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Strathmore-Brooks proved once againthat it is a Wildrose riding.

Derek Fildebrandt, who began his cam-paign in January, received 8,657 of the16,469 votes during the May 5 Provincial

Election. The new MLA defeated his next clos-

est competition, Progressive ConservativeMolly Douglas by a wide margin, winning52.57 per cent of the total votes.

“The heavy work is just getting started,”said Fildebrandt during a celebration athis campaign headquarters in Strathmorefollowing the election. “I’m humbled andexhilarated by the opportunity to be theMLA for the people of Strathmore-Brooks. This is a historical election – this is onlythe fourth time Alberta has ever changedgovernments. Albertans wanted a change… Albertans did not vote for a democraticsocialist government, they voted for a newgovernment (in the NDP), but I believe

that the Wildrose Party stands for the val-ues that have made Alberta great and canmake us greater in the future.” The NDP will form the new majority

government after collecting 51 of the 87seats available. The Wildrose will be theofficial opposition after taking 21 seats. The out going PC party only garnered 10seats.

“We are going to provide a vigorous andstrong official opposition over the nextfour years,” said Fildebrandt. “I’m going todo my upmost to represent the people ofStrathmore-Brooks and to blunt the moreextreme ideological excesses of the NDP, which I believe has the potential to crip-ple the economy of this province.”

Molly Douglass, who was named the PC

candidate after the resignation of JasonHale, received the second most votes inthe riding with 4,449.

Despite the result, she was proud totake part in the democratic process.

“It has been such a positive experiencegetting to work with volunteers and gettingto know Strathmore and area residents,”said Douglass. “Although I was not suc-cessful in my bid for the MLA’s position, it was a democratic process with seven par-ties and candidates in the running. Whatmore could a voter ask for? I am proudof our Strathmore-Brooks region and itspeople, and will continue to be involved atthe local level in moving it forward. Con-gratulations to everyone involved.”

Wildrose shines!

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Newly elected MLA Derek Fildebrandt was all smiles after collecting over 50 per cent of the votes

in the Provincial Election on May 5. Fildebrandt, along with his wife Emma and two dogs, King and

Schnitzel, celebrated at the Wildrose campaign office in downtown Strathmore on election night.

Meet your new MLA!

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

A new meal program has come toStrathmore that will make dinner-time alittle easier. The Frozen Meal program,

offered by Strathmore FCSS in conjunc-tion with Calgary Meals on Wheels, al-lows people to purchase ready-madefrozen meals to stock their freezers.

“We’re finding that a lot of clientsdon’t want to use the hot meal program

because they don’t feel like they needit, but the frozen program is more flex-ible because you don’t have to be homefor when it’s delivered, you can comeand pick it up on Wednesdays and thenit’s in your freezer and it lasts for up tothree months,” said FCSS Programmer

Dahrlyne Knaus.“We were only able to do this because

we’ve received funding from the United Way.”

She said it provides a convenient op-tion for residents, while remaining deli-

cious and wholesome. Some of the op-tions available are curry chicken legs,roast beef with gravy, chicken noodlesoup, borscht, muffins, cookies andmuch more. There are also family-sizeitems on the menu. The meals are prepped at Calgary’s

Meals on Wheels kitchen, and then vol-unteer drivers for FCSS head into thecity to pick them up and bring them

back to Strathmore.“We’re looking for volunteer drivers

to drive in to Calgary bi-weekly, every

SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Saying goodbye brings with it mixedemotions, sadness at the thought ofleaving this great town behind and ex-citement about the new realm of pos-sibilities opening up. As many of you know I have spent

the last five years working as yourcommunity reporter at the Strathmore Times.

In that time I have had the opportu-nity to literally share in hundreds, if notthousands, of moments with all of you.I have cried with a lot of you – maybemore than I should have at times - as you trusted me to share your stories

with the integrity and respect they de-served, and more often I have laughedand joined in on many celebrations year after year.

While clearing files off of my of-

fice computer I had a chance to lookthrough some of the thousands of pho-tos I have taken over the years, it wasamazing to see a flashback of differentevents and faces.

I couldn’t even to begin to list off allof the memories I will be taking withme, from all of the articles written toevents covered, each and every one dif-ferent, and fun in its own way.

I’m moving on, which you have allguessed by now, but will continue tocome back every once in awhile to vis-it, and to check out some of the eventsI don’t think I’ll ever be able to leave behind, like the rodeo.

My last official day in the office will be May 11, so if you get a chance and

want to, come by and say goodbye. We will have a gathering between 4 - 6:30p.m. refreshments at the StrathmoreTimes office. Thanks for the memories Strathmore!

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Y E A R E N D I N G D E C E M B E R 3 1, 2 0 14

Opinion

Lethbridge, Alberta Young Parkyn McNab LLP

April 15, 2015 Chartered Accountants

2014 2013 2014 2013

RevenueFinancial assets 25,193,523$ 24,586,987$ Net municipal property taxes 9,947,751$ 9,656,942$

Liabilities 18,123,969 20,432,202 User fees and sales of goods 10,439,394 9,784,420

Net financial assets 7,069,554 4,154,785 Government transfers for operating 1,164,613 996,697

Non-financial assets Investment income 505,869 513,883

Prepaid expenses and inventory 122,163 117,043 Penalties and costs on taxes 186,762 187,414

Tangible capital assets 175,836,285 178,573,583 Licenses and permits 615,624 420,375

175,958,448 178,690,626 Other revenue 189,546 268,480 Accumulated surplus 183,028,002$ 182,845,411$ Total revenue 23,049,559 21,828,211

Expenses

2014 2013 Legislative 265,064 258,393

Self supported long-term debt 11,215,563$ 15,460,695$ Administration 2,584,306 2,426,002

Current portion 1,403,752$ 1,542,409$ Police, fire, disaster, ambulance, municipal enforcement 3,370,100 3,247,183

Transportation services 3,512,960 3,447,988

Water supply and distribution 3,265,442 3,086,246

2014 2013 Wastewater treatment and disposal 3,783,932 3,475,249

Mayor Michael Ell 48,091$ 8,264$ Waste management 854,662 854,919

Councillor Pat Fule 28,161 26,014 Public health and welfare services 710,048 747,468

Councillor Robert Sobol 28,175 26,014 Planning and development 956,249 678,663

Councillor Brad Walls 28,161 4,634 Parks and recreation 3,696,154 3,766,895

Councillor Rocky Blokland 27,755 26,014 Culture-libraries, museums, halls 735,630 729,481

Councillor Denise Peterson 27,336 4,634 Total expenses 23,734,547 22,718,487

Councillor John Rempel 22,444 26,014 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses

Councillor Steve Grajczyk 665 39,857 before other (684,988) (890,276)

Councillor Earl Best - 21,680 Other Councillor Dave Hamilton - 21,680 Government transfers for capital 867,579 5,594,317

Contributed assets - 2,365,551

867,579 7,959,868

OPERATING RESERVES 2014 2013

Financial stabilization 2,528,879$ 2,841,133$ Excess of revenue over expenses 182,591 7,069,592

Potable water 944,017 920,185 Sanitary sewer 332,596 325,004 Accumulated surplus, beginning of year 182,845,411 175,775,819

Office revitalization 222,079 264,683

Family Centre capital reduction 193,294 188,881 Accumulated surplus, end of year 183,028,002$ 182,845,411$

RCMP reserve 117,896 115,205

Garbage 44,682 43,662

General administration 43,234 42,247

Other reserves 116,449 126,762 2014 2013

Total Operating Reserves 4,543,126$ 4,867,762$

CAPITAL RESERVES Cash provided by operating transactions 7,572,186$ 9,933,780$

Storm off-site levies 1,078,630$ 1,007,513$ Cash applied to capital transactions (1,431,968) (6,601,683)

Water off-site levies 1,056,684 652,166 Cash applied to investing transactions (4,620,394) (4,038,056)

Sewer off-site levies 655,785 478,920 Cash applied to financing transactions (4,245,132) (1,469,914)

Capital Equipment Reserve 628,922 520,255

Roads off-site levies 501,243 399,058 (Decrease) increase in cash and temporary investments (2,725,308) (2,175,873)

Water supply 480,521 469,552

Municipal public reserve 274,292 268,031 Cash and temporary investments, beginning of year 8,951,259 11,127,132

Storm offsite levies - Eagle Lake 203,160 48,255

Civic Centre 190,042 185,704 Cash and temporary investments, end of year 6,225,951$ 8,951,259$

Bike pathway levies 106,697 104,262

Fire 80,534 401,162 SUMMARIZED STATEMENT OF CHANGE IN NET FINANCIAL ASSETS (DEBT)

Family Centre 69,275 67,693 2014 2013

Roads, walks and lighting 28,279 27,633 Excess of revenue over expenditures 182,591$ 7,069,592$

Sanitary sewer 26,430 25,827 Decrease (increase) in non-financial assets 2,732,178 (5,075,405)

Other reserves 102,750 76,811 Increase in net financial assets 2,914,769 1,994,187

Total Capital Reserves 5,483,244$ 4,732,842$ Net financial assets, beginning of year 4,154,785 2,160,598

Total Reserves 10,026,370$ 9,600,604$ Net financial assets, end of year 7,069,554$ 4,154,785$

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Summarized Financial Statements

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summary financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810, "Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements."

Auditor's Responsibility

The accompanying summary financial statements, which comprise the summary statement of financial position as at December 31, 2014, the summary statements of operations, changes in net financial assets and cash flow for the year then ended, andrelated notes, are derived from the audited financial statements of the Town of Strathmore for the year ended December 31, 2014. We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on those financial statements in our report dated April 15, 2015.

Management is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial statements in accordance with the criteria as disclosed in note 1.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR ON THE SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTSTo the Mayor and Members of Council of the Town of Strathmore,

The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian public sector accounting standards. Reading the summary financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements of the Town of

Strathmore.

Management's Responsibility for the Summary Financial Statements

SUMMARIZED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW

SALARY AND BENEFITS DISCLOSURE

LONG TERM DEBT

In our opinion, the summary financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of the Town of Strathmore for the year ended December 31, 2014 are a fair summary of those financial statements, on the basis described in note 1.

SUMMARIZED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONSSUMMARIZED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

Net municipal taxes

43.2%

User fees & sales of

goods

45.3%

Penal(es on taxes

0.8%

Licenses & permits

2.7%

Investment income

2.2%

Government

transfers

5.0%

Other revenue

0.8%

2014 Revenue

Legisla(ve

1.1% [CATEGORY NAME]

[VALUE]

Police, fire &

municipal

enforcement

14.2%

Transporta(on

services

14.8%[CATEGORY NAME]

[VALUE][CATEGORY NAME]

[VALUE]

Waste management

3.6%

[CATEGORY NAME]

[VALUE]

[CATEGORY NAME]

[VALUE]

Parks & recrea(on

15.6%

Culture

3.1%

2014 Expenses

Note 1. Summary financial statements

Management prepared these summary financial statements using the following criteria:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

The audited financial statements of the Town are available on request by contacting the municipal office.

major subtotals, totals and comparative information from the audited financial statements are included; and

the summary financial statements include a statement for each statement included in the audited financial statements;

information in the summary financial statements agrees with the related information in the completed set of audited financial statements;

the summary financial statements contain the information from the audited financial statements dealing with matters having a pervasive or otherwise significant effect on the summary financial statements.

The summary financial statements are derived from the audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with Canadian public sector accounting standards, as at December 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, and for the years then ended.


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Crowther Memorial High School, Strathmore High Schooland Brentwood Elementary choirs celebrated a national eventin ‘Music Monday’ on May 4 at Brentwood in recognition ofthe power of music. The choir event’s main focus was to educate the singers

about the true meaning of music and more importantly tohave fun.

“Events like this are really important because they give usthe chance to show younger generations there are older stu-dents that are doing awesome things. It gives them somethingto look up to,” said Bryan Allsop, Crowther and StrathmoreHigh School’s choir teacher.

“They can watch this and be like ‘hey in five years I could be in that high school group’ and it would be a ton of fun.”

Allsop firmly believes that it depends on the group for thetype of genres the choir will sing to.

“Our choirs do anything from pop music, musical songs toclassical choir stuff and we’ve done lots of songs in different

languages. It gives them versatility to be fantastic musiciansand all their wide knowledge as best they can,” said Allsop. The teaching styles for both groups are similar as they have

strong understandings of music.

“For the most part I can teach them relatively the same. Thehigh school because it’s a class, you can be more intensive

with them, it’s outside the timetable, whereas at junior highit’s just a club, they don’t have the same intensity but I handout music to the groups and they have music by the next

week,” said Allsop.Brentwood’s music specialist Carolyn Steeves could not

stress more how important it is to learn how powerful musicreally is.

“I’ve been doing to this for 36 years, teaching music, and Ithink days like today are really important for the kids to seethat music is a life-long thing. They can go into the junior highand senior high, still dancing and singing and carry on whatthey love,” said Steeves.

“Today for us was a dress rehearsal for provincials because we’re in provincials on Friday representing Drumheller fes-tival. It’s Grade’s 4-6 classes at the Alberta Musical Festival

Association.”Steeves main goal for the kids is to have fun and enjoy what

music has to offer.“The kids loved the Music Monday song by Connor Ross,

he was 16 and won the music anthem search and taught it tothe kids in class. And to get to sing with other schools, a songthat’s called ‘We Are One,’ it can’t get any more perfect thanthat,” said Steeves.

Local schools celebrate Music Monday

Justin Seward Photos

Three local school choirs, Brent-wood Elementary (above), CMJHS

(right) and Strathmore High School

(far right) recognized ‘Music Mon-day’ on May 4 at Brentwood El-

ementary. Each group performed

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JOHN GODSMAN

Times Contributor

The William and Mary Van Bavel family origi-nated in Belgium, where they had five children,and moved to Canada in 1910. Father Van Aken,an agent for CPR, brought the Van Bavels to a lo-cation northeast of Strathmore, which in 1908 wascalled the District of Akenstad. He was responsible

for assisting immigrants to start homesteading andget employment. William got work constructingthe irrigation system for the CPR,and later became a second ditchrider, using a slip and a team ofClydesdale horses, which he hadused in Belgium. When the ground

was frozen during the winter, theditch riders cared for the horses.In 1917, William had purchased afarm in the Elwood District, on theRockyford Road. But, before thefamily could move there, he had afatal heart attack in the StrathmoreHotel, and passed away at the

young age of 45, leaving his wid-ow Mary with their five children:

Annie, identical twins Joe and Jack,

John and Kathleen. They did even-tually move to the farm where the

boys did the farming. Joe and twin brother Jack worked the family farm in the Elwood District aspartners for 10 years. Elizabeth Koester was bornin Iowa in 1911, moving with her family in 1929,to Rockyford. She met and married Joe Van Bavel(Ken’s father) in 1932.

Ken was born at Mrs. McKenzie’s Nursing homein Strathmore on Feb. 23, 1934, the second old-est of six children. He attended school at Elwood,

Akenstead and Strathmore. He then worked on anuncle’s farm at Rockyford.

Ruth’s grandfather, James Henry Sammons was born Feb. 3, 1871 in Vinton, Iowa and married Jen-

ny May Rarey on Sept. 7 1897, in Greswald, Iowa.In 1908, grandfather James Henry came to the

Strathmore area where he purchased land fromthe CPR, before returning to Iowa. In 1910, he

brought his family, including four children, to theGleichen farm. Two more children were born here.Ruth’s father Floyd had been born in Pottowat-tomie County, Iowa in 1906, so was four years old

when he came to Canada. I’m told that when Floyd

was 98 years old, he could still tell you where he was born!Ruth’s great-grandfather on her mother’s side

was James C Hutchison born inOrmiston, Que. in 1862. He movedto Morris, Ill. and dairy farmedthere for 35 years, marrying Bar-

bara Cavers in 1908, then movingto Gleichen in 1913 to land he pur-chased from the CPR. Her grandfa-ther James Walter Hutchison, bornNov. 22, 1887, married Emma L.Page on Sept. 8, 1908. He hauledgravel during construction of theHigh Level Bridge in Edmonton,

before moving back to his Gleichenfarm in 1914. Ruth’s mother Lillian

was born at Morris, Ill. on Feb. 12,

1910. Ruth was born May 29, 1938on the family farm at Gleichen, the

second of two children. She attended Cluny Schoolfrom Grade 1 to Grade 10 then worked for theBank of Nova Scotia in Calgary, before moving tothe CIBC in Gleichen where she worked for 10

years.Ken and Ruth met while Ken was working for

Albert Desmet, and they were married on June 1,1957. They have four sons and two daughters, andnow have 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grand-children. Following their marriage they took overthe Hutchison family farm which was three milesnorth of Gleichen, and farmed it for the next 40

years, before selling it in 2000, and retiring to

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so anointed that God uses even

his shadow to heal people as he

walks by them.

Had Peter chosen to focus on

his past failures, he would never

had been able to move ahead

with the new. We can’t drive too

far ahead if we are only looking

in the rear view mirror. Everyone

makes mistakes, but the good

news is that when we lay them

down at Jesus’ feet and receive

Him, He doesn’t look at all our

failures, He sees our future

potential and wants us to go for

that.

Don’t let the past or fear of

failure keep you from moving

ahead. Let this spring be a time

of new beginnings. Let new

ideas, hope and excitement

sprout and keep looking ahead

instead of in the rear view mirror.

Know that God has a good hope

and a future for you. This is the

season to begin walking in it.

Pastor Elizabeth Karp

Harvest Healing Centre Church

Pass the Salt

BOW RIVER ALLIANCE CHURCH

105 Main St. Carseland

403-934-9337

[email protected]: Andy Wiebe

Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

www.bowriveralliance.com

RCCG PECULIAR PEOPLE ASSEMBLY

(1 PET. 2:9)

115A – 3rd Avenue, Strathmore

403-667-7832

Pastor: Dunmoye Lawal Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Thursday Bible Study: 7 pm

Friday (Prayer Meeting): 7 pmwww.rccgstrathmore.com

STRATHMORE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH

50 Maplewood Drive • 403-934-2225

Senior Pastor: Rev. Les Fischer Youth Pastor: Kyle Lomenda

New Office Hours:

9 am - 4 pm • Tues - Wed - ThurWorship Service: 10:30 am

Children’s Church & Nursery in Service

Extending Grace - igniting hopewww.strathmorefullgospel.com

LORD OF ALL (NALC) LUTHERAN

112 Lakeside Blvd. • 403-934-2374

Pastor: Dawn Nelson Worship Schedule

Thursday Evening 7:00 pm

Sunday Family 10:30 amChristian Education

For All - Ages 3-103

Sunday at 9:30 amJoin us in Praising our Lord, Jesus Christ!

STRATHMORE SEVENTH-DAY

ADVENTIST CHURCH

Meeting in the Lutheran Church

112 Lakeside Blvd. 403-983-0081

Pastor: Ghena Girleanu Services held every Saturday

Sabbath School: 10 AM

Worship Service: 11 AMwww.strathmoreadventist.ca

HARVEST HEALING CENTRE CHURCH

102 Canal Gardens

403-901-0893 / 403-880-3171

Pastor: Elizabeth Karp Worship Sundays 10:30 am

Healing Room Monday 7-9 pm

Now available at The Seed (our book nook)Living Books and Products

phone: 403-619-9279

Come Join us for a spirit-filled time

of worship

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC

Holy Cross Collegiate School Gym

709B - 2nd Street, Strathmore

403-934-2641Pastor: Fr. Wojciech Jarzecki Masses: Saturday 5 pm • Sunday 10 am

ST. MICHAEL & ALL

ANGELS ANGLICAN

“Becoming fully alive in Jesus Christ”

INTERIM WORSHIP LOCATION: 245 Brent Blvd., Strathmore

(NORTH door) 403-934-3017

Pastor & Priest: Bryan Beveridge Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am

HOPE COMMUNITY

COVENANT CHURCH

245 Brent Blvd, Strathmore • 403-934-2424

Worship Service Sundays 10 am

Lead Pastor: Glenn Peterson www.hope-community.ca

STRATHMORE ALLIANCE

325 1 Ave • 403-934-3543

Corner of 1 Ave & Wheatland TrailAssociate Pastor: Byron Allan 9:30 am Sunday School for All Ages

11:00 am Worship Service

www.strathmorealliance.com

STRATHMORE UNITED

Wheatland Trail & 3rd Avenue403-934-3025

Rev. Pamela Scott Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Babysitting ProvidedWheel Chair Accessible

Loop system for the hearing impaired

SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Sometimes we all could use a helping hand; anunexpected bill comes in, or the hours just aren’tcoming like they used to at work. Cancorp Prop-erty Group, the Developer of Wildflower Ranch,knows that people sometimes fall on hard times,and have created the Wildflower Ranch CommunitySupport Foundation. The foundation was set up to give back to any

Strathmore residents in need. One example is a se-nior who applied for financial assistance to help

build a wheelchair ramp to her door; the govern-ment wouldn’t cover it, so the foundation did. An-other person was unable to afford their prescrip-

tions, and so the foundation stepped up to helpthem out.“(It’s usually) things that don’t really get covered

by government agencies. We do an application on-line, and then we review it as a board and decide

on every case based on each case separately,” saidCassandra Cook, a member of the board of direc-tors.

“We only usually fund people who have a planso that it’s not just going to waste, that’s what we

want to avoid, it’s not like a welfare kind of thing, we’re just trying to help people who had a roughgo. We do everything directly, so we don’t actuallygive people cheques.”

One of the ways the foundation is able to do thisis by fundraising, which they do through their an-nual golf tournament.

Over the past five years approximately $40,000has been raised for the foundation. The tourna-ment takes place on July 29, with a shotgun startat 2 p.m. Following the tournament there will be

a dinner and awards show. Registrations fees are$150 and include the green fees, cart, dinner andprizes. Sponsors for are also being sought by thefoundation. To register, or to sponsor a hole, con-tact Cassandra Cook at [email protected].

Golf for a cause

Strathmore. The Sammons farm is still operated by Ruth’s brother Jim Sammon, with son David.

Their community activities included - Ken was a memberof Gleichen Lions Club, Branch #13 of the Gleichen Legion#13, the Curling Club, and enjoyed hockey and baseball. Ruth

worked with 4-H Sewing Club. Ruth now volunteers at theStrathmore Legion every Wednesday evening, as a member ofthe bingo committee. There were 6,990 residents when they moved here in the

spring of 2000. The greatest changes are the new technolo-gies for farming.


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The emergency Pregnancy Care Centre is a fa-cility that helps women and men through an un-planned pregnancy. The facility was first intro-duced to the community of Strathmore in Octoberof 2014. It is located in the Aztec building in thedowntown area of Strathmore, on the second floor.

This non-profit organization focuses on crisis preg-nancy and sexual health education. The PregnancyCare Centre is completely composed of trained vol-unteers, so it is not a professional facility, but the

volunteers have received extensive training andhave gained a significant amount of experience. The Pregnancy Care Centre has a program called

“Take Charge” which travels to schools (targetinggrade 7 to CALM class in high schools). The class

teaches about healthy relationships, good bound-aries, good connections, STI’s, pregnancy, and thedangers of sexting. This allows children and youthto become educated in decisions for their relation-ships in the future. SAY has been involved in oneshort session and all of our youth members thoughtthat the information, activities, and presenter wereexcellent. The youth in SAY said that they learnednew things about healthy relationships that they

will use in their everyday lives. While education is a key component of the Preg-

nancy Care Centre’s services, their main purpose isto help anyone in need of assistance during a cri-

sis pregnancy. The facility provides free pregnancytests, counselling, and support to women experi-encing a pregnancy and/or their partners. When a new client comes in they are told that

the entire process is confidential and will not beshared with anyone outside of the client and thecouncillor. The client is then presented with his/her options, which include parenting, adopting, orabortion. After the options are presented the cli-ent learns about the risks of each option. Oncethe client has chosen an option they are presented

with ongoing supports and are guided through theprocess. The councillors do not give any of theiropinions; in fact a survey of Pregnancy Care Cen-tre clients was taken to determine whether theycould determine their councillor’s opinions andthe results were that 96% did not know their coun-cillor’s opinions.

To round out their comprehensive list of servic-es, the Pregnancy Care Centre offers many coun-selling opportunities, including male counsellingand couples counselling. They also offer numer-ous courses, such as parenting classes, adoptionclasses, and a birth mother support group for theadoption process. There is a confidential 24-hour hotline (403-269-

3110) as well as a website (www.pregcare.com).Confidential appointments can be made by phoneor text (587-896-0902) or email ([email protected]). The office is open Tuesdays and late on

Thursdays.

Community Spotlight:

The Emergency Pregnancy Care Centre

BAILEY ZANKL

SAY Times Contributor

The Standard One Stop Shoe Shop is a businessowned and operated by Kelly Warrack and Kate-lyn Haffner. The store opened on Feb. 13 of this year, in the old Standard building located at 136Second Ave., across from The Bank Athletic Club. The store offers a variety of

family footwear, as well as ac-cessories ranging from handbags to laces, shoe care prod-ucts and “anything from the waist down.” The store stocks well-known name brandssuch as Nine West, Steve Mad-den, Toms, Geox, Converseand more. The shop has ev-erything for your feet rangingfrom ladies high heels andmen’s dress shoes to unique boots and children’s footwear.

When asked what the best part about owning a business in Strathmore was, Haffner replied thatthey are helping contribute to the revitalizationthat is happening downtown. She also expressedthat they feel that bringing a shoe store to Strath-more is filling a need that has been around for

over a decade. The Standard Shoe Shop is impor-tant to the town because it is bringing the ease ofaccess to quality shoes within walking distance of your home.

To top it off, the building the store is located inhas a rich history and roots dating back to its con-struction in 1909. The building itself has under-gone an inside-and-out restoration, but still has

the original features like theday safe, and even the fullsize vault. When you visit the store,

take a moment to look atthe interesting artifacts theyfound while renovating –like the newspaper theyframed from the 1920s. Theowners are willing to share what they have learnedabout the building and itshistory – just ask! The Standard Shoe Shop

is open Monday to Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Satur-day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is closed Sundays and holi-days. Check their Facebook page – The StandardShoe Shop – for information on sales, products,and more.

Community Spotlight: The Standard Shoe Shop

SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

Darren Adamson with YoungParkyn McNabb LLP presentedthe auditor’s report to towncouncil April 15. He presentedthe highlights from the report,and stated that it was a cleanaudit.

Some of the highlights could be found in financial assets, which are cash and assets that will be converted into cash; theytotaled $25,193,000, which isup slightly from last years $24.5million.

“Significant changes are cashis down a little bit, but invest-ments are up more than thatamount so some cash has beentaken from short term invest-ments or cash input into longterm investments,” said Adam-

son. “Additionally some cash has been used to pay off long termdebt, and some has been invest-ed in capital assets.”

Financial assets are up slight-ly, mostly because investmentsare up. Liabilities total about$18.1 million compared to last year’s $20.4 million. Adamsonsaid the biggest reason for thatis the long-term debt repayment which totaled about $4.2 millionfor the year. When you take the financial

assets and subtract liabilities you get net financial assets, which was a little over $7 mil-lion. Adamson said that’s oneof the indicators of the town’sfinancial position, it’s a good im-provement over the prior year.

Non-financial assets, which islargely tangible capital assets- infrastructure owned by the

town – has gone down slightlyfrom last year. The town did invest $1.5 million in new capitalassets over the year, but amor-tized approximately $4.1 millionoverall. The total accumulated surplus

is $183,028,002. The breakdownof that figure shows that $165million is invested in tangiblecapital assets, money alreadyspent and invested in infra-structure, and the remainder isavailable for future spending,approximately $18 million. $8.3million of that is unrestrictedand can be used towards thegreatest need, and a little over$10 million has been set asidein specific reserves for operatingand capital needs for the town. The draft of the full auditor’s

report, which was accepted andsigned, can be found on Page 5.

Auditor’s report accepted


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Fule for Thought

So, it was spring budget time for town councilthis past weekend. It’s a time to make decisionsfor the future, fund new projects that have arisen,set goals, and learn more about what large proj-ects are on the horizon for the future.

I was telling one of my English classes aboutit, and that I’d be busy Friday night, all day Sat-urday, and Sunday morning. I was trying to hintthat their English essays may not get marked, andthen I joked that maybe I could slip in buying atractor if they needed one! I found out that youshould not joke about these things, because kids believe you!

One student came up and asked, “can you re-ally get me a tractor, cuz my dad needs one forour farm.”

“Oh no, I’m so sorry,” I replied. “I was just jok-ing, if I tried that, I’d get run out of town … or worse!”

He seemed disappointed, but I learned a lessonabout joking in politics!

During the budget process, we work througha large binder, with budget items/staffing needsseparated by colored dividers with tabs.

Councillor Steve was having some problems as we switched and moved through this binder. Weactually were trying to be helpful as we called out,“it’s behind the red divider, Steve,” or “try the bluedivider.” After a while, Steve finally reminded us, “hey,

easy for you people, you’re not color blind!”Crap … that’s when we realized every dividerlooked the same … no wonder he was struggling!

Going through these budget items got me think-ing about other types of lists, and after a week-end of dealing with some pretty weighty issues, Istarted to compile my own “Worst of List.”

So, feel free to agree or disagree with someof these! I have listed my worst three things in various categories. Maybe they’ll bring back somehorrible memories you have! Now you may also

disagree, but we all have our own tastes! Worst Movies: 3) Bridges of Madison County 2)

Jack and Jill 1) Batman & Robin Worst Movie Actors: 3) Luke Wilson 2) Nicholas

Cage 1) Arnold Schwarzenegger Worst Movie Actresses: 3) Kristan Stewart 2)

Lindsay Lohan 1) Miley Cyrus Worst Movie Musicals: 3) Grease 2 2) West Side

Story 1) Sgt. Pepper (1978) Worst TV SitComs: 3) Dukes of Hazzard 2)

Three’s Company 1) Golden Girls Worst TV Dramas: 3) Dallas 2) Caribe 1) Pan Am Worst TV Sci Fi: 3) Lost In Space 2) Space:1999

3) The Startlost Worst Talk Shows: 3) The View 2) Maury 1) Jer-

ry Springer

Worst Reality Shows: 3) Fresh Princes of BelAir2) Growing Up Gotti 1) My Super Sweet 16 Worst TV Actors: 3) David Caruso 2) Charlie

Sheen 1) Ashton Kutcher Worst TV Actresses: 3) Kathy Griffin 2) Fran

Drescher 1) Roseanne Barr Worst Comedians: 3) Roseanne Barr 2) Sklar

Brothers 1) Andrew Dice Clay Worst Songs EVER: 3) Ring My Bell 2) Friday 1)

I Will Survive Worst Male Singers: 3) Justin Bieber 2) Bob

Dylan 1) Wayne Newton Worst Female Singers: 3) Ke$sha 2) Miley Cyrus

1) Gloria Gaynor Worst Bands: 3) Yes 2) Jonas Brothers 1) Blood,

Sweat & Tears Worst Books I’ve Read: 3) Catcher in the Rye

2) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1) TheReturn of the NativeSo there you have my list … and let the discus-

sions/arguments begin!(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humour-

ous column that appears in the Strathmore Times,written by long-time resident, town councillor,high school teacher, coach, husband and father oftwo – Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touchwith Pat, you can send him an e-mail at Pat.fule@

shaw.ca)

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SHANNON LECLAIR

Times Reporter

The second annual HopeBridges Society art auction fun-draiser, the Art of Connection, was a success. After expensesthe society - which is a chari-

table organization - was able toraise $8,000.

“It was a full house, it waspacked, you could hardly movein there, so it was great,” saidHope Bridges Coordinator Wan-da Reinholdt. There was a total of 76 items

donated by artists and business-

es that were sold off in eithera live or silent auction fashion.

“The most memorable is 18cookies for $230 and it was Ge-ordie’s cookies,” said Reinholdt. The top selling item was a

basket of wine, which sold for$575. The mural ‘Flight’, which

was created from plastic cardsand an old door, was also re-sold at the auction. There is talkthat the piece will be moving toits new home at the WheatlandCounty offices.

“Without the generous sup-port of our community of do-nors and guests supporting our

fundraising efforts, we couldnot do the work that we do. Weare continuing our fundraisingcampaign, so if you were un-able to attend our event, pleaseconsider contacting us if you wish to make a contribution,”said Reinholdt, reading from a

release. Anyone wishing to donatecan contact Sheila Konschuh at403-734-0179. There are already six items

for next year’s auction, and Re-inholdt said they are consider-ing limiting the auction items to50 next year.

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Times CORRECTION

In the May 1 edition of the Strathmore Times , in the article ‘New school location announced’ we said that

the school will be for students in Grades Kindergarten to 12. It is actually planned to be Kindergarten to

Grade 9. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsDirty Rotten Scoundrels, the musical, presented by the Strathmore Theatre

Players, premiered last week on April 29. The production has been in the

works for months and everyone involved was happy to see the show hit

the stage.Photo Courtesy of Darryl Renyk


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In celebration of International Day of Families onMay 15, the Strathmore Municipal Library is plan-ning ‘The Great Family Treasure Hunt.’ When searching online for programming ideas

for May 15, which is a flex Friday for local schools, Assistant Director of Library Services Carmen Eri-

son came across info about the day, and began tothink of what type of program they could bring tothe library. That’s how the idea of the treasure hunt

was born.“The treasure map will include actual locations

of the items as well as GPS coordinates to bringout that geocaching fun, adventure hunt into it as

well,” said Erison.She personally loves geocaching, and said it’s a

modern day treasure hunt, and that there are geo-caches hidden everywhere in the world. Erison hasalways wanted to incorporate some kind of trea-sure hunt type of program into the library. This program is sponsored by the Strathmore

FCSS, who secured the grand prize, and some ofthe other prizes, and sponsored advertising. Thehope is that families come in together, pick uptheir treasure maps and start looking for clues.

“They will find clues to treasures that will be hid-

den here in the Lambert Centre, the Lambert Park,Kinsmen Park and parts of downtown Strathmore,”said Erison. These will be challenging hunts, said Erison.

They won’t be the type of treasure hunt that takesabout five minutes. It is the type of program in

which they are encouraging families to work to-gether.

“This here, with it being International Day of

Families, gave us a great opportunity to providea program like this. We do realize it is on the Maylong weekend, so unfortunately we do understandthat some families might be heading off for camp-ing,” said Erison.

“But we still think that its still worth it to do aprogram like this because not everybody can affordto go out of town and so this allows you to have

your own adventure within your town limits.” Taylor Hillier Photography has donated a mini

photo session, valued at $120, as the grand prizefor one lucky family that completes the hunt. Itincludes a 30-minute shooting time, a location of

your choice in Strathmore, 10 edited images, andone online gallery to view and download from.

‘The Great Family Treasure Hunt’ will run fromnoon until 4 p.m. Other prizes for participatingfamilies will include family pool passes and free

memberships to the library.

Family treasure hunt

KAITLYN STEWART

Crowfoot Multi 4-H Club

The Crowfoot Multi 4-H club had its final meet-ing of the year on May 4, where we discussed set-up for Achievement Day, which is taking place on

May 7, at Namaka Hall from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Achievement Day starts May 8 at 5:30 p.m.

Many of Crowfoot’s members are going to 4-Hsummer camp. At the beginning of the meeting Jack Worth came

to speak to us about the Summer Games that will be in Strathmore from July 16-19. He asked if there were any member interested in volunteering andmany of us were, hope to see many of you at theSummer Games

Members of our club attended the District Fun-day on April 26. Everyone had lots of fun, goingthrough an obstacle course and getting to rollaround in hamster balls.

Our club had our annual highway cleanup fromthe 13-mile corner to Hussar on May 2. Thank youto Kathy, and Dawn for making hotdogs and thank

you Susan for setting up the tables and chairs. At the Dog Agility group’s last meeting they con-tinued to practice the dog agility course to preparefor 4-H on Parade. Margo Comstock came out andshowed members the good neighbor course.

Members in the Outdoors Adventures group wentto paintballing in Calgary after highway cleanup onMay 2. Everyone in Outdoor Adventures had lotsof fun and many of our members left colourful, fortheir final adventure everyone had a blast. Archery’s last meeting was on April 30, members

finished up their leatherwork projects and as theyfinished they had some fun shooting arrows. OnMay 3, my project Creative Options, finished offmy aprons. A big thank you goes out to our 4-H leader Mar-

go Comstock for being an amazing leader who isalways there to lend a helping hand and makes 4-H

just that much better, the Crowfoot Multi Club is re-ally going to miss having you as our leader. Thank you to Joseph Vanbavel of UFA for spon-

soring two 4-H Summer Leadership Camps; ChrisPerriment, Merchandising Manager of Bas ProShop, Calgary for sponsoring awards for Achieve-ment Day; and to Keith Fraser of Cabelas Edmon-ton for sponsoring awards for Achievement Day as

well. Also thank you to Crowfoot hall board forletting our club hold our meetings every month atCrowfoot hall and to Namaka hall for letting us use

your facility for Achievement Day.Can’t wait to see you all next year, have a fantas-

tic summer vacation.

That’s a wrap

MICHELLE LALONDE

Key Leader

The Wheatland 4-H Districtheld its annual Fun Day on April26. The Jr. Council planned anamazing day. Astro Jump fromCalgary brought out a Monster

climb and slide obstacle course,a bungee run and eight bumper

balls. There were 54 members from

six different clubs in the Wheat-land area. The Jr. Council alsohad minute to win it, rock paint-ing and carry a water balloon

games for the members to do.Everyone had a great time and

there were lots of laughs by themembers and the parents watch-ing. The day ended with Pizzafrom Domino’s. A Big thank youto Dominos for the great deal onthe tasty pizza.

Wheatland 4-H District Annual Fun Day

The Gleichen and District Choir performed in front of a packed house at theStrathmore United Church on May 2. Justin Seward Photo

Choir Spirit

Rachael Doyle took a selfie with MLA hopefulDerek Fildebrandt at the Wildrose rally on May3 in Brooks. Photo Courtesy of Rachael Doyle

Flying highCrowther Memorial Junior High School hosted a forum on May 1 for the political candidates as partof Student Vote, which is a parallel election program that allows students under the voting age tolearn about government, and then cast a vote for their favourite party. The results from the studentelection were: NDP – 173 (votes); Wildrose – 108; Green Party – 91; Alberta Party – 48; PC – 47;Liberal – 33; Alberta First – 4. According to the students, the NDP would be our government, withthe Wildrose as the official opposition. Shannon LeClair Photo

Students vote

The Strathmore 2015 Alberta 55 Plus SummerGames held their Dream Vacation Raffle on April21 at the Strathmore Golf Club. There were 12trips, valued at $5,000 each, up for grabs.

Wendi Tashlikowich Photo

Raffle winners!


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Last month, April 3, Avery Aleman andher teammates represented Canada inthe Sydney Royal Easter Show in Austra-lia. Aleman is a member of the Canadian

Trick Riding Association and attendedthe event with her fellow CanadianChampions Cora Croteu (Sundre) andShelby Pierson (Cessford), who madeup Team Canada.

“I really liked everything, everyone was really nice and kind about every-thing and super excited for us to be

there,” said Aleman.“I was disappointed that I missed my

vaults and fell face first but I guess thatis all part of it, the ground conditionshad changed from (when) we practicedand I just hit the ground harder than Iexpected.” Team Canada did well at the show,

which is one of Australia’s premierevents. Pierson won the Australia OpenCompetition, Croteau placed second inthe Australian Youth Competition and

Aleman placed third in youth and wonthe Stephanie Coldstream Encourage-ment Award.

“The Stephanie Coldstream Encour-

agement award was an award for dis-playing overall encouragement, andshowing sportsmanship along with atrue love and desire for the sport - with

both the third place as well as the Cold-stream award I received a sash, a buckleand some money,” said Aleman.

“The Stephanie Coldstream award wasso meaningful and (it was) inspiring thatI was chosen. It was cool knowing herstory, that she trick rode with cancerand (had) a love and a passion for thesport that her family wants to carry on.”

“I have the utmost respect for Cora, Avery and Shelby, at such a young age,

jumping on unfamiliar horses to trickride. I did this in Bermuda and Japan,and it is no easy feat,” said the girls’coach Jerri Duce in a press release.

“I am so proud of their talent and pro-fessionalism. We could not have had bet-ter ambassadors to our sport. On behalfof Ashley Furgeson and myself, it wasindeed an honour for us to coach theseathletes.” Aleman is now preparing for all of the

pro rodeos and other performances thatshe has scheduled with Young Gunz

Trick Riding. She is also still busy train-ing a few new horses, and said she looksforward to Team Canada next year.

Aleman places 3rd in Australia

Avery Aleman competed

in the Royal Sydney Eas-

ter Show in Australia in April. She placed third in

the youth category, and

was the recipient of the

Stephanie Coldstream

Encouragement Award.

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JUSTIN SEWARD

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The Friends of East Wheatland Society are looking for thearea’s support for projects at the new school. After having a sold-out fundraiser in Hussar on April 25,

there will be other events planned in the near future.“We had 300 people that we could invite and we had a

waiting list. It was all sold out – it was terrific, so many peo-

ple donated,” said Sherri Skibsted, Friends of East Wheatlandcommittee member. The committee will be hosting a movie night in June.“A company is donating the funds to put a projector out so

we can invite a whole bunch of people for a drive-in movie,”said Skibsted. “As far as that, we’re trying to get as manygrants as we can apply for and we’re going to take it one dayat a time. We’re going to do the outdoor one and we’re goingto see what else we can drum up.” The society has raised $125,000 towards their goal since

February, and is always looking for more fundraising ideas.“The Friends of East Wheatland Society have committed to

fundraise $500,000. We’re the committee that is continuallythinking of ideas, if anyone brings us ideas, we’ll definitelylook into it,” said Skibsted. “It’s a group of parents in eachcommunity. There’s some from Hussar, Rockyford, Standardand Gleichen.” The parents’ intentions are to make it the best school it can

be for the kids. The money fundraised will go to some important pieces

of the school.“Most of the money so far is going towards the gymnasium

with the square footage that we had said we wanted so wecould put bleachers in. If we go above and beyond (raising)the $500,000, then they’re looking at putting in a black boxtheatre for fine arts kids,” said Skibsted.

Skibsted felt good about Wheatland County’s response totheir request at the meeting on April 21.

“I definitely think we need more numbers. I felt very posi-

tive that they are just waiting for us to come up with a re-quest because I feel the support from the county is there,”said Skibsted. The main person spearheading the school, Greg Lendvay,

has seen a lot of progress and feels very confident that thecounty will go through with the $1 million proposed for theschool.

“I think it was well received. I think there has to be somedue diligence on our part and their part to see that there is

a long-term fit and collaboration of some sort,” said Lendvay.“They were definitely in the right in terms of asking for afacilities agreement, just to guarantee a long-term partner-ship and accessibility on both parties. I think there was angenuine interest in something regionally that’s more than

just a school, that incorporated all ages at all levels, includ-ing seniors.”

Lendvay wants to ensure that whatever the structure of theschool may be, it is feasible and sustainable.

He predicts the committee will reach 50 per cent of theirfundraising goal by June. One way he thinks that could hap-pen is if more major sponsors come on board with the proj-ect.

“We could be looking at anything from a big corporatesponsor to come on board to a public-private partnership

which someone could run in the non-school hours,” saidLendvay. “There’s a number of different models that we canexplore and I think what we want to do is to engage the

stakeholders to see what they really want.”Lendvay is optimistic he will have a package of numbers

ready to be brought back to council some time in June. Wheatland County Chief Administrative Officer Alan Par-

kin has received minimal information on existing schools’upgrades and the proposed numbers for the new facility.

“I have received information in regards to the improve-ments that are needed on the existing schools and that’s theinformation I’ve received thus far,” said Parkin.

Parkin echoed that there has been no commitment on ei-ther side for the requested $1 million.

East Wheatland School continues to fundraise

MANNY EVERETTTimes Contributor

The Friends of East Wheatland raisedapproximately $50,000 with their fun-draising dinner, dance and auction on

April 25, at the Hussar CommunityHall. The event was the latest in the group’s

efforts to help cover the costs for en-hancements for the new Kindergartento Grade 12 school being built in East

Wheatland. Located near the intersec-tion of Highways 840 and 561, the newschool will serve the East Wheatlandarea and the communities of Gleichen,Hussar, Standard and Rockyford. With 300 tickets sold for the event,

the Hussar Community Hall was filled with supporters for the project, whichis already underway. A highlight of the auction was the

sale of a photo taken by Jason Knibbon the day of the groundbreaking. Af-ter some back and forth bidding, it waspurchased jointly by Wade and LorileeDundas and East Wheatland School

Trustee Alan Larsen for $5,000, whichthey donated back to be displayed in

Fundraisingsuccess

Manny Everett

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New Hussar Fire Chief

Mike Hager is thrilled to be taking on the challengeof fire chief in the town hegrew up in.

He seems to be pretty or-ganized since being appoint-ed a month ago.

“I was (acclaimed) firechief by our board of di-rectors, our previous chiefhad stepped down, so theylooked to me for leadershipand guidance,” said Hager.“The biggest challenge for volunteer fire departmentsis recruiting and retainingof members. It’s not toughto get them to volunteer, it’s

tough to get that commit-ment from them.”

He says that firefightingis not for everyone, consid-ering additional tasks thathave to be done other thanfighting fires.

“We’re training once amonth, in business meetingonce a month, giving up timehere and there – being awayfrom family is a big commit-ment for guys,” said Hager.

“The other aspect of it isa lot of guys don’t think it’sfor them.”

Another task the fire de-partment takes care of is Wheatland EMS, and HSEMS(health, safety, and environ-

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a fresh look to the HussarFire Department.

“I’d like to bring newideas. I’m just younger, haveexperience in EMS being aparamedic and EMT for 15 years,” said Hager.

The biggest difference ingoing from deputy to firechief will be the administra-tive aspect.

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“We got a new rescuetruck in the last month anda bush buggy last fall that we haven’t put through thepaces,” said Hager. “Nowthat the weather has turned, we’re looking forward toputting some water down.”

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