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Plans moving ahead for PAECS and its events

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye There is a rhythm and flow to the evolution of the ag event centre’s growth and society president Terry Jones wants people to know things are going well after recent issues. One of those issues involves Ponoka County pulling financial support after questions of equal representation were not dealt with.

Directors of the Ponoka Ag Event Centre Society (PAECS) have been working with new staff to ensure people who want to make bookings have someone they can speak with. “Beryl and Terry Jarrett are handling the bookings.”

“The board is really happy with the staff and what they’ve done to keep it clean,” he added.

Jones is pleased to see the new grandstand seating working out and has heard positive comments from attendees of the centre. “The seats are cool and they retract in and out.”

The differences PAECS has with its partners — Ponoka County and the Town of Ponoka — Jones is reluctant to discuss as he feels the focus should be on the positive aspects of the building. Since Ponoka Subway Fresh County pulled its financial support however, Try Our PAECS has not sought more money from the !

W E N county and has withdrawn a request for $50,000 from the town.

“The goal of PAECS is to operate the building on its own

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without funding from the partners,” he said.

All the members of the board, who comprise the two municipalities, the Ponoka Stampede Association and the Ponoka Agricultural Society, have a vested interest in seeing the ag event centre do well, he added. “I believe the groups can and will come together.”

They have a long-term goal to get a billboard sign up but the cost ranges from $60,000 to $100,000 and the group is working to pay back some of its debt before moving forward with a billboard.

A new budget has passed and Jones feels confident PAECS will have a surplus for next year. He was reluctant to discuss board governance except to say they are working on how that would work.

Certain bylaws need to be changed for that to happen.

He also addressed the issues they have been having with the air exchange system. A second set of air filters help staff manage clean air intake and Jones believes a few more fans in the building will ensure proper air flow.

As staff are already in place Jones does not see a need to replace general manager Chas Lambert who was fired. The board will consider hiring a manager in the fall, he added.

The building is almost completely booked with only two dates available in July and one in September and despite mainly horse shows at the centre, “I’m just open to anybody” Jones said.

Already groups such as the 4-H and the Broncs Rodeo Academy are using the building daily.

Right now there is an opening on the board as Don Letwinetz left recently as the community member at large; there is a committee looking into having a member at large on the board right now, said Jones.

Come join us for the annual

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Members of the Ponoka Ag Event Society receive a $50,000 CFEP grant from Alberta Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk April 8. Pictured are Cec Dykstra, Greg Bowie, George Verheire, Dale Olsen, vice-president Sherry Gummow, president Terry Jones and Doug Gill.

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PAECS receives CFEP grant Submitted

Alberta Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk visited the Calnash Trucking Ag Event Centre April 8 and presented Terry Jones, president of the Ponoka Agricultural Event Centre Society (PAECS), with a $50,000 grant from the Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP).

“The Ponoka Agricultural Event Centre Society is a wonderful example of how good things happen when organizations work together to achieve common goals,” said Klimchuk. “The partnership between the Ponoka Agricultural Society, Ponoka Stampede Association, the Town of Ponoka and the County of Ponoka in developing the Calnash Ag Event Centre is connecting the community while creating new

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“As government, we are proud to help support the society with a Community Facility Enhancement Program grant of $50,000 for upgrades to the centre as together we continue to build Alberta.”

Jones was pleased to receive the CFEP funding. “With the recent completion of our permanent seating, we are seeing more people attending the functions that are coming to the ag centre.

“We will be adding to the number of stalls in the Ponoka County Heritage Stable and enhancing our cattle handling facilities with the funds received.

“The board of directors and staff at the ag centre are working together to create a pleasant experience for all exhibitors and attendees.”

CALUMET SYNERGY ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD Val Jones: I am going into my 12th year with Ponoka Outreach School, 7th year as secretary, and 18th year with Wolf Creek. WOW! It’s hard to believe that time has gone by that quickly.

Many things have changed over the years, and yet, all is the same. Every day I enjoy coming into work to see what my next challenge will be.

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Thursday, April 11: Social 30 Diploma Part B Night School - Mrs. Cooke, Mr. Halbert and Mr. MacEachern Monday, April 12: Biology 30 Diploma Outreach PD Day, no school for students Monday, April 15: School closes at 3:00 pm Tuesday, April 16: Night School - Mrs. K & Mr. MacEachern

Calumet Synergy Association (“CSA”) would like to make the CSA Scholarship Excellence Award available to all present and former high school graduates planning to take post-secondary studies.

The CSA would like to recognize those students and emphasize the importance of supporting their contributions to the CSA area.

Greater CSA Area roughly extends from Highway 2 east to Highway 56 and from Highway 611 south to the Red Deer River.

Should you have any questions or wish to apply for this Scholarship Award, the CSA contact is – Leanne Walton at 403-784-3437 to obtain the eligibility letter and application form. Deadline for the Application Form and Essay to the CSA contact is May 20, 2013.

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Teachers’ framework agreement ratified by school board

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye The Alberta government’s teacher framework agreement has been ratified by Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) board of trustees.

Teachers and WCPS can look forward to a four-year agreement from 2012-13 to 2015-16 with no salary increase for the first three years. The fourth year sees a two-per-cent increase plus a one-per-cent lump sum payment on Nov. 15, 2015.

Trustees came to the agreement after a meeting April 3 with Gene Williams, executive director of strategic financial services for Alberta Education, and Doug Coffin, director of zone 4 services.

Chairperson Trudy Bratland was pleased to have Williams clarify the agreement. “He allayed any concerns or misapprehensions that we had.”

For secretary-treasurer Joe Henderson, the deal helps administration plan for the future. “Getting a zero, zero, zero and a two, that’s pretty substantial monetary implications for a school board.”

Salaries and benefits amount to $45 million that WCPS pays its teachers.

Henderson believes school boards and teachers have had to make compromises to ensure this deal can work.

However a long-term agreement brings stability to school boards and can take away from negotiations becoming political.

Superintendent Larry Jacobs believes an agreement

over a longer period brings the focus back to the students.

“So as soon as we get into that long-term contract arrangement we can focus on the really important things and not be sort of sidetracked.”

A negotiation process can take time away from administering students’ and schools’ needs.

Williams sat at the table with the Alberta Teachers’ Association and was able to convey some of the intent behind clauses in the framework agreement. He took extra time to explain two different clauses; the implementation of an exceptions committee and time limitations of 907 hours for teachers’ instruction time.

Williams expained that the exceptions committee was a decision made at the negotiations table, which pleased the ATA. “This is negotiations, it’s a give and take. ATA took a lot of comfort with the idea that this exceptions committee would have the ability to at least recommend something to a superintendent.”

Ponoka trustee Lori Jess feels the committee is adding more bureaucracy to the process. She used the example of professional development days to make her point. “What happens if a few teachers get together and say, ‘We don’t want to do that PD day…Let’s go to the review committee.’”

This would take extra time from students and administration.

The first step would be for the teachers to deal with their principals and then the superintendent; this excep-

School board sets student allocation

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Money was budgeted for teachers’ salaries but if Schools in Ponoka can work out their budgets now the new agreement with school boards and the provthat Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) has set the stu- ince (see other school board story page XX) works out, WCPS may have extra funds to help schools with their dent allocation.

Grades 1 to 12 have been set at $4,912 with early budgets.

The board of trustees also agreed to take $20 off of childhood development or kindergarten approved at the student allocation to help pay for updating technol$2,470 per student.

In budget discussions April 3, superintendent Larry ogy in the schools.

Jacobs was asked about funds needed for a school re- Pembina Hills distance learning source officer (SRO). Most schools have factored in the Trustees received a letter from Pembina Hills Recost for an officer in their budgets but Ponoka is slightly gional Division about changes to the 2013 Alberta different. budget. Schools who have students taking a distance Usually there is a cost-sharing arrangement for the learning course will only receive 44 per cent of their officer; in this case WCPS is looking to share the cost student allocation, while a distance learning division with Ponoka County and the Town of Ponoka. gets the difference.

“That person would be wholly assigned to work Pembina Hills would like to discuss these changes with schools in a more proactive sense,” Jacobs said in and their offerings to WCPS. Eckville trustee Karin Enan interview.

He feels an officer can help raise drug prevention gen feels Pembina should present to the entire zone. “I awareness, positive citizenship and “all the kinds of think all eight school boards in central Alberta could use things that come up for young people.” He sees the SRO it.”

The board of trustees agreed to invite Pembina Hills with an office at the high school but would move around to meet with zone 4 school boards and superintendent throughout the schools to address students’ needs.

“We’ve got commitments from obviously the Jacobs to meet with them. school division. We have commitments from the County of Ponoka. We do not have a commitment from the Town of Ponoka at this point,” explained Jacobs.

He has been in discussion with Mayor The Jeffery family thanks the Larry Henkelman and community of Ponoka for the CAO Brad Watson recently in planning for an SRO tremendous display of support and and how that would work for the town. warm wishes shown us at the recent “What we’re wait4H pancake supper. ing for is the citizens and town council and the senior administration in The generosity at the silent auction was overwhelming.

Ponoka to consider this Thank you to the 4H leaders, the clubs of Ponoka County and carefully and come on Lacombe, the businesses that provided the building, the catering board to assist us,” said Jacobs. and the food. Thank you also to the businesses that got behind The commitment to the 4H clubs and donated the many items for the silent auction the town is approximateand then the community that gave in support of Emily Jeffery. ly $30,000 per year, he added.

Possible changes after May 15 framework agreement deadline

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tions committee would be a last resort. completely. This would force the boards “But at the end of the day the board or su- to deal with teachers’ contracts locally or perintendents office can say, ‘Thank you there could be a ministerial order forcing but were not changing our practice.”

The superintendent would have the school boards to make a decision.

“They’re really reluctant to doing chance to dictate what is reviewed.

For teachers requiring 907 instruc- anything solid with that at this point,” tional hours, chairperson Bratland feels added Henderson.

WCPS will manage the requirement “I’m fairly confident that one way or but she sees some challenges for rural another this will move along,” stated Bratschools, which are already stretched thin.

Boards are able to negotiate with land. teachers who have more hours to bring She looks forward to the board of down their hours over the next years. trustees’ plans for students.

“We haven’t really discussed the nitty-gritty of that,” Bratland said.

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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. • churchoftheopenbible@telus.net

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.

NEW COVENANT BAPTIST REFORMED CHURCH Currently meeting at Ponoka Christian School 6300-50 St. Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Everyone Welcome! www.baptistreformedponoka.org

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

Rev. Mitch Ramkissoon www.parklandurc.org

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

The Christian & Missionary Alliance

PONOKA WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Pastor Rob McArthur

403-783-5659

Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

Corner of Hwy 53 & Hwy 2A (former Crossroads Restaurant)

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Churches pray for community leaders

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

After 11 years the Mayor’s Community Prayer Breakfast continues as a tradition of prayer and fellowship.

Representatives and churches came to pray April 6 at the Kinsmen Community Centre, for leader Mayor Larry Henkelman’s, Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins, who was in attendance, and Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox. Calkins thanked everyone for coming and was grateful for their support.

“I’ll need your prayers and your support and your guidance.”

Mayor Henkelman feels these prayer breakfasts would not be possible without the work of the Ponoka Ministerial Association. “Ponoka is a better place to live because of the ministerial association.”

He also introduced guest speaker Pastor Brian Thomson and a program called Home of Hope. “They’re looking after almost the population of Ponoka.”

Home of Hope Attendees had the chance to hear how Thomson’s group, which helps impoverished women and children in Third World countries, has made changes around the globe.

These Homes of Hope in Rwanda, India, Kenya and the Congo are orphanages for children. They are helping 4,000 children with a goal of 10,000.

“Rwanda is the number 1 place in the world of children raising children.”

Many of them do not have a home, were born with AIDS or have parents who died from AIDS and have many needs.

“One of the first things you give the kids is toothbrushes,” said Thomson.

Kids usually suck on sugar cane, which makes their teeth rot. When he travelled to Kenya, Thomson found one of the biggest issues people faced was unwanted babies in poor neighbourhoods; rape or incest was causing mothers to throw their babies into a 30-acre garbage dump. To tackle that matter the group has hired a person to find those babies and they have signs posted at the dump entrance. Those signs ask mothers to contact the Home of Hope who will take the unwanted babies.

“It’s pretty much impossible to adopt a child from Nairobi,” explained Thomson.

One of the ways his group is dealing with this is to have people sponsor a child at their Home of Hope missions.

“You can go and change someone’s life in a matter of minutes.”

He referenced U2 singer Bono who said: “A child should not suffer because they were born in this world.”

Children are also being given a pig as a long-term sustainable initiative. A pig provides value to a person who can breed them. More pigs helps a person become self-sustainable.

Another part of these programs is to provide women with micro-loans to help then find a place to live and a chance to buy some clothing. This sets them on an upward path and there is a more than 90 per cent repayment rate among women, compared to 40 per cent from men. “In one project alone we helped 81 women.”

Thomson is training 15 people in Red Deer for his 17th trip since these projects started.

PONOKA UNITED CHURCH Minister: Beatrix Schirner

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Sunday Service 10:00 am.

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Phone: 403-783-4087

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

Pastor Brian Thomson spoke about his Home of Hope programs at the 11th Mayor’s Community Prayer Breakfast April 6.

Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

McArthur honoured Pastor Rob McArthur was rather surprised to receive a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

MP Calkins presented the medal and said McArthur has earned the trust and respect of everyone in this community. “He’s a good friend to everybody.”

McArthur was quite speechless. “Thank you…

I’m beyond humbled and very grateful.”

He feels there are others in Ponoka who are also deserving of the medal, especially among spiritual leaders.

“These are the men and women that lay down their lives for our community,’ stated McArthur.

MLA Rod Fox was unable to attend but sent a letter stating his greetings and gratitude.

SONRISE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Pastor W. Delleman Worship Service 10:30 a.m. ½ mile south of Centennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain Injury

403-783-6012 • www.sonriseponoka.com

ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. Chris Gnanaprakasam, S.A.C. Mass Times: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 9:00 a.m. Sunday

5113 - 52 Ave., Ponoka, T4J 1H6 403-783-4048

ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH Rev. Alexandra Meek-Sharman (on leave) Ven. Michael Sung, Priest in Charge Voc. Deacon - Rev. Doreen Scott

5120 - 49 Ave. Ponoka

PONOKA RISING SUN CLUBHOUSE

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TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 5501 - 54 Ave. Ponoka 403-783-4141 Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School: 10:30am Interim Pastor Tim Graff • trinityponoka.ca

ZION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Fred Knip 9 miles east on Hwy 53 (403) 782-9877 Jr. Church during service for children Sunday Service 10:30 am

Community Blue Box Program For $12.00 per month We will pick up your paper, clean tins, glass, No. 1-5 plastic and cardboard.

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Cindy Gabert and Bev Koelwyn sing to attendees of the prayer breakfast.

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Reflections of Ponoka

Amazing tales from the wild, wild west of Ponoka

By Mike Rainone for the News There is no doubt our early pioneers worked hard and faced many challenges as they strived to make their mark on the prairies, but along the way they always tried to have a little fun, while also leaving a proud and exciting legacy of successes and milestones we will always enjoy and appreciate.

The pristine Blindman River Valley has always been known as one of the prettiest and most natural areas of the rolling countryside in west-central Alberta, and was the scene of some of the most active and early settlements of this region, beginning in the late 1800s.

The Blindman River and its many tributaries has been wandering through this area for many centuries, with humble beginnings in the northwest near Winfield, slowly meandering its way to the southeast before eventually joining the Red Deer River near Blackfalds. Early settlements that took advantage of these waterways over many decades included Montgreenan, Riverview, Bluffton, Medicine Lake, Hoadley, Iola, Lavesta, Western Sunset, Blindman River and Willisden Green which soon became flourishing farming areas and communities. With the publication of the delightful Tributaries of the Blindman History Book in 1973, pioneer families were able to share their colorful adventures and milestones and we take pleasure in passing some of them on to you.

The Blindman River Bachelors It was written that in the early and active settlement of this rugged west countryside many bachelors arrived seeking work on the farms, and a fine young lady and settle down with to raise a family. This delightful 1945 poem was written by a pair of school gals as a tribute, all in fun, to some of those eligible, colorful and rambunctious young gentleman.

In this land of bachelors we thought what fun it would be, To name them as they came to mind, with each his oddity!

We hope that no feelings will be hurt, as we mean it just in jest.

Remember that there are others too, if your verse is not the best.

Dan Matthew of himself is proud, and really cuts a dash in any crowd.

Alvin Steeves is much the same, and casts longing looks at pretty dames.

Rueben Odenbach thinks that cute girls are dovey, and thus sold his farm to the fair Miss Lovey.

Horace Besse has a little log house, would he be scared of a little mouse?

He’s single, he’s handsome, he’s pleasing, he’s good, and I’ve heard the ladies say all that of Harry Mahood.

Ed Peterson has many cats, they flip through the air like monstrous bats.

Jim Peterson’s a neighbour true, his work would earn enough for two.

Harry Johnson’s a west woods man, but goes to town whenever he can.

Earl Wager bought a cab in fashion, to drive to town to buy his ration.

Andy McKenzie is not bad for looks, but he can’t even read out of little kid’s books.

Martin Blondin’s good at trapping, but he can’t figure

Photos courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

Many of us over the years have learned never to take our lazy old Battle River for granted. These 1948 photos feature one of the worst spring floods ever to hit Ponoka, which completely flooded the lower portion of Riverside and many surrounding areas of the community, including the Highway 2A Bridge and portions of the CPR tracks. The inset shows Despiegelaire’s taxi stuck in the water, while in the other picture the old reliable horse and cart spent several days transporting members of the PMH staff back and forth from the railways crossing to the busy hospital road. out why his dogs keep yapping.

Hank Wagar would ask us to dance of course, but he let us all know that his love is his horse!

Ace Bond keeps a flock of sheep, and plans on buying himself a jeep.

Dick White sent money to buy us candy, and we all think that Dick is a dandy.

George Beattie is a kind old man, he helps his neighbours all he can.

August Belter lives just west of the school, he’s busy gathering his winter fuel.

Freddie Shutz is not so very slow when the time came around for him to grow.

Allan Shutz came home on leave, with silver wings and three stripes on his sleeve.

Alder Solberg went to a dance, next day he lit in a ditch by chance.

Elton Aldrich is deemed good looking, but I warn you, never try his cooking!

A toast to active Levi Bessee, who is a cheerful 82, no less.

Our youngest bachelor is Darleigh Long, he serenades us with sweet love songs.

Dan can sure entertain them can’t he? Have you heard of their session of Penny-Ante?

Now in closing these gay mental labors, let us say we’re all proud of our bachelor neighbours!

A rabbit bonanza During the winters of 1926 and 1927 the rabbit population in the Blindman Valley had reached a peak and the bush was practically alive with them. The men of the district usually went out to shoot them while the woman helped at home with the skinning, stretching, drying and packing of the critters. Buyers would come around right to the individual homes to buy the rabbit pelts, paying from five to 14 cents apiece, while many of the carcasses were used as feed for the chickens and pigs.

Some individuals would shoot up to 100 rabbits a day, skinning them with a knife while they were still warm. In the winter of 1927 one chap is said to have shot 4,400 rabbits, realizing the first sign of prosperity he has ever known, but this “bunny bonanza” soon came to end in the spring, as they became scarce, and would not revitalitize their numbers until 1935.

The wild blizzard of 1951 One of the worst and wildest blizzards in the history of the west hit Alberta on March 16,

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1951 after the Edmonton Weather Office had issued warnings on March 15 to be prepared for the worst blizzard of the century, with spring only one week away.

During the night the temperature dropped well below zero, winds reached more than 80 mph, whipping heavy snow throughout the district; by the next morning all roads in Alberta and Saskatchewan were blocked and all forms of transportation were grounded. Miraculously, the telephone lines remained only a few inches above the hard packed 10-foot-plus drifts and the municipal Caterpillar tractor had to finally give up trying to clear the roads. A few days later it took an oil company 14 hours to clear a quarter-mile stretch of road from Bluffton to the main highway.

Although many folks and vehicles were stranded for a few days, the horses and riders were able to get over the big drifts to tend to emergencies and no accidents or casualties were reported after this terrible snowstorm. The weather improved, the mail got through in a couple of weeks, spring thaw came quickly and spirits soared as a new season of hard work and spring socializing would soon begin in earnest.

Photo courtesy of Tributaries of the Blindman History Book

A hard working harvest crew in the Blindman River Valley area poises for the photographer in this early 20th century scene. Many of these young men who arrived in the district became known as the “Blindman River Bachelors,” who came seeking employment, while hoping to secure their early fortune, and possibly even meet a nice young lady with whom they could eventually settle down and raise a family in this always friendly neighbourhood.

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Opinion Is U.S. headed to war in Korea?

The U.S.-South Korean military exercises will continue until the end of this month and the North Korean threats to do something terrible if they do not stop grow more hysterical by the day.

The Great Successor, Kim Jong-un, was shown signing a decree that ordered North Korea’s longrange missile forces to be ready to launch against the United States, while senior military officers looked on approvingly.

On the wall behind Kim was a map, helpfully labelled “U.S. Mainland Strike Plan,” that showed the missile trajectories from North Korea to Hawaii, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and Austin, Texas. (Why Austin? Doesn’t he like indie rock?) It was a scene straight out of the villain’s lair in an early James Bond movie, except they’d forgotten to set it in a cave.

These threats are so palpably empty that the instinct of both the Pentagon and the U.S. State Department is just to ignore them. North Korea has no operational missile that can reach even western Alaska, no miniaturized nuclear warhead to put on such a missile, and no long-range targeting capability. But the politics of the situation demands the U.S. government respond seriously to every threat, however foolish.

So recently the U.S. government sent two B-2 bombers all the way from Missouri non-stop to drop bombs on some uninhabited islands near North Korea, just to remind Pyongyang that it can.

It’s all still just a charade so far, and the United

Gwynne Dyer Guest Columnist

States would not even play this game if the logic of both international and domestic politics did not oblige it to respond. But it is playing nevertheless and the risk of miscalculation is quite serious.

The North Korean military doubtless understands that they must not get into a nuclear war with the United States, but they may believe that its dozen or so nuclear weapons make it safe for them to use conventional force without facing American nuclear retaliation. And they do have rather a lot of conventional military force at their disposal.

Kim Jong-un’s threats are being exposed as bluffs almost daily, and he may ultimately feel obliged to DO something to restore his credibility. It would probably be just a limited local attack somewhere but in the current psychological atmosphere that could escalate rapidly to full-scale conventional war.

It would be a major war, for although North Korea’s weapons are mostly last-generation, that is not such a big handicap in ground warfare as it is in the air or at sea. North Korean troops are well-trained and there are more than a million of them.

The North Koreans would attack south in a threepronged thrust, accompanied by Special Forces operations deep in South Korean territory — just as

they did in 1950. The geography gives them few alternatives. U.S.-South Korean strategy would also echo 1950-51: contain the North Korean attack as close to the border as possible, and then counter-attack up the west coast on an axis heading north through Kaesong to Pyongyang.

Even if the North Korean air force were effectively destroyed in the first couple of days, as it probably would

be, this would be a highly mobile, hardfought land war in densely populated territory involving high casualties and massive destruction. The world has not seen such a war for more than 50 years now.

We really don’t need to see it again.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Why Alberta will really miss Premier Ralph Klein Troy Media There has been a nationwide outpouring of tributes to the late Ralph Klein, the popular and populist premier who died March 29 at the age of 70 from complications related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

One of the most striking comments came from Paul McLoughlin, a journalist based in Edmonton, as he was trying to explain the roots of Klein’s popularity, which endured even as the premier resorted to extreme measures to curb the province’s spending and pay down the provincial debt. It seemed that for every enemy Klein made with teachers, health care workers or others caught in his cuts, he made four friends from the rest of the province.

It’s all the more remarkable people who share very little of Klein’s political philosophy — people like Green Party leader Elizabeth May, for example — could only find kind words to say of the man after his death. If Klein were looking down from above to witness this current spectacle, one could imagine him having a little smile at the fact he has become untouchable.

The striking thing that McLoughlin observed — and quite correctly, I believe — is not the clichés we hear over and over again: that he did what he said he would do or that he ran to the front of parade (in his Klein’s own words). The striking thing is Klein understood and spoke to Albertan exceptionalism — the desire to be something more and different from the

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rest of the country.

When we talk about exceptionalism in this country, we often think of that other province that frequently finds itself standing alone from the others, on culture, the constitution and many other factors: Quebec. Alberta, it seems, is not so different from that eastern province in that their people also feel they are different — yes, even better — than the rest of the country. It’s no coincidence the only other province besides Quebec to seriously raise the issue of separation is Alberta. There is a part of us that feels we could do better on our own.

What makes Alberta the exception?

• Its people are fiscally conservative. For the first half of its history, Alberta was a poor province. Hardscrabble citizens learned how to manage their money carefully, — and never forgot. Although some might say Alberta has lost its edge from the deepest days of its fiscal conservatism, the desire to avoid debt, even if it means personal sacrifice, is still a powerful pull.

• Albertans are deeply distrustful of federal power, especially in the hands of politicians whose power base is rooted in central Canada. The National Energy Program, Pierre Trudeau’s western political Waterloo, has become a metaphor for a cohort of politicians who don’t know Albertans, and don’t appear to really

care for their welfare.

• It is a province of mavericks, even if it’s the cornpone variety. As the brilliant social observer Aritha van Herk so carefully traced in her polemical study, Mavericks: an Incorrigible History of Alberta, Alberta’s powerful alienation from central Canada is rooted in the very physical makeup of this province, and continues today.

• Albertans don’t believe in “gifts” from the state, favouring the contributions of families and friends over publicly financed welfare.

Klein understood all these things, right back to the days in the 1980s when he was mayor of Calgary, at a time when an underdog western upstart of a cowtown had the chutzpah to think it could host the world at the winter Olympic Games. His follow-up act was even more spectacular; as premier, he showed every other jurisdiction in the country that runaway budgets can be brought to heal. His imitators include Ontario’s Premier Mike Harris and even federal Liberal finance minister Paul Martin.

Exceptionalism is not an entirely admirable trait, of course. Is this province really better than the rest of

Confederation — or just more cocky?

Is there not a sense of hubris at play?

One wonders whether the swagger will outlive the resources that have fueled its economic prosperity.

And yet, the sense this province can do things better drives its people to reach further and try harder. It is part of the reason there is a palpable sense of disappointment that the well-meaning current premier, Alison Redford, cannot manage the province without incurring new levels of debt that threaten to undermine the Klein legacy.

The spirit of Klein lives on, long after frontemporal dementia cruelly stole his devilish wit. Ralph Klein made Albertans feel not only that they deserve a seat on the Confederation bus, but also that it is front and centre. Preston Manning said, “The West wants in.” He might have said, “The West wants to take the wheel.” It is for that reason that Albertans will cherish Klein’s memory fondly, and the rest of Canada will begrudgingly have to admit he was one of the most interesting leaders the country has ever seen.

Doug Firby is Editor-in-Chief and National Affairs columnist for Troy Media.

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To tax or not to tax Dear Editor: The Ponoka town council has a decision to make. The tax notices must be sent out in the near future. For the last four years we have complained that the Town of Ponoka has inflated the cost of the 38th Street local improvement.

Through our FOIP requests, the town has now revealed they did grossly overcharge the citizens on 38th Street paying for this tax. They even admitted, in writing, in the FOIP portfolio officer’s report, they made errors that resulted in some of the overcharges.

The question now is, with this year’s tax notice, will the town knowingly and deliberately continue to overtax these citizens even after admitting they made some errors or will they now tell the truth, apologize and correct this wrongful tax? This excessive tax has been a burden on some 38th Street residents, especially some seniors on a fixed income.

We discovered these wrongful charges June 13, 2012 when the town provided us with their FOIP response. Obviously the town officials knew about these errors long before

then. This explains all the blacked out documents they gave us, claiming they were trade secrets. Since June 23, 2012, on behalf of some of these residents, I have submitted three written requests for a refund and four written requests to address council as a delegation. All have been ignored or rejected. I have submitted a written summary to council of the wrongful overcharges amounting to approximately $200,000. It appears the town wants to ignore this also.

But now they must send out the 2013 tax notices. So will council correct, even the errors they have admitted to or will they continue to callously overtax some of their own citizens and do so on behalf of the people of Ponoka, whom they represent?

On Wednesday, May 1 we will have a meeting at the Ponoka County Office at 7 p.m. to give an opportunity to anyone interested, to look at the documentation on which we base our allegations and concerns. We will answer any questions or provide information as best we can.

Anyone is welcome to attend.

Nick Kohlman

A lesson from Ralph Klein Troy Media The fact Alberta has had just three Premiers during my 35-year oil and gas industry career is a remarkable testimony to the stability of Alberta politics.

Unfortunately, there was little stable about the province’s revenues during much of that period. When Peter Lougheed became premier in 1971, the world price for oil was just $3.60 (all prices in US$) per barrel. The oil price rose slowly until the end of the decade, when it suddenly rocketed to $37 due to a combination of Middle Eastern tension and OPEC activism.

Spirits were high as investors returned to the sector.

Then, as fast as that optimism had risen, it was snatched away. Oct. 28, 1980 is a date burned into my memory. That’s the day the Trudeau government introduced the National Energy Program (NEP); the most interventionist, confiscatory legislation in Canadian history. Investors fled and the industry entered four years of NEP purgatory that ended with the signing of the Western Accord between the Mulroney and Lougheed governments on June 1, 1985.

Months later, just as Lougheed handed the reins to successor Don Getty, oil prices began a precipitous collapse.

Don Getty was dealt a tough hand.

Natural resource revenues plummeted from $4.3 billion to $1.6 billion in the first year of his tenure, leading to large deficits, exacerbated by his government’s failed attempt to diversify the economy by establishing crown corporations to invest in the hi-tech sector.

In the case of one of these money-losing crown corporations, I sat on a volunteer board charged with

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stabilizing and selling the company.

Ironically, the buyer was Nortel. By 1992, Getty’s last year in office, oil prices had moved up to $20 per barrel but they were poised to drop continuously during the first six years of his successor’s term, reaching $12 in 1998.

That was the financial legacy Klein inherited when he moved into the premier’s office.

As a Calgarian, I had come to know Ralph during his years as the city’s immensely popular mayor. But running the province, particularly one so far in the red, was quite a different prospect. And while the Getty government eschewed spending cuts in the hope oil prices would come to the rescue, most Albertans had come to see that as a false hope.

Those of us running oil and gas companies knew we would just have to hunker down, cut costs and focus on survival. Would the folksy, populist Ralph Klein follow through on his campaign rhetoric and do the same?

The answer came when Calgary’s University Hospital Board, of which I was vice-chair, was served notice funding would drop by a massive 20 per cent. This was in line with cuts to other public sector spending but we never believed that health care spending would, or could, be cut that much.

It was in the implementation of that new reality that I learned much about Klein’s leadership philosophy.

Continued on page 8

Town Times

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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Request for Proposal – Ponoka Mini Golf The Town of Ponoka invites written proposals for the lease and operation of the Ponoka MiniGolf Facility. Proposal Information packages are available to at the Ponoka Town Office. For more information contact Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services. Proposals must be submitted in writing to the undersigned no later than 2:00 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013. Faxed or electronic mail submissions will be accepted. Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services, Town of Ponoka; 5102 - 48 Ave., Ponoka AB T4J 1P7; Fax: 403-783-6745; Email: wes.amendt@ponoka.org

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SUMMER STUDENT LABORERS Parks and Public Works Departments. Visit www.ponoka.ca for more information on this position.

Submit your resume to: Town of Ponoka; 5102-48 Avenue; Ponoka, AB. T4J 1P7 or email to HR@ ponoka.org.

PONOKA JUBILEE LIBRARY Summer Reading Program Coordinator & Library Page - Visit ponokalibrary.prl.ab.ca and go to “Job Opportunities” under the heading “About Us” for more information on these positions. Submit your resume to: Ponoka Jubilee Library 5110 48 Avenue, Ponoka, AB. T4J 1R6 or email it to dtremblay@prl. ab.ca with the position title in the subject line.

Friends of the Library The Ponoka Jubilee Library is looking for more Friends. The Friends of the Library group help with special events and meet a few times a year. If you are interested, contact Ponoka Jubilee Library for more details, 403-783-3843.

Summer Waste Transfer Station Hours Tuesday through Saturday – 10 am to 6 pm Excluding Statutory Holidays.

There is a minimum tipping fee of $7.50 per visit. There is no charge for compostable materials (grass clippings, garden waste, leaves, branches) or tires.

Call 783-8328 for more information.

Report a Pot Hole / Sidewalk Repair Have you noticed a pot hole on your street or back lane or have a sidewalk that is need of repair? Please visit our website: www.ponoka.ca and fill out the Community Feedback Form, or call the Town Office at 403-783-4431 with the location, so we can add it to the repair list. Thank you for your assistance.

EVENTS AND RECREATION Ponoka Jubilee Library Crafters Club Do you knit? Crochet? Scrapbook? Paint? If you are a CRAFTER of any type, Ponoka Jubilee Library invites you to join our CRAFTERS CLUB! Running TONIGHT from 6:30-8:00 pm, and every first Wednesday evening of the month, the Library will provide an open space, as well as coffee and tea, for any crafters who want to work on their arts, visit with fellow crafters and maybe even learn some new things. Come on down to the Library at 5110-48 Avenue. We look forward to seeing everyone!

Ponoka Food Bank Drive Woodlands Pathfinder Club is holding a food bank drive on Saturday, April 20, 2013. We will pick up food between 2-4pm. Residents should place their donation of non-perishable food items in a plastic bag and leaving them on the front porch for pick up. If a donation is missed, please take it directly to the food bank.

AQUAPLEX UPDATES: Town Toonie Swim Friday’s 3:30-5:00 pm. It’s a great way to end your week!!

COUNCIL UPDATES & BYLAW INFO Reminder…

Spring is finally here, and the Town is reminding those who operate seasonal businesses i.e. grass cutting, landscaping etc. that a business license is required to operate within Town limits.

Trailer Parking On Streets Trailers (holiday or otherwise) may not be parked on the road unless it is attached to a motor vehicle by which it is carried, drawn or propelled. When attached to a motor vehicle, a trailer is deemed part of the motor vehicle. The penalty for failing to comply with the Bylaw is a $60 fine. In addition, no person shall park a vehicle or holiday trailer on a highway for any continuous period in excess of 72 hours or it is deemed ‘abandoned’. Abandoned vehicles are subject to a tow and a $230 fine.

Next Town Council Meetings

April 23 @ 7:00 pm Visit our website - www.ponoka.ca for copy of the agenda.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Nature is the most thrifty thing in the world; she never wastes anything, she undergoes change, but there’s no annihilation, the essence remains – matter is eternal.

~ Horace Binney

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Ralph Klein had a lot to be proud of Troy Media

Gwyn Morgan

With Ralph Klein’s death, many have tried to find a constant theme in his political life. The late premier was, to be sure, a populist. What else explains his reputation as a big spender when mayor of Calgary and then his switch to a prudent premier?

The explanation is not complicated: once the bills come due, even a populist politician will change course when the public sours on policy gimmicks, when they demand a government focus on the basics. That includes not bankrupting public finances or assuming taxpayers can be increasingly gouged to pay for political vote buying.

In late 1992 when Klein assumed the Alberta premier’s chair, he faced a province that hadn’t balanced its books since the budget year that ended in March 1985 and interest rates that, since the mid-1980s, ranged from a high of 14 per cent to a “low” of just over five per cent.

In other words, looking forward, more government borrowing was reasonably thought to be fiscal suicide.

In 1993, Klein’s first full year as premier, interest on the provincial debt hit $1.4 billion. To put that in context,

Guest Columnist let’s contrast debt interest with program spending. That year, $1.4 billion in debt interest was equivalent to 33 per cent of Alberta’s health care expenses or 75 per cent of the cost of social services.

That reality is why Klein’s government cut spending as its first priority; interest payments increasingly prevented other options, be it on programs beyond just the immediate years, or on the opportunity for tax relief.

The last Klein-era deficit was in fiscal 1994, the reduction in debt started in 1995, and the resulting decline in interest payments (beginning in 1996) allowed Klein, Finance Minister Jim Dinning and their colleagues, to create what the government tagged as the “Alberta Advantage.” It included a reduction in business and personal taxes and a move away from punishing multi-bracket personal tax rates to a single tax rate on Albertans.

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Advantage. In 1993, government liquor stores were privatized; in 1994, every single vehicle license registry was turned over to the private sector; in 1996, the past practice of government loan guarantees to corporations, which cost taxpayers $2.2 billion by the early 1990s, was mostly stopped.

In 2006, when Klein retired, Alberta’s books were in tremendous shape. In 1993/94, Klein’s first budget year, Alberta’s net financial debt stood at $8.3 billion. By the time of his last budget in 2006/07, Alberta possessed net financial assets of $36 billion, a $44.3-billion turnaround in Alberta’s finances in 14 years.

At the end of the Klein era, Albertans were thriving, to the consternation of his critics who believed that when the government withdrew from borrowing, from public spending (the presumed remedy to every private problem) and from corporate welfare, Alberta’s economy would crater.

But it didn’t. In the 1990s, in the years immediately following the budget cuts, Alberta’s economic growth was stronger than the Canadian average in every year but one and the unemployment rate had dropped from a high of 9.5 per cent in 1992, the year Klein became premier, to 3.4 per cent by the time he left office in 2006.

No person or politician is perfect. The late premier never took on the vested interests that have a quasimonopoly grip on health care delivery. In education, the province did allow for experiments in charter schools but enacted few substantial reforms beyond that. That left a problem for future governments, given how those two sectors represent two-thirds of provincial program spending.

Some argue Klein and his colleagues were lucky, that oil and gas allows any politician to look good. Not so. Plenty of politicians in other resource-rich economies from Russia to Argentina and from California to Quebec can and do torpedo prosperity. They do so with ill-advised policies, ones that hinder people from getting a job and which prevent families from building a prosperous life.

In Alberta, Klein was a memorable premier because he had the humility to recognize government cannot do everything. Governments can and should set the basic “rules of the game,” enact sensible and not punishing regulations and tax rates, and then allow everyone to prosper.

So what was Klein’s legacy? No debt, moderate taxes, neutrality in the marketplace and thus policies that benefit families most of all. That is why so many of them moved to Alberta, found work, and prospered.

Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow with the Fraser Institute and Director of Alberta Policy Studies.

Klein lessons

Continued from page 7 Rather than a bureaucratic, top-down approach to the cuts, he charged hospital boards and administrators with the responsibility of determining how best to deliver health care for less.

In Calgary’s case, we had to face the reality two aged and inefficient hospitals were much more costly to operate than existing newer, under-use facilities. There was a great outcry against closing the 40-year-old General Hospital but Klein held his ground and supported our decision.

The day the General came down, in one of the largest implosion demolitions Were you born around the 50’s? in Canadian history, signalled our new premier’s determination to bring his Have you considered re entering the province back from the fiworkforce or a change in jobs? nancial brink.

Klein’s approach to the province’s most im Could you brush up on your technology portant industry reflected skills? the same treat-all-equally approach. Formerly, each oil sands project had its Would you be interested in a own uniquely negotiated complimentary new look for your royalty terms. Provincial officials consulted with new job? the industry and implemented generic terms, over the objections of Have questions? Want more information? some producers. Klein also simplified the conventional oil and gas royalty regimes and tied royalty rates to productivity, thus unleashing the recovery of formerly uneconomic reserves. His government assiduously avoided special deals.

Ralph Klein’s philosophy was basically that government sets the rules AT THE PONOKA & DISTRICT and industry plays the EMPLOYMENT SERVICES CENTRE game, which provided a vital component of stability in an industry subject Government funding may be available. to risks that include commodity prices, market access and cost escalation.

These are lessons his successors would be wise to heed.

Gwyn Morgan is a Canadian business leader and director of two global corporations.

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Leaders of Tomorrow nominees

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Volunteer youths in Ponoka are going to be recognized for their efforts this month.

The Leaders of Tomorrow awards, sponsored by Encana will be presented on April 21 at Ponoka Elementary School, explained chairperson Leanne Brusegard. “I really enjoy watching the youth and their excitement.

Winners have been determined back that information won’t be available until awards day; the names have been stored away

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under lock and key.

Even the runner-up youths will receive a letter of thanks from the judges. This is the first time Brusegard has seen judges take the time to recognize every youth who made the list.

“So that they can continue their exceptional community involvement,” she added.

The awards ceremony is open to the nominees and their families.

Junior High

McKenna Christensen Diamond Willow

Kennedy Hackett St. Augustine

Sawyer Liddle St. Augustine

Dominique Morel St. Augustine

Hailey Rausch St. Augustine

Josiah Thompson Ponoka Composite

Rebecca Wesner Ponoka Composite

Elementary

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Taryn Corkery Diamond Willow

Jordan Crawford Ponoka Elementary

Emily David Ponoka Elementary

Madi Hansen Ponoka Elementary

Maia Hoogers Ponoka Elementary

Dominic Menchini Ponoka Elementary

Brooklynn Nicholson Ponoka Elementary

Persja Potts Ponoka Elementary

Shanelle Remanda St. Augustine

Madison Resler Ponoka Elementary

Camryn Willier Ponoka Elementary

Senior High

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Alison Beier St. Augustine

Kyli Jane Haggkvist St. Augustine

Kendra Joyes Ponoka Composite

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Gaddiel Matira St. Augustine

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Katie Wyering St. Augustine

Victoria Wyering St. Augustine

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Girl Guides hold 30-hour famine Dear Editor: At the beginning of the Girl Guide year, the First Ponoka Pathfinders and Rangers were challenged to come up with a service project to help others. They decided that they would like to participate in a 30-Hour Famine to help raise money for the Canadian World Friendship Fund (CWFF). On March 22 and 23, six of these girls did just that.

Through CWFF, Girl Guides of Canada is able to support World Association of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) projects such as the World Centres and the World Thinking Day Fund. They also provide mutual aid for Guiding projects in developing countries that are designed to improve the lives of girls and young women and their communities. Contributions to the CWFF also support Canadian girls and women in need or attending international events.

What does all that mean? Well, one of the Rangers said: “CWFF collects money for programs, activities and events for girls and women. It also supports international service projects and helps girls all over the world.”

When asked why the girls were participating

in the Famine, they were quoted as saying: ”I feel like we could really make a difference for others.”

“The famine helped me realize that I shouldn’t waste food and that there are places in the world that need more help than others.” “It feels nice to help others who are less fortunate than I am. I believe people everywhere deserve a chance to live like we do or at least better than they are right now.”

Before the girls collected their pledges, they were asked to research CWFF and WAGGGS so that they could fully understand what they were raising this money for. Through the famine, the girls were able to raise a total of $270.

I would like to thank not only my Pathfinders and Rangers but also the Ponoka Scouts for the use of the Scout Hall and to Ina Hart who didn’t realize until after she agreed to help me that I wasn’t going to feed her at this “camp.”

Guides’ good turn: Makes me proud to (Top to bottom) Katebe a Girl Guide leader. lyn Davis and HeathLinda Davis er Kirk, Brooklyn Raby, Kalyn Bondy and Kassandra Hoffman, Linda Davis and Ina Hart. Missing: Amanda Davis (the photographer).

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Mountie charged A former Ponoka Mountie has been charged with assault causing bodily injury.

Const. Ron Lavallee of the Hobbema detachment faces a single count and was to appear in Wetaskiwin provincial court April 9.

The charge follows an investigation by a senior member from an independent RCMP unit. It results from a public complaint of excessive force used during a January 2012 arrest.

Lavallee, a seven-year RCMP member, is on medical leave and his duty status is under review.

Hobbema stabbing One man is in serious condition and two others are in stable condition following a series of stabbings in Hobbema April 7.

Two men were driven to the Hobbema ambulance station at 4:40 p.m. with stab wounds. RCMP officers learned a third was also stabbed and found him on the Samson townsite.

The three victims were taken to Wetaskiwin hospital and later transferred to Edmonton hospitals.

The incidents are considered gang related and all three men are known to police.

Hobbema RCMP community response unit and Wetaskiwin RCMP general investigation section are investigating.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Unreserved Farm Sale for Walter & Tiiu Kalev

Man dead in truck

By Jeffrey HeydenKaye A 33-year-old truck driver from Calgary was found dead in his truck April 7 at 5:30 a.m. after officers were asked to investigate.

The truck was found near Secondary Highway 611 on Highway 2.

The truck was off the road and some ice had formed on it. Foul play is not suspected in the sudden death.

Impaired Lacombe driver A 19-year-old man faces impaired driving charges after providing blood/alcohol samples of .22 and .21. A passing motorist saw a green Ford F150 in the ditch on the County Line Road April 5 at 6 p.m. The suspect also has charges pending for resisting arrest and transporting open liquor.

Impaired on the highway Another man was charged with impaired driving after he was stopped for speeding April 4 at 9:30 p.m. He was travelling northbound on Highway 2 south of Highway 53.

Officers could smell alcohol coming from 40-year-old Calgary man who gave breath samples of .11 and .10.

Man charged with assault A Ponoka man has been charged with assault at the Co-op Trailer Park after allegedly hitting a woman April 8 at 11:30 p.m.

After some investigation it was determined he hit a woman who had visible swelling to her left eye. She also had bruises on her arms from a previous disagreement.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the dispute If you have information on any crime call Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477.

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In the 1980s, models weighed about eight per cent less than the average woman. But today’s models weigh 25 per cent less on average, establishing a standard that many women cannot meet without sacrificing their health. But models and celebrities have entire teams devoted to making them look attractive, sometimes spending hours receiving cosmetic applications from stylists and makeup artists.

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St. Augustine students take trip to remember wars

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye History buffs can always rely on Europe to give them a perspective on past wars. St. Augustine Catholic School used their travel club as a tool to learning about the First and Second World Wars, explained social studies teacher Darren Josephison.

The club made tours to Vimy Ridge and Juno Beach and travelled to France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland to tie in with students’ curriculum.

“I wanted to get to Canadian military sites,” said Josephison.

Students also brought a $500 donation from the Ponoka Legion to

St. Augustine students walk up to the Vimy Ridge Memorial in France.

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give to Vimy Ridge fundraising efforts. For Cole Howlett-McAuley, Grade 9, the trip was a lesson on the effects of war, especially at cemeteries where tombstones would stretch an entire area. “I found the unnamed tombstones very grounding.”

Vimy Ridge could be seen from quite far away as the monument is large and sits atop a hill.

“It was plain but still very beautiful,” he added.

Anastasia Johnson, Grade 11, was also awed

by Vimy Ridgee. “The monument was the main focus in that area.”

The trip was held March 20 to 31; it was quite cold despite a clear sunny day when students went to Vimy Ridge, she added.

Josephison hopes students can bring their experience back to classmates. He feels travelling to Europe is not just to learn about the wars but

Tombstones can be seen over the horizon at Omaha Beach American Cemetery in Normandy.

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Howlett-McAuley was also surprised at how many fallen soldiers there are who cannot be identified.

This left him thinking about how war can affect people’s lives.

Besides Vimy Ridge, Johnson also enjoyed seeing the European cities — with some being better than others. “It’s a toss-up between Paris and Munich.”

Not only was it a chance for Josephison to teach students on war history but also to show students some of the differences with industry. Alternative power such as solar panels and windmills is prevalent in the countries they visited.

Smoking, which used to be widely accepted inside buildings, is not allowed compared to even a few years ago. But cigarettes and animal waste can still be found on city streets, he added.

Students from St. Augustine shared the trip with those from St. Anthony Catholic School in Drayton Valley. There were 21 travellers from St. Augustine and 31 from Drayton Valley.

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I never had the pleasure of meeting Ralph Klein face to face but I was able to attend several functions where he was a guest and I was always impressed by his down-home, gung-ho, let’s get ’er done style of politics.

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Fundraiser for Lacombe diabetic

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye People with type 1 diabetes will closely watch what happens to one Lacombe woman who has had it all her life.

Angela Walker, 33, was diagnosed with the auto-immune disease since childhood and is looking at a possible cure through stem cell regenerative therapy. Her mother, May Hollman, is organizing a fundraiser to help pay for the procedure, which is estimated to cost $100,000.

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neutral stem cells from unfertilized eggs to help regenerate tissues in the body, in this case Walker’s pancreas. Hollman heard about the procedure after meeting with a doctor in the United States.

The cost was estimated at $250,000. “We wanted to do that but there’s no way we can raise that kind of money.”

Walker’s doctor in the United States spoke with physicians who administer the procedure in Europe; they reviewed her case and offered to come to the United States to conduct the first intravenous treatment. The second session will be held in Calgary.

Hollman believes the success rate is 90 per cent and feels her daughter would have a better way of life. Currently doctors are saying Walker will need to take dialyses but that is done three days a week for five hours each time.

This new procedure would not require anti-rejection drugs and would take three to nine months for the stem cells to work.

Walker had a brother, Bob Hollman, who also suffered from type 1 diabetes. He died December, 2011 after complications stemming from an accident in 2009. Hollman hopes to give her daughter another option to cure her diabetes.

Her therapy is planned for April 23 to 27 and to help pay for that Hollman is hosting a fundraiser at the Lacombe Memorial Centre April 12.

Contact Hollman at 403-786-9041 or Heather at 403-3046163.

To strengthen Alberta’s environmental record, the Progressive Conservative government needs to implement a strategy to reduce pollutants emitted from burning coal and achieve measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, said Wildrose environment critic Joe Anglin.

A new report suggests that there are over 700 hospital visits to Alberta’s emergency departments and 80 hospital admissions due to short-term exposure to air pollution from coal plants in Alberta annually.

Anglin says Alberta is late to the party when it comes to creating meaningful reforms on reducing emissions generated from coalfired electricity, as other provinces across the country have already taken significant action. is currently seeking a “Every Albertan has a stake in the quality of the air we breathe and we need to ensure that emissions and harmful pollutants do FOR A FULL TIME POSITION not infringe on the right Gull Lake Deer Creek Gas Co-op Ltd. is centrally of every Albertan to breathe clean air,” Anlocated in Rimbey, Alberta, and serves approximately glin said. “This means 2250 members within a Franchise area covering implementing a mean1843 square km’s. ingful strategy that works to reduce pollutWe area member owned Utility and have been providing ants. We should look at safe, reliable Natural Gas Service since 1968. increasing the use of For more information on G.L.D.C. Gas Co-op Ltd. combined cycle gasification of coal (clean please check out our website at: www.gldcgas.com coal), natural gas, and The successful applicant will be a detail oriented person hydro-electricity genwith exceptional interpersonal skills, as well as strong eration.”

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CommUnity garden continues growth

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye For two years the CommUnity Garden in Ponoka has been growing at a steady rate.

With only six lots left, co-ordinator Kimberley Saunders feels the garden will be full for a third year.

“I like that it’s a community effort and it gets people out.”

Located on 35 Avenue on the way to the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury, Saunders is working on a second location for next year.

The organic gardens are a way for someone who wants to learn the ins and outs of gardening or for a person who does not have their own plot, to plant fruits and vegetables.

“They (gardeners) can do whatever they want with it,” said Saunders.

The project encourages homegrown foods and helps kids understand where food comes from, she added.

People also use the gardens as a place to socialize and share tips with each other; the organizing committee is also made up of avid gardeners, which she feels is an advantage to the community garden’s growth.

The gardens are fenced off to keep deer and other animals out and plots are 10 feet by 20 feet for $20. Additional plots are $10. For those who have extra produce from their gardens Sunders recommends donating to the Ponoka Food Bank.

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Cultivate a herb garden Many people cultivate gardens both inside and outside of their homes with a focus on adding aesthetic appeal to their property. But a garden that boasts plants that are edible and pleasing to the eye is a possibility as well.

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Until the weather warms up, you may want to begin herb cultivation indoors and then transfer plants outside during the summer. Place most herb planters in a southfacing window of a home to ensure they get ample sunlight and to allow the soil to dry adequately between waterings.

With many herbs, leaf production will diminish on any stems that flower. It is essential to pinch off flowers that form to encourage the herb plant to continue producing leaves, which are the parts of the plant most associated with seasoning and aroma.

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Movies show powerful examples of faith and religion So, I finally watched The Life of Pi. It won a few Oscars this year and though it looked a bit artsy for me, I thought, “Oh well, a Canadian wrote it. Might be OK.” Besides, at the time I was on an airplane with little else to do.

It’s a film about a young man from South Asia who travels with his family from there to here. Or at least that was the plan. Soon into the trip the ship they are on sinks and Pi drifts across the Pacific Ocean, ultimately washing ashore in Mexi-

co. My reaction? At first I thought, hmm, yes indeed, that was an artsy film. My wife and I chatted about it for a bit and I went back to a novel I had with me.

A few weeks earlier we’d seen another Oscar winner. The Silver Linings Playbook is anything but artsy. The story deals with mental illness, how it affects people and their families. The two lead characters are struggling to find their way, but soon discover they can’t do it on their own. My reaction to that movie

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One is that people cannot make it on their own. Pi heals through telling his story to others so that he can let it go. Pat and Tiffany heal through accepting that their brokenness is common ground. Neither is better than the other; they are more when together than either could ever be alone. Another theme is that moving from brokenness and failure requires trust in something bigger than yourself or the ability to cope. Pi finds faith, the others find dance as their comfort.

In Deuteronomy 33.27, Moses writes to a people also going through an ocean of hardship to remind them that they are better together, they are in good hands, they will make it to the other side because someone is taking care of them. He says, “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.”

On Good Friday, Christians remember another scene of outstretched arms. It’s the same reminder all over again. In life as you find it, there will be trouble, confusion and frequent opportunities to find a better way. I hope you can find a hand, even two at that moment. A person who cares and will listen and the God who carries the wounded and loves beyond reason.

was different. It was blunt and a bit course but the story was immediately compelling.

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In Life of Pi, a young man is forced to look at his own heart to discover what he is capable of both for good or ill. Faith and religion play large roles in his search that begins in the world of ideas. Should I be a Muslim or a Jew or a Christian or a Hindu?

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Pat and Tiffany in Playbook have a similar journey to make. He has to deal with his bipolar disorder and the implications of being on medication for life. While she is grieving the loss of her husband who was killed on duty as a police officer along with the shame of her acting out in confusion after his death. They too face an ocean of questions, challenges and hardship to somehow make it intact to the other side.

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4-H members fundraise for Ponoka youth with cancer

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye A 16-year-old Ponoka teen and her family have had to deal with a life-changing event that has set in motion strong community support.

Emily Jeffery, a student at the Ponoka Composite High School (PCHS) was diagnosed almost one year ago with fibrobastic osteosarcoma, the same type of cancer that Terry Fox had. She was helping her father move some calves when she had pain in her wrist.

“We were carrying a calf…And Em said to me, ‘Dad I’ve gotta set this guy down, my arm hurts,’” explained father Dan Jeffery.

They did not waste much time though and brought Emily to Dr. Robert Halse who immediately noticed swelling in her wrist. Mom, Doddi Jeffery could see from X-rays there were cysts in the bone. Initially specialists felt they were benign but a study of the samples showed cancer.

“That’s when we started doing our stuff,” explained Mrs. Jeffery.

Within a few days of being diagnosed she was in the Stollery Children’s Hospital. Mr. Jeffery feels if there are any issues people should get them checked out. “You only realize what we’ve got in the Stollery until you’re in the Stollery.”

Emily had surgery in December and they hoped most of the cancer was removed but there is still a large amount there.

Since then, youths at PCHS have shown their support by shaving their heads and raising funs to help the family with their expenses. This is not something the Jefferys are used to. They prefer to stay out of the

spotlight; being a part of the community that is now rallying behind them has changed everything.

Fundraising at PCHS was entirely organized by students who wanted to support Emily in her therapy.

A 4-H fundraiser was organized by Laurie Montgomery with much support from the youth members. “It’s a story of hope. It’s a story of giving back to your community.”

Mrs. Jeffrey has Multiple Sclerosis and that has created other challenges for them.

4-H clubs held the fundraiser for the family April 3 at the Kinsmen Community Centre and Mr. Jeffrey has been at a loss for words. The youths especially have inspired him. “It’s blowing us away.”

He feels young people are not usually recognized for the positive things they do.

“They wanted to do this to respect my daughter and you know what? That is cool, that is really cool…

Powerful!” said Mr. Jeffery.

Mrs. Jeffery has been overwhelmed by the experience; friends from church and people they have done business with have shown their support.

Emily is the youngest of three kids and is quite mature for her age, explained Mr. Jeffery. Being on a farm is something she has always enjoyed and whenever she gets a chance she will check on her animals.

“Anyone that has met Emily will know she’s extremely good at what we do, which is calving out cows,” he said.

The challenge she faces is dealing with the extension of her therapy. Initially the family had expected a certain completion date with treatment but there will now be another three or four months. They travel to the Stollery Children’s Hospital and the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre and anyone who comes to visit must be in hospital gowns. Mr. Jeffery feels Emily has a solid outlook on what she has to do to get better.

The last time Emily came home the first thing she wanted to do was see how well her cows were doing. Calving is something she loves, said her dad and she wanted to take care of her cows by tagging their ears.

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Young boys are noise with dirt who eat everything They are sugar and spice and everything nice.

They are instant sunshine, barefooted angels wearing tattered blue jeans and sparkly T-shirts. They are small arms that hug ferociously and eyes so blue you can swim in them.

They are fun. They are warm and cuddly. They are lovely and they are better than a new Easter outfit or a chocolate bunny.

And the best thing about them is they call me grandma.

But, as much as I love all the famine energy packaged up in their lithe little bodies, it’s the boys in my family who remind of the KISS rule.

Keep it simple, silly!

The oldest grandson, a 10-yearold version of the kind of guy you would want to take home to your

mother, taught me, in his own quiet, unassuming way, how important it is to forget all the trivia that goes on around you and just focus on the here and now.

And then he taught me, not by words, but by actions, the importance of self-talk.

He is so quiet and gentle. He is the kind of kid whom grandmas such as I can brag about as a child who would not start a fight, much less get in one, a young man who abhors violence and no doubt, will grow up seeking peace and unity and love for all mankind in all the world.

And so when he broke that board with his bare hand while wearing some sort of white outfit tied with a striped yellow belt, I was, to say the least, taken aback.

I watched him do it, my mouth forming a surprised ‘O’ as he confidently walked up to the guy holding the board and razor chopped it in two.

Later, when we were driving in the car to a celebration dinner, Treena Mielke he told me he knew he On The Other Side would do it.

“How,” I asked?

“I told myself I could,” he said, matter-of-factly. “And I did.”

Boy power continues to invade my world, arriving at my house the other day in the form of two preschoolers who came, destroyed, ate and then left.

They left happy with full tummies, leaving fingerprints all over my window. They are still there,

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Dan, Doddi & Emily Jeffery along with the Ponoka District 4H Clubs wish to thank everyone who donated items, monetary support, baking and to those who worked the evening in support of the Emily Jeffery Fundraiser on April 3rd.

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the fingerprints. And when I look at them, once again I am reminded of two little boys who said without saying it: “Grandma, being neat and tidy isn’t important, we are.” And somehow just by gracing my house with their little boy selves for a few short hours, they turned it into a home.

And I like that way better.

My son also clued me in to what is really important when he called the recently.

“Mom, they traded Ignila,” he said incredulously.

I smile into the phone and all the worries of the day melt into nothingness.

What? You’re kidding! The fact Jerome Iginla is a 35-year-old veteran player who has played for the Calgary Flames for 16 years momentarily eluded both of us.

Iginla was and still is our hero.

We elevated him to that status because we, like everyone, needed a hero and Ignila who seemed to be made of hero like stuff, fit the bill.

And so my son and I chatted about important stuff like the trading of heroes and when I hung up I had flashbacks of a Flames hockey game and the really good feeling I had being there with my son, munching on popcorn and yelling, “Go Flames, Go.” Boys! Noise with dirt! That’s the sign posted on my grandson’s bedroom wall.

It’s probably true. I hope so. It’s more than enough for this grandma to make her smile.

High praise for sci-fi novel During the large gap in between my book reviews, I have read what many people consider the best new science fiction book, Ender’s Game.

In this book, mankind is waging a war with a race of aliens Justin Kirk nicknamed the Buggers.

In an attempt to create a stronger army, children who show extraordinary talent and intelligence begin training at the age of six. Andrew “Ender” Wiggin is one of those children and he is the third child in his family, although Earth laws state families may only have two children.

After he begins his training, he makes a name for himself at the school by showing his superb military skill and planning. While he becomes quite popular, he is also hated by many at the school. One of the primary events at the school is the war games, where the children don a special suit that locks up when shot by a special weapon. In this game, Ender shows great skill, and he is eventually given his own team.

This book is perhaps one of the best books I have read recently and maybe in all of this year. There are many political topics touched on, including the two-child policy, self-defense laws and xenophobia.

While I would recommend this book to anyone able to fully understand some of the topics covered, I would not recommend this to people under the age of 12, the reason for this being there is a fair amount of profanity and some brutal subjects covered.

This book is also part of a series I would highly recommend, although none of the other books reach the height of greatness this novel can. This novel is excellent for people who enjoy soft science fiction, the Harry Potter series, and Dying of the Light by George R. R. Martin.

This tale is a must read, and I will give it a 9.75 out of 10.

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Finding a connection with a cat and daughter Cats & Daughters by Helen Brown c.2012, Kensington $15/$16.95 Canada 304 pages How many kids do you have?

It’s a question that often comes up and when you answer it, you’re always careful to add in the furry ones. And why not? Your four-footed kids are a lot like the two-footed ones: they’re messy, sassy, yowling creatures with loud demands, stubborn impatience and extreme insolence — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

Still, two-footed or four-, you can’t wait until your kids grow up. But as you’ll see in the new book Cats & Daughters

by Helen Brown, maturity from them doesn’t always mean fewer headaches for you.

Helen Brown’s daughter, Lydia, had always been drawn to those less able.

When most highschoolers were partying and playing, Lydia helped care for a handful of elderly folks and developmentally-disabled teens.

She drove them around, made sure they were safe, and took them on interesting outings. Brown was forever astounded at the love and compassion her eldest daughter bestowed on people of all walks.

Yes, Lydia made her parents proud but when she embraced Buddhism and announced she was moving to Sri Lanka, Brown was horrified.

Years ago, Brown’s oldest son, Sam, was killed in a car accident and with the help of time and an eerily-understanding cat named Cleo, the family eventually healed.

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Cleo was gone, Sri Lanka was in the midst of war and Brown couldn’t face the thought of losing another child.

But a different kind of danger was lurking at home: just after Lydia left, Brown was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a mastectomy and, thanks to Lydia ’s quick return and quiet care, Brown began to mend again.

That was when Jonah stalked into her life.

Certain Cleo was a once-in-a-lifetime pet, Brown had firmly insisted she’d never have another cat but, on one of those let’s-just-look outings, she fell in love with a cream-and-chocolate beauty. With Lydia heading once again to the monastery, Jonah the kitten seemed to

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Just like a certain older daughter…

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Demand and spring weather risk on for grain buyers Grains are finally recovering a cheaper than domestic Chinese wheat bit after their sharp decline followprices (after tariffs). Issues of fusariing the USDA’s March 28 stocks and um head blight in parts of the Chinese planting intentions report. The bearwheat belt has some analysts suggestish report dropped the market like a ing the Asian supernation’s estimated newborn baby giraffe coming out of crop of 120 million tonnes isn’t all the womb. This has eventually pushed it’s cracked up to be. Keep in mind, some buyers to get back in the game.

China’s 2012 wheat imports, which Particularly, while managed monwas mostly feed-grade wheat, were ey (funds) liquidated a lot of their the highest in eight years. long positions in corn and soybeans, Staying in Asia, a bird flu scare Brennan Taylor commercial end-users picked a fair FarmLead Breakfast Brief is deterring consumers from eating amount of those contracts up. Nonepoultry, implying lower feed demand theless, it’s a “risk on” attitude as in the world’s largest buyer of soyweather and demand are the variables bean meal. Already 21 people have currently being closely watched. been infected and a few have unfortunately passed Specifically, up to a foot of snow could possi- away as a result. This is putting some downward bly fall in some parts of the Eastern U.S. cornbelt pressure on the soybean/oilseed market. Howwhile cold temperatures slow the melt of the snow ever, the World Health Organization has already on both sides of the 49th parallel. North American pumped China’s tires for doing a good job of farmers and traders aren’t the only ones concerned containing the virus via the slaughter of tens of about weather implications though: a drier spring thousands of chickens and closing live poultry in southern Russia and Ukraine contrasts the wet markets. Even if McDonald’s has cut its McNugweather in the U.K., France, Germany, and north- gets prices in half, you wouldn’t catch me dipping ern Russia and Ukraine. This comes at a time into any sweet’n’sour sauce if I was in China right when the European Union wheat ending stocks are now. seen at a 35-year low of 9.5 million tonnes.

While the Asian market remains up in the air With markets lower than where they were a between Chinese demand questions, the weakenmonth ago, China bought one million tonnes of ing of the Japanese currency, and North Korea American soft red winter wheat late last week at being the “too drunk guy” at the party, weather a price of $330 per tonne, about $32 per tonne is on many minds in North America. Western

Canadian farmers are just hoping the snow will melt so they can see some dirt but colder weather means another U.S. winter wheat freeze threat (Kansas and Oklahoma at the greatest risk). For a U.S. winter wheat crop that is at its worst start since 2002 (only 34 per cent rated good to excellent compared to 58 per cent this time last year), the longer Ol’ Man Winter sticks around, the bigger potential loss of production.

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Fundraiser auction for Foodgrains Bank The Canadian Foodgrains Bank never know what to expect from their generous donors.

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Farm & Ranch 4-H achievement day nears

By Isaac McCaughey Crestomere 4-H Multi Club Wow, the year is almost over for 4-H and Achievement Day is sneaking up fast.

Public speaking club level was held Jan. 26 at the Crestomere School. In juniors, first place went to Mckenzie Gillard, in second was Aden McTaggert and in third was Paige Jensen. The intermediate winner was Isabell Stamm, second went Kayn Bondy and third was Brad Doornewaard. In seniors, first place went to Morena Stamm. Everyone did great and good luck in the next levels.

On March 1 members provided their services to The Friends of Crestomere School raising funds for the playground. Fun was had by all for a great community cause. Thank you to all parents who came to help us out.

Members over the past couple months have taken part in district

Fun Days, public speaking events, winter camps, and off course project days. They include cooking classes: learning to cook an entire meal for the family or friends; wood project class: building birdhouses and nameplates, learning about hand and machine tools and they made a project for donation to The Friends of Crestomere School for auction; small engine projects: continue to learn tools and their uses, and learning to take and put together the engines.

Pet projects: learning about pets Looking forward to the next project days, many 4-H Fun Days, Highway clean-up and Achievement Day.

Longhorn auction: A longhorn cow listens to an auctioneer at VJV Auction’s sixth annual horse and longhorn sale April 6.

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Canola weed outbreak from wind Submitted Volunteer canola can be a very difficult weed to control in any situation, let alone when millions of seeds are left on the ground at harvest.

Dubbed the $1-billion wind by some, strong gusts up to 100 km/h were responsible for standing crop losses as well as rolling swaths last fall that shattered canola and led to significant seed loss. According to the University of Saskatchewan, an estimated 70 million bushels of canola seed were left behind, accounting for up to $1 billion in yield losses.

“Those winds were strong enough to scatter seed to neighbouring fields, so volunteer canola will be a major concern this spring,” says Robert Hornford, a technical specialist at BASF Canada “Volunteer canola will also have different growth stages than the seeded canola crop, causing management issues for herbicides and fungicide timing.”

Volunteer canola can be difficult to control. Weed seed can survive in the top few inches of soil for up to three years, making volunteer canola a threat for follow crops where it can compete with nutrients in the soil to rob yield.

Hornford recommends growers consider several steps to mitigate yield loss due to volunteer canola in any crop this spring: • Manage early weeds - Scout fields in early spring to evaluate a herbicide application that can eliminate volunteer canola early. Adding Heat herbicide from BASF Canada to an early glyphosate application before cereals and pulses has been shown to help manage volunteer canola.

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“Volunteer canola from shatter can cause significant problems in future crops, and farmers are going to need to manage that risk this spring,” says Hornford.

“Growers should look for products and systems that offer new modes of action to gain flushing control of volunteer canola — it is the most effective way to manage the threat.”

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4-Hers learn the tricks of working with cows and calves

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye There are different ways of working with cows and calves and the UFA helped educate 4-Hers on some of those finer points.

The company hosted a Cattle College March 30 to 35 youths and invited experts to educate them on working with the animals, said Ponoka UFA manager Kevin Burgess. “It’s the first time we’ve ever done it at the request of one of the clubs.�

Members of six clubs attended the information session and were able to study a cow/calf simulator called Lucy and Lou. Veterinarian Marian Johnson from Bluffton gave youths some of the basics when it comes to calving and Wayne Skelton from Master Feeds gave tips on feeding cattle.

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some of them are even working on cow/calf projects. “We’re just kind of helping out the leaders.�

Erin Fleck, leader for the Central 4-H Beef Club, enjoyed the experience. “Our members thought it was really informative.�

Tips from Skelton on how much feed to give cows and when to increase it helped members look at planning their cow/calf-feeding schedule. The entire day was informative. “It was interactive enough and I think the kids were interested,� she offered. “All of our 4-H clubs are very thankful of all the support from the UFA.�

The day concluded with a session on UFA’s community involvement.

Members of the 4-H voiced their support of another education day and Burgess believes more will happen with a different theme.

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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye Wrestler Kelsey Raab has completed her high school wrestling career with a silver medal at the Cadet Juvenile National Wrestling Championships April 4 to 7 in Saskatoon, Sask.

While she failed to win gold, Raab hopes to learn form the experience. Recuperating mentally is a challenge for her because of the time and energy she put into winning. She has placed every year, with a bronze medal in the first year and silver the last three years.

She lost in the first round against Vancouver wrestler Adrienne Lu in the 80 kg category and still has trouble talking about the loss. “I’ve wrestled her twice before.”

Lu has beaten Raab twice out of their three matches but the Ponoka wrestler knows there are lessons in the loss.

“I started good but didn’t finish it properly.”

At 18, she is now too old to compete in cadet/juvenile competitions and will now enjoy the summer wrestling camps available to her. Scouts from the Univer-

sity of Calgary who have approached her to join their team but nothing has been decided yet as it is still too early. Raab is somewhat nervous about what the future will hold. “Everything changes.”

However looking back at her last four years in wrestling, Raab describes the highlights of her high school competitions as the Pan American Games and the Cadet World Championships in Azerbaijan last year.

“Worlds was a lot more serious and in depth than the Pan American (games),” she said. “It showed me how mentally strong you have to be at that level.”

The majority of the work is mental — usually 70 or 60 per cent mental concentration and the rest is technique.

“I’m also proud of winning provincials all three years,” Raab said.

She will tryout for Team Alberta that will compete in the 2013 Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que. Aug. 2 to 17. Tryouts are April 20 in Wetaskiwin.

Kelsey Raab, who is facing away, takes down a competitor at the Juvenile/Cadet National Championships in Saskatoon, Sask. April 4 to 7.

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Junior feeder team announced for Broncs football

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Coach Brady Teeling presents the Goody Award MVP of the Year trophy to Josh Simons during the PCHS Broncs high school football team Photos by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye banquet April 4.

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After six years of Broncs high school football, Coach Scott MacGregor has just announced a junior football team to act as a feeder team for the senior team.

The junior team is available to all players in grades 7 to 9, said MacGregor at the Ponoka Composite High School team’s banquet April 4. The biggest challenge is creating interest to have enough players. “Our toughest job is being able to convince young kids to play.”

Coach Glen Kawahara feels teaching these younger players will help them as they transition from boys to men. “Football is a great sport and a great activity for young men.”

He believes the team will help challenge players to better deal with their emotions and looks forward to what this season can bring. MacGregor is apply- Junior team sponsor ing to the junior league for the team to play either Rick Cline for Cervus exhibition or league games and he hopes to see more Equipment than 25 players.

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He also enjoys seeing grades 7 to 9 students from all schools are included in the junior team.

“It’s a diverse crowd in this room and everyone’s included,” added Cline.

MacGregor is grateful to the company’s sponsorship as their helmets and mouth guards are the most expensive pieces in protective equipment. “They’re top-of-the-line helmets.”

Principal Ian Rawlinson is impressed with how quickly the team has grown in the last six Junior coach years. Now with a junior Glen Kawahara team he is confident 30 to 40 kids will want to tryout. “That’s an impressive growth pattern.”

Despite a winless season for their first 12-man team last year, Rawlinson is proud to see Broncs players who kept showing up for practice at 6 a.m. and for “holding their heads high.”

MacGregor looks forward to the next few years to see how the junior team will support the senior team; as senior players graduate, junior players will step in with a few of years of football experience under their belts. “When we have momentum like this a lot of times things become easier.”

The banquet was also an opportunity to recognize players for outstanding achievement: • Lineman of the year- Jacobi Buffalo • Special teams player of the year - Logan Squires The Goody Award awaits its recipient while • Offensive player of the year - Ruger Dye • Defensive player of the year - Jordan Pritchard coach Scott Macgregor speaks to parents.

• Rookie of the year Cole Nelson • Goody Award MVP of Ponoka Minor Hockey AGM and the year - Josh Simons This year’s graduating Early Bird Registration players received a team picture and a jersey with their Ponoka Minor Hockey will be holding their player number. They are: Annual General Meeting on Jeremy Swampy, Jagger Wednesday, April 17 at 7 pm at the Legion.

Chalmers, Logan Squires, Board Positions available are: Josh Simons, Christian Rabbit, Jordan Pritchard, Ice Scheduler Registrar Brian McDougall, Nick Referee Director Coaching Director Grant, Cole Pritchard and PR/Website Austin Way. Tryouts for both teams Early Bird Registration will also take place at this time.

Please see www.ponokaminorhockey.com for more start May 6 at 4 p.m. and information and for registration forms. junior players must bring their health care numbers to be registered.

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Quick reflexes: Daniel Patrick reacts to a birdie during a friendly badminton tournament at Ponoka Composite High School April 5 and 6. (Far right) Sarah Green smashes the birdie against her opponent.

Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye

Kinsmen live auction planned

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye The Kinsmen Club of Ponoka is pulling out all the stops for their second live auction fundraiser.

Besides a menu that includes prime rib, participants will be able to dance to local entertainment picked by the club, said treasurer Greg Braat. “It’s going to be a blast.”

Last year’s fundraiser brought in more than $15,000 and Braat, along with co-chair Kenny Groot, felt the dinner was a positive way to thank philanthropists for their generosity.

There will be both a live and a silent auction during the evening for funds going toward a new toboggan hill.

“The bottom line is the Kinsmen try to respond to the community’s greatest need,” explained Braat.

There are two other plans for the club; to up-

date some aged playgrounds and to develop a BMX track. The track is a long-term goal for the club, explained Braat. The club hopes to have the track developed in such a way that maintenance is minimal but can be used in BMX Canada sanctioned events. “What we’d like to see is a track that is suitable for competitive races.”

A location has not been chosen for the toboggan hill but Braat feels somewhere along the river valley would be ideal. The club has started discussing the idea with Wes Amendt, director of community services for the town.

“We look for things that are low cost if it can be,” expained Braat.

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After several strokes and Tom had difficulty walking, he was admitted to Long Term Care at Ponoka General Hospital. Thus began Tom’s “wheelchair years”. Oh boy, the Occupational Therapy staff were kept on their “efficient toes”, fixing, altering and measuring wheelchairs. When Tom was first admitted to the hospital, he was ever so helpful cleaning off tables after meals. He became too efficient though inasmuch as when he scraped plates off, he decided the cutlery had to go as well! The Recreation Therapy staff were incredible all through the years, arranging outings and many activities on the unit. Tom loved music so his fingers were just tapping in time to the musicians. The best of course, was good old country songs, especially fiddle music. Tom hasn’t walked for nearly 13 years but we all know that he is just “dancing up a storm in heaven”!

Tom was famous for being so very appreciative and after anything was done (especially if it was a cup of coffee) he always said “thank you, thank you, thank you” - 3 times. The other thing Tom was famous for or rather the better word would be “infamous”; he was a pen collector and they didn’t have to be lying around! He would wheel himself into the office or behind the reception desk, and snoop and find pens. They could usually be found in his bag on his chair or in the drawers in his room! He enjoyed his long stay at Long Term Care as residents and their families, nursing, dietary and housekeeping were all his extended family and so good to him. Tom really enjoyed family visits and relatives were pleased he knew them all by name. Tom passed away March 30, 2013, three days before his 74th birthday. In honour of Tom, memories and cake were shared on his birthday at the Long Term Care unit.

Cremation has taken place and the Interment will be held later with his parents at Glaslyn, Saskatchewan. Please make all Memorial Donations to the Long Term Care at Ponoka Hospital and Care Center.

Tom is survived by his brother Alex (Jackie) of Bashaw, Alberta; sisters Margaret Moore of Kitimat, British Columbia and Muriel (Bill) Stewart of Lloydminster, Alberta; twelve nephews and nieces; twenty great nephews and nieces; special nephew Gordon Dube; several aunts, two uncles and many cousins. Waiting in heaven were his parents Ed and Edith McConnell; brother-in-law Gary Moore and many relatives. It will be hard to say thank you to ALL who have been in Tom’s ongoing care since his accident, when his life changed forever. You ALL have our deepest appreciation and thank you’s. To all the wonderful “extended family”, staff at Long Term Care, you always went the extra mile, and also to Dr. Chan. Thank you to Tom’s special friend, Rick Jackson and his wife Rhonda for always remembering Tom on his birthday and Christmas. Thank you to Pastor Len for all your humorous and encouraging visits, your prayers and kind words when we shared birthday cake.

Humble and grateful appreciation to the earthly angels Dr. Johannes and Sarah Wianko, for the superb care and attention for Tom’s last few hours. Sincere gratitude to Marlon and Kyle and staff from Ponoka Funeral Home. Your care and attention make saying good bye easier. Again, thank you!

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On April 6, 2013 Ivy Stebner of Ponoka passed away at the age of 78 years. Ivy was predeceased by her loving daughter Linda Giesbrecht, son-in-law Jack Prediger and grandson P r e s t o n S t e b n e r. S h e i s survived by her daughter Sharon Prediger, granddaughter Jennifer (Ryan) and greatgrandchildren Logan and Labrie, grandson Allan (Marcie) and great-grandchildren Madden and Cade, and grandson Darren (Alyssa) and great-grandchildren Braden and Taylor; her son-in-law Lyle Giesbrecht (Rose Ryan), grandson Jason (Amanda) and great-grandchildren Katelyn and James, and grandson Chad (Michelle) and great-grandchildren Renae and Brooklyn; her son Gerald Stebner (Paulene), grandson Shaun Splett, granddaughter Rose-Ann Nicholson (Peter Waldner) and great-grandchildren Avery and Hunter, and grandson Dustin (Shalaine Hancik); her son Dwight Stebner; her son Randy Stebner and grandchild Kamryn; her brother Otto; two sisters Ida (Phil) Raber and Bertha Wessling; sister-in-law Lilli Makus; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by her twin brother Alfred Makus; brothers Reinhold (Ray), Ervin, Albert and Arnold Makus; brothers-in-law August Helkleman and Vern Wessling; her sister Helen Henkleman; and her sisters-in-law Martha, Evelyn, Dorothy and Joyce Stebner.

A Funeral Service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ponoka at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2013 with the Interment Service following at the Church Cemetery.

To express condolences to Ivy’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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ANNUAL MEETING Ponoka Co-operative Oils Ltd. 4700 Highway 2A, Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1K3

Kinsmen Recreation Centre Small Meeting Room N.W. Corner 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, 2013 Financial Statements Ending December 31, 2012

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AG EQUIPMENT 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

PONOKA JOHN DEERE SALES & SERVICE

24 Hour Emergency Call 403-783-3337 Home Page: www.agroequipment.com

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

Rimbey Implements Ltd.

720

Clerical

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

Rimbey, AB

Fax: (403) 843-3430

ANIMAL SERVICES

800

ARNETT & BURGESS

is now accepting applications for the following position: RECEPTION/ TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANT Bashaw Office Excellent computer skills required, ability to deal with the public, clients and employees. Must be energetic, self motivated, excellent communication skills, and organized.

Please submit resumes via Fax: 1-780-384-2402 Email: hr@abpipeliners.com

GIBSON ENERGY is currently seeking an experienced

DISPATCHER/ DATA ANALYST for our RIMBEY, Alberta location:

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Janitorial

Al York

Oilfield

JANITORIAL HELP WANTED Mon – Fri from 5:00 – 8:00 pm Please call 403-396-6445 after 5:00 pm

800

Oilfield

NOW LOCATED in Drayton Valley.

BREKKAAS Vacuum & Tank Ltd. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers, Super Heater Operators with all valid tickets. Top wages, excellent benefits. Please forward resume to: Email: dv@brekkaas.com. Phone 780-621-3953. Fax 780-621-3959.

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Competitive Salary Excellent Benefits Package Pension and Employee Share Program Training in a Safety Conscious Work Environment Growth and Development Opportunities For Details and to Apply on-line, please visit: www.gibsons.com

Inquiries and Resumes: Email: amy.berning@gibsons.com Fax: 403-206-4175

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

Oilfield

800

NEWCART CONTRACTING LTD. is hiring for the upcoming turnaround season.

Journeyman/Apprentice; Pipefitters; Welders; Boilermakers; Riggers.

Also: Quality Control; Towers; Skilled Mechanical Labourer; Welder Helpers.

Email: resumes@ newcartcontracting.com.

Fax 1-403-729-2396.

Email all safety and trade tickets.

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

ALL ROUND EMPLOYEE required for tavern and cooking in small town friendly hotel. Full-time, room included. Call Marg 403-857-9134.

Sales & Distributors

DEALERS WANTED: Hannas Seeds need agents to sell alfalfas, clovers and grasses plus hay, pasture, turf, native and reclamation mixtures.

Contact Esther 1-800-661-1529 or esther@hannasseeds.com

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

$30

PER WEEK. REACHING 6000 HOUSEHOLDS PER WEEK.

If you are interested in attending one of our information sessions to hear about our global opportunities – Call 1-888-367-4460 to book into a session near you!

Restaurant/ Hotel

Sales & Distributors

for a Ponoka Manufacturing Shop

Knowledge of ASME code bolt up, basic instrumentation and a commitment to excellence are prerequisites.

Competitive wages with benefit packages available.

Interested candidates please send resumé to admin@westcanfab.ca or fax to 403-775-4014

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

830

Paint Sales Staff Full Time Day Time 8hr shifts or Part Time 6hr afternoon shift

SO008462is looking for Drillers, Ensign International Night Tour Pushes, and Rig Managers.

BUY - SELL - CONSIGN 5704 - Hwy 2A North, Ponoka, AB T4J 1M1

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.

EXPERIENCED FABRICATOR/ASSEMBLERS

Required immediately

BUYERS

403-783-8008 Phone 783-8008

16 WEEKS TO WELDER 1st Year Apprentice!

GPRC Grande Prairie and Fairview Campuses. 12 weeks theory, 4 weeks practicum. On-campus residences.

1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

850

Trades

830

AUTO SALES

RANDY MOHL

850

SOMMER

800

Oilfield

Trades

Requirements: • Excellent customer service skills and enjoy working with the public • Paint or retail experience and asset • Willing to gain product knowledge • Cashiering and merchandising as required • Computer literate and able to retain processed thought • Be available for Saturday and Sunday in shift rotation Offering competitive wages

Part Time Cashier Required immediately

primarily for Saturdays and Sundays and if available afternoon shifts weekdays

820

Twin Peaks Adventures Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons Bay 2, 4750 - Hwy 2A, Ponoka, AB

Requires:

FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS Permanent, Full Time and Shiftwork

$11.00/hr • 40 hrs/wk Apply in person or online at:

thponoka@shaw.ca or Fax: 403.783.5595

Job requirements: • Friendly and like working with public • Have excellent customer service motivation • Comfortable with computers and purchase transactions • Merchandising product and some lifting

Yard Staff – Full Time Required immediately

Duties included: • Loading customer orders and build orders for delivery along with various material handling duties • Keeping yard product organized and neat • Must be mature and self motivated and physically fit • forklift experience an asset as well as knowledge of building industry • Excellent customer service • Must be available for Saturday and Sunday rotation with weekday • Shifts are daytime

Please drop off resume in person to 6503-44 Street, Ponoka Industrial Park Attn: Gary Colyn, Manager or Email in confidence to gc.shhbc@telus.net

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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

BOTTLE DEPOT

PONOKA BOTTLE DEPOT Open Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm

Closed Sundays & Holidays We Now Recycle Milk Cartons for Deposit

3, 5520 Hwy 2A (Across from Husky)

403-783-6875 CONSTRUCTION

Trades

850

Truckers/ Drivers

EXCLUSIVE FINNING/Caterpillar Mechanic training. GPRC Fairview Campus. High school diploma. $1000. entrance scholarship. Paid practicum with Finning. Write apprenticeship exams.

On-campus residences.

1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

FLAGSTAFF COUNTY, Sedgewick, Alberta requires a full-time Grader Operator. Fax/email resume by 11 a.m., April 15/13. Attention: Gary Longhe 780-390-0310 (cell); 780-384-3635 (fax).

Email: glonghe@flagstaff.ab.ca.

MILLWRIGHT AND MACHINIST Program combined. 16 week course gives entry level skills.

Write 1st period millwright and/or machinist apprenticeship exam.

GPRC Grande Prairie Campus, 1-888-539-4774; www.gprc.ab.ca.

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. Feed and Seed

Truckers/ Drivers

860 WETASKIWIN WETASKIWIN READY READY MIX MIX

Now Now Hiring Hiring

••MIXER MIXER DRIVERS DRIVERS Minimum withair. air.

Minimum Class Class 33 with

Please in person person Please apply apply in with driver with current current driver abstract & resume abstract & resume 5410 Wetaskiwin 5410--50 50 Street, Street, Wetaskiwin or or email email dmarkevich@wetaskiwinrm.com dmarkevich@wetaskiwinrm.com

JOB HUNTING? Read the Classifieds. 1-877-223-3311.

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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

WANTED - Water & Vacuum Truck Operators.

Class 3 w/Q-endorsement, H2S, First Aid, PST, CSTS. Mechanically inclined.

Day-rate benefits.

Fax 403-934-3487.

Email: reception@ mjswaterhauling.com. $100 - $400 CASH DAILY for landscaping work!

Competitive, energetic, honesty a must; PropertyStarsJobs.com.

880

Full Time

WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

WATER WELL DRILLERS HELPER

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

Truckers/ Drivers

This space could be yours for $

30

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

860

ATTENTION SEMI OPERATORS! Looking to downsize? Haul RVs from USA to western Canada!

5-6 day round trip. Looking for 1 ton O/O & 3 ton drivers. 1-866-736-6483; www. speedwaymovingsystems.com P/T CLASS 1 Truck Driver req’d to haul feed with B-Train Tanker to our farm in Ponoka. 1-2 days per wk, or 3-4 days every other week, approx. 8-10 hrs. per day, flexible hrs. Must have clean driving record Fax resume (403)784-2726 or Phone 403-704-0257

• Experienced Small Engine Mechanic • Labourer (Must have valid drivers license) Apply in confidence with resume to:

Wetaskiwin Radiator & Small Engine

5717 -40th Ave., Wetaskiwin Fax 780-352-9984 or Email wetaskiwinrad@xplornet.com Trades

RIMBEYDENTALCARE

DO you want regular home times, dedicated truck, a company that cares, benefits, exc. wages, safety bonus, year round steady work? We are looking for CLASS 1 drivers for flat deck work. Must know your cargo securement, be hard working and enjoy driving as you visit the 4 western provinces. Please contact 1-877-787-2501 or fax resume to 1-855-784-2330

Business Opportunities

DR. STEVE CALDER BS C DDS

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

870

BIRCHLAND DENTAL CLINIC

DO BUSINESS in Yukon!

1,831 sq. ft. prime ground floor retail space on the Main Street in Whitehorse, Yukon, next to Starbuck’s.

For floorplan/photos, call 1-867-333-9966.

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

DENTAL CARE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY

4037835225 • 4037835235 5118 - 51 Ave., Ponoka, AB T4J 1R5

DR. HUGH PORTER • DR. RICK BARR DR. JEFF BARR • DR. GREG EDWARDS

880

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

FULL-TIME MEAT MANAGER required at Sobeys in Olds, Alberta.

40 hours per week.

Benefits. Fax resume to 1-403-556-8652.

Seasonal Positions available immediately

TORNADO Hydrovacs, a division of Petrofield Industries is accepting resumes for: Assembly Department: Industrial Painters, Electrical Technicians; 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 403 742-5544

DENTISTRY

860

HYDROVAC SWAMPER required immediately.

MUST BE ABLE TO PASS DRUG & ALCOHOL TEST. CSTS ticket an asset.

Must have own transportation to & from Stettler shop. Hourly wage to commensurate with experience.

Monthly guarantee, with full benefits after 3 months.

Fax resume WITH REFERENCES to 403-742-0509.

“WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME NEW PATIENTS”

EYE CARE Drs. Heimdahl & ZoBell 403-783-5575 1-800-662-7168 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

JOURNALISTS, Graphic Artists, Marketing and more. Alberta’s weekly newspapers are looking for people like you.

Post your resume online.

Free. Visit: www.awna.com/resumes_add.php

This space could be yours for $

30

850

PER WEEK

Calnash Trucking has an immediate opening for the following position:

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

Calnash Trucking in Ponoka requires a journeyman 3rd or 4th year apprentice heavy duty mechanic. Must be self-motivated with good written and communication skills.

Competitive wages and benefits.

Please submit resume by: Fax: 403-783-3011 Email: hr@calnashtrucking.com BRANDT is hiring for the following full-time permanent positions: SERVICE MECHANICS – responsible for performing routine mechanical and preventative maintenance duties in the inspection, maintenance and repair of construction, utility, forestry and rail equipment. Previous heavy duty or agricultural mechanic experience required. Positions will be located in Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary, AB. The wage range is $27.00/hr. - $52.00/hr.

RESIDENT FIELD MECHANIC – responsible for the repair and maintenance of construction and forestry based equipment and attachments. Positions will be located in Brooks/Hanna, Bonnyville/Cold Lake, Drayton Valley, Edson, Whitecourt, Peace River, High Prairie, AB and Yellowknife, NWT.

SO008297

HDD FIELD MECHANIC – dedicated to Horizontal Directional Drilling, this position is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the Ditch Witch product lines. Position will be located in Edmonton, AB. FOREMEN – responsible for scheduling and supervising the work of Service Mechanics to repair and maintain construction equipment and attachments. Previous leadership and mechanical experience in a heavy equipment environment is considered an asset. Positions will be located in Calgary, Edmonton and Grande Prairie, AB. Applicants will require a minimum of 3 to 5 years experience and wages vary depending on qualifications and experience. Premiums are available for shift and field work.

Please visit www.brandtjobs.com to apply for a career opportunity or call (306) 791-8923 for more information.

Call 403-783-3311 HEATING

“Committed to your comfort”

Robin Esau

Ph: 403-782-7722 Fax: 403-782-7499

robin@KlesAir.com www.KlesMechanical.com

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

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HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING

Misc.

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IS LOOKING TO HIRE A FULL TIME

BOOKKEEPER TO JOIN OUR PROFESSIONAL

Ph: 403.783.3501 Fax: 403.783.3531 wcmltd@telus.net

This space could be yours for $

30

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311

ACCOUNTING TEAM. General responsibilities include AR payment posting, AP invoice processing and month end billing, collections management and other responsibilities as required.

Minimum two years bookkeeping and Excel experience is required. Applicant must have a positive attitude and willingness to take on new challenges.

We offer competitive wages, excellent benefit plan and retirement package.

RECREATION DIRECTOR Looking for a student for to run a kids program 3 mornings/week in July & Aug. at Meridian Beach, Gull Lake Must have a car. If looking for F/T work, would work on the landscaping crew for the remaing hours and start in May. Email: norval1@shaw.ca

Employment Training

3rd Wednesday of the month

By appointment only To register or for more information call Christine at 403.783.3987 or email christine_swift@cooperators.ca

3 Certified Inspectors on Staff Battle River Insurance Ltd. The Co-operators 5103 48 Ave, Bay #3 Ponoka, AB

VETERINARY SERVICES

900

COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPING Certificate Program.

GPRC Fairview Campus.

Extensive study of beekeeping, queen rearing, and honey business. Paid work experience. Affordable on-campus residences.

1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

To apply please send resumé to tpgadbois@lkqcorp.com or deliver to 430054 Don Laing Business Park RR261, Lot 2. Ponoka

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Misc.

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Employment Training

880 HELP WANTED Ponoka Visitor Information Centre Summer Operations Open May 17-Sept. 2

CHILD SAFETY FREE CAR SEAT INSPECTION

880

POSITIONS REQUIRED for new outdoor aquatic centre in Spirit River, Alberta. Pool Manager, Lifeguards; http://townofspiritriver.ca.

Contact Bonnie at 780-864-3998.

Commercial - Residential Installations - Repair 24hr Emergency Service 3912 - 66 St Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 www.wcmltd.ca

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880

Part-time hours available Looking for an organized and personable individual who is familiar with the Town of Ponoka and area. Training is provided.

Ideal for post secondary student looking for summer work.

Resumes can mailed, faxed or emailed to: Ponoka & District Chamber of Commerce Box 4188 Ponoka, AB T4J 1R6 Fax 403-783-3886 email: chamber@ponoka.org Closing date: April 17, 201

DANDY PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Electrical Enclosure & Power Division

880

• PARTS PERSON (Experience Preferred)

BE BRANDT SO007027

www.brandtjobs.com w b dj b

• SHEET METAL FABRICATOR • PANEL SHOP ELECTRICIAN

Full Benefit Package & Production Bonuses. Safe, Warm, Modern Working Environment.

Fax or E-mail your resume in confidence to: A.C. Dandy Products Ltd. Fax: 780-352-2249

Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka 403-783-5200

PONOKA CHRYSLER JEEP Employment Opportunity Would you like a change in career, or a new employer?

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

Due to an increase in volume we find ourselves in need of a

PAINTING

We offer: up to date work practices, computer equipment, and exceptional training. We foster a team environment, with monthly bonuses, and above average wage compensation.

CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISOR If you have great people skills, computer skills, and a mechanical aptitude we will teach you the rest.

Please apply now!

(1997)

Reply in confidence by email: 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

$30 per week this space could be yours!

403-783-3311

cpateman@ponokachrysler.com Craig Pateman Service Manager Fax: 403-783-8140

Employment Training

900

MÉTIS YOUTH SUMMER STUDENT PROGRAM SO008392

If you’re a Métis youth between 15 – 30 years old, and going back to school this fall, Métis Training to Employment Services can give you the assistance you need to land that summer job where you can gain employable skills and the pay cheque you deserve.

Email: acdandy@acdandy.com

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY Accounting

1010

Accounting

1010

TAX TIME! Peter’s Tax Prep

PROVIDING EXPERIENCED, ACCURATE TAX SERVICE FOR OVER 30 YEARS TAX PREPARATION

Specializing in Farm Tax Peter Mielke

403-391-1054 or 403-887-3226 Bookkeeping

1050

Bookkeeping

1050

PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPING SERVICES Now accepting new clients in the Ponoka, Lacombe, Rimbey & Bashaw area.

Over 15 years experience covering all aspects of bookkeeping.

Funded in part by the Government of Canada.

Call 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847) online at: www.metisemployment.ca

– Strictly Confidential – Reliable – Efficient – CALL LEAH 403.783.8498 OR 403.396.9089

900

COMPUTING CAREER = Great Career. Study computer technology programs at GPRC, Grande Prairie campus. Novice to expert.

Circuit design and robotics lab, data communications and networking lab.

Diploma/University transfer. 1-888-539-4774; www.gprc.ab.ca.

FAST TRACK to Parts and Materials Technician.

36 week program at GPRC Fairview Campus includes work practicum.

Challenge 1st and 2nd period apprenticeship exams in both trades.

1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

GRANDE PRAIRIE Regional College Collaborative Degree Programs in Nursing, Computing and Education.

Complete on Grande Prairie campus. Small class sizes. Excellent instructors caring about you and your future, small town atmosphere with city amenities. Or start your chosen degree in Engineering, Fine Arts, Music, Arts, Business or Commerce - great transition from high school to university.

1-888-539-2911; www.gprc.ab.ca.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION rated #2 for work-at-home.

Train with the top-rated accredited school in Canada.

Financing and student loans available. Contact CanScribe today at 1-800-466-1535; www.canscribe.com OFFICE ADMINISTRATION Specialty Programs in Oil and Gas, Dental, Bookkeeping, Legal Secretary.

GPRC, Grande Prairie campus. Or take Microcomputer Office Specialist Diploma online.

1-888-539-4774; www.gprc.ab.ca.

Business Services #1000 - #1430

Financial

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DROWNING IN DEBTS? Cut your debts in half & payback in half the time.

Avoid bankruptcy!

Free consultation www.mydebtsolution.com or toll free 1-877-556-3500.

BBB rated A+.

MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 loan and +. No credit refused. Fast, easy, 100% secure. 1-877-776-1660.

Legal Services

1260

CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon.

U.S. travel waiver.

(24 hour record check).

Divorce? Simple. Fast.

Inexpensive. Debt recovery? Alberta collection to $25,000.

Calgary 403-228-1300/ 1-800-347-2540; www.accesslegalresearch.com.

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Legal Services

1260

IS YOUR CRIMINAL record limiting your future?

Want it gone? Have it removed today! Canada’s #1 record removal providers since 1989.

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366); www.RemoveYour Record.com

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Services

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IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

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1290

NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifieds.

Reach over 1 million readers weekly. Only $269. + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call this newspaper NOW for details or call 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.

HOME PHONE RECONNECT. Toll free 1-866-287-1348. Cell phone accessories catalogue. Everyone welcome to shop online at www.homephonereconnect.ca Like us on Facebook.

880 Sunrise Village, Seniors Supportive Living has the following positions available:

CASUAL COOK

(2 years experience minimum)

CASUAL HEALTH CARE AIDES HCA CertiďŹ cate or equivalent; CPR; First Aid

Email or fax your resume to: Cindy Osmond, Administrator Email: cosmond@sunrisevillages.com Fax: 403-783-3324 www.sunrisevillages.com

Would you like a change in career, or a new employer?

Due to an increase in volume we ďŹ nd ourselves in need of a

VEHICLE DETAILER in our clean up department.

If you are a hard worker that takes pride in your workmanship we can teach you the rest.

Email in conďŹ dence to: Attn: Craig Pateman cpateman@ponokachrysler.com

1062

Carpentry

1290

JUST MOVED? Our Hostess’ Gifts and Information are the Key to Your New ★ Community.

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100,000 Potential Buyers???

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Classified Advertising

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Well Drilling

1400

SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL Well REGION

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1400

CALL 1-877-223-3311

RURAL WATER TREATMENT (Province Wide) Tell them Danny Hooper sent you

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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.

403-783-6272

www.clinkerskennels.ca

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Need RV or Self EASY! Storage?

The easy way to find

a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Classified want ad. Phone 1-877-2233311

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783-3636

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Auctions

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

Auctions

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75 QUARTERS LAND, Oyen, Alberta - Ritchie Bros Unreserved Auction.

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1660

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Livestock

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SIMMERON SIMMENTALS, Fullblood Full Fleckvieh Bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds, polled and horned, A.I. blood lines, very quiet, muscled. 780-913-7963.

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BUSINESS AVAILABLE IN ALBERTA Motorcycle repair shop – sales in excess of $480,000.00 and growing Liquor Store – land, buildings & eq. northern Alberta just $330,000.00 Restaurant – no franchise fees, full service sales 1.4 M price $545,000.00 Crane & Picker operation – well established, owners wish to retire sales 800,000.

Wholesale Business – Cremation Urns – land & building sales $160K Price $349,900.

Retail – Sales 2.4M 2 locations price $950,000.

Lake Resort/Convenience Store/Residence (Liquor Vendor) – Sales$150K - Asking $749,900.00

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Independent Pizza- steady family bus, 75% takeout/delivery estimate net $172144 DQ Grill & Chill- 6DOHV XS QHZO\ XSJUDGHG 5HQR FDVK ÀRZ XS WR Opa Franchise- Sales growing could net $115350, regional major mall-food court Glass Shop – going strong 30 yrs. Auto, builder, residential, commercial, 2 owners with 2 staff Winks Convenience ¹ PDMRU FLW\ EUDQG QHZ SULFHG XQGHU FRVW WR RSHQ RZQHUV VWDII VDOHV H[SHFWHG D 3UR¿W RI Seasonal Fun Business- EARN net $82,000 May 15-Sep 30 specializing in family/school gatherings, kid’s parties/ entertainment play gym equipment +LJK 3UR¿OH 6HUYLFH 5HWDLO SUH WD[ LQFRPH VDOHV JURZQ \UV LQ D URZ FDVK ÀRZ RYHU . WXUQ NH\ V\VWHPV UHDO HVWDWH FDQ LQFOXGH FRQ¿GHQWLDOLW\

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Condos/ Townhouses 4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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FOR RENT IN PONOKA 3 BEDROOM in very quiet 4-PLEX. Close to downtown. 4 appliances 403-783-5493

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GREIG HOLDINGS INC. PROPERTIES FOR RENT RESIDENTIAL 2 bdrm apartment in Lancaster c/w fridge, stove. $700/mo plus power, Available May 1, 2013 2 bdrm apartment above Commercial Bldg. c/w fridge, stove. $650. /mo plus power, Available April 15, 2013 • All residences are no smoking and no pets damage/security deposit same as rent unless stated otherwise.

Applications and references required for all properties. Working people preferred.

Contact Ernie Anderson at Greig Holdings Inc. @ 403-783-8580 Bay 6, 5012 50 Street, Ponoka, Alberta Houses For Sale

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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.

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PUREBRED red and black SEED BARLEY FOR SALE Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year High germination, high olds. Semen tested yielding. Suitable for feed and delivered. or silage. New digital scale Vicwin farms & seed treating available.

403-784-3517, Larry Trautman 843-2733 403-318-7363.

Mark Trautman 843-3474

For cow/calf pairs or yearlings Agricultural #2000 - #2290

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FOR RENT 2 bdrm suite on main floor in adult building.

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References required.

403-783-3693

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

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Manufactured Homes

ALBERTA CUSTOM HOMES “Open House” Spring Sale. April 6 - 26.

Dealer and factory incentives available.

Don’t miss out. Inquire at 1-800-347-5590.

COMMONWEALTH HOMES invites you to our “Open House” April 6 - 21.

Special purchase incentives. Inquire at www.commonwealthhomes.com 1-800-341-6675.

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Manufactured Homes

Manufactured Homes

Out Of Town Property

SMART. SPACIOUS. STYLISH. Why not a modular home? Now available in 9’ ceilings.

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SAMSON CREE NATION WATER TREATMENT PLANT TENDER Samson and Pigeon Lake Water Treatment Plants: Process and Controls Improvements Tender Available: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 10:00AM MST Tender Closing: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 2:00PM MST To obtain a copy of the tender, please contact: Steve Vaivada, P.Eng. Dillon Consulting Limited 403-215-8880 ext 4361 svaivada@dillon.ca

Ponoka County

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Ponoka Mini-Golf

The Town of Ponoka invites written proposals for the lease and operation of the Ponoka Mini-Golf facility. Proposal Information packages are available to at the Ponoka Town Office. For more information contact Wes Amendt, Director of Community Services.

Faxed or electronic mail submissions will be accepted.

Wes Amendt Director of Community Services Phone: 403-783-0118 Town of Ponoka Fax #: 403-783-6745 5102-48 Avenue Email: wes.amendt@ Ponoka, AB ponoka.org T4J 1P7

Ponoka County PUBLIC NOTICE

Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU

Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU

Reclassify SW 5-42-26-W4 (approximately 31.5 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential Hobby Farm to allow for future residence for daughter and family.

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular office hours.

Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Officer Ponoka County 4205 - Highway #2A PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9 Phone: 783-3333 Fax: 783-6965 e-mail: PonokaCounty@PonokaCounty.com

THE ONE - THE ONLY The One and Only in Canada! Only Authorized Harley Davidson Technician Program at GPRC Fairview Campus. Oncampus residences.

1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

5190

SCRAP FARM MACHINERY and vehicles. Yard clean-up of metals. We pay cash for large amounts. Call 780-918-9000.

Public Notice #6000

Public Notices ..................6010 Special Features ..............6050

Proposals must be submitted in writing to the undersigned no later than 2:00 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013.

PUBLIC NOTICE The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Dougald & Janette Fawcett to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

5080

TWO WHEELIN’ EXCITEMENT! Motorcycle Mechanic Program. GPRC Fairview Campus, Alberta.

Hands-on training for street, off-road, dual sport bikes. Write 1st and 2nd period Apprenticeship exam. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

Auto Wreckers

Request for Proposals Keep it real

Motorcycles

The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Aaron & Cody Lloyd to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows: Reclassify SE 09-43-26-W4 (approximately 20.0 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future estate planning for the two families.

Before considering the by-law, Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected may ask questions or make comments. This hearing is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed by-law may be inspected at the County Administration Building, Ponoka, Alberta during regular office hours.

Charlie B. Cutforth Chief Administrative Officer Ponoka County 4205 - Highway #2A PONOKA, Alberta T4J 1V9 Phone: 783-3333 Fax: 783-6965 e-mail: PonokaCounty@PonokaCounty.com

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Family deals with cancer Continued from page 22 “The cool thing for me, as a father was that girl wanted to do her own tags. And you know what I thought? You go girl,” said Mr. Jeffery.

If chemotherapy and pill treatments go well, then Emily will have three to four months before treatment is complete.

“They’re testing every week…

If the tests aren’t positive then they add more time and more drugs.”

Despite the trials, the family is taking one week at a time but Mr. Jeffery feels these fundraisers would not happen in larger cities.

He is proud of the care physicians and nurses have provided Emily — from the first diagnosis to the present day.

Mrs. Jeffery is grateful for the support she has from her church friends. “There’s oodles of people praying for us…I draw my faith from the Lord and that’s how it is for me.”

“This is small town Alberta…

The thing that has just blown me away is how both with the high school and with this (4-H fundraiser) is the young people that have stepped up,” dded Mr. Jeffery.

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