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Amy GreGsonTimes Reporter

With the provincial budget announcement expected Feb. 9, the Golden Hills School Divi-sion has been concerned about the expected cuts coming to education.

However last week in Calgary, Dave Hancock, Minister of Edu-cation, indicated that the cuts may not be as serious as previ-ously thought.

“Prior to that time they were always talking about there be-ing very significant cuts to edu-cation,” said Ron Kenworthy, chair of the board. “We don’t know where we’re at [now].”

The Golden Hills School Divi-sion is not as financially well off as other school divisions in the province.

The board doesn’t have a sur-plus to dip into if they need to and have only as recently as 2004 pulled out of a deficit.

“Basically we’ve been fighting our way out of difficult times and we’re a lot better off than we were before as far as the budget,” said Kenworthy. “It’s pretty tough when you get any cuts.”

The drop in enrollment the school board is facing will al-ready affect the amount of

funding they will receive.Also a concern is that staff-

ing is currently 75 per cent of the budget for the Golden Hills School Division.

With approximately nine schools under 200 students, Kenworthy said it’s hard to keep them all staffed and viable.

He added that with so much of the budget devoted to staff it is a possibility that staffing would be effected in budget cuts.

“Our job is to ensure children in Golden Hills receive the best possible education,” Kenworthy said. “If finances start to im-pend on that, we get really con-cerned.”

Despite the budget concerns, the board is extremely happy about the type of programs they provide to students, especially the international programs.

“People know about us and want their children to come here because they know there is very good education provid-ed,” said Kenworthy.

In the end, Kenworthy said that education is an investment and extremely important for the province and the future.

“To cut back on that invest-ment would be a terrible thing,” he said.

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From the outside it looks like an ordinary home, but on the inside it’s an assisted living home for seniors that offers a home-like atmo-sphere.

Meadowlark Senior Care Homes is a Personal Care Home and has been in opera-tion in Strathmore since Sep-tember, but held their grand opening Jan. 23 for residents and guests.

Guests were treated to a tour of the home, home made treats and interaction with residents.

“We are a viable alterna-tive,” said Debbie Wakelam, managing director. “My goal that I put out for this year is to do more educating and let them [seniors] know they do have a choice. You don’t have to go from the lodge to long-term care. It’s a world of dif-ference.”

Wakelam wants the com-munity to know more about what personal care homes are and how they can assist seniors.

A Personal Care Home, registered under the Alber-ta Government as a group home, is the step between independent living and long-term care.

Wakelam had worked as

a personal care assistant for a long time at the long-term care centre at the Strathmore Hospital.

She said she felt like she was never able to do enough for the seniors who were there, and ended up going and working privately for a family.

They would tell Wakelam that she should go into the personal care business and open a place for many se-niors.

When her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheim-er’s, the family wouldn’t put her in a facility, so Wakelam decided to look after her.

With the decision to look after her grandmother, Wake-lam also decided she would help other seniors.

“It was really new for the County of Wheatland. There was no other care home, so I had to do a lot of investi-gating because there were no guidelines for me. Now there is with the Alberta Govern-ment,” said Wakelam.

The home used to oper-ate in Gleichen with six se-niors, but has since moved to Strathmore and is able to help four seniors.

There are rooms available for four seniors, who have access to 24-hour help from personal care assistants de-pending on the level of care

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All meals are provided, and laundry and housekeeping is done for each resident.

They also have recreational activities that are customized to each individual. For ex-ample, one current resident likes to bake so they get her to mix ingredients for cook-ies or peel apples for pies.

Another resident likes to build dollhouses, so they find ways to let her continue that in the home.

The home is a member of the Alberta Senior Citi-zens Housing Association and abides by the rules they

have set out, by ensuring all medication and chemicals are locked up, beds have the grab bars if needed and there is no carpeting in the home.

The home does have limits on who they can take as a resident. For example, a resi-dent must only require one person to transfer them if needed instead of, say, three people.

Wakelam is looking to ex-pand by building another house that is bigger, so that each resident can have his or her own bathroom.

She is hoping to start on the expansion by the end of 2010.

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Agriculture and the econo-my were the topic of conver-sation Jan. 27 as Farm Credit Canada held an information session for agricultural pro-ducers.

Farm Credit Canada has been holding different dis-cussions for producers across Canada to help benefit them with additional knowledge about their industry.

“It’s something that Farm Credit wants to do to help advance agriculture,” said Me-lissa Reinhardt, relationship manager from Farm Credit Canada. “It’s helping farmers to find out what’s going on and help them learn.”

J.P. Gervais, a Canadian, who works for the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of North Carolina, spoke at the Travelodge to producers.

Gervais focused on learning where the industry has come from to find out where it is going.

“You have to start some-where and I think the best way to start is to go back to the past,” said Gervais.

He talked about how the Food Crisis, such as droughts, poor harvests and increased revenue in the industry from developing nations that are threatening the production of developed nations and how it has affected producers.

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ently from others and really understand what is new and upcoming such as potential for ethanol in energy produc-tion.

“Producers who are here to get information are more likely to be able to plan ahead and position their business for the future,” said Gervais.

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It wasn’t the earthquake that shook Hai-ti Jan. 12 that got the Hope Community Church talking about the country.

Hope has been involved in Haiti for al-most a decade, sending volunteers down almost yearly to help in the northern part of the country.

However, once the earthquake hap-pened the church was swamped with calls from people about Haiti.

With the influx of calls, the church de-cided to get together for a story-telling night Jan. 26 to speak about their experi-ences in Haiti.

“We wanted to give people an opportu-nity to know as close to first hand what kind of people they [Haitians] are without actually going there and talking to Hai-tians,” said Evan Dewald, pastor at Hope Community Church. “The only way to do that was to tell our stories.”

Videos were shown to update people about the earthquake and show how the people of Haiti have been affected.

The night was filled with tears and laughter as community members talked about their different experiences in Haiti.

Magalie Knopf, a student at Strathmore High School, spoke about being adopted from Haiti and how the earthquake has af-fected her and her family.

Karen Harris, a councilor at Strathmore High School, spoke about how she adopt-ed her son Luc from Haiti and her experi-ences in the country.

Henrietta Kerpel also spoke about her and her husband Ido’s time working and serving in the country for close to 20 years.

Dewald and Josh Foat spoke about how they have been to Haiti to serve the people as part of the Hope Community Church.

“We care deeply about these people,” Dewald said. “The church has been really committed to serving the people in Haiti, caring for them and suffering with then too.”

The church got involved with Haiti after a parishioner mentioned her family was supporting Dr. Emmauel Mareus (who Hope calls Dr. Manno) through medical school.

Hope eventually decided to help Dr. Manno and his vision to expand the medi-cal clinic he worked at in Haut-Limbe.

Since 2001, the church has sent a num-ber of small teams to help with whatever is needed in the community. They have gone down almost yearly, except for when there was political unrest in the country.

“When we go there we are going be-cause these are people just like us,” said Dewald.

“We hear a lot of language like ‘they are so poor’ and ‘it’s so horrible for them.’ Physically they live a very hard life, but they’re rich people. They are richer than we are in lots of areas and they are defi-nitely strong people.”

The group helps in whatever way they can to help build the clinic by doing a lot of physical labour and continually asking what the community needs most, instead of having their own agenda.

“We are there to serve them and encour-age them,” said Dewald.

The church also supports a food pro-gram that is run through the church in the community and provides people with a meal on Sunday and then food throughout

the week.The church is very conscious of how

food and money gets distributed in the country.

“Because we are white, when we go we represent money to them,” said Dewald. “One of our goals is we never give out money directly to Haitians. We don’t want them to see us as just people who throw money at them.”

Those who go to serve take money, clothes and medical supplies with them, but give it to the church to distribute over the course of a few months.

Hope had already planned to send down their next team in April to help fin-ish building the clinic.

Once the clinic is finished, the church will continue to help serve the country. Dewald said Dr. Manno is a visionary and already has ideas for the community.

Once the earthquake hit, they also got huge interest in people wanting to go and help in Haiti, but are committed to waiting until April to go and keeping the numbers small when they do.

“We’re not equipped to do emergency work,” said Dewald. “We’d be in the way and I’m not interested in being in the way. I’m interested in being of service.”

The church may plan an additional trip to Haiti in November to help the people, but will ask Dr. Manno first where their services would be used best.

Dewald said that helping the people of Haiti ultimately comes down to individuals and what their own response is to help the situation.

“My prayer is, it will wake up the world to what’s been going on in Haiti for 300 years.”

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Those in the agriculture industry had the chance to hear J.P. Gervais (shown here) about agriculture and the economy Jan. 27 at the Travelo-dge. The talk was presented by Farm Credit Canada. Amy Gregson Photo


Devon Phillips and her baby Ca-dence, two months, attended the Baby Talk class Jan. 8. Parents with children under the age of one can attend the free class where dif-ferent sessions are held each week. Sessions include solid foods, when to take your child to the emergency room and swimming. It is a way to build a support network for par-ents with new babies. The class is sponsored by the Young Fam-ily Wellness Program and led by an Alberta Health Services public health nurse. It is held at Kids 1st Network Parent Link Centre every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. Amy Gregson Photo

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After much discussion, the Golden Hills School Division has changed the entrance date for children entering kin-dergarten.

Previously, the entry date for kinder-garten was those born up until the end of December.

Now, parents with children born up until the end of February can send their children to school a year early.

“You have children that we have to say no to here [in Golden Hills] who have birthdays in January or February,” said Dianne McBeth, superintendent. “If they cross over a boundary to another school division they could [possibly] register with no difficulties. That’s not a comfortable spot for anyone to be in.”

McBeth said they have had lots of discussion around the change for some time and even held detailed talks with administrations last year.

The Government of Alberta requires children to be enrolled in school if they’re six years of age by Sept. 1 in any given year.

It is presumed that if children were to attend kindergarten they would be five years old by Sept. 1.

Funding to the division is granted in either case (grade one or kindergarten) as long as they reach the age five or six by the end of February.

Currently, there is no standard entry age across the province of Alberta and schools either set it as the end of De-cember or February.

McBeth said that the school board’s association in Alberta is currently in the process of requesting that the ministry set a standard date across the province.

“It shouldn’t be a geographical deci-sion,” she said.

Boarding school divisions such as Calgary and Rockyview both have their entry date set as the end of February.

However, parents still have the choice of when to send their children to school, whether it is a year early or not.

“We’re just saying to parents if you have a child whose birthday’s in January or up until the end of February you now have the opportunity to send them,” she said.

McBeth understands if parents choose to keep their child home for an extra year so they can either be the oldest in the class, or to grow and develop more.

She can understand if parents in rural areas don’t want to sent their child on the bus at a young age.


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Seniors at the Wheat-land Lodge were able to voice their opinions on senior’s care in Strathmore and Alberta and where care is going Jan. 27.

Strathmore-Brooks MLA Arno Doerksen and Mary Anne Jablonski, Minister of Seniors and Commu-nity Supports, were both on hand to discuss the different levels of care for seniors and answer ques-tions.

“The concerns for ade-quate needs in Strathmore are extremely important,” said Doerksen. “I’ve been working hard to ensure that we get those built and services up and running for people as quickly as possible.”

Doerksen and Jablonski toured the construction site of the new Sagewood Seniors Community being built, and the Wheatland Lodge after starting out the day at the opening of the Sunrise Garden assist-ed living facility in Brooks.

“[There are] beautiful facilities in our commu-nities,” Doersken said. “There are some needs here, with regards to maintenance and things that need to be upgraded.”

He said they are com-mitted to finding out the needs in the communities and meeting those needs.

“It hasn’t been deter-mined yet what exactly the next levels [are] or what else will be built, but there’s more to come,” said Doerksen.

The Alberta Govern-ment is committed to funding seniors projects across the province.

They have announced $50 million in funding for

the Affordable Supportive Living Initiative that will see 750 units for seniors built across the province in the next two years in 17 different projects.

This is falling in line with the Continuing Care Plan that provides Alber-tans with the health and personal care needs they have in either indepen-dent, assisted living or long-term care.

“The reason we have the plan is because we know we have an aging popula-tion,” said Jablonski.

Within the next 10 years, there will be half a million seniors in Alberta with various levels of needs. 90 per cent of those seniors will be able to stay in their own homes, but will still need some level of care, said Jablonski.

“We know we need to have sufficient home care available for seniors who stay in their own homes, and when they can’t stay in their home they need some [reassurance] that we’ll have the proper level of assisted living in place,” said Jablonski.

Seniors at the Wheat-land Lodge expressed their concern about the amount of facilities that will be built in Strathmore in the coming years, and whether it will include more extended care beds; not having to move out of the community for care; couples not being sepa-rated from each other; and being able to get different levels of care when need-ed in the same facility.

“I think that like every other community there will still be more need,” said Jablonski. “As mon-ey comes available we’re building as fast as we can.”

Jablonski said the fa-

cilities in Strathmore are some of the best in the province, even if places like the Wheatland Lodge are aging and need some upgrades.

She also said the prov-ince has to prepare for different trends that are occurring, including spe-cialized living for those with Alzheimer’s or de-mentia, for example.

Jablonski said there is a current trend to have those with either Alzheimer’s or dementia live in a cottage type setting with eight to 12 single bedrooms that all enter towards a com-mon living area and have a secure yard.

“They can feel comfort in the fact it’s a small facil-ity, they won’t get lost and they feel like it’s home,” said Jablonski. “We have to go in that direction.”

Other trends they are seeing is in the construc-tion of residences, and that seniors would rather have a walk-in shower in-stead of a tub, or would now like a kitchen with a microwave, something the government didn’t used to include in seniors homes before.

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Stan and Mary Christie take some time to get a picture with Arno Doerksen at the Wheatland Lodge Jan. 27. Doersken along with Mary Anne Jablonski, Minister of Seniors and Community Support, toured the lodge and then had a discussion and question period with the residents.

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Last week I was in Ottawa to attend the Conservative Party National Caucus. Our government is in the midst of consulting Canadians before we unveil our fifth fed-eral budget on March 4. I will be holding the following Satellite Office Meetings in our riding: Tuesday, Febru-ary 9 in Strathmore from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Chestermere; Wednesday, February 10 from 10 a.m. to noon in Drumheller and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Stettler; and, Thursday, February 11 from 10 a.m. to noon in Hanna and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Oyen.

As your Member of Parliament, I want to express my appreciation for the emails, letters, and phone calls al-ready received in my office conveying what voters in our riding of Crowfoot want to see in the next federal bud-get. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that what he is hearing so far is that Canada’s economy remains the top priority for Canadians, and he considers that to be our Conservative government’s top priority.

The Hon. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance maintains that while the officials in his department are starting to see signs of a recovery in Canada’s economy, recovery is fragile.

As we enter Phase II of Canada’s Economic Action plan, we are working closely with provinces and mu-nicipalities to continue the rapid implementation of the Economic Action Plan and roll out the remaining stimu-lus projects across the country. At the same time, we are also looking ahead to future challenges, especially restoring balanced budgets once our economy is fully recovered. There is work that can begin now to ensure Canada builds a strong foundation for future economic growth.

Over the course of the next several weeks, Prime Min-

ister Harper, Minister Flaherty and the rest of the Con-servative Caucus will be meeting with and hearing from Canadian families, homeowners, workers, business-owners and industries from across the country.

Already, close to 200 roundtables, townhall meet-ings, online consultations and other events are planned throughout the country, concluding with a new Throne Speech on March 3. It is important that locally, we or-ganize our input into the pre-budget process so we can continue to benefit from the economic stimulus avail-able to our riding.

Now is the time to communicate your ideas and support for economic stimulus efforts that will see us through the effects of the global economic slowdown. I hope to hear from as many of my constituents as pos-sible in the coming weeks. If you cannot attend one of my Satellite Office Meetings you can always contact my Camrose office or send in your comments directly to the Finance Minister at: http://www.fin.gc.ca/prebudget-prebudgetaire/1-eng.asp.

Finally, I encourage all of us to remember the people of Haiti. A charitable gift big or small will significantly help alleviate the many challenges these innocent peo-ple are experiencing. As Chair of the House of Com-mons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Inter-national Development, one of the first reports I presided over was a major study of Canada’s Mission in Haiti. Haiti is Canada’s second largest aid recipient.

The people of Haiti had many issues to contend with before the earthquake and clearly, Canadians continue to want to support the people of Haiti.

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

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SHA Welcomes Home Their PrincipalPaulette Chotewetz, principal of Sa-cred Heart Academy, recently returned from a two-week trip to Rwanda. She was invited by past-superintendent of Christ the Redeemer, Ron Wallace, who is now the Head Master of Green Hills Academy in Rwanda. Green Hills is a school with 1500 students of all ages. Principal Chotewetz was invited

to do a presentation to the teachers on Balanced Literacy. The government of Rwanda has recently decided to change the language of instruction from French to English. This decision was made to help the children of Rwanda be the best that they can be by being bilingual. Paulette concentrated her presentation on the connections be-tween reading and writing and shared different strategies with her fellow edu-cators. The teachers in Rwanda often only have a high school diploma and are eager and wanting of higher educa-tion standards for their students. Pau-lette got to experience Rwanda’s beau-ty of land and people. She got to visit the Gorilla habitats and experience the safe kind people of this small country

in Africa. “It was a very humbling ex-perience. I have never witnessed such willingness and desire from an entire country to learn new ways to make their country a better place.” explained Pau-lette. “One million people were killed 15 years ago in the Genocide (a tribal dispute within Rwanda) and the prog-ress of recovery is remarkable. These people have learned how to forgive without resentment and have moved forward into a hopeful betterment for the future. We can all learn a lot from an experience like this.” The students and staff missed their principal while she was gone and are glad to have their mentor home.

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A Strathmore resident is warning others about a potential phone scam occurring in the area after someone posing as her grandson called her and asked for money.

Margery Weatherby was scammed out of $4,000 after someone imitating her grand-son called her over the phone.

“We assume that we know peoples voices on the phone,” said Weatherby. “[There are] people out there doing these scams who are professionals. They can copy voices and everything.”

It all started one morning when Weath-erby received a phone call at around 10 a.m. and she recognized the voice right away as one of her grandsons.

She said the caller on the other end was beating around the bush, but she knew he had something to share with her.

“He said ‘Grandma. I did something I shouldn’t have done last night. I had a couple drinks. I had the truck and had an accident. I’m going to lose my job.”

All Weatherby could think about was that her grandson would lose his job because he uses his truck as a company truck.

The caller said the truck is fixable and that he could get it fixed without his em-ployer every knowing what happened. All that was needed was $3,840.

“We always said to the family ‘If you run into any kind of trouble at all, give us a phone call,’” said Weatherby.

She told the caller she didn’t have the money and didn’t know if she could get it. The caller said he would call back around noon to find out if she could.

Weatherby said she wondered how she could come up with the money and ended up going to the bank to borrow $4,000.

The caller phoned back when he said he would and gave Weatherby further instruc-tions on how to get the money to him

She was told to go to the post office, get a wire line and the money would be sent through there. He also said it will cost about another $115 to send it.

The caller than told Weatherby, “Don’t worry, you’ll get that money back.”

Weatherby headed to the post office and sent the money, which ended up costing her $150 to send, bring the total very close to $4,000.

One thing that stood in her mind was the address she received to send the money was in Quebec.

Weatherby said she quickly rationalized this because companies are not always located in the province and it could have been a chain owned elsewhere.

Another thing the caller added was for her not to tell dad or granny [the grand-mother on the other side] about the acci-dent.

Weatherby said her grandson’s other grandmother never wanted to be called ‘grandma’ always granny, something only the family would know.

She said another key thing the caller said were the last words he spoke to her, “I love you grandma.”

With four sons and eight grandchildren, Weatherby said spontaneously they will say “I love you grandma” or “I love you mom.” The grandson who was supposedly asking for money is the only one who says “I love you grandma” to her every time they say goodbye to each on the phone or in per-son.

The caller also mentioned he was getting a cold, something the RCMP would later tell Weatherby could be a cover for any variances in their voice.

At one she even called back the number that appeared on the caller ID and got a dead end. She assumed that she got a dead end because the caller said he was getting a calling card.

Weatherby said there was nothing in the person’s voice that would have given her some clue that it wasn’t her grandson.

“I’m very active and alert. It’s just great to live everyday. I’m not an old grandma. I’m not hard of hearing or senile. I just love my children [and grandchildren].”

For the next week and a half, Weatherby had no idea what had happened. She didn’t realize the potential of the call until her husband was watching the news one night

and saw almost the exact same story on the news in Calgary.

“That was the first time I phoned the po-lice,” said Weatherby. “Up until that point I didn’t know it was a scam.”

The RCMP told her they are looking into the potential scam that is occurring in the Calgary area.

At this time she also phoned her grand-son and asked how the truck was doing, which coincidently was theirs and they had sold to him.

He said the truck was fine and when asked about an accident responded “Ac-cident? What accident?” He knew nothing about what had gone on.

Now, Weatherby is just warning others this is happening in the area and telling all her friends and family to be careful.

She said many have responded by saying they would know if it wasn’t a family mem-ber or friend on the other end.

“Let’s just say it was your wife’s voice and she phoned and said ‘I just had an accident and I need the money.’ You would do it.”

Her advice to others is to ask more ques-tions. Weatherby said that if anyone you know calls asking for money for an acci-dent, talk about something else besides the topic of conversation and be really certain that you know who you are talking to.

“There is no such thing that when you pick up that phone, you really know it’s that person on the other end because you can’t see them.”

Weatherby said the scariest thing is that everyone thinks they have privacy and se-curity, especially because we live in Canada.

“We don’t know if the information came from Facebook or a cell. Somehow or an-other they have to be able to copy voices. It’s not tape recorded because it’s not hesi-tant. There’s nothing that would make you think it’s a machine,” said Weatherby.

She said she has no hope that the money will be returned.

“We are living in a strange time and things can happen to anybody in any country or in any town, but people have to know.”

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Bottle Drive Members of the 903 Strathmore Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron Justin Harrison, Flight Sergeant and Joanna Wahl, LAC hold up a number of bottles collected in their semi-annual bottle drive Jan. 16. The squadron hoped to raise approximately $2,000 that will go towards supporting the air cadets, training and fun activities. Amy Gregson Photo

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A number of thefts at remote

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Jan. 26 to try and get help from the public.

Thefts from oil well sites have been happening for quite some time, said the RCMP, but since last February ap-proximately 20 solar panels have been stolen.

“It’s not so much the cost as op-posed to the safety aspect,” said Kim Currie, from En-cana.

He said it’s not only a concern for their workers, but also for the com-munity.

Currie is con-cerned because the

operating sites op-erate with odorless gas and those en-tering the site are not cautious.

“Fire takes gas, air and a spark. When they just cut wires to a solar panel they got the spark [for a fire],” said Currie.

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are used to power the remote trans-mitter unit on a site, which then sends data about the condition of the site and also alarms to a central site in Drumheller.

Once a solar panel has been removed it takes anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes for operators or RCMP to arrive on scene.

“It’s a very quick thing unless some-one’s there or can see them it goes undetected most of the time,” said Cpl. Mike Numan of the Strathmore RCMP.

Numan said they don’t know if all or any of the thefts are linked to each and don’t know how many people are involved, but whoever it is has become quite effi-cient at it.

“One person could do this, but usually people are too much of a cow-ard to act on their own, so there was probably a couple of them,” said Nu-man.

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aren’t the only thing that has been taken. Between Feb. 25 and May 15 2009, approximate-ly 10 separate well sites east of Strath-more have seen thefts of solar pan-els, regulators and batteries. The ap-proximately value of stolen items is $45,000 to $50,000 during this time.

If retrieved, En-cana could identify the stolen items.

The thefts aren’t unique to Encana sites, said Currie. It’s been happen-ing to other oil and gas companies as well.

Both Encana and the RCMP are asking for people to watch out for suspicious activ-ity and report any-

thing that seems out of place. They have also been partnering with Rural Crime Watch.

“It’s their [En-cana] property and they’re being deprived of their property,” said Nu-man. “We’re work-ing very closely with them to stop this and find out who is responsi-ble.”

All Encana trucks that would enter the site are clearly marked. Anything that isn’t marked Encana should be reported said both men.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Strathmore RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.


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With the population of Alberta grow-ing rapidly and the demand for power doubling, a new transmission line has been proposed in the province.

AltaLink is proposing to build the line from the Genesee area west of Edmon-ton to around the Langdon area and is holding open houses to discuss the proj-ect.

“There’s all these route alternatives and we need to speak to stakeholders to find the best one out of all of those proposed so far,” said Robin Boschman, from AltaLink.

There are currently three different routes being proposed, but only one line would be built.

The proposed routes include areas with no other transmission lines, routes that parallel other transmission lines

and routes near the least number of resi-dences.

The completed line would be any-where from 330 to 400 km in length and would be a 500 kilovolt transmission line using a new technology called di-rect current.

A converter station will be built at each end of the line to change electricity from direct current to alternating current, so the direct current line can connect with the rest of the province, which operates in alternating current.

Direct current continually flows in the same direction, similar to the current in a flashlight or an automobile battery.

Direct current was chosen because stakeholders were concerned about re-ducing the impact of building new trans-mission lines.

The direct current line would also be able to transport large amounts of pow-er more efficiently than alternating cur-

rent. The towers would be smaller and it would require a smaller right-of-way.

“We’ve added more than a million peo-ple to our province, and the transmis-sion system, which is the high voltage long distance power lines that you see in the province, haven’t been upgraded in that time,” Boschman said.

“Our demand for power has grown ex-ponentially and our transmission system just hasn’t kept up.”

At the open houses people will find out more information about the direct current technology, information about the compensation and consultation pro-cess and more project details.

“Stakeholder feedback is critical to finding the best route for this project, so we really need to hear from people,” said Boschman.

AltaLink will be talking to stakehold-ers across the province at open houses in the month of February, and then in

information sessions in March.AltaLink will be refining the routes in

the summer after looking at stakeholder feedback.

A second stage of consultations about the transmission line will happen in the fall with more open houses, information sessions and one-on-ones.

They then must apply to the Alberta Utilities Commission to get permission to build the line. This application is an-ticipated to happen in spring 2011.

If approved, construction would start in approximately 2012 and be complet-ed sometime in 2014.

The estimated cost of the project is ap-proximately $1.1 billion.

The closest open house is in Indus Feb. 16 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Indus Recreation Centre.

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Crime Stoppers was in Strathmore Jan. 26 to film a re-enactment. Since April 2009, solar panels have been stolen from remote oil well sites owned by Encana. The re-enactment was done to try to get support and tips from the public. Amy GregsonPhoto


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Sheila Wilson didn’t even have to ask her husband Tom for help to put her coat on. He just picked up her coat and helped her.

She knew that his shoulder was hurting and couldn’t get his coat on by himself, so Sheila helped him out.

The simple act of helping your signifi-cant other put on their coat is something you rarely see these days.

However, sometimes it’s the simplest things in life that show you that after 51 years of marriage a couple is still in love and for Valentines Day we are celebrating that love.

Or as the Winslow’s joke “their prison sentence.”

The couple met when they were 12-years-old in England when Sheila’s family had moved into Tom’s neighbour-hood and he delivered newspapers to her house.

They hung around with each other until both left for work at the age of 15, which was normal at the time in England.

They met again after Tom joined the army, and eventually started dating.

“She appealed to me and that was it,” said Tom.

The pair would go to the movies a lot and would travel on Tom’s motorcycle to get everywhere, calling themselves motor-cycle enthusiasts.

Tom was planning to propose on Christ-mas Eve in 1957, and was getting ready when his brother showed up as “drunk as a skunk” as he described it.

“That sort of took the edge off the pro-posal,” said Tom who now had to deal with a mad cab driver with vomit in the car and Sheila worried that her future-brother-in-law was dead.

“After that we did get engaged,” said Sheila, who was surprised. Tom had al-ready asked her father’s permission, which Sheila said was very gentlemanly of him.

They were 21 at the time they got en-gaged, and when Tom told his father, the response he got was “it’s about time.”

They got married Dec. 6 1958 in a Cath-olic Church in London with six brides-maids and one best man, which was com-mon then in England.

“We really enjoyed it,” said Sheila.During this time they were looking for a

place to live, but it was difficult. Just four weeks before the wedding, they finally found two rooms in a house to sublet.

The place needed a lot of work and they spent their honeymoon fixing up the house.

They stayed in the house for a few years before deciding to buy their own place. They had to move in with Sheila’s family

to save up money, which took approxi-mately three years.

The family moved into a two-bedroom house in Kent.

When Sheila got pregnant for the sec-ond time they said if they had another daughter they could share a bedroom, but if they had a son they would need a bigger house. They had a son.

The couple had already put a down pay-ment on a house in the country when two of Sheila’s brothers came back from visit-ing Canada at Stampede time and talked about how they absolutely loved Canada.

Her oldest brother was already living in Canada, when Tom decided he wanted to move there as well with their three-year-old daughter and nine month old son.

Sheila was unsure at first especially be-cause her mom was still living in London, but Tom’s response was “I didn’t marry your mom, I married you.”

In 1967 the two packed up their bags and moved to Canada with six sea trunks, one completely filled with toys.

They took the train from Halifax to Montreal and then had to change trains to catch one Calgary.

They weren’t impressed when they first arrived in Calgary, because at the time there were no large buildings or the Cal-gary Tower and the city was quite small.

“They then started playing the country music and it sounded like honky-tonk mu-sic to me,” said Sheila. “I’m looking at him and he’s looking at me and I’m thinking where have we come to.”

She said that during the first year if any-one had offered her tickets back to Eng-land she would have been on the boat be-cause she didn’t like Canada.

However, they stuck it out in Canada

w h i l e through-out the years her brothers and mother continu-ously went back and forth between the two countries.

They’re glad they stayed in Canada because they provided a good life for themselves and their children.

For the past 11 years they have called Strathmore home, after finding the traffic in Calgary to be getting really bad and it was almost time for Tom to retire.

Their son was also living in Strath-more at the time and convinced them to move here because of all the amenities the town had to offer.

For the pair, Valentine’s Day was never extravagant, but cards were always ex-

changed. It is also now special because

their grandson was born on Feb. 14 and will be turning 16

this year.During their time together over the

past 50 years, the Winslow’s have said they just enjoy being together.

“You never dream you’re going to be married for 50 years,” said Tom. “We’ve been together so many years it’s become routine,” he adds as they both laugh.

Just laughing at the other’s jokes and finishing each other sentences, you can tell that after 51 years of marriage Tom and Sheila are just as in love as ever. Happy Valentine’s Day to them.

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Love after 50 yearsTom and Sheila Winslow have been married for 51 years.

Their love story is our Valentine’s Day feature. Amy Gregson Photo


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Strathmore Elks Lodge #491 meets 3rd. Tuesday at the Strathmore Curling Club 6:30 pm. Steak Supper at 7 pm. New Members welcome. Call Greg 403-888-6155.

RCL Ladies Auxiliary Events for February: 16th – Executive & General Meetings, beginning @ 7:30 pm. 21st – LA breakfast from 9 am to 11 am. Toast, pancakes, bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs,potatoes, juice, desert, coffee, tea. All for only $6 per adult & $3 per child. Old time music played on the piano by Jimmy Risdon. PUBLIC & KIDS WELCOME!!!!

Royal Canadian Legion Events for February:LPC & Sports Steak & Lobster tickets both for sale.5th to 7th - Command Crib. 20th- Cash Crib.23rd- General Meeting, open to ALL Legion Members, @ 7:30 pm. Meat Draws every Friday @ 6:30 pm & Satur-day @ 2:00 pm. Bingo every Wednesday @ 5:15 pm.Darts & Crib throughout the week. Legion Veterans Hall & the Main Hall available for functions. February events calendar now at the bar. For more information regarding the above, please call 403.934.5119.

MOPS (Mother’s Of Preschoolers) meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays 9:30am – 11:30am at the Strathmore Alliance Church. Babysitting available for ages 0 - 6. For more information call Jennifer at 403-934-5799 or visit www.mops.org

Strathmore Lions Club meets the first and third Thursday at the Strathmore Civic Centre at 6:45 p.m.

Strathmore Photography Club. If you enjoy photography, please come and join our club. Photographers of all ages and skill levels are wel-come. For moreinformation and meeting dates call Gay-lene at 403-901-2760 or email - [email protected]

Kidz 1st. Network Parent Link Centre. Located in Country Lane Mall Registration for programs begins January 11 at the Centre IN PERSON ONLY FROM 4:30 - 8:00 PMRegistration will resume Jan 12 at 9 am by phone(403) 207-7090 or in person Register early, as space is limited! http://kidz1stnetworkplc.com/

Strathmore Homeschool Familes. Any Strathmore and Area familes that are homeschooling are invited to join our Yahoo Group. groups.yahoo.com/group/strathmorehsfams

Wheatland Business Women meet the first Tuesday of each month 8:30 a.m. at the Strathmore Golf Course. Non-Member fee of $10. For more information call Lin Walker at 403-901-6641 or Jill Crossland at 403-901-6147. Visit www.businesswomen.ca to find out about upcoming speakers.

Strathmore Masonic Lodge #53 meets the first Monday of each Month at 7:30 p.m. Call Glen at 403-901-6038. Website: www.strathmore53.com

The Happy Gang The next monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, February 9th at 1:15pm . Call 403-934-2676. New Members Welcome.

Strathmore Caregiver Support Group - this is an opportunity for caregivers to find support and benefit from interaction with others in a similar situation. For more information or to register call Amy Yaneza at 403-361-7176.

The Hope Bridges Society is committed to building an inclusive Community through the arts for all individuals. Please join us at our next board meeting, held the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at #3-236-3rd. Avenue. Please visit our website at www.hopebridges.ca or contact us at [email protected]

Wild Rose Career & Employment Services - Free drop-in JOB-FINDING CLUB, every Wednesday from 10 to 11 am. A Career Counsellor will share tips and tools to assist in your job search. Please call 403-934-6488 or drop by 101, 331-3rd. Avenue. Bring your lunch and join us for a Small Business Brown Bag presentation at Community Futures Wild Rose on Tuesday and Thursday from Noon to 1 pm. Weekly Topics.

Healing Rooms, open for prayer Mondays from 7 to 9 pm. at the Harvest Healing Centre at 115A-3rd. Avenue in Strathmore. Everyone is Welcome.

FREE- Wholesome BREAKFAST, Recipes, Health Tips 9 am. every Saturday at Strathaven Community Hall (North of Dominos Pizza, across from the playground) Childcare is provided.

Seniors 50+ Centre holds their General Meetings the second Tuesday of each month at 1:15 pm. For more info. call Eric at 403-901-1596

The Community Crisis Shelter has several Board Member vacancies and is recruiting individuals who would like to apply for Board Membership. Interested individuals can call Karen Pease at 403-934-6634.

Wheatland Rural Crime Watch. Meetings are the 3rd. Thursday of each Month. Featuring guest speakers. For more information call 403-934-4055.

Ladies meet at 108 6th Ave the 1st Monday of every month from 7 - 8 p.m. for high tea plus learn how to keep healthy and look your best. No charge. Call Margie at 403-901-0160

Meals on Wheels is available in Strathmore. For more information or to obtain this service please contact Wheatland FCSS at 403-934-5335.

Volunteers Wanted Drivers needed for Meals on Wheels. Contact Shirley Minty at 934-3953.

Strathmore Regional Victim Services Society needs community members to be Advocates (volun-teers). Training is provided. Contact Victim Services through the RCMP Detachment at 403-934-6552

KIDERGY Play GroupMeet every Friday from 9:30 - 11:30 am at the Hope Covenant Church. $1 per child, (snack is included). Contact Tammy at 403-934-5887 for more info.

Strathmore Parent and Tot Playgroup, meets every Thursday at 9:15 - 11:15 am. in the Strathmore United Church Basement. For more information call Lisa at 403-934-4874 or Ali at 403-934-2089.

Sunday School for All Ages: Lord of All Lutheran Church offers Christian Education opportunities for ages 3 years to adult, on Sunday Mornings. All are Welcome! For more information please call Margo Sevick 403-901-2044 or call the Church Office at 403-934-2374

Strathmore Youth Exceptional Service Award Society - If you would like to recognize a youth who has demonstrated an act of courage, citizenship and community contribution, call Val at 403-901-4254

History Books“Along the Fireguard Trail” is the history of the Lyalta, Ardenode & Dalroy area. Call Mardelle Bazant at 403-934-4436 for more information.

Strathmore District Health Services Auxiliary Meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month @ 1:30 pm, (excluding July & August). Lower level Conference Room at the Strathmore Hospital. New members welcome. For more info please call 403-934-4436

Toddle Inn Day Care need Volunteers to help out at the Silver Dollar Casino on March 12 & 13, 2010, for more information call the day care at 403-934-5139. We also offer before and after school care.

Halt the Habit; Smoking Cessation Classes February 11, 18 & 25, 2010. 7 - 8:00 pm. at the Strathmore High School. Call Colleen at 403-934-4444 ext #103 to pre-register. Free of charge.

Come Fly With Us903 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Sqn. Meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the blue building and Quonset on the Ag grounds. Boys & Girls welcome between 12 & 19 years. Call Joanna Howard at 403-983-5796 for more information.

Teaching kids yoga through games and stories. Tuesday 10:45am – 11:15am (3-5 years old), Tuesday 3:45pm – 4:30pm (6-9 years old). Call Kelly at 403-629-7465 for more information. [email protected]

Strathmore Country Gardens Club Meetings at least once per month. Tours, guest speakers, workshops and much more included in a membership. $20 single, $30 family. [email protected] or visit our website www.icangarden.com/clubs/CountryGGC/

Strathmore & District Child Development Society and the Alberta Foundation of the Arts proudly presents; Mad Science Extravaganza, Feb 28 at 2:00pm at the Hope Church (245 Brent Blvd). Tickets at the door - $10/family. Call Jennifer at 403-934-6604 for more info.

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Valentine’s Family Dance

presented by the Strathmore Montessori Society - Friday February 5, 2010, 6:30 - 9:00 pm. Wheatland Elementary School. $5.00 per child, adults are free. An adult must accompany all children under 10. Contact Trina for info 403-901-0516.

Strathmore Storm Fundraising Dinner and Silent AuctionCome out and help raise money for Strathmore Minor Hockey. Saturday, February 6, 2010, 6:00 pm - 1:00 am at the Strathmore Civic Centre. Doors open at 6:00 pm Dinner at 7:00 pm. $40 person. Silent Auction & Entertainment. To book tables contact Michelle at 403-934-4426. Tickets can be purchased at Bangles or call Michelle.

Hockey Dad: A Play in 3 Periodsby James Popoff & Stephen Waldschmidt. Friday, February 12 & Saturday, February 13, puck drops at 7:30 pm. Hope Community Covenant Church, Strathmore. For info: burntthicket.com. $10 admission or $5 with donation to the Wheatland County Food Bank. Call 403.934.2424.

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The Strathmore Curling Club was full of curlers looking to win the top prize in the mixed bon-spiel Jan. 26 to 31.

The annual event had 22 teams this year compared to 28 that came last year from places like Strathmore, Calgary and Chester-mere.

“You just see fewer curlers this year,” said Bev Shaw, orga-nizer. “We’re very happy with the amount of teams we did get.”

Each team curling was guaran-teed three games. The amount of games they played after that was determined on their win-loss re-cord. Teams played then in three different events to compete for prizes.

The top four teams in each event got to pick their prize in or-der of where they finished.

“If you’re the number one team you get the better choice of priz-es,” said Shaw.

“It adds a nice variety.”

Prizes came from places like Home Hardware, Speargrass Golf Course, Strathmore Golf Club and Rafters.

Shaw said that while some peo-ple prefer cash prizes, they feel that actual prizes are a bit more personal.

It was a $180 entrance fee per team, which included a banquet dinner and dance on Jan. 30.

The event attracted curlers of all ages from those in their 20s all the way to their 60s.

“With the mixed bonspiels it also tends to be couples,” said Shaw. “It’s a great sport for any age.”

Shaw said many curlers who cannot physically bend down to throw the rocks have started to use a stick to deliver their rocks and stay in the game.

She said the bonspiel is a very social type of atmosphere, yet can be very competitive.

“It’s a very skilled technical sport, but it’s also a lot of fun with the people you curl with,” she said.

They have really appreciated all the support from the curling club and the community.

“It just shows that the future of curling is bright and the Olympics will help promote that as well,” said Shaw.

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Curling Results“A” Event WinnerTeam Sander defeated Team Jensen Randy & Melinda Sander, Ken & Cindy Shackelton

“B” Event WinnerTeam Budzey defeated Team BleierAl Budzey, Amy Webb, Chuck M. and Jeanette Helfrich

“C” Event WinnerShaw Team defeated team DucheminskyStu & Bev Shaw, Jim & Joanne Clark

All teams in the finals were from Strathmore.

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The Strathmore Communities-In-Bloom Committee, the Chinook Credit Union, Eagle Lake Nurseries and the Town of Strathmore are proud to be partners in the Birth Forest project.

What is the Birth Forest?The Birth Forest is an initiative to plant a new tree for each newborn child in Strathmore registered with the program. The program is strictly on a volunteer registration basis, and at no cost to the family. The cost of the planting of trees and the subsequent maintenance costs are covered by the project partners.

Where is the Birth Forest?The first phases of the Birth Forest have been planted in Parkwood Green Meadow along Green Meadow Drive, and it is anticipated that the phases will be located on other public (Town-owned) lands throughout the Town.

GroW toGetherTrees will be planted for new registrations once each year. The number of trees will be matched to the number of child registrations, but trees will not be assigned individually! All Birth Forest trees will be accessible for everyone to enjoy.Trees will be planted in the spring for all registrations received in the preceding year.

reGistrationThe registrations will be collected throughout the year. To register your newborn for the Brith Forest, please contact Communities in Bloom. There is no cost for registering newborns.

reGistry MaintenanceThe Communities in Bloom Committee maintains a Registry of the children registered in the Chinook Credit Union Birth Forest. Families of registered children will be notified for special planting and other celebrations at the Birth Forest.

Why are trees iMportant?Along with celebrating the birth of Strathmore children, these trees will help increase the tree inventory in the Town of Strathmore. This in turn will help remove pollutants from the air and beautify the Town for decades to come. One acre of mature trees will store 2.6 tons of carbon every year and produce enough oxygen for 18 people each day.

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Even before the devas-tating earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12, a charity snow-pitch tournament was al-ready in the works to help those in Haiti.

Now they are looking for teams to compete in the March 6 to 7 tourna-ment, with proceeds go-ing to support Haiti Arise.

“It’s a conscience that they have this horrific thing [earthquake] happen to them and they need the help more than they did before,” said Melissa Bag-nall, organizer.

Haiti Arise is an organi-zation Bagnall found out about through the Harvest Healing Church in Strath-more.

Haiti Arise is a non-prof-it organization founded by Mark and Lisa Honorat. Mark was born in Haiti, but the couple now lives in Calgary.

Mark was in Haiti when the earthquake happened

and returned to Calgary Jan. 20 to his three chil-dren and his wife, who is expecting their fourth child.

Their mission is to strengthen families, neigh-bors and the country through education, bring relief to poverty, stimulate the economy and preach the Good News so lives can be saved and also hope for a strong future for Haiti.

The organization has already built a Bible Col-lege and established an outreach program that dis-tributed rice and clothing monthly.

“We met them [Mark and Lisa} when they came out here [Harvest Healing Church] a couple months ago, so I knew the need was already great there,” said Bagnall.

The Snow-Pitch tourna-ment is looking for any-one over the age of 16 who wants to play and have fun. Those aged 16 to 18 must have a guard-

ian’s perission to play.They are looking for

teams of 10 players with a ratio of six men to four women. There are already three teams signed up, but they are looking for 16 teams in total.

Each team is guaranteed three games, which will be held at the baseball diamonds on the agricul-tural grounds.

The top three teams will win cash prizes: $500 for first place, $300 for sec-ond and $200 for third. The cost for a team to par-ticipate is $200.

Bagnall is also looking for people to donate priz-es for draws and a pos-sible silent auction, and food to sell for lunch.

“We are looking for any-one to come out, watch and hang out for the day.”

For more information on Haiti Arise visit www.haitiarise.org

To sign up for the base-ball tournament or for more information contact Bagnall at (403) 934-9342.

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Storm tied upCody Betterton and the Strathmore Storm Midget Tier 3 team battled Chestermere to a 3-3 draw Jan. 23 at the Strathmore Family Centre.

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Communities across Canada cel-ebrated Hockey Day in Canada Jan. 30 and Gleichen held their own fes-tivities.

The Gleichen area held a four-on-four pond hockey tournament to celebrate the game and their own pond hockey program.

“The day’s been fantastic. The kids are having a great time,” said Cara Sheppard, organizer. “The parents are loving it. It’s a good day.”

The coincided with CBC’s Hockey Day in Canada as all six Canadian hockey teams faced off on the same day.

For $5, girls and boys from age five to 15 came out to play three fun games, even though all the players kept score on the ice.

Just a week before the tourna-ment, only 36 players had signed up. They ended up with close to 70 participants that day, with kids be-ing able to sign up the day of.

“We’ve had a really good turn out,” said Sheppard.

All participants were given a

puck, a mini-hockey stick, a Gleichen Hockey Day T-Shirt and a team jer-sey to keep and wear for the day.

The tournament had two playing surfaces set up inside the arena and one rink outside.

Sheppard said it was a bit scary the week before to see if the outdoor rink would actually work out.

“We managed to pull it off,” said Sheppard.

There were also ceremo-nies and photos taken at the tournament. The RCMP lent out their radar gun to test players shots.

Sheppard said the event is going to happen yearly on Hockey Day in Cana-da. She said this year they were late in planning but she already has ideas for next year.

“Next year is [going to be] bigger and bet-ter.”

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Strathmore’s first major ringette tour-nament will be happening Feb. 5 to 7. The tournament will be the first time almost every division in the Strathmore Minor Ringette Association has played in the same tournament over the same weeked.

“We’ve never done an all-in-one tour-nament before,” said Tami LeMoine, tournament organizer. “We have always had two or three tournaments through the year with just two or three divisions.”

LeMoine said it’s been fabulous to see the Strathmore Ringette Association grow. Nine of the 10 Strathmore teams, ranging in age from U7 to U16 will be playing in seven divisions in the tourna-ment.

The only team not participating is the Junior A team who had hoped to be go-ing to the Alberta Winter Games to rep-resent Zone 2 that same weekend, but didn’t beat the Rockyford team in a play-off.

They will now be staying to help ref-eree games and announce games during the course of the weekend.

With only two ice sheets in town, it’s difficult to get time for each individual

group to host a tournament.“This way we get good timing, Febru-

ary, and we just wanted to give it a try,” said LeMoine. “It makes for a very excit-ing weekend. Intense, but exciting.”

The weekend also lets the organiza-tion utilize a larger pool of volunteers from each team. Past tournaments have featured usually only two or three di-visions with two pools where teams played three round-robin games and then had the opportunity to play in the semi-final and finals.

This year there is only one pool for each division and they will play three round-robin games.

The top two teams in each division will go on to play for the first place ban-ner on Feb. 7.

“It makes it a more compact event,” LeMoine said.

Teams from out of town applied to come play in the tournament. LeMoine said that in almost every division there were more teams applying than they could accommodate, so teams were cho-sen by drawing names out of a hat.

Another feature of the tournament is the pre-bunnies, ages three and four, who will be demonstrating what they have learned during the year.

Pre-bunnies don’t participate in the

tournament and don’t play any games throughout the year, so this is the op-portunity to give them a chance to shine said LeMoine.

“They’re amazing. If anybody’s think-ing about their child learning how to skate, this is an incredible program for them,” she added.

They will be in full equipment at 1:15 p.m. on Feb. 6 on the gold ice and will be given ribbons afterwards.

The tournament has been named the Laurie Morton Ruppe Tournament for the woman instrumental in setting up a ringette league in Strathmore.

“She played ringette as a youngster and as an adult went on to create the Strathmore Minor Ringette Association, coached and was a huge supporter,” said LeMoine.

The ringette community lost Morton Ruppe seven years ago, but her family is still active in the game.

“This is a way of remembering her and her contribution,” said LeMoine.

The tournament runs Feb 5 from 12 to 8:45 p.m., Feb. 6 from 8 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., and finals on Feb. 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Games will be held throughout the weekend at the Family Center and on Feb. 6 at the Standard Arena.

Major ringette tournament being held in Strathmore


robert breitwieserHEAL News

The Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) coalition will sponsor the 3rd. annual Winter Walk on February 10th beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Bank Athletic Club. Participants will walk around Kinsmen Lake and return to the Bank Athletic Club for snacks and prizes. There will be prizes for the business with the greatest number of registered walkers. We are chal-lenging all banks to see which one has the most registered walkers. You can register your walkers either at the Bank Athletic Club in person or by sending your stats to [email protected]

This is a great opportunity to en-joy a brisk walk in the fresh winter air around the park with your friends and neighbours. If you are not able to come out for the walk around Kinsmen Park just walk anywhere and drop us a note to let us know.

Register for a walk in the park

mario prusinaTimes Editor

The Wheatland Kings will give two lucky fans a chance of a lifetime during the teams final game of the season Feb. 14 (6:45 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.

The pair of contestants will each shoot one puck from centre ice and must make it through a small cut-out in the centre of the goal to win $10,000.

According to Kings head coach, general manager and team president Doug Mur-phy, the $10,000 shootout is a way of giving back to the fans.

“It’s a fun thing that (brings in) some fan par-ticipation,” said Murphy. “Hopefully somebody can walk away with 10 grand.

“C.E. Franklin is a really good supporter of the team and this is one of the things that they wanted to do to help us out.

“It’s a win-win for the

both of us.”In their second year of

operation, the Kings have established a great fan base, said the coach. However, the support of the sponsors is something that makes it all possible.

“We have great spon-sors – they have been really good,” said Murphy. “Our fans have been incredible – I think a lot of that comes from the team being local and having local players.

“Businesses want to sup-port that and the fans want to come out and support the people they know.”Down the stretch

It is well known that the Wheatland Kings will not make the playoff this sea-son.

But if you think that the final three games of the regular season are mean-ingless, just don’t let head coach Doug Murphy hear you.

“We’re playing for pride, we’re playing for next year,” said Murphy. “We want

to be making a statement that when next year comes around, we’re going to have a team that more than con-tends.”

The Kings will hit the road Feb. 6, when they travel to Red Deer to take on the Vipers before closing out the season on home ice.

Wheatland will host the High River Flyers Feb. 13 (8 p.m.) and the Blackfalds Ford Wranglers Feb. 14 (6:45 p.m.) at the Strath-more Family Centre.


Wheatland Kings forward Tyler Brandon jockeys for position in front of the Coaldale net during a 3-1 loss at the Strathmore Family Centre Jan. 30.

Doug Taylor Photo

Shoot to win challengemario prusinaTimes Editor

It was a one step for-ward, one step back weekend for the UFA Bi-sons.

After hammering the Calgary Northstars, the worst team in the league, 10-2 on Friday night, the Bisons fell 4-1 versus the Calgary Flames in their final home game Sunday afternoon.

All the momentum the Bisons built from the re-cent Mac’s Midget Hock-ey Tournament came to a halt versus the Flames, who gained a very im-portant two points over the Bisons.

Instead of making a push for second place in the South Division, the 12-13-6 Bisons now need to focus on the final play-off spot.

“I would definitely like to see us pull off wins so we can secure a playoff spot,” said UFA Bisons as-

sistant captain Brandon Rommens before Sun-day’s contest. “We need to keep working hard in practices and keep help-ing each other out.”

On Friday night, the Bisons served up a beat-ing against the Calgary Northstars at the Max Bell Arena.

Andrew Bergmann scored three times, while Strathmore native Bran-don Rommens scored twice to pace the Bisons to a 10-2 win.

“My line was working hard and they did every-thing right,” said Berg-mann. “They gave me the puck at the right time and I was just happy to score.

“We just played a sim-ple game – dump and chase, we crashed the net, threw pucks at the net – we did everything right.

“It was good to see for once – I’m usually not a guy that scores.”

According to Bisons head coach Brett Goulet, the win was nice, but the 10-2 score can be deceiv-ing to folks who did not watch the game.

“Definitely the offen-sive piece was there – we’re happy with that, how we put up goals,” said the coach. “At the same time, overall from a game perspective, we weren’t real happy with the first two periods. (We were) scrambley in the defensive zone, not working hard enough.

“Everything we shot, turning into gold, but there was a lot of things we need to work on.”

The Bisons will look to get back into the win column this com-ing weekend when they travel to Acadia Arena to take on the Calgary Buf-faloes Feb. 6, 7:15 p.m. The team will then travel to Medicine Hat the fol-lowing day to take on the Tigers at 2:15 p.m.

Split weekend



Strathmore Minor Hockey Player Ryan Leeper, 10, got the chance of a lifetime Jan. 21 as he practiced with the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL.

Ryan won an online contest through Beat-tie Homes, which his mom Ann entered him in last fall.

“It was really fun,” said Ryan.Ryan got the opportunity to practice drills,

shooting and stretching for a half hour with the entire Hitmen team.

Former Calgary Flames player and now Hitmen coach Joel Otto, also took the time out to assist Ryan with his skills.

“He [Otto] was giving Ryan some coach-ing, training and pointers,” said Greg, Ryan’s father.

Ryan got the opportunity to shoot and score on goalie Martin Jones.

“It’s really exciting because you know you scored on someone who is really high above the level you’re at,” said Ryan.

Besides practicing, Ryan got the opportu-nity to tour the dressing room of the Chi-

cago Blackhawks, who were playing the Flames at the Saddledome that night, and got to change in the Flames Alumni Dress-ing Room.

Ryan also got his photo taken with the en-tire Hitmen team and got a team jersey that he wore at practice and which the players all signed afterwards.

He also got a photo with his favorite Hit-men player Brandon Kozun, which will be blown up by the team, and which Kozun will sign for Ryan.

“He was on Team Canada [2010 World Ju-nior Team] and I just really like him, said Ryan.

The team made a 30 second video clip of Ryan that was shown on the jumbo tron dur-ing the first and second periods at the Jan. 29 Hitmen game against the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Ryan was given 10 free tickets to the game, with which he took five players from his atom hockey team.

Greg said the team really warmed up to the kids and they now have a “fan for life” in Ryan.

“It gives him something to look up to,”

said Greg. “To have an experience like that is great.”

The experience was also really “neat” for Greg and Ann who went to the practice with Ryan. They were able to tour the Sad-dledome and take pictures from just about anywhere.

Greg said they also got to pass people like former NHL players Brendan Shanahan and Brett Hull, who were in the building that night for the Flames game.

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bishop, Allan ThomasAllan Thomas Bishop passed away January 21, 2010 in Strathmore AB, on his 58th birthday. Born to the late Robert (Bob) and Phyllis Bishop, Allan spent his school years in Moosomin, leaving to attend Saskatchewan Technical Institute in the Commercial Cooking program. He worked as a chef in several restaurants in Calgary for many years. He made Calgary his home until 2002 when he moved to Strathmore and opened Red Rooster Books, an internet-based used book store. Health issues forced him to close the store in 2007.Allan was a caring, compassionate man who loved people. He was well liked by everyone who knew him and was always ready to give what he could to people less fortunate. In 1990, he was the lucky winner of a major lottery prize and a great many people who knew him benefited from his good fortune. His parents were treated to an extended visit to his mother’s home in the UK as well as a wonderful trip around Europe. This was an exciting time for them as well as Allan. He was an avid sports fan devoted to the Riders and the Maple Leafs. He would entertain his pool playing team with his knowledge of his team’s statistics and his ever hopeful desire for a championship season. Allan will be greatly missed by his brother John (Dot) Bishop of Moosomin, his nephews David (Tanya) Bishop of Winnipeg; Jeffrey (Erica Okell) Bishop of Victoria, BC and their families. If friends so desire, donations in memory of Allan may be directed to the Canadian Diabetes Society.A memorial service for Allan will be held in Moosomin at a later date.

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A Strathmore resident is fund-raising in a number of different ways for cancer research.

Jaime Norris has not only signed up to complete the Ride to Conquer Cancer in June, but has also started a clothing line with proceeds going towards the Canadian Cancer Foundation.

He is completing everything in honour of his mother, who was diagnosed with two differ-ent types of breast cancer.

“She is in remission now [nine months], but they don’t know if it is going to come back or not,” said Norris.

The Ride to Conquer Cancer was brought to Norris’ attention a few months ago, but he only recently decided to sign up. The ride will be happening June 26 and 27.

He will be riding with a col-league, Jim Ballantyne. This will be both men’s first ride.

“He’s pretty good and is a good motivational speaker. He’ll be a perfect partner to be riding with.”

Norris is also looking to set up a biking program for the Town of Strathmore, which would be similar to a walking program.

Each rider has to raise $2,500 to be able to participate, but

Norris has decided to set his personal goal at $3,500.

Norris is raising money through online donations, an email campaign, going to local business and putting together a donation party.

Besides raising money for the Ride to Conquer Cancer, Norris, along with fellow Strathmore resident Owen Conti, have start-ed a cancer T-shirt line.

Fact Apparel is selling T-shirts representing different cancers and each highlights important facts.

For example, the “One in Nine” Breast Cancer Shirt has different facts about breast can-cer and they have bolded the words they feel are most impor-tant.

For each shirt sold, $5 will go towards the Canadian Cancer Foundation.

“We are trying to do that for every ribbon and cause of can-cer,” said Norris.

There are more than 20 dif-ferent ribbons representing dif-ferent types of cancer. They’re hoping to have multiple designs prepared for summer.

To support Norris’ ride visit www.helpjamieride.info

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Adelle ellis Standard 4-H

The Standard 4-H Sheep Club has been busy these past couple months with handing out awards, having a Christ-mas Party and their regular meetings.

The clubs fundraiser of sell-ing cookie dough ended and it was a huge success. Now, the club will be doing electronics, cell phone and tire recycling fundraiser.

Some of the club members attended the Remembrance Day service in Standard on Nov. 11 and placed a wreath on the cenotaph.

The club had their Christ-mas party on Dec. 13 and they went to Triggers Laser Tag for the night. It was a lot of fun and thank you to everyone at Triggers for making it such a fun time.

The Record book awards were handed out to Chanel Guichon for Junior Market Project, Sarah Wolfs for Ju-nior Breeding Project, Karly Guichon for Intermediate Heifer, Kylee Hebees for Inter-mediate Market, Breeding and Cow-calf projects and Marleen

Palsson for Senior Market, Breeding and Cow-calf proj-ects.

These record books all ad-vanced to the District level where they all received first place and will now be judged at the Regional competition.

Thank you to Susan Grant and Mel Smart for taking the time to mark our record books.

Each of the club members that were in the club last year also received their accom-plishments from the previous year for them to add to their plaques.

Dairy point awards were also handed out to those members who won them.

The club public speaking date will be on Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. in both the Standard Li-brary and the Standard Drop In Centre.

During our last meeting, our three senior members gave a workshop on public speaking for the newer members. Thank you to Marleen Palsson, Brian-na Kathol and Adelle Ellis for doing that.

Our next meeting will be held on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Standard Library.

Busy Fall Months for the Standard 4-H Club

After finishing practicing with the Calgary Hit-men, Ryan Leeper gets a photo with mascot Farley the Fox. Leeper won an online contest and got to practice with the Hitmen Jan. 21.

Photo courtesy of the Leeper Family


Strathmore minor Soccer Federation

thursday February 11th 6 pm-7 pm

in the West hall (civic centre)To be followed by special AGM discount registration

Agenda to include New Field UpdateBudget Plans • PASS programCome and support local soccer

annual General meetinG

Snow Removal Residential Fire Hydrants

The Town of Strathmore Fire Chief is seeking help from Town residents who have Fire Hydrants located on their property. In the spirit of cooperation and safety, the Fire Chief asks residents to please clear snow from the

curb to the fire hydrant and around the hydrant. If unable to do so please contact the Fire Hall at 403-934-3022 and leave a message as to the location of the Fire Hydrant. Your support

and cooperation is sincerely appreciated.

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for entry level positionsfor it’s Carseland facility.

Please fax resumesto (403)934-5880 or email

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Wheatland County is currently seeking a

Community Peace Officer. The Community Peace Officer is responsible for

enforcement of Municipal, Provincial and Federal statutes as required, commercial vehicle weights and

dimensions, and traffic enforcement. For more information visit www.wheatlandcounty.ca.

Applications, including references and salary expectations, should be submitted in confidence to the

attention of Bonnie Knox, Human Resources Administra-tor - Email: [email protected]

Phone (403) 934-3321 Fax (403) 934-4889.

Position will remain open until suitable candidate is selected. In accordance with Wheatland County’s Personnel Policy the successful candidate will be required to submit to a Criminal Records Check

as well as pre-employment drug testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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The Parents of the

2010 Graduating Class of Strathmore High School are pleased to announce that we are

hosting a formal banquet in honour of our children.

This banquet is not being planned to take away from the Strathmore High School Recognition

ceremonies but to enhance them.

Invitations and ticket requests for the banquet will be available on

Friday, February 5 and Monday, February 08 in the hallway

adjoining the high school. A table will be set up from 12:15 - 1:30. Anyone wanting

tickets after this time should call 403-934-2635 or 403-934-2171.

Ticket sales will be cut off on February 26. After that date additional tickets will be

sold on a 1st come 1st served basis.

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help wantedToddle Inn Daycare require part time childcare worker. Job requirements; criminal record check, 1st aid and must hold a childcare profes-sional certificate. Drop off resumes at the day care, 309 2nd Ave. Strathmore.

help wantedhelp wanted

Golden Hills School Division No. 75 invites applications for a Full Time Position in the Financial Services Department.

The main responsibilities include: • Inputting approved budget allocations using computer software applications. • Monitoring expenditures by inputting accounts payable/receivable records. • Reconciling Division Office reports/ bank statements and by following up correct variances or resolve discrepancies. • Maintaining, reviewing and verifing accounting records, budgets, forms and invoices for completeness, accuracy and conformance with regulations and procedures. • Monitoring expenditures by inputting/processing accounts payable, processing cheques.

Minimum job qualifications: • Knowledge of SRB administration package would be an asset (preferred, but not necessary). • Knowledge of basic accounting procedures for debit, credit, reconciliation, and ability to understand financial statements. • High School Diploma supplemented by related Post-Secondary Education ie; one year Business Administration or equivalent. • Minimum three years related experience in a school or office environment (preferred, but not necessary).

Please submit resume and appropriate documentation to the undersigned on or before

4:00 pm, Tuesday, February 16, 2010.

Human Resources DepartmentGolden Hills School Division # 75

435 A Highway # 1, Strathmore, Alberta T1P 1J4Phone: 403-934-5121 Fax: 403-934-5124 or 934-5125

e-mail: [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYStaffing Position at: Division OfficeType of Position: Financial Services Support

Town of STraThmore Where Quality of Life is A Way of Life

Contract Kitchen SuperviSor poSition

for the Civic Centre120 BRENT BOULEVARD

The Town of Strathmore will be accepting resumes for a contract position as Kitchen

Supervisor for the Civic Centre until 4:30 pm February 12, 2010.

Scope of Services can be picked up at the Town Office at 680 Westchester Road between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday or on the website

at www.strathmore.ca under career section.

The successful candidate must: be at least 18 years of age, be certified in

Safe Food Handling procedures, certified in Standard First Aid and CPR.

Those interested in applying should submit a complete resume to:

Linda Nelson, Deputy CAOTown of Strathmore

680 Westchester RoadStrathmore, AB T1P 1J1

Email: opportunities @strathmore.ca(please quote the position in the subject line)

Town of STraThmore

employment opportunityWhere Quality of Life is A Way of Life

Parks Manager Competition No: TOS 2010-003

The Town of Strathmore is currently seeking a Parks Manager to provide coordination and supervision to the Parks Department, as well as to provide visioning of the more than 175 acres of Parks space, and associated 16 km of pathways in and around the Town of Strathmore.

Duties and Responsibilities:The Parks Manager’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:Organize the day-to-day operations in the Parks department. Coordinate activities of seasonal staff based on community park maintenance rotation. Resolution of citizen concerns/complaints related to Parks activities. - Perform seasonal staffing and equipment requirements analysis and implementation including interviews, hiring, training and performance evaluations for Parks staff. - Provide budget planning and management activities for the Parks department including Operational and Capital planning. Perform tendering and contract award/ management activities with contractors as required in supporting Parks department activities. - Identify opportunities for improvement, cost reduction/avoidance and increased resource utilization opportunities. Provide overall vision for Town Parks, Pathways, etc. as part of Town’s Recreation Master Plan - During offseason months, the Parks Manager will be assigned to Public Works to take direction from the Lead Hand, while ensuring all Parks planning, offseason coordination and other activities are attended to Qualifications:Education - Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science, Recreation or related field - Supervisory training would be an assetExperience - Minimum of 3 years Parks Operations and Maintenance experience - Supervisory experience preferably with seasonal staff - Budget planning and management - Parks and Equipment Health and Safety Codes legislation experience Skills and Other - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Team player with demonstrated ability to coach and effectively make decisions - Mechanically inclined with a “hands on” approach to accomplishing objectives - Working PC knowledge including Microsoft Office suite - First Aid, CPR and WHMIS certificate eligibility, as well as valid Class 3 Driver’s license - Municipal experience would be considered an asset

Applicants will be subject to a Criminal Records Check.The salary range for this position will be from $52,500 to $60,700, based on experience.

Those interested in applying should submit a complete resume by February 12, 2010 to:Jesse Parker, Director of Engineering and Operations

Town of Strathmore680 Westchester Road, Strathmore, AB T1P 1J1

Email: [email protected](When emailing please quote the Competition No. in subject line)

Town of STraThmore


Full Time Cashier, Aquatic Centre Competition # 2010-001

Required Skills: • Ability to communicate with associates and customers and to establish and maintain good public relations • Ability to read, count, and write to accurately complete all documentation • Ability to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision • Using a computerized system, accurately and efficiently collect, record and process payments, registrations and confirmations. Process credit or debit card transactions using an electronic system. Accurately maintain all cash, debit and credit card payments and media for balancing at the end of the day.

Qualifications: • Grade 12 or equivalent • Current Standard First Aid Award • Current CPR C / AED Award

Hours of Work: • 40 hours each week • Available days, evenings and weekends

Compensation: $12.36 to $14.30 per hour

Application Deadline: February 12, 2010

Contact: Linda Nelson, Deputy CAO 680 Westchester Road, Strathmore, AB T1P 1J1 Fax: (403)934-4713 Email: [email protected]

Town of STraThmore


Full Time Senior Head Guard, Aquatic Centre Competition # 2010-002

Responsibilities:Responsible for maintaining the overall operations of the pool in order to meet Provincial Health and Safety Standards. Delegates and supervises the conduct of staff members. .

Qualifications:• Grade 12 or equivalent• Current NLS Award• Current Standard First Aid Award• Current CPR C / AED Award• Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Award• Lifesaving Instructor / Examiner Award (An Asset)• Swimming Pool Operator Level 1 (An Asset)• Any other qualifications are an asset

Hours of Work: • 40 hours each week • Available days, evenings and weekends

Compensation: $17.51 - $20.25 per hour

Application Deadline: February 12, 2010

Contact: Linda Nelson, Deputy CAO 680 Westchester Road, Strathmore, AB T1P 1J1 Fax: (403)934-4713 Email: [email protected]


Development Control Officer. The Development Control Officer is responsible for development and

control within Wheatland County, ensuring that development regulations are administered. For more information

visit www.wheatlandcounty.ca.

Applications, including references and salary expectations, should be submitted in confidence to the attention of Bonnie Knox, Human Resources Administrator - Email: [email protected]

Position will remain open until suitable candidate is selected. In accordance with Wheatland County’s Personnel Policy the successful candidate will be required to submit to a Criminal

Records Check as well as pre-employment drug testing.


WHEATLAND COUNTY

DEVELOPMENT CONTROL OFFICER


Records Management Clerk. This newly created position is responsible for the

maintenance of the file system and records retention. Applications should be submitted to: Personnel Committee -

Wheatland County, Hwy 1, RR1, Strathmore, AB T1P 1J6

For more information contact Bonnie Knox: Tel: (403) 934-3321 Fax: (403) 934-4889 email: [email protected]

Position will remain open until suitable candidate is selected. In accordance with Wheatland County’s Personnel Policy

the successful candidate will be required to submit to a Criminal Records check.


WHEATLAND COUNTY

RECORDS MANAGEMENT CLERK

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4039014198

decorating

Happy Kleaners

Free Quotes available

Jessica FreakePh 403-901-6298 • Cell 403-969-2935

Email [email protected]

residential & commercial

cleaning

Marv Poettcker

“Your Painting Pro”

Painting since 1975

co-alta HoldingsO 403.901.1137C 403.880.3299

Specializing in Repainting (Inside / Outside)

Residential • Light Industrial • Commercial

painting

• Portraits • Studio• Weddings • Commercial

403-901-3892www.jeremygoertz.com

Photography

jeremy goertz

Jeremy Goertz

photography

p h o t o g r a p h y

jeremy goertz

photographers

Whole Home

We make your house a HOME

Specializing in:• Painting

• Basement Development• Family Rooms• Kitchen Reno’s

• Bathroom Reno’s• Play Rooms• Tile Work

• Laminate Flooring• Hardwood Flooring

• Plumbing• Light Electrical

• Deck & Fence RepairCall Today for a FREE ESTIMATE

403-620-1970

BLACK EAgLE SERvICESgeneral Contractor / Handyman

403-620-1970Email: [email protected]

general contractors

Professional Directory

Renovations, RepaiRs & ConstRuCtion

Basements, Bathrooms & Beyond

Interior & Exterior

Residential & Commercial

FRee estimates

403-629-9010

Toilets, Tubs or Taps

- Call Us First!

plumbing done Right

general contractors

Rob’s Roofing Solutions

Helping with ALL your roofing needs

you got a leak, we’ll take a peak • Snow Removal • Basement Development

• Interior/Exterior Repair Work • 19 Years Experience

licensed Insured Bonded wCB

Contact Rob 403-700-0600

roofing

Canyon Creek (Strathmore)

“Constantly Selling More Real Estate”

Tina Scott 403-901-5388

www.strathmorerealty.ca

real estate

CLASSIFIEDS SELL ...SomE PEoPLE Don’t EvEn WAIt to GEt HomE to CALL!

When you place an ad in the Strathmore Times Classifieds it sells and sells because newspapers go just

about everywhere that people do. Next time you want to make something go mobile,

try an ad in the Strathmore Times Classifieds!

Custom Carpentry & Renovations

Carmon WiebePh. 403.901.0884 c. 403.710.2165

carpentry

Strathmore, AB 403-923-8983 [email protected]

Melissa David Dog Groomer



















Quality Dog grooming

“Your Dog’s Health & Happiness is our Priority”

Pick Up & Delivery within Strathmore town limits. References available.

Day, Evening & Weekend Appointments

Melissa David Dog [email protected] • 403-923-8983





























































dog grooming

DoggieDuds

Bonnie 403-934-5970

Clothes for Your

speCial pets

doggie duds

GEt your CLASSIFIED ADS In! Call Tracey 403-934-5589


Visit Our 4 NEW Showhomes at101 raiNbOW fallS maNOr

Directions: East on 17th Ave SE to Chestermere, south on Rainbow Road, left onto Rainbow Falls Drive, left to Rainbow Falls Manor, and follow the signs.only 15-20 MinutES FRoM Downtown CAlgARy

PhASE 1

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49% SolDN ow

selling

All Comes Standard & Much, Much More...

• Colonial or Craftsman Elevations • Two 4 piece Bathrooms • 3 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom or 2 Bedroom plus Loft, 1,224 sq ft • James Hardie Board Exteriors • Choice of 3 Main Floor Layouts • Maple Kitchen Cabinets with Glass Backsplashes

• 3/4” Maple Hardwood• Hardwood Floors throughout Main Floor • 5 Piece Appliance Package • Wide Plank Designer Window Coverings

• Designer Lighting Package • Fully Landscaped

Contact bernie Perry 403.689.1274 www.urbanescapesbytruman.comContact bernie Perry 403.689.1274 www.urbanescapesbytruman.com

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