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SHARON MCLEAY

Times Reporter

Volunteers in Langdon who had beeninstalling the playground were surprisedto awaken Sunday morning, May 25, todiscover the area had been vandalized.The vandalism didnt quash efforts of

the Langdon Community Association toopen their new community playground,as members of the community haveworked two long years trying to bring theproject to completion.

Sometime in the night, someone re-moved boards supporting cement thatwas just setting up and anchoring a sup-port structure. There were fears the foun-dation would sink and they would haveto remove the affected material and re-

pour. Vandals also smashed windows in avolunteers bobcat that was on site.We worked so hardthree days of 12

hours each to get this done, said ChrissyCraig, spokeswoman for the group. Weare not sure who did this, but we are up-setit may have been kids. We reportedit to the RCMP, but no one has come outto investigate. I guess it wasnt high ontheir response list.There have been quite a few incidents

of vandalism in the Langdon communityover the last year. Langdons population isjust under the 5,000 residents needed fordesignated police enforcement. The com-munity is hoping for a police detachmentonce they top the resident requirement.The hamlet is part of Rocky View County

and Craig said there are peace officers,but they only do random checks duringthe day.

Residents were angered and commentswere reflected in Facebook postings, evengenerating some offers of rewards for thenames of the vandals.

Craig said the Community Associationwill carry on with the Grand Opening setfor June 1 in spite of the incident. Theywill rope off the affected area and attend-ees will enjoy the planned events. Therewill be a bouncy house, cake, events andopen play on the unaffected equipment.Special speaker MLA Bruce McAllisterwill be in attendance. Start time is 4 p.m.at the park behind the community centre.

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SHANNON LECLAIR

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On May 21 FortisAlberta presentedCommunities in Bloom (CIB) with acheque to help fund their communitygarden initiative. CIB is one of eightrecipients of Fortiss 2014 CommunityNaturalization Grant program.

The purpose of the grant is to helpmunicipalities that FortisAlberta servesdevelop or improve environmentallyfriendly programs and facilities.

Were building a community garden,it will be much like the one at the old

Anglican Church, said CIB Chair Melo-dy Wilson.

It will be beds that you can rent,and its a very reasonable fee, I think it

works out to $10 a year just as a depositand those funds go back into the gar-den, whatever we need.The idea is to provide a gardening

space for those who dont have one, orfor those who maybe want to try gar-dening but dont want to do it on a largescale. The new garden will be at HopeChurch, in the section of land north ofthe playground.

We are delighted to have the commu-nity garden come to Hope CommunityCovenant Church. Its just another wayof making a link between the churchand the community, said Karen Harris,a council member with Hope Church,and person in charge of the landscape

committee.She said the members of council, and

the church, are delighted at the idea ofbeing able to have the kids play on theplayground while parents, or grandpar-ents, dig away in their gardens.Water for the garden will be collected

from the church roof and stored in rainbarrels for use. The hope is to keep the

garden open and available for users touse when they are able to make it. Wil-son said they hope to build 24 boxes ap-proximately 4x8x12.

Each gardener will be required to signa short agreement outlining general ex-pectations, and then the committee willtake care of the box itself when its not

being used.As for what to grow, Wilson said many

people do choose to grow some flowersamongst their vegetables, but typicallyin community gardens it is mainly veg-gies grown.

The best advice I can give to newgardeners is have an I can do this atti-tude, have patience, gardening is rarelyan instant gratification activity, and read,there are lots if great books out there fornew gardeners, said Wilson.

My favourite series is still Lois HolesFavorites, and dont give up if you havea failure.When trying to pick crops to start

with, Wilson offered a short list of whatshe would recommend to new garden-ers.

1. Radishes - one of the fastest cropsyou can grow, they are ready to eat 4-5weeks after seeding!2. Lettuce - there are a lot of different

varieties, and all of them basically havethe same requirements, and you canstart picking the baby leaves for salads,and continue to harvest3. Carrots- dont forget to thin4.Peas- stake for easier picking5. Tomatoes - nothing beats a home-grown tomato on a sandwich! Dont letthe plants dry out.To volunteer with the construction of

the garden, or to request to rent a box,contact Melody Wilson by e-mail [email protected].

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Strathmore High School drama students will be presenting Shes the Manstarting June 5 at the school theatre.

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SHANNON LECLAIR

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Strathmore High School (SHS) drama students, and theirteacher Paula Richardson, strive to bring fun, new and excit-

ing productions to the SHS stage. This upcoming productionis no different. Shes the Man, the popular movie from 2006,has been transformed and will be shown on the SHS stagestarting June 5.

It was the students idea to do this play, I actually want-ed to do Shakespeare and they said no we dont want to doShakespeare, but how about if we do a modern Shakespeare.Our choices were 10 Things I Hate About You and Shes theMan, said SHS Drama teacher Paula Richardson.

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Twelfth Night. One of the students, Bront Weissig, has takenall of the drama classes, including the advanced acting class,and will be listed as the assistant director on the program. Sheis currently helping Richardson this year with the directingand editing of the script.

It has been a lot of work, probably a little more than Ithought it would be, we had to do a lot of editing and thattook us a lot of time. The students have really bought into it,theyre having a really good time with it, I think it is going to

be a really funny show, said Richardson.

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Earlier this year the Strathmore United Way was acceptingapplications for funding requests. On May 21 Kevin Keegan,spokesperson for the United Way, made a presentation be-fore town council.

He gave thanks to the town, residents and businesses forsupporting their various fundraising activities, and to theCalgary United Way and private and corporate donations re-ceived.

The Strathmore United Way and partnership committee is

able to assist 12 local, not-for-profit organizations with fund-ing this year. Within our mandate and chosen philosophy ofhealthy families, strong communities and (helping promote)all that kids and seniors can be, it is with great pleasure that

we can announce today that a total of $50,000 for the 2014

funding year has been distributed back into our community,said Keegan.

It is the hope of this committee that as awareness of ourpresence increases, and with your continued support in thecoming years, that we will be able to assist an even great-er number of organizations, supporting the programs that

bring our community together.This year there were a total of 17 organizations who re-

quested funding, and of those 17, 12 of them were givenfinancial support in some way. The organizations who re-ceived contributions were: Bow Valley College; Healthy Fam-ilies; Community Crisis Society, Growing Families Society

BTG; Growing Families Society Life Skills; Hope Bridges So-ciety for Creative & Continued Learning; Junior Achievementof Southern Alberta; School Fuel; Step One Housing Society;Strathmore Municipal Library; Strathmore Wheatland Addic-tions Team (SWAT) and the Youth Club of Strathmore.

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COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS MAY 21, 2014 Council proclaimed June 2-8, 2014 as Seniors Week in the Town

of Strathmore.

Council are to establish a Seniors Advisory Commiee for the

Town of Strathmore and adopt the Terms of Reference for the

commiee with an amendment to remove through FCSS under

the bullet 3 of the Terms of Reference.

Council moved to support the ndings and recommendaons of

the Engineering Assessment of Preferred Stormwater Management

Opons based on informaon known to date, and thereforeauthorize our organizaon to parcipate in the next steps of the

Co-operave Stormwater Management Iniave Implementaon

Planning Phase.

Council appointed Mr. Chris Dumont and Mr. Robert Antonisse to

the Strathmore Library Board for a term of one (1) year.

Council accepted the report on the Strathmore Communicaons

Plan for informaon.

Council approved the amendments to Policy #1806, Council

Remuneraon & Expense Policy as presented.

Council authorized the Mayor or a member of Council to sign the

amended Schedule C of the Marigold Agreement in support of

the revised levy proposed by the Marigold Library System.

Council approved the amendments to the Town of Strathmores

Quality Management Plan as presented.

Council approved the amendments and two year renewal to the

Solid Waste Agreement between the Town of Strathmore and H&H

Huxted Enterprises Ltd, and that the CAO be authorized to sign the

agreement on behalf of the Town.

Council instructed Administraon to write a leer to the Ministerof Infrastructure and to the Premier of Alberta urging the provincial

government to sign the agreements for the New Building Canada

Fund and the Federal Gas Tax Fund with the Federal Government.

Council recognized and honored the WADEMSA 25th Anniversary

with a gi to be presented at the anniversary celebraon by the

Mayor.

To view the full minutes from the May 21, 2014

Council meeng please go to www.strathmore.ca

SUMMER WATERINGSCHEDULE

The Summer Watering Schedule is now in effect as of May 3, 2014. Here

is the schedule for watering times below:

EVEN NUMBERED HOMES

- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday5 AM to 10 AM and 5 PM to 10 PM

ODD NUMBERED HOMES- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

5 AM to 10 AM and 5PM to 10 PM

Residents are reminded that while these hours will be available for out-

door watering, hand watering of flowerbeds and vegetable gardens is

permitted at any time, using watering can or a hose with a nozzle and a

trigger shut off to restrict water flow. Sprinklers and like water toys may

be used for recreational purposes by children as long as the children are

present during use. Residents still encouraged to help contribute to the

Town of Strathmores water conservation efforts.

New Sod/Seed Exemptions

A temporary exemption to outdoor watering for the watering of the newsod/seed installation and for forty eight (48) hours after the application

of commercial fertilizers as per Schedule B, is available through the

Town of Strathmore.

SENIORS WEEK JUNE 2ND 8TH, 2014

MONDAY JUNE 2ND, 2014

Getting Crafty with my Grandparents Strathmore Library 4:00 pm. Sponsored by Strath-more FCSS and the Strathmore Municipal Library. Free to atte nd and no registration re-

quired. For more information, please call Strathmore Library at 403-934-5440 or StrathmoreFCSS at 403-934-9090.

TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2014

Rockin Pancake Breakfast 8:00 am 10:30 am at the Lambert Building Parking Lot (85Lakeside Blvd.), Sponsored by Strathmore FCSS and the Strathmore Fire Department. Stopby for a pancake or two and listen to Strathmores very own Dallas Larsen. Free to atten dand no registration required. For more information, please call Strathmore FCSS at 403-

934-9090.Lunch and Barbecue Tips 11:00 am 1:00 pm Lord of All Lutheran Church, 112 Lakeside

Blvd. Sponsored by Growing Families Society - Bridging the Gap Lunch Club. Come torelax, visit and learn something new or share something new. Cost is a Voluntary Offering

which will be applied to the food costs. To Register, Please all Marg at 403-901-7811 byFriday June 30th, 2014. Check out the website www.bridgingthegapalberta.ca.

Afternoon Social 2:00 pm 4:00 pm Happy Gang 50+ Seniors Club of Strathmore. $2.00per person. For additional information please call Val at 403-480-4087

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2014

Pool time with your Grandkids 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Strathmore Civic Centre. Sponsoredby Strathmore FCSS. Free to attend and no registration required. For more information,

please call Strathmore FCSS at 403-934-9090.

THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2014Information Session - Reducing Falls Risks for Seniors and Learn about Lifeline. 10:30 am

11:30 am - FCSS Boardroom. Free to attend. Please call Strathmore FCSS at 403-934-9090to register or for more information.

Seniors Tea and Film - 1:30 4:00 Strathmore Municipal Library. Tea & Screening of thefilm Saving Mr. Banks. Sponsored by the Strathmore Municipal Library. Free to attend and

no registration required. For more information, please call the Library at 403-934-5440.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2014Crib Tournament - Registration 10:30. Cost $12.00. Happy Gang 50+ Seniors Club of Strath-

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SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2014

Picnic in the Park 1:00 3:00. Bring your fa mily and your picnic basket to Kinsmen Parkand enjoy Native Culture at its root with Native Dancing performed by the Siksika Dancers& Drummers. Great for all ages. Free to attend and no registration required. For more

information, please call Strathmore FCSS at 403-934-9090.

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Spring Yard Clean UpMay 1 - 31, 2014

To facilitate removal of spring yard cleanup, a waste bin will be located atthe recycl e facili ty yard for the m onth of May.

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Discussion about remunerations wasbrought to council at the May 21 meet-ing and had the Mayor stating his dis-dain at the proposal.The remunerations policy has not

been amended since 2011.The only item that we are looking at

is including a per diem, but only for cer-tain events, rather than all meetings etcetera. Were looking at a maximum offour days to attend FCM and/or AUMAand a maximum of four days to attendspring/fall workshops, said DeputyChief Administrative Officer Linda Nel-son.

This is basically to reimburse council-lors who are out of money through theirnormal jobs when they have to miss aday and miss that pay.

By adding the per diems it will makeit more affordable and will encouragecouncillors to attend these critical meet-ings. Councillor Pat Fule mentioned hissupport of the per diems, stating it can

be difficult to lose work and money fromhis full-time job to attend some of themeetings.

This isnt like any kind of a perk, itessentially allows some of us to attend

without being penalized financially ortime wise and not being able to do it,said Fule.

Councillor Bob Sobol also spoke infavour of having them brought in forthose specific meetings. He said the onlyreal alternative to per diems would be to

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have day time meetings, but future po-tential councillors may question joiningcouncil at that point.

I have never thought it fair to actual-ly have a councillor lose money, have itcost him or her money, to go to a meet-ing, said Sobol.

If council attended all of the meetings,four days for each of the conferencesand the fall and spring workshops, it

would be $1,600 per councillor per year.We did a survey of 16 municipalities,

and out of those 16, 13 do pay per di-ems, said Nelson.

I do not support the motion to in-crease councils salary and implement-ing a per diem is a salary increase, saidMayor Michael Ell.The Municipal Government Act allows

councils to set their own remuneration,something Ell thinks should be consid-ered by the community.

He suggests having an independentbody review the remunerations andhave them report their recommenda-tions to the citizens of Strathmore. Ellstated he would vote in favour, if an in-

dependent committee suggested a payraise, but only if it came in effect inthree years, after the next election.

All members of councils salary isone third tax-free, this tax-free benefitincreases the value of the salary signifi-cantly. The tax-free benefit is to be usedto assist municipally elected officials at-tend to their duties where expenses maynot be recoverable, said Ell.

Ell said it has been noted that somecouncillors are reluctant to attend meet-ings because of the loss of salary fromtheir full-time jobs, and he respects that

but, We all knew the requirements ofthe position before we were sworn inas members of council, we all acceptedsome type of personal restructuring of

our life when we accepted this respon-sibility, said Ell.

We must keep in mind members ofcouncil are paid every month to carryout our duties, which includes confer-ences and training. Councillors shouldattend training, and conferences to im-prove their knowledge on governanceand to keep current on changes in pro-cedures and the laws.

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This is honestly what I would callalmost a collective in that the studentshave contributed so many ideas, theyhave brought in their own costumes,their own props from home, everyonehas thrown in an idea or two.There is some mild language and

content that parents may be concernedabout, but Richardson said she hopesthat anyone with questions about thecontent will contact her to find out more.

Its based on a movie that the kidsknow, its a recognizable title, Im hop-ing that will draw in audience members

because it is a recognized title, saidRichardson.

She said it will be fun, and that thescript has a lot of humour in it that the

students especially get a kick out of.The show runs June 5-8 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchasedthrough a cast member, or by calling theschool at 403-934-3135.

The citizens of Strathmore benefitwhen members of councils attend thoseand, said Ell, members of council haveexpense accounts should expenses needto be covered so a council member canattend a conference or workshop.

It is my recommendation a commit-tee review our remuneration. As part ofa remuneration review by the commit-tee I would encourage consideration ofa salary claw-back when a councillorfails to attend committee meetings orcouncil meetings without a valid reasonand have an authorized absence, I askmembers of council to vote down thismotion, said Ell.

Fule said he would hate to see councilgo down the road where they are pe-nalized for not attending AUMA or FCM.For him it is not just a matter of havingto pay a substitute teacher, but he wouldalso lose a day of pensionable salary.

Then it becomes incredibly financiallypunitive to him.

Councillor Denise Peterson opposesany movement for council to vote intheir own increases, but said this is notthe case. It was adequately pointed outand confirmed that there is a budget and

a limit on what councillors can spend,and council has approved that amount.It is already there, so I dont think

this can in any way be conceived assomething over and above what alreadyexists. In terms of if councillors shouldor should not attend councils or work-shops, I think our public will be in the

best position to determine how well weserve that public, said Peterson.

She further stated that she doesntthink there needs to be a salary-claw

back for councillors who cant attendthe conferences.

I dont think that options includinga salary claw-back for councillors whonow need a doctors note to not attendtown policy meeting, I think when I

look at the dedication I see around thistable from the councillors that exist hereits extraordinary as it is, said Peterson.

She shares committees with some ofthe councillors and said meeting atten-dance has never been a problem. Peter-son said it is insulting to the communityand council to think that it is and saidshe thinks thats why there are demo-cratic elections.

Fule had made a motion to approvethe recommended action as presentedregarding policy number 18-06. BothEll and Councillor Brad Walls were op-posed to the motion.

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(An open letter to all graduates)Normally, graduation accolades seek to be outward-

ly inspirational. They will employ some of the morecommon quotes, such as the future belongs to those

who believe in the beauty of their dreams by Elea-nor Roosevelt or the infamous Steve Jobs quote StayHungry. Stay foolish, and to their endeavours, theyare successful.

Even inspirational. The truth of the matter is that itsreally just another day, in our trivial lives, is it not? Inthe grand scheme of the Universe, we are just specksof biological energy, hurtling around our sun, on ageothermal adequate rock, are we not?

This could not be further from the truth. Truthfully,to the best of our knowledge, we are members of theonly sentient species in the known Universe. To thescientist, this is due to our lack of technology, andexploration of our surroundings. To those inclined toreligion, we are part of a master design, well beyondour understanding, but worthy of our worship. Either

way, it matters not. Here we are.Our understanding of genetics tells us that we are

the products of our environment and our ancestors.Our genetic code, in a sense, contains all of our his-tory, in fact, it contains the beautiful library of human-ity. All of the atrocities and wars that we have waged

upon each other. Every kind act, every sacrifice, ev-ery anonymous hero, every parent who has sacrificedtheir own comfort, so their child could eat.

Yes, there are the technological and historical fig-ures. Albert Einstein who established the paradigm

within in which we understand theoretical physicsand seek to unify all of the natural forces we encoun-ter. Da Vinci and Picasso have inspired generationsof great artists, who give our minds pleasure withabstract concepts, like art, that are uniquely human.

Winston Churchill, a politician who inspired a nationto weather the storm, and to carry forward, in the faceof great tyranny. Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf, de-signers of the Internet and the World Wide Web havehelped to accumulate, and share all of our humanknowledge. A groundbreaking acceleration of innova-tion and human achievement. Knowledge is power,and every citizen of the world is more powerful, than

they have ever been.While these pioneers have led us to drink from thefountain of human knowledge, the truth is that weare all inhabitants of a world with over seven billionpeople. The entirety of human momentum, and ourspecies is encapsulated by our daily mundane acts,and within our own little worlds, our own ecosys-tems. Our families, our communities, our churches,our schools, and our social contract with each other.

This is how we define ourselves. Depending on howyou see the world, we are either genetically driven toraise the next generation of humanity, or commanded

by divinity to do so, either way, its our existence.

Life is a series of experiences encapsulated in yourmind. The love you have for your children and spouse.

The uniquely human ability to care more about some-one else, than you care about yourself. The nervous-ness you feel up on stage for the first time in front ofa large crowd. The sweaty palms, and racing heart,right before your first kiss. The pleasure you get when

you stand up for something you believe in, and thesatisfaction of making a sound argument. The anxiety

you feel, when you try as hard as you can, and failat something you love. The joy of good times withfriends. Those long discussions around the camp-fire, or a great discourse over food and wine at themeal table. The sorrow you feel, in that instant your

brain recalls an experience with a loved one who haspassed. The bonds that we form with a family dog or

beloved pet and the inexplicable grief we field whenthis bond is broken.

Due to the way in which we have chosen to con-struct our society, life means getting up early for

work, working hard, paying bills, changing diapers,and doing laundry. These mundane tasks are the price

we pay for the pleasures we will enjoy.Watching our children walk for the first time. The

look of determination on a sick childs face as theyrefuse to adhere to the common wisdom of medicalfailure, and beat the odds. The pride of accomplish-

ment. The creation of great art or the validation of awell constructed argument. The authorship of greatworks of prose and the written word..

Life means making progress on some days, and dis-appointment the next. Life is a series of disappointingevents, challenging you to learn from them, and to re-duce both the frequency and the impact of mistakes.Life is living by a moral code, and treating others the

way you want to be treated.Above all, life is exactly what you make of it. Set

goals for yourself. You will make mistakes, and youwill be defined by how you react to these mistakes.Humanity is incredibly forgiving. If you fail at first,

you can always try again. If its something that youtruly believe in, you will prevail eventually. If you

work hard at something, you will be good at it.On this day of your graduation, there will be talk

about the beginning of the rest of your life, but

truthfully, this is your chance to continue the prog-ress of humanity and to add your mark on the humanstory, either by greatness, or by regular acts, it mattersnot -- we are all contributors. Dont be overwhelmed

by the enormity of your future. Just do your part, itwill come naturally, you just have to work hard at life,at crucial times.

Dont forget to enjoy the journey of life, and plot asmany waypoints along the way, as you can. Much will

be said about the rat race out there to earn your dol-lar, but remember you are in a race, the human race.

Michael E. Millette,

Strathmore

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Historic preservationNightingales 100 year old hall will get refurbished flooring, with a basketball

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Shhhhhh Im writing this column as quietly aspossible, so I need you to read it as quietly as youcan. The hedgehog is right behind my computerdesk, hes awake, and he knows Im here! He nowknows the sound of my voice, and he associatesthat voice with supper fresh mealworms! Imlike his own room service, and Ive had to movearound our downstairs family room like a ninja, sohe doesnt hear me! If he hears me, he comes rightto the cage bars and oh crap!Im back I made the mistake of looking over myshoulder as I typed this, and the hedgehog and I

made eye contact. He stared me down with thatcute face, and those big eyes, and once again, hegot his food delivery! Hes actually kind of cute andhe does reach out with his paws to touch my hand,

but I think its really just to make sure he gets thatmealworm. Hes definitely the oddest pet Ive everhad.Its almost like hes a pet out of sarcasm. Hes allfriendly, cute, and cuddly just to get fed, and thenhe dusts off back into his house until Im gone.I swear Ive heard him chuckling as he waddles

back, belly full of meal worms, another five course(worm) meal fed to him by the big guy outside hiscage!I shouldnt really judge him on his sarcasm. I can

be quite sarcastic myself. In fact, having coached Jr.high, club, and high school basketball for over 25

years - its my sarcasm that got me technical fouls

from referees. At one tournament, I was so frustrat-ed with the lack of calls by a referee, that I askedhim if his whistle actually worked, because onlythe other ref made any calls! I was directed to thehallway for the rest of the game. While out there,and with my assistant coach running the show, Ihad some time to reflect. Just then Sara, one of mycolleagues daughters, came over to me. Sara wasabout eight, and asked me why I was in the hall.Well Sara, its like this, Im kind of on a time outfor something I said in the game. Do you know

what I mean?Without missing a beat, Sara replied, thats okayMr. Fule, I get time outs too. Theyre not so bad.Well, Im going to really try and be good from nowon, I replied.

Thats what I say, too, Sara replied! Out of themouth of babies!I was pretty good up until my last few season insenior high girls basketball. In a Chestermere tour-nament, I had been having some heated discus-sions with an old referee. I mean he was old Im not sure if he was actually hired, or he wan-dered in from a Seniors Lodge! Anyway, I told himhe needed to call more fouls both ways, becausegirls had been hurt on both teams, and one hadactually been taken away. Of course, I had gottenmy first technical, and Breanne had told me not toget another one. I did my best. It was late in thegame, maybe about a minute and a half to go, and

we were going to lose. Just then, one of our girlswas fouled hard in front of our bench, with no callfrom him. After we subbed her out, he was prettyrude as he called for us to get our players back onthe court. I pointed at the hurt girl and said, youknow, when you get your cheque for this game,

you should donate it to charity because you dontdeserve it!I was directed to the hallway for the rest of thegame. However, I did hear a huge round of laugh-ter at my sarcasm, from the Chestermere boys! Itdidnt help me in the hallway, though.I tried not to be sarcastic this week, but I couldnthelp it. I have a student who is, how shall I say it,less than industrious. He volunteered to be one ofmy volleyball coaches, so he could get PE 20 Ser-

vice Hours. Needless to say, he only came twice.Wednesday, I was handing out free t-shirts to myother coaches as a surprise. He looked at me withhedgehog-like eyes. Of course, I went to my desk,and got out a t-shirt. I also took out a pair of scis-sors. I cut off one sleeve, and delivered him thesleeve.Hey, I came twice, he said. Oh yeah, right sorry, I replied.I went back to my desk, cut off the other sleeve,and gave it to him! Sometimes, sarcasm can be alife lesson!

(Fule for Thought is a slice of life humourouscolumn that appears in the Strathmore Times, writ-ten by long-time resident, town councillor, highschool teacher, coach, husband and father of two Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touch with Pat,you can send him an e-mail at [email protected])

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Congratulations to Shyanne Hassett (l) who raised $562.50 to-wards the Carseland School spell-a-thon. This Grade 2 studentraised the most money for her school and received the grandprize of an electric Razor scooter. Glen Ford (r) on behalf of Agri-um presented the scooter on May 26. Agrium generously donat-ed $1,000 to the fundraiser to purchase prizes for the students.Carseland is a small school of 80 students from K-6; they enjoyfield trips to take swimming lessons, golf lessons among otherfun events. The grand total of $1,831.50 will go towards cost ofbusing for these events.

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Spring is here!In May the Strathmore Country Gardens

Club created their own homemade gardenstakes for veggies or flowers and startedon their salad baskets of Micro-Greens. Wewanted to send out a special thank you toVal and Sheila for inviting the club to give apresentation on Container Gardening at theLadies Spring Breakfast on April 26: Mov-ing from Fear to Freedom.At the conference, the ideas from the

presentation once again are covered onthe website: www.provenwinners.com forthose interested.At the end of the month as well the Strath-

more Public Library is holding their ownPlant and Seed exchange as well. In June

the club will be touring Lethbridge to theJapanese Gardens pictures to follow nextmonth. Get ready to grow and Happy Gar-dening!

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On April 16 town council approvedthe Community Standards Bylaw. The

bylaw contains provisions for sidewalksnow removal, signs, control of nui-sances, which can includes weeds andunsightly premises, graffiti and bully-ing.At the May 21 meeting Strathmore

teen Jonathan Moore spoke to councilabout the anti-bullying part of the by-law.

In my opinion the amendment tothe bullying bylaw will be ineffectualdue to the fact that this bylaw is mainlyaimed at youth, and that no teenagerwould pay attention to a law they areunaware of it, said Moore.

If we want kids to understand the

Teen brings bullying bylawsuggestions to council

importance of bullying and how mucha fine against bullying will cost them,I propose that council sends two of itsmembers to each school that this lawpertains to and informs them of the

consequences, the extension and thefines that bullying entails.Councillor Brad Walls asked Moore if

he thought it would be better to send apeace officer to inform the kids. Mooresaid that while it would be nice if thepeace officer were there to support thecouncillors, it would not be as effectiveto just send them.

Since teenagers often hear frompeace officers about various issues Ibelieve it would be more beneficial forkids and teens to hear from the councilthemselves, that way it can stress s theimportance of the issue, said Moore.

Councillor Denise Peterson said shehad presented his ideas to her students,and though they arent in Strathmore,

they echoed some of what he was say-ing and had suggestions of their ownfor other parts of the bylaw.

So the students where Mrs. Petersonworks brought up a fun activity andan idea that I thought I would like toshare. They thought that if people sawsigns in the park that showed timeswhen the parks are open and fines for

littering that it would be helpful andthat people would be more responsiveto the bylaw, said Moore.

Petersons students also had a funsuggestion about how to get youth in-

volvement in cleaning up town parks.So if teens under 18-years-old tookselfies of themselves picking up orthrowing out garbage and sent it to thetown, the town could put it in a drawand the months of June, July and Au-gust pick one or two winners from abucket and give them a pass, maybe tothe swimming pool, for the entire win-ter-long season. That might just maybegenerate a bit more involvement fromthe youth, said Moore.

Mayor Michael Ell thanked Mooreand told him he had some really greatideas to follow up on.

I particularly liked your idea of put-ting the signs in regards to when thepark may be used, the fines posting

those is a good idea and doing the self-ies in regards to cleaning up, said Ell.

Moore was quick to remind Ell thatthose ideas were not necessarily his,but Ell and Peterson agreed that it washis initiative that generated them, andthat by bringing them to council ithelps them when it comes to makingchanges and doing a better job.


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Joe was born at Spijk, Holland in 1926, which made him14 years of age when the Second World War began on May5, 1940. At the time, he was living with his family in Rot-terdam, which was the busiest harbour in Europe. On May9, German Stuka bombers bombed the centre of the city,

killing over 2,700 people and injuring many more. Hollandsurrendered the next day, and theGerman occupation began, whichincluded many horrible atrocities,mainly against Jews, who wererounded up and shipped to thedeath camps. Joes father was or-dered to guard telephone poles, asthey were sabotaged every night.He was advised that if one of thepoles in his area was sabotaged, he

would be shot.Diane was born on a river barge

at Rotterdam in October 1937. Sheremembers little of the war, apartfrom some bombings and the Hun-ger Winter of 1944. As the Germans

had shipped every edible item toGermany, there was nothing leftfor the Dutch people to eat. Theysurvived by eating tulip bulbs, dan-delions, sugar beets, cats, dogs and birds. In November 1944,

Joe, along with many other males between the ages of 17 to45, were rounded up and taken to the river where they wereshipped on river barges to Amsterdam, then by a Germandestroyer to northern Germany, and from there by train toOberhausen, a railroad town where, along with other prison-ers, they spent their days repairing the railway tracks, whichalmost nightly were bombed by Allied bombers. He was liber-ated by the American Army in May 1945. Returning home he

was then drafted into the Dutch Army and spent the next fiveyears fighting an Independence War in the Dutch East Indies,now known as Indonesia. After returning to civilian life he

became an auto body mechanic.

Joe and Diane met at a Singles Club in Rotterdam, and weremarried on October 14, 1981. Both had been married before,and had children by their first marriages. Joe had four chil-dren, one daughter now living in Chestermere, two daughtersliving in Holland, and a son now deceased.

Diane also had four children from her first marriage. Unfor-tunately, two of them are deceased, one from an auto accidentat age six, and the other from illness. Her daughter Marijkelives in Holland, and her son Tony lives here in Strathmore.Diane was a mother to her children, then became a house-keeper for a Baron, whose wife had passed away, and his fivechildren. He was a Director of the Dutch Red Cross.

In May 1981, they flew to Calgary for a vacation with friends,and on returning home decided life in Canada had more tooffer than staying in Holland, so they applied to immigratehere. But there was a slight problem - Dianes son Tony wasapproaching age 18, where he would automatically be calledup to serve in the Dutch Army. If he moved to Canada beforereaching that age, he would not be called up. So, they quicklymade their arrangements to move to Canada, arriving here onMay 7, 1982. On arriving in Strathmore, Joe continued to work

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come. I love to see Gods potentialin people rather than looking atall their mistakes. I love dreaming

with my kids and friends of whatthey can become or do, ratherthan being a dream killer.Philippians in the Bible says avery true thing whatever is true,whatever is noble, whatever ispure, whatever is holy, what-ever is admirable if anythingis praiseworthy think on suchthings.If we focus on lifting one anotherup even behind their backs, youwill begin to see changes andfruit in their lives. Try it. Insteadof saying, my child will amountto nothing, say, my child is sotalented I know they will do well.The power of life and death is inthe tongue. Such a small thingcarries great control. Just like abit in a horses mouth or a rudderin a boat. It may be small butcarries tremendous power.Its time we spoke life about ourneighbor, teachers, husbands,wives, friends, kids, co-workersand classmatesHave you gone out of your wayto speak something encouragingto someone this week? It couldchange a persons day and maybeeven a life and in turn change your

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as an auto body mechanic, and Diane,who initially spoke no English, workedas a housemaid.

Since 1982, they have lived in Strath-more, Calgary, Carseland, Indus, andGranum, where Joe served as DeputyMayor for a year. Since retiring to Strath-more, they joined the now-closed Bowl-

ing Club, are members of the HappyGang, and haveparticipated in bothSquare Dancing andLine Dancing. In1988, they were partof the green cos-tumed contingentat the Opening Cer-emonies of the 1988

Winter OlympicGames in Calgary,

with over 900 othersquare dancers!They also spent

eight years work-ing as campground

managers in Kanan-askis, then worked

with a security com-pany for another six

years. So, Joe actually worked until hewas 80 years old, before retiring.

In 1982 the population of Strathmorewas around 3,000. The biggest changetheyve seen is the population growth,and the influx of the big box stores.They thank Canada for permitting

them to immigrate here, where life hasbeen wonderful.


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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

A request to extend the contract with H&H Huxted En-terprises Ltd was brought to council at the May 21 towncouncil meeting. Under the current contract there was a pro-vision that allowed council to extend the contract for one totwo years. Colin Huxted, owner of H&H Huxted Enterprises

Ltd., requested that it be two years, with a few amendmentsto the current contract.The proposed amendments include removing the refer-

ence to recycling because it is a separate contract; adding

Garbage contract extended

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extension date, which is Dec. 31, 2016; adding the additionaldates of 2015/2016 and inflating the residential rate by threeper cent per year. Previously that rate had been inflated byfour per cent but Deputy Chief Administrative Officer forthe Town Linda Nelson said, Mr. Huxted has stated that hewould just like to be close to the cost of living increase.

Another amendment was to include additional sanctionedlandfills based on merit. The town and contractor can con-sider any landfill that the two agree upon, based on the mer-its of the landfill, such as cost savings to the town.

Huxted had told Nelson he would also donate an addi-tional day of Heavy Item Garbage (HIG) pickup to collectChristmas trees. The unit rates were also updated to reflectthe rates and the additional dwelling unit numbers.Three Hills landfill has also been added as a sanctioned

landfill site. The rate for their landfill has been added alongwith a clause that Huxted will charge a maximum of an ad-ditional $27 per tonne for trucking outside of the City ofCalgary, where the cost will result in a savings to the townof at least $5 a tonne.The recommendation from council was to approve the

amendments and the extensions until Dec. 31, 2016.Mayor Michael Ell had a few questions of administration

but his main concern was the removal of the bond of in-demnity to the town, the surety bond. Though he knowsit was removed in the past, and he has great confidence

that Huxted will continue to serve the community, Ell said itcaused him some concern.

My thoughts are should something happen to the princi-ple of H&H Huxted, or some sort of disaster befall the com-pany that we cant even conceive of, where does that put thetown in regards to our situation and that causes me someconcern if the performance surety is not there, said Ell.

Nelson said there are a couple of clauses in the agree-ment under performance failure. The clauses state that ifthe contractor fails to perform any of the obligations or theagreements of the contract then all expenses or expendi-tures made by or on behalf of the town under the sectionwould have to be paid by the contractor within 30 days.

The motion to accept the extension and the changespassed with Ell voting opposed to the motion.


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Wheatland County council steppedthrough a glass door May 20 by final-

izing the draft fire implementationplan recommended by staff; but thenthey turned around and held that dooropen, to see if the other towns and vil-lages in the county would also stepover the threshold.The council vote was divided, but

passed, with the main point of debatecentering on who should sign first,Wheatland County or area towns andvillages. Those votes opposed werecast by Reeve Glenn Koester, Council-lor Rex Harwood and Deputy ReeveBen Armstrong.

I would like to hold off because thevillages would be accepting the run-ning of these departments. If we ap-prove this before the villages, it will

seem like they have to approve. It isa partnership, so I would like to seethis, said Koester.There was a lengthy process to de-

velop the plan and all fire departments,towns and village councils were giventhe opportunity to contribute to theplan.

It is often hard to get consensus.We had 26 parties to work with andsometimes it was a challenge. It was agreat process and everyone was heard.Instead of going to one model thereare several choices. I believe this is ata stage where we can move forward,said Emergency Services Manager JudyUnsworth.

A second motion followed the di-

vided vote, indicating a letter of ac-ceptance should be sent to the townsand villages, requesting they confirmtheir acceptance. All Wheatland coun-cil agreed to this motion.

The need for clear communicationand recognition of boundaries was evi-dent in feedback letters from villagecouncils that were submitted to Wheat-land County about the plan and postedon their website www.wheatlandcoun-ty.ca . These can be viewed along withthe plan, under agendas and minutesMay 20.There is general support and posi-

tive agreement in the county with mostof the proposed items and actions inthe plan, which address issues on athree tier urgent need basis. However,there were still some exceptions voicedabout the process.

We believe you have crossed theline and are now intruding into the af-

fairs of our municipality. The tone ofyour report and its conclusions leaveus wondering if you understand theconcept of partnership and consul-tation. Our council is aware and ap-preciates how difficult your task is inreforming fire service throughout thecounty, but the way in which you areproceeding seems clumsy and not tobe working very well indeed, HussarVillage Council said in a statement.

This review and implementationplans from this point forward need torecognize the other municipalities andtheir contributions to the fire depart-ments, Leah Jensen, Chief Administra-tive Officer for the Village of Standard.

All parties in the discussions agreed

that help was needed for associationsand fire departments that were strug-gling, such as Gleichen, StrathmoreRural and Carseland, but they unani-mously voiced financial and gover-

nance decisions should remain withmunicipal councils and area fire asso-ciations. There were also finer pointsof plan like equipment decisions andfire crew training sessions once a weekthat were questioned. A modified train-ing schedule was suggested, alongwith local decision making on equip-ment needs.

Many of the points in the plan arealready being put into action. For ex-ample, TJ Maynard was appointed FireChief for the Gleichen and Cluny FireDepartment. Discussions with SiksikaNation are commencing regarding as-sisted service agreements, and ChiefAdministrative Officer for the countyAlan Parkin and staff are helping to get

several associations back on track. Oth-er actions already in play in each firedepartment are noted in the document.The governance review for StrathmoreRural and Carseland is being compiledand will come to council June 9.The question remains: now that

council has accepted the draft planas final, what will happen if the othervillages and municipalities dont sendletters of acceptance for the fire imple-mentation plan.

Staff pointed out that under the Mu-nicipal Governance Act, the county hasa duty to ensure fire service is availableto its ratepayers and if consensus isntreached, it will have some difficult de-

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SHANNON LECLAIR

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With the annual AUMA (Alberta Urban MunicipalitiesAssociation) convention coming up in September, time isrunning out to submit resolutions to be considered. Theseresolutions are looked at and considered by municipalitiesacross the province.The deadline for resolution entries is May 31, and Mayor

Michael Ell had one for council to consider submitting.Ells suggestion was for AUMA to request that the Gov-

ernment of Alberta include provisions within the MunicipalGovernment Act (MGA) that will require municipalities toreview councils remunerations, prior to each election withinan election year, by a committee made up of public membersof each individual community.

Councillor Brad Walls made a motion to submit the resolu-tion for consideration to call for mandatory public involve-ment in council remuneration review.

Councillor Denise Peterson questioned why it would needto be brought forward to the province for considerationwhen many municipalities already do this in their communi-ties and they have capacity from their community to do thisthemselves.

I dont know if it would necessarily be better, this is justan option that I would put forward. With the request forchanges to the Municipal Government Act that was sort ofthe motivating factor for me to bring this forward at thistime, this is an option that council can put into their ownpolicy if they wish, said Ell.

Peterson further stated that when seeking nomination tocouncil she made a promise that she would not ever votefor her own raise in council, and that when council appointcommittees she would do her best to ensure they are ethicalbut knows theres all kinds of opportunities for the manipu-lation to happen. She wanted reassurance that the commit-tee will remain ethical.

Ell said he cant give those reassurances, but said thatmembers of council could come up with the best possiblesolutions to strike the committee, keeping it non-biased, andthen the committee could come back with the best recom-mendation they can make. Ell was not sure how the com-mittee would be made up, but said it should be with totalinvolvement of council.

In light of that my position will be to vote against thisresolution because I do believe that our administration andour community can probably do a better job of decidingcouncil remuneration than the province can, Peterson.

Councillor Rocky Blokland is against it, saying that in thepast there had been a committee that worked hard on some-thing like this and had their recommendations rejected.

He said council is entrusted to come up with decisionson spending millions over the course of the term, and hebelieves council could come up with a true and honest dol-

AUMA Resolution defeated

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of

the 7th Annual Shoot for the Troops Charity Dart

Tournament, held at the Royal Canadian Legion,

Branch #10, Strathmore on May 3, 2014,

we thank the 69 dart players and the following

people for their contribution and participation.

With your support we collected $3,453.00

which will be donated to the Calgary

Military Family Resource Centre.

Wal-MartCalgary Co-op

Canadian TireTown of Strathmore

The County of Wheatland

Members of RCL #10,Strathmore

Members, Ladies Auxilliary,

RCL #10

High Prairie Legion, RCL

Branch #37

Comrade Don Good Poppy Fund

Boston Pizza

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John ManchesterHelen Robinson

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Jim Crooks

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