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Wife escapes life of abuse and oppression

By Amelia Naismith This article comes from an anonymous interview with a formerly abused woman. Names have been changed.

November is a time to remember those who’ve fought and are still fighting to survive; November is Family Violence Prevention Month.

Many woman and children suffer in silence but between April and October approximately 228 others are helped through resources of the Central Alberta Woman’s Emergency Shelter, which can be reached at 403-346-5643.

It all started when a young, rural schoolgirl dropped out at 15 years old.

By 16 she’d moved in with her 20-yearold boyfriend.

That man was abusive and she stayed for only two years. “There was alcohol involved, but I did get out when I was 18,” said Darlene.

However the young woman took something from that relationship with her; at 19 she had a baby.

After the relationship ended Darlene went back to school and achieved her high school GED. A few years after that initial relationship the young woman met another

man, they married when she was 23. He came from a good family and seemed to be a nice guy. No one would have guessed what would conspire behind closed doors.

“His family was very prominent in the community. He was very involved in the community, everybody likes him, he presents well,” she said.

“There was a bit of abuse, jealousy, manipulation,” said Darlene. “He thought fighting was a means of arguing” Her new husband tried to control as much of her life as he could. Items such as clothing and shoes where regulated for both her and her daughter from the previous relationship. When Darlene had another child, with this man, its clothing was also regulated.

Along with verbal, physical, and emotional abuse there was financial abuse. This man liked control so much that his wife didn’t have access to the main bank account. If she came home with a treat or something as small as a new pair of shoes for the children that he didn’t like, he would take the money out of her separate account.

Her husband also controlled where Darlene went. “I had to check in with

him at all times.”

She recalls a time when she stayed out two hours later than she was supposed to, to have coffee with a friend who was going through a rough time. She was punished for breaking “curfew.” The tires where taken off her vehicle and it was put on blocks.

Darlene also talked about how strict and defined her life became in that relationship.

“I had my roles.” In her home a woman did stereotypical women’s work. Her husband never did any sort of housework. Only she could do that and it always had to be done perfectly and on time or consequences ensued.

There was a time the man had to go to a crop share but the jeans he wanted to wear weren’t dry yet. “He literally rapped my head against the washing machine and threw me against the wall.

Beatings were never just physical. Demeaning and lewd insults were thrown too. However, any abuse typically took place below the neck to avoid suspicion. If bruises on her arms were visible she could easily blame it on working around the farm.

Nobody ever questioned the bruises or her excuses because of the image both Darlene and her husband portrayed. On the outside she was a happy farmwife and working mother; he was a hard working farmer and pillar of the community.

“I lived two lives,” she said. “Although I still lived a life that appeared normal behind closed doors I lived a very abusive marriage.”

Over the years the abuse escalated; from physical and verbal to emotional, financial and to sexual abuse.

Darlene explained even if she was tired her body was never her own. When it came to intimacy she didn’t have a choice as to whether she wanted it.

Her husband also accused her of infidelity several times. If she talked to a male friend of her husband for too long she was accused of cheating. Over the course of the marriage she gained 258 pounds to try and stop the accusations.

“I wasn’t allowed any male friends. I wasn’t allowed any strong female friends. Anyone who had any significance of possibly talking me out of the marriage was not allowed.”

However, the accusations where false. She never cheated, although the opportunities had come. She says he, however, did cheat.

When he wasn’t farming her husband worked for a fracking company and used to travel, where he would get prostitutes. When they were together she said he would taunt her, saying he could buy better than what she gave him.

In the public’s eye she acted like a perfect trophy wife because she knew what would happen if she didn’t.

But at the same time Darlene became withdrawn from friends and family, who still didn’t know what was happening. She says his family knew but they played dumb. “By then I was too embarrassed,” she said, referring to why she didn’t tell anyone.

“You always feel like it’s your fault. They make you feel like it’s your fault. I made excuses for him too, if he drank I blamed it on the alcohol.” However, she said her husband wasn’t actually a heavy drinker and would occasionally have a social drink.

There was a time when Darlene phoned a women’s shelter. She had been beaten and strangled to unconsciousness. She awoke to her husband taunting her.

“Although he knew he did it he was trying to convince me I was crazy.”

But when the phone at the shelter picked up she hung up. Because her husband’s name was so well known she was afraid she’d be recognized.

“When you’re a farm girl you have a lot of pride,” she said. “When she asked me my name I shut down and hung up the phone.

At 29 years old, six years into the marriage, Darlene swallowed a handful of pills. But when she looked up she saw her young daughter chasing a butterfly. “I made myself puke up the pills.”

The relationship lasted only one year after the suicide attempt. It was Darlene’s mother-in-law who helped her get out.

She believes her mother-in-law’s guilt spurred the help. Darlene was missing a large patch of hair and the mother-in-law saw that. “The words she said to me is, “You’re not living my life”.

Getting out of the marriage at 30 years old was also Darlene’s birthday present to herself.

She was married in an abusive relationship seven years. Three years later she found love again; they’ve been together for seven years. Darlene’s still trying to get a divorce. The woman has primary and joint custody of her children.

Throughout her abusive marriage there is one thing Darlene did; document what happened with pictures, journals and dates. “As a professional, somebody in the workforce, I know to log everything.”

She knew she needed to leave, but women in that situation rarely act on what they know.

Looking back she says there’s an abuse cycle other woman should look for. It has three stages: honeymoon, escalation and outburst. During the honeymoon stage she would get presents, trips and money. But he never apologized and he never stopped hurting her.

“It never gets better, it only escalates.”

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Schools promote inclusion design

By Amelia Naismith Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) are continuing to advance an inclusive education initiative that began development in 2009.

At their Oct. 16 school board meeting, trustees were given a presentation on the Action on Inclusion initiative and its direction by Amber Hester, assistant superintendent of student services.

Action on Inclusion is a direction for education, set by the Alberta government to improve learning for students. Development started with best-practice research, focus groups and input from parents. A vision was created to guide a transition from what education was then to inclusive education.

“We didn’t just randomly say, ‘We should do inclusion.’ There was research,” said Hester. “We had to say, ‘OK is that the right thing to do? What would the literature tell us? What would past practice tell us?’”

During development, focus groups where used to make suggestions and provide input on the project.

“The focus groups, working with Alberta Education resulted in a document called Setting the Direction,” said Hester.

That document was, with more suggestions, refined into Action on Inclusion.

The Alberta government met with ministries to discuss setting the direction and developed an Inclusive Education Cross-Ministry Team, which signed an agreement to ensure a commitment to collaborate on supporting students.

Over the past year WCPS has worked with Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI), student service facilitators (SSFs) and administrators to create a common understanding of Action on Inclusion.

In WCPS and Alberta, an inclusive education means every student will be included in the greater school community. However, that doesn’t mean every student will be placed in a regular classroom.

Students will be placed in an environment deemed best for them by all parties and will ensure their success. Who those parties are depends on the student and their needs, but usually includes teachers, parents and SSFs, However, other groups, such as mental health professionals can be involved.

“Some of our students are very complex and need a lot of people around the table,” said Hester.

WCPS believes students should receive fair support. According to the presentation, that doesn’t mean every student will Subway Fresh get the same support but will receive the support Try Our they need, based on indiNEW! vidual needs.

Over the past year WCPS began to move from discussing inclusion and the initiative to putting in into action.

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clude a pilot project over the next year with seven schools from the WCPS division: Rimbey Elementary School, Clive School, Lacombe Outreach, Wolf Creek Academy, Iron Ridge Junior High, and Bentley School.

“They are piloting a systemic way of supporting students that is grounded in collaboration and building capacity with teachers to meet the needs of all students,” explained Hester.

Over the next year the schools will work through a process meant to support both students and staff.

“They’re helping refine and add to the documents that will be rolled out next year for all schools in Wolf Creek, she said.

The pilot project results will provide staff with an outline to support students who need accommodation for learning. “It’s a step-by-step plan that comes with resources,” said Hester.

Feedback from the pilot schools will ensure the plan is both user-friendly and useful.

However, it’s been recognized a teacher as an individual doesn’t have enough time, knowledge or skills to meet the needs of every student. Trustee Bob Huff expressed his concern for this at the meeting.

Huff believes there are already many demands placed on staff, such as Century 21 Goals implementation, the pyramids of intervention, extracurricular factors and volunteers.

He’s apprehensive about the time and demands it’ll take to implement Action on Inclusion into a classroom.

“They’ve got their lesson plans, they’ve got their marking, they’ve got their discipline, so where am I going with this? It’s great and wonderful stuff but I think of those people out there who’ve got 30 kids in the classroom, 35 kids in the classroom. They’ve been teaching for a long time or they’re just coming out and they’re learning how to teach,” said Huff.

“How do we provide the staff with the tools to do all these things?”

However, Hester explained the pilot provides tools for teachers. Instead of simply asking schools to include Action on Inclusion in their programs the plan will support them to do so, said Hester.

“We’re just excited. There have been lots of changes with Alberta Education.” Hester feels the changes align with WCPS’s goals and Action on Inclusion is only refining what’s already being done in the education system.

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Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship CHURCH DIRECTORY Associated Gospel Churches of Canada

CHURCH OF THE OPEN BIBLE

Pastor Jerry Preheim 3704 - 42 St. Ponoka 403-783-6500 Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PONOKA Sr. Pastor Paul Spate 5109 - 57 Ave. Ponoka www.fbcponoka.org 403-783-5533 Bible Discovery Hour 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

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Currently meeting at Ponoka Christian School 6300-50 St. Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.

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PARKLAND REFORMED CHURCH South on 2A, West on Spruce Road 403-783-1888 Worship Service 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

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4215 - 46 St. Pastor Norm Dibben 403-783-3958 Sunday Service 11:00 a.m.

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PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Pastor Rob McArthur 403-783-5659

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH PASTOR DAVE BEAUDOIN 6230-57 Ave. Ph. 403-783-6404 Saturdays 9:30 - 12 Noon dsjjb@xplornet.com ponokaadventist.ca

Tragedies bring humanity together next thing. Be “good,” There is something really wonderavoid “bad.” Honestly, ful about people but you wouldn’t often rules just weren’t the know it from the evening news. heart of Jesus’ message, Most often the news reports are except one. It’s a rule filled with stories about tragedy, disthat opens incredible ease, death and violence. A severed possibilities because head lays on the ground in Edmonton it refuses to qualify or or a foot washes up in Toronto; murder limit people. One of his trials are taking place; lawsuits between friends quotes Jesus sayformer friends or business associates; ing, “My command is mop up operations being carried out by oil recovery firms or military units. So William Delleman this: Love each other as much harm being done one person to Pastor of Sonrise Christian I have loved you. Greater love has no one than another. None of that is wonderful.

Reformed Church What I’m thinking about happens Member of the Ponoka this, that he lay down more often during other types of trag- Ministerial Association his life for his friends” (John 15.12-13). edies. Storms, earthquakes and the like.

How can that be You’ve seen it too — the out-pouring of care mixed with action descending on the area limited? Jesus’ goal was to help people and people afflicted. The American east coast was see beyond their own self-centredness just rocked by such a storm that people died and bil- and self-reliance; to look beyond getlions worth of property was damaged or destroyed. ting ahead in life to being involved in meaningful life; to give their life for Already the survivors are rebuilding.

Neighbours who didn’t know each other will something bigger than accumulating meet and work together. People divided over race, stuff. After all, the one who dies with faith or sexual orientation will come together and the most toys still dies.

Jesus’ invitation was to accept work together. Strangers will arrive and, well, just help out at personal risk and expense. And all of that his way; his way of seeing the world, is wonderful. It won’t last of course. It never does.

Old habits die hard and old divisions will re-emerge.

But for that moment, an all-too-brief moment, something Divine will take place.

Christian faith is often misunderstood as just another religion of rules. Don’t do this, that or the

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priorities and people; his way of selfsacrifice and service to those who need help; his way that includes the conviction people matter more than business, budgets and buildings. All people matter, all of the time.

His best story was all about this (Luke 10.25-37). It answered the question of self-righteous and indifferent people, “who is my neighbour, who am I to care for?” The answer as many already know was and still is, whoever shows up needing help regardless of race, faith or sexual orientation.

It’s a hard answer to live by daily.

It takes trust and a different way of setting priorities, both of which start with accepting Jesus at his word. Under his influence humanity can live well. His promise is that eventually everyone will acknowledge that fact and the world will be as intended: a place of peace, wholeness and compassionate justice.

That’s the future but in the meantime, I’ll celebrate every outburst of care and co-operation I see knowing the best is yet to come.

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Pursuit ends in charges

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye An early morning pursuit ended with a Hobbema man charged with impaired driving, dangerous operation of a vehicle and breach of probation.

It started in Ponoka when police were called to a disturbance in a downtown back alley. Upon arrival Mounties saw a man enter his vehicle and speed away northbound on 49 Street.

The vehicle was driven erratically and every time it stopped and police approached, the driver would speed away. Eventually police managed to box in the vehicle on the Montana Reserve. There was a male passenger and two female passengers in the car who were released at the scene.

The driver tested with two blood-alcohol samples of .19.

Stolen vehicle found RCMP responded to a call of a Dodge Neon that had gone through a fence was and hung up on some rocks Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. on Township Road 433 near Range Road 250. Police arrived and found the driver had returned to the vehicle to gather his belongings. The driver was a male youth from Hobbema who was recognized on surveillance footage as a person who stole liquor from a store the previous night.

He was released on conditions. The vehicle was stolen from Calgary.

Search yields marijuana Search warrants for a Ponoka business and residence were executed Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. and resulted in the seizure of more than half a pound of marijuana.

Nothing was found at the business, located on the north end of Ponoka on Highway 2A but the drugs and drug paraphernalia were found at the home on the 5100 block of 63 Avenue Close.

Two men from Ponoka, 25 and 59, have been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and have been released with a promise to appear in court Dec. 14.

Suspicious youths questioned and charged Police responded to a call from a resident

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concerned about six youths loitering near St. Augustine Catholic School Nov. 2 at 1 a.m. Police questioned the boys; three provided false names and one had unrelated warrants against him.

Police thank residents for their help in the matter.

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Opinion Honour the sacrifices of Canada’s brave veterans Canada is the greatest county in the world today because of the men and women who served in our armed forces during the Second World War. With every passing Remembrance Day the march to the cenotaph takes just a little bit longer; the veterans stoop a little bit more, their ranks a little bit thinner. Sixtyseven years after the end of the Second World War, the national memory of their sacrifices seems a little more distant.

During this Veterans’ Week, we will honour the heroism and sacrifices of a generation of men and women who, fighting for Canada, served the cause of global freedom.

Many of us today have no direct tie to the more than one million Canadians who served in the three major international conflicts we specifically observe at the cenotaph: the First World War, Second World War and

the so-called Korean Conflict. Of course we should also take time to reflect and be thankful for the sacrifices Canadian soldiers continue to make around George Brown the world in the Off the Record name of freedom.

Everyone is invited to the Legion’s service Nov. 11. Students will also mark Veterans’ Week with services of their own. Most will have no direct tie to today’s veterans but they need to know that many Canadian soldiers were young men of high school and university

age who left their families and communities to serve overseas. They did it out of a sense of national pride, dedication to a noble cause, and to be honest, their need for a steady paycheque after the hardships of the Great Depression.

Remembrance Day doesn’t glorify or romanticize war like the screening of an old John Wayne movie. Talk to veterans this week and while they will freely admit to enjoying certain aspects of being a soldier overseas, such as developing a strong, lifetime camaraderie with other strapping young lads from across Canada and around the world, they will tell you that war is hell.

Many won’t talk about the horrors they saw or inflicted; and that doesn’t help us to understand why war is sometimes necessary as a last resort. We need to understand and share their distaste for war.

Avoid the temptation to use the holiday to

make an early start on Christmas shopping, sleeping in or playing video games with the kids. Turn off your cellphone and log off Facebook for the day. At the very least, stop what you’re doing at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 and observe two minutes of silence to pay your respects to those who have fought to protect our freedom over the last 95 years.

Our national memory of war’s atrocities and its purposes would likely be lost without observing the ritual of Remembrance Day; it must be marked with our words and our actions. It’s not enough to drop a loonie in a bucket and pin a poppy on your lapel — although that’s a start. Our veterans need to know that we are grateful for their service and their sacrifice.

Go to the Remembrance Day service and shake a veteran’s hand, thank him for serving on your behalf.

Lest we forget.

Changing of guard in China, not the system We should now know who will be the president of the United States for the next four years. We already know who will be the leader of China for the next 10 years, although Xi Jinping will not be officially installed in power until a few days later. But some would argue that is the more important event.

The United States, after all, is a rich country with a stable and democratic political system. American politics has suffered a severe case of gridlock in recent years but nobody believes that it should be solved by radical changes in the US constitution. Any changes that result from the outcome of the election will be marginal, because that’s the way that most Americans want it.

China, by contrast, has had 30 years of high-speed economic growth that has created huge inequality. There are a million Chinese millionaires, most of them closely linked to the ruling party, while most people get by on around $250 a month. Yet there has been no perceptible change in the Chinese political system in all these years — and the new guy’s family is stinking rich.

Bloomberg revealed last June that Xi Jinping’s elder sister, his brother-in-law, and their daughter had property and investments worth at least $300 million. There is no evidence that Xi himself, who gets a ministerial salary of about $1,000 a month, is directly involved in these enterprises but his family’s rise to great wealth is typical of what has

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Gwynne Dyer Guest Columnist been happening in the senior cadres of the Chinese Communist Party.

Indeed, the outgoing prime minister, Wen Jiabao, has an even bigger family problem.

Wikipedia published a US diplomatic cable dated 2007 that quoted a business executive in Shanghai who said: “Wen is disgusted with his family’s activities but is either unable or unwilling to curtail them.” A New York Times investigation published last month estimated the Wen family’s wealth at $2.7 billion.

The wealth problems of both of these men were dwarfed by those of the now-disgraced Bo Xilai, until recently the Communist Party chief in the city of Chongqing. The family’s wealth was only in the low hundreds of millions, but when Bo’s wife Gu Kailai fell out with a British businessman who helped them to transfer money abroad, she had him killed.

Even among the Chinese elite, this is seen as excessive, and Gu is on trial for murder. Bo has been stripped of his offices and expelled from the Communist Party. But everybody knows that the families of senior officials mysteriously often end up very rich.

Not all of the 2,987 members of the National People’s Congress, China’s rubberstamp legislature, are rich — but the richest

70 of them, according to the Hurun Report, a magazine best known for its “China Rich List,” have a combined net worth of $85 billion.

Virtually nobody believes in the old Communist ideology any more: “socialism with Chinese characteristics” is only another way of saying “capitalism plus authoritarianism.” The Party’s power survives because it has been able to deliver steadily rising living standards for most people, and because it has been fairly successful in persuading them that the only alternative to its rule is chaos.

This is not a stable situation. No capitalist economy can avoid an occasional recession, but that kind of cyclical decline in jobs and incomes is dangerous for a system whose credibility depends on providing continuous growth. The Chinese regime has been good at postponing the inevitable — it escaped the 2008 recession by massive public spending — but at some point in the relatively near future, there will be a major recession in China.

The resemblance between the current Chinese economic bubble and the great Japanese bubble of the 1980s is close enough to suggest that the hangover may be just as great in China when the bubble finally bursts.

Two decades later Japan is still unable to get its economy growing again, but its political system has survived because it is democratic and because the level of corruption is relatively low.

The Chinese regime’s lack of democratic legitimacy and its manifest corruption make it very vulnerable in such a situation. The economic misery would be compounded by massive civil unrest, and it might even bring the end of Communist rule.

Most of the senior people in the Party will be well aware of this but they seem incapable of doing anything about it. Part of the problem is that they remember all too clearly what happened to the old Soviet Communist Party when it started trying to reform itself under Mikhail Gorbachev. It disintegrated instead.

An even bigger obstacle to change is the degree to which the economic interests of the elite are linked to the present, deeply corrupt system. If apparently honest men like Wen Jiabao and Xi Jinping are unable to control the reckless greed of their own relatives, what hope is there that the Party can change its behaviour in time to avert disaster?

The coronation of Xi Jinping probably won’t make any difference at all. You might as well watch the American election.

At least there is some uncertainty about the outcome.

Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. Please let us know if you would like to see this column published regularly in the Ponoka News.

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Government helps grow the economy This month, the government record in the G7. This legislation officially tabled its second bud- will keep Canada’s economy on the get implementation bill, C-45 Jobs right track. and Growth 2012. Our government This Conservative government understands for Canadians to be is spending taxpayer dollars responprosperous, we need sibly and efficiently to a strong and stable continue our economic economy. That’s why success and reduce economic growth has our deficit. The results been and will remain speak for themselves: our top priority. since July 2009 our This legislation imdebt-to-GDP ratio is plements key measures the lowest in the G7 from Economic Action and our deficit is half of Plan 2012 that will what it was two years help grow the Canadian ago. economy, support job MP Blaine U n f o r t u n a t e l y, creation and secure our while the government Calkins long-term prosperity. continues to support This includes the popueconomic growth, the lar Hiring Credit for Small Business NDP is focused on promoting their that gives employers an incentive to $21 billion carbon tax. This tax hire new workers by giving them a would not only take money out of the break on their EI payments for each pockets of hardworking Canadians new employee.

It also includes changes to MPs but kill jobs and cripple businesses. pensions. These changes will see We will always be against job-killing pensions fall more in line with the tax increases that will hinder Canaprivate sector by moving toward a dians. Our government will stay on 50-50 cost sharing model and push- track and support economic growth ing back the age of eligibility to 65. and work towards a balanced budOver the next five years these chang- get.

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TOWN OFFICE & FACILITY CLOSURES The Town Hall and Arena Complex will be closed on Monday, November 12.

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EVENTS AND RECREATION Ponoka Jubilee Library Annual Book Sale The Ponoka Jubilee Library is having its Annual Book Sale: Friday, November 23 and Saturday, November 24. The sale hours are Friday, 10:00 am - 5:30 pm and Saturday, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm. Come and see our many sale items. Prices are by donation only. See you at the Library!

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Rotary Club brings fashion and fun to Ponoka

Above: Fancy lingerie. Kari Morrison shows off some of Busted Ladies Lingerie finer apparel.

Below: Drinks madam? Coun. John Jacobs helps out at the fashion show.

A smile to light up the room. Odessa Podmoroff showed off some face painting to a crowd at the Rotary Club Fashion show recently held at the Kinsmen Community Centre. Attendees had a chance to view some lingerie and clothing and enjoy a fine meal.

Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Fancy dress time. Lisa van der Westhuizen shows off clothing from Twisted Label.

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Beavers continually cause issues along river

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Beavers and municipalities don’t seem to go handin-hand, especially when they bring the potential of a flood.

After recent letters to the editor, Ponoka News asked both the Town of Ponoka and Ponoka County to clarify how they deal with beavers and the issues they face because of the rodents’ behaviour.

Mike Lewis, director of operations and property services for the town, said there is no formal policy on dealing with beavers but his focus is whether a beaver damn has potential to flood a resident’s home.

In the last six to eight weeks he has removed at least four beaver dams along the Battle River south of the historic dam site. His worry is how a 100-year storm could affect residents along the river. “I don’t want to create an artificial flood.”

Lewis refers to a map produced by Alberta Environment, which shows potential flood boundaries along the river as a guide in making his decision.

He feels he has an obligation to taxpayers and if the river can be lowered two feet by removing the dams that gives him two feet of storage for the next storm event.

“I just want to keep the water levels down and the river moving,” he said.

He feels the beavers have as much of a right to be by the river as people do. “The only solution I would see there is live trapping and transplanting.”

Justin Babcock, assistant to Ponoka County manager of agriculture services, said they hire two trappers almost full-time from spring until winter. He feels relocation does not help as the beavers settle in a different location and the issue of damming culverts persists.

When the beavers dam up culverts water goes up and around a road, which can cause damage. Ponoka County trapped 144 beavers in 2011 and quick action

Servus awards $30,000 to 30 young leaders Thirty post-secondary students — including three from Ponoka — will each receive a $1,000 scholarship through the Servus Young & Free Scholarship program. The students were selected from 236 applicants from across the province.

“Servus is proud to support young leaders and assist them with their educational goals and dreams,” said Gail Stepanik-Keber, chief marketing officer with Servus Credit Union.

“We received so many inspirational applications indicating that this group of students will have a profound impact on their communities, and based on their entries, we know that they are following in the footsteps of excellent role models.”

The Servus Young & Free Scholarship program places less emphasis on academic achievement and more on the applicant’s vision for the future. To apply, students must be Alberta residents between the ages of 17 and 25, be attending a post-secondary institution in Alberta for the 2012–13 academic year and have a minimum average of 70 per cent.

To be considered for the scholarship, students were asked to submit a 90-second video or 300- to 500-word essay describing how their most influential mentor has inspired them to make a difference in the world. The applications were then judged by a Servus panel. Many of this year’s applicants were inspired by their parents or past or current teachers.

Ponoka’s Servus Young & Free Scholarship recipients are: Emily Campbell, Kelsey Land and Blair Stretch.

The program also includes an online contest.

The public was encouraged to vote for their favourite scholarship applicants in the People’s Choice Bonus contest. More than 6,600 votes were recorded at youngfreealberta.com from Sept. 27 to Oct. 15. One of the three applicants with the most votes, who won an IPad, was Paul Hoar of Ponoka.

is what stops roads from getting damaged. “If you don’t get it fast enough, it will wash the road right out.”

Babcock has worked with the county the last five years and has seen the damage to farmland from beavers dams causing floods and trees been taken down for those dams.

“For agriculture that’s not a good thing to have,” he stated.

The challenge he sees is managing beavers in a cost-effective way; one of those ways considered was a protective grate on the outside of a culvert. Two things stood in the way of purchasing the grates: one was cost and the other was the effectiveness of the grates.

The cost starts at about $2,000 plus installation.

He feels beavers have ways of getting into the grates and in that case staff would have to pull the grate off completely to be able to remove a dam.

Ponoka County is given a damage control permit from Alberta Fish and Game for the purpose of protecting roads and properties.

Relocation does not solve the problems beavers cause for humans as they will settle in a different location and the issue of damming persists.

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Stampede report shows continual growth

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Joe Dodds, the Stampede and Exhibition Association’s newly elected president.

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Ponoka Stampede and Exhibition Association (PSA) continues to be financially strong, its membership was told at the annual general meeting to review financial statements and reorganize the executive.

Gord Parker of Rowland, Parker and Associates, presented members with a snapshot of the statement. He said the review engagement report, which is a step below an audit, gives a clean opinion. “Overall you’re still in a strong cash position, you have positive working capital and you have managed to reduce the bank debt.”

There are assets totalling $5.77 million in 2012 compared to $5.81 million in — the big difference is in the capital assets for the association, which donated land to the Ponoka Ag Event Centre Society (PAECS) with a value of $1.4 million.

Expenditures and revenue shows a loss of $72,814 for 2012 due to “donating a parcel of land to the ag event centre.” Income from operations was $296,611 in 2012 compared to $273,884 in 2011.

“So the operating income is comparable and actually has improved year over year,” said Parker.

He praised the association for being able to in-

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Also, Thank you to everyone who attended our 2012 Fall Awards Celebration BBQ, your attendance was greatly appreciated in celebrating the success of our students.

crease revenue after the 75th anniversary Ponoka Stampede in 2011. “It was a question all of us had going in was if it was going to be a one year spike, and it wasn’t.”

Parker explained how the Summer Send Off shows a loss of operations because of the Stampede board’s financial year-end date. The first concert began Sept. 1, 2011, which is also the first day of the board’s financial statements and is accounted for; the second Send Off started Aug. 31, 2012. The first day of the Send Off is in the current statement with the rest in next year’s.

“It also does report the first day, which would be Aug. 31, the Friday in this year,” he explained. “We had to do some wonderful cut-off work…in 2013 you will pick up days two and three of this year’s.”

He added the festival ran a loss of approximately $3,000. Revenue from the event shows ticket sales of $176,764 and beverage and liquor sales at $107,459. Total revenue is $377,374. Total expenses are at $380,330 with artists’ costs at $217,571.

Also on the agenda was the election of officers; the first position needed to be filled was president. Rick Wierzba completed his two-year term and vicepresident Joe Dodds was nominated and elected into the position.

“I’ve sure enjoyed the support in the last two years,” said Wierzba. “The way everyone just kicked in has been fantastic.”

He feels the weather and the addition of the truck giveaway were some of the things that helped the Stampede run well.

Dodds congratulated Wierzba for his efforts. “First of all, I think we’d like to thank you Rick for being president. You’ve had two years, you’ve had your ups and downs; you had your dirt, you had outriders. You also pulled off a hell of a 75th and last year you set an all time attendance (record).”

He also thanked the members for their support.

“I personally feel we can do anything we want to do, especially if we work together, which we will,” he said.

He believes the next two years will be a time to make the Ponoka Stampede grow.

Ken Krossa, organizer of the 13th Rodeo Challenge, which gives physically or mentally challenged children a chance to compete at the Stampede.

He thanked the association for the support, “to remind all of you guys you’re part of something special.”

He read some letters of thanks from parents whose children competed.

Coun. Rick Bonnett and Coun. Izak van der Westhuizen were in attendance and Bonnett feels the association hosts an entertaining rodeo. “The town as a whole benefits more than the town realizes.”

Dodds is looking forward to what the future brings for the stampede. “I can’t wait to see 100,000 (ticket sales) during the stampede.”

He reiterated what every past president before him said, “What makes the Ponoka Stampede is the volunteers.”

Dodds wants to see attendance grow and prize money increase for cowboys. It is the largest professional seven-day rodeo in Canada and one of the top 10 in the world, said Dodds. He would like to see that tradition continue.

Wierzba was proud to have taken on the president’s role during the 75th anniversary and despite the disappointment of changing to two chuckwagon outriders from four, he praised the association and volunteers for making it work. “It just happens, it’s a network from top to bottom of the board.”

Mike Stretch was elected vice-president for a two-year term, and Terry Jones, Greg Butterfield and Danny Jones were elected directors for three years.

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A salute to soldiers through the years

By Mike Rainone for the News

Alberta Mary Watt, RCAF W.D.

Samuel Edward Wills, WW II

Kathryn Mary Johnston CWAC

Since the end of the 19th century many hundreds of men and women from the Ponoka area have bravely served our nation in all areas of the armed forces in the devastating corridors of war, during peacekeeping efforts, and in the reserve corps at home and throughout the world. Their valiant efforts and sacrifices have covered a span of more than 100 years and continue to the present day, and they must never be forgotten.

Our deep respect and appreciation can be ARMY VETERANS Eleanor Dick Helen Huscroft Donald Reid Glen Holmes Harold Casey Carl Cadek Kenneth Stowell William Griffith Leslie and Neville Ruddick Hershel Jevne John and William Harris Earl and William Huscroft Jack Seifert Bernard Reddick Roy Wilson Gordon Lee Jack-Jack and Victor Wills Donald and Clarence Kyler Julius Lance John and Sandy Mathewson C. Armit James Murray James Buchanan Leslie Ervin Donald Rees Gil Plant Gordon Nelson Arthur Bye Eva MacDonald George Godderis In the Air force Don Wolcott Walter Burchnall Glen Mah Poy Michael Carter Don and Bill Sutherland Doug Innes

shared throughout our community by wearing a bright red poppy, as well as by attending the annual Remembrance Day parade (10:15 a.m.) and ceremonies at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Ponoka branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. Of the more than 800 veterans from this area who have served in the many divisions of the army, navy and air force, a great many would give the supreme sacrifice on the field of battle, a lot have now passed away and all others will always proudly cherish the memories

Berge Elgaard Richard Slater S. I. Dineen Margaret Watson R. Reese Charles Schram John Kitchen Lawrence and Lloyd McKinnon A.J. Crandall Robert Mattern Gordon and Vernon Kay Harold Knipfel Joe Farrell Oscar Harman Lester-Gordon and Gerald Brady Ken Etzikorn Stan Kembry Leslie Finch Joe Johnston Jack Coote Bruce and Doug Warren Donald Boutwell Wilson Kleckner Ronald McKelvey Harry Davies Gordon Purnell Donald Harris Max and Harry Crandall William Gill Bernard Seversen Fred Williams Neil Hughes Wilfred Jackson Harry Ferguson Delton Girling Donald Purnell Paul Christensen Douglas Morison Kenneth Nelson Isabel Plant J. B. Topper In the Navy Norman Creighton Jack Kleckner Bill Jones E. H. Krefting Frank Smith Richard Thomson Brandt McKay Marvin Seversen Thomas Chandler Robert Watson Norman Nelson Edwin Massing World War 1 Veterans F. Ames Charles Aylwin

Anthony Barrett S. Bascombe Edwin George Boddy Edward Henry Brophy Clifford and Francis Clayton James Huston Cox O. Davis William Deardon Arthur Dubbin Ivan Myrrie Fisher Gerard David Glyde W. Grant Jack and W. Jones Daniel Joshua Thor Krefting Henry Larocque Allan W. McLean J. and W. Murray L. Morrow N.C.W. Nielsen Thomas Phillips Clement and Jim Pike Robert Paton Sharpe Herbert Shaw Elmer Skinner John Cedric Slater Wesley Rosco Smith Arthur Summerscales Palmer Torgeson Canadian Forces during WW II Roy Joseph Cleveland John Fraser Gordon Orton Dodds George Earl Wilson Cecil Donaghy Clarence Schierer Bill Rutherford Joe Sweitzer Joseph Vogel Stan Tofsrud Robert J. Watson Les Bossenberry Arthur Caldwell George Debney Marie Despeigalaere Clarence Jevne George Edelman Gene Guertin Joseph Harper Albert Hornby Alfred Jensen Roy Kinley Douglas Kleckner Jim Trahan Julius Lance Cliff Massing Ken McMechan

George S. Wilson WW II

Isabelle Mary Prive (Crawford) CAF

Bud Gordon Akins, Can Army

Donald Gordon Jardine WW II

Michael L (Mickey) Carter RCAF

George William Heartwell RCAF

Richard James Slater WW II

John Lloyd Bowie WW I

Howard Alexander Webb RCAF

Phillip Wierzba RCAF

and continue to salute their comrades of past and present.

In Reflections this week, we have chosen photos of Ponoka veterans at random from many books, as well as listing generations of town and district individuals who have and always will proudly wear the uniforms of our Canadian forces. Of course, it was impossible to publish them all on this page but this article is dedicated to each and every one of our soldiers and their families from the past and present.

Stan Monkman Jim Murray Harry Stegman David Orom Helen Read Richard Reese Earl Roberts Edward Winter Ernest Dahms Walter Burchnall Donald Wilson George Wheatley Frank-James and Ken G. Smith Richard (Bud) Slater Joseph (Hector) Labrie Joseph Gordon Brady George Cameron Duane Guy Kirk Willard Doran Eddy Donald Gilbert Ehrman John Harris John Hedrich Ken Fenske Earl (Jeff) Huscroft Robert Kay Kenny Raymond Raymond Marinus Krefting Clarence Lee Kenneth Lucas James MacWilliam Frederick Keith Miller Ernie Meyers George Patenaude Albert Quast Robert J. Riddoch Jr. Ernest Riley Alex Rutherford Svend Sondergaard Stuart Innes Gordon Waldern William Wheatley Douglas Wiles Mardon Oliver Tulk Tourance William Turner L. Watt William John and Bert Wilson Lawrence and Roy Wyatt Dennis Jones Clarence and Irving Seagrave Don Wiltse Devere Stowell Morley and Ronald McKelvey M Ruddick Fred-Ernie and Stanley Hickmore Jack Seifert

Leon Stoddard Ken Nelson Bernhard Lynn Harold Casey Harold Luce Don Stowell Milton Gilchrest Thomas J. Cooper Elmer Heater Herman Zimmerman Robert Crawford James Griffiths William Riley Allan Watson Doris Huscroft William Bazelik Vic Courser Eve Justin Mary Burns Walter Schierer Glen Mah Poy Dean and Ken Ireland Don Purnell Gordon Lee Malvern Hughes Trent Russell Mark Walters Betty Seifert Walter Taylor Milton Tumlinson Les Finch Muriel Harman Don and Robert Stowell Bill and John Harris Bernard Lynn Glen Holmes Sophie Koleyak Bill Griffiths

George Henry Pugh

Archie Morrow WW II

Frank Henry Vogel WW II

Robert (Scotty) McFarlane WW II

Hugh Michael Greene

Rose Stoddart RCAF

George Stewart Maule Korean War

Jack Kleckner Navy

Robert Martin Stokes Can Army

John Martin WW II

Noreen Trahan WAC

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Veteran tells story of peacekeeping in Europe

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye War is never something to be taken lightly, especially for a person who has experienced it and despite the title, peacekeepers often found themselves in difficult times.

Sgt. Bob Dale served in the military for 30 years starting in 1976 as an infantryman in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment in London, Ont. He comes from a military background as his father fought in the Second World War. Being unable to find a job, he originally signed on for three years. “I found out that I was good at it. I liked it.”

Dale eventually transferred to vehicle technician in 1980 and was posted to Camp Petawawa, Ont. It was in 1986 that Dale was promoted to sergeant in the 4th Service Battalion in Lahr, West Germany.

He developed a love for architecture in Germany and documented much of his time there with photos to remember. He also learned to speak German.

Events in 1994 changed his life; Dale completed two six-month tours as a United Nations peacekeeper in the former Yugoslavia. He is proud of Canada’s place as a peacekeeper. “We tend to go in and find the middle ground. We’re negotiators.”

Being a peacekeeper is not a walk in the park, explained Dale. Canadian soldiers died while the sergeant served there. He said there was hate he had not expected to see.

“It’s a mark on your soul, it’s a mark as what we stand for as Canadians,” he explained.

While serving as a peacekeeper his gun became his “best friend.” Soldiers slept when they could with their gun right next to them.

He feels Canadians were referees in a high stakes hockey game except the opponents carried guns instead of sticks. “We have to stay neutral, we have to find balance…if you don’t deal with it then you’re supporting the other side.”

One of Dale’s jobs was to document, with video, some mass graves found in the area he was in where

Sgt. Bob Dale with a recovery vehicle.

Serbians were on Croatian land. He told the story of Operation Medak Pocket — named after the Village Medak nearby — where the Croatian Army attacked Serbian forces. The operation ended after a skirmish with peacekeepers, many of whom were Canadian, and accusations of war crimes against Croatia.

Twenty years later his videos helped prosecute those who gave the orders, he explained. “I played a small part in it and I’m glad that it finally got justice for these people.”

It took a toll on his life though and after returning to Canada Dale’s life was different; he had post-traumatic stress syndrome and started drinking after about four to five months. There was no debriefing for soldiers then and he could see the effect it had on him.

“I realized I had a problem. I couldn’t sleep and I was drinking. I went to get help,” he said.

Family, friends and the legion helped him deal with his issues. “They connected me with other vets.”

Dale was able to speak to others who could understand his troubles. Despite the problems Dale would not do anything different. He feels the best way for Canadians to show their support is to take those two minutes on Remembrance Day to pause and show their support.

“Some veterans put their lives on hold for six years,” he said. “And they need to be remembered.”

Dale was posted to the Canadian Airborne Regiment, Service Command in 1988 and developed a love being a paratrooper and still says, “A bad jump is better than any good day at the office.”

He now works with a construction company in Lacombe teaching field safety. He was also awarded a lifetime gold card by the Ponoka Stampede and Exhibition Association for his service to Canada.

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Sgt. Bob Dale on a jump circa 1986.

Sgt. Bob Dale in uniform with his decorations.

Photo submitted

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

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School plans touching remembrance service

By Amelia Naismith Students with the Broncs World Tour at Ponoka Composite High School have been working hard the last two weeks planning the school’s esteemed Remembrance Day ceremony.

“It’s critically important we’re ready for Nov. 8. It’s going to be a bigger deal than usual,” said Ron Labrie, PCHS teacher and Broncs World Tour founder, during the student’s first planning session.

This year the school will host a formal viewing of its Hall of Valor, which focuses on remembrance and commemorates Canadian soldiers.

Etching classroom windows with important war locations and scenes has begun in the hall. All other details of the hall are being kept under wraps. “This is going to kick it off. It’s the beginning of what it will hopefully look like,” explained Labrie.

The school is also going to induct a soldier into the Hall of Valor each year. “Our Hall of Valor inductee this year is Willard Doran, 21, when he died,” said Labrie.

Doran was shot down in 1944 during a bombing in Berlin. Labrie is hoping members of his family will be able to attend the school’s ceremony.

During the student’s first planning session on Oct. 28, they were given a tour of the hall, then it was down to business.

It was agreed the ceremony, which will begin at 10 a.m., would begin with O Canada. “It’s a formal ceremony, it’s very important we start with that,” said Labrie.

The students took the significance of the ceremony and its formality seriously. A formal dress code is being set for the students.

Labrie is hoping a veteran from the Royal Canadian Legion will attend the ceremony but recognized it may be an associate member. “There is not enough of them to go around anymore, and that’s a sad statement.

Labrie imposed on the students how precious the veterans and their time is. He told the students that at this year’s candlelight vigil he noticed there

were more students than veterans.

The ceremony will also include candles, as it has in the past, although this year some may be battery operated. “We actually had 155 to symbolize the amount of soldiers who died in Afghanistan,” said Labrie, referring to last year.

A musical piece and a presentation on Ontario’s Highway of Heroes will also be included in the ceremony.

“Recognition lists are also something I really love,” said Labrie. The students collect names of soldiers related to or known by students and each day names are read over the intercom.

Remembrance Day is the Broncs World Tour’s first large project of the year and the students involved are taking it seriously.

“I like that our school is famous for this,” said Grade 12 student Kendra Sather. “It’s really important people pay respect to that. Lest we forget, it’s not something that just goes away.”

Another Grade 12 student, Nicole Schuur, who was born in Holland, is not only excited to be involved in the Broncs World Tour but also grateful.

During the Second World War, Schuur’s grandfather was trapped in a house by Nazi’s, as the Germans were being pushed out of Holland. “The Nazi’s actually physically pushed them in there.

They thought they were going to die,” she said.

However, the house was raided instead. “They got lucky I guess. My family wouldn’t have existed.”

Schuur’s other grandfather fought for Holland after the war and her uncle fought in Afghanistan.

In 1974 Schuur’s father was almost recruited for Holland’s military. “In Holland, at a young age, men are recruited for the military. He didn’t have to because he had a farm,” Schuur explained.

Schuur and her parents have attended the school’s Remembrance Day ceremony almost every year. “We really appreciate what he (Labrie) does.”

Schuur will travel to Europe in the new year with her Broncs World Tour classmates to tour soldiers’ gravesites and other significant locations. “I

Ron Labrie gives students a tour of Ponoka Composite High School’s Hall of Valor.

Photo by Amelia Naismith really want the chance to go see these people and be thankful for what they

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Remembrance Day Sunday, November 11, 2012

Parade: 10:15 a.m. ATCO Gas to Legion Cenotaph Service: 10:45 a.m. Legion Auditorium (Potluck lunch to follow, bring your favorite dish) Come out and support Canada’s Veterans and Military Personnel All activities at Royal Canadian Legion Br. 66, 3911 Hwy 2A

On this day, I encourage all Canadians to pay tribute to the wartime sacrifices and fearless determination of heroic Canadian men and women in uniform.

Their courageous efforts have given us a legacy and contributed to our growth as a nation and given us a quality of life that is second to none.

Our troops willingly place themselves in harm’s way time and time again to protect the values that we as Canadians hold dear.

We owe it to our future to honour our past.

Lest We Forget

Blaine Calkins, MP Wetaskiwin

Nicole Schuur helps plan the school’s Remembrance Day ceremony and became involved with the Broncs World Tour out of graditude.

Photo by Amelia Naismith

did. Not only for my country but for all of Europe,” she said.

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Remember when Photo courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

This photo was taken in the late 1920s along Chipman Avenue Ponoka and features a large crowd in attendance at the Elks Hall on Nov. 11 to honour our town and district soldiers in the annual Armistice Day service. Buy a poppy in appreciation of our proud veterans of yesterday and today. The ceremony is Nov. 11 with the parade at 10:15 a.m. and service to follow at the Ponoka Royal Canadian Legion.

Arthur McKinley Private

LLOYD COLIN MACKENZIE

Served with the Scottish Argyll Highlanders, Halifax NS. Enlisted December 1940 and discharged February 12,1946.

Received that 1939-1945 Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp

Branch of Service: Army Sergeant Princess Pats Light Infantry Years Enlisted: World War TWO, 1939-1945 Korea Europe and Africa Medals. F & G Star, 39-45 Star, Defense medal UN Korea Can. Korean Medal, SVSM 39-45 Medal Parachuted part of D-Day, Wounded, Prisoner of War.

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Dorthy (Dixon) Robertson Served as a Corporal in the Canadian Army.

“Their memory will live on forever.”

Ponoka Professional Pharmacy 403-783-7333 “Their lives were given so ours could continue.”

In Town Electric Ponoka Ltd. 403-783-4800 “Commemorate the sacrifices in times of war.”

Joe Johnson RCAF 96 SQD, 410 SQd, 108 SQD 1941-1945 North Africa, Malta Medals awarded: DFC Raised at Ponoka, attended Eastside School, Presently resides at Swift Current, SK 96 years old

Henry Albert Rowan (L59817) Was a member of the 3rd RCA 77th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, Regina Rifles, serving in Belgium, France, Holland, Dieppe, India N.W. Frontier, from October 17, 1940 until 1946. Gunner Rowan, who served in D-Day, was awarded the 39-45 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal C.V.S.M. and Clasp

Ponoka Health Foods 403-783-3944 “They are our family, friends and neighbours; everyday citizens, yet so much more.”

Ponoka Dental Center 403-783-5844

Sargent Major Walter Shaw Served as a Sargent Major in the Army in England.

Noreen L. (Lourance) Trahan Served with the Canadian Women’s Army Corp. from May 1943 until 1945

“How important it is to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!.”

Ponoka Reddi-Mart 403-783-6310 “We are forever grateful.”

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John W. Low Agencies Inc. 403-783-5512 “From generation to generation, may we always remember those who served and continue to serve.”

Dot’s Crafts 403-783-4091 “May we always remember our heroes.”

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Corporal (G) Patrick Carter 3809 Cpl (G) Patrick Carter RCAF – trained in Ontario and Quebec. 428 Search and Rescue- Edmonton (Namao) 445 Sqrdn. Uplands ( CF 100) then #1 Wing RCAF, Marville France. Then to Trenton RCAF. Working with crew as Cpl. #rd Class Aero Engine. Then to the war in Pakistan, 1965.

Medals 12 year, Good Conduct.

Peace Keeping after 15 years.

Returned to civilian life in 1965-66. Family followed except to Pakistan. Spent three years at #1 Wing Marville, France.

“For love of country they accepted death.”

Lest We

Forget

Served in the Royal Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Corp Signals from 1941-1945 and was awarded 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, and the France and Germany Star.

Private William Hrycyk saw duty in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Central Mediterranean, and Continental Europe.

Fountain Tire 403-783-3411 “They died for liberty they died for us.”

First Choice Auto & Truck Repair and Ponoka Towing

403-783-8327 “In valor there is hope.”

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William Hrycyk (Private)

Trained at the C.W.A.C. in Camrose, and served as a Sergeant for the Department of National Defence (Army) from 1942 to 1945.

Private James Liddell Regiment #437496 Served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force 51st Battalion Army overseas from August 7, 1915 until March 22, 1919.

Private Liddell fought in World War one in France at Vimy Ridge and Hill 70.

He was later wounded, returned home, and later discharged.

Harvey Carlyle Tennis

George Albert Hornby

Served in the 28th Regiment with the 11th Anti Aircraft Battery from 1946 to 1950.

Harvey Tennis, who was born in Ferintosh, Alberta in 1919, married Edith Palmer in 1953 and later served as a Guard on the west coast of Vancouver.

He passed away on October of 2004.

Served In the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Officer from 1941 - 1945 during the WW2. Decorated with the Canadian Volunteer Medal, 1939 - 43 Star, Pacific Star & General Service Medal.

“Paying tribute to our fellow countrymen and women on Remembrance Day.”

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Town & Country Supplies Ltd. 403-783-5555 “Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead!.”

Accu-Printing & Design 403-783-8274 “The dead soldier’s silence sings our nathional anthem.”

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Ponoka remembers, honours veterans’ sacrifices

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye History helps remind us of past events and what brought us here, especially when it comes to past wars, and the sacrifices our veterans made to ensure things we now take for granted are possible.

Nov. 5 to 11 is Veteran’s Week, a time to shake a veteran’s hand, to give back to them or simply to buy a poppy. It culminates in Veteran’s Day parade as veterans themselves take time to remember.

Veterans Affairs is focusing on several milestones this year: the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the 110th anniversary of the end of the South African War, the 95th Anniversary of the Battles of Vimy Ridge and Passchendale and the 70th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid.

Legion president Stan Orlesky feels this week is a time for reflection, especially considering residents of some other countries do not have the same freedoms as Canadians today, and “I would say all

of the schools promote Remembrance Day.” He believes the schools are going to be the way to educate the younger population about Canada’s involvement in past wars. He has seen an increase of children wanting to be a part of Remembrance Day and to see what happens. “A lot of it is young people saying to their parents, ‘Let’s go down there.’”

He praised Ponoka’s teachers for their efforts in raising awareness of veterans’ efforts.

“We’re so fortunate in Ponoka to have Ron Labrie here who is one of the biggest advocates across Canada for remembrance in the education system, bar none,” stated Orlesky.

Legions across Canada are hosting the annual poetry, poster and literacy Remembrance Day contest with categories in: primary (poster contest only) grades 1 to 3; junior grades 4 to 6; intermediate grades 7 to 9; and senior grades 10 to 12. Initial judging starts at the

local legions with winners moving forward to the provincial level and those winners getting judged at the dominion level.

The goal of the contest is to foster remembrance of Canada’s veterans.

Orlesky feels legions play a significant role in advocating for veterans’ rights and for their families; usually by working with Veterans Affairs. It also gives academic scholarships to students who perform at a high level.

The Ponoka Legion is also a sponsor of the 65 Squadron Air Cadets in Ponoka.

“The youth are the future of the legion,” Orlesky stated. The Legion Remembrance Day parade begins at 10:15 Nov. 11 at ATCO Gas on Highway 2A and ends with a service at the legion hall, which is usually full.

H. E. (Ted) Murray

PTE Wilfrid C. Weatherill

John Happell Galbraith

Canadian Army Gunner Years enlisted: 4 Served in Canada, United Kingdom, Continental Europe Medals: 1939-1945 Star, France-Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service medal and clasp. The Defence Medal, The War Medal

Royal Canadian Army Service Corp Enlisted April 10, 1942 Served 5 months in Canada and 36 months in the UK and Continental Europe(Belgium and Holland) Discharged September 28, 1945

Served in the Canadian Armed Forces Edmonton Branch 63rd Canadian Battalion (as Private) then transferred to 5th Battalion as Srgt. John was enlisted Sept. 5, 1915, wounded in Sept. 1916, demobilized 1919. Served in Sommes and Ypres theatres.

Crawford Agencies 403-783-4033 “May we always remember those who served.”

John born in Scotland 1893 emigrated to Canada in 1910 with C.I.B.C. Following the war he served at several bank locations, returning to Ponoka in 1937 as secretary treasurer and later town manager until his retirement in 1963. In 1958 he served on the Alberta Royal Commission instrumental in establishing the Ponoka General Hosipital, serving as the first Sec. Treas. Was a magistrate in Ponoka 1959-1966, an organist 26 yrs. with the United Church, member Royal Canadian Legion #66, Britannia Lodge #18 and originator of Ponoka Burns Club. John passed away June 1983.

Edward Dixon

James A. Trahan

Served as a Private in England during the 1st World War.

Served in the Royal Canadian Airforce from 1941 to 1945

Accu Publishing

Birchland Dental Clinic 403-783-5225

403-783-8399 “Their memory will live on forever.”

Darcy’s Drilling Service Ltd. 403-783-2220 “Honouring our veterans proudly.”

Cliff Zachary Stevens (Trooper) M45415 Served with Canadian Army (Active), from July 1940 – 1945, in Canada, Britain, Northwest Europe.

Decorated with 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defense Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp and War Medal

William (Bill) Henkelman Served with the Canadian Army (Active), Royal Canadian Artillery, 2nd Battery, 3rd Antitank from June 1941 - Feb. 1947.

He served in Canada, Britain, Central Mediterranean Area and Northwest Europe. William Henkelman was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with clasp and War Medal 19391945.

“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust.”

Ponoka Fertilizer Ltd. 403-783-4103 “The purpose of all war is peace.”

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Allan Herbert Crawford

Clarence Kyler

A member of Draft 4 Company, 1st Depot, Royal Canadian Army.

Allen saw active service in Europe.

Served with the 6th Field Ambulance Unit in Belgium from 1939 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1947. After a buzz bomb hit a theatre in Belgium many soldiers were killed, and Clarence Kyler replaced the Coroner in charge and was later awarded a Dispatcher Medal.

He later re-enlisted and served in Administration positions in Calgary (1947-48), Vancouver (1951-54), Barrie (1954-57), and in Toronto from 1957 to 1968.

John Peter Matejka M28289 PTE.

Flowers For You 403-783-8190 “With honour and respect to our veterans.”

Wolf Creek Golf Resort

Served with the Corps.

R.C.A.S.C. C.A. for five years in France and the Netherlands.

John Peter Matejka immigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia and settled in Ponoka, Alberta. He worked as a young man for his older brother, and then enlisted in the army as a qualified machinist. He married a young woman in Holland and brought her back to Canada with her young son.

First Choice Realty 403-783-8881 “They sleep in the land they made free.”

403-783-4764 “You know the real meaning of PEACE only if you have been through the war.”

Sommer Home Hardware Building Centre

403-783-4464 “Bravery never goes out of fashion.”

Isabella M. Crawford Served in the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force for two and a half years as a Secretary/Clerk. Her job was to sign discharge papers and she had the honour of discharging her own brother, Tom Crawford, a long time resident of Ponoka.

Integra Tire & Auto Service 403-783-3998 “The hero dead cannot expire. The dead still play their part.”

Will’s Welding

403-783-6050 “The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.”

Northcott Care Centre

403-783-3733 SGT. Wm. E. (Bill) Ferguson Served in the Royal Canadian Air Force on Unit 2 bombing and Gunning from 1940 - 1945 during the WW2. Bill did his training at St. Thomas, Ont, stationed at Mossbank Sask. He was also an Aero Mechanic. Bill was awarded with Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Metal.

Don Caldwell A. E. Donald Caldwell Royal Canadian Engineers 10th Field Squadron 1940-1945 Served in England and Italy 5 Canadian medals During his service Don was wounded twice and survived malaria. After the war he and his wife Vera farmed in the fertile Forest District. Don passed away in 2008 at age 90.

“By remembering history we honour the past, as we build toward a peaceful future.”

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“With the tears a Land hath shed, their graves should ever be green.”

Lest We

Forget

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Central Office Supplies Ltd. 403-783-2299 “The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”

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Kathryn Albers (Johnson) Kathryn Johnson was born in Lougheed, Alberta on January 12, 1919 to Eugene and Ruth Johnson. She enjoyed attending a rural school in the countryside close to the family homestead. In September, 1942 Kathryn enrolled in the Canadian Women’s Army Corp. She was stationed in Canada until March of 1943, at which time she was transferred to the United Kingdom, where she served until 1945. She vividly remembers her mother crying as both she and her brothers left to serve in Europe all at the same time, and wondering why. Once Kathryn became a mother she completely understood! Upon returning to Canada Kathryn Johnson moved to Yellowknife, N.W.T. to gain employment, and it was there that she met Thomas Albers. Mrs. Albers was very active with the Royal Purple for many years while in Yellowknife,

Lewis Edwin Taylor

Adams Chevrolet 403-783-4494 “Dead upon the field of glory. Hero fit for song and story.”

Served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force from 1914 - 1918. Lewis trained with the cavalry, but horses were lost at sea. He volunteered to be a machine gunner. The nest was blown up by Germans and he received a back injury. Lewis was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Jones Agencies Insurance

Steel Magnolias

Sergeant Bruce D. Weber Master Corporal Jayne Strong

and they moved to Ponoka in 1966.

After the passing of her husband in 1990 Kathryn moved into the Legion Arms, where she stayed until 2004, and has now taken up residence at the Rimoka Lodge in Ponoka.

Sergeant Bruce D. Weber (son of Brenda & George Verheire) and his wife, Master Corporal, Jayne Strong, presently live on an acreage near Cold Lake Military Base where Bruce serves as an Electrical Mechanical Engineer with the Army and Jayne serves in administration in the Air Force in Cold Lake, and previously as transport personnel at Bagotville. Valcartier, Yellowknife and back to Cold Lake. Bruce has been enlisted for 23 years and Jayne for 12 years.

Bruce joined the Canadian military in Edmonton and also was based in Calgary.

During his service, he took part in the cleanup and reconstruction after Hurricane Andrew in Florida. He helped with the cleanup and reconstruction after flooding in Winnipeg, Manitoba and served at the G8 Summit at Kananaskis.

403-704-1110 “Cheers for the living; tears for the dead.”

His peacekeeping service includes 6 months in the Golan Heights as well as 6 months in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Bruce and Jayne both previously worked in Yellowknife, NWT with the Joint Task Force where their jobs have taken them to points north such as Resolute, Mould Bay and Isachson, Nunavut on sovereignty tours.

During Bruce’s spare time in the north Bruce also has worked as a hunting/fishing guide at Peterson’s Point Lake Lodge. He has been awarded CD & CC UNDOF & SWASM medals as well as Peacekeeping Service Medal.

Their family is extremely proud of their faithful service to the Canadian Military

Calnash Trucking 403-783-8866 “We remember those who fought for our freedom and peace.”

Thomas Kerr Crawford

(Warrant Officer 2, Can R78850)

Served on Air Crew in the Royal Canadian Air Force from November 23, 1943 until March 15, 1946.

Decorated with the War Service Medal, Active Service Medal, Overseas Medal. I arrived overseas in 1944 on the R.M.S. Aquitania, which was the same boat my father Allen came home on from the First World War.

Direct Travel & Cruise Centre 403-783-4911 “They gave their all for our freedom.”

403-783-3976 “The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”

Wedin’s Team & Corporate 403-783-3654 “These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea.”

Charles William Healing Served for four years with the 50th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, including the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Near Passchendaele in October 1917 Charles William Healing was shot in the right shoulder and wounded with shrapnel in his arm, severing the nerves. He arrived in England on November 10th and was hospitalized in Aldershot, Birmingham, and was later transferred to Edmonton.

During his service Charles William Healing was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

Phil Sterling Phil Sterling, a Canadian, served in the British A.T.S. (Auxiliary Transport Service) where she met her husband and future ‘war bride’, Pete Stirling. She was stationed down the road from Queen Elizabeth, who served as a light duty mechanic during WWII. Phil was the subject of a BBC interview in this photo.

“The hardships of our veterans endured to keep our land free.”

Rowland Parker & Assoc.

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Ponoka Co-op Oils 403-783-4288 “Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.”

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Ponoka Funeral Home 403-783-3122 “Remember comrades who gave their lives for our country.”

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Harry Campbell York

D. (Doug) Redding Petty Officer

Served as a Private in the field from 1941 to 1945

Served in the Fleet Air Arm of the H.M Royal Navy in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific Oceans for 12 years.

Petty Officer D. Doug Redding was awarded the 39-45 Star, Victory Medal, Atlantic Star, African Star, and the Peace Medal. His vivid memories include looking over the side of the ships and seeing a torpedo running alongside only a yard away, viewing the devastating explosions of the ships after a torpedo hit, and chasing the Bismarck. In the Ark Royal Aircraft carrier they were torpedoed and

Paterson & Company Law Office 403-783-5521 “Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.”

Harold L. Dewhirst (I.A.C.)

Thomas Allen Hamilton

Served in the Royal Canadian Air Force for 2 ½ years and was awarded Voluntary and Victory medals.

Served with the Pilot’s Special Group of the Royal Canadian Air Force from May 1943 to October 1945.

Thomas Allen Hamilton also received the Pilot’s Flying Badge.

He later settled in Ponoka, where he and his wife Peggy raised their family and were very successful in the grocery business.

Dunc’s Septic Tank Service 403-783-3135 “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

Henry Rutz

PTE. Caradog W. Jones #625318

Wagner’s Automotive

Was born in Ferintosh.

Alberta on January 18, 1919 and completed his military training at the N.P.A.M. Training Centre in Camrose.

He enlisted in the Calgary Regiment in 1940 and served for one month, but was not allowed to continue because of a steel plate in his leg.

Mr. Rutz moved to Ponoka in 1973 and has been a very active supporter of the Royal

Was born in Wales, then came with his parents to New York State, and later settled in the Wood River district just east of Ponoka in 1903.

Pte. Jones served in the Army/ Infantry with the 8th Winnipeg Battalion “Little Black Devils” from April 13, 1916 to May 15, 1918.

He fought during World War One in France and Belgium, including Vimy Ridge, and then on August 15, 1917 at Hill 70 near Loos. A whiff of mustard gas from a German shell would end his army career.

Caradog Jones would spend many months in hospitals in France and

403-783-6804 “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”

Canadian Legion Branch #66. He is currently a resident at the Rimoka Leisure Lodge.

Remembrance Day th

November 11

NEVER FORGET.

Ponoka First Call Towing 403-783-3636 lost the carrier, and those Russian convoys were pretty hectic!

“Their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honoured.”

Royal Canadian Legion Br. #66

403-783-4076 “We salute all those who have served. We remember.”

Tantec Electronics 403-783-4000 “Their names will live forever.”

Hamilton’s IGA England, and despite suffering from this horrible experience for the rest of his life, would re-enlist in the Home Guard during World War Two.

403-783-3001 “Our obiligations to our country never cease but our lives.”

Battle River Insurance Bay 3, 5103-48 Ave., Ponoka Bus: (403) 783-3987

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Veteran recalls wars hardships

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Dave Spink during his years with the air cadets. Photo submitted

There are many proponents of Canadian war history, each with their own way of informing citizens of their stories.

One is Dave Spink, 79 (80 on Nov. 10), who started with the air cadets when he was 12 years old. He grew up in Ponoka and has lived here his entire life and was in the primary reserves and was commanding officer of the air cadets from 1963 to 1980.

Spink spends his time researching Canadian war history and educating students on the past but with caution in what he says.

“I do not believe we should be telling kids the gory

items of war,” he explained. “I try to get interesting, factual, historic information to them.”

One of the reasons he tells students of past wars is because of the freedoms Canadians enjoy today.

“I think only through our remembrance of the hardships that people had to live during the war and pay tribute to those who laid down their lives. So that we may have this independence,” he said. “We do have the privilege that many countries do not have.”

He praised the Royal Canadian Legion for supporting its members and for helping educate residents about Nov. 11. “Remembrance Day has always been a sacred day.”

Dave Spink shows off his Ponoka Legion jacket and a poppy.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Kevin Rowland Master Corporal

William L. Saunders

LFAA (land Forces Atlantic Area) – CFB Gagetown Unit:4th Defense Regiment Years enlisted: 8 years ( now retired) Theatres: Afghanistan – February to November 2009 Afghanistan March to July 2011 Medals Awarded: GCS ( General Campaign Star) – Afghanistan Dual Rotation Bars – 390+ days in theatre Mention in Dispatches – for valiant conduct in combat conditions On October 3, 2012 Master Corporal Rowland was awarded the “Mention in Dispatches” by General Natynczyk at CFB Valcartier for his work in Afghanistan in 2009.

The award reads as follows “ From 29 July to 5 August 2009, Master Corporal Rowland, then Corporal, played a critical role in establishing and maintaining command and control capabilities for a tank squadron in Afghanistan. On the last day of operations, he distinguished himself during four separate enemy ambushes. Despite being under direct fire, he repeatedly exited his vehicle to assist in the medical evacuation of Afghan and coalition soldiers and the recovery of stricken vehicles. Master Corporal Rowland’s technical skill and courage under fire contributed to the squadron’s operational success.”

Served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, #416 Squadron.

Decorated with the 193945 War Medal, C.V.S.M. and Clasp, Defence Medal, The French and Germany Star, 1939-45 Star. In March of 1945, after 64 tours of ops was asked to test plane and it blew up at 600 feet. Crashed in England - face burnt to a crisp. Broke back in 3 places, smashed both knees. Came home on hospital ship and was in a body cast. Participated in Battle of Britain. Flew over Dieppe.

Agro Ponoka 403-783-3337 “We are forever grateful.”

Cpl. Kurt Spelrem Infantry Unit: Princess Patricia Light Infantry 4 years Served in theatres OP Athena 3-09 Afghanistan Awarded Campaign Star medal

Mark James Johnson Branch of Service: Army Unit: 20th Field Regiment.

Enlisted for 4 years. Served in Afghanistan on ROTO8 with Task Force 3-09 with 2 PPCLI in PRT Force Protection Element Medal Awarded: General Campaign Star

403-783-2233

Liisa’s Flower World 403-783-6560 “Commemorate the sacrifices in times of war.”

During WWll, Jim served in England, France (D-Day+4), Holland and Belgium with the 65th Tank Transport Co. RCASC. Jim was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Lethbridge for 53 years.

He passed away October 19, 2010 at the age of 92.

Leisure Lanes 403-783-4515 “Never forget the sacrifices that were made.”

Roger Spelrem Trucking

Diversified Financial “Honouring our veterans proudly.”

W. J. (Jim) Taylor

403-783-6728

Corporal C.J. (Charles) Fessler

John L. Bowie

Served from February 15, 1943, discharged November 12, 1945 Basic training in Grande Prairie, went to Calgary for advanced training and left for Halifax on an old steam engiine July 1943.

Served in England, Scotland, North Africa, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland.

Branch of Service: 16th Draft C.A.S.C.C.E.F.M.D. Unit: No. 13 Calgary.

Years Enlisted .19171919.

Served in: Passchendaele.

Awarded the Service medal.

“They died for freedom, they died for us.”

Jorgenson Homes 403-783-6497 “They died for freedom, they died for us.”

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Gordon F. Carbert

Stanley Skulmoski

Army Canadian Forestry Corp 1941-1945 Second World War Served in Scotland, France Belgium, Germany, Holland Medals Awarded: 39-45 Star, French Germany Star; Defence, Vol. Serv. Victory Cut timber to build bridges etc.

Passed away Feb. 3, 2012

Rifleman, Regina Rifles.

KIA 24 April 1945.

Buried Holton War Cemetery Holland

Chris Backus

George Wheatley

Alfred Pipke

Peacekeeping Served in Cote D’Ivoire, Africa.

Nov. 2006 to Sept.

2007.

Army Calgary Tanks January 1944-June 1946 United Kingdom, Continental Europe Medals: Canadian Volunteer Service Went to Holland to visit his brother, William Wheatley’s grave at the Holten Cemetery.

William served in WW2 as well

Served in the Army Medical Corps for 3½ years from 1943 until 1946 in England. He treated wounded and sick soldiers for the duration of his stint.

Lloyd George Froehler

Lance Corporal George William Adams

Robert L. Spence

Rank: Sergeant Branch of Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit: Royal Air Force Special Services Years Enlisted: 2 years (Nov.23, 1943) Served in World War II Under the Royal Air Force Special Services served 2 years over seas in the Burma Campaign as a Top Turret Gunner in the B24 Liberator Heavy Bomber

Lance Corporal Adams was a wireless operator with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals.

Died October, 2009 Age 98 years Fought in Sicily, Italy, France, Holland and Germany. He received numerous medals including the 1939-45 star, Italy Star, France Star, Germany Star, and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.George Adams dedicated 60 years of service to the Royal Canadian Legion in Kelowna and Kamloops BC. His volunteerism included visits with over 60,000 disabled and shut-ins. George Adams was awarded the Royal Canadian Legion Meritorious

RCAF Flying Officer (Can J45847) Pilot Officer, Air Bomber, Navigator 1942-1945 Mediterranean, Bombay, Algiers, Tripoli, Cairo, Basra, Karachi.

Enlisted in RCAF 1942 at 20 years of age.

A Flying Officer from Jan 25/43 to Ocotber 22/45 Graduated as a pilot officer, Air Bomber, Navigator June 2, 1944 Left Dorval Nova Scotia on 1st Liberator plane to leave for Europe

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“Never forget the sacrifices that were made.”

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Craig William Paterson - Joined the Naval Reserve in 1978 and served until 1986.

- Left the Naval Reserve to become a Constable with the Calgary Police Service and go to law school.

- Re-enlisted in the Army in 1996 with the 15 Service Battalion in Edmonton where he is currently serving as a Logistic Officer holding down the rank of Captain as well as practising law in Ponoka.

Norman Henry Clair First military service was with the reserve infantry in the Highland Light Infantry of Galt Ontario (as it is known then) while attending high school.

Upon graduation from high school Norman joined the regular force Royal Canadian Air Force where he took pilot training and ultimately became and air traffic controller stationed at H.M.C.S. Naval Air Station, Dartmouth Nova Scotia.

He left the military to attend Law School graduating in 1975. He then re-entered military service as a reserve legal officer with the Office of the Judge Advocate General serving in Halifax Nova Scotia and Base Gagetown, New Brunswick.

After 21 years combined regular force reserve time with the military, Norman retired from the military in 2002 with the rank of Major and holder of the Canadian Forces Decoration.

Vern Erickson M101119 Air Force Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps CA 1939-1945 United Kingdom, Continental Europe Medals: France & Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal Vern’s job was driving heavy duty breakdown trucks and recovering tanks and vehicles. His pay was $1.15 / day to start with and by the end of the war $1.75/ day

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Edwin “Ed” Massing Ed was born in Ponoka, Alberta in 1919. He joined the army in 1941 but afrer three weeks of training he switched to the Navy and served on HMCS Tecumseh. He worked as a Shipwright, repairing ships in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and St. John’s Newfoundland. After being discharged on September 25, 1945, Ed purchased land through the LA. He was a member of Legion Branch 66 Ponoka for 47 years. He passed away in 1997.

James Edward “Ted” Gardner Canadian Army Queen’s Own Rifles 1943-1946 England, Belgium and Holland 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Medal & Clasp Wounded in Holland which ended his service.

William B Jones Served on the Destroyer “Huron” in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1942 until 1945

Roy Whitten 1st Private Was in the 49th Ed. Regiment, Canadian Army, throughout the Second World War serving from 1939-1947

Harley Whitten

Gerald Whitten

Sapper Served in the Royal Canadian Engineers, Canadian Army, from April 1941 until March 1946

Private Served in the Canadian Army from 1942 until 1945

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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Veterans usually had the right stuff during their service to Canada, including one from Ponoka who was able to use his mechanical inclinations to improve how equipment operated.

Jerry Reynolds enlisted in the navy with his older brother Joseph, when he was 16 in 1941 but was released after four months when they realized how

old he really was. That did not stop him however, and in 1943 he joined Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry as a paratrooper at 18 years old.

He stayed on for a three-year tour.

He re-enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1951 and served 12 and a half years working in safety equipment, conducting search and rescue operations. For Reynolds the joy

was in solving puzzles. With only a Grade 8 education, he developed a patent for a dragshoot for the CF-100 Voodoo aircraft. “I’ve always been mechanically inclined.”

The aircraft would overshoot the runway because the dragshoot failed to deploy and it was Reynolds who found a better way to store and deploy the dragshoot. His patent was received in 1963. Reynolds was a pilot in his own right and flew a Cessna 150 Commuter while selling real estate in the Ponoka area.

During air force training, Reynolds and his team were sent out for survival training in the winter in -38 degree C weather. He took inspiration from First Nations people by constructing an ad hoc tipi out of one parachute rather than a lean-to, which was standard practice at the time. The training session was featured in a 1953 edition of the Roundel, a Canadian Air Force magazine.

Reynolds returned to his home in Ponoka and has been able to become a businessman manufacturing steel grain silos. He is currently refurbishing a Ford Model T in his garage. His business was featured in a book called Canada from the Air by Bo Curtis and J.A. Kraulis.

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Kindergarten class gets lesson on bubbles

By Amelia Naismith Splish, splash they’re creating bubbles in the class.

The Science in Motion program visited Mecca Glen School recently and the kindergarten class had an educational blast learning about bubbles, hands-on style. “We’ll take a look at how bubbles form,� said outreach co-ordination Bernadette Blakey, with Science in Motion and the Telus World of Science in Edmonton.

From how bubbles make their shape to how to keep them from popping as fast, Blakey covered it all.

Grades kindergarten to 5 had a chance to learn with Science in Motion and four programs tailored for

their curriculum.

Kindergarten learned with Bubble Bubble, Grade 1 got Colour Light, grades 2 and 3 learned Splish Splash; a lesson on water density and the water cycle; and grades 4 and 5 have a program called Complete the Circuit.

Science in Motion is a travelling science program for rural schools. “It’s an outreach program for schools that don’t have access or it’s harder for them to do fieldtrips into the big city,� said Blakey.

Blakey, who has a degree in science, believes the hands-on aspect the program provides is beneficial for students of all ages because it gets them excited and engaged.

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Seniors’ home care program provides complete attention

By Amelia Naismith A home-based seniors care program is in its final stage of preparation before opening to Ponoka residents.

Circle of Friends is a day home program founded by Angela Pickett.

She decided Ponoka needed a day home program after she realized a home structured program would provide seniors and anyone over 55 years old with most of their needs in one place.

“I thought we needed it because we don’t have everything we need for the elderly,” she said. “Hopefully by offering these services they can stay in their homes longer.”

Pickett believes Circle of Friends will meet seniors’ needs in a more assessable way since other care homes, such as Northcott, are residences, not just a day home.

In May Pickett approached the town and Alberta Health Services (AHS) with her idea. She said it required a lot of explaining since no one had heard of an idea like this before.

“Once AHS approved they jumped on board really quickly and gave me what I needed.”

Pickett is hoping to have the pro-

gram up and running Dec. 1. Circle of Friends is a program that will provide seniors with daily recreation including games, baking, holiday crafts and family activities. It will also promote basic personal and exercise.

Along with addressing their physical and medical needs, Circle of Friends is designed to provide a social element that will alleviate loneliness, depression and isolation though peer activities.

By next year Pickett hopes to have field trips in place to garden centres, bowling alleys, as well as fishing and bingo trips.

One thing Pickett hasn’t finalized is the cost of the program because she doesn’t yet know what needs and hours it will have to meet. Grants and funding is another unknown factor at the moment. “We haven’t really gotten into any of that yet,” Pickett explained.

“I want to be able to help the people of Ponoka without them having to go out of town, have everything community based,” Pickett said.

The program will be located on 57 Avenue and those wanting more information can go through FCSS, the health unit or contact Angela Pickett at 403-963-3052.

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Science program educates Continued from page 24 Although most of the presentations Science is Motion offers are for kindergarten to Grade 9 students, they can be adapted for high school, said Blakey. “Even the big kids need hands-on stuff. They really enjoy it.

It also gives the teachers access to an expert.”

Science in Motion offers 21 classroom presentations, six assemblies and four community presentations. The assembly presentations are experiments designed on a larger scale to entertain and educate many classes at once.

“We do the big experiments, the blow stuff up, the fancy stuff,” said Blakey.

Science in Motion has been to Mecca Glen about three times in the last five to six years, and Blakey says they try to switch up the programs to avoid repetition.

“It also depends on what time of year we’re here.” Blakey and the other presenters try to align their presentations with what each grade is learning at the time.

Science in Motion presents 10 months out of the year and presents in all regions of the province.

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WINTER CAR CARE Preparation is important for safe winter driving Winter weather takes all of the usual road hazards and steps them up a notch.

Slippery roadways, congestion, road rage, pedestrian traffic — all of these situations seem magnified when the weather is poor and daylight is waning. Although winter driving may be frustrating, there are ways to prepare for the season and prevent accidents and injuries.

Prepare It’s important to check that a vehicle is in top shape before the cold weather sets in. Pay special attention to the tires. If tires are bald or their wear is significant, that could prove hazardous on weatherslicked roads. Have tires replaced before the first snowfall. The same can be said when switching from regular performance tires to all-weather or snow tires. Be sure to change all of the tires on the car, even if it is just a front-wheel drive vehicle.

Now is the time to also get a tune-up on the vehicle. Cold weather can make it hard for a car to perform at its best, and any problems should be eliminated before they spiral out of control. Be sure to top off any fluids in the car, especially windshield washer fluid you might need to improve visibility during a storm. Check the function of wiper blades and change them if they aren’t up to snuff.

It also helps to stock up on supplies

should you get stranded or stuck: • snow shovel • scraper/brush • tire chains • flashlight (with extra batteries) • abrasive material, like cat litter, sand, or salt • jumper cables • flares or reflective triangles • brightly colored cloth to signal for help • empty water-tight container with candles, matches or lighter, bottled water, and a snack • sleeping bags or blankets, ski caps, and mittens • first-aid supplies Skidding How best to manoeuvre a car when it starts to skid depends on how the vehicle handles. If the rear wheels skid, turn the steering wheel, and subsequently the front wheels, in the same direction of the skid.

If the front wheels skid, take your foot off the gas and shift to neutral. Don’t try to steer immediately; the skid may slow, and traction could return. Then you can steer in the direction you want to go and put the car back into drive.

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Stranded or stuck Should the car break down or it becomes stuck in the snow, there are some things you can do. Be sure to steer or push the car to a safe location, if possible. Put up warning flares or triangles so that you are visible and leave the four-way flashers on if the battery is operable.

You can try “rocking” the car, by putting it in drive and hitting the gas, then in reverse and pressing on the accelerator to create a valley in the snow that might free the car. Use your abrasive material to provide traction. You can also attempt to shovel out the tires.

If the car is inoperable, stay in the vehicle out of harm’s way and call for help on a mobile phone. Leave a window cracked open if you will be running the engine for periodic heat. The National Safety Council says that you can run the engine for heat about once every hour, or every half hour in severe cold. Be sure to clean snow from around the end of the tail pipe to prevent carbon monoxide buildup.

For extra heat, don blankets or a sleeping bag to prevent hypothermia.

Driving in winter conditions can be exhausting and hazardous. Being prepared for common scenarios decreases risk of accidents.

Adverse weather conditions can make driving tricky when the winter season arrives.

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Learn proper way to rotate tires Rotating tires is something many people do religiously while others put off the task until they notice a problem with the car’s performance. An important component of vehicle upkeep, rotating tires not only extends the life of the tires but it also helps ensure safer driving.

There are some who are unfamiliar about how and when to rotate the tires and the benefits this routine maintenance can provide. This also could be a factor in why people procrastinate on tire rotation.

The front tires often bear the brunt of the work in vehicle operation. Making turns or parallel parking requires the force of the front tires. Vehicles that are front wheel drive have front tires that supply the main motive power for the vehicle, according to Edmunds.com. The frequent use and requirements of the tires produces friction on the road, and eventually heat. The front tires wear more quickly than the rear tires. To extend the life of the tires, drivers must periodically rotate them.

Tire rotation essentially means moving the front tires to the rear and vice-versa. This means the front passenger side tire will be moved to the back passenger side position. The same thing will occur on the driver’s side. There’s a reason for this. Tires have unique wear patterns that are related to the

suspension and the alignment. Should you switch the tires in a criss-cross pattern, it could affect the alignment and lead to a bumpy ride.

These scenarios can depend on the vehicle and the tire, however. Certain vehicles have tires of different sizes in the rear and front, which prevents front to back rotation. There are also cars that have tires that are unidirectional, where they are specific to one side of the car and asymmetrical, with a tread pattern that changes from the inside of the tire to the outside. Though these tires are rare, you can’t rotate them at all.

Tire rotation is advisable to preserve balanced handling, traction and even outer tire wear. But how often should it be done? Many tires should be rotated every 5,000 to 8,000 kilometres, even if they don’t show signs of wear. Some service stations will do tire rotation at the same time that oil changes are done because the car is already on a lift.

Don’t expect tire rotation to correct wear problems due to worn mechanical parts or as the result of improper inflation pressure. Rotation is not the only tire maintenance task to do to ensure safe tires.

Consult with a service station to determine the best pattern for rotating your tires and the ideal time interval between rotations.

Proper tire rotation is an important part of winter driving.

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What to do with a cracked windshield The scenario is all too common. Drivers are travelling down the road, and a pebble gets kicked up and hits into their windshield, causing a small chip to appear. Slowly but surely that chip turns into a spreading, snaking crack that only gets worse with each bump and pothole.

Having a broken windshield is not only unsightly and a big inconvenience, it can also be illegal.

That’s because the crack reduces the efficacy of the window safety composition, meaning it may shatter in the event of an impact accident and cause extensive injuries. The crack also may impede a driver’s ability to see the road clearly.

It’s important to note that liability car insurance typically doesn’t cover a cracked windshield that occurs in a collision. Instead, drivers hoping to be covered need to have collision insurance on their vehicle. However, not all windshields crack in a car accident. Many are damaged in non-accident related circumstances, whether this be a tree branch that falls on the car or a rock kicked up from the roadway.

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ible and filing a claim, which may end up raising your rate in the long run.

Many small nicks can be repaired easily with a kit purchased from an automotive supply store. Inexpensive and user-friendly, the instructions guide users through the process of sealing the crack and preventing it from spreading.

If the crack is beyond the scope of a do-it-yourself fix, a windshield repair service that specializes in this type of work might be necessary. These companies use products that harden quickly and reglaze the windshield so that the crack may not even be noticeable afterward.

Upon inspection, a mechanic or a windshield replacement company may determine that the crack is not something that can be mended. The entire windshield will have to be replaced at this point.

In some cases the windshield can be removed and replaced in the same day.

While there is no way to prevent a cracked windshield entirely, there are certain ways to reduce the risk. This includes avoiding running over any debris on the road that can be kicked back at the windshield.

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Help your car withstand harsh winter weather (MS) Automobiles can be very resilient. Drivers typically don’t treat their cars with kid gloves, but most cars keep chugging along in spite of it. Of course, drivers who treat their cars well can expect to get as much in return from their vehicles. That’s especially true when winter weather arrives, which is the harshest season vehicles must endure every year. Harsh weather coupled with less-than-ideal roadways typically take their toll on a vehicle as the season progresses, and it’s up to drivers to help their cars withstand the elements of winter and make it to spring in drivable condition.

Short of moving to a locale that’s warm and sunny 12 months a year, there’s little drivers can do to avoid winter weather; however, there are several ways drivers can prepare their vehicles for the months ahead.

• Address your antifreeze. Much like a winter coat protects people from winter weather, antifreeze protects vehicles when the weather outside is frightful.

Not every antifreeze is created equal, and inadequate antifreeze can cause water pump failure and even a cracked engine block. Drivers often fail to mon-

itor their antifreeze levels throughout the winter, which can hurt their cars and might even be harmful to the environment.

Traditional ethylene glycol, or EG, antifreezes have a sweet smell and taste that attracts animals and, if ingested, can harm local wildlife or even household pets. Propylene glycol antifreeze does not boast a sweet smell or taste, and though safe if ingested, reduces the likelihood that animals will be drawn to it. AMSOIL Propylene Glycol Antifreeze is compatible with all other antifreeze products and does not require a complete system flush before usage, easing the transition from EG antifreeze to a more eco-friendly alternative.

• Check the vehicle’s charging system. Car batteries are forced to work harder in cold weather, making it easier for a battery to die when the mercury drops. To avoid being stranded in the cold, ask your mechanic to check the vehicle’s charging system before the onset of winter to ensure the battery is ready for the cold months ahead.

• Don’t tread lightly. Tire treads are especially important during the colder months, when icy or snow-packed

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4. Rotate tires and adjust air pressure (as required).

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8. Vent test air condition sytem.

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roads make driving a dangerous undertaking.

Tires with adequate traction are better equipped to handle roads that might be covered in ice, dirt or grime from sand and salt trucks. Check tire pressure regularly, especially when the temperatures are colder, and always inflate tires to the manufacturer-recommended PSI. PSI ratings can often be found on the driver’s side door.

• Monitor motor oil. An engine is only as good as the motor oil that keeps it lubricated. Poor lubrication results in friction Drivers can take several steps to help their car withstand harsh winter between engine compo- weather. nents, ultimately leading to wear and potentially taking years off engine life. vehicles, making it difficult to see.

To maintain adequate visibility throughout the Drivers should regularly monitor their motor oil levels and adhere to the manufacturer’s guidelines. winter, inspect wiper blades to make sure they are When choosing a lubricant, look for a synthetic mo- in peak condition. Be sure the blade fully clears the tor oil to maintain engine protection and performance. windshield of snow, rain and any other debris that Synthetic motor oils provide significant benefits over might find its way into your driving line of vision. their conventional counterparts, particularly in colder Never leave the house without enough windshield weather when conventional motor oil thickens as the washer fluid in the reservoir, and keep an extra bottle temperature drops. When the mercury starts to sink, of fluid in the trunk just to be safe. Winter driving conventional motor oils can slow starting rpm, restrict conditions are rarely, if ever, ideal. More tips to help oil flow to critical engine parts and increase wear on your car withstand the winter are available at www. amsoil.com. bearings and rings.

Conversely, synthetic motor oils still flow or pump at temperatures as much as 50 below zero, allowing cars and trucks to start with greater ease.

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People take different tactics when it comes to washing their cars. Some prefer to hand wash their vehicles, taking care to primp and polish. While this might be easy when it is warm outside, cold weather can quickly zap ambition and actually make it downright painful to do so.

Preventative car care is especially important when the cold weather sets in. The road additives — such as salt and sand — can wreak havoc on a car’s paint, corrode the undercarriage of the vehicle and potentially rust the wheel wells. Keeping the car clean and waxed can protect the finish and help protect against scratches and marring from any winter road debris.

Car corrosion damage is especially common during the winter months. Prevention remains the best solution to corrosion, and a car wash is a preventative measure that takes little effort.

Automatic car washes are a convenient way to clean a vehicle in the winter. However, they tend to use harsh chemicals that eat through debris. This can result in swirling patterns and spotting on some cars.

An alternative is to head to one of the self-wash carwash bays and bring along your own products or rely on theirs so that you will have a high-powered water supply for rinsing. Even if you cannot do the cleaning job you would in the warmer weather, rinsing some of the salt and grime from the car, especially underneath, can go a long way toward preventing corrosion.

Before the snowy season sets in, it’s a good idea to do a thorough washing of the car and apply a new coat of a high-quality wax. The wax will serve as an extra barrier against grime.

Before and after washing the car when it’s below freezing, it’s advisable to use a de-icing product on the doors and windows. If not, the windows might get stuck.

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Ford time: Sharon Hackett test drives a Ford to raise funds during the Drive 4 Ur School event Oct. 27 at St. Augustine Catholic School. For every test drive Ford will donate $20 to the school. There were 112 drivers with a potential of $2,240.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Debunking auto misconceptions Certain myths about automobiles have been around as long as there have been cars on the road.

Many drivers adhere to driving and repair theories out of sheer force of habit, without ever knowing if these strategies are legitimate. Here are some common myths revealed and debunked.

• Lower your auto insurance. Most cars will not get any added benefits from the use of high octane fuel, which is designed for higher-performance engines that burn hotter than those of most vehicles.

Drivers will waste their money putting in more expensive gas. Always use the fuel recommended in the owner’s manual.

• Longer cars are more stable. Many believe the longer the wheelbase the more stable the car will be. But wheelbase is only one of the factors that determine a vehicle’s stability and reaction time.

• Four-wheel-drive vehicles are invincible in poor weather. Four-wheel-drive capabilities may improve traction and handling when driving offroad or when the road conditions are not ideal. But no car is invincible when it comes to driving on snow and ice.

• Side mirrors are properly adjusted when you can see the side of the car in them. Actually, the mirrors should be adjusted so you can’t see the sides of the car. The mirrors work in concert to allow a panoramic view around the car. This eliminates the need to turn your head to check blind spots, which takes your eyes off the road.

• Automatic braking system (ABS) was designed to shorten stopping distances. ABS was created to give drivers the ability to steer around obstacles while braking instead of spinning out of control.

• Engine oil should be changed every 5,000 kilometres. There’s no need to change engine oil that frequently, as motor oils today are much more durable and protect engines for longer distances.

Unleaded fuels and clean-burning engines typically require oil changes every 11,000 to 16,000 kilometres, but consult your owner’s manual.

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Growing the mustache to aid the cause

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye It’s the month of Movember and Mo Bros around the globe are raising funds and awareness of prostate cancer and male mental health.

A group at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury has been able to have more than 50 men to commit to growing their moustaches over the month of November.

The idea came from Brad Steeves, a pharmacist at Centennial Centre, who is in his third year of moustache growing.

“It’s an important thing to me, my father had prostate cancer. He comes from a family of eight kids; there’s six boys. Four of the six brothers have had prostate cancer,” explained Steeves.

Three years ago Steeves would speak with clients at a previous job to raise funds but this year he and Chad Laughy, another pharmacist, have worked together to bring more men to the team.

Adding men’s mental health this year to Movember’s fundraising has given Laughy and Steeves an even greater reason to get more Mo Bros involved, explained Laughy. “To raise awareness of it and lower some of the stigma that’s

out there.”

Movember provides 60 per cent of its funds to prostate cancer research and 40 per cent to male mental health.

It took quite a bit of email communications in early October between co-workers and eventually six or seven people joined in.

“We started with what I thought was a lofty goal of having 30 people sign on. We’ve been actively recruiting since probably the first week of October. It’s just kind of snowballed. We got a few people to sign up and then they get people to sign up and now we’re up to 55, I think right now with the numbers still coming in today,” Laughy said.

Steeves believes the addition of

male mental health was a big factor in the amount of men who signed up.

Some of the members have already started raising money as well, $2,800 so far.

“I don’t know what our goal is for funds, whatever we can get I think,” explained Laughy.

“We’re not pushing people to give donations because just even having the moustache creates discussion so that helps as well.”

The team won’t turn down donations though; $125.7 million was Brad Stevens and Chad Laughy helped spearhead a group of more than raised globally last year 50 people at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury with $41.9 million from to raise funds during Movember.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Canada according to the “A lot of people were nervous that they would Movember and Sons website ca.movember.com. Of that 89.6 per cent was committed to supporting prostate look ridiculous with a moustache but when you know cancer initiatives, 5.9 per cent went to administration that seven other people on your unit are going to have and fundraising costs and 4.5 per cent was retained for a moustache then it makes it a little easier,” offered Laughy. “There’s a good sense of community and cafuture campaigns and savings.

People from different departments at the Centen- maraderie that exists that we played on too.”

Steeves hopes to continue raising awareness with nial Centre have joined the campaign. the group’s efforts. “I want this to just carry forward. I want next year to be bigger numbers and more money raised for it.

For the 2012 Medium Business of the Year Award That’s my main goal, just for this not to be the one year that we do this, but for this to carry on as a tradition.”

It was not until Steeves and Laughy started talking to co-workers face-to-face that they were able to gain support and momentum. Steeves feels it was an opportunity to let them know about the purpose behind growing a moustache in Movember.

I was so overwhelmed to have received this award that I was unable “We’ve also got — to respond with words that properly expressed my gratitude. just to point out it’s pretty significant — a couple First, thank you to this team of ladies whose individual dynamics of guys that are shaving compliment each other so well. I am so fortunate to have the off pretty much lifetime privilege of working together with them! moustaches,” said Laughy.

Secondly, to all of the support we have received from our guests “I think deep down every who choose to spa with us here in Ponoka. guy at one point in his life wants to grow a mousWe have completed many hours of continuing education as we tache. They just need a strive to deliver the most up to date product knowledge and services reason and this is a good with the most recent being eyelash extensions and spray tan. reason.”

Finally, thank you to all of the corporate support we have received The group will meet from those businesses who have booked their staff parties with us Nov. 30 to compare the and to those who refer their own clientele. This is a privilege we different styles of moustake very seriously. taches grown and how Altitude Laser Spa is not the same spa we started almost three much was raised. Some years ago and it will continue to grow and evolve. women — also known as Mo Sistas —at the centre Thanks again and I invite you to walk through our doors and are taking part by fundenjoy our specialty spa. raising for the group.

To make a donation Most Sincerely, to the CCMHBI team go KIM GREEN to: http://ca.movember. com/team/470061. #3, 6110 48th Ave, Also showing their Ponoka, Alberta support this year are Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod 403-783-2999 Fox and Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Website: www.altitudelaserspa.ca MLA Joe Anglin.

Thank You Ponoka Chamber

We would like to express our appreciation for the nomination and for all those who voted for the

Agricultural Business of the Year.

To the Ponoka and District Chamber of Commerce for the continued support of recognizing the businesses.

To all the other nominees, local businesses and organizations that make Ponoka the community it is.

T hank you all fo r this award!

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Gang Reduction Network launched in communities The Alberta government is marking five years of the Safe Communities Initiative by providing more supports to communities to help them take action against criminal gangs.

“In the past five years, Alberta’s Safe Communities initiative has helped our province develop into a national leader in crime prevention efforts,” said Premier Alison Redford. “The benefits of local crime prevention and victim support programs are immeasurable to vulnerable Albertans. Today’s announcement is another example of the power of partnerships and the dedication of communities to make their neighborhoods safer.”

Through Alberta’s Civil Forfeiture Fund, $1 million is going to support eight community gang prevention and reduction initiatives. Government committed the funding last year at the Gang Reduction Training Symposium.

Applications for the funding were assessed based on community need and the strength of the A deathly entourage: Zombies braved cold winds to scare and spook people downtown on Halloween night. The zombie gang prevention initiative to reduce criminal activPhoto by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye ity, risk factors associated with criminal activity, walkers used to be Denise Clark, Nicole Grinnell and Dylan Neilson. and victimization.

Hobbema’s Healing Life Program received $125,000. This program supports healing from a number of traumas to better enable youth and adults from the Samson Cree Nation to make healthy choices and lead productive lives. The program provides a range of cultural and traditional healing supports relating to grief recovery, trauma and abuse.

The new gang reduction network will advance partnerships by bringing together community leaders engaged in gang prevention initiatives. Members can share their knowledge and resources to find local solutions and MASKWACIS EMPLOYMENT CENTER AND ALBERTA WORKS PROUDLY HOST THE SECOND build on successes. Alberta’s network is one of only a few in North America that is focused on gang prevention.

“I applaud the effort of these community leaders who are taking a stand against gangs in their communities,” said Jonathan Denis, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General. “They Honda TRX 450 ATV Stolen from my rural country yard are strong allies in our sometime during the night of Tuesday, October 30th from crime prevention efforts the Crestomere area. and it’s important that we provide them with Very distinct features on the ATV the support they need to Decked out with off market parts, red in color, number 56 help put an end to gang in blue and white on front, back and side fenders. activity.”

The Safe ComATV has a lot of value to me as I used it for Motocross for munities initiative was many years. established in 2008 to address the recommenIf anyone knows anything, please come forward to your dations of the Keeping local RCMP or contact me directly.

Communities Safe Task Force report. It involves Any tip big or small may help in its recovery. eight government ministries: AborigiIf anyone can return my ATV or take me to it, the reward is nal Relations, Culture, yours.

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Barn fire: Firefighters responded to barn fire in the morning of Nov. 2 on the Aralyn Poultry property at 264039 Range Road 425. The cause is still under investigation. The owners assisted the firefighters with a scissor lift to give them access to higher points in the barn. No one was hurt.

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High school continues Christmas charity program Submitted Ponoka Composite High School (PCHS) is once again gearing up for this year’s Santa’s Anonymous program. This is the 31th anniversary of the high aschool’s sponsorship of this worthwhile community project.

Started in 1981 to provide gifts to children in need, it has grown to provide gifts, a food hamper and a turkey to those in need at Christmas. Community support has also grown with donations and sponsorships coming in each year. Even with this support, students still organize a number of activities leading up to Christmas.

Collection boxes will be placed in many stores, churches and schools from Nov. 9 to

Dec. 12 to help in the gathering of food and gifts. The most needed gifts are for teens 13 to 18 years of age. Monetary donations will also be accepted at the school. Any help is most appreciated.

In addition, we are organizing a Stuff-aBus event at the two grocery stores in town during their discount days. We will be at Extra Foods Dec. 3 and 4, and at IGA on Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. We hope the community will buy a “little extra” and drop it off on their way out. We need about 10 to 20 parent volunteers to man the bus during the day until school is out. Volunteers would work two-hour shifts during the day. If you would like to help us out, please contact the school at 783-4411 and

give your name to Barb Bonnett.

During the week of Dec. 4 to 11 we will be having a class competition at school to collect food. The class that collects the most food per person will receive a pizza party.

Another event is the annual Santa Showdown Hockey Game where staff and students square off at the arena complex for a fun-filled game. A $2 admission fee, 50/50 tickets and canned food donations all help to raise money for this worthy cause. Game night is Tuesday, Dec. 11 starting at 7:30 p.m. A big thank you goes out to Ron Labrie for spearheading this event each year.

Food and gift hampers will be put together Dec. 17 and 18 with classes coming in to help

sort food, gifts and fill hampers. Hampers will be finalized on Dec. 18 and delivery is scheduled for after school Dec. 19.

If you are in need or you know of any families in Ponoka who might be in need this Christmas season, please contact the office at 783-4411 and speak with Mrs. Bonnett. This year we are relying on contacts made to the school. Please contact the school no later than Dec. 14.

If you have any questions regarding our 2012 Santa’s Anonymous Campaign, please contact Karen David at 783-4411 extension 5132.

Please consider donating to Santa’s Anonymous this Christmas.

A reminder to those who grew up in the 50s

Mike Rainone Hammertime

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There are many of us who grew up in the Fabulous Fifties who are hopefully now sort of retired, enjoying our grandchildren and trying to survive and adjust to the sometimes overwhelming but usually exciting changes that have occurred since we were kids!

Here is a delightful comparison of the “then and nows” of the past 60-plus years that I hope you all enjoy, fondly remember and then ponder about what we can look forward to next??

An email to many old friends Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot, Before the days of Dylan, or the dawn of Camelot, There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me.

For Ike was in the White House in the land where we were born, Where navels were for oranges and Peyton Place was porn.

We learned to gut a muffler, we washed our hair at dawn, We spread our crinolines to dry in circles on the front lawn.

We longed for love and romance, and waited for our Prince, Then Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one has seen him since!

We danced to Little Darling and sang to Stagger Lee, Then cried for Buddy Holly in the Land

That Made You and Me. Only girls wore earrings then, and three was one to many, While most of us boys wore flat-top cuts, except for Jean McKinney.

No one would dare to mention miniskirts, and we didn’t always wear socks, But we were strictly taught to be polite, and respect everyone, especially cops!

Only in our wildest dreams did we expect to see, A boy named George with Lipstick, in that Land that Made You and Me. We fell for Frankie Avalon, and Annette was oh so nice, But when they made a movie, they never made it twice.

We spent Sunday night on the Ponderosa with Little Joe, Hoss, Adam, and Pa oh so bold, Those rough and tough ranchers who were blessed with hearts of gold!

We didn’t have a Star Trek Five, or Psycho two and three, Or Rocky/Rambo 20 in the Land That Made You and Me. Miss Kitty had a heart of gold, and Chester had a limp, Then Reagan was a Democrat whose costar was a chimp.

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It was back then when middle age was 35 and old was 53, And ancient were our parents in the Land That Made You and Me. But all things have a season, or so we’ve heard them say, And now instead of Maybelline we swear by Retin-A. They send us invitations to join AARP, We’ve come a long way, baby, from the Land That Made You and Me! So now we must face a brave new world in slightly larger jeans, And wonder why they’re using such small print in newspapers and magazines.

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Silver Valley kick-starts year

By Kyiera Heltman

Showtime: The Senior’s Drop-In Centre hosted an open house Nov. 1 to brainstorm ideas how to drive membership to the centre. The directors will take the ideas and hope to present them later to the public.

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The Silver Valley 4-H Riders are a friendly, welcoming club with good leadership.

We have knowledgeable instructors and coaches. We have senior club members who are very helpful. There are three new members Silver Valley 4-H Riders saddle up and heads this year and are al- out for a beautiful day of riding. ways hoping for more.

It’s a wonderful atmosphere and a Archibald.

As a kick-start to our year we great opportunity to get out and do headed to the trails. On the beautinew things with your horse.

At the Oct. 4 meeting was a ful morning of Oct. 14 we all woke success. We had elections, voted and up bright and early, loaded up our we filled all our positions. President horses and off we went. When we is Serafia Colyn; vice-president and got to our destination we saddled and district rep is Brenna McCaughey; bridled up all of our horses. The ride treasurer is Rebecca Wesner; club was great and we ended the day with reporters are Vanessa Henderson a campfire and hotdogs. and Kyiera Heltman; secretary and Thanks to all the coaches, leaddistrict rep is Lily Raugust; and ers, parents and club members, sure club historians are Sarah and Halie is going to be a great year.

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Terri The calendar is next to a Schlichenmeyer few important files you need The Bookworm for work. You stash a dedicated pen with the documents, just so it’s handy, and you’ve paper clipped some notes there, just as a reminder. You’ve even colorcoded the folders.

And if you could ever find those folders, you’d find the calendar — which you haven’t actually seen since last Tuesday.

There’s a desk somewhere inside your mess, and now there’s hope for you, too. Read the new book The 8-Minute Organizer by Regina Leeds and you’ll reclaim your office in almost no time at all.

Have you ever noticed how, sometimes, you can’t think straight when you’re sitting at your desk? Regina Leeds knows why: clutter is noisy, she says. It “seems to emit a frequency that makes clear thinking virtually impossible…”

Yeah, you need to organize, but your mess may as well be a mountain. Leeds says that it needn’t be overwhelming, though. Clutter can be tackled in three easy steps, and you can do it in mere minutes.

Before you get started, try to understand how your office got this way in the first place. Was your childhood home in disarray? Were your parents messy or neat? Are you sharing office space with someone who’s also disorganized? Knowing these answers will help you break bad habits and determine where you’re headed.

Next, take stock and eliminate that which is unneeded, outdated, superfluous, or redundant. Don’t be afraid to shred paper, and if there’s too much to comfortably do in eight minutes, then spend eight minutes looking for a shredding service. Toss old magazines, junk mail, and catalogues.

Next, make a set of “action files” and start sorting. Categorize paper to create a system that makes sense to you (but don’t overdo; keep it simple).

Store receipts and important information in a safe place, and if you don’t know what’s important, ask your accountant. Categorize office supplies, too, so you know what you’ve got. This step, by the way, can be done in eight-minute increments over several days’ time.

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Pick up a copy of The 8-Minute Organizer, and you’ll see a lot about de-cluttering your home. You may think that isn’t going to help your business any, but admit it: messy here, probably messy there.

And neither has to be that way. Author Regina Leeds helps her readers start small by putting a time limit on what’s done, by working in baby-steps, and by offering support and a little cheerleading. Leeds makes organization seem easy, and her no-nonsense common-sense takes the stress out of cleaning a mess.

I liked The 8-Minute Organizer because I think it’s one of those things you can use in the office right now. If your goal is to become a neatnik, grab this book — just as soon as you find that missing calendar.

Government salutes champions of consumer rights The Alberta government is recognizing Albertans who make a difference for consumers through the Alberta Consumer Champion Awards.

Submissions are being accepted for the annual awards that recognize businesses, individuals and groups for their commitment to consumer rights.

Alberta businesses, organizations and individuals are encouraged to submit entries in the following award categories: businesses; industry and trade associations; non-profit organizations; and media.

Additionally, the Minister’s Award is presented to an individual, nominated by Albertans, who makes a significant contribution to consumer advocacy, education or protection in the province.

The awards also include a youth consumer poster and essay competition that encourages young Albertans aged 15 to 18 to learn about issues that affect them as consumers. There are 12 topics for the poster competition including Internet shopping, identity theft, renting a home and dealing with contracts. Entrants will be eligible to win cash prizes of $1,000, $500 or $250.

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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye The Broncs senior boys’ volleyball team has performed so well it has earned home court advantage at zone championships for Nov. 17 at Ponoka Composite High School gym.

Coach Ron Labrie feels the team will play some of the same teams from the beginning of the season; the toughest being Wetaskiwin. Their offense and defensive tactics are similar to the Broncs’, explained Labrie. He feels they have a strong chance at winning but things can change quickly. “Volleyball is a such a momentum game.”

There are two challenges the team faces coming in to zones; one is in their attack, Labrie wants to see different ways of getting the ball into the other court.

The other is mental discipline. The team is working on their ability to keep emotions down in high pressure situations, said Labrie, especially in times of injury or when down in points.

“That’s been the major focus over the last week.”

Labire believes the team has a fighting chance

to qualify for provincials. “I think we have the talent and skill set.” It is dependent on whether the team can bring it together. To be prepared, the Broncs are going to take advantage of the fall break to practice and ensure they keep their momentum. None of the members play club volleyball outside of the school year, yet Labrie believes they have been able to play and win against more experienced teams despite the disadvantage.

“So it gives us a vote of confidence…that’s a huge feather in our cap,” he said.

With four graduating seniors, Josh Prediger, Colton Prediger, Kenton Rodney and Paul Thijssen, Labrie hopes the transformation works well for the Broncs next year. “I feel the seniors have done a good job of carrying the way.”

His Grade 11 players have also received valuable court time and experience and he believes they will be next year’s leaders.

Four teams head to the round robin championships: Ponoka, Wetaskiwin, Camrose and Stettler.

PCHS Broncs’ senior boys volleyball played Notre Dame Oct. 29. Here Josh Prediger makes a quick shot over the net to get the point. The team Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye lost 3-0.

Perfect season for St. A Queens volleyball

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

The St. Augustine Queens volleyball team has a perfect season under their belts and look forward to zones. Here they play Wetaskiwin at their Turkey Burner tournament.

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With a perfect season under their belt, the St. Augustine Queens senior girls’ volleyball team knows they have a challenge ahead — especially if they want to make it to provincials.

Coach Darren Josephison said the Queens have never made it to provincials but feels they have a fighting chance this year. Because of their record, the Queens host league finals Nov. 9 and 10 with the top three teams advancing to zone finals Nov. 17.

But there are a few obstacles in the their way.

“There’s probably three others (teams) just as good as us,” said Josephison.

Those teams are Daysland, Bawlf and Provost. Players are feeling the pressure but are trying to have a realistic outlook as well, and he reminds his players it is not the “be-all end-all” for the team if

they do not make it. “Only one team can win the Stanley Cup and only one team can win the Super Bowl.”

Despite the words of caution, Josephison and his players are looking to fine-tune their lineup, trying to find the best combination of power and setup, and offense and defense.

With all the anticipation some team members also manage school and a job so Josephison wants to find a balance between everyday challenges and volleyball.

They Queens are proud of their hard work though and he is confident of their chances. “We’re in a good position, we have just as much a chance as everybody else.”

The Queens won all their league matches with a 36-0 record and recently finished a tournament with a 14-0 record giving them 109 wins and 14 losses in all the games played over the season.

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Sweet season for Broncs PCHR senior girls work on tactics junior girls’ volleyball team

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Being the best is something every sports team strives to achieve but staying there is a completely different ball game.

Coach Tammy Emes of the Ponoka Composite High School girls’ junior varsity volleyball team has brought the team to a perfect season with a 9-0 record. The team heads to École Secondaire Notre Dame High School in Red Deer to compete in the league finals, and Emes said the players are not overconfident. “There’s some tough competition, definitely.”

She has her eyes on three other teams who have the potential to win the championships; Hunting Hills, HJ Cody in Sylvan Lake and Notre Dame.

She anticipates some tough games because of the position the team is in.

“Once you’re on top everybody’s gunning for you; it’s not going to be easy,” she said.

It is one of the focus points for the players, who realize playing the best teams brings the out the best efforts from opponents, she explained. Her

mantra though is to “never give up.”

Emes realizes the other teams have the same motivation against the Broncs. The team played a friendly match against the St. Augustine senior girls recently to play against a team that gave them a “little more competition and a little more intensity.”

They lost 4-1, which she feels gave players a higher level of play and experience.

The team also won gold at every tournament they competed in and Emes credits the Broncs’ unity as one of the reasons they have done so well.

“I’ve been with these girls three or four years now and I tell them no one’s bigger than the team,” she stated.

Once that team focus was delivered then it became easier to coach the players, explained Emes. She feels proper training at an early age helped the players bring positive habits to the game, and the results can be seen in their perfect season.

League finals are the last stop for the Broncs as there are no provincial championships at this level.

PCHS Broncs’ senior girls volleyball played CACHS Oct. 30 to a 3-1 loss. Pictured is Cassidy Corkery reaching for the block. The team is headed for zones for the weekend of Nov. 17.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Despite placing fourth in the league, the Broncs senior girls’ volleyball team is heading to zone championships Nov. 16 and 17.

Coach Joely Hanke said the team has a few things they need to fine-tune but she is hopeful of what they can do. “The main thing is to have fun.”

Over the season the team has had a challenge keeping both defense and offense strong throughout the game. Serving and receiving might be strong but attacking was lacking or vice-versa, she explained.

Stress has also had a negative effect on the players, Hanke explained. She wants players to compete at zones “with no stress on their shoulders.” She feels if they celebrate their victories on the court it will help them be more positive when they are losing.

The challenge she sees with her players is consistency during games. “If they can focus they can do anything on the court.”

It has been a tough season for the team as Grade 12 setter Karlee Sieweke was injured with a broken arm but the players rallied to overcome that obstacle.

“Our Grade 10 setter (Savannah Slater) has filled some big shoes and she has done it well,” she stated.

The Broncs worked on a different team strategy this season because of the change and Hanke couldn’t be more pleased with their efforts.

She feels players have been able to bond together and become more than just a team, they have treated each other as a family, she explained.

There are five players in Grade 12 who she is sad to see go but glad to see them move forward with their lives: Paige Bonnett, Cassidy Corkery, Victoria Boardman, Amy Lank and Karlee Sieweke.

The PCHS junior varsity Broncs’ Tavis Lee spikes one against Notre Dame Oct. 29. The Broncs lost 3-0.

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The Broncs junior varsity volleyball team heads to finals with a perfect season under their belts.

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With a 7-2 record during regular season, the Broncs junior varsity boys’ volleyball team can be proud of their accomplishments.

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“I think if we play at our top level there’s a really good chance we could win,” said Kissel.

He realizes their opponents have the same goals so the players are working on strategies outside of the box; by doing different attack formations not being played in the league. “Our biggest strength is passing.”

The areas he has seen improvement is in mental strength and working as a team; as players improve in their skills they take on new roles, which Kissel feels has helped them bond. The team is composed entirely of Grade 10 students. “It’s definitely elevated the competition in the boys.”

He credits the players for their motivation to do better.

“They’re pretty happy but they challenge themselves,” he stated.

They intend to use the two losses as a motivation for league finals.

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JAMES POYNTON James William George Poynton of Ponoka (formerly of Vauxhall, Alberta) passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at the age of forty-eight years from complications following surgery. James is survived by his mother Carol Poynton, a resident of Ponoka Long Term Care; his brother Craig (Barb) Poynton of Coquitlam, B.C.; his sister Valerie (Doug) Keyes of Leduc County; his sister Kathleen Poynton of Vernon, B.C.; his brother Kelly (Ryta Wolf) Poynton of Calgary; his aunt Marion Purschke of Victoria, B.C.; three cousins, four nieces and three nephews; as well as his friends and caring staff at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury, where James was a long time resident. James was predeceased by his father Robert Poynton; his grandparents William and Jessie Poynton and George and Ruth Conley; his uncle Jack Poynton, his aunt Shirley (Poynton) Scanlon; and his uncles Bob Scanlon and Albert Purschke. James was born on July 18, 1964 in Taber, Alberta and grew up on the family farm south of Vauxhall. He attended school in Vauxhall. At a young age James demonstrated a talent for mechanical work and welding. He built his own go-cart at age nine. Our dad taught him how to overhaul motors, weld farm equipment and operate machinery on our farm. From racing motocross to riding at the farm, James loved to ride his dirtbike on the wide, open prairie at the Old Man River. Building model rockets and launching them into the fields across from our home was a childhood delight for James. In recent years on every birthday he built a rocket and we launched it.

James was a loving, gentle soul and in spite of his mental and physical illnesses, he demonstrated incredible strength to carry on. At the Centennial Centre in Ponoka he enjoyed working outdoors on the “Garden Gang” that maintained the grounds. He was an enthusiastic gardener and helped to plant and to harvest the garden, to rake leaves and shovel snow. He was also active at the patient school and in the woodworking shop where he built many birdhouses and shelves. He especially loved the outings arranged by the staff: going fishing near Blackfalds or daytrips to Peaceful Valley. James also enjoyed trips out with his family, from cheering on the Edmonton Eskimos, to spending a day at the Reynolds Museum, to just enjoying a family meal, a bonfire, or a walk down a country road. He always looked forward to the five-hour road trip back to Vauxhall and the old farm. Less than a month ago he spent a weekend there with his brothers driving the John Deere tractor and helping with maintenance around the farm. Our parents dedicated so much love and energy in advocating and caring for him in his illness and James was able to return that devotion as mom’s most loyal visitor after she moved to the Long Term Care facility in Ponoka. James’ presence in our family was always cherished and we will miss him. A Funeral Service will be held at St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Ponoka at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 8, 2012. The Interment Service will be held on Saturday at the Vauxhall Cemetery. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to The Centennial Centre For Mental Health and Brain Injury Malmo House Donation Fund. To express condolences to James’ family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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BARBARA ZIMMER On October 27, 2012 Barbara Anne Zimmer of Ponoka passed away at the age of 81 years at the Ponoka Hospital & Care Centre after a brief illness and a long battle with dementia. She was born September 3, 1931 in Bashaw to Preston and Margaret Bolch, the youngest of five children.

She was a woman with many talents. She raised five children while she farmed.

Mom always planted a huge garden, found time to sew clothes for her children, knit and bake bread, donuts, cookies and there was always homemade pickles, canned fruit and vegetables. Barb will be lovingly remembered by five children: Lyle (Maxine), Grant (Val), Curtis, Karen (Brian) and Robert; six grandchildren: Ryan, Darren, Preston and Crystal Zimmer, and Bryn and Nathan Williams; four great-grandchildren: Devon, Payton, Blake and Logan Zimmer; as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Ed in 2009; her father Preston in 1947; her mother Margaret in 1955; sisters Eunice in 1972, Eileen Turgeon in 1994 and Mary Coli in 2003; brother Jim Bolch in 2010; and her brother-in-law Louis Turgeon in 2009. A Funeral Service was held at the Bashaw United Church on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. with the Interment Service following at the Bashaw Cemetery.

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Our sincere thanks to Doctors Greyling, Goosen and de Toit and the nursing staff at the Ponoka Hospital & Care Centre for their care and kindness given to Vince and the family during his short stay. Very much appreciated.

A special thanks to Marlon, Sheila and Ron of the Ponoka Funeral Home for their professional and caring expertise. They made a very difficult time so much easier ( the hugs were special).

To our friend, Reverend Dr. Doreen Scott, a a very special and meaningful service for Vince. It is just what Vince would have wanted. Thanks Doreen.

Thanks to Bob Ronnie Catering for the lovely luncheon ( delicious as always), Royal Canadian Legion for the use of their facility and to Carol and staff at Flowers For You for your special touch.

A heartfelt thanks for all the floral arrangements, plants, food, cards, telephone calls, kind deeds, offers of help and for the generous donations to the Children’s Wish Foundation, Heart & Stroke Foundation and F.C.S.S. It was unbelievable and much appreciated.

To all who attended the celebration of Vince’s life, it was heart-warming to have all who cared about him there to share his life and support us through a difficult time.

We feel so blessed to have so many special people in our lives and to live in such a great community.

In lieu of individual Thank You cards, a donation has been made to the Children’s Wish Foundation in Vince’s memory.

Most sincerely, The Family of Vince Sieben, Dallas, Rosanne, Jessica, Mark, Liam and Natasha.

What’s Happening #45 - #70

Coming Events

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BLINDMAN RIVER HALL OLD FASHION BINGO NO DABBERS Friday November 16th, 2012 Starts at 7:30 pm DUTCH AUCTION BRING YOUR QUARTERS EVERYONE WELCOME

Class Registrations

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AN EXCELLENT CHOICE WHERE YOUR AD REACHES RURAL READERS

CALL 1-877-223-3311 CLASSIFIEDS HOT-LINE

Coming Events

(Via Video Conferencing)

The course will explore what can happen legally when a couple decide to separate or divorce.

The speaker will discuss topics such as: The Court Process, Child Maintenance, Custody, Spousal Maintenance, Division of Property.

Wednesday, Nov 21 6:30 - 8:30 pm FCSS Board Room

Call 403-783-3285

to register or for more information $ 20 per person, due November 15

Sun. Nov. 11 Deadline is Fri. Nov. 9 @ 2 p.m.

* BASHAW * CASTOR * STETTLER * WEEKENDER * PONOKA * RIMBEY

Sylvan Lake News Eckville Echo Publication Date Thurs. Nov. 15 Deadline is Fri. Nov. 9 @ 5 p.m.

We will Remember

25 WORD AD only

$40.20 + gst

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Call 403-309-3300 or toll free 1-877-223-3311

PONOKA HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Christmas in November Hidden Treasurers Gift Shop Foyer of General Hospital

25% off all Regular Priced Items in Gift Shop (except cookbooks)Bargain Centre in Chapel Dedicated to “Patient Comfort & Care”. 100% of Proceeds go back into our Hospital.

Prize Draws!!

Sat. Nov. 17th - 11 am - 5 pm Sun. Nov. 18th - 11 am - 5 pm

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SEPARATION AND DIVORCE

Normal weekend deadlines in effect Sat. Nov. 10 Mon. Nov. 12 Deadline is Fri. Nov. 9 @ 5 p.m.

Your ad in 6 community papers

WHATEVER YOU’RE SELLING...

WE HAVE THE PAPER YOU NEED! HOW

The Red Deer Advocate is open Mon. Nov. 12 Regular Hours 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m

Early Deadlines for these papers: Stettler/Weekender Publication Date Wed. Nov. 14 Deadline is Fri. Nov. 9 @ NOON

What’s in it?

HAGEMANN Elmer & Joyce Hagemann and family would like to invite friends and family to join us for coffee at the Moose Hall (south side), Saturday, November 10, 2-4 pm to celebrate our 60th Wedding Anniversary No gifts please Bob & Debbie Hepp will supply the food

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Remembrance Day Classified Hours & Deadlines

Get a 6 PACK To all family and friends for all the support, food, flowers and all the beautiful cards and all the kind words, also donations made to the Wheel Chair Van for all their good service. Dr. Greyling for his excellent care, Betty P. and Betty R. who came to our house each week. Bob Hepp and Co. who provided a very delicious lunch and supper, St. Mary’s Church for the use of the church and hall. Also thanks to Rev. Dr. Doreen Scott, for her kind words, Wombold Funeral Home for caring and providing many other services and just being there for for all of us.

Thank you, first and foremost Ponoka Long Term Care Center for the special care Herman got for his last 6 weeks. He settled in like home. You brightened the last days for our family.

Thanks, Jo Nichols & family.

Coming Events

BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS

Anniversaries

Card Of Thanks

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Christmas Artisan Fair

Nov. 16, 17 & 18 10 am - 4 pm - Local artisans and crafters -

Garden Store Open 403-704-4145 www.countrygardensandgreenhouse.ca

Classifieds 403-309-3300 Meetings

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AL-ANON Weekly meeting Tuesdays, 8 p.m. at the Neighbourhood Place, 5115-49 Ave. For more info 403-783-4557

ALATEEN Weekly meetings Tuesdays @ 8 pm Neighborhood Place 5115 49 Ave. Ponoka For more info.

403-783-4557 or 403-783-8371 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Monday night meetings at the Anglican Church Ponoka 8:30 p.m. Phone 403-783-0719 for info.

THURSDAY AA Meetings at 8:30 p.m. in the Catholic Church basement. 52 Street & 52 Ave. Ponoka.

Open meetings first Thursday of the month, Everyone Welcome.

403-783-4347 or 403-783-2493

Training for life First Aid Training teaches how to respond confidently when injuries occur.

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012

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Oilfield

Garage Sales Ponoka INDOOR CHRISTMAS GARAGE SALE Ponoka Coin Laundry 4702 50 ST. Wed. Nov. 7 - Sat. Nov 10 10 A.M- 8 P.M. PartyLite, household, collectibles, crafts, Christmas items, Rockwell plates, metal shelving, home dec o r, m i c r o w a v e s t a n d , Bissell carpet shampooer and much more.

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AN ALBERTA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators.

Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction.

Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051 CENTRAL PEACE NATURAL GAS CO-OP LTD. requires full-time Gas Utility Operator.

Experience, safety tickets an asset. Clean valid driver’s licence required.

Forward resume: cpngc@telusplanet.net.

Fax 780-864-2044.

Mail: Box 119, Spirit River, T0H 3G0.

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LOOKING FOR Electrical/Instrumentation Journeyman and Apprentices with oilfield experience. Preference will be given to Master Electrician. Benefits and competitive wages.

Fax resume to 403-362-4957

NOW LOCATED IN DRAYTON VALLEY. BREKKAAS VACUUM & TANK LTD. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers with all valid tickets.

Top wages, excellent benefits.

Please forward resume to: Email: dv@brekkaas.com.

Phone 780-621-3953.

Fax 780-621-3959

SEEKING CLASS 1 DRIVERS with off-road fluid hauling experience. Will relocate.

Year round work. Above average wage, appealing benefit packages offered.

Trophy Buck Oilfield Services, Whitecourt, Alberta. Email resume: info@trophybuck.ca.

Fax 780-706-2389.

Employment #700 - #920 Oilfield

Meetings

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Monday, November 26, 2012 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Kinsmen Community Centre For further information contact Sherry at 403-783-0730

2013 Memberships are $5.00 and will be available.

Everyone Welcome!

Caregivers/ Aides

Oilfield

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PRODUCTION TESTING SUPERVISORS & OPERATORS Day & Night Must have tickets.

Top paid wages.

Based out of Devon, AB. Email resume to: kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds VAC & STEAM TRUCK OPERATOR. Valid Class 1 or 3, Safety Tickets, Top Wage, Camp Work, Experience an Asset. Email/Fax Resume: 780-458-8701, bryksent@telus.net.

Professionals

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CENTRAL AB contractor requires safety officer to help implement & maintain safety programs. Reply to Box 1019, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., R. D., AB T4R 1M9

Trades

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2ND YEAR TO JOURNEYMAN SHEETMETAL WORKERS & ELECTRICIANS NEEDED in Kindersley, Saskatchewan Top wages, benefits, RRSP’s, room for advancement, positive work atmosphere.

Contact office lukplumbing.com or 306-463-6707 BLUERIDGE LUMBER INC. looking for a 3rd & 4th Class power engineer to operate thermal liquid heating system.

Excellent compensation and benefits.

Submit resume to: Box 87, Blue Ridge, AB, T0E 0B0.

Email: jeff.victor @westfraser.com F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

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Clerical

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Full Time Office Position available in busy automotive shop Must be good with computers and able to multitask Also looking for Apprentice or Automotive Technician

Please come drop off a resume at

5503 54 St. Ponoka or fax to 403-783-6220

PONOKA

Full Time Staff Required Wages negotiable and benefits available Please fax resume Attn: Ron to 403-783-3625

Trades

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Darcy Zimmer - Sales North of Hwy 53 Phone: 403-588-8420 Ferdinand Harkema - Sales South of Hwy 53 Cell: 403-785-7149 Rick Cline - Store/Sales Manager Cell: 403-588-1957

Tornado Hydrovacs, a division of Petrofield Industries is accepting resumes for: Assembly Department: Industrial Painters, Electrical Technicians; Welders (Journeyman or Apprentice); and Labourers. Our Company has an enthusiastic, fast paced working environment with advancement for motivated individuals, and an excellent benefit package. Please forward resume to hr@ petrofield.com or Fax 403 742-1905 PYRAMID CORPORATION IS NOW HIRING! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta.

Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE

Caregivers/ Aides

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Permanent Part Time Position

Please visit www.gss.org to apply!

Al York

General Manager Cell: (403) 783-0593 Bus: (403) 843-3700

Rimbey, AB

Fax: (403) 843-3430

ANIMAL SERVICES

AUTO SALES

BUYERS Professionals

810 RANDY MOHL

EXECUTIVE MANAGER •Management of facility operations, committees, special events and contracts; •Experience working with non-profit boards while providing advice, leadership in strategic planning and policy development; •Proactive approaches to membership participation, retention and recruitment;

•Supervision, evaluation and supporting staff utilizing proactive HR practices;

www.parklandclass.org

Rimbey Implements Ltd.

We offer our LPN’s competitive wages, comprehensive benefit packages, professional registration reimbursement, a wide variety of shifts and the opportunity to improve the quality of life of individuals and their families.

Qualifications: Experience with children, Autism, FASD, seizures, knowledge of Aboriginal Cultural ways and responding to behaviours of concern would be an asset. High School Diploma and some related course work would be preferred. Driver’s License (GDL ok), own transportation and willingness to transport child is required.

Please forward resume quoting competition #4413SHPRR by November 14, 2012 to: Parkland CLASS, Human Resources, 6010-45th Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3M4 Fax: 403 342-2677 email: hr@pclass.org

Home Page: www.agroequipment.com

Hwy. 53 Ponoka Toll Free 877-783-3338 Ph. 403-783-3337 E-Mail: admin-ponoka@agroequipment.com

As a team lead, you will be responsible for hands on care using your full scope of practice, good judgment, and initiative. You will be responsible for working and communicating within a multidisciplinary team and with external stakeholders, families, and residents to ensure the safety and comfort of our residents and staff.

•Knowledge and understanding of the role of small businesses in the local economy;

Wage: $14.52/hr - $15.06/hr Training provided at no cost.

24 Hour Emergency Call 403-783-3337

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

Parkland CLASS is currently seeking an individual to provide care in Ponoka for a female teen-age child with developmental disabilities. Required duties include but are not limited in participating in community activities and following a behaviour support plan.

Hours of work: 10 flex hours a week. Hours to be worked are afternoons (after school), evenings and weekends.

PONOKA JOHN DEERE SALES & SERVICE

The Good Samaritan Society is currently seeking a qualified and dedicated individual at our Good Shepherd Home in Wetaskiwin, Alberta:

The Ponoka & District Chamber of Commerce is seeking an innovative, experienced leader to oversee programs and member services. The ideal candidate will demonstrate proficiency in the following:

Supported Home Placement Aide

AG EQUIPMENT

•Relevant post secondary degree or equivalent combination of education/experience would be an asset;

•Computer skills particularly with QuickbooksPro, Outlook, MS Office, and publishing programs; •Financial management, budget creation and monitoring with the appropriate reporting capabilities; •Proven ability in media relations, marketing, and presentations.

Closing date November 9, 2012.

Email or fax cover Letter and Resume To: Ponoka & District Chamber of Commerce Box 4188, Ponoka, AB, T4J 1R6 Email: chamber@ponoka.org Fax: 403-783-3886

403-783-8008 Phone 783-8008 BUY - SELL - CONSIGN 5704 - Hwy 2A North, Ponoka, AB T4J 1M1

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

A & J AUTOMOTIVE A & J AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR 6701 - 46 Ave. 6701 46 Ave. Ponoka, AB - T4J 1J8 Ponoka, T4J 1J8 (403)AB783-8755 (403) 783-8755 Al Dickhaut Owner/Operator Al Dickhaut Owner/Operator

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE FOR JUST

$28 PER WEEK. REACHING 6000 HOUSEHOLDS PER WEEK.

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BOBCAT SERVICES Sur-B Enterprises Ltd.

BOBCAT SERVICE • Snow Removal • Driveways & Parking Lots • Post-Hole Augering - 6, 9, 12, 15 • Corral Cleaning • Grading & Construction Call 403-783-2764 403-588-0599 CallJim JimAshbough Ashbough 783-2764ororCell: Cell: 588-0599 Jack Surbey 403-783-5283 Cell: 403-588-0597 Jack Surbey 783-5283orCell: 588-0597

ADVERTISE WITH US! Reaching 6000 households weekly

Trades

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FUTURE AG in Rimbey is now accepting applications for an Agricultural Technician / Heavy Duty Mechanic with Ag experience. Live the life style of Central Alberta and be home at night. Work for one of the few family owned dealerships where we care about our employees and customers.

We offer: • • • • • • •

Competitive Wages Annual work boot reimbursement RRSP Plan Benefit Package Sick Days Tuition reimbursement program for apprentices Monthly Bonus

For just

If you are looking for a rewarding career with a successful and growing organization, then forward your resume to:

this space could be yours!

Future Ag Inc. Attn: Paula Box 140 Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 Fax (403) 843-2790 Email paulam@futureag.ca

$28 per week 403-783-3311 CONSTRUCTION

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Professionals

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850

Trades

PART-TIME/CONTRACT Work with water purification firm in Edmonton and surrounding areas. Plumbing and electrical knowledge helpful, training provided.

Service and installation of water treatment equipment. Must have own van/truck and tools.

Please forward via fax to 306-242-1223 or email to: mike@thewaterclinic.com.

Restaurant/ Hotel

850

Trades

+ A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

Sales & Distributors

830

Best Job in Ponoka

CALL:

1-877-223-3311 To Place Your Ad Now!

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pnk@thebrick.com The Brick in Ponoka is looking for a

BUSINESS MINDED

SALES ASSOCIATE Above average income.

Retail experience is an asset, paid training provided.

Is currently hiring:

•Servers •Dishwashers •Cooks Apply in person to Brad at:

Apply in person with resume At the Brick, 4814 50 St Ponoka, AB

4405 Hwy 2A Professionals

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PONOKA VICTIM SERVICES

FULL TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Responsible for facilitating the delivery of effective services to victims of crime and tragic circumstances in the Ponoka area through the planning, development, implementation, administration and evaluation of agency policies and procedures in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of the Attorney General and under the direction of a Board of Directors.

SALES & SERVICE

Motorcycles & ATV’s 403-783-5185 1-800-662-7135 Fax: 403-783-4635

Tues - Fri: 8:30 am-5:30 pm Saturday: 9 am-3 pm

GARBAGE COLLECTION

As the successful candidate you have knowledge and understanding of the social service agency, sound knowledge of the justice system, and awareness of justice issues around victimization needs. Your excellent oral and written communication skills will be demonstrated in presenting information to the media, the public and written reports for the Ministry of the Attorney General. You possess the ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with police officers, emergency personnel, volunteers, and a broad range of social service and judicial providers. You are a committed individual who brings supervisory experience and/or ability and are able to provide strong leadership and direction for the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS A university baccalaureate level degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience and the following: - Experience in a not-for-profit environment in conjunction is an asset - General knowledge of the justice system, social services, community, and victimization issues will be beneficial - Must be adaptable; Flexibility with unusual shift requirements.

- Excellent oral and written skills.

- Detailed and well developed computer skills.

- General understanding of Finance and budgeting - Demonstrated organizational, management and supervisory skills.

- Strong leadership, motivational skills especially when working with others - Passion, empathy and objectivity - Integrity, Dependability and the ability to build and maintain trust - Full time position (32-40 hours per week with some flex hours) - Salary commesurate with experience and education Please submit resume and cover letter by email to

ponokavictimsservices@shaw.ca

This space could be yours for $

28

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

Applications of interested and qualified persons must be received by November 15, 2012.

We appreciate your application however only those selected for interviews will be contacted

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012

Trades

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Trades

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Shop ManagerImmediate Full time Knowledge of Oil and gas Industry an asset.

Lube Bay Manager We are currently looking for a Lube Bay Manager at our Ponoka location. If you have a positive attitude and a great work ethic, we would love to hear from you. Experience is preferred but not necessary.

Please drop o resumes to Larry Thompson or: Email: lthompson@adamsgm.com Fax: 403-783-8000

CLASSIFIEDS 1-877-223-3311 Trades

Welding, Metal and Fabrication knowledge an asset Minimum 2 years Manager Experience Competitive wages & Full Benefits Contact for more details.

Eileena Haynes 306-634-8388 EmailEileena.Haynes@ Doallind.com Fax- 306-634-8389

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Truckers/ Drivers

Truckers/ Drivers

LOG HAUL CONTRACTORS WANTED. Contractor Log Trucks & Drivers wanted immediately to haul into Spray Lake Sawmills, Cochrane, Alberta.

Contact Gil 403-333-5355 or Rob 403-851-3388.

Email: woodlands @spraylakesawmills.com PICKER OPERATOR NEEDED. Journeyman ticket and safety tickets required.

Located in Provost, Alberta. Email resume to: swampdonkeytrucking @live.ca or fax 780-753-3120

850

Competitive BeneďŹ ts and Wages, Great Work Environment and a Balanced Lifestyle!

PARTS CLERK NEEDED: - Parts counter experience required.

- Must be a customer focused individual with excellent communication skills.

- Mechanically inclined with familiarity with John Deere equipment would be an asset.

- Journeyman certiďŹ cate is an asset.

- Strong computer skills are required for this position.

AGRICULTURE MECHANIC NEEDED: - Strong diagnostics skills in the following areas: diesel engine, electrical, and hydraulics.

- Experience repairing John Deere Equipment is an asset.

- Experience with repairing agriculture equipment is needed.

- Customer orientated and the ability to develop relationships.

- Excellent computer skills and willing to learn new software.

- Journeyman CertiďŹ cate is an asset.

Please forward resumes to Maria Qureshi at mariaq@martindeerline.com Fax: 780.481.1524. Phone: 780.481.4000

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REQUIRED FOR AN ALBERTA TRUCKING COMPANY: One Class 1 Driver.

Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta.

Scheduled days off.

Call Lloyd 780-723-5051 TELL it all! Tell it well! Make your ads sell for you by giving full description of goods or services offered. Include prices and terms. Phone 1-877-223-3311 for a friendly ad taker.

Business Opportunities

DENTISTRY

870

RIMBEYDENTALCARE

BE YOUR OWN BOSS. Start your own business in the health & wellness industry. Must have high speed internet. Flexible hours. Free online training; www.project4wellness.com

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DR. STEVE CALDER BS C DDS

Family Friendly Dentistry

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Box 1100 4905 50 St. Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0

STA M P E D E

BIRCHLAND DENTAL CLINIC PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

Ę° Ę° t Ę° Ę° 5118 - 51 Ave., Ponoka, AB T4J 1R5

HIRING

JOURNEYMAN MILLWRIGHT • Mechanical experience • Experience in welding manufacturing • Plant maintenance • Experience in maintenance of Overhead Cranes

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- General Dentistry - Orthodontics - Cosmetic Dentistry - Bonding - Veneers - Bleaching - White or Gold Fillings - Crown and Bridge - Implant Restorations

and

“WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME NEW PATIENTS�

F/T

EYE CARE

cashiers Drs. Heimdahl & ZoBell

Please send resumes to:

Hmorrow@geminicorp.ca

Please drop off resumes in person or fax them to 403-783-8273

870

YOU CAN BE AN ENTREPRENEUR! We will show you how.

We are Primerica, one of North America’s largest Ànancial services marketing organizations and we are looking for people who want to put themselves in charge.

Instruction provided. For more information call Kurt Bloomquist, representative, at:

403-704-4424 (cell) 403-347-2829 (ofÀce)

Truckers/ Drivers

ATLANTIC BEEF PRODUCTS, INC. is hiring full-time Meat Cutters. Candidates must have experience in meat cutting, trimming & deboning meat.

Please email resume: jobs@abpi.ca.

860

Class 1 ‡ Clean driver¡s abstract preferred ‡ Must be able to load / unload heavy equipment SO007392 s preferred ‡ Safety tickets

FULLTIME

GUARANTEED 40+ HOURS/WEEK LITTLE OVERNIGHT TRAVEL REQUIRED

Fax resumes to: 780-778-6569

Located in Whitecourt, AB

880

WWW.4YOUREYESONLY.CA

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5120-51ST AVE, PONOKA

ADVANCED EYE HEALTH & VISION EXAMS CONSULTATION & REFERRAL SERVICES DESIGNER EYE WEAR & CONTACT LENSES INSURED MEDICAL EYECARE SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL AGES

NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday 8AM - 12:30PM • 1PM - 5PM

NAIL TECHNICIAN

Angel

Shawna S. Welz RMT, Nail Technician

MASSAGE THERAPY AND AESTHETICS

Therapeutic Massage

Stress Relief

Relaxation Massage

Manicures Pedicures Gel Nails Waxing

Bay #6, 5103-48 Avenue, Ponoka www.angelmassagetherapy.net

HEATING

RESIDENTIAL - COMMERCIAL • Heating • Ventilation • Air Conditioning Systems • Custom Metal Fabrication • Hearth Products PHONE: 403-783-7443 FAX: 403-783-7454 5210 - 50th Street Ponoka, AB 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

Are you interested in working in the RAIL industry?

FIELD SUPERVISOR-TRACK CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE CANDO, an employee-owned company based in Brandon, Man., that supplies specialized services to the rail industry, is currently seeking a field supervisor to coordinate the daily activities of the rail track construction and maintenance team.

Field Supervisors are responsible forSO007390 of0the employees on site, budgeting and business planning, Sthe supervision SO 0073390 00 overseeing the site purchasing and payroll, meeting safety requirements, liaising with the customers and contractors, and developing new business.

Position requires working 10 days on/4 days off on the road throughout Western Canada. Full-time position required to report to the Manager of Track Construction and Maintenance. Accommodation and living allowance provided.

candoltd.com

403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168

403-783-5091

TRUCK DRIVER WANTED FOR IMMEDIATE POSITION WITH GREAT HOURS

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Ph. (403) 843-2173 Fax: (403) 843-2607

DENTAL CARE is now

Gemini is Hiring for Ponoka Fabrication shop

Business Opportunities

Now Hiring Parts Technician and Agriculture Mechanic – WETASKIWIN

Truckers/ Drivers

850

Trades

860

BUSY CENTRAL AB company req’s exp’d. Class 1 drivers to pull decks.

Assigned truck, exc. wages and benefits pkg. Paid extras. Family orientated.

Resume and abstract fax to 403-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm

860

SUBMIT RESUME Fax: 204.725.4100 Email: employment@candoltd.com

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

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HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING

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ADULT UPGRADING

Alberta Government Funded Programs Student Funding Available!

Commercial - Residential Installations - Repair 24hr Emergency Service 3912 - 66 St Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 www.wcmltd.ca

Ph: 403.783.3501 Fax: 403.783.3531 wcmltd@telus.net

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

CHILD SAFETY FREE CAR SEAT INSPECTION 3rd Wednesday of the month

in Ponoka, has immediate opening for

SWAMPERS SUPREME INTERNATIONAL LIMITED IS LOOKING FOR GENERAL LABOURERS Job Duties: x Form and/or cut steel according to the production schedule, standards and specifications. x Perform a wide variety of steel preparations, including sandblasting, manual & power tool sanding, grinding, and chemical wash cleaning. x Operate hand and power tools. x Possible welding. x Mechanical background would be an asset.

WE CAN OFFER YOU: Team Focused Environment Excellent Benefits Package (includes): Dental/Extended Health/Vision/STD/LTD/ RRSP Employer Funded Please drop off, fax, mail or e-mail your resume to: Supreme International Limited P.O. Box 6450, 6010 – 47 Street Wetaskiwin, Alberta T9A 2G2 Attn: C. Brooks

By appointment only To register or for more information call Christine at 403.783.3987 or email christine_swift@cooperators.ca

Fax # (780) 352-6597 Email: hr@supremeinternational.com

3 Certified Inspectors on Staff

For more information visit www.supremeinternational.com

Battle River Insurance Ltd. The Co-operators 5103 48 Ave, Bay #3 Ponoka, AB

Please submit resumes to 6526 - 44 Ave Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 Fax: 403-783-3011 or Email: hr@calnashtrucking.com

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GED Preparation Community Support Worker Program Morning, Afternoon And Evening P/T Classes

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training

340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Start your career!

See Help Wanted

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Therapeutic Massage Centre

Must be Enthusiastic, Energetic and Professional. Advanced skills an asset.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Please send resume to above address, email to kathyrmt@hotmail.com or call our office at 403-843-4964

F/T WORKER NEEDED for disabled young man, Must have own vehicle and First aid. Send resume to Box 273 Rimbey T0C 2J0

requires a

Must have valid drivers license Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka 403-783-5200 8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday 24-hour Emergency Call Dr. Bill Frischke • Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Emily Ames

PAINTING

Supreme International Limited, Wetaskiwin is looking for a fulltime Shipping & Receiving person.

This position is responsible to maintain records (using computers or other technical equipment), prepare shipments, accept deliveries of goods, invoice and load unload trucks or containers for domestic or international destinations etc.

This position will also provide support for inventory control to maintain the operations of the manufacturing and parts warehouses.

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB Life, one day a wk. in Rimbey & Bentley Please call Debbie for details 314-4307

Busy therapeutic massage clinic is now actively recruiting a Registered Massage Therapist.

for shop cleaning, deliveries, etc.

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING

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ALL ROUND EMPLOYEE for housekeeping, tavern/store in small town friendly hotel.

Full-time room included.

Phone Marg 403-857-9134 in Youngstown, Alberta.

EARN EXTRA CASH! Part-time, full-time immediate openings for men & women.

Easy computer work, other positions are available.

Can be done from home.

No experience needed; www.hiringnow-alberta.com

4904 - 49th St. Box 1812 Rimbey, Alberta TOC 2JO

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VETERINARY SERVICES

Misc.

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Please contact Allan Raugust 403-783-5501 or Fax resume to 403-783-5504 Employment Training

HARDWARE MANAGER FULL-TIME at Eastalta Co-op, Wainwright, Alberta.

Benefits/bonus/staff discount. Experience required. Good references; hr@eastalta.com.

5013 - 51 Ave., Vermilion, AB, T9X 1B2.

Phone 780-853-5335.

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TR BUILDERS

is seeking a F/T carpenter & F/T laborer for new home construction near Breton starting immed., ref’s and transportation r e q ’ d . P h o n e Ty l e r 780-696-2028 eves.

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(1997) Residential & Commercial • Interior & Exterior • Wallpaper hanging • Free Estimates

Serving Ponoka & Central Alberta for the past 35 years.

Jerry Witvoet Jr. Ponoka, AB (403) 783-6335 Cell: (403) 783-1523

Reaching 6000 households weekly

For just

$28 per week

The Shipping and Receiving person should have strong organizational skills as well as possess an openness to learn.

Must provide proof of a valid driver’s license and successfully have completed forklift and overhead crane training.

WE CAN OFFER YOU: Team Focused Environment Excellent Benefits Package: (includes) Dental/Extended Health/Vision/STD/LTD/ RRSP Employer Funded

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Fax # 780-352-6597 Email: hr@supremeinternational.com

403-783-3311

For more information visit www.supremeinternational.com

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Misc.

Help

880

IS looking to fill the following positions in the: HINTON AND FOX CREEK LOCATION * Oilfield Construction Supervisors * Oilfield Construction Lead Hands * Stainless and Carbon Welders * B-Pressure Welders * Pipefitters * Experienced Pipeline Equipment Operators * Experienced oilfield labourers * Industrial Painters * 7-30 tonne Picker Truck Operator with Class 1 H2S Alive ( Enform), St. John (Red Cross) standard first aid) & in-house drug and alcohol tests are required.

Please submit resume to hr@alstaroc.com or Fax to 780-865-5829 Quote job #66962 on resume NEED A CHANGE? Looking for work? www. dreamscreatethefuture.ca in the Provost region, workers of all kinds are needed now! Visit our website today for more information REQUIRED Shop Laborer Polisher Full or Part Time Crestomere area BANDIT INDUSTRIES 403-783-4284

Employment Training

900

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Financial

1170

DO YOU NEED to borrow money - Now? If you own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lend you money - It’s that simple. 1-877-486-2161.

DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30% or cut debts 70% thru Settlements.

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Brutal honesty either way Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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Borrow up to $25,000.

No credit checks cash same day, Canadian owned & operated; www.PitStopLoans.com.

1-800-514-9399.

Legal Services

1260

CRIMINAL RECORD? Have it removed.

Canada’s premier record removal provider since 1989. BBB A+ rating.

Confidential, fast & affordable.

Free information booklet.

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LEARN FROM HOME. Earn from home.

Medical Transcriptionists JOB HUNTING? Read the are in demand.

Classifieds. 1-877-223-3311.

Lots of jobs! Enrol today CRIMINAL RECORD? for less than $95 a month.

Think: Canadian pardon.

1-800-466-1535; U.S. travel waiver. www.canscribe.com; (24 hour record check). admissions@canscribe.com Divorce? Simple. Fast.

WELL-PAID/LOW-STRESS Inexpensive. Debt recovery?

CAREER IN MASSAGE Alberta collection to THERAPY. $25,000. Calgary Get the best-quality RMT 403-228-1300 education in Alberta or 1-800-347-2540; www. without giving up your accesslegalresearch.com. day job! Visit www.mhvicarsschool.com Misc. or call 1-866-491-0574 for free career information Services

Misc.

Services

1290

A Population Explosion

. . . at your house?

It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon hostess.

Heather Goodwin 403-704-3647 heathermccg@shaw.ca NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifieds.

Reach over 1 million readers weekly.

Only $259. + GST (based on 25 words or less) Call this newspaper NOW for details or call 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.

1410

1310

TIM’S PAINTING Serving Ponoka and area over 15 years Free Estimates References Quality workmanship Customer Satisfaction Tim Greshner 403-704-6554

Personal Services

She will bring congratulations and gifts for the family and the NEW BABY!

Welding

Painters/ Decorators

1315

Personal Services

1315

BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS 4625-46 Street, Lacombe, south of Tim Horton’s.

We buy for cash SALES WED. @6 pm.

1318

ANTIQUE SALE 1st SUN. OF THE MONTH Oct. 7 AT 1 P.M. 403-782-5693

Pet Services

CLINKERS KENNELS * Quality Boarding for your dogs & cats *Proof of vaccinations and advance bookings required HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 6 pm; Fri. 9 am - 12 Noon; 4 pm - 7 pm; Sat. 9 a.m. - 12 noon; Sun. 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. & 4 - 7 p.m.

1320

GET 50% OFF. Join Herbal Magic this week and get 50% off.

Lose weight quickly, safely and keep it off, proven results! Call Herbal Magic today! 1-800-854-5176

Welding

1410

JUST A FLASH AWAY PHOTOGRAPHY Looking for Christmas ideas?

Do a photo session for 10% off.

Offer ends Dec. 10, 2012.

Phone Brittany at 403-740-5312

Rental Misc

1350

Need RV or Self Storage?

8’ X 10’ mini storage units available for rent.

Also RV storage.

Secure compound.

Call Keith at

First Call Towing

783-3636

Business Services #1000 - #1430

Misc.

Services

1290

Misc.

Services

1290

• B-PRESSURE • PIPELINE • OILFIELD • ASME Section VIII Division I VESSEL FABRICATION & PIPING • SHOP/PORTABLE • CNC PLASMA CUTTING • ALUMINUM • SHEARING & FORMING

MAIN: (403) 783-7591 FAX: (403) 783-8178

Attention: Farmers We can deal with your refrigeration problems quickly, efficiently and reasonably

Berni's Refrigeration and Appliance Service

783-4880

1550

LAMINATED POST BUILDINGS FARM AND COMMERCIAL. Prairie Post Frame serving Alberta. For pricing Calgary South, Barrie 403-506-7845; barrier @prairiepostframe.ca Calgary North, Howard 403-586-7678; howard @prairiepostframe.ca.

METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Best prices!

36� Hi-Tensile TUFF-Rib 29ga. Galvalume $.67 sq. ft. Colours $.82 sq. ft.

40 Year Warranty.

ALTA-WIDE Builders Supplies 1-888-263-8254.

Household Appliances

Website: www.harbinwelding.com E-mail: bharbin@telus.net

Well Drilling

1400

Well Drilling

1400

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

Auctions

1530

ACREAGE DISPERSAL AUCTION. Tractors, trailers, equipment, quality tools, welders, pipe, truck, sheds, much more!

10 a.m., Saturday, November 10, Cadogan, Alberta.

780-842-5666, Scribner Auction. Details: www.scribnernet.com.

Well Drilling

1400

0ATENTED 7HOLE (OUSE 2EVERSE /SMOSIS 3YSTEM SO005352 4IME 0AYMENT 0LAN / ! #

Misc. for Sale

Visit us online at www.BigIronDrilling.com !LSO VIEW OUR 29 PATENTED AND PATENT PENDING INVENTIONS

03 7E ALSO SELL 3OFTENERS 0URIlERS FOR 4OWN #ITY WATER

“Reasonable rates on all your plumbing needs�

Gas Fitting - Home Renovations - Drain Cleaning -24 HOUR SERVICE5306 - 60 ST, PONOKA, AB T4J 1K7 PH: (403) 783-6372 • FAX (403) 783-6345

PLUMBING

PONOKA PLUMBING & HEATING We now carry a complete line of Ritchie Stockwater parts 5110 -50 Street Box 4414 Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1R7

NEVER SHOCK CHLORINATE AGAIN! Newly Patented! “Kontinuous Shok�

Chlorinator. No mess: Effective year round eliminating bacterial growth, smell and slime.

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Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON; www.bigirondrilling.com.

Dogs

1840

Travel Packages

1900

HAWAII ON THE MAINLAND, healthy low-cost living can be yours. Modern Arenal Maleku Condominiums, 24/7 secured Community, Costa Rica “friendliest country on earth�! 1-780-952-0709; www.CanTico.ca.

Wanted To Buy

1930

NOW BUYING FUR. Coyotes, foxes, etc. Also have beautiful tanned pelts for sale. Call Reuben 403-887-2439

Hours of Business: Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 5 pm

JESSE ZINTER Office - 403-783-5489

This space could be yours for $

28

PER WEEK

1760

Call 403-783-3311 PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

LittleJONS’ Hand Wash Stations Handicap Units Trailer Units New Solar Powered Units with Running Water

Book On-Line Serving Central Today!

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403.783.8322

www.littlejons.ca

Reaching 6000 households weekly for just

$

28

PER WEEK

This space could be yours!

403-783-3311 TRAVEL

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")' )2/. #HECK OUR WEBSITE FOR LOCAL REPS AND PHONE NUMBERS

JAMES AVERY

RAINBOW VACUUMS New and reconditioned.

Call Dave for 75th anniversary specials.

780-962-3733

RURAL WATER TREATMENT

)RON &ILTERS s 3OFTENERS s $ISTILLERS Tell them Danny s 2EVERSE /SMOSIS s +ONTINUOUS 3HOK #HLORINATOR Hooper sent you

SHANDALL PLUMBING LTD.

1710

SILVER Lab pups P.B. Parents CKC reg. vet checked, 1st shots. 3 F, 3 M. $600 403-843-6564, 785-5772

1290

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

www.bigstrapperauctions.net

Building Supplies

PLUMBING

1530

TRUE ADVICE! True clarity! True Psychics!

1-877-342-3036 or 1-900-528-6258 or mobile #4486. (18+) $3.19/minute; www.truepsychics.ca.

Unplanned pregnancy may be 403-783-6272 www.clinkerskennels.ca difďŹ cult to face.

We care. For conďŹ dential help call Photography 403-343-1611 (24 hrs.)

DATING SERVICE. Long-term/short-term relationships. Free to try!

1-877-297-9883.

Live intimate conversation, Call #7878 or 1-888-534-6984 Live adult 1on1 Call 1-866-311-9640 or #5015.

Meet local single ladies.

1-877-804-5381. (18+).

Auctions

Farm Equipment

2010

HIGHLINE 6600, bale processor, good condition, 403-704-0964

Julie Evans 403-783-4954 403-704-3584

“CertiďŹ ed to sell travel with knowledge you can trustâ€?

email: juliestravel@telus.net www.juliestravel.ca

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Farm Equipment

2010 Ponoka Veterinary Clinic WANTED Front-end loader VETERINARY SERVICES

Dr. Murray Jacobson Dr. Clayton West Dr. Ashley Shannon

Mon. - Fri. 8 am - 5 pm Sat. 9 am - 4:30 pm

24 Hr. Emergency 403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB

T4J 1M1

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PER WEEK.

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to fi t Case 1370 Call

403-783-2523 403-783-5373 Livestock

2100

15 TAN & WHITE BRED COWS. 403-740-5354

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed.

Buying damaged or offgrade grain.

“On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252 ROUND HAY BALES $20. and up. Delivery available.

No Sunday calls please.

Phone 403-704-3509.

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

Call Cliff today for a free estimate (403) 350-0106 WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

Darcy’s Drilling Services • water wells drilled & serviced • new pump & pressure system installations • all types of pump repairs • well shocking Darcy Schmidt Ph: (403) 783-2220 Fax: (403) 783-8828 Email: darcysdrillingservices@hotmail.com

WATER WELL SERVICE

ECKLUND Water Well Service

• Install & Service Pumps • Shock Wells • Pressure Systems Serviced & Installed Home: (403) 783-3712 Cell: (403) 704-3413

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

For Rent #3000 - #3200

Acreages/Farms ..............3010 Houses/Duplexes ............3020 Condos/Townhouses........3030 Manufactured Homes ......3040 Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050 Suites ..............................3060 Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070 Roommates Wanted ........3080 Rooms for Rent................3090 Motels/Hotels ..................3100 Offices ..............................3110 Stores/Commercial ..........3120 Industrial ..........................3130 Warehouse Space............3140 Garage Space..................3150 Storage Space ................3160 Land ................................3170 Pasture ............................3180 Mobile Lot ........................3190 Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BDRM, 2 BATH HOUSE for rent in Ponoka $900/mth plus D.D. N/S, N/P

403-755-8352 FARM house S.W. of Rimbey, 3 bedrooms, 5 appliances, utilities incld’d, n/s, no pets. $1100. + d.d.

403-843-2733, 704-9502

80 acres agricultural land in Crestomere area, close to school & store beautiful land with view, some trees, rolling hills, fenced & cross fenced power to property line

3030

$

215,000

403-704-1350 4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

Call 403-398-5357

3050

3 bedroom main floor in 4plex. Good location $895.

Phone 403-704-1221.

Suites

3060

FOR RENT

1 bdrm suite includes heat & water Call

1 bedroom $675/mo. or 2 bedroom $795/mo. upgraded quiet 2nd storey apt.

References required.

403-885-2221 or email dbh_mci7@yahoo.com

FURNISHED BACHELOR SUITE FOR RENT IN PONOKA TV & utils. incld. $650/mo.

403-963-0204 PONOKA 1 bdrm. apt. heat & water included, power is extra, next to firehall. Laundry on site.

Rent $500+ DD avail. immed. 403-392-7450 PONOKA: 2 bedroom apartment, blinds, heat, water, fridge, stove. Adult building, no children, no pets. (403)783-5434

Ponoka: 3724-45 Street.

403-357-0287

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

Manufactured Homes

4090

JANDEL HOMES. Overstocked and motivated to sell - Immediate or spring delivery.

Beat the price increase.

Edmonton 1-855-463-0084.

Grande Prairie 1-877-504-5005; www.jandelhomes.com LIQUIDATING ALL 2011 stock for immediate delivery! Wholesale prices.

Bonus: $2,000 brick certificate. View online: www.dynamicmodular.ca or call 1-877-341-4422, Red Deer.

PONOKA, Crestomere, close to school, store, YEAR END CLEARANCE! beautiful rolling land, trees, Vast selection: single/20’ wides and like-new 80 acre parcel, pasture, 1 pre-owned homes. side, crops on other side, fenced and cross fenced, Starting at only $69,900.

Delivery anywhere in $215,000. 403-398-5357 Alberta! 1-800-461-7632.

148 East Lake Blvd., Airdrie; www. unitedhomescanada.com

Businesses For Sale

4140

FOR SALE OR LEASE Bowling Center on Main Street in Innisfail, Alberta 8 Lane house, Lanes certified Can be purchased as a Bowling Center or as 7000 Square Feet of Retail Space For more information, call 403-227-5342 FOR SALE: Country Market-Groceries, Liquor-Outlet, baking, lotto, take-out food. Trans Canada Hwy at Shuswap Lake in Blind Bay, BC. Call 250-804-6132.

Out Of Town Property

4170

NEW VANCOUVER ISLAND TOWNHOMES available in beautiful Qualicum Beach.

Ocean view. One block from the beach.

Starting at $429,000.

More information at: www.taylorridge.ca.

PHOENIX CANADIAN REALTOR. Advice, information, MLS mailing list free.

Still bargains, but prices rising so act fast, be warm this winter; Mary.Maxie@PruAZ.com.

602-738-6597.

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

Realtors & Services..........4010 Houses for Sale................4020 Houses Wanted ................4030 Condos/Townhouses ........4040 Acreages ..........................4050 Acreages Wanted ............4060 Farms/Land ......................4070 Farms/Land Wanted ........4080 Manufactured/ Mobile Homes ..................4090 Income Property ..............4100 Commercial Property ......4110 Industrial Property ............4120 Cottages/Resort Property ..4130 Businesses for Sale..........4140 Buildings for Sale ............4150 Lots for Sale ....................4160 Out of Town Property ......4170 Investment Opportunities ..4180 Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

Houses For Sale

4020

FULL duplex, single title, 31 & 33 McIntosh Ave, Red Deer, 3 bdrm, 1 main bath and 3 appls. per unit, fenced yards, off street NEWER 3 BDRM. condo, parking, close to schooll 5 appls., close to school., and arena, $369,000. For view app’t or for details call $1000/mo. PONOKA 403-704-1208 or 783-0663 403-352-6407 or 788-2901

Condos/ Townhouses

4070

Land For Sale

Wanted to Rent * RIVERSIDE APTS. * Newly renovated #3250 - #3390 1 & 2 bedroom units in

Acreages/Farms ..............3255 Houses/Duplexes ............3260 Suites ..............................3270 Rooms..............................3280 Manufactured Homes ......3290 Housesitting Wanted ........3300 Garage Space..................3310 Storage Space ................3320 Stores/Commercial ..........3330 Office Space ....................3340 Industrial ..........................3350 Warehouse Space............3360 Resorts & Cottages..........3370 Pasture/Land....................3380 Mobile Lot ........................3390

Farms/ Land

Newly renovated 3 bdrm, 1 ½ bath condo, with hardwood floors.

All appliances plus high efficiency washer/dryer and deep freeze.

Close to most amenities.

Pets negotiable. $1200/mnth plus D.D.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Your water well solution for over 30 years

4020

Available Dec. 1

403-783-6011

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Houses For Sale

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Call: Classifieds

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Automotive Services ........5010 Antique & Classic Autos ....5020 Cars ..................................5030 SUV’s................................5040 Trucks ..............................5050 Heavy Trucks....................5060 Vans/Buses ......................5070 Motorcycles ......................5080 Campers ..........................5090 Motorhomes......................5100 5th Wheels........................5110 Holiday Trailers ................5120 Tent Trailers ......................5130 Utility Trailers ....................5140 ATV’s ................................5150 Boats & Marine ................5160 Snowmobiles ....................5170 Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180 Auto Wreckers ..................5190 Vehicles Wanted ..............5200 Car/Truck Rental ..............5210 Recreational Vehicle Rental ..............................5220 Trailer Rental ....................5230 Misc. Automotive ..............5240 RV’s ..................................5300

Automotive Services

5010

CARS FROM $49/week, SUVs from $79/week, trucks from $99/week.

Get approved with bad credit, no credit or bankruptcy. $0 down.

Call our Approval Hotline 1-888-222-0663.

Ford, Toyota, Chevy, Honda, Dodge.

BAD CREDIT? Bank said no? Vehicles from $250/month.

Call 1-888-619-5874.

Know your options in seconds ($10.50 hour or equivalent minimum income) $0 down/bad credit/no credit OK.

Public Notices

SEASONAL RV STORAGE

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Public Notices ..................6010 Special Features ..............6050

Ponoka Legion Ball Diamond Public Notices Call 403-783-4076 NOTICE TO

6010

or stop in for details

5030

Cars

2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT , low mileage, $9000 obo 403-783-6387

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CALL 1-877-223-3311

CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS ESTATE OF LEE CHIN LIN LEE KUNG CHUNG, ALSO KNOWN AS KUNG CHUNG LEE, KUNG C. LEE, KUNG LEE, JOHN K.C. LEE and JOHN LEE WHO DIED ON JUNE 24, 2012 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by DECEMBER 7, 2012 with SIRRS LLP Barristers & Solicitors at Box 4546 5034 - 49th Ave. Ponoka, AB T4J 1S1 and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

SAVE $$$$ prepay your Classified ad. 1-877-2233311.

6010 FOR SALE BY TENDER

The Board of Trustees of Wolf Creek School Division No. 72 (WCSD) has for Sale by Tender one (1) CNC vertical milling machine and accessory tools (the machine).

The description of the machine is as follows: Model: Dura Vertical 5100 Serial Number: DV005HK1978 The Tender of an interested party MUST be made on the Mandatory Form of Offer to Purchase which can be obtained from WCSD’s Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Joseph J. Henderson.

Wolf Creek School Division No. 72 6000 Highway 2A Ponoka, AB T4J 1P6 Attention: Joseph J. Henderson, CGA Telephone: 1 - (403) – 783-3473 Sealed Tenders marked “CN Machine� accompanied by a 10% deposit by way of a certified cheque or bank draft payable to The Board of Trustees of Wolf creek School Division No. 72 will be accepted by the Secretary-Treasurer at the above address up to but not later than Thursday, November 15th, 2012 (2:30 P.M.). Tenders MUST actually be received by the said date and time not just sent.

The highest or any tender received may not be accepted by WCSD in its sole discretion. Sale of the machine is also subject to the Disposition of Property Regulation A.R. 181/2010 .

WCSD will not be responsible to any tendering party for any costs of any kind associated with the preparation of or submission of a tender. All tender documents become the sole property of WCSD. Viewing of the machine can be accommodated by contacting Mr. Henderson at 1-403-783-3473.

Any questions must be directed to the Secretary-Treasurer at the above noted address or phone number and only responses from the SecretaryTreasurer confirmed in writing will be binding on WCSD.

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