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Town of Strathmore council debated on Nov. 18, wheth-er a new study was needed to meet required 10-minute

callouts for fire protection and if building code enforce-ments should be adapted to meet provincial safety codesfor new growth nodes in Strathmore. Administration was asked to research other towns

dealing with the housing/fire safety requirements and10-minute response times for local fire crews. They looked at eight communities, Cochrane, Lacombe,

Sylvan Lake, Canmore, High River, Camrose, Beaumontand Chestermere, all who had fulltime and volunteerfire personnel and whether they met the response timesof 10 minutes. Information indicated four communities

were not able to meet the 10-minute callout all the time,two met the requirement some of the time and two metthe requirement all of the time.

Deputy CAO Linda Nelson said the the safety codesofficer contacted Alberta Municipal Affairs to discover

whether there were variances within the province, and

he stated he got no responses that communities weren’tadhering to the building codes; however, they (Munici-pal Affairs) do not track those statistics.

“They said they would not expect any community toadmit they were not compliant,” summarized Nelson.“They get a lot of questions regarding this and the firedepartments’ ability to meet 10-minute response in theirareas. Their response was that this is a law and it is notan option for a community to circumvent.”

She said many communities were enforcing the re-quirements through their building codes.

Building code rules established in the late ‘70’s andearly ‘80s, when commercial and residential develop-ments were built on larger lots and with less density,

were changed when the move to smaller lot sizes andthe use of lighter weight construction materials and pe-troleum-based goods within the buildings increased firerisks.

Strathmore Safety Code/Development Officer HarrySalm said buildings are insurable in towns with struc-tures in legal distance to fire hydrants and within 13 kmof a fire hall. If that isn’t possible, internal fire sprinklersystems can be installed. The average cost per dwellingfor the sprinkler system is about three to four dollars asquare foot. If there are water supply concerns and ifthe town supply cannot support the sprinkler system,

bigger input lines would be needed or a water holdingtank and pump are needed in the house. This would in-crease the building cost by about $5,000-$6,000 per unit.

There are some cheaper building enhancements such asdrywall application used inside and out instead of OSB

board, window and vent placement measures and alter-nate exterior applications such as aluminum or stucco

which could be fire deterrents.Continued on Page 3

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The option of opening another firehall closer to new areas means a size-able financial, equipment and manpow-er investment that would require a tax burden on developers and homeown-ers. However, the town has currentlyagreed to hire two additional firefight-ing staff in the near future.

Councillor Denise Pederson request-ed an additional fire services study,

over and above the previously submit-ted Behr report and Strathmore fire de-partment report. She requested a studyfocus on the implementation and in-terpretation of the 10-minute responserule, with a price not exceeding $50,000taken from the financial stabilizationfund, with information delivered within90 days. She said this study could alsoenforce the safety officer’s position indealing with developers and the pub-lic reinforcing his mandate to relay andenforce governed building codes.

“We need something better than wecurrently have,” said Pederson. “It could be used as a stepping stone to ensurefire safety a decade ahead.”

“This is going to ensure we get themost accurate information and pro-tect lives and safety of people, but we want to be sure it doesn’t cripple theeconomy of this town,” said Councillor

Pat Fule. “We have no choice but to fol-low these laws. If these response timescan’t be met, we have no choice but toadhere to what the Alberta governmenthas passed down to us. I feel bothered by the fact that we are in controversyon this when it has been passed downto us. I am bothered by the fact that Mr.Salm has had to deal with controversyon this.”

Councillor Rocky Blokland andCouncillor Bob Sobol disagreed that a

new study was necessary.“I will not be supporting this motion.

It is an endeavour to postpone the in-evitable, which is the fact that we can’trespond,” said Sobol. “It is very clear based on three years of statistics fromthe fire department that with or with-out two additional firemen they will not be able to make a 10-minute responsetime. Put yourself in the position ofa firefighter sleeping in his bed at 4a.m., understanding this (10-minute re-sponse) is not going to happen.

“Living in this community for the last12 years, I am very satisfied with theservice our firefighters provide andfeel just as safe as I did 12 years ago.It seems we are concerned about the building industry. I think they are agroup that is prepared to change andadapt to whatever needs to be done. To cover this with another study at the

cost $50,000, which is going to give usthe same information that we have, isonly a waste of money.”

Council passed the motion for a newstudy with Blokland and Sobol against.Councillor Brad Walls was absent withregrets from the Nov. 18 meeting.

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At 26 years old Anna Hudson had a promising future. Shehad just bought a house, accumulated two dogs and cat, wastrailblazing her path as an engineer for KMC Mining in FortMcMurray, had moved in with her boyfriend, was two weeksaway from her birthday, and was travelling to Mexico to at-

tend her best friend’s wedding – a trip that was supposed to be a joyous occasion.However, hours after arriving at the resort in Cancun, Hud-

son’s family, who farm in Rosebud, received a phone call late Wednesday night that stated Anna went down to the beach with the bride and the fiance, and was caught in a rip tidethat dragged her into the ocean. Despite numerous efforts tosave her life, Hudson’s body was brought in by the tide thenext morning one kilometer from where she went missing.

Nearly a week later, her boyfriend, who was with her inMexico, returned to Canada with Anna’s ashes, bringing herhome to grief-stricken family and friends that are now re-membering an outgoing, family-oriented, animal-loving, en-ergetic, confident individual.

“When you grow up in the country and the door opens– it hardly every rings – someone just comes in, and that’s what Anna was like,” said Sherri Skibsted, who has knownthe family for 24 years and whose farm is located next to

Hudson’s farm.“She was a real light. She was a lot like her dad and her

dad and her were very close. I say she was her daddy’s girl,she just did everything with him. Of course she was a mom-my’s girl too, but they were so like-minded. The more daysgo on, I just can’t believe it.”

Skibsted described Anna as a bubbly girl with a cute gig-gle, who was social, loved to visit her family, came home forthe holidays, and was the glue that held everyone together.She would volunteer with her father Art Hudson, who was a

chief to the fire department, and had attended the Universityof Alberta to become an engineer.“She lived up in Fort MacMurray, but made the trip as

much as she could to come home to be with her mom anddad,” Skibsted said of Anna, who also has an older brotherand a younger sister.

“If we were watching a program, she’d just come join us, if we were visiting at the kitchen table, she’d come in and joinin, and she was a part of the family.”

Skibsted heard about the tragic events through social me-dia and has spent much of her time since with the Hud-son family. She said, according to the Hudsons, the area had been red flagged, but Skibsted questioned the visibility andpatrol out on the beach.

“It’s such a shame,” said Skibsted. “She was smart, beauti-ful, her life was just beginning. I don’t know how they’regoing to carry on without her.” Anna Hudson’s funeral will be held on Nov. 28 at 3:30 p.m.

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BYLAW #13-05(1) The owner or occupant of a private parcel of land adjacent to a

Sidewalk or Pathway that runs in front of the property or along the side

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(a) Such Sidewalk or Pathway runs parallel to and directly adjacent

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(b) Such sidewalk or Pathway runs parallel to and adjacent to a

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of removal referred to in Part V Subsection (2), such costs may be added

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The following application for development have been approved by the

Town of Strathmore, subject to the right of appea l to the Subdivision and

Development Appeal Board:Application: 15D-265

Civic Address: 214G Canal Court

Legal Description: Lot 13, Block 2, Plan 0811214

Development: Discretionary Use – Athletic and

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The file(s) as noted above can be viewed at the Town Office during

regular business hours. The permit will be issued following the lapse of

the appeal period.

Any person wishing to appeal this decision must submit their appeal

no later than 4:30 pm on December 11, 2015. Appeals must be in writing,

accompanied by the $100.00 fee and submitted to the Secretary, Subdivision

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Date of Publication: November 27, 2015

SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FORTRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Town of Strathmore is seeking Three (3) Community members who

would like to volunteer to sit on the Town’s Traffic Advisory Committee.

The Purpose of this Committee is to make recommendations to Council

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movement of vehicles and pedestrians within the Town.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Jennifer Sawatzky,Municipal Clerk at 403-934-3133.

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SHARON MCLEAY

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Colin Huxted brought thefruits of his labour to Strath-more town council on Nov.18, in the form of compostgained through a householdorganics recycling project.

“They gave us the opportu-nity and we proved we coulddo it,” said Huxted. “This is aclass one operation and thereare a lot of requirements forit.”

Council previously gaveHuxted the go-ahead to re-purpose the abandoned sew-age lagoon for compostingneeds. He and his staff wentthrough some intensive train-ing, which he said left himexcited about the concept ofsustainable environments. Hesaid 40 percent of householdgarbage comes from organ-ic material and he wants to

make that useful and keep itout of landfills. He also utiliz-es wood chips from recycledlumber products.

Huxted has invested about$200,000 in the project so farand was asking council toaward a 10-year contract, sothat he could further developthe process for Strathmoreresident contributions.

“I don’t want to wait forthe Alberta government totell us what to do. I want to

be ahead of them and showthem what we can do,” saidHuxted.

Huxted said the rich soilsupplement that he was pro-ducing could be on sale inspring 2016. Council award-ed Huxted the 10-year con-tract with an agreement thathe would work with the townadministration for the projectand at the end of the 10 yearsdiscuss options for renewal.Huxted said one idea for thefuture may be establishing a

young tree lot that would befed by the composted mate-rial and grow trees for town

beautification.STALEMATE ON CO-OP

PARKING LOT

The Town of Strathmorecouncil turned down a$1576.50 a month lease of-fer by Co-op for use of the42,150 sq ft parking spaceadjacent to the old Co-opgrocery building in down-town Strathmore.

“We have had a few discus-sions with the about the pur-chase or leasing of it and this

was their offer,” said Strath-more CAO Dwight Stanford.

Councilor Steve Grajczykcountered by suggesting a $1a year lease, with the townagreement to remove thesnow from the lot. The offer

was directed to administra-tion to take back to Co-op.NEW APARTMENT FOR

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The re-designation of 303 Waddy Lane from single de-tached residential to a me-

dium density modest resi-dential district was given firstreading leading to a publichearing set for Dec. 16, 2015.

A three story, 12-unit apart-ment building has been pro-posed for the site and will beforwarded to the DowntownOverlay Committee for com-ment.TRAFFIC COMMITTEE

PROPOSED

Councillor Bob Sobol sug-gested to council that a trafficadvisory committee be estab-lished to improve traffic flowand safety in Strathmore.

“Similar committees exist

in other communities and are very effective,” said Sobol.

The committee mandate would monitor, evaluate andadvise on traffic related is-sues in the community.

Sobol stated he would liketo see the committee com-prised of people with someexpertise and background inthe field and suggested peaceofficers be considered for thecommittee.

Council gave the motionfirst through third and finalreading.

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Overwhelmed by last year’s unexpect-ed turnout, nearly 50 Strathmore High

School students are putting on theirchef’s hats and dusting off their apronsonce again, in an effort to continue aformer Strathmore Lions Leo Club initia-tive and give over a hundred residents atrue Christmas experience with the an-nual Community Christmas Dinner.

Over 170 individuals showed up tothe 2014 supper that was previouslyorganized through the Leo’s Club – a

youth division of the Strathmore Lions.Expecting only 120 people to attend, thefood became scarce quickly. This year, with a low member-turnout

among the Leos, the high school’s Spar-tan Council – which also came into exis-tence last year – will carry on the tradi-tion, the school’s largest initiative.

“Usually the dinner is supposed to be for people less fortunate and whomaybe don’t have the greatest Christmasexperience,” said Amy Lambert, SpartanCouncil Grade 12 vice-president.

“This year we are making sure that it’sfor people whose families aren’t com-ing, or maybe they don’t have a family.

Those people, where Christmas is a hardtime. It’s more for people who need itrather than people who would just liketo come.”

Continuing with their turkey and hammenu, items that are usually donated bylocal grocery stories, the group of 46is planning on introducing an updatedand fresh spin through fun salads and

vegetables. Every year, families also provide the group with the gender and ageof their children for Santa to hand outpresents during the event. Relying heav-

ily on donations from the community,the Grade 10, 11 and 12 students areaware that the recent downturn in theeconomy may affect next week’s supper.

“That’s another thing that’s going tomaybe be a little bit more difficult this

year, is that maybe some companiesdon’t want to donate as much becausethey’re maybe not doing as well as they

were last year,” said Tyler Jamieson, theSpartan Council Grade 12 communityrepresentative. “But I think you could be

worse off. Even a small donation reallymeans a lot to some of the people com-ing. It’s a good deed for the communityand it warms your little heart to knowthat you are doing something for peoplethat you know wouldn’t get to have it.”

Invitations will be dropped off atschools, churches, Lambert Centre, thelodges, and the Wheatland Crisis Soci-ety.

“I know Tyler and I’ve been in the

Leo Club since we came to the schoolin Grade 10 and I went on a trip last

year through the Lions so the Leo Clubhas given me lots of opportunities,” said

Amy Lambert, Grade 12 vice president.“I think if it didn’t happen this year,it would be very different it would behard. I think this is one of the most funfundraisers we do in school. If you have125 people and everyone of them is sohappy, it’s a pretty cool experience.”

Because of the current economic situ-ation, the council is expecting to servemore families this year and is still cap-ping their guest list at 120. The Community Christmas Dinner will

take place on Dec. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at theStrathmore High School. The group urg-es those who know anyone who could

benefit from this event to contact Dar-lene Reynolds at 403-934-3135.

SHS gearing up for anotherChristmas supper

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We want to help. That’s why we’re proposing changes to laws that keep farm

and ranch workers safe and ensure they’re treated fairly.

• Ensuring farm and ranch accidents can be properly investigated so they

can be prevented.

• Making sure farm and ranch workers can still support their families if they’re

injured on the job.

• Protecting farm and ranch owners against the impact of workplace injuries

and illnesses.

If approved, laws that govern workplace safety and Workers’ Compensation

Board insurance coverage would apply to farm and ranch workers as of

January 1, 2016.

We also want your views on how we can work with employers to make lives

better for farm and ranch workers. For example:

• How should hours of work for farms and ranches be regulated?

• How should vacation leave work on farms and ranches?

• How do we make these changes while protecting family farms and ranches?

A town hall session will be held Wednesday, December 2 from 1:00-4:00 pm:

Best Western Plus Okotoks Inn & Suites, 100 Southbank Road

Space is limited, pre-registration is encouraged.

To learn more, take part in an online survey or attend a town hall near you,

visit work.alberta.ca/farmandranch

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turing the four winnersof the International

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that was organized

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Strathmore Municipal

Library director RachelDick Hughes (l) and

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Dunn show off the

winners; Westmount

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By Irene Knappe, Secretary / PR / Membership

Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS

• The FINAL EXECUTIVE MEETING of 2015 will be held on

Tuesday, December 1st, prior to the General Meeting,also at 6:00 p.m.

• The FINAL GENERAL MEETING of 2015 will be held onTuesday, December 1st at 7:30 p.m.

• Looking for somewhere to spend New Year’s Eve? Come joinus at the Legion and dance the night away with BLUE STONE!!

Party favours, prizes, champagne and snack at midnight. Yourevening begins with

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For further information, please call the Legion at 403.934.5119

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Four Holy Cross Collegiatestudents got to experience‘Take Our Kids to Work’ day

on Nov. 4.It’s a day where kids have

the opportunity to go to work with their parents to under-stand the importance of stay-ing in school, and what it’slike to experience hands ontraining to be successful inthe workplaces they were in-terested in. Victoria Pedersen took

‘Take Our Kids to Work’ dayto a whole new level as sheflew to Ottawa for Remem-

brance Day to spend the day with her grandfather GeorgeHaway, who just celebratedhis 20th anniversary of beinga pilot and will be retiring inFebruary.

She flew with her grandfa-ther for the third time fromCalgary to Ottawa and back,and was able to soak it all inabout being a pilot as well astaking in the War Memorialand Remembrance Day Cer-emony in the nation’s capital.

“I was always interested inhis job, more than my par-ent’s job,” said Pedersen. “Iflicked a few switches butother than that, I couldn’t re-ally touch anything. It may be

something I would like to dolater in life.”

Pedersen always loved totravel and enjoys seeing newplaces, but learning how to

be a pilot intrigued her be-

cause of her grandfather, andshe learned more than shehas ever before about whatthey do on a daily basis.

“As a pilot, there is threepages, and it’s a checklistthat you have to follow in or-der to get the plane started,”said Pedersen. “There areother security purposes andrequirements you need whileflying to keep everyone safe.”

She added that pre-flightis the longest process beforetake-off, and noticed whenpeople are coming from adifferent country that theycan’t have any access to anypassengers or crew from theprevious flight because of thefear of smuggling things intothe country.

Colby Tanton spent the dayat Prolux Lighting, where hisdad works, and learned aboutelectrical fixture quoting andstock, and at the same timelearned about lighting designperiodically throughout theday.

“I just decided to go withhim because it looked excit-ing,” said Tanton. “I learnedhow to work with the soft-

HCC students gainvaluable work experience

wares they use to price the electricalquotes and talk to people to get a betterdeal.” What made the day more enjoyable

for Tanton is he always looked up tohis dad; that made it fun, knowing he

worked his whole life in the industry,and also getting to see his architectur-al designs of one of the rooms he was

building.Chase Stefanich had the opportunity

to experience screen developing for em-ployer websites at ATB Financial.

“There’s a lot you need to know andno room for error,” said Stefanich. “Ilearned a lot about the coding and howto make it better.”

He added that he’d have to keep up-dated as to what’s new in the industry ifhe were to pursue this career path.

Reid Jensen went to work construc-tion for the day with his dad, renovatinga house, which included a whole bath-room, an area he noticed that you haveto have patience with to do properly.

“It’s a good thing to know because

you’re going to have to use it later inlife,” said Jensen.

“It actually helps you improve in stuff you do in daily life like carpentry. Wedid a master bedroom and two bath-rooms.” The most important things about ren-

ovating his dad taught are the differenttechniques for grouting tiles.

“You have to be aware of where stuffis going to be placed, where the pipesare going to go and if a leak happens,using the proper techniques so youdon’t flood it.”

His favourite parts of the experience were installing the shower and encoun-tering a burst pipe.

Holy Cross Collegiate student Victoria Peder-

sen got creative for Take Your Kids to Work day

as she flew with her grandfather to Ottawa andlearned what goes on in flight on a daily basis.

She was fortunate enough to take in the Remem-

brance Day ceremony at the War Memorial in the

nation’s capital.

Photo Courtesy of Victoria Pedersen

Singing to

benefitBrooke Paiha sang

“Stars” by Grace Pot-

ter during the Me to

We benefit concert

at Strathmore HighSchool on Nov. 12.

Proceeds from the si-

lent auction and ticket

sales went to payingfor three student’s fees

in Ghana.

Justin Seward Photo

MilestoneoccasionThe Sodbusters Invest-

ment Syndicate Club was

initiated on Nov. 8, 1965

and celebrated their 50thanniversary at ll Bricco

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LAUREEN F. GUENTHER

Times Contributor

Every year, the Canadian Badlands Passion Playhosts a Founders Banquet, honouring a different

group of the volunteers who transformed the playfrom a dream into a goal, into the reality of thefirst performances in 1994. This year’s banquet, on Nov. 7, honoured mem-

bers of the Capital Costs Committee, who orga-nized fundraisers to cover the play’s large start-upcosts in the early 1990s. Alice Andersen and CarolMunchrath of Rosebud, and Harry Christiansen,formerly of Dalum, were among those honoured. Joan Herman started the committee after she

came home from a Passion Play Society meet-ing, she said, and told her husband, “They’re on amerry-go-round,” because they didn’t have enoughmoney. He challenged her to either stop attendingthe meetings or do something about it, so she de-cided to do something. She invited friends to helpher raise the money the Passion Play needed, andshe and her team became the Capital Costs Com-mittee. Alice Andersen said she wanted to see the Pas-

sion Play plans go ahead, so when Joan Hermanasked for help, she didn’t say no. Andersen andher husband ended up volunteering for almost 20

years. It was amazing to see what God was doingthrough the Passion Play, she said, with everybody

working together. When Carol Munchrath orga-nized the Passion Play’s first celebrity golf tourna-ments in Rosebud, Andersen made Danish wreathcakes for the silent auctions. For the tournamentsuppers, the committee also sold balloons, whichguests tied to the backs of their chairs and laterpopped to discover the prizes they’d won inside. The committee also fundraised through a strat-

egy called Coffee with a Cause, said committee

members Pat McDougald and Helen Leonhardt.One person would invite five others over for cof-fee. Each guest paid $5, then hosted a party for fivemore guests. The committee raised tens of thou-sands of dollars that way, Leonhardt said.

Lance Neudorf, Passion Play Executive Director,reported that 60,000 people saw the Passion Play

between 2011 and 2015. The play has an “incred-ible impact” on people’s lives, he said. One of the

banquet cooks, for example, said his life had hit“rock-bottom.”

Since he got connected with Passion Play volun-teers, his life has been transformed. Neudorf alsotold of a woman who wrote to him after seeing theshow, saying she’d struggled with alcoholism for

years, and didn’t believe in God. But, since seeingthe Passion Play, she said she knows who Jesus isand that he loves her.

Neudorf also reported that, in the past few years,many site improvements have been made, includ-ing installation of a sound system and building a300-seat amphitheatre. In the next few years, hesaid, they want to replace the audience benchesand build some shaded sections. They’re also pre-paring a new script based on the Gospel of Luke. The Canadian Badlands Passion Play won two

more ALTO awards from Alberta Tourism this fall,for Collaborative Tourism and Marketing Excel-lence.

Until Dec. 31, the Passion Play is hosting its 777Campaign, offering donors seven ways to give,

with the goal of raising $70,000 in seven weeks.From July 8 to 24, 2016, the Passion Play will

present nine performances of the new script. Goto canadianpassionplay.com or call 1-403-823-2001to purchase tickets or learn more about the 777Campaign. Tickets for 2016 can be purchased at a25 per cent discount until Dec. 31.

Wheatland County volunteershonoured at Passion Play event

The Passion Play hon-

oured the founding mem-

bers of its Capital Costs

Committee at a banqueton Nov. 7. From left, Hen-

ry Klassen, Elson McDou-

gald, Helen Leonhardt,

Harry Christiansen, JoanHerman, Pat McDougaldand Alice Andersen (not

pictured, Carol Munch-

rath).

Laureen F. Guenther Photo

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor Alberta farmers do not question

the value of promoting safe workenvironments, nor the educationand means to prevent devastat-ing tragedies. After all, farms aretypically family run businesses.However, this far reaching omni-

bus legislation demonstrates theNDP go vernment’s lack of recog-nition of the special family natureof small to medium farming opera-

tions.Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the pro-

posed Bill 6 will affect all farmand ranch operations within theprovince. According to the WCBemployer fact sheet, operators will

be subject to mandatory legislationthat requires coverage for all per-

sons engaging in farm work activi-ties, including paid, unpaid, volun-teer, family members, and children.

This will include casual, shared

work, and subcontractors who en-gage in commercial activities at theoperation. This coverage would beadditional to any private insuranceheld by the operator.

Frankly, this unrealistic proposalfails to recognize rural values, andthe social nature of farm work.

Farms offer a unique environmentas families work where they live,and at time the lines between workand play can be blurred.

Government needs to show recognition to farming operations

This proposed legislationmeans untimely additionalcosts for producers. Since theprovincial election, operatorshave shouldered additionalexpenses related to personaltaxation and the taxation ofthe industries that deliver com-

modities to market. Bill 6 can be viewed as an increased hu-man resource expense, andmay lead to farm operatorsreconsidering hiring addition-al help during peak seasons,such as calving and harvest.

Further consultation is re-quired with industry stakehold-ers to ensure the NDP govern-ment understands the natureof this industry. Farm businessoperators must be given dueopportunity to ensure Bill 6addresses these unique work-

place environments and prevent infringement on the rightsof property owners, while pro-moting the safety and securityof farm workers.

Curtis and Natasha LausenWheatland County


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Miriam OstermannPhotos

Quilters at all different skill

levels from the Wheatland

Quilters, with the help

from instructors WendyNielsen and Shelley In-

gram, sewed squares to

be combined into quilts

for cancer patients in

Wheatland County onNov. 22.

Quilting fora cause

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

Golden Hills School Division hascome to a dust control agreement withthe contractors of the new East Wheat-land school site and the adjacent landowners, Alberta and Ed Neufeld, whosehealth issues of her migraines and theirgrandson’s asthma were affected by thedust caused by the transportation of fillnear their property. The Neufelds approached Wheatland

County Council on Nov. 3, expressingtheir concerns about the dust and pro- viding councilors with the informationabout what was happening their prop-erty. However, prior to that meetingthere was the notion that Golden HillsSchool Division and the contractor hadan agreement in place to reduce thedust.

“Our involvement happened as a re-sult of that we had thought that thecontractor and Neufelds had workedout the difficulties,” said Bevan Dav-erne, Golden Hills School Division Su-perintendent. “I think the contractors believed they had as well. It came tolight that there was some additional

information and not everything that

needed to be done had been done. Bythe time this went to County Council, Ithink we already had a solution.” The agreement that was settled on

between Delnor Construction, GoldenHills and the Neufelds was for a watertruck to travel along the road where the buggies haul dirt to lessen the dust inthe area as, well as working throughnormal work day hours.

“On the track that goes to theNeufeld’s residence, one of the contrac-tors is going to make sure that road

stays watered down so it’s not kickingup dust,” said Daverne. Additionally, Delnor will make sure

that snowdrifts are cleared away be-tween the berm and the propane tankso the Neufelds have full access to it. As for the Neufelds, they were re-

lieved to hear that the dust will be keptdown.

“There’s nothing more we expectfrom Golden Hills,” said Ed Neufeld.“They’ve taken the time and effort toresolve it to some degree. You cannever be totally satisfied with anythinguntil it’s not there anymore. What we want to see is the ending of moving thedirt. There doesn’t seem to be an end in

sight right at the moment.”

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Sacred Heart Parish extends a huge THANK YOU to all the following businesses and people

who donated to our successful

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Union, Jim Chisholm; Magnum Cementing, Brand Beekman; MJ Electric, Mat Leece;John & Maria Homem; Matilda Koester; Gregory, Harriman & Associates LLP; Shaw-

na Lowe Loftus; The Council of the Town of Strathmore; Christ The Redeemer SchoolDivision; Gray’s Limited, Greg McLean; Strathmore Veterinary Clinic, Dr. Zulma Poveda;

Strathmore Vision Clinic, Dr. Anderson & Dr. Doig; The Staff and the Schools of SacredHeart Academy and Holy Cross Collegiate; Weir Auto Solutions, Bernie & Jacki Weir;

Dorothy Bodeux; Wheatland Funeral Home Ltd., Francis & Lynn Van Bussel; DenisePeterson; Gigantelli Fine Homes, Joe & Julia Gigantelli; Ovation Homes, Curtis Palmer;Vic & Jenn Meyer; Paul & Sandy O’Leary; Core Mechanical Ltd, Daryl Helfrich; Alan &

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son Helfrich; Canadian Tire, Randy Orford; Ray & Stephanie Kerpan; Strathmore HomeHardware, Perry Banadyga; Strathmore Value Drug Mart, Gordon Morck; Holy Cross

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make this event a success.

Special Thanks to: Auctioneer Mason Cockx and all the volunteers who came with him,Deborah Cockx, Traci Stekl, Suzanne Kelly, Conrad Delorme and Cam & Brenda Wright;

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LAUREEN F. GUENTHER

Times Contributor

Jeanette “Jette” Brown,Head of Wardrobe for Rose- bud Theatre, will retire at theend of December.

Brown was an elementaryschool teacher and principalin Shakespeare’s birthplace,Stratford-upon-Avon, Eng-land, before immigrating toCanada in 1996. In her home-

town, she also volunteeredin community theatre, madetheatre costumes, helpedorganize the Friends of theRoyal Shakespeare Compa-ny, and made costumes forherself and friends involvedin historical re-enactments.

“When I arrived here (inCanada), I wanted to work intheatre, which is crazy,” shesaid with a laugh, “becauseI left Stratford-on-Avon, sur-rounded by the best theatrecompany in the world, and Icame to an area of the prai-ries which had really no the-

atre except Rosebud.”In Alberta, Brown creat-ed Shakespeare workshopsfor schools, then worked asstage manager and assistantdirector at the Passion Play. That led to stage managing aRosebud Theatre (RT) show,teaching Shakespeare atRosebud School of the Arts(RSA), and working in theRT wardrobe department,eventually becoming Headof Wardrobe six years ago.

In her multi-faceted role,Brown first examines a cos-tume designer’s design ideaand selects possible cos-

tumes from those in stock.Based on the costumes thatcan be used, and which needto be created, the designercompletes the design, andBrown calculates the cost offabric, accessories and time,determining whether it’ll fitthe budget. “Sometimes wemight have 17 actors, shesaid, “but we might have 30characters, so I have to do acosting for every character.”

Brown creates the neces-sary patterns, and she andone or two assistants sewand adapt costumes. For bigshows, she said, “It takes600-700 hours at least pershow.”

Brown also teaches cos-tume construction to RSAtechnical theatre students,and teaches basic skills likereplacing buttons and repair-ing hems to students who

work in wardrobe to fulfillrequired production hours.She also sorts donations,keeps the costume trailerorganized, coordinates cos-tume rentals, and records thedesigns and fabrics used ineach show.

She won’t miss the longhours or lack of space,Brown said, but, “I’ll missthe people. I’ll miss the stu-dents.” Working closely withstudents on costumes fortheir student productions –“It’s the best part,” she said.

“And I like to see the cos-tumes on the actors,” shesaid. “People like (residentactor) Dave Snider, for ex-ample, as soon as he gets thecostume on, he becomes thecharacter. ... It’s very reward-ing to see the actors respondto their costume. It helpsthem be creative.”

Brown looks forward tosome rest, but she said she won’t sit around watch-ing television. She plans to work with her husband ontheir rental properties andto spend a longer-than-usu-al holiday in England nextsummer. And she expects to

come back and create one ortwo costumes for each Rose- bud Theatre show.

Amy McIvor, who studiedcostume design at Red DeerCollege and has workedin RT’s wardrobe depart-ment for several years, will become Head of Wardrobe when Brown retires. “She al-ready knows everybody andeverything” about the job,Brown said.

Jette Brown,

Rosebud Theatre

Head of Wardrobe,

retiring

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Please make cheques payable to SDHS Foundation Tree of Hope

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2015Tree of Hope For the 22nd consecutive year, you have

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the Christmas Tree in theHospital Lobby.Donations of $10 or more receive an income tax receipt.

A Memorial Observance will be held atthe Sagewood Community Centre

- 2nd Floor 140 Cambridge Glen Dr.

December 8 • 2 pm All welcome!

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

Strathmore High School studentRachel Mutesi lived through the hor-rific events of the Rwandan Genocide, where her father was shot fatally and which left her mother’s leg wounded.She found her way to Canada a decadeago, and her story of how she reunited with her mother in 2011 is now beingtold with the help of the StrathmoreHigh School Dance Class.

Mutesi will play the role of daugh-ter when she, along with her Strath-more High School Dance Class, tellsthe mother and daughter story throughthe musical production of Mama Ara-rira, which is about losing each otherin Rwanda and finding each other inCanada.

“I get to tell people my story, whatI’ve gone through, and what my momhad gone through,” said Mutesi. “It’seasy to tell people and then you feel

better afterwards because people know your story. It might change their livestoo.” Through music and dance, the story

of the traumatizing events are lifted andtold different way, she added.

“I do love singing and dancing,” shesaid. “It’s important to me to tell peoplethrough songs and dancing than tellingthem through someone else.”

In comparison to Rwanda, the pastfour years have provided mother anddaughter with no fear for their lives, which the duo hopes Canadians realizeand value each day.

“It’s great having my mom here withme,” she said.

“I don’t have to worry about anything. There’s education here, I don’t have to worry about what roads I’m going onhere and where I’m going.”

Mutesi’s friend, Alueter Demshkwe,plays the role of the mother, who losesher daughter in the beginning and goesthrough trying times in refugee camps

SHS presents Mama Arariraand surviving on the streets.

“It’s more emotional and psychologi-cal than physical,” said Demshkwe.

“You go through the stages of help-lessness because you’re looking and you can’t find herand it’s just frustrat-ing. When you find ahint of her, you getshot in the leg and you can’t really do

anything. The pro-cess of trying to findher goes slowly and when you do findher, you’re finally re-lieved and you wantto hold on as long as you can.”

When dance classteacher DeanneBertsch first heard Mutesi’s story, she was left in disbelief when Mutesi toldher she’d thought her mother had beendead all these years. When she heardthe full story there was no doubt in hermind that the class would take on the

project and portray the story throughdance and music.

“I think for a lot of the developmentof the show we’ve been in awe,” said

Bertsch.“Most of her mom

and her mom’s te-nacity. She lived onthe streets for threemonths with this bullet in her leg try-ing to get refugee

status, living outsidethe refugee build-ing in Uganda likehow’d she ever sur- vive that.”

Bertsch addedthat Demshkwe hasshown much initia-tive in being themother’s voice, in

taking on the challenge of telling herstory. The musical will run from Dec. 14-

16 at the high school theater at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the doorfor $10.

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Project Co-Chair Zankl said,a third-year U of C student who is doing a combineddegree in Applied Math andEconomics.

“When I was going toschool at SHS, I was part ofSAY and a bunch of groupsto get involved in the com-

munity and getting peopleinvolved in something big-ger than school. So when Isaw this project, I thoughtit was a really interesting way to take education outto the schools in Alberta. Ithink the opportunity to beinvolved in something largescale that has some mean-ingful impact is really excit-ing.” The Schulich Delta is the

fourth attempt by the Uni- versity of Calgary Solar Car Team and took a year to de-sign and a year to build, with

a hefty pricetag of $250,000in materials attached. With no emissions and no

gas tank, the vehicle can trav-el 50 km an hour for as longas there is sunlight. Withoutdirect sunlight, Zankl saidthe car can travel 50 km anhour for six to eight hours.It was also able to keep up with highway traffic at 110km an hour.

“The likelihood of havingsolar cars out on the road

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The team has been work-ing on the car since 2004 inresponse to the North Amer-ican solar car challenge. Yetthe project hasn’t been with-out its challenges. Problemstill arise in balancing theamount of solar energy thatcan be captured, storing theenergy in standard batteries which add weight and re-

duce overall efficiency, andcreating a lighter and moreaerodynamic design. The university students,

from all different studies,have already begun workingon the next vehicle. As forthe Schulich Delta, it will beparticipating in outreachesaround the province in thenext year, with a race in Julyfor the American Solar Chal-lenge that spans from Penn-sylvania to South Dakota.

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Strathmore Lions Club CELEBRATION OF LIGHTS

Strathmore and District Agricultural Society presents

Glowing Nightly November 28 to January 9, 2016

6 pm to 9 pm

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Welcome to the 2015 Strathmore“Celebration of Lights” Christmas Park

Welcome visitors….all the colour and light you look

forward to every winter has returned. Santa’s castle and the

open fires you love will be back too. Gather up your family

and friends and meet us at the Celebration of Lights Park from

opening night on Saturday, November 28 to the first weekend

of the new year. As always, we will be open every evening

from 6 to 9 pm in December and the first week of January,

including our evening with Santa on Christmas Eve and the

3nd Annual New Years family evening on December 31.

This year’s Family New Years party will be held at the

Livestock building in the Agricultural grounds starting at 5 pm. to 9 pm.

We hope you will join us for this fun-filled evening with

music and lots of goodies. Fireworks will also take place this

evening at approximately 8 pm.

Again this year, admission and parking is Free, however

we do encourage people to make a donation as you come or

leave the Christmas Park, since we depend on donations to

keep admission free for all and to help fund new events and

the park each year.

And, please join me in thanking all the volunteers who

come out in all kinds of weather to put up, operate, and

take down the Christmas park. Every year our volunteers

contribute thousands of hours throughout the year, helping to

make it possible for every person and every family to come

out and enjoy our park.

Most of all we love welcoming visitors, and hope to seeyour face amoung them at the 2015 Light Up the Night and

other fun events we have planned.

Strathmore & District Agricultural SocietyPresident’s Message

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the Strathmore and District Agricultural Society, I

wish to invite you to the 8th Annual Celebration of Lights Christmas

display. Since its inception this Festive display has grown

tremendously with the support of the citizens of Strathmore, members

of our extended Community, and visitors from further away. The

event is designed to help spread Holiday cheer to families and guests

of all ages.

The Celebration of Lights would not be a success without the hard

work of our dedicated volunteer Committee Members and helpers,

Society Directors, and the very generous support of our corporatepartners. Please thank these folks when you have an opportunity.

Help us light up the sky on opening night, Saturday, November

28th, 2015 – Strathmore and District Agricultural Society Park (on the

Ball Diamonds). Join us in a Celebration of the Christmas Season.

Free admission. Plenty of free parking is available.

Herb McLane

General Manager

Strathmore & District Agricultural Society

Strathmore & District Agriculture Society -Strathmore Celebration of Lights

The Strathmore Celebration of Lights Committee is a non-profit group that operates under the umbrella of the Strathmore

& District Agriculture Society with support from the Strathmore Lions Club, local businesses, the Town of Strathmore, and a

team of community volunteers.

The purpose of the celebration is to bring the community together, foster volunteering, and provide families of Strathmore

and area with low-cost holiday fun.

The Celebration of Lights began 6 years ago and is a free walkthrough Christmas light display that is open from Nov 28

until mid-January. In the ball diamonds on the Agricultural Grounds volunteers create a winter wonderland of lights. Visitors

can stroll through the Christmas Park, grab a free ch ocolate and cookies and warm up in the chalet or at the giant bonfire

pits.

Free special events that take place in Christmas Park include: Light–up and fireworks November 28, photos with Santa –

Christmas Eve, and a family New Year’s Eve party complete with fireworks.

Strathmore Lions President’s MessageT

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