations banner.

Partnering on the project, HopeBridges and the Strathmore Regional Arts Collective (SRAC) are encourag-ing families to come out and leave theirmark on the banner, that will then bedisplayed at various downtown loca-tions throughout the week.

“With different colours we are cre-ating generation trees with our hand-prints,” said Wanda Reinholdt, HopeBridges Coordinator and vice-chair ofSRAC. “Seniors make up a part of thetarget population that we want to reach.

They have families and contacts as wellthat they can bring. Our involvement iscreating this banner so we encourageseniors to bring out their families.”

The art project is one of several an-

ticipated highlights, and is featured forthe rst time this year. According toCarmen Erison, assistant director to li-

brary services at the Strathmore Munic-ipal Library, the collaboration allowedfor better advertising, organization, andan increase in programs.

While at least 12 organizations wereinstrumental in bringing Senior’s Weekto fruition, members from AlbertaHealth Services, Bridging the Gap,Happy Gang, FCSS, Strathmore Munici-pal Li-brary, Hope Bridges, and Grow-ing Families were active on the com-mittee.

“We always knew that several differ-ent organizations wanted to do some-thing to celebrate this week,” said Eri-son. “There’s a lot of us that are doingprograms, and that’s when we thoughtin-stead of us stepping over each other,ght for space, and everybody havingtheir programs run at the same time,let’s form a committee so we can worktogether to make the week as great asit can be.”

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Rosebud Fellowship invites friendsof Rosebud to a work bee, June 13.

Volunteers will assemble picnic tablesand construct a large gazebo overlook-ing the river. They’ll enjoy a free break-fast and lunch together, and, at a two-for-one rate, will be invited to attendRosebud Theatre’s Wizard of Oz thatevening.

LaVerne Erickson, founder of Rose- bud School of the Arts (RSA), said work bees have been an important part ofRSA life since its developing years.

“That’s how those good friendshipsdeveloped, by people volunteering,” hesaid. “It’s really a part of rural living,

working together and leaving thingsfor the next generation.”

For this occasion, Wheatland Countyhas already demonstrated that cooper-ation and forward-thinking by permit-ting the gazebo to be built on countyland, and the Rosebud Community En-hancement Society has provided build-ing materials.

Furthering that sense of community, work bee volunteers will have the op-portunity to become members of thenewly-revitalized Rosebud Fellowship.

The Fellowship has existed since be-fore the current RSA was established,

but it became a “quiet partner,” Erick-son said, when the school structurechanged to that of a governance board.

They feel it’s time to reawaken the Fel-lowship because it still serves an im-portant role.

“The constitution of the RosebudFellowship provides a home for thealumni and also a home for the staff,”Erickson said.

It gives them an ofcial channel tocommunicate, share career and educa-tional opportunities, and promote eachother’s work.

For the rest of us – those who areneither staff nor alumni, but enjoy the

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Every year the WheatlandElementary School partici-pates in the Walk for a Cureto raise money towards acharity of their choice.

On May 13, the schoolchose to do a walk for Ce-liac Disease and two stu-dents showed the courageto speak about how theycope with the disease.

This was Tessa Boyd’srst time speaking about it.

“It was a little bit weirdto do it and I was a littleshy to do it, but I did it be-cause it was going to be

cool,” said Boyd.Celiac Disease is an au-toimmune disease that candamage the lining of thesmall intestine.

“If I look at the people,then I kind of get nervous

but if I just look at my pa-per, it makes me feel thatI’m still practicing oncethey’re watching me, it’s a

kind of trick,” said Boyd.She just wanted to put

her message out thereabout harmful productsthat aggrivate Celiac dis-ease.

“Wheat and barley are bad for Celiac people andI wanted to say that in the

beginning,” said Boyd.Gabrielle Gauvin was

glad to speak about the dis-ease, having been recentlydiagnosed.

“It was not really my rsttime speaking in front of a

big crowd,” Gauvin said. “I just wanted to let everyoneknow that it’s not that badif you get it. You eat a littledifferent, but eat the exactsame things but just differ-ent kinds.”

She admits the transitionto a stricter diet has gottenmuch easier.

“It was kind of hard atthe starting point because Ididn’t know what was go-ing on, but after that it wasreal easy,” said Gauvin.

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Perhaps most importantly, it will allow us to build friend-ships with others who share an interest in Rosebud.

The work bee starts with pancake breakfast at 8 a.m., andafter the day’s work, the renewed Rosebud Fellowship willhold its annual general meeting at 4 p.m. Volunteers do notneed to become members, and potential members are notrequired to volunteer at the bee.

“Anybody’s welcome to come” to the work bee, Ericksonsaid, including individuals and families, both skilled and un-skilled. He encourages volunteers to bring cordless powertools.

He emphasized, however, that we need to call ahead sothey can prepare breakfast and lunch, and to book our tick-ets for Wizard of Oz that evening.

To let Rosebud Fellowship know you plan to attend the work bee, or to become a member of the Fellowship, contact Julie at 403-677-2350 or [email protected].

Wheatland Elementary School students GabrielleGauvin (l) and Tessa Boyd led the Walk for a Cureat the school on May 13. The school dedicated thewalk to Celiac Disease because of both studentshaving it.

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Despite their engagement in a legal battle with

the Town of Strathmore over their groundwater well usage, a local hotel was recently challenged by the Alberta Environment Sustainable ResourceDevelopment with an enforcement order to stopdiverting the water, for a lack of licensing. How-ever, the order was quickly withdrawn when thehotelier was able to provide documentation of anexisting license - much to the town’s disapproval.

Mohinder Singh Gill, owner of the Howard Johnson Hotel in Strathmore, appealed the orderand was able to track down the original license tohis well that states it was issued to White WezelEnterprises Ltd. in 1993 and does not expire.

“We’re going through quite a bit right now withall the bad press and having them publish an ar-ticle in the Calgary Herald saying we don’t have alicensed well, when we did have a licensed well,”said Paul Gill, manager of the Strathmore Howard

Johnson and Mohinder Gill’s son.“My father asked them to help him locate the

original well license and he got absolutely nohelp from anyone. He asked a ton of people forhelp. He wasn’t the original owner. We boughtthe building in 1998, so there’s a 20-year period

where one owner had it.”Gill was required to nd the original paperwork

through much research and online searches, asthe original document was not in his possession.

AESRD withdrew the Water Act Enforcement or-der, within days of its submission. However, Gillreceived a letter a few weeks later stating that the

Town of Strathmore’s legal representation hadcontacted AESRD requesting that they not with-draw their order. In a letter, AESRD respondedthat the appeal is now closed, and “there is noth-ing before the board to suggest the license is not

valid.”

Linda Nelson, deputy CAO for the Town ofStrathmore, conrmed that the town had sent aletter to AESRD but was unable to comment fur-ther due to legal ramications. She added, how-ever, the license is only a minor part of the issuesthe town and the hotel are currently facing.

Strathmore passed the Water Utitlities Bylaw in2012, shortly after connecting to the City of Cal-gary’s regional water line. The bylaw states thatno business from a premise located on land ly-ing along the water main should be supplied bya well, spring, or other source of water not con-nected to the town’s water system.

The town spends over $2 million on operational water and sewer services costs, with an addition-al $800,000 annual cost to Calgary. The Howard

Johnson, formerly known as Wheatland Inn, isestimated to consume $20,000 a year. While Gillis hooked up to the town’s system without usingit, he has been accused of picking and choosinghis services - private water and public sewage.However, Gill said it’s his statutory right under

the Water Act to continue using his well-water aslong as it is deemed of high quality. According toPaul Gill, the water is being tested once a weekthrough Alberta Health Service and the qualityhas never raised an issue.

“Now with this new information of us havinga well, we have quite a bit of proof,” said PaulGill.”We’re going to go ahead and ght them. It’s

just a matter of where we stand, but now that wehave Environment Canada - we’ve settled that -

we have a bit more leverage in our ght with thetown.”

According to Gill, the situation is having a nega-tive effect on their business, and the establishmentis even considering changing their name.

The Town of Strathmore and the Howard John-son Hotel will be back in court on Sept. 22 wherethe town is seeking legal assistance to have the

business connect to its water services.

Local hotelier sets record straight

ANDREA ROBERTS

Times Contributor

The Harvest Healing Church’s mechanic pro-gram hopes to teach kids mechanical skills whilegiving back to the community.

The new program was the idea of the church’sPastor Elizabeth Karp and is run by Don Howe, amechanic and church member.

“It’s still a long ongoing thing, but Elizabethhad this vision of the shop and of course I’m agear nut,” says Howe.

“It’s too bad that it took us a bit to get it offthe ground but we have two kids right now thatcome in on Saturdays and we do some stuff to-gether.”

The idea of the program is to teach children who want to learn mechanic skills but have noplace to go. Many schools do not offer the kindof mechanics program that the church is offering.

Fourteen-year-old Tristan Senft is one of twochildren in the program, since it launched inFebruary. He has learned a lot of things that he

wouldn’t have learned in school.“I have learned to take off the hood and the

body of a surrounding of the car. The metal cancome out, how to put the box back in, how totake apart the motor and get it ready for the next

body to come on,” says Senft They work on anything that is motorized, just

as long as they can learn from it. If the vehiclecannot be xed, it is taken to a scrap yard inCalgary and the money is used for activities forthe kids. People can also donate vehicles to theprogram and apply for a tax reduction.

“If there’s something that’s worth xing then Iteach the kids a little bit and then we do some

detailing, a good clean on the inside, do the me-chanical work then I get it re-certied at a shopI used to work for in Strathmore. Then we sell itmaybe to a needy family.”

Currently Howe and his students are workingon a 1950 Fargo truck. They took the cab off andmade it into a street rod, which will be PastorElizabeth’s truck.

Howe hopes more kids will join the program. Itis open to girls and boys with no age restriction.

Along with learning about motorized vehicles the youth will also enjoy activities like camping andgo-karting.

Building a bright future by xing cars

Alberta Environment andSustainable ResourceDevelopment withdrewtheir Enforcement Orderagainst the StrathmoreHoward Johnson hotelthat issued the establish-ment to stop the hotel

diverting water from theirunlicensed undergroundwell. Paul Gill, managerat the Strathmore How-ard Johnson, was happythe order was withdrawnwhen the original licensewas produced.Miriam Ostermann Photo


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The third annual Alberta Open Farm Days iscoming later this summer to the Strathmore areaon August 22 and 23.

“Open farm days is an opportunity for urbanand rural people alike to understand and get toknow rural Alberta, not only what’s being pro-duced and by whom, but also seeing the terrainand being able to tour the country side in othercommunities,” said Tim Carson, CEO of Alberta

Association of Agricultural Society in a phone in-terview.

This will be a great opportunity for people to be educated on day-to-day operations of farmersand ranchers.

“We have the opportunity across the province tohave people who are producing products on theirland. Everything from bison and cattle ranches totraditional farms, crops, oil, seeds and even sta-

bles, petting zoos and organic operations to mar-ket themselves and bring awareness to what theirproducing across the province,” said Carson.

“The agricultural industry is stewarding theland and probably making some of the best foodin the world.”

He added that this event always has the possibility of expansion.

“I believe here, it’s a real opportunity to growas an event. We had a little over 60 farms last yearthat participated and had totaling farm sales at$40,000,” said Carson.

“I believe there is an opportunity to grow that

economic base on tourism and market sales.”Carson is hopeful that they will exceed the

$50,000 mark this year. The Rocking R Guest Ranch in Strathmore will

host the culinary event called the ‘BBQ in theBadlands’ this year and there will be plenty ofactivities planned.

“We had no participation in the past. We’re cur-rently in the process of building a wedding venue

at the ranch, so by the time Open Farm Days hap-pens, our new tent will be in place,” said TerriKinsman, owner of the Rocking R Guest Ranch.

“We thought that would be a good opportunityto participate in Open Farm Days. We know howimportant culinary tourism is and attracting peo-ple to Alberta,”

Kinsman says this will be a greatest way toshowcase the area’s food producers.

“It’s a good opportunity to showcase Strath-more, perhaps putting Strathmore on the map inthe future,” said Kinsman.

“It is a chance to highlight local food producersand Tera (Spyce of Community Futures in Strath-more) is doing a great job to attract those people.”

She also stated that if a producer had donatedproduct, that there would be the possibility of atrade show that they can showcase their crop at.

Other events could include live entertainment,roping sessions, hayrides and putting a local win-ery in the spotlight.

The barbeque will begin at 4 p.m. on August 22. The deadline for farmers and ranchers to reg-

ister is May 30 and can nd more information atalbertfarmdays.com.

Open farm days coming to Strathmore

KEVIN SORENSON, M.P., CROWFOOT Parliamentary Report

At this time of year, throughout our riding ofCrowfoot, students are graduating! We should alltake a few moments to congratulate and encour-

age our younger generation by assuring them ofthe importance of their education. Students needto know that the investment of time and effortthey spend on their studies pays off.

I always try to remind my young constituentsthat Albertans enjoy some of the best prospectsfor a bright future. We are living in an era whereour province is known as one of the most pros-perous in our nation. While we are fortunate tohave abundant gas and oil reserves in our prov-ince, Alberta offers many other opportunities in

various sectors as well.For example, economists say that the best long-

term forecasts are for the agriculture industry. Thisis especially true for our agricultural sector in Al-

berta. We experienced a ‘bumper crop’ two yearsago and the forecasters predict more to come.

This is a sector that is attractive to many gradu-ates. Young people who have studied agricultureare anxious to apply their high-tech knowledgeto the traditional challenges ranchers and farmersface every day.

As well, our tourism industry continues to growin leaps and bounds. As your Member of Parlia-ment, I am being invited to more and more eventsthat are created by the folks around our ridingthat are building our tourism sector. We see thispromising source of income grow from the small-est villages to our larger population centers. Again,

we see opportunities for our graduates to prosperand develop what we have right here at home.

Our Government is working to help familieshave the resources to raise their children. Canadi-ans know that the best people to decide what is

best for their family is mom and dad, not Ottawa bureaucrats. That is why we have put an addition-al $6,600 in the pockets of the average family offour since 2006.

We have introduced many other measures helpstudents as well. We are expanding the eligibil-

ity for low and middle-income Canadians to ac-cess Canada Student Grants for short durationprograms; enhancing access to post-secondaryeducation by eliminating ‘in-study income’ in theassessment process for the Canada Student Loansprogram; and, making Canada student loans workfor families by providing $119M over four years,starting in 2016-17, to reduce the expected paren-tal contribution under the Canada Student Loansneeds assessment process.

As part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan overthe past years, our Conservative Government ishelping ensure Canadians have the right skills forthe jobs. We’re delivering the Canada Job Grant,

which helps ensure our work force obtains theskills employers are seeking. It provides a maxi-mum of $5,000 per person towards training at aneligible training institution. We have already cre-ated the Tradespersons’ Tools Deduction and the

Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit and ex-tended the fees eligible for the Tuition Tax Creditto include the costs of certication tests required

by a tradesperson in Canada. We are working tocreate opportunities for apprentices by making iteasier and more practical to get the experienceneeded. We are trying to help our graduates nda good job.

It is a great time to be graduating in Alberta.Congratulations graduates and Best Wishes!

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Congratulations graduates!

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Successful sale

ANDREA ROBERTS

Times Contributor

The Strathmore United Church willhost a Treasure Sale on Saturday, June13, adding a whole new twist to theirthrift sales and raising money for acharity in Guatemala.

The charity, Solidarity for Women, issituated in Guatemala City and focus-es primarily on women and children’shealth. The clinic, which was started

by Rosa Escobar, provides a medicaloutreach to impoverished areas whileoffering medical assistance during na-tional disasters in the area.

The organization also has a program where underprivileged women in thecommunity have a chance to receivetraining to become licensed practical

nurses (LPN). Upon graduating fromthe two-year course the women maynd work in hospitals, clinics andhome-care all positions that are usuallyaccompanied with a decent wage. How-

ever, the opportunity to train costs $100US per woman for one year.

To help with the cause, the Strath-more United Church Sale will includeitems from their boutique, many of

which are deemed valuable or a collect-able. These are items that people do-nated with hope that someone wouldsee it as a treasure. Such items includene china, silverware, jewelry and.

“One man’s junk is another man’streasure,” says Peggy McLean, one ofthe United Church members helping toorganize the event.

“These pieces were gifts from people who wanted them to nd a better home where they will be used.”

In July, the church’s Reverend PamScott will visit the clinic in Guatemalato see the charity rst-hand while get-

ting some hands-on experience. The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

at the United Church in the foyer. Thecommunity is asked to please donateany unwanted treasures before the sale.

Come nd your treasure

TREASURE SALETREASURE SALESaturday, June 13 • 9 - 3 pm

Strathmore United ChurchSelling collectibles, antique items, linens, books,

china, jewelry, these treasured & valued itemsare all individually priced.Donations welcomed & appreciated.

Items may be dropped off at the church on June 11 & 12 from 1 - 4 pm.Contact: Peggy 403-934-3197 • Marguerite 403-934-4515

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The Hussar 4-H Show & Sale Association and the club members from the Hussar4-H Beef Club hosted their annual sale on May 24.

We wish to thank the parents, the 4-H branch, the judges, the auctioneer, the buyers and all those helping, for making the sale possible. The Average Daily Gain was 3.11 and the Average Price per pound was $3.37.

Winner of daily rate of gain was Wacy Sandum at 3.83 and second place wentto Katie Zakariasen at 3.82

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The well-known Cantare Children’sChoir showcased their talent for Brent-

wood Elementary students on May 21,as part of their annual spring tour.

The children, aged 8 to 11 years, arepart of an ensemble of the choir calledContiga. While the choir had alreadyperformed in Langdon before singingat Brentwood Elementary, some Strath-more students had the chance to cometo the front and join in for the singingof Donkey Riding.

“I was thrilled to have Cantare comeand present a concert at Brentwood,”said Carolyn Steeves, the BrentwoodElementary music teacher. “My fourchildren all sang in Cantare and formerBrentwood students sang in the Al-

berta Children’s Choir when CatherineGlaser-Climie was the conductor. Can-tare is an exemplary choral program inCalgary, and it was a pleasure to havethem come and share their music withour students.”

In 1997, Catherine Glaser-Climiefounded the choir, to ll a void by of-fering a community-based choir forchildren in the city. Children attend-ing schools all over Calgary take partin the choir, which just completed its18th season.

Despite focusing on their own con-certs, the choir also occasionally works

together with the Calgary PhilharmonicOrchestra and the Calgary Opera.“We are so thrilled to be here at

Brentwood School,” said Catherine Gla-ser-Climie the founder and artistic di-rector of the Cantare Children’s Choir.

Children’s Choir sings for Brentwood Elementary“We know of the exceptional musicprogram that happens here. It is a thrillfor us to be here and sing for an au-dience of children who can appreciatethe level of excellence that our childrenpresent.”

The choir went on to perform at Tro-chu, before nishing their tour in Cam-rose.

The Cantare Chil-dren’s Choir sangfor students atBrentwood El-ementary as partof their springtour on May 21.

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Singing loudand proudLeft Photo: Tia Navin (l-r) andBrooke Cann performed a duetof Frozen during the Relay for LifeKaraoke event for kids on May23 in Strathmore. Right Photo:Madalyn O’Quinn also grabbedthe microphone and belted outthe tunes. The cause has alreadyraised over $6,000.

Miriam Ostermann Photos


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Months after Medical

First Responders within theStrathmore Fire Department bid the Good Samaritan Actfarewell, the volunteers re-

ceived the green light from Alberta Health Services(AHS) to offer medical rstresponse when an EMS unit

is absent in the Town ofStrathmore. The department traded

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ing complete liability cover-age for its volunteers.Prior to Nov. 5, when the

Town of Strathmore councilapproved the changes upon

AHS request, the serviceprovided by the volunteersassured medical calls by911 dispatched were tendedto when no EMS unit wasavailable. According to BasOwel, captain of the Strath-more Fire Department, theservice was provided with-out medical direction andhad never been formerlydocumented.

“The main thing with our

joint agreement before, wason re calls we would go toa re call and ensure thatthe re ghters were safeand our crews would assessthem if they got too tired toensure they were still safeto continue ghting,” saidKevin Link, operations man-ager with WADEMSA. “Inreturn, they didn’t invoiceus if they came and helpedus, so I think it was kind ofan unwritten rule. That’s a20-year-old agreement.”

When AHS assumed theresponsibility of EMS gover-nance and extended medi-cal direction to municipali-ties within the Calgary zoneat no addition cost, theStrathmore Fire Departmentfelt they were unable to re-fuse the offer. Now, along

with boundaries, guidelines,and protocols for the redepartments, Medical FirstResponders will be able toprovide medical aid underthe provincial Medical FirstResponse (MFR) program.

“We are now in a positionthat we’re going to be offer-ing medical rst response

when an EMS unit is not

available,” said Bas Owel,captain of the StrathmoreFire Department.

“Our intention was notto replace the ambulanceservice in town. We have aclass A ambulance service

with three full-time staffedambulances. We’re not thereto chase an ambulance to amedical call. We’re there toprovide a service when theyare not available due to call

volumes.” The provincial model, de-

veloped by Alberta HealthServices and Alberta Health,serves as a platform for redepartment to provide en-hanced patient care as wellas medical response.

Under the new protocols,the volunteers, which havestandard rst aid trainingand Heartsaver CPR, are re-

quired to respond to a call within 15 minutes when anambulance is absent.

Since Jan. 1, the Strath-more Fire Department hasobserved a six per cent in-crease in call volume, hav-ing responded to six medi-cal calls, four of which werefor medical rst response.

However, Link said thechanges will have no effecton the residents of Strath-more or surrounding areas.

“This is a change to bene-t the re department morethan it is to benet the pa-tients, because we’ve alwaysused them,” Link said. “Thepeople that are beneting, isthe re department becausenow they have more cover-age through AHS. They’rethere to help out when wedon’t have the resources todo the job, absolutely.”

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Fortuitously, when Strathmore host-ed Alberta’s very rst girls’ pageantfour years ago, Avery Biswanger – thelocal beauty queen who was recentlycrowned regional royalty for Central

Alberta – was born into the world. But what the four-year-old lacks in size,

she makes up in condence and herlarger-than-life personality.Coincidentally, those key traits paved

the way to her recent title, that’s providing the youngster with an oppor-tunity to compete in the National Ca-nadian Girl Teen and Miss Scholarshippageant in July.

The pageant, which prides itself on being completely natural and focuseson its contestants’ self-esteem, person-ality, and public speaking, will reward10 girls with up to $10,000 in scholar-ship money – nancial support that

would inch Avery closer to her currentaspirations of becoming a veterinarian.

However, to represent the region in Vancouver, Avery is reaching out to thecommunity for donations to cover the$525 participation fees, whch does notinclude additional travel and accom-modation costs.

“You think of Toddlers & Tiaras andspray paint, but we’ve never done thatto her,” said Sarah Biswanger, Avery’smother. “They get dressed up and havenice hair, but when they do their publicspeaking … they all have the same T-shirt and white pants. It’s just focusedon them and not what they’re wearing.

This one focuses on growth and publicspeaking and everything else, as wellas helping out.”

While Avery has already competedin nearly 10 pageants since she start-

ed participating one-and-a-half yearsago, the national event with its fast-approaching deadline is accompanied

with its own set of challenges. According to Megan McKinnon, the

current International Junior Miss Teenand Avery’s pageant coach, training forthe weekend-long event will requiremore preparation than was previouslynecessary.

As Avery will be four years old atthe time of the pageant, she will be re-quired to give an introduction and aninterview. Upon making it into the Top15, she would also have to participatein an on-stage question.

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ing her … and she managed to actually win the very rstpageant she went to for National Canadian Girl,” said McK-innon, owner of Megasupreme Team. “She has an amazingpersonality. Having only had one or two coaching sessions

with her and having her go and win, made me really proudas a coach.”

Along with an estimated 100 girls from across Canada, thecontestants in the four/ve-year-old category will be expect-ed to answer age-appropriate questions.

Liz McKinnon, national director of National Canadian Girl

Teen and Miss Pageant, said expectations at this age are low, but judges will focus on whether the girls can speak uently,show personality during their beauty or casual walk, and

whether eye contact is established.“It doesn’t matter if they’re in a $20 dress from Target or if

they’re in a $200 dress from a bridal shop, we’re just lookingfor are they well put together,” said McKinnon. “We have somany success stories of girls who have been bullied and theydo this and nd this whole new group of friends. The girls

just click together really well.”Until the reigning National Canadian Toddler Miss Cen-

tral Alberta makes her way to British Columbia, her newresponsibilities include three local appearances and some

volunteer work. According to Biswanger, fundraising effortsand volunteer hours are currently geared towards the Al-

berta Children’s Hospital. A cause, Biswanger said, teachesher daughter about the hardships other children her age arefaced with.

To sponsor Avery for the title of Tiny Miss National Ca-nadian Girl, she has an online campaign on legup.ca underGetting Avery to the National Canadian Girl Pageant.

Photo Courtesy ofTaylor Hillier Photography

Left Photo: Four-year-old AveryBiswanger, who is the reigning NationalCanadian Toddler Miss Central Alberta,will be heading to Vancouver to com-pete in the National Canadian Girl Teenand Miss Scholarship Pageant in July.


Right Photo: Avery Biswanger with herdogs (l-r) Turbo and Rocky. If she is arecipient of some of the scholarship

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Times Associated Editor

Just weeks after two found-ing members and an animalrescue society in Gleichen

were convicted of crueltycharges, ofcials provide in-sight into the investigationand circumstances behindthe seizure of more than 60animals - conditions a newlyrevamped society is workinghard to avoid in the future.

Co-founders Debra and Ed- ward Michel pled guilty onMay 7 to charges of allowingcats and dogs in their careto be in distress and failingto provide adequate care forill or wounded animals. TheOops-a-Dazy Rescue andSanctuary Society also pledguilty to permitting animalsto be in distress and receiveda $10,000 ne. Since then,the society has undergonea transformation, electinga new board, revising theirpolicies and procedures, andseeking the expertise of a

veterinarian. While the sanctuary is no

longer in operation - due to acourt order that prohibits theMichels from owning morethan a combined ve ani-mals - a veterinarian reportaccompanying an agreedupon statement of fact, re-

veals a property manifested with dog ghts, disease, andinadequate use of space.

“It’s hard for me to imag-ine that someone staying atthe property would thinkthat the situation was ac-ceptable,” said Roland Lines,communications manager

with the Alberta SPCA. “Theoods may be responsiblefor an increase in the num-

ber of animals they had, butthey had the opportunity tosurrender animals to us orother agencies if they hadtoo many. And they didn’ttake advantage of that.”

The Alberta SPCA received

two calls from different individuals towards the end ofMay last year, both claimingto have seen a large num-

ber of dogs and cats on theproperty. One individual hadrecently adopted one of thedogs and reported woundson the animal, while the oth-er spotted an animal carcasson the property.

Upon inspection of theproperty, ofcers described

the area where the dogs were kept as cov-ered inanimal feces, garbage, and

broken furniture. The inves-tigation found the dogs werenot segregated, and showed

signs of packing and aggres-sive behaviour. Some of theanimals were also injured,and according to the vet-erinarian report, a cat and adog were found deceased onthe property.

As had previously beenreported, all 19 cats facedeuthanasia, having beenchronically affected to vary-ing degrees with upper re-spiratory disease. The 42dogs were treated for numer-ous injuries and diseases,and were rehabilitated backto the Oops-a-Dazy society,

who found foster homes for

the canines. The society, which has

nearly 40 active foster fami-lies, is now making sure theanimals are placed into prop-er care through inspectionsand vetting, and will onlyaccept new animals when afoster family is already avail-able. Besides looking intoupgrading their policies andprocedures, the society isalso revising some of theirprograms, one of which wasthe sanctuary program.

“Our concentration nowis really more about qualitycare than the quantity of ani-mals that are coming in,” saidMichelle Krusk, who accept-ed the position of chair forthe Oops-a-Dazy Rescue andSanctuary Society in August2014. “We want to make surethat we have really good reg-ulations around animal care.

We are right in the midst ofrevamping our policies andprocedures. It’s a lot of workand a huge undertaking. It’sdenitely something we’re

working diligently towards.” While Krusk added a ne

is always difcult for a chari-ty to receive, she agreed with

the decision and acceptedthe penalty as a conditionfor the charity to continueoperating. Acknowledgingthe court order, she saidthe society is mindful of theterms, and the Michels arenot currently being utilizedas a foster home, nor arethey involved in any deci-sion-making processes. Thesociety has a year to pay thene.

Conditions revealed behindthe seizure of more than 60animals; society revamped

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