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The Irma Female Midget Aces hockey team won the league banner on Sunday, March 18 against Lac La Biche. Last weekend they claimed the title of Zone 7 champs by beating out the Stettler midget girls and advance to the Provincial tournament in Lac La Biche this coming weekend. Pictured

here are, back row from the left, Ms. Brittany Paulson, Sinead Ford, Emily Larson, Skyla Leblanc and Jaida Fuder. In front are Paige Pauls, Morgan Ward, Taylor Lancaster and Destiny Fuder. Congratulations to the Irma Aces on the win! See inside this week’s Hiway 16 News for more

Irma School news.

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Irma School News

14 Irma School students were in Edmonton on March 16 for the Alberta provincial competition for the National Archery in the Schools Program

(NASP). All of the students shot fantastic and made Irma proud. A special note to Harrison Lawson who shot five bullseyes in a round

scoring 50/50.

A great big congratulations goes to Harrison Lawson and Meaghan Falle for their exceptional archery

skills at the Alberta Provincial NASP tournament. Harrison had

an impressive 14 bullseyes, scoring 278 out of 300. He was third out of

50 grade 10 boys, eleventh out of 212 male senior high archers.

Meaghan Falle scored 213 and was 2nd out of 112 Grade 4 girls,

placing thirteenth out of 237 elementary girls.

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Colostrum – Liquid GoldBy Dr. Tawnya Copland, DVM – Prairie

Rose Veterinary Services, Innisfree

Colostrum is Mother Nature’s gift to the newborn calf. It is an important part of early calf de-

velopment, from immune function to digestion and metabolism. This ‘first milk’ is physiologically more similar to blood than milk. It contains very high levels of Immunoglobulin’s (IgG), which helps to prevent infections along with high levels of fat, energy, mineral, vitamins A, D and E and white blood cells. It also serves as a means to warm a calf from the inside at a time when they thermoregulate poorly.

Calves when born have an immune system that is competent meaning that is can respond to diseases however it is immature in that it cannot respond at the same level as an adult. Calves are naïve when born meaning that they have no antibodies to protect them from infection as they are not transferred through the placenta.

IgG’s are very important antibodies that calves absorb into their blood-streams from maternal colostrum. These antibodies help to protect the calves until they develop their own im-munity several weeks later. The white blood cells absorbed into the calf’s cir-culation enhance the rate of matura-tion of the calf’s immune cells and abili-

ty for those cells to recognize particular antigens (diseases).

Under ideal circumstances and every producer’s preference, a calf will be born unassisted in a timely fashion. The calf will get to its feet relatively quickly and is able to nurse its dam in two hours or less. Unfortunately we don’t live in this ideal world. Often there are calv-ing difficulties, a weak/slow calf or that cow that will not stand for the calf to nurse or has that terrible udder struc-ture making it very difficult for the calf to nurse for the first time. These factors can delay the consumption and absorp-tion of colostrum by the calf.

It is very important that newborn calves receive adequate levels of colos-trum as quickly as possible. Research has determined that the first 6-12 hours is the critical timeframe to make sure the calf receives enough colostrum. The calf needs two liters of good quali-ty colostrum by six hours of age and an additional two liters by twelve hours of age. The efficiency of the guts ability to absorb the immunoglobulin’s and white blood cells from the colostrum decreas-es rapidly from the onset of birth. By 24 hours of age gut ‘closure’ is virtually complete.

Research trials have determined that in ‘normal’ calves 66 per cent of ingest-ed immunoglobulin’s were absorbed at six hours of age and only 47 per cent of

absorption occurred at 12 hours of age. Anything (vaccines, boluses, supple-ments) given to the calf orally will start the closure of the gut. Calves that ex-perience temperature stress (cold); dys-tocia (difficult delivery), hypoxia (lack of oxygen) and/or lack of mothering will have even further decreased ability to absorb ingested immunoglobulin’s.

Failure Of Passive TransferThe first day of life sets the stage for

the rest of the calf’s life. When testing calves for passive transfer of immuni-ty between 24 hours and seven days of age they are classified as “adequate” or inadequate”. Calves with “inadequate” passive immunity had insufficient con-sumption and absorption of colostrum prior to gut closure. These calves com-pared to calves with “adequate” passive immunity are at 5.4 times greater risk of death prior to weaning. Along with 6.4 times greater risk of being sick dur-ing the first 28 days of life, and 3.2 time greater risk of being sick any time pri-or to weaning. “Inadequate” calves are also at a three times greater risk of be-ing sick in the feedlot.

Passive immune status has also in-directly been associated with growth rates through its effects on calf health. Sickness during the first 28 days of life was associated with a 35 pound lower expected weaning weight.

Colostrum Collection and Storage Tips

• Cleanliness is a key factor when col-lecting and feeding colostrum. High bacteria numbers have been shown to interfere with immunoglobulin ab-sorption there by increasing risk for disease transfer or failure of passive transfer. Have a clean pail for collec-tion. Wash and dry hands and udder prior to collection, especially if plan-ning on storing the colostrum.

• Collected colostrum should be fed or refrigerated within one hour of col-lection.

• Storage: Fresh colostrum should be stored no longer then three days in the refrigerator at 1-2 degree Celsius (33 - 35 degree Fahrenheit). Frozen colostrum can be kept up to one year in a non-defrost freezer at -20 degree Celsius (-5 degree Fahrenheit). Stor-ing in small volumes, allows for rapid cooing/freezing as well as rapid thaw-ing and warming. Thawed colostrum cannot be refrozen.

• When thawing, the main concern is to thaw it without degrading the im-mune proteins. Best to thaw in warm (not hot) water less than 50 degree Celsius and add more water as the bath cools down. Then warm it slowly to body temperature or slightly above

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Mundare Servus Credit Union Feeds Families

Servus Credit Union in Mundare made a donation to the Lamont County Food

Bank from money they raised from two bakes sales the

branch held. Pictured here are, from the left, Mundare Servus Credit Union staff members Shelly Taylor,

Justina Homeniuk, Stefanie Krause and Melissa Gisle,

who presented Lamont County Food Bank representative Erin

with the donation totalling $897.~ Photo Submitted

Innisfree Minburn 4H Beef Club March Report

Submitted by Camille Kassian, Club Reporter

This month the Innisfree Minburn 4H Beef Club held our March meeting in Innisfree. Everyone’s

projects are doing well. Make sure that everyone checks their show shirts to see if they fit and are ready for achieve-ment day.

We had reports on the leader’s tour, club public speaking, district public speaking, in which Megan and Tyson Rudolf placed first in the senior and intermediate levels, regional public speaking in which Megan Rudolf also placed first for seniors, district curling, and the village skating party in Innis-free.

Our sign making workshop will be held over the Easter break. Spring fling for the intermediates is going to be held

in St. Paul April 6 and 7. Next meeting will be held April 11 in Minburn at 7 p.m.

Farm Wife Diaries - Springtime MusingBy Deb Barber

I try to stay politically neutral in my writing; however, I thorough-ly enjoyed reading Weezie’s latest

submission, “Reflections – A Fairy Tale...Or Not”!

While I am out walking I have con-cocted a conspiracy theory that aliens have placed the “Two Terrific T’s” in political power so that we earthlings are so caught up in the day to day soap opera drama that we are una-ware that they have landed in South America and are mining some valua-ble mineral there that will keep their planet sustained until they can take over the earth. Okay enough, that’s why I remain politically neutral!

The last few days while out strid-ing along the road, I’m pretty sure I can sniff a hint of spring time in the air. But this morning while helping Farmer Hubby with some pre-seed-ing chores I felt the bite in the atmos-phere and was snuggled deep inside my parka hood once more.

I’ve overheard a few moms chat-

ting stating that they find this tran-sition time of year so frustrating; do you send the kids to school in winter boots or rubber boots? I’ve seen a few students padding around the school in bare feet and I’m pretty sure their socks probably got soaking wet inside their boots between the puddle jump-ing and snow pile climbing. Another dilemma is the jacket situation, send-ing them out to school in minus ten degrees in their winter jackets and then having them come home in plus seven degrees sans their jackets. And who can blame them after lugging those heavy parkas around for a good six months we all just want freedom. I can’t wait for the day when I can hang my parka up in the back of the closet and tuck my toque, scarf and mittens into the container there as well. I nev-er put them far away as they seem to see more wear than my other outdoor clothing.

Hockey season has come to a close in our household with a win last night over the Irma Pee Wee hockey team. This last month we’ve had the privi-

lege to watch some very spectacular hockey and I marvel at the energy that is expelled zipping all over the ice. Our particular grandson, prob-ably on a high from the win as they certainly started the year out more as the underdogs, went right from hockey to standing there in his jersey talking about going fishing…maybe ice fishing? Wish I still had that type of energy to burn! Big thank you to all the managers, coaches, assistant coaches, volunteers, parents, grand-parents, family and of course the hockey players for your dedication. I applaud you all for working with our youth and giving them life skills that they will hugely benefit from as they grow and mature you all make a huge contribution to our community. And that goes for all the other sports and clubs that are supported by a volun-teer base!

I’ve heard a rumour and it might just be a rumour, however if you find you cannot locate your husband per-haps you will locate his vehicle parked in front of the new Mannville bakery,

Something Sweet Coffee and Bake-shop. Then again he might be out in the field or down in the barn checking the cows or in line at the seed clean-ing plant (insert wink).

As my fingers itch to be out in the soil, I saw the coolest little invention on the internet the other day. It is a motorized hand held lawn sweeper for removing rocks from the grass. I jumped up all excited, showing it to Farmer Hubby. It caught his atten-tion as it had all the right criteria; a motor and rotating power head, it even looked heavy duty. I was almost ready to high five him when I Googled the item finding it listed in the Home Depot catalogue. My excitement was short lived when with a gasp I glimpsed the ‘price’ tag leveling out at just over a mere $800 Canadian! With my birthday, Valentine’s Day, anniversary and Christmas presents already covered by a much anticipat-ed ‘drone’ purchase I guess I’ll have to keep working with my rake and shov-el cleaning the lawn off and putting this on my ‘next’ years wish list!

Planned Giving Discussed At Information Session

Members of the Vegreville United Church as well as the general public

were invited to attend an informational meeting on March

9, and topics discussed were estate

planning, lasting legacies, bequests

and planned giving. The information

was presented by Financial

Development Officer with the United

Church of Canada Kathryn Hofley, who not only talked about planned gifts to the Church but also to other charities and

organizations.~ Allan Sharp Photo


slowly to avoid excessive loss of an-tibodies.

Who should be supplemented with colostrum?

• Any calf requiring assistance to be delivered.

• Calves that are cold stressed.• Calves born to cows in thin body con-

dition, as they will have poorer quali-ty and quantity of colostrum.

• Calves born to a dam that is clinically ill such as mastitis or milk fever.

• Calves that are twins.• Calves born to first calf heifers as

they usually have inferior quality and quantity of colostrum. They also usually lack good ‘mothering instinct’ preventing the calf from suckling im-mediately.

• Whenever you are in doubt that the calf hasn’t received enough colos-trum.

Replacement/Supplement Colostrum Sources

1) Ideal source is to milk the dam. If that isn’t possible then use fresh or frozen from another cow from your herd. The reason is this animal has been exposed to diseases that are ‘nor-mal’ for your herd and your vaccina-

tion program so will provide protec-tion for what that calf is expected to be exposed to on you farm.

2) Fresh or frozen colostrum from a dairy or neighboring beef herd. In my professional opinion there are more disadvantages than advantages to this source or colostrum.• You do not know how long after

calving the colostrum was collected or which milking it is from. As time progresses from calving the anti-body concentration in the colostrum will start to decrease due to resorb-tion and milk let down dilution.

• Dairy cows are known to have less concentrated colostrum then beef cows.

• You do not know how quickly the co-lostrum was collected and prepared for storage to limit bacterial load.

• There is a risk of introducing dis-eases to your herd such as: Johne’s (resistant to freezing), Salmonella and E. coli.

• These animals may not carry anti-bodies that are specific to your herd situation so will not provide protec-tion to your calf.3) Commercially prepared products

are very convenient however one must be very careful when selecting a prod-uct, as they are not all created equal. You get what you pay for. Colostrum replacers made from bovine colostrum

will contain many of the maternal growth and immune factors shown to benefit the newborn calf, wish are ab-sent in blood-derived products. The co-lostrum replacer should deliver immu-nity to the calf while still maintaining naturally high levels of colostral fat, growth factors, hormones, vitamins and minerals. Want a product that is made only from bovine colostrum. Con-tains no whey, egg or other ingredients not found in maternal colostrum.

Three important performance fea-tures of commercially prepared prod-ucts are:• The higher the per cent IgG in the

colostrum powder the better the co-lostrum used to make the product.

• The smaller the feeding volume, the more likely calves are to suckle the dam and receive the benefit of avail-able maternal colostrum.

• The higher the IgG concentration at feeding the better IgG uptake by the calf.I recommend using products pro-

duced by the Saskatoon Colostrum Company. These products are made from colostrum sourced from Canadi-an dairy farms. They are free from dis-ease causing organisms such as Joh-ne’s Disease, Salmonella and E. coli. Every batch is tested in the lab and in calves to ensure it is free of disease but still provides transfer of immunity and other ingredients required by the calf.

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Thank you those that gave donations towards Live Auction:BMO- Bank of MontrealValue DrugmartThe Chicken CoopVegreville Home HardwareFlaman FitnessPeavy MartVegreville Co-opHi-way RegistriesStenia's KitchenThe Town of MundareCharloe Solarz

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Other supporters of the evening were:The Town of MundareMundare Naonal HallDale's Aucon Service

Marsha Woloschuk CateringThe Liquor DenDusk to Dawn DJ by Jonathan Zabrick

A special thank you to Volunteers Jacquie Fenske – Emcee, Ken

Gulevich & Lisa Peters Euchuk – serving beverages.

RADD would like to thank the sponsors who made the 3rd annual Elegant Evening To End Distracted Driving a huge success.

Your support is greatly appreciated and will be used to continue to educate the public and

young drivers about the dangers of distracted driving!

We also want to thank all those that aended and those who supported the aucon.

Ticket Venders: Stawnichy Meats & Old Scool Diner

Colostrum – Liquid GoldContinued from p. 2

COUNTY OF MINBURN NO. 27 Oil /Calcium Dust Control Program on Roads

In Front of Residential Sites

Dust Control applications will be accepted untilApril 30, 2018 (deadline) as per County Policy PW l0,

Dust Control with Oil and County Policy PW 12,Dust Control with Calcium.

If you have any questions please call the Superintendent of Public Works at the Public Works Office at

(780) 632-3715 or (780) 632-9330.

Applications are available at the following:

County of Minburn No. 27 Administration Office

4909 - 50 Street, Vegreville, Alberta, T9C 1R6

Innisfree Mayor Supports Local School Food Program

Local resident and Village of Inn-isfree Mayor Aaron Cannan put himself on the auction block at

the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at the Innisfree Hotel on Saturday, March 17 in support of the Innisfree School Breakfast/Lunch Program. After some online and live bidding the winner of either a date night with Mayor Can nan or the option of six hours of labour, was Jordi and Tanielle Sullivan of Greater Canadians Ltd. who paid a hearty $600 for the optional auction item. Pictured here are, from the left, representing Innisfree School Tracy Rudolf, Tanielle and Jordi Sullivan, and Village of Inn-isfree Mayor Aaron Cannan.


Myrnam Peace Park ChatterBy The Dove

Spring really is on the way. This has to be true because it’s on every calendar, it’s probably

somewhere at the White House or Ot-tawa or the Vatican, everywhere in the world it is stated, and believed, that the spring equinox is on March 20th. And that, folks, is this coming Tuesday. So it’s real and true. Now don’t pull out your seeds, gardening gloves, etc. We in the North have to exercise more re-straint than our cohorts in the south. That doesn’t mean that we can’t start considering projects. As we wait for all that snow out there to melt, we shall not bemoan the fact that it’s there, but, rather, we shall dream about all the wonderful moisture that will seep into the ground as it melts, providing a per-fect growing medium for our gardens. Besides watching the snow melt, we can browse seed catalogs, send orders, draw yard plans and look for our sum-mer clothes. You know the ones I mean, the clothes you found the PERFECT place for, out of the way all winter, dry, easy to get to in spring...if only you could REMEMBER where that PER-

FECT storage place is. As long as they turn up before Christmas it’s all good.

The best “get in the mood,” “pre-spring” activity is deciding what color to paint your door, or doors for that mat-ter. It seems to defy logic why we who live in darkness and cold for so many months of the year don’t embrace color and try to surround ourselves with it. On my flights, I see an endless plethora of browns, greys, beige, and even puce, which is a color that looks as bad as it sounds. Our houses are inevitably mon-ochromatic, inside and out. Then when I fly somewhere like the Caribbean, where the sun always shines, and the flowers always bloom, I see color bursts of houses everywhere. Shouldn’t this be the other way around? Anyway, let’s bring some color into our little burg. Doors, are you ready for us?

When I was visiting the States last week, I wanted a coffee crisp. Couldn’t find one. I discovered that they are strictly Canadian. There’s actually quite an extensive list of things that are uniquely Canadian. Are you ready? Caramilk, Crispy Crunch, Aero, Mr. Big, Wonderbar, Maltesers, and Smart-ies. Those poor American kiddies, if

they ever have the opportunity to try Smarties, how will they know to eat the red ones last? They probably don’t know to eat the ears off Chocolate bun-nies first. You can buy chocolate Kind-er eggs in the states, but there are no toys inside. It seems that the American powers that control things like public wellness and safety have deemed these wee prizes to be unsafe for kids, due to the potential choking hazard. Are Canadian children better at identify-ing non edible items, like Kinder toys? Seems strange, guns don’t scare them much, but toy prizes do…

Market research has shown that Ca-nadians like chocolate bars that are sweeter, smoother, and creamier than those favored by Americans. Ameri-cans prefer a grittier, grainier texture, with less sugar. You can get a good beer down there, a good Canadian beer, namely Molson Canadian, but it will be referred to as Molson Export. Forget about a Caesar. That beloved “salad in a drink” is nowhere to be found state-side. Some more uniquely Canadian things are Lays Ketchup chips, Purdy’s chocolates, Red River cereal, Naniamo bars and the classic Hudson Bay motif

merchandise. In some ways alike and in some ways so unlike. That’s us and our southern cousins eh?

The days are longer, the snow is melt-ing, time to do things like “frolic.” Al-ternately, you can take in the Ukrain-ian Dancers Bingo on Tuesday, the 20th. Our own Myrnam Village AGM is on Thursday, the 22nd. There’s also an open house on Thursday regarding land use zoning. End the week with a fabulous night out. The Peerless Path-finders are out again and are hosting another of their excellent over the top dinners and an auction. This is a very popular event and rightfully so. Kurt and his signature buckwheat are only a part of it all. See you there.

Til then, Peace to All.

New Strategy Focuses On More Policing, Less Paperwork

Submitted by Jessica Littlewood, MLA for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville

Alberta families have the right to feel safe in their own homes and on their farms.

In my work as your MLA I have heard firsthand accounts of our neigh-bours experiencing rural crime and took those very real concerns directly to the Minister of Justice, Hon. Kathleen Ganley.

On March 9, Minister Ganley un-veiled a new, $10-million strategy that will add rural RCMP officers to our communities as well as rural prose-cutors that will focus specifically on bringing criminals committing crimes in our towns and villages to justice.

The seven-point plan will also add civilian staff to support the brave men and women working to keep our com-

munities safe. These staff will analyze crime patterns and help with data en-try – more policing and less paperwork for front-line officers is the key.

We will also be piloting new Crime Reduction Units that go after prolific criminals. Some of these individuals have committed hundreds of crimes and they must be stopped now.

The Conservatives have asked for a year to study rural crime before devel-oping a plan to combat it. They went so far as to vote against funding needed to pay police salaries.

This shouldn’t be a surprise. The Harper government, which Jason Ken-ney was a member of, cut funding for the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).

Not only did we fund ALERT, we in-creased this critical support by $3 mil-lion. In 2017 alone, ALERT laid more

than 1,200 criminal charges against 250 people and took more than $7 mil-lion worth of drugs out of Alberta com-munities.

We will keep working in partnership with our valued law-enforcement agen-cies to bring our rural crime strategy to life.

We will put funding towards support-ing the good work of rural crime watch groups.

We will formalize an agreement be-tween police and peace officers to en-sure there are more eyes on our homes and properties.

And we will use new GPS technology to catch property thieves in the act.

Deputy RCMP Commissioner Todd Shean has endorsed this important work and had a stern message for crim-inals.

“I can assure you, if you are commit-

ting crime in Alberta, we will identify you and we will stop you.”

I am proud to be part of government that takes the safety of our rural com-munities seriously. We aren’t just stud-ying the problem, we are taking needed action now.

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Hiway 16 News Tours South Africa And Lesotho

St. Patty’s Day Fun At Braes Bake Sale

Doug and Colette Orlecki along with friends and family known as the Orlekka 2018 tour group, recently traveled to South Africa and Lesotho

and took along a copy of our newspaper with them on vacation. The picture here was taken at Cape of Good Hope - The most south-western

point of the African continent. From the left are Chad Berezanski, Marie van Zyl, Renee Berezanski, Doug and Colette Orlecki, Cal

Klepachek, Kim Smith, Carin and Stephan Jansen van Vuuren. The group also toured Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa and Sani

Pass, Lesotho. The Highway 16 News was featured in several photos throughout their fabulous vacation. Thanks for taking our newspaper

with you on vacation!~ Photos Submitted

Braes Community Centre, which used to serve as the school for

the area, held its annual lunch and bake sale on Saturday,

March 17.The event saw a lunch consisting of homemade soups, sandwiches and delicious pies.

The centre also held hourly draws and St. Patrick day’s activities for children. Door prizes were handed out following the day’s

events.~ Photos Submitted

Innisfree Hotel Goes Green For St. Patty’s

The Innisfree Hotel played host to a St. Patrick’s Day event on

March 17 where musicians and singers gathered to perform live

music and take in the Irish themed evening celebrations. Locals and

out-of-town guests dressed in green with some even decorating their

own tables in hopes of taking home some prizes for the “greenest

table.”

Innisfree Hotel owner Mary Ann Fortier, pictured here on the left, and staff member Ken

Parasynchuk dressed up to welcome guests for the St. Patrick’s

Day evening event on March 17.


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This Week At New Myrnam SchoolSubmitted

On March 9, our school had a guest presenter, Louise Phi-pps of the Farm Safety Centre,

meet with our ECS to Grade 6 classes on of topics of Farm Safety. Each class was presented with different safe-ty concerns and how to be proactive and stay safe rather than becoming a statistic. Topics that were discussed; “One Seat, One Rider” (ECS); “To Stay Safe - Play Safe” (Grade 1); “Boats Float, I Don’t” (Grade 2); “Hear, Hear - Listen Up” (Grade 3); “It Can Happen to Me” (Grade 4); “Get a Grip - Safety’s

in My Hands” (Grade 5); and “Bigger, Faster… But I’m Smarter” (Grade 6), included not only information but in-teractive activities where students could put learning to the test.

Saturday, March 10 was a day that our school was full of activity with the hosting of our first annual junior mixed basketball tournament. Four teams (H.A. Kostash from Smoky Lake, Glendon I, Glendon II and New Myrnam) went head-to-head in round robin playoffs giving each team a chance to play a lot of awesome basketball. Throughout the day, our school concession along with the help of our parent volunteers kept every-one well fed and refreshed. By the end of the day, the final playoffs named New Myrnam as the tournament champions, followed by H.A. Kostash in second, Glendon II in third and Glendon I in fourth. Excellent sports-manship and respect for the game was shown by all teams! Thank you to all of the teams, parents and volunteers for making this tournament a success.

Our Badminton and Track athlet-ic programs have started under the guidance of coaches Mrs. Eriksen and Mr. Riley. As of Wednesday, pre-sea-

son training began with Mr. Riley and Miss Krywiak leading in a vari-ety of muscle, tendon and ligament strengthening and conditioning exer-cises to keep our athletes in top shape and reduce injuries.

During this beautiful weather, our Phys Ed program has been taking full advantage of the great outdoors. Cross country skiing had perfect conditions for our students to get out and get ac-tive. On Friday, March 16, the Grades 4-12 PE classes are heading to Kino-soo Ridge for a great day of downhill skiing and snowboarding. Have fun everyone!

Mrs. Kalynchuk’s Humanities 10

class held a thought gathering “Cafe Discussion” regarding the social and economic impacts of the fur trade and how these impacts affected everyone during this time period. Concerns and issues regarding religion, trade, language, treaties and lands were previously studied and this session gave the students a chance to review, reflect and better understand the his-tory. During the round table discus-sions, everyone enjoyed tea/coffee and tasty sweets. What a yummy way to learn!

Congratulations to our mixed junior basketball team as they

were named Champions at their home tournament.

Pre-Season conditioning session offered by Mr. Riley and Miss

Krywiak to our athletes as they prepare for Badminton and Track

and Field.

During the discussions regarding the social impacts of the fur trade, Seth Trynchuk added the ideas of

his group with Bailey Dmytriw, Trey Hardcastle and Tanisha

Rahn.

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New 4H Club For Beaver CountySubmitted by Annelynn Bonham, Club

Reporter

The new Beaver County 4H Mul-ti Club has been very busy with all the new projects. The club

has eight groups; sewing, foods, digi-tal photography, small engine, beef, sheep, swine, and last but not least the vet sciences group. All of the groups have been having lots of fun with their new projects.

The vet sciences group has been to the Viking Veterinary Clinic. The members were given a tour of the clin-ic, they also got to dissect a cow and learn about the different parts of the cow and what they do and how they work. This was a great learning expe-rience for the members.

The small engine group has been rebuilding their engines and all the

members made boxes for their engines to go in. All the members are having lots of fun rebuilding their engines.

The sheep, swine group members are waiting to pick out there three lambs and swine for their pen projects and the members with beef projects are busy feeding and working with their animals.

The sewing, foods, and digital pho-tography group meet monthly and have been doing their projects togeth-er. They share in the learning and get to experience each other’s project themes. All the members have had a chance to try cooking, and sewing at their meetings and soon to have pho-tograph at one of the meetings. It’s a great way to put individual interests in a large group setting and have fun.

The club has just previously had their first of many more, club pub-

lic speaking competition. We had 30 members speaking and every one of the members did amazing. The club

has nine members that are going to districts in Bruce on February 25.

The members are enjoying the pro-jects they have signed up for and are looking forward to a great rest of the year.

Beaver County has come togeth-er to make this brand new 4H Multi Club. All the members and leaders of the club are very grateful for all the support the community has given the club.

The club would like to thank NU2U Store, Village of Holden, Holden Ag Society, Country Bottle Depot, and LMG Mechanical for their donations. We would also like to say thank you to the Good News Church for letting the club use the bilging for the clubs public speaking. Thank you to every-one who has helped the Beaver County 4H Multi Club.

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Students To Showcase Livestock During Beef Day 2018Submitted by Lakeland College

Bulls and heifers have been select-ed, the sale catalogue is printed, and the breeding soundness

tests are done as second-year Lakeland College animal science technology stu-dents take the lead and prepare to host Beef Day 2018.

The fifth annual Beef Day will take place, Friday, March 23 in the Equine Centre at the Vermilion campus. The preview is at 4:30 p.m. and the sale starts at 6 p.m.

The Purebred Beef Unit of the Stu-dent-Managed Farm – Powered by New Holland (SMF) will have up to 14 purebred black and red Angus yearling bulls on offer.

“This set of bulls comes from honest, blue-collar, hard-working cattle with industry leading genetics,” says Wade Olynk, co-chair of the Beef Day com-mittee with Kyle Dodgson.

The OAV herd was first established in 1938 from donations made by pre-miere Angus breeders to the Alberta Department of Agriculture. At the time the department decided to house the herd of 13 at the Vermilion School of Agriculture. This year marks the 80th year of production. The quality of cattle donated in 1938 was superior to a typi-cal Angus herd of that time. The donors knew that the herd would receive lots of attention from the public, so they wanted to donate exceptional animals.

Olynk says they are fortunate to

have continued to receive generous support and this year Lakeland College will once again be making history with the first offering of red genetics in the bull sale.

Throughout the fall some bulls caught the eye of several good cattle-men due to a successful show season.

“Two of the bulls in our show string this year, OAV 10E and OAV 24E, were embryo donations from Poplar Mead-ows Angus and Lazy MC Angus. Both of these producers run an elite breeding program and we are honoured to dis-play their genetics in our show string, our herd, and in our sale. These bulls are backed by generations of founda-tion females,” says Dodgson.

The Commercial Beef SMF Unit is of-

fering three pens of five select commer-cial females. These Simmental - Angus cross heifers were selected from deep in the commercial unit’s herd and for the first time, the Research Beef SMF Unit is also offering a pen of five bred research heifers that will come with their residual feed intake data.

“Being involved hands-on in the Purebred SMF Unit allows you to ap-preciate being able to live like a pure-bred producer while learning new skills in which we are able to take back to our own operations,” says Paige Holmquist, marketing and public relations manag-er for the unit.

For more information about Beef Day, contact Dodgson at 780.305.8237 or Olynk at 306.730.7673.

Town And County Donate To Food Bank

Submitted by Rachel Farr, Town of Vegreville Communications Coordinator

Council members from the Town of Vegreville and the County of Minburn were pleased to pres-

ent the Vegreville Food Bank with a cheque for $1416.85. The money do-nated was collected from the Febru-ary 19, 2018, Family Day Pancake Breakfast. The Vegreville Food Bank is celebrating 25 years in the Town of Vegreville. Pictured here are, from

the left, Carl Ogrodnick- County of Minburn Councillor, David Berry - Town of Vegreville Councillor, Taneen Rudyk - Town of Vegreville Councillor, Joanna Karczmarek - Vegreville Food Bank Administration Support, Mari-elle Brodziak - Deputy Mayor - Town of Vegreville, Ann Waters - Town of Vegreville Councillor, Cliff Wowdzia - County of Minburn Councillor, Tara Kuzio - County of Minburn Councillor, and Jerrold Lemko - Town of Vegre-ville Councillor.


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Succession Planning For The Family Farm

The Kinsella Rec and Ag Society held a Farm Planning Seminar on Wednesday, March 14 with a number of topics of discussion to aid in

the succession or dispersing of the family-run farm. Speakers included Reid Wilkie of Smith Hersey Agribusiness Law, Certified Financial Planner Professional and Registered Retirement Consultant Kerry

Riglin, and Senior Financial Consultant for Investors Group Heather Halliday. The afternoon meeting was held at the Kinsella Community Centre. Pictured here are, from the left, presenters Wilkie, Riglin and

Halliday.~ Allan Sharp Photos

Mannville School NewsSubmitted

The Buffalo Trail Public Schools Board of Trustees has approved Mannville School to move to

electronic reporting of marks. At this school, there will be no more Report Card distribution dates except for Kin-dergarten students. Marks and com-ments will now be accessed through the BTPS Parent Portal.

Remember to book your Parent teacher interviews. Directions were sent home in the March newsletter and can also be found on the school’s web-site. Interviews for all grades are on March 28.

We are excited to let you know that Mannville School’s application has been approved and Mannville is now

officially recognized as a Common Sense School. Now that we are a Com-mon Sense Digital Citizenship school, please check out the Digital Citizen-ship link on our school website (under Important Resources on the bottom of the home page).

On March 19 Mannville School will be hosting a Jump Rope for Heart Kick-Off assembly. We will have spe-cial guests teaching our students about the Heart and Stroke Foundation and getting them pumped up to fundraise money to support this great cause. Our school goal this year is to raise $4,000!

Junior high students got the oppor-tunity to attend the ThinkAg Careers Expo at Lakeland College on March 21. Students will learn about different ca-reers in agriculture.

Upcoming Dates: Parent School Council – March 20; Grade 10 Orienta-tion – March 28.

A few leprechaun traps were set up in the Grade 1 classroom over the weekend in hopes of catching the

elusive little green spirits.


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Innisfree Seniors Hold AGM

The Innisfree Seniors had their Annual General Meeting on March 13 at the Drop-in Centre at which time they elected their new executives.

The organization also expressed a sincere thank you to Genevieve Weder for her more than twenty years serving as Treasurer. Elected for positions were, from the left, Will Oudshoorn as Treasurer, Ken Whitten as President, Robert Paterson as Vice President, and Alice

Sydora as Secretary. The group meets regularly for card parties and other activities and welcome anyone interested in joining the very active group. The Innisfree Seniors Drop-in Centre is available for

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Kinsella Bingo Winner

Michelle Armitage, pictured here on the right, presented Linda Pomeroy with her Loonie Pot win of $164 at last week’s Kinsella Bingo.

The bingo takes place each week at the Kinsella Community Centre and starts at 7 p.m. sharp. ~ Photo Submitted

Innisfree Delnorte Students Get Green

By Anne Neil, Hiway 16 News Student Reporter

Last week Innisfree Delnorte School was a sea of green for cele-brating St. Patrick’s Day. Almost

every student wore green to show off his or her Irish spirit. The treasure hunt that was supposed to take place during period 3 and 4, put on by Students’ Un-ion, was postponed until Monday this week. The Junior and Senior High stu-dents also had a St. Patrick’s Day pot-luck during lunch hour.

On Thursday, March 15, Grades 1 to 9 took part in a Winter Carnival outdoors during periods 5 and 6. Students from these grades were divided into teams and competed against one another in the winter game, such as snowshoe re-lay races, snow volcano makings, and snow bucket brigade. Everyone had a blast playing the games in the snow and a huge thank you goes out to Phys Ed teacher Mr. Harding for planning and organizing these winter games.

Various students from elementary, junior high, and senior high are hoping to compete in the upcoming BTSP Public

Speaking Competition. One student from each of these divisions will be speaking in front of the superintendent of BTPS at the end of March for the possibility of a cash prize. The students will be chosen at the school-wide competition, where all of the speeches will be presented in front of the student body, and other guests, and then judged for first and second place winners. Although the date of the school-wide competition has not yet been confirmed, it will likely take place in the week before Easter Break.

The Students’ Unions’ last dress up day for the month of March will be Retro Day on March 21. So it is expected that we will see some past fashions from over the years. An Easter potluck will be held for junior and senior high students on March 29 before students are let out for the Easter break.

Badminton practice has started after school for junior and senior high stu-dents who wish to play. Practices will be after school on Wednesday for jun-ior high badminton players, senior high player’s practice will be on Monday. On Thursday there will be an optional prac-tice for junior or senior high players.

Wendy Brook Festival Set For Annual Concert

The 39th annual Wendy Brook Music Festival got underway on March 12 and carried through to

March 20 with dozens of categories of instruments, vocal, speech and musical theatre.

The festival took place at three dif-ferent venues, Vegreville Alliance Church, Vegreville United Church and A.L. Horton School, and saw scores of

participants perform before the six dif-ferent adjudicators.

The Concert Of The Stars of the fes-tival is scheduled for Thursday, April 5 at 7 p.m. in the A.L. Horton School Gymnasium where selected performers from the festival will take to the stage.

The Wendy Brook Music Festival was established in 1979 and is an inde-pendent regional music and speech arts festival that takes place during March each year in Vegreville.

Vegreville Youth Ensemble ~ Allan Sharp Photos

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Irish Kitchen Party Held At Vegreville United Church

The feel of an old fashioned Irish kitchen party took over the Vegreville United Church on St.

Patrick’s Day, March 17. The afternoon entertainment included musical performances and singing

by a number of performers who kept the audience tapping their

toes while enjoying the Irish-themed treats and beverages.

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