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The Strathmore RCMP announced that be-tween the evening and early morning hours of April 24 to April 25, someone caused damage to multiple vehicles in the Town of Strathmore.

Most of the reported vehicles were parked along Centre Street. Strathmore social media sites indicated that residents in the Brentwood and Bayview area also had damage done to ve-hicles. The vandal slashed tires of random ve-hicles along the route of travel. Approximately 30 vehicles have been reported with damage to one or all four tires. Strathmore RCMP is ask-ing the public for assistance with this matter. Please contact them with any information, by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, or the Strathmore RCMP at 403-934-3968. Crime Stoppers offers rewards for credible informa-tion leading to a successful conviction.

“The recent slashing of tires in many of the towns’ neighborhoods is disgusting. The per-petrators have no respect for other peoples’ property. As a former peace officer, I can attest to the fact that this type of crime is normally opportunistic (seldom planned) and normally takes place after an over-indulgence of alco-hol,” said Strathmore Town Councillor and for-mer RCMP officer Bob Sobol on his Facebook page.

The aftermath is that people feel a little less safe for themselves and their belongings. Those with slashed tires will have to pay for new ones.

One person posted on Facebook that he was looking for one tire replacement. He was an-gered by additional costs, which added insult to the original injury, because under safety con-straints service clerks were required to replace all four tires due to the All Wheel Drive on his vehicle. Replacing only one tire could damage the transmission system and the store did not want to be liable for the possible damage. The man said that not all tire shops carry tires for his vehicle either.

Carl Brown at Fountain Tire said that they are also seeing some unhappy people come in for replacement tires.

“It’s done, so what are you going to do right?” said Brown. He said on incidents in the past, owner Bob Vert had softened the sting by of-fering returning customers cost plus $10, for replacement tires. Brown suggested that an in-surance program, similar to what is offered for glass coverage, would be a good idea.

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The Alberta Cup has officially come and gone. Hours upon hours of hard work and dedication went in to prepar-ing the arena for the big event, which was held from April 25 to 28. For eight months Strathmore Minor Hockey worked with the Town administration and Family Centre staff to help prepare for the prestigious event.

In the final few weeks of preparation staff at the Family Centre pulled togeth-er even more to give the area a facelift, just in time for the games to officially begin.

“A lot of scrubbing walls went on down here for sure, scrubbing walls and we got new lights put up,” said Kelly Barrett, Family Centre Manager.

“My staff has been phenomenal, they really (came) together and started clean-ing like crazy. We do it because we’re

very proud of our facility and we want it to shine.”

The building is 23-years-old, and is showing its age in certain areas, said Barrett, but they did receive a number of compliments about the facility. The staff repainted the parking lot, added new directional decals on the Civic Cen-tre building, scrubbed the entire facility down, and added new lights. One of the biggest complaints that she did receive was there weren’t enough seats.

The Zamboni was polished by hand to the point it shined like new.

“I’m thrilled, I am glad they got it, I know they were trying for it and now that we know we’ve got it for two years we can take whatever we missed this year and apply it to next years (event),” said Barrett.

She looks forward to the return of the Alberta Cup next year, and is happy about all of the new events coming in that are making use of the facility.

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“You know something like you pay $15 month and then every two or three years, you get new tires,” said Brown.

Some people do have tire puncture insurance, offered to them by their tire dealer at the time of sale. However, if tires were vandalized coverage is not valid under the definitions for a regu-lar puncture. Owners would have to apply for replacement through their auto insurance.

Beth MacDonald, Associate Insur-ance and Financial Advisor, at Coop-erators Insurance in Strathmore, said it may be worthwhile to file a claim covered under their comprehensive in-surance.

“Maybe not for one tire, but if both were affected,” said MacDonald. “Usu-ally people have $250 deductible on their comprehensive insurance. They think if they claim, their rates will go up, but when the claim is not their fault, such as in this case, their rate should not change.”

She said people need to call police and make a report and then go to their insurance and fill out a claim. An in-surance claims officer will investigate,

and MacDonald said Cooperators tries to settle claims quickly. She said peo-ple should inquire about what is cov-ered. For example, if all the wheels were damaged and the vehicle had to be towed to the tire shop, the tow may be covered. She said that any improve-ments or betterments are not covered and are the responsibility of the owner.

If people aren’t covered or reim-bursed by insurance, or for some rea-son the insurance goes up, some sol-ace may be gained through filling out Restitution for Victims of Crime form. The request, along with proof and cop-ies of receipts, accompanies the po-lice report, so that on a guilty verdict, the presiding judge can consider the request at the time of sentencing. Re-quest the forms from the RCMP, or Vic-tim Services, or more information can be obtained through: Alberta Solicitor General and Public Security Victims Telephone: 780-427-3460 -free through Service Alberta at 310-0000 www.vic-tims.alberta.ca

Vandalism has been an ongoing problem in town over the years. There were previous tire slashing incidents in Strathmore in 2011 and 2003. There were also past incidents of painting on

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Volunteers were celebrated on April 24 when the first annual Volunteer Appreciation Tea held at the Hope Community Covenant Church was held. The room was filled with women, and men, who enjoyed snacks, good company and a short presentation by Lesa Bain from Volunteer Calgary. Lynn Walker, left, and Sharon Tibeau got into the spirit of things when they sported their best hats for the crazy hat contest, which includ-ed spring, western and wacky categories.

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“Town Council supports (in a num-ber of ways) our COP Program (Citi-zens of Patrol). This group works with the RCMP - is basically their “ears and eyes” on the street. They have been successful in reducing wilful damage events in the past. Their success de-pends on their numbers. Right now, their numbers are dwindling. Here is a great opportunity for our citizens to get involved. By working a couple of shifts a month, you can really make a difference in these types of crimes. If you want to get involved, call the RCMP (403 934-3968) and tell them you want to join the Strathmore COP program,” said Sobol.

Heads always turn to examine youth for vandalism crimes, but there is a strong community voice that stands up for law-abiding Strathmore youth. There are numerous positive activities that Strathmore youth participate in, which outnumber the incidents of de-structive activity.

“We automatically associate it with youth, but I can guarantee you that it is not always the case,” said Sobol.

The Town and various associations have supported community program-ming to engage youth. The develop-ment of the community Youth Cen-tre is just one example of proactive organizations dedicated to programs for youth involvement. The Town also instituted an evening curfew bylaw, where teens age 12-15 are required to have a guardian with them, in any pub-lic place between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m.

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It will be a day of music for Brentwood Elementary School students on Monday, May 6. The first high note will sound at 10:20 in the morning, when students gather for the annual Music Monday as-sembly. Then at 1:30 p.m., the public is invited to join them in the gymnasium for the second high note.

The morning assembly will open with giving thanks to those who’ve partici-pated in the school’s choirs this year.

Brentwood’s music teacher, Carolyn Steeves, said the 230 children in all three choirs – the Grade 1 Primary Choir, Grade 2-3 Junior Choir, and the Grade 4-6 Senior Choir -- will be recognized. Thanks will also be expressed to staff, parents and students who’ve supported the choirs in many other ways this year.

“There are so many people that have helped during the year,” Steeves said. “Parent and student volunteers as well as the entire teaching staff. (Without them ) the program and what we do musically at Brentwood School could not happen. It’s a big pep rally, to thank everybody for being in choir … it’s a big

celebration of music.”After the school-wide celebration,

Brentwood’s assembly will go Canada-wide – and sky-high.

At 11 a.m. Mountain Time, Steeves said, “there’s going to be a link-up be-tween Ed Robertson (of Barenaked La-dies) and (astronaut) Chris Hadfield … broadcast through CBC to kids across Canada.”

Via live link, students at Brentwood and all across Canada will sing simulta-neously with Robertson in Toronto, and with Hadfield at the International Space Station. They’ll sing the 2013 Music Mon-day song, “I.S.S.: Is Somebody Singing?” (www.musicmonday.ca) which Hadfield and Robertson composed and recorded earlier this year.

At 1:30 p.m. that afternoon, Brent-wood’s second high note will sound, when students reassemble for a concert with the 25-voice Providence Chamber Singers, of Providence University Col-lege and Theological Seminary. Ryan, one of the singers, has a special Brent-wood connection; teacher Lynn Ander-son and her daughter, student Matayo, are his aunt and cousin.

The singers will “sing music of many

genres, many languages and many styles,” Steeves said, but Brentwood stu-dents will do more than listen. “The kids are going to interact with the (Provi-dence) choir and we’re going to sing a few canons (together). (Also) the (Brent-wood) Senior Choir is going to sing (with Providence Chamber Singers) the song Shalom to You My Friend.’

“There has never been a time when one of our choirs has gotten to sing with another choir, especially (students) who are 10-15 years older.”

She believes the experience will be “a terrific role model from the standpoint of the (Senior) Choir, (and) of our stu-dents watching that choir.”

She wants Brentwood students to see that “singing in a choir can be a lifelong thing. It’s not just something you do in elementary school (and) I can continue singing and I’m going to sound like that! Which is pretty awesome.”

Steeves looks forward to a fun and valuable educational experience for Brentwood students on May 6, and says, “the public is more than welcome to come along. They’ll enjoy the beauty of the music, with a little added Brent-wood flavour.”

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The Langdon Community Association (LCA) is serious about providing a safe and fun playground for their chil-dren to play on this summer. The community’s old play-ground was declared unsafe in 2012, and had to be shut down. Since January, the LCA has been raising funds to rebuild.

Chrissy Craig, LCA’s Beautification/Grant coordinator, says “we still have a long way to reach our goal.”

Fortunately, she says, “there are many people helping me out on this project,” including Shawna Weir-Murphy and Charmaine Jones on the Playground Committee. The committee also receives a great deal of fundraising sup-port from individuals and businesses in the community.

On Saturday, April 27, Craig was on hand when Tamara Neufeld of Western Financial in Langdon and Strathmore, who is also a Langdon resident, presented $5,000 to the playground fund. Eastlink also recently donated $1,000, and the LCA’s own penny drive netted nearly $800. Lang-don Dental is working to raise $1,000 through a survey on their Facebook page. And there are ongoing opportu-nities for others to donate.

“Blue Grass Nursery has donated $10,000 in product,” Craig says. LCA will sell the Blue Grass product on May 4, during Langdon’s Parade of Garage Sales, with all pro-ceeds going towards the Langdon Playground Fund. The sale will be held on the deck of the field house.

The LCA will also hold a 50/50 draw that day, with pro-ceeds to the playground fund.

“50/50 tickets will be sold at a variety of houses around Langdon and at the Field House,” Craig said. “There will be signs at the houses marking the 50/50 draw. Tickets are $5 each and 1,000 printed with the potential of win-ning $2,500.”

The Association has reached 11 per cent of its fundrais-ing goal, but Craig said “we can’t start building until we get all the money.”

She’s applied for a grant from the Alberta Government’s Community Facility Enhancement Program, and says, “if we get that, then we will be able to start (building) this summer.”

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“The park where this playground is needed is the main park in town,” she says. “This park is used constantly throughout the year, especially in the summer. It is really needed in this town for all the families and children!”

Craig invites Strathmore Times readers to support the playground fund at the Garage Sale Day on May 4 and to complete Langdon Dental’s Facebook survey.

“People can (also) drop donations off at Mountain View Credit Union in Langdon,” she says. “And they can contact me for donations or fundraising help: 403-936-8572.”

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ACCEPTING TENDERSThe Town is accepting Tenders for an Asphalt Pathway Paving contract as part of the maintenance of its infrastructure network. The purpose of this Tender for services is to invite members of the pri-vate sector in a fair, equitable process. Tender Documents can be found on the Town of Strathmore Website at: strathmore.ca

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Whether Wheatland County retains its local 911 call intake and fire dis-patch, or contracts the service out to another provider is a question that lo-cal municipalities and fire associations will have to address. The problem is one that resulted from the provinces move to consolidate Wheatland County EMS dispatch.

“Right now we are funded by Alberta Health Services for EMS dispatch. When we transition and EMS is being done from Calgary, we lose that funding. From a WADEMSA standpoint, there needs to be a strong will to keep our 911 and fire dispatch local,” said Rob Witty, Wheatland and District Emergen-cy Medical Services Association (WA-DEMSA) Operations Director.

“We will need the funding support from our municipalities make that vi-able. Neither Alberta Health Services, nor no one provincially is looking to fund it. Alberta Health Service’s focus is strictly on EMS. They have said they will not dispatch fire responders, it is not their responsibility, but the respon-sibility of fire dispatch centres.”

On April 29, Reeve Glenn Koester asked a number of Wheatland munic-ipal representatives and fire chiefs to garner support for the services.

Koester said there were services in Black Diamond or Calgary that could be approached to take over the service, but he felt it wouldn’t be wise, as the existing service worked well and the community was invested in the sys-tem. Four local dispatch staff positions would also be lost if the service was contracted out.

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first responders are integral. We have long response times to our rural areas. If we get first responders there, to care for our patients before the ambulance arrives, it is our best efforts to create good patient care,” said Witty.

“I think it is paramount that the fire departments have input into that deci-sion, because they are the stakehold-ers that utilize that system. They are the ones that need to give feedback to the municipalities. If they say yes, then it is our responsibility to make that happen,” said Rockyford Mayor Darcy Burke.

Witty previously polled Wheatland County Fire Chiefs advising them on changes to the dispatch system. At the last fire chiefs meeting, Witty said they passed a unanimous motion support-ing retention of the local fire dispatch.

Keeping the service would mean that ratepayers would have to pay an ap-proximate total of $14 a month and all municipal partners would have to agree to contribute their equal share. A com-mitment from the Town of Strathmore and Wheatland County were essential for the plan to work.

“When you consider that they are paying $36 for garbage pickup, it doesn’t seem like a lot of money,” said Councillor Ben Armstrong.

Those in attendance had doubts that the transitioned EMS dispatch would not leave gaps in service that local fire first responders would have to fill. They agreed keeping the dispatch service would ensure ratepayers have a good system in place, while the EMS system proved itself. They also suggested that if the service was kept, there could be areas of future expansion that may low-er costs.

The province had directed a review and analysis of local 911 call systems and operator standards and another

review is being done on fire first re-sponders. Associate Minister of Munici-pal Affairs, Greg Weadick is gathering information for a report on first re-sponders and fire dispatch. He will be holding an open house about that, in Calgary on May 30. Koester suggested Wheatland fire departments work with WADEMSA to draft a report to present to Weadick at the meeting.

There is proposed legislation to di-vert money from cell phone provider contracts to help support 911-Public Service Answering Point’s (PSAP).

“The fee is going only to the PSAP’s. They don’t know how much it is. They will get their first money in the bucket in December and they won’t start pay-ing out until April. These payments will be available through grants. As long as the money is earmarked to the PSAP Centre they will approve it,” said Kevin Link, WADEMSA Paramedic, who at-tended a meeting in Red Deer where the issue was discussed

The municipal grant would help to lower ratepayer fees that support both the 911/fire dispatch. Koester also said that donations or fundraisers could generate funds. Koester anticipated be delays while EMS dispatch transitioned and all the reviews and reports were completed.

“If we can hang on for a whole year, if we can make that dollar commitment, at least we can make an informed deci-sion by next summer,” said Koester.

Whatever changes occurred, Koes-ter wanted to reassure residents that Wheatland council’s emergency re-sponse services will step up and work out ways to provide care for the resi-dents of Wheatland County.

Manny everett Times Contributor

The Colony in Standard is keeping the excitement of the new group alive with many opportunities for the Bea-vers to learn and grow in the commu-nity.

Of course, one learns through play-ing well with others, listening to in-structions and being able to work in groups of peers. The Beaver program in Standard has been working hard on all these tasks. They are diligent about meeting twice a month for regu-lar meetings. The kids can learn their mottos and mission statements, and wear their uniforms and also have fun days sledding at local farms, and per-forming community oriented tasks like collecting for the local food bank.

As of late the Beavers have been

busy making “buggies” with wood and wheels. Parents came to help them construct and paint their vehicles and last Wednesday put them to the test in the basement of Nazareth Luther-an Church’s fellowship hall. The kids were excited to find out if theirs were going to work, or who had the fastest buggy, the most colourful buggy. They spent their entire allotted time for the afternoon competing against one an-other but, more importantly, learning the valuable lesson of good sports-manship toward their neighbour, the last being a lesson we can all be re-minded of as adults but sweeter still when it is a child or grandchild who reminds you of it.

Congratulations, Standard Colony, for all your hard work so far, and we look forward to hearing great things that you will accomplish.

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Busy little Beavers in StandardManny Everett Photo

Standard’s Beaver Colo-ny hard at work making beaver buggies to race. Beaver leaders Jason Se-meniuk and Dustin Larsen calling up Mateo and Ben-nettt to race each others beaver buggies.

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It was back in 1920 that Johnson and Johnson introduced the Band-Aid. It was the first ban-dage to be manufactured with tape attached to allow it to be affixed easily to a minor cut.

Coffee is a natural pick-me-up due to its caf-feine content. In moderate quantity (2-4 cups per day) it’s safe for most people. After one cup of coffee, it takes about 90 minutes for the caffeine to reach its maximum concentration in the blood and can take from 3-7 hours for it to be cleared from the body in the urine. Pregnant women take longer to metabolize the caffeine so should drink less (1-2 cups).

As the days become longer and sunnier, it’s a good time to remind everyone of the importance of sunscreens. Sunscreens have Sun Protection Factor (SPF) numbers on them to indicate the degree of protection. Use ones with an SPF 30 or higher.

Apply sunscreens correctly. It takes about a teaspoonful for each leg, chest and stomach and back. Use a little over a half teaspoonful for each arm, your face and the back of the neck and ears. Let it soak in for a half hour before you go out in the sun and reapply if you are sweating or swimming. Some sports sunscreens are thicker and stay on longer.

Take charge of your own health and take steps to prevent problems from occurring. Since sunburns are the main cause of skin cancers, use of sunscreen lotions is a good example of taking charge.

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For the past three Fridays at around 2 p.m., if you were to visit Strathmore High School, you wouldn’t find any students in their desks; instead, you would find the hallways full of excited students and staff sing-ing along to Owl City’s “Good Time” featuring Carly Rae Je-psen, in the school’s first ever Lip Dub video.

Lip dub, a music video cre-ated by lip synching and then dubbing in the music, came to Strathmore High School af-ter the Leadership Class was given an assignment to cre-ate a video about what makes Strathmore High School great. After being inspired by the Lib Dub videos of various high schools on YouTube, Cheryl Davidson, the Leadership teacher at Strathmore High School, decided to bring lip dub to SHS.

All of the students and staff at Strathmore High School are involved in this project in which sports teams, classes, and other extracurricular ac-tivities are featured, if only for a few seconds of time on the video. “It was supposed to be used to welcome grade nines and [show] how awesome our school is … but it’s grown into so much more,” said Davidson. “I’ve never seen so much spirit at Strathmore High School. We do have a really great school here and so it’s fun to just showcase some of the fun things that we do here.”

Although the lip dub com-mittee is unsure when the finished video will be show-cased, it will be made avail-able for the public to enjoy.

“There’s already talk about next year,” said Davidson. “About what we’re going to do, but I don’t know … try to make it through this year first!”

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Pat FuleFule for Thought

I recently took 36 high school students to Comic Con. What’s Comic Con you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. Comic Con is a convention where fairly normal people come to see and be seen … in costume, that is! Everyday people come to celebrate the words and pictures of all sorts of media, about heroes and villains with all sorts of powers. People are able to dress as their favourite super hero, or fantasy char-acter, in the safety of masses of others also dressed strangely! I thought it was great, and it was inter-esting, but I do think moderation would also help.

I had cell phone numbers for the kids, but I’m a worrier. I worry that something bad will happen, and I want to take all precautions I can. On the bus, I had the brilliant idea to tell the kids my cell number in case they needed me. And for that worry, what did I get? Before we had gone from SHS to the traffic lights on the 817 ( a matter of seconds), I started getting texts and calls right from the kids I was on the bus with! Oh, it was great, all right. They asked how I was, could I say something fun-ny, was I happy to be going, and on and on … and you know what teenagers are like! Really hilarious … I try and do the right thing, and THAT’S what happens .. and what’s worse, they STILL have my number! I got one text the next morning at 7 a.m.! Arrrrrgh!

At the Comic Con, I was met with all sorts of peo-ple in costume. Men, women, kids, even seniors, were dressed as heroes and villains from comic books to Japanese anime (animated shows). The trouble is, just because you love Batman, doesn’t mean you should dress up in the same tights! If you are going to suit up, at least do a few workouts before! Also, if you’re going to become Wolverine, he’s not paunchy, with glasses, and falling out of his uniform! I mean, know your limits! These peo-ple all rush to get pictures taken with other people dressed as heroes. I wondered if they knew that wasn’t the REAL Aquaman they were posing with! The other thing is, if you’re a grown man and you’re holding your mom’s hand, isn’t it ironic that you’re carrying Capt. America’s shield? Even my own stu-dents were getting their photos taken, and some-

times by strangers! And when I say “strangers” … I mean strange! After a guy and girl from SHS got their photo taken, I had to ask out loud: “You know your photo is going up on some guy’s wall in his mom’s basement?”

They suddenly looked a little creeped out! Hope-fully, his mom won’t let him!

I did get to meet one of my childhood heroes. Neal Adams was a young artist working for DC Comics in the Early Seventies. His dramatic and re-alistic art changed Batman from the goofy, campy character from the 60’s to a darker, more conflict-ed hero. In an earlier column I wrote how comic books were the things that got me reading. Every week my pals, my brother, and I would take our al-lowances, and buy as many comics as we could (I know, I’m a nerd, too!).

I was able to get to tell Mr. Adams his effect on me, and I paid for a signed print of Batman and Robin.

“Dear Diary … score!” That’s probably why I shouldn’t be judging peo-

ple dressed up as the Joker, Batman, or Scarecrow … to each his own!

On the way out of Downtown Calgary, one of my students got either brave or dumb. He decided that dressed in green tights, it would be funny to yell out the window at strangers! I was able to get him silent, when I threatened that at the next lights, we might throw out a certain elf in his green tights, as a sacrifice for the rest of us! I could picture this green elf running (flitting?) away from the angry crowds wanting to pummel him. It did help quiet the bus for a few seconds!

After fighting the long lines, the crowds, and the $5.00 pop, I foolishly decided that the 37 of us should hit Peter’s Drive In. Now the Fantasy world of costumed heroes was coming face to face with the real world! Again, we stood in a massive crowd, with people staring, pointing, and adding the odd chuckle! The kids stared me down when I ordered my cheeseburger and cherry shake. An ambulance flew by us on 16th, with sirens wailing, and lights flashing. They stared at me again.

“What?” I asked. “Sure, I always have my own am-bulance on call, but that’s not it!” Sorry, Doc … but it was a single burger … baby steps!

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Thought for the week

~ Could it be that how we live is more important than how

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In a bowl, mix the lime juice, beer, honey, garlic, cilantro, and salt and pepper until the honey dissolves. Pour the mixture over the chicken, cover and marinate for 30 minutes. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil grate. Remove chicken from marinade and shake off ex-cess; discard remaining marinade. Grill chicken until tender and juices run clear, about 7 minutes per side.

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Westmount elementary held a per-formance of their Grade 5/6 play, ‘The monster in the Trunk’ from April 23 to 25. The play was written by teacher Dana Graff and is about a young girl named elizabeth that learns to believe in herself. There were two matinee showings of the play, the second of which, held on April 24 was followed by a seniors tea, which the cast served tea and goodies to the specially invited guests. Wendi Tashlikowich Photo

Jason Hale Strathmore-Brooks MLA

One year ago, Wildrose became the Official Op-position and since then has proven to be one of the strongest oppositions in Alberta’s history.

Wildrose managed to achieve significant victo-ries for the people of Alberta, while holding the government to account for its record of poor deci-sion making. Wildrose MLA’s opposed bad policy, exposed improper conduct in government, and proposed constructive solutions for getting Alber-ta’s finances back on track.

The successes of the opposition have been many, and represent an unparalleled feat for the opposition in Alberta politics. After one year of forging a strong opposition, I would like to reflect on some of these victories and what it has meant for Alberta.

The Wildrose won a significant victory for home school families during the fall session by securing the paramount right of parents to educate their children. The PC government had previously re-sisted Wildrose changes in earlier editions of the Education Act.

In June 2012, Wildrose pressured the govern-ment to end the practice of trucking in and re-heating precooked meals for 73 seniors’ facilities

across the province. By the end of the month, the government reversed its policy. In the fall, we also pressured the government to end its practice of al-lowing seniors only one shower per week in con-tinuing care facilities. By the spring, the govern-ment conceded and changed the policy to ensure seniors receive two baths a week.

Wildrose repeatedly demanded an accelerated timeline for Highway 63 shortly after the elec-tion, and issued a report demanding a deadline on twinning the highway. Responding to Wildrose pressure, a deadline was finally announced a day later.

The Wildrose had long advocated for an ex-pense policy that was publicly disclosed. After be-ing mired in expense scandals, the government fi-nally adopted Wildrose policy in September 2012.

This March, Wildrose proposed a Financial Re-covery Plan, which outlines how the Wildrose would reduce government spending by $2.9 bil-lion this year and return Alberta to a cash surplus by 2014.

As the MLA for Strathmore-Brooks, I am proud of the accomplishment of the Official Opposition to date. We’re only getting started.

Please stay in contact on any issues of your con-cern.

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One year of strong opposition

Kevin sorenson, M.P., Crowfoot Parliamentary Report

Our prayers continue for the Boston Marathon victims, survivors, their families and loved ones. On the heels of this tragic event, we learn of an al-leged terrorist plot supported by al-Qaeda in Iran to attack Via Rail passenger trains here in Canada.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews maintains these incidents demonstrate the need for stronger anti-terrorism laws in Canada. On Monday, April 22, following the attack in Boston our Conservative government proceeded with Bill S-7, the Combat-ting Terrorism Act as the Order of the Day in the House of Commons.

This is one of the same legislative Acts that I worked on early in my tenure as your Member of Parliament when I served as Official Opposition Senior Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Critic. Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, I helped write and supported the passage of the same provisions in Bill S-7. These special mea-sures expired in 2007. Our government prepared Bill S-7 with these same measures and we have kept it on the Order Paper in Parliament ready to re-instate.

Bill S-7 provides for investigative hearings and preventive arrest when terrorist activity in Canada is suspected or occurs. It prohibits persons from leaving or attempting to leave Canada to commit terrorist acts. As well, it can require someone to testify before a judge at an investigative hearing or be imprisoned for refusing.

Whenever a terrorist act occurs, we need to take immediate action to protect Canadians by, for ex-ample, identifying and pursuing the perpetrators and learning if there are more assaults planned or underway. Such questions need to be answered as

soon as possible. Bill S-7 provides the authority to deal with an act of terrorism in Canada in a timely manner and provides Canada’s law enforcement agencies the tools they need.

Our House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, conducted the review and clause-by-clause study of Bill S-7 late last fall. As Chair, I reported S-7 back to the House in December 2012 – without amendments – after weeks of public hearings and expert witness tes-timony.

The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Jus-tice told our committee, “it is important to note that individuals have the right to counsel through-out the process outlined in S-7. Statements made by an individual won’t be used against him or her in subsequent criminal proceedings. The two ex-ceptions are, of course, if there was perjury or if the individual was contradicting the facts they’d already given.”

This allows persons who may have crucial knowledge concerning an act of terrorism to come forward and either prevent a terrorist act, or pro-vide timely information to apprehend the perpe-trators, or prevent further terrorist acts. Our com-mittee heard that the provisions in Bill S-7 have never been used by Canada.

Good government requires the right decisions to be made at the right time. It would be unfortu-nate to pass Bill S-7 into law after a terrorist attack in Canada. I support Bill S-7 being part of the law in Canada, and I pray that we never need to use it.

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

Standing up to terrorism

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INFORMATION UPDATE: Seniors living options

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We invite you to learn more about our plans and would like to hear from you.CALL: 1-855-343-7155 EMAIL: [email protected] VISIT: www.albertahealthservices.ca

In fall 2013, the Sagewood Seniors Community continuing care facility in Strathmore (above) will open 70 new supportive living spaces. This expansion also includes the addition of 35 long-term care spaces for seniors who have highly complex health needs whose care cannot be provided in their own home, or in supportive living.

Sagewood originally opened in 2011 with 60 AHS-funded supportive living spaces, a level of care that had not been previously available in the community.

Supportive living offers health and personal

care supports in private suites with the added reassurance of having professional nursing care and support staff available on-site 24 hours a day.

Seniors consistently tell us they want the most home-like, independent care possible and this option meets those needs.

The addition of these long-term care spaces at Sagewood will allow us to relocate the 23 long-term care spaces at the Strathmore District Health Services facility to Sagewood, providing the community with an overall increase of 82 additional care spaces.

This is good news for our long-term care residents as it will allow them to live in a more home-like environment while receiving care best suited to their needs.

Sagewood will provide residents private rooms and bathrooms. It will also have a dementia unit specializing in caring for individuals with dementia, and beautifully landscaped grounds that are accessible and inviting for everyone to enjoy the outdoors.

It’s important that seniors age as close to home as possible, while receiving the most appropriate care, and the addition of these supportive living and long-term care spaces will provide seniors in your community the right care in the right place.

Alberta Health Services and AgeCare are expanding the number of continuing care beds in your community.

Strathmore Motor Products SALES DEPARTMENT

Regrets to inform you that due to declining new vehicles sales, we will discontinue our detail package for $159.95.

Too many people are getting a “new” vehicle for this absolute low price.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Karin HitcHcocKCounsellor’s Corner

Have you ever been annoyed while standing in line? Have you ever been so angry that you literally “lost it?”

You’re not alone. Anger is one of those emotions that is important in our very struggle for survival. It has developed in humans as a protective factor by indicating that we might be in danger. It’s one of the hardest emotions to control because it defends us against danger by getting our bodies ready to run, fight, or freeze. But anger can also be devastating when we can’t effectively control it and we begin to engage in destructive behaviours when we are angry. These behaviours can have long term effects on our health, our relationships, and our overall wellbeing.

Why are some people more hostile or angry than others? There are multiple factors in determining how we respond to situations and how we react to our an-ger. Our responses can be linked to our genetic make-up, the way we’ve been taught to deal with frustration and anger in our environment, the temperament we were born with (some people are just a little more cranky than others), and the way we think about situ-ations. Humans are also built to protect themselves and when we feel threatened, we often respond with anger. Road rage is an excellent example.

Although anger is a survival strategy, dealing ap-propriately with anger is the key to keeping yourself healthy. The trick is to control the anger before it con-

trols you. Anger creates a physiological response in our bodies and as we get ready to fight, run or freeze, our bodies release hormones, adrenaline, noradrena-line and our heart rate and blood pressure increases. It’s the way that we deal with anger that causes stress to our bodies. By not effectively managing the anger response, long term stress can contribute to health challenges such as hypertension, increased blood pressure, depression, irritable bowel, chronic pain, and heart attack. Do you hold grudges? Do you be-come violent when you are angry? Do you get an-noyed by “little things” and keep feeling annoyed when you think about the situation again? Do you stay awake at night replaying the situation over and over and still feel annoyed? You may find that some of the suggestions below will help you reduce your body’s response to stress.

Strategies for reducing your anger response can in-clude the following:

• Remove yourself from the situation and take a “time out” so that you can get control of your response. Do some deep breathing (from your diaphragm). This allows your heart rate to slow down and your body to return to a calmer state.

• Visualize a scene or environment that is calming. • Slowly repeat a word or phrase that will help you

to focus, such as “relax” or “calm down.”• Exercise – you may want to participate in a vigor-

ous walk or do some yoga-like stretching.• Learn to understand your triggers. Anger can

quickly become irrational, so looking at the situa-

tion logically can often be helpful. Write down your thoughts and then examine your faulty thinking.

• Practice better communication. Be assertive and not aggressive. We often “jump to conclusions” when we are angry. Identify what you need from the situ-ation.

• Use humour to help deflect the anger. • Counting to ten (or twenty or thirty) can help.

Combined with deep breathing, this can actually help you to refocus and think more clearly.

• Get lots of rest. We can easily be triggered when we are tired. It’s difficult for someone who is tired to not be irritable.

• Practice “forgiveness.” Forgive others for not be-ing perfect. Learn to understand that most people don’t try to anger us deliberately. Letting go of the faults of others allows us to focus on what is good in people rather than what is bad.

Do you need counselling to help you with manag-ing your anger? You might benefit from a couple of sessions with a counsellor who can assist you in iden-tifying some tools which may help you in managing your anger. Your anger will always be a part of your “humanness” but when you can manage it effectively, you can create healthier behaviours which will work towards improving your outlook, your relationships with others, and your overall long-term health.

(Karin Hitchcock is a Certified Canadian Coun-sellor. She has a private practice in Strathmore and works with clients who want to manage their anger in healthier ways.)

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Holy Cross supports SWATTony Hamilton-irving presents Crystal Wahl, chair of S.W.A.T., with a cheque for $600, a donation from the Holy Cross Collegiate Staff Casual Friday Fund. Holy Cross Collegiate is glad to support the Strathmore Wheatland Ad-diction Team in their cause of helping youth make healthy choices related to alcohol and drug use. HCC students can read the slo-gan board displayed across the street from the school, and HCC students have received Positive Tickets from local RCmP and County Officers. By providing this cheque, the staff of HCC are expressing their support of SWAT and their programs.

Photo courtesy of Mary Kruse Shannon LeClair Photo

Local author at the Comic ExpoLocal author and self admitted geek Derek Donais was at the Calgary Comic expo April 26-28 promoting his metal magic series. Currently there are two books from the series avail-able for purchase, metal magic Talisman, and metal magic Revelation. Go to www.derek-donais.com to find out more.


Strathmore Motor Products SERVICE DEPARTMENT

Is pleased to inform you that we will continue to offer a complete detailing of your vehicle for the low price of $159.95. Yes, you can get your vehicle looking and feeling

“brand new” again for $159.95 plus gst. No extra charge for mud, pet hair, etc!

Surprise Mom for Mother’s Day! She’ll never know how little you spent to make her vehicle “new” again!

Personalized gift certificates available.

The Service department would like to apologize to the Sales department for any inconvenience this may cause.

REVISED ANNOUNCEMENT!

What’s Happening a free weekly community calendar

If you are a non-profit group and have a special event you would like to promote contact us! Email: [email protected]: 403-934-5589 Fax: 403-934-5546. Space restrictions mean keep info to a minimum.

special eventsCHILDREN’S WISH FOUNDATION: Seeking help with fundraisers in Strathmore. We’re a volunteer committee of two and NEED silent auction items (unused); business canvassers; and help with our jelly bean dance. Interested? Need more info? Call Claudia at 403-934-3900 (days) or Rona at 403-934-4602 (evenings).

Providence Chamber Choir Concert - Brentwood School, Monday May 6th at 1:30 pm. One hour concert. The 25 voice choir from the Providence Univer-sity College and Theological Seminary is currently on a two week Western Can-ada Tour. Both acappella and accom-panied sacred and secular repertoire of various styles, eras, and genres. Open to the public and admission is free. For more info contact: 403 934 5013.

May 10 @Strathmore Municipal Library (85 Lakeside Blvd.) 1-3pm Friday Fun Films. This month the library will be fea-turing Hotel Transylvania, Rated G. This program is free to attend and no registra-tion is required.

“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” on May 22 in Gleichen (starting at the community cen-ter) at 1pm, SRVSS will be holding a event with community BBQ to follow.

Spring Fest! Saturday June 1st, 10-4pm at the Strathmore Curling Rink. Market and Trade Show featuring assorted vendors with many items to peruse.

Strathmore Sacred Heart Parish Catholic Women’s League Trunk Sale. Saturday June 1, 2013 from 9:00am – 2:00pm in the Holy Cross Collegiate parking lot. Call 403-901-1439 for info.

Come to a night of raffles, door prizes silent and live auctions at Strathmore’s 31st Annual Ducks Unlimited Dinner and Auction on June 1, 2013 at the Strath-more Civic Centre. For tickets call Shorty Setliff at 403-934-3118.

Festival of Music & Dance - Spruce View Hall (30 Km west of Innisfail on Hwy 54) – Sat. June 1. Bands: “Diamonds” & ”Reflections”. Dance 1pm – 11pm; Beef Dinner 5pm – 7pm. Free Camping; AD-VANCE tickets - 403-728-3333.

Strathmore Municipal Library is holding a Book Promotion on Saturday, June 8, 1 - 3 pm. Remembering our Roots by John Godsman

Youth Club of Strathmore is hosting “Fri-day Night Laughs”on June 14 at the Travelodge Banquet Room. Two Yuk Yuks Comedians. Cocktails @ 6:30, Come-dians @ 8PM. Tickets at FCSS or at the Youth Club. 10% off food at Station be-fore or after with ticket. Adults Only night.Cash Bar, 50/50, Silent Auction, ticket draw. All proceeds go to the Youth Club of Strathmore.

BRIDGING THE GAP • Community Lunch Club a social get together for 55+; themed lunch served with a presenter. May 7 Reading Food Labels and Q & A with Greta Kubis, M.Sc. RD, Community Nutritionist Alberta Health Services and May 21 How to Prepare Meat & Buy Best Cuts with Jim Jones from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm located at the Lord of all Lutheran Church. To register call Marg at 403-901-7811 • A meet & greet for Parents & Mentors May 13 (Spring Tomato Planting) and May 27 “Simply Tangling” (A Taste of Zentangle Experience) with Hope Bridges Society from 11 – 1 pm, Lord of all Lu-theran Church. Register by calling Pat at 403-901-7684

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members of the Strathmore Fire Department, RCmP and Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society were serving burgers and hotdogs on April 27 during a barbeque at the Strathmore Sobeys. The purpose of the event was to recognize National Victims of Crime Awareness Week and to raise awareness of the Society and the many services they provide to victims of crime.

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Wheatland Family & Community Support Services (WFCSS) is accepting funding applications from non-profit and/or community groups offering preventive social programs for County of Wheatland rural residents. Consideration will be given for short-term, special events or single endeavors. Programs should be preventative in nature, promote voluntarism, and provide family enrichment and social development aspects. In 2013 Wheatland FCSS will be distributing approximately $23,000.00, with a maximum of $5000.00 per request, Deadline May 17, 2013.

For more information or to request a funding application phone Sharon or Lynn at 403-934-5335 or email: [email protected]. Mailing address: Hwy 1, RR1, Strathmore, AB, T1P 1J6 or stop by our Office at the Wheatland County.

During 2012 Wheatland FCSS was able to provide financial support in the amount of $144,500.00 to the following com-munity programs: Bridging the Gap, GHSD Drug & Alcohol Prevention, Foothills Fetal Alcohol Society, GHSD Family School Community Resource Program, Christ the Redeemer Family School Liaison Program, Gleichen Kids Club, Growing Opportunities/Growing Families Society, Healthy Families, Hope Community Covenant Church School Fuel, Project Hope, Rockyford Library, Roots of Empathy, RHP Women’s Conference, Step One Support Group, Youth Club of Strathmore and several education workshops and courses.

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Margaret Schmidt was born in Goderich, Ontario in 1922, and her husband John, was born in On-tario in 1923. Margaret moved to Vancouver Island to pursue a teaching career and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. and B.Ed.

She travelled extensively following her gradu-ation, teaching in B.C., the Yukon, Australia, Eng-land, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. As she says, this way she was able to visit many different parts of the world! In the 1950’s she met John at a farm party, and they were married in 1963, and had no children. John was the Agriculture Reporter for The Calgary Herald. They lived in Calgary for 20 years from the early 50’s to the early 70’s. Around this time, Margaret obtained a teaching job in Standard, and they purchased land in Chancellor, from United Grain Growers for $25, with the intention of placing

a trailer on it, for weekend use. But, the county re-fused permission for placing a trailer there, so they spent the next four years building the house that is still in use today. It started as a one room cabin, but is now a 1,200 square foot, two bedroom bungalow. They moved into the house in 1975, where Margaret continued her teaching tenure in Standard, and John travelled to the Calgary Herald offices in downtown as required. No mean feat in those days!

Sadly, John passed away in 2005, but Margaret has stayed on, in the Hamlet of Chancellor. She has a huge garden where she grows abundant flowers and vegetables. She advised me that this part of Wheat-land County has a very short growing season, as there is always an early frost in August.

When they moved to Chancellor, there was a CP Rail line used to haul grain from the five elevators but, about 18 months ago, the tracks were removed and the elevators were destroyed. Now farmers have to haul their grain by road, to Gleichen or Indus!

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The more recent history of Mothers Day dates back to 1600s in England. Here a Mothering Sunday was celebrated annually on the

fourth Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter) to honor mothers. After a prayer service in church to honor Virgin Mary, children

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With the municipal election on its way one Strathmore resident and business-woman would like to see more women getting involved. Marcy Field, founder of Mountain Lion Leadership, grew up in a family that enjoyed talking politics. The year she turned 18 was the year the voting age was lowered to 18, and there was a provincial election soon after that she was able to vote in.

“I remember the conversation sitting around the table, so I can still sit and talk with my sister or my brothers, we were raised where we had those con-versations. What I have discovered since then is not everyone wants to talk about politics, but there are people who are in-terested,” said Field laughing.

Field said the opposing points of view are what makes our country so great and being able to voice them, and being able to do so is something she is proud of. When she was 18 she believed that it wouldn’t be long before we would see as many women in places of leadership, business and politics.

“Even though I thought the change was going to occur it still hasn’t,” said Field.

“I would love to see as many female candidates running in this election as males so that we give equal opportunity to the population.”

Field has organized a group called Empowering Women for Change that is currently meeting once a month to dis-cuss how to further involve women in politics.

“The upcoming municipal election is a great opportunity to launch this, and this is for women who are interested in politics. It may be what can we find out, maybe choose yourself, how do you want to serve your community?” said Field.

“Maybe you want to serve as an elect-ed official, but maybe you want to serve on a board, maybe you want to sup-port somebody who is choosing to do that and you have talents, and you don’t want to be the front person but there are women who are. So can we work togeth-er to create great viable candidates and strengthen their ability to run and be a part of the process.”

Agnes Macphail was the first woman elected into the House of Commons in 1921. Since that time there has been a steady growth of women in politics but only to a level near the 20 per cent mark.

Research indicates that to have a sig-nificant impact on the culture of an or-

ganization that women must occupy at least one third of the available space, which is 30 per cent.

Statistically, according to the Library of Parliament Women in Parliament back-ground paper, women and girls comprise just over half of Canada’s population. For about three decades females have been a majority of the population by a slight margin.

Women only have 22.1 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons which is still far from the 30 per cent necessary to make a significant impact. Canada ranks only 49th internationally for the number of women involved in politics.

The representation of women on mu-nicipal councils is 23.4 per cent across the country and in provincial and territo-rial legislatures it is 23.6 per cent.

“Municipally and provincially we’re higher than we are federally but all three were below the crucial 30 per cent to make a difference to impact change, and the purpose of public service it to make a difference,” said Field.

“There are three crucial barriers that any individual must pass to get elected. Number one they need to select them-selves, number two they need to be se-lected as candidates by parties and num-ber three they need to be selected by voters.”

Field said women need to choose themselves and believe in themselves as a contender for an elected official posi-tion. An American study suggested that women were more than twice as likely than men to believe they are not quali-fied for office, even though they possess similar qualifications.

These are some of the factors that make it less likely or more difficult for women to run and to get elected; wom-en continue to hold a disproportionate share of household and family respon-sibilities, on average they have lower in-comes and hence less financial indepen-dence then men.

Women have been socialized to view politics as an unsuitable or undesirable vocation. Women continue to be under represented in the upper echelon of ar-eas such as law, academia and the busi-ness world.

Because they are underrepresented in those groups, women have fewer oppor-tunities to develop the high profile pro-fessional reputation that’s sought out by political parties, and it also hinders their ability to have easy access to the neces-sary networks and financing to secure nominations.

Field said she hopes the group, which will welcome men if they are interested,

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Once again Strathmore Canadian Tire is preparing for the annual Jumpstart campaign. The Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities is a registered charity that helps disadvantaged families across the country get involved in organized sports.

All 480 Canadian Tire stores across the country are also competing for a chance to have Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews come to their store.

“The support last year was tremen-dous. We placed fifth without even men-tioning that Jonathan Toews was a pos-sibility. So this year we figure if we can get that word out, we have a good shot at winning,” said Shelley Orford, Strath-more Jumpstart Charity chapter chair and co-owner of Strathmore’s Canadian Tire.

“I would be over the moon for that to happen (to win the visit) because for the

Town, I think it would be a great experi-ence.”

In the store for the next few weeks there are red balls for sale for $2 each. The location that sells the most balls as a percentage of transactions wins the visit.

The Jumpstart program has worked with numerous organizations in the com-munity to help children get involved in organized sports and recreational activi-ties. Strathmore Minor Hockey (SMH) is excited to continue working with Strath-more Canadian Tire and the Jumpstart program.

“We feel that the Jumpstart program is another very important piece of not only the minor hockey program but all mi-nor sports,” said (SMH) President Wayne Hansen.

“Jumpstart will help provide children the ability to play all minor sports that may not be able to play otherwise. As I have said many times in my term as President of SMH if we are able to help

even just one child participate in minor hockey that otherwise would not have been able to then we should consider the program a success.”

Minor hockey and many other sports are becoming more and more expensive which often leads parents to the difficult decision of removing their child from or-ganized sports.

“Sports are not only a great way to meet new friends but the best source of physical activity that a child may have. This in turn will help them moving for-ward in life. With the help of the Oxfords at Canadian Tire in town I hope that we can help bring affordability of many sports not just hockey to the residents of Strathmore and the surrounding area,” said Hansen.

From May 3 to 26 Canadian Tire will be selling their red Jumpstart balls for $2. The official Jumpstart Day is on May 25, and there will be a BBQ held to com-memorate the day.

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will help women choose themselves to run, and then equip themselves with the right tools and support to be able to run a great campaign.

“I really want every generation, so if you’re in high school and I know some young women who ran as candidates in the last provincial election who were university students,” said Field.

“Whatever age you are if you’re inter-ested maybe to find that opportunity and to work together and to learn. It’s an op-portunity for us all to learn together, I have never done anything like this be-fore so I’m learning too.

“I have no intention of running in this campaign because my goal is to see as

many women empowered as possible to run, so that is not my goal.”

The next meeting is May 6 at 7:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion for the Empower-ing Women for Change group. Bev La-Peare, a third term trustee with Rocky View Country Schools, will be sharing her journey and insights at the meeting.

“If there’s men that are interested in coming out, they’re more than welcome,” said Field.

Anyone looking for more information can contact Field at 403-827-2747 or by email at [email protected].

Statistical information provided by: http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2011-56-e.pdf.

Canadian Tire stores across the country are ready for the annual Jumpstart Red Ball campaign to begin. Shelley Orford from Strathmore Canadian Tire would like to see us hit first place this year and win a visit from Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. Kim Baird (l-r), Jim Brooks, Tim Auger. Doug Taylor Photo


An organized exclusive pick up by Western Storage and Terry’s Tractor Service for AACL.

Saturday, May 18th 9:00 – 3:00Sunday, May 19th 12:00 – 3:00

A Western Storage trailer will be located at the Speargrass Golf Course (large green space on Speargrass Blvd) to collect donations of gently used clothing and household items. In 2011, we had wonderful success our “Pack A PUP” donation drive and all residents of Wheatland Coun-ty are invited to donate any clothing and household items no longer needed to repeat this success.

The Alberta Association for Community Living (AACL) was established over 50 years ago by parents from across Alberta to ensure children and adults with developmental disabilities would be able to grow up at home, receive an education and be included in family life.

Items to Consider: Clothing and footwear; kitchen house wares; home décor; small toys; books; magazines; small appliances; tools & garden items. AACL is not able to accept furniture or TV’s or Baby items (e.g. strollers, high chairs & furniture)

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Wheatland and District Emergency Medical Service Association (WADEMSA) is straining to handle the weight of increasing demands placed on them by Alberta Health Services (AHS).

WADEMSA Operations Director, Rob Witty is asking for patience and support from Wheatland County citizens, as responders face new signifi-cant challenges to maintain the excellent service provided to the community.

“Following the release of the Health Quality Report on March 4, we were notified by Alberta Health Dispatch representatives that they plan to consolidate the remaining six Interim Dispatch Centers (Lethbridge, Taber, Medicine Hat, Wheat-land, Red Deer and Rocky Mountain House) into the Southern Alberta Communications Center lo-cated in Calgary,” said Witty.

It is part of an initiative proposed by results of the Health Quality Report on Ground Ambulanc-es (HQR) See: www.health.alberta.ca/services/hqca.html.

Stakeholders interviewed for the HQR indicat-ed the early transition actions delivered a frac-tured system, a culture of mistrust, poor ambu-lance coverage in rural areas, dissenting opinions about dispatch consolidation, change fatigue due to AHS organizational and change management policies and poor communication. AHS repre-sentative Jim Garland, Executive Director of EMS Dispatch, Communications and Deployment, said measures have been taken to correct some of the concerns that developed in early transition pro-cesses.

“I am not sure it will address local intricacies and deliver good patient care. What is the focus of EMS? It should be patient care. This seems to be based on dollars and cents,” said Witty about his concerns over the proposed action to central-ize dispatch.

Witty has agreed to work with AHS to set up a project plan for Wheatland’s transition. He antici-pates the ambulances will be required to respond to areas not traditionally serviced by WADEMSA. Depending on the location of available crews, Wheatland ambulances may have to remain in Calgary to provide coverage, or be dispatched within another county’s boundary. He was con-cerned that crews would be out of the area for the majority of the day. Garland indicated that best efforts will be made by dispatch to keep am-bulances available to cover within their areas.

Minister Fred Horne indicated consolidations help make Inter-hospital transfers from the city more efficient. It is expected that because Strath-more is on the highway corridor, WADEMSA am-bulances may be increasingly utilized in that role. However, residents fear it will make ambulance response within Strathmore less efficient.

The AHS decision to close the extended care at Strathmore hospital means more ambulance transfer calls are expected between Sagewood

and the hospital. Witty said the opening of Sage-wood significantly increased their call volume and that call volume will increase again, with in-creased occupancy in the new wing and response for patients with significant medical needs. WA-DEMSA ambulances currently have a call volume of approximately 1,000 calls per year, considered over the average for most rural services.

With call volumes up and response time im-pacted through borderless dispatch, there should be a justification for more ambulances and staff. WADEMSA currently has 55 staff, but there are no indications that extra funding will be delivered to WADEMSA for more ambulances and crews. Gar-land said that in some cases, AHS has redistrib-uted other resources to assist ambulances with high call volumes or enhance patient safety, if data proves the measure necessary.

MLA Jason Hale objected in the Legislature (You Tube March 18, 2013) to a half million dol-lar cut to WADEMSA’s service contract. Minister Fred Horne replied the government has made a policy position to move to centralized provincial system and has no interest in going back to mu-nicipally run services.

WADEMSA employees are without a working contract, but prohibited from striking because they are an essential service.

“In 2009, prior to transition of EMS to Alberta Health Services, the Health Minister gave munici-palities the choice whether to give up services to AHS or to contract to them. Our Board (WA-DEMSA) felt it was in the best interest of our citizens to contract, because we offered a good service. We had an initial contract for two years, with two one year extensions,” said Witty. “The Board made it very clear that they want to run EMS and want a contract with AHS,” said Witty.

AHS continues to delay settling the contract, by giving two more contract extensions until Sep-tember. WADEMSA is one of the last two con-tracted emergency services in the area surround-ing Calgary.

“If we can’t come up with a contract, and our Board decides to divest the services to AHS, I think we would lose some of the local commu-nity connection and spirit. We got into this busi-ness to help people and we are helping people in our own community. We take a special pride and privilege in doing that. When you are answering to someone in Calgary, you don’t get that connec-tion,” said Witty.

Citizens concerned about any EMS issue can write the Health Minister at 208 Legislature Building,10800 97 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Can-ada T5K 2B6. His Constituent office Email: [email protected] Phone: (780) 427-3665, or contact Rick Fraser, who has been appointed as EMS liaison: 503C Legislature Build-ing, 10800 97 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Canada T5K 2B6 (780) 415-0760, or his constituent of-fice: Unit 202, 5126 - 126 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, Canada T2Z 0H2 (403) 215-8930 [email protected]

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Legion makes a differenceRight: Kinsmen President Basil Dwyer (l) presents a new, state-of-the-art Phillips Heart Saver Device (Defibrillator) to Legion President Comrade Bruce Westgard for use in the Legion.Top: meanwhile, the Legion pre-sented the Queen’s Jubilee medal to Comrade Gerry Stoneman (front centre) at the Vimy din-ner. On hand for the presentation were President Comrade Bruce Westgard (l-r), Strathmore mayor Steve Grajczyk, Comrade elwood Stoneman, Past President of AB/NWT Command Comrade Bob Hanna and District 9 Commander Comrade Deanna French.

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Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Wheatland County Alan Parkin asked council for direction in the further de-velopment of the off road vehicle bylaw that protective services is drafting. Staff had questions about using the name of “Snow Angel” to describe activities, as that term only applied to manual shov-elling, and they questioned the legal-ity of applying the name to the bylaw. They were also unsure if a specialized exemption, for snow ploughing with ATV’s, would require ministerial ap-proval. They also wanted clarification as to what off road vehicles should be included in the bylaw.

“It might be asking too much of staff. Council should be making the decision. The County is not just a sidewalk in a hamlet. We need to come to grips with it and develop the bylaw,” said Reeve Glenn Koester.

Councillors indicated that the Munici-pal Act didn’t exclude the use of ATV’s, but there were restrictions mandating use in daylight hours, with proper li-censing and insurance. They said the parts pertaining to snow removal activ-ity could be called something else.

It was questioned that the act indicat-ed off road vehicles were only covered

on 3 digit highway designations. They also said that the issues of snow re-moval did not just pertain to one ham-let, because all hamlets had the same issues. Parkin said that it was an issue of concern in many counties across Al-berta.

“If they use them on county gravel roads to herd livestock, we are told we have to stop them,” said Sgt. Cyr

“Recreation is one thing and farming another. It doesn’t say we can’t create a bylaw to fit this situation,” said Council-lor Alice Booth. “If we are doing this for people who move snow, what about people chasing cows, doing work and mowing grass with ride-on lawnmow-ers?”

Councillor Ben Armstrong said that the bylaw had to be for everyone and indicated the references to fencing would also have to be modified, to per-tain to situations within the hamlet.

Councillor Don Vander Velde said he would like to see the government ex-pand the registration process for alter-nate uses of the ATV vehicles. Others responded they could only deal within County mandates and it was not only ATV vehicles but trucks with blades that were used in some hamlets.

CAO Parkin advised that staff could draft the bylaw for first reading. council could rescind the old bylaw, or could

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review the new bylaw and approve it in spirit, allowing it to go to public hearing for ratepayer input. It was an-ticipated that the Public Hearing would occur in June 2013. Staff was directed to continue developing the bylaw and bring it back to council in May for first reading.

Swelling the rankS Ben Mendoza, Community Peace Of-

ficer-Level Two, was approved by coun-cil to take the Peace Officer Induction Course held in the summer of 2013. The course cost will be approximately $3650 plus mileage. If passed, the cer-tification will advance Mendoza’s status to Level One, so that he can operate at that level under the Solicitor General’s purview.

“It will allow him to cover moving violations and would be an efficient move for the County,” said Sgt. Cyr.

Council asked what contingencies were, on the off chance that Mendoza tendered his resignation in the near fu-ture. Cyr replied that there were poli-cies in place that could require a pay-back by employees.

reciprocal action The Town of Strathmore is request-

ing assistance from County Peace Of-ficers to patrol during the Alberta Cup Hockey games held April 25-28. Cyr said that the man-hours would come out of County authorized overtime pay, budgeted for 2013.

“Some of our ratepayers will be at-tending the event and Strathmore is good at reciprocating when the need arises,” said Sgt. Cyr.

Council approved the Peace Officers coverage of the event.

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Locks of LoveGrade 6 students at Westmount elementary, Karter Kozma and Noah Dejar-dins, raised over $2,000 for Locks of Love before shaving their heads in front of the entire school on April 26. This is becoming a tradition for Karter and is the second time in two years that he has donated his long curly hair to the foundation. Top: Principal Funk (l-r), Noah Dejardins, Aerin Wheeler, Karter Kozma. Daylen Wathen and elizabeth Proust, representatives for the U12 Black ice ringette team, made a team donation of $80 to the cause. Bottom: Noah Dejardins, elizabeth Proust, Daylen Wathen, Karter Kozma.

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The 2013 Edition of the Alberta Cup, held last weekend for the first time in the Town of Strath-more, was a resounding success.

“It was fantastic,” said out going Strathmore Mi-nor Hockey Association President Wayne Hansen. “The attendance was big, as the arena was filled every day from eight in the morning to 10 at night. This was an event that the town hadn’t seen before, and it went flawlessly.”

Hansen wanted to thank all of the people that helped out in making the event a success.

“There are so many people I would like to thank,” he said. “The 150 volunteers that helped, the staff at the Strathmore Family Centre that worked hard to keep the arena clean every day. They all just did a great job. I also want to thank the corporate spon-sors and the community for all of their support.”

The players that participated, as well as their par-ents, also enjoyed themselves at the event. From the Twitter comments to the praise that was heaped

on the town and the community, it seemed that no one had anything negative to say about their expe-rience.

“This event showed that in Strathmore and Alber-ta, when there’s hockey, people will come to watch and support it,” Hansen said.

There were a few lessons that the Alberta Cup committee learned, though there were no negative things that occurred.

“One lesson that we learned was that, when you host an event of this size, you need to make adjust-ments on the fly,” Hansen said. “But anything that did come up, we dealt with right away, so we didn’t have any problems.”

Hansen also mentioned that the restaurants in town were packed during the event.

The town will also host the 2014 edition of the event. While there have been preliminary talks with Hockey Alberta, the Alberta Cup committee will take some time off to rest. Towards the end of May, the Alberta Cup committee will sit down with Hock-ey Alberta to start talking about preparations for the 2014 Alberta Cup.

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The 2013 Alberta Cup has come and gone, leaving with it a lasting impression on many of the youth who were lucky enough, and talented enough, to be chosen to take part in the four-day event.

Kody McDonald from Lethbridge played right wing for team South. He has been working hard over the years to consistently improve on his skills, something he felt showed at the Alberta Cup try-outs.

“I’m pretty excited I can’t wait to play a few of the guys that we’ve played through the year and just looking forward to the great competition,” said McDonald.

Parker Aucoin, from Calgary, played left wing on the Calgary North team. He said the fact that he is a goal scorer and is an offensive player is reasons why he thinks he was picked for the team.

“I’m extremely excited, it’s been a privilege to play against these guys all year and I’m very excited to get to play against them all again,” said Aucoin.

“I’m excited for the experience but I’m excited for the on-ice experience but I am also excited for the off-ice experience and just hanging with the team in the room and everything like that.”

Both boys represented their teams at the April 24 press conference, and both hope to play profession-ally one day.

McDonald’s team, the South, team played their fi-nal game of the weekend against Northwest. North-west scored early in the game and maintained the one point lead until the final minute of the third pe-riod when South scored. The game went from over-time into a shootout, and South walked away the C champions after scoring in the shootout.

Calgary North played against defending champi-on Northeast in the A championship. Calgary North quickly took the lead, but in the end the Northeast remained the reigning champs with a final score of 6-3.

The Alberta Cup will return to Strathmore next year for the 2014 edition of the games.

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Ceremonial face off by ATB Financial VP of Community Initiatives John Windwick to start the South Team and Northeast Team game at the Strathmore Family Centre on April 25. Alberta Cup Tourna-ment Committee Co-Chairman Wayne Hansen (l-r), ATB Financial VP of Community Initiatives John Windwick, WHL Manager of Player Development & Recruitment Tyler Boldt, South Team Cap-tain Dillon Dube & Northeast Team Captain Kale Clague.

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Kody McDonald, left, and Parker Aucoin represented team South and Calgary North at the April 24 press conference for the 2013 Alberta Cup.

Ceremonial face off by Strathmore ATB Branch Manager David Wilks and Strathmore Mayor Steve Grajczyk to start the ATB Fi-nancial Alberta Cup Championship game at the Strathmore Fam-ily Centre on April 28. Strathmore ATB Branch Manager David Wilks (l-r), Alberta Cup Tournament Committee Co-Chairman Blair Wilson, Strathmore Mayor Steve Grajczyk, Northeast Cap-tain Kale Clague and Calgary North Captain Carter Czaikowski.

The Alberta Cup blew through Strathmore this past weekend, April 25-28, al-lowing volunteers and community members to see eight months of hard work pay off. Eight teams, filled with some of the best bantam aged players the province has to offer, took turns battling for the A championship title. Calgary North and Northeast faced off in the final, with North getting a goal within the first minute. But the Northeast were able to defend their title, winning the game 6-3. Edmonton South won the B Championship. South won the C championship in a shootout, and Edmonton North won the D championship final against Central with a final score of 5-3.


members of the Strath-more Skate Club trav-elled to Lethbridge for the Chinook Open April 5-7. Some of the skaters that took part in the event were Kennady moore (back, l-r), emily Wegner, Ashlynn Huebschwerlen (middle, l-r), Jayden Wil-son, Jaicey Birch, Kait-lyn Struiksma (front, l-r), Rylee Wilson and Alandra Ward. missing from the photo are Kayla Betts, Chondra Fox, Chelsey Nelson, Breanna Polet and Aislyn Shaw.

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Several of the Junior and Senior fig-ure skaters from Strathmore Skate Club participated in the Chinook Open, which was held April 5-7 in Lethbridge.

Here are the results of the local girls:Introductory Elements TeamChondra Fox, Aislyn Shaw, Kaitlyn Struiksma, Alandra Ward thirdIntroductory Elements Flight G - Aislyn Shaw fourth, Alandra Ward sixthFlight J - Kaitlyn Struiksma fourthFlight L - Chondra Fox fifthPre-Preliminary Elements: Rylee Wilson first, Kennady Moore second

Pre-Preliminary Elements TeamKennady Moore, Ashlynn Huebschwerlen secondIntroductory InterpretiveFlight H - Jaicey Birch first, Chelsey Nelson eighthFlight J - Jayden Wilson firstFlight K - Emily Weger fifthFlight L - Rylee Wilson firstPre-Preliminary FreeskateFlight U - Kennady Moore second, Ashlynn Huebschwerlen fifthPreliminary Elements Flight G - Chelsey Nelson sixthFlight J - Jayden Wilson secondPreliminary Freeskate Flight L - Jayden Wilson firstJr. Bronze Freeskate Flight D - Jaicey Birch firstFlight J - Kayla Betts sixth, Breanna Polet ninthSr. Bronze Freeskate - Emily Wegner fifth

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The Strathmore Assembly of Youth (SAY) has been busily working on an exciting project that will bring some fun to Strathmore’s pathway system.

“We’re building an iPhone app, S’more Paths, that will outline all of the pathways in Strathmore” said Jonah Zankl, the project director.

The group is working together with Randomtype Inc. of Calgary to develop this application.

“It will allow you to follow pre-defined routes and to create your own,

whether they are for leisure or exercise purposes.”

On Wednesday, April 10, Strathmore Lion Rene Zankl presented SAY with a cheque for $5000 to help pay for the app.

The group is still seeking funds to pay for this project, any and all dona-tions are appreciated.

Please contact SAY at [email protected] or by call-ing Jill McDonald at (403) 934-3135. Keep watching for updates on the SAY Facebook page and in the newspaper. Look forward to downloading S’more Paths in June!

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“Resilient. Enthusiastic. Determined. Persistent. Happy.”

Those are the attributes head Coach Judy Holmes used to describe 10 year old gymnast Montana Fairbairn.

Fairbairn is a Strathmore resident who attends Grade 5 at Westmount Elementary and has been training di-rectly under Holmes for three years. At the age of four, Fairbairn joined the pre-competitive group at Stampede City Gymnastics Club in Calgary and now, having competed for just over a year in the pre-novice category, trains an aver-age of 25 hours per week.

Although her competitive career has been short, since January 2012 Fairbairn has logged 12 competitions, brought home 30 medals and won the All Around Champion title five times.

Her competitions have included trav-el to Montreal and Oklahoma, where she had the chance to meet famous Ro-manian gymnast Nadia Comaneci. Her most recent accomplishment included a second place finish at a competition in Red Deer, which earned her a spot on Team Alberta at the Western Canadi-an Gymnastics Championships to take place in Winnipeg May 2-5. She de-parted on Wednesday and will travel to Manitoba alongside Team Alberta with one of her coaches and another qualify-ing teammate.

Aside from success next weekend at Westerns, Fairbairn’s goal is to compete

National Novice in the upcoming com-petitive season.

When asked what she felt contrib-uted to Fairbairn’s success, Coach Judy said Montana is a “critical thinker, self-disciplined, hard working, motivated daily and happy.”

Fairbairn didn’t have much to say about her own success other than she loves competing and her favorite thing about the sport is learning new skills. She said outside of gym she loves Sat-urdays with her family, but aside from that she would most like to be in the gym training.

When her mom, Jaime Fairbairn, was asked what she thought of her daugh-ter’s success, she said “Montana has always been determined, but I never thought she would excel the way that she has. I see Montana being involved in gymnastics for a long time; I hope she grows into a role model for the younger gymnasts.”

As for the effect the success has had on her family, Jaime admitted “we have had to give up quite a few things in order for her to train at this level, the biggest one being family meals”.

Stampede City Gymnastics Club is a non-profit, parent-run organization, which has been operating out of north-east Calgary for over 25 years. They of-fer training at both the recreational and competitive level, both provincially and nationally. You can follow Montana and her team’s success at www.stampedec-itygym.com or like Stampede City Gym-nastics Club on Facebook.

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Strathmore gymnast Montana Fairbairn is off to Winnipeg, May 2-5, to compete at the Western Canadian Gymnastics Championships as a part of Team Alberta.


CHRISTENSEN, Jean BlancheIt is with sadness that we announce that Jean Christensen (nee Mactavish)

of Strathmore, Alberta, passed away peacefully at the age of 91 years on Saturday, April 27, 2013. Jean was born in 1921 at her family farm in Acadia Valley, Alberta. She attended Normal School in Edmonton and moved to Carseland, Alberta in 1946 to teach elementary school. There she lived with fellow teacher Ivy Podmoroff (Sanders) in the teacherage which was a one-room shack located on the school grounds. In 1951, Jean married Martin Christensen and they moved to a farm northeast of Carseland. Jean retired from full time teaching and settled down to become a farm wife while continuing to sub for many years. She had two sons Don, born in 1954, and Bruce, born in 1957. She greatly enjoyed her life on the farm and was involved with the usual activities in a rural area – 4H, Home and School, church and school activities with the boys. She also hosted many family dinners on Sunday afternoons. Jean loved to play cards, was in a Bridge group for many years, and later enjoyed her times with the Carseland Jet Setters Club. In 1979, Martin and Jean built a new house in Carseland and adjusted to town life. Jean loved visiting with her neighbours and spending time with her grandchildren after school. In 1987 Martin passed away, and after 11 years, Jean moved to Lambert Village in Strathmore in 1998. After Martin passed away, Jean enjoyed travelling and visited many places around the globe. She loved her family and friends dearly and treasured every moment she spent with them. Jean was predeceased by her husband Martin in 1987 and her brothers Duncan and Angus. She is lovingly remembered by her sons Don (Linda) and their children Jessica (Ross) and Dustin; Bruce (Lori) and their children Bradley (Amanda) and Sarah; and her precious great-grandchildren Carter, Connor, and Loralei. A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013 at Hope Community Covenant Church, Strathmore at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Strathmore Hospital (200 Brent Blvd., Strathmore, AB, T1P 1J9). To send condolences, please visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca

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COLDWELL, Jack May 30, 1923 – April 29, 2013

Comrade Jack Coldwell, born in Pollockville, Alberta, beloved husband of 63 years to Wanda, of Strathmore, passed away peacefully at the Strathmore Hospital on Monday, April 29, 2013 at the age of 89 years. Besides his loving wife Wanda, Jack is survived by his children Dan of Gibsons, BC, Jack Jr. of Calgary, and Guy, Lynn, and Lee (Ron) all of Strathmore; and five grandchildren Brenda, Molly, Emma, Christine, and Bailee. He was predeceased by his parents Syd and Ollie; sister Betty; brother Dick; son Darrell; and grandchild Duane. The family invites everyone to join the celebration of Jack’s life on Friday, May 10, 2013 at the Strathmore Royal Canadian Legion Hall from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tribute at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made directly to the Strathmore Royal Canadian Legion Branch #10 (care of Veterans) Box 2141, Strathmore, Alberta, T1P 1K1. To send condolences, please visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca

HANSON, Woodrow (Woody) James

September 25, 1921 - April 29, 2013Woodrow was born on a farm at Robsart, Saskatchewan. He is survived by his wife Gladys (nee Evenson); seven children Sharon (Ron) Fraser, Jim (Marg), Diana (Larry) Zaytsoff, Brian, Lee (Marie), Darrell (Lucy) and Nancy (Jim) Green; twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. He is also survived by brother-in-law Norman Evenson and sister-in-law Nora Evenson. Woodrow was predeceased by his parents Nick and Helga Hanson, his sister Helen, brother-in-law Rolland, one niece and one nephew, one grandson and one great-grandson. In September of 1942 Woodrow entered the Canadian Army and served until November 1944. After discharge from the Service he worked as a grain elevator agent in Saskatchewan and in 1959 he and Gladys moved to Lomond, Alberta where he was Town Foreman. In 1967 they moved to Picture Butte where Woodrow again worked as Town Foreman and in 1969 they moved to Strathmore where Woodrow worked as Development Officer and Building Inspector for the Town of Strathmore. On December 31, 2012 Woodrow and Gladys celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Music was always a part of Woodrow’s life. He played the banjo, drums, and guitar with different orchestras in Southern Saskatchewan and Southern Alberta. In later years he entertained at various senior centres. Thank-you to Dr. Fanning, as well as the staff at Strathmore Hospital Continuing Care for the excellent care he received over the past five years. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Lord of All Lutheran Church, Strathmore, at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made directly to the Alzheimer Society of Calgary (201, 222 – 58 Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2H 2S3). To send condolences, please visit www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.

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FORM 5Irrigation Districts Act

(Section 85/86)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGETHE AREA OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

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

Applications to remove parcels consist of:

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

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

Jim Webber, P. Eng. General Manager

Western Irrigation District

ATTENTION WATER USERS

As the water season has arrived, we require all of the stakeholders to provide a minimum of 48 hours notice prior to your planned ir-rigation start up, and 24 hours notice before shutting the water off. In addition, it is also important to inform us when you are shut down due to maintenance requirements or for any other unplanned reasons. This enables us to efficiently add or remove water from our canals which allows us to provide the users with the best possible service while managing the water more efficiently. Please call to order your water on and off. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Brian Sander, Water Master 403-325-0493Jeff Maude, (Chestermere) 403-899-4638Don Brownlee (Carseland) 403-899-4641Joey Mordy (Strathmore) 403-325-4601Wes Sproule (Rockyford) 403-325-4640Pat Smith (Gleichen/Cluny) 403-325-4642Eric Beingessner (Crowfoot) 403-325-4639

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HIRING - F.T. Server $9.75/hr no experience required, will train. F.T. Kitchen Helper at the Roadhouse Restau-rant - $11.30/hr experience preferred, but will train. F.T. Cook $13.61/hr 3-5 years experience required. Mail resume to: 510 Hwy #1 Strathmore AB T1P1M6.

TODDLE INN DAYCARE - Positions available at the day care. Requirements: criminal record check, first aid and a level in child care. Forward resumes: fax: 403 901-6265 or email: [email protected].

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help wantedPLAYSCHOOL TEACHERS REquIRED. The Chestermere Community Playschool is seeking two creative, car-ing, and enthusiastic child development professionals to fill open positions on our teaching team. Apply to [email protected].

NOw HIRING - F.T. at the Strathmore Station - Kitch-en Helpers 11.30/hr expe-rience preferred, but will train. F.T. Cook $13.61/hr 3-5 years experience re-quired. Mail resume to 380 Ridge Road, Strathmore, AB T1P 1B5 or Fax 403-934-9390 or Email: [email protected].

Kims Katering requires a PART TIME COOK for sup-pers. $14/hr. Email resumes to [email protected].

CARE LEADER REQUIRED FULL TIME

SUNRISE GARDENS, BROOKS ALBERTA

AgeCare (www.agecare.ca) is one of Canada’s fastest growing providers of innovative communities of care and wellness for seniors. We offer our residents a safe and secure home-like atmosphere where they and their families can be assured peace of mind. We have established ourselves as a leader in the design and management of senior care communities offering eleven modern facilities throughout Canada. We are seeking qualified RN (or highly experienced management LPN) as Full Time Care Leader for Sunrise Gardens in Brooks, Alberta. AgeCare Care Leaders are responsible to the General Manager for the management of the Client Care Services within the Assisted Living and/or Long Term Care facility. Care Leaders are key in reaching our goal to be the premier provider of Communities of Care and Wellness for seniors. Responsibilities

• In collaboration with AgeCare Director of Health Services and Alberta Health Care, organize, coordinate, direct and evaluate all aspects of the provision of nursing care and services to the clients within the facility:

• Shared accountability for the efficient operations and the ongoing performance management of the nursing care team in collaboration with the General Manager

• Participates in AgeCare Total Quality Management Program (TQM) and ensuring a high standard of team performance and strong resident service orientation

• Adheres to the AgeCare facility operational plan and annual budget.

• Accountable for the planning, implementation and evaluation of AgeCare Clinical Best Practice Programs as requested.

• Active participation in Accreditation, Accommodation, and other corporate initiatives required to meet the AgeCare commitment of quality care for our residents and clients.

• Accountable for continual monitoring and analysis of safety and injury prevention measures.

• Responsible for ensuring that practice meets the legislative requirements of the applicable Provincial Standards of Practice as well as AgeCare policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Capable of working autonomously, independently, and interdependently

• Highly motivated, organized and creative in developing new and innovative approaches to continuing care

• Knowledgeable about current nursing and medical practices and procedures, laws, regulations, and guidelines and standards as they relate to Long Term Care and Supportive Living environments

• Nursing degree or diploma with current active registration with CARNA/CLPNA.

• Minimum 5 years experience in a leadership role with demonstrated excellence in management, leadership, clinical judgement and interpersonal skills.

• Experience in caring for Clients with Dementia Please submit your resume and references with salary expectations to [email protected]

CARE LEADER REQUIRED FULL TIME

SUNRISE GARDENS, BROOKS ALBERTA

AgeCare (www.agecare.ca) is one of Canada’s fastest growing providers of innovative communities of care and wellness for seniors. We offer our residents a safe and secure home-like atmosphere where they and their families can be assured peace of mind. We have established ourselves as a leader in the design and management of senior care communities offering eleven modern facilities throughout Canada. We are seeking qualified RN (or highly experienced management LPN) as Full Time Care Leader for Sunrise Gardens in Brooks, Alberta. AgeCare Care Leaders are responsible to the General Manager for the management of the Client Care Services within the Assisted Living and/or Long Term Care facility. Care Leaders are key in reaching our goal to be the premier provider of Communities of Care and Wellness for seniors. Responsibilities

• In collaboration with AgeCare Director of Health Services and Alberta Health Care, organize, coordinate, direct and evaluate all aspects of the provision of nursing care and services to the clients within the facility:

• Shared accountability for the efficient operations and the ongoing performance management of the nursing care team in collaboration with the General Manager

• Participates in AgeCare Total Quality Management Program (TQM) and ensuring a high standard of team performance and strong resident service orientation

• Adheres to the AgeCare facility operational plan and annual budget.

• Accountable for the planning, implementation and evaluation of AgeCare Clinical Best Practice Programs as requested.

• Active participation in Accreditation, Accommodation, and other corporate initiatives required to meet the AgeCare commitment of quality care for our residents and clients.

• Accountable for continual monitoring and analysis of safety and injury prevention measures.

• Responsible for ensuring that practice meets the legislative requirements of the applicable Provincial Standards of Practice as well as AgeCare policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Capable of working autonomously, independently, and interdependently

• Highly motivated, organized and creative in developing new and innovative approaches to continuing care

• Knowledgeable about current nursing and medical practices and procedures, laws, regulations, and guidelines and standards as they relate to Long Term Care and Supportive Living environments

• Nursing degree or diploma with current active registration with CARNA/CLPNA.

• Minimum 5 years experience in a leadership role with demonstrated excellence in management, leadership, clinical judgement and interpersonal skills.

• Experience in caring for Clients with Dementia Please submit your resume and references with salary expectations to [email protected]

Calderon Acres Golf Course & RV Park

Is now accepting applications for the following positions:

•P/T Store Help• Golf Course maintenance

• Weekend MarshallsMust be licensed, bondable and at least 16 yrs of age.

Please email or call:[email protected]

(403) 934-4430

CAREER OPPORTUNITYCredential Financial Strategies Inc.

Coordinator

Credential Financial Strategies Inc. (“CFS”) is a wealth management program that specializes in insurance and other financial products and services. In partnership with Chinook Credit Union LTD., CFS presently has an opening for a Part Time Coordinator. (2 days per week)

The successful candidate will work out of our CFS office located in Strathmore, Alberta. Our employees are team-oriented individuals and support a relationship-based environment. Ideally, you will have strong administrative skills, including education and/or work experience in office administration. Proficiency is required in a Microsoft office environment, as well as strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Education or experience in the financial services industry is a definite asset.

To apply for this position in confidence, interested candidates should submit their resume by May 6, 2013 via email to: [email protected] or mail to:Chinook Credit Union Ltd. P.O.Box 1137 Brooks, AB T1R 1B9 Atten: Jim Chisholm.

You are also encouraged to visit the Credential® website at www.credential.com and the Chinook Credit Union website at www.chinookcu.com.

All responses are appreciated; however only those invited for an interview will be contacted. Credential Financial Strategies Inc. is a member company under Credential Financial Inc., offering financial planning, life insurance and investments to members of credit unions and their communities. ®Credential is a registered mark owned by Credential Financial Inc. and is used under licence.

Accounting Technician/BookkeeperPart-time person (24+/- hrs/wk) experienced in

public accounting and payroll preparation. Completion of a diploma in Accounting is

preferred. Must have experience with QuickBooks, Word and Excel and ability to

multi-task and prioritize work, able to handle routine tasks without supervision and

adaptable to various clients. Please submit resume via email to

[email protected] or drop off in person at

#102, 331-3 Ave, Strathmore, Ab. T1P 1T5.

CARRIERS NEEDED NOW

Ambitious adults who need $400 -$600 (or more). Strathmore routes for Calgary Her-ald . One to two hours daily (No Sundays)

Great exercise - No collectionsReliable vehicle a necessity

Call Ron 403-934-1097

Part Time Front Desk &

Housekeepingrequired

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Motor Inn403-934-3545still hiring

Custom feedlot & farming operation looking

for full-time employees

Competitive wages including O.T and other Benefits.

Valid driver’s licence and a good attitude a must. High school

diploma an asset.

Send resumes to:namaka farms inC.

Box 2409, Strathmore, AB T1P 1K3Fax (403) 934-6133

Strathmore Station hiring:

F/T or P/T Pub and Restaurant Servers

P/T Busser/Food RunnersApplicants can: email resumes to

[email protected] or drop off in person at

The Strathmore Station 380 Ridge Road

TargeT airspray lTd.

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local Help• Must have a Class 1 Driver’s liCense • experienCeD on a grounD sprayer woulD be an asset.

We also require a

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For More inFo Call:403-934-4880

An employment opportunity exists for a Part-Time Home Support Handy-Man with FCSS Strathmore. If you enjoy working with seniors and physically disabled individuals and would like to make a difference in the lives of some very special people this could be the opportu-nity you are looking for!

Job Requirements: • Cultivategardenswitharototillerin spring and/or fall• DigFlowergardensinspringonly• MaintainLawns-mowing,raking,fertilizing• TrimHedges• Snowremoval-sidewalks,drivewaysand as necessary for client’s access• Washwindowsindifficulttoreach situations-only up to 6 foot ladder reach• Cleandriversabstractandcriminal record check• ExceptionalCustomerService

The position is part-time (0-29 hours per week) based upon clients needs.

Those interested in applying should submit a complete resume to: ShannonCuff,Payroll&HRAdvisor Town of Strathmore 680WestchesterRoad Strathmore,ABT1P1J1 Email:[email protected]

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those receiving an interview will be con-tacted.

HOME SUPPORT HANDY-MAN

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MOBILE MEDICAL EXAMINERS:

RNs, RPNs, LPNs, Lab Techs.

Insurance Services Co. recruiting in Strathmore

and surrounding. Venipuncture

experience reqd.

Contact: careers@

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NEwCART CONTRACTING LTD. is hiring for the up-coming turnaround season. Journeyman/Apprentice; Pipefitters; welders; Boil-ermakers; Riggers. Also: quality Control; Towers; Skilled Mechanical Labourer; welder Helpers. Email: [email protected]. Fax 1-403-729-2396. Email all safety and trade tickets.

MEAT MANAGER, Jasper Super A. Jasper Super A is looking for an experienced Retail Meat Manager. As Meat Manager you will be responsible for all aspects of the managing the depart-ment, including cutting meat. You must have working knowledge of gross margins, expense controls and human resources management. The successful candidate must have Grade 12 (or equiva-lent) and be able to provide a “clear” security clearance. If you have the skills and abili-ties please forward your re-sume to our Head Office, The Grocery People Ltd. (TGP) in confidence to: Human Re-sources, The Grocery People Ltd., 14505 Yellowhead Trail, Edmonton, AB, T5L 3C4. Fax 780-447-5781. Email: [email protected].

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MATCO TOOLS is look-ing for franchisees in your area. Professional products with a complete business system available to support you in becoming your own boss. Home based business; training & support programs. More information call 778-387-4666; www.gomatco.com.

Business Opp

LAND PARCEL Sale by Ten-der Sw 17-28-29w1 RM of Shell River, MB. 80 acres hay/pasture/bush for farm/recreation acreage. High-est or any Tender not nec-essarily accepted. Closes 05/17/2013. 204-937-7054 (Roy).

tenders

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FOR SALE: Full line of logging equipment ready for work. Timberjack feller buncher, Timberjack buncher, John Deere excavator, John Deere delimbers, Timberjack skid-ders, Timberjack skidder, 530b wheel skidders, Cater-pillar Cat 16 ft. blade and at-tachments. Kamatsu PC 300 log loader, 4 log trailers with Jeeps. Call Bill or Glen 780-482-5273.

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LOT 6CANAL CROSSINGLIGHT INDUSTRIAL LOT FOR SALE(ZONED M-1)16.18 ACRES (APPROX.)





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CHINOOK III. 1 bdrm $800/mth or 2 bdrm for $900/mo +DD required. Heat & water included. No pets. Call Keli 403-324-2944.

60’x48’ wareHOuse wItH 19’x16’ OffICe located in rockyford. $1200/mo + util-ities. Contact 403-533-3801 or 403-560-6265.

avaIlable May 1st, tOwN-HOuse in Green Meadow. 4 beds, 2 ½ bath, $1200/month + D.D, N/s, N/P. Call 403-852-0074.

#25 westMOUnt drIVe2 bdrm, 1½ bath townhouse w/park-ing & w/d hookups. Coin laundry in com-plex . rent $995 plus utilities.. located near westmount school. no pets. Call luella at 403-934-5731 or emerald Management & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.

ChInOOK II Condo living! a won-derful two bdrm adult lifestyle unit. $950.00, 2 appl, , parking inc., coin laundry in bldg, cable/electricity extra. no pets. Call luella at 403-934-5731 or em-erald Management & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.

#8 westMOUnt drIVenewly renovated! 2 bdrm, 1½ bath town-house w/balcony, w/d & parking. rent $1,100 plus utilities. located across from park, near westmount school. no pets. Call luella at 403-934-5731 or emerald Management & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.

#19 westMOUnt drIVenewly renovated! 2 bdrm, 1½ bath town-house w/private fenced south facing yard & patio, w/d & park-ing. rent $1,150 plus utilities. located near westmount school. no pets. Call luella at 403-934-5731 or emerald Management & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.

leaseDrIve-IN bay fOr lease. 600ft2 plus mezzanine, 12 foot entrance door, separate bathroom area, former tire shop/detailing bay, good ac-cess to Highway #1. Perfect for a mechanic or general workbay/storage. available immediately! $700/month plus common costs. Contact shane @ (403) 669-4874.

234 Centre streetUpdated 3 bedroom unit available im-mediately in a quiet 4plex! rent starting from $1095.00. In-suite laundry, four ap-pliances and parking included. Just 25 min-utes outside of Calgary and a short distance away from the newly developed shopping district. Utilities extra. Call emerald Manage-ment & realty ltd. at 403-237-8811.

2 bDrM at $995/MO IN-CluDes all utIlItIes. Month to month rental. fur-nished includes dishes & bedding. N/P, clean and com-fortable, responsible tenants. available May 6. Contact: 403-936-5541, 403-615-5678.

sPaCIOus 2ND flOOr 2 bDrM aPartMeNt in Crys-tal ridge Cove, N/s, N/P, adult building. 4 appliances. $850/mth + $850 s.D. + utilities. Call 403-934-4769.

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Chinook Credit Union Ltd – Strathmore BranchEmployment Opportunity

Accounting ClerkTHE POSITION• Underthedirectionofthefinanceanalyst;supporttheFinanceandCorporate Servicesdepartmentsintheaccuratereportingofthefinancialpositionand activitiesofChinookCreditUnionLtd.Responsibleforprovidingperiodic postingandaccountspayableproceduresinconnectionwithgeneralledger andmemberaccounts.

THE PERSON• Twoyearspost-secondaryeducation(atwoyearprogramincludescompletion ofCUICGeneralStudiesProgram,accountingcoursesordiplomainBusiness Administration);plusonetothreeyearsofjobrelatedexperience;oran equivalentcombinationofeducationandexperience.

COMPENSATION• Commensuratewithexperience• Excellentbenefitsprogram

THE CREDIT UNION• Assetsof$825million,Loans$680million,Deposits$750million• Membership21,500,Staff190• BranchinBassano,Brooks,Claresholm(2),Drumheller, FortMacLeod,Hussar,Lomond,Nanton,Strathmore&Vulcan.

CLOSING DATE:May10,2013

SUBMIT RESUME TO: PeopleSolutions AdministrationBranch Box1137 992ndStreetWest Brooks,AlbertaT1R1B9 Fax#(403)362-4239 Email:[email protected] Website:www.chinookcu.com

Wethankallapplicantsfortheirinterestandwillbeincontactifwecanofferaninterview.

Deep Roots. Promising Future.

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT CLERK Position #HR13-096

More to Life at UFA.UFA Co-operative Limited is one of Canada’s largest and most dynamic co-operatives. We have roles to be filled across Alberta with full-time, part-time and casual positions. If you want an exciting and rewarding career doing something you love, and possess the drive and determination to be the very best, then we want to hear from you!

We Offer:• Work-life balance.• On the job training.• Competitive wages.• Positive learning environment that allows for our employees to excel in their careers.• A long term career path to grow within the organization.• Discounts at UFA stores and on petroleum purchases.

If you are dedicated, possess customer service experience, and are a team player, then take advantage of this excellent opportunity and visit www.ufa.com to apply.

Explore the great career opportunities at www.UFA.com

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Two Summer reading Program CoordinaTorS

– Strathmore municipal library –

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The coordinators will:Plan, organize, and conduct the Summer Reading Programs by: · Planning and presenting appropriate activities for each age group for an 8 week program.· Promoting and advertising library programs within the community and at the library by creating displays, flyers, posters, press releases and newspaper articles and by planning, organizing, and conducting school visits.· Soliciting reading prize donations from local businesses.· Planning and presenting kick-off and wind-up parties for participants.· Maintaining statistics. Requirements:· Must be between the ages of 17-30 years and be a full-time student intending to return to their studies in the next school year.· Possess strong organizational and communication skills.· Ability to plan and implement programs.· Ability to work under pressure and with minimum supervision.· Criminal Record check for the satisfaction of the Strathmore Municipal Library Board. Cover letters and resumes may be sent by mail, or email to: Rachel Dick Hughes Director of Library Services Strathmore Municipal Library 85 Lakeside Blvd., Strathmore, AB T1P 1A1 [email protected] We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. However, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Please submit your resume no later than May 16, 2013. Anticipate start date is, May 27, 2013.

ToTal EsTaTE ClEaningrequires

P/T and F/T Cleaners• Valid Driver’s Licence• Clean Driver’s Abstract• Must be Bondable• 9:00-5:00pm, some evenings• Some Saturdays• Reliable

Call:403-651-2998

waNteD - water & vacuum truck Operators. Class 3 w/Q-endorsement, H2s, first aid, Pst, Csts. Mechanically inclined. Day-rate benefits. fax 403-934-3487. email: [email protected].

INterIOr Heavy eQuIP-MeNt Operator school. No simulators. In-the-seat training. real world tasks. weekly start dates. Job board! funding options. sign up online! iheschool.com. 1-866-399-3853.

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rockyford!2 Bedroom HomeSingle Detached

Garage2 Lots...Income

Propertyonly $89,900

come to carbon!

4 Bedroom HomeFully Developed

Basement. Double Attached Garage.

Huge Yard! RV Parking

$236,900


Prices include all rebates including lease cash and Ram Conquest cash. GST not included in price or payment. Financing based on 96mo @ 4.49%. Vehicle shown is for illustration purposes only. See dealer for details.

139 EAST LAKE CRESCENTAIRDRIE

6 miNuTES NoRTh of CRoSS-iRoN miLLS 1 921800 9995

AirdrieDodge.com

STARTING AT $25,998

WAS $39,440

STK# 1321322

166 UNITS

IN STOCK

HOME OF THE RAM

ALBERTA’S ONLY NO FEES DEALER!

RAM TRUCK

BLOWOUT!

ALL MODELS AVAILABLELONGHORNSTSXTSLTLARAMIE

REG CABQUAD CABCREW CABMEGA CAB

FINANCE FOR $166/BW

$0 DOWN NO FEES