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Town adopts stormwater plan for developing annexed land

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye After more than six years the Town of Ponoka has adopted a stormwater management plan.

The work was a culmination of extensive consultation with Alberta Environment and landowners not in the town boundaries. The Northwest Storm Water Management Plan, Wes Williams, with Tagish Engineering presented the results of the study to town councillors July 23.

This plan ensures requirements are in

place for development over a 358-hectare area northwest of Ponoka where lands were annexed into the town. In the company’s study of the land Williams determined the water flows southward to the Battle River. “The whole basin drains through a 900 mm culvert.”

With this plan a developer has to comply with pre-and post-development flows while protecting the natural state of the land leading into a body of water called Lake 10. Natural runoff from the area is currently at 2.5 litres per second and developers would have to ensure

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runoff from properties they build would be no greater than 1.0 litre per second, he said.

Plans such as this are becoming a normal practice for Alberta Environment and developers are going to have to comply with regulations. Developers in the area will not have to do their own study.

“They don’t have to go through the rigmarole approvement process that we do,” said Williams.

Mayor Larry Henkelman was concerned landowners just west of the Hudson Green development area may not have to comply. Williams did not feel this would occur since Alberta Environment is becoming more strict with stormwater flood plans.

“They’re going to have to go through the approvals,” said Williams.

Henkelman’s other worry was the means of recuperating costs. “How does the town recover the cost from the people that didn’t participate in this agreement?”

CAO Brad Watson suggested the town could charge developers who want to opt into the plan. Although he did not have a final number, Williams estimated the cost at approximately $500 per acre.

Some of this land falls within Ponoka County and Coun. Rick Bonnett was concerned this would also tie the county’s hands with future development. He asked Williams if the two administrations should discuss this together before moving forward. “Do we just go ahead and say, ‘In your face, Mr. County.’”

“You’ve gotta look after your own house here first,” answered Williams.

Having the plan on the record and approved will help developers in town make proper plans. Adopting the plan gives the town the authority to inform Ponoka County the stormwater plan is in place and must be considered.

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After an erratic driver struck pedestrians and vehicles in north Red Deer July 31, a Ponoka man is facing several charges, including forcible confinement and assault with a weapon.

Joseph Paul Donovan, 34, was charged with numerous Criminal Code offences, including assaulting a police officer, forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, uttering threats, failing to stop at the scene of an accident, and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.

Red Deer City RCMP received the first dangerous driving complaint at about 4:30 p.m., and calls from the alarmed public continued for the next 20 minutes.

Police heard a male motorist was driving erratically along a number of city streets. The suspect allegedly struck three vehicles as well as two pedestrians and placed many other people at risk, said Cpl. Leanne Molzahn.

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“We’re asking you to co-operate and asking your folks to adhere to this plan,” added Betty Jurykoski, planning and development officer.

Watson has also met with county CAO Charlie Cutforth to keep the county informed of the plan’s progress. Williams has also made a presentation to county councillors as part of the Alberta Environment’s requirement to inform town neighbours. Enforcement falls to the government.

Cutforth said in an interview he is aware of the plan but has not seen the final draft. He believes they will have to ensure a stormwater plan in most of their developments. “We have to apply it…As future development occurs.”

Bonnett was the only councillor to oppose adopting the plan.

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Miss Teen Ponoka has adventure during pageant

By Amelia Naismith Although she didn’t make top 20, Miss Teen Ponoka County, Ann-Marie Rogers-Cooper, couldn’t imagine loving her experience at the Miss Teen Canada World pageant any more than she already does.

“It was definitely worth it. We did so many things it didn’t matter. By the third day all the girls were guessing which girls would win. The girl everybody thought would win, won,” said RogersCooper.

Rogers-Cooper began her Toronto experience July 13 and got back home July 24. “It was amazing, we did such a whirlwind of stuff.”

“I hope to get out and inspire.

I want to put my title to work.”

Ann-Marie Rogers-Cooper

The first day included photo and video shoots — one of the portions of the trip Rogers-Cooper didn’t like.

“I do not like watching myself on video,” she stated. She also didn’t like the turbulent flight across the country.

Rogers-Cooper and the 64 other contestants — 14 from Alberta — also toured the CN Tower, visited Breakfast Television and Much Music Live.

For their appearance on Breakfast Television the girls had to be ready by 4 a.m. and up by 3 a.m. to do their hair. Taking in the time difference, they were up at 1 a.m. Mountain Standard Time; they weren’t back in bed until 11 p.m.

“There were some really long days,” said Rogers-Cooper.

The girls were fed three square meals a day but because of all their commitments those meals were pretty spaced out. “It was a lot of hoarding snacks in your purse. Whenever you left the hotel you had like three granola bars with you. By the end of the day we were covered in chocolate.”

Amid the television appearances the girls had several other difficult tasks to think about — one of those being shopping.

At a mall the contestants, each in her crown, attracted a mob of about 100 people and were

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Not everyone at the mall appreciated the attention the girls got. “There was a boy on the upper level yelling things and calling names, not nice stuff,” she explained.

There were other bumps in the road on the way to the final pageant. While Rogers-Cooper wasn’t one of the unfortunate, a group of contestants got stuck in an elevator and had to pry the doors open.

Three hours before a four-hour talent gala, the power went out for half an hour. “All of us were worried we wouldn’t get our hair done in time and would just look like one big mess,” said RogersCooper.

For the pageant the girls had to learn two dance numbers. “We did a lot of rehearsals,” said Rogers-Cooper.

“We had to learn how to walk properly, how to talk properly, how to stand properly and how to sit properly,” she added. If the girls didn’t get the stance right or if their shoes touched, the judges could dock marks.

During a rehearsal for the final pageant show, host Luke Bilyk, who plays Drew Torres on Degrassi, came to meet the girls and perform his own duties. Little did he know, while they were practicing Rogers-Cooper and the others weren’t allowed to talk to him.

“He finally stopped it and said, ‘Do you not know who I am or are you just ignoring me?’,” recounts Rogers-Cooper.

“He’s definitely a very genuine superstar.

Some actors come across as very snooty, he wasn’t,” she added.

Rogers-Cooper was also able to meet last year’s Miss Teen Canada, Megha Sandhu. “I love her, she’s like the perfect person.”

Sandhu passed over her crown to this year’s winner, Jill Martin, which was already a day to celebrate as it was also her birthday.

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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 • Pastor Matt Sealy 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.

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PONOKA ALLIANCE CHURCH 4215 - 46 St. Pastor Norm Dibben 403-783-3958

What if there were no churches…

Some would considour society in general, is er the Church to be the the product of a disconkey shaper of western nect from God and those culture. In North Amercommunities of faith ica, church buildings who support and enwere one of the first pubcourage the healing and lic buildings constructed wholeness God desires in new settlements. That for us. The decline of the is all in the past now. church is not a positive Today, the Church is harbinger for our society. declining across North Fortunately though, America. There are some churches are quite resilPastor Tim Graff congregations who are ient. I’ve seen some who Trinity Evangelical bucking this trend, but hang on for years, someLutheran Church most of these are merely how managing to keep collecting survivors from the doors open. But is ships that have already that why we’re perhaps sunk or are sinking. dying too? Do we imagWe would like to imagine that the ine the church to be simply a building Bible belt of Ponoka has somehow to keep open or an institution with traresisted this trend, but even here con- ditions to keep prodding? gregations are aging and dwindling as I know we all enjoy buildings, espeople drift away to sail on a multitude pecially in the cold of winter. We also of more “exciting” options. desire a certain amount of structure, I sometimes wonder whether there order and ceremony too. However, I will come a time when there are no wonder what the church would be like churches left. What if there were no if we turned our buildings into low-cost churches? housing or community spaces? What It’s hard to imagine such a scenario would the church be like if there were and yet I would suggest much of the fewer meetings and more engagement brokenness we see today in the lives of in the brokenness of our world? individuals, marriages, families and in For me the church is people who

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The next clinic in Ponoka is Monday, Aug. 12 at the Kinsmen Community Centre from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

“Canadian Blood Services operates a national system and we are able to draw on our national reserves at times like these, says Judy Jones, manager of donor services. “Every summer is a challenge, but this year the trend is especially concerning as there are 51,000 appointments to fill between now and September 3 to keep blood inventory at an acceptable level.”

The summer months are always challenging for Canada’s blood supply and donations are soft in other countries as well. Blood systems in the U.S. and the U.K. have recently issued urgent appeals for blood donors due to fewer donations being made this summer and overall blood inventory levels falling.

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have experienced Christ’s call on their lives and who through the power of the Holy Spirit have been gathered together to be a sign, foretaste and instrument of God’s transforming grace and love in the world.

I don’t just want to come to a nice building or sit around listening or even talking all the time. No, I want to be part of a community of broken people who have experienced God’s healing love and who now desire to enter into the brokenness of life to bless others with God’s healing touch.

Those are the kind of churches we need today and I invite you this fall to become part of one. Your life, marriage, family, town, county, province and country will become a better place because of it.

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Reflections of Ponoka

For those of us who have played with dolls

By Mike Rainone for the News When I was a little boy running around Riverside and the hospital grounds, we built tree huts and forts, fished and swam in the Battle River, played sports all year-round, and had boxes full of tough toys that were good for countless hours of indoor or outdoor games. Then there were the girls, who always fussed with their hair, had neat rooms full of doll houses and all sorts of cuddle buddies, and could somehow spend many happy hours having tea parties, reading books, or knitting and sewing fancy or frilly stuff.

I would never dare say those sweet little lassies had a tough and stubborn side but if we little hooligans wanted to get in their good graces, we were forced to attend their parties and sip tea (watered down Kool-Aid) out of silly little cups, nibble on cookies and try to be polite and look interested. I guess we did somehow survive those early days of playing doctor/nurse and all the rest. Then again, did it not all pay off when we all got past the sassy and puppy love stage and became teenagers?

In salute to girls who are now mothers and grandmothers, the Fort Ostell Museum has assembled a magnificent display that is kindly on loan from a Ponoka lady. It is part of a 400-item collection dedicated to the colorful history and rapid growth and successes of the production of dolls, plush toys, and all sort of amazing accessories.

A history of dolls Dolls have been a delightful part of humankind, the earliest depicting religious figures, and were simply made out of clay, fur, wood, bone, and pottery and dressed in whatever material was available. The availability of these cherished figures representing all walks of life increased rapidly with the demand, with manufacturers introducing and mass producing a wide variety of life size dolls made out of wax or moulded out of a mixture of pulp wood and paper, wax and clay.

In the 19th century porcelain figures came into being, with bodies and parts fired in kilns, and then fashioned into real life models of all nationalities that featured multiple skin color, moveable arms/legs and heads, eyes that blinked, a choice of hair color and wardrobes. For those families who could not always afford to get involved in this new craze, mothers would create their own unique rag dolls, while fathers would fashion all sorts of accessories such as doll carriages and chairs, and of course wonderful

Photos courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

These photos show two new colorful displays at the Fort Ostell Museum that is dedicated to those who have loved to play with dolls and plush toys for countless hours during their youth. Also included are their buggies, the clothes they wore, and all the neat accessories that have always made them a part of thousands of families, both yesterday and today. little houses, with all the exquisite trimmings.

Zooming into the 20th century the sky was the limit in the wild creation of these lifelike characters off all sizes, shapes, and themes, and it wasn’t long before they could actually talk, sing, cry, dance, sleep, shiver and even wet their diapers.

Here are some of the highlights of the magnificent displays of early and modern dolls and accessories now available for a limited time at the Ponoka museum for the viewing pleasure of all ages, and will certainly bring back some memories and chuckles.

• There is a 24-inch Johnny Playpal Doll that was introduced in 1959 by Ideal, has blue eyes, and is wearing a sailor suit. Disney of course introduced the plush rubber Donald Duck toys in 1934, and likely the most famous were a set of dolls depicting the Dionne Quintuplets, who were born in 1934, and the set

Remember when

of five were adorned in the outfits they wore then.

• The unique and colorful display features many dolls and characters from throughout the world, including the first African-American Doll, the 1959 Troll or Dam Doll created by Danish woodworker Thomas Dam and the 1974 Monchhichi Japanese line of stuffed toys monkeys.

• Other plush toys that you will certainly cheer for and recognize in this display are: Sesame Street’s original Bert and Ernie, Kermit the Frog, Hasbro’s authentic Real Baby, Mattel’s Tippee Toes Doll, the Cabbage Patch Kids, Tolly Tots, and My Buddy, which was introduced in 1985 to appeal to little boys and to teach them about caring for their friends.

• Remember when Ideal created the “Miss Revlon” doll in 1950, and added the new look of high-heels and pierced ears; when you pulled the ring at the back of Chatty Cathy and she uttered seven sweet phrases; and when they introduced Crissy, the American fashion doll with adjustable hair? Then there was Alf, the 1980s space alien with bright orange hair; and then the multibillion dollar explosion into the world of dolls with the glitzy arrival of the Barbie era and all the fancy extras.

Whether we played with dolls and plush toys or not, everyone will really enjoy this new display at the Fort Ostell Museum, where everyone is welcome to drop in and browse through the colorful and exciting history of the town and county of Ponoka.

Photo from Ponoka Panorama

The Matejka family has been raising prize cattle for many decades and this great 1959 photo from the Grand Meadow district southwest of Ponoka features Bill, Charley and George Matejka with a classic string of Hereford bulls. This fine tradition of producing and showing purebred stock, which was introduced by Albert Matejka way back in the early 1900s, is proudly carried on to this day at Matejka Farms.

Photos courtesy of Fort Ostell Museum

Dolls and their accessories are on loan from a Ponoka woman at the Fort Ostell Museum.

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Opinion Fun happens anywhere It is the season of eating the corn dog, the summer. because I was, after all, It is the time, once at a rodeo. I told myagain, to bring out the self healthy food like crazy patchwork quilt fruit and fish and sissy of days; some already lettuce leaves do not stitched in place and belong here among the some yet to be created. real men and women of It is the season the west. when summer days I’m not exactly sure stretch endlessly; sort what magic marker Treena Mielke of like the relentless is used to color small On The Other Side blue of a sky that goes town rodeos with the on to forever. happy face of summer, I like summer a lot, which is but whatever it is it works. rather weird, being I live in a provAnd, somewhere along the way, ince where the bloom of the season between shooting pictures and trudgvanishes almost as quickly as the Al- ing to the ever-illusive best place to berta rose disappears from roadside shoot these pictures, I accidentally ditches. And, even though I visualize became a rodeo fan. the sunshine as this wonderful goldI even began to think about buyen haze that spills over everything, ing cowboy boots with which I could more often than not, it is in liquid scuff dirt and other unmentionable form and drowns everything. things and one of those hats that Despite all this, there are mo- seem really big probably because ments of summer that will live in my they are. mind forever in a really good way, I know, of course except for my even though I will admit they may be imagination, which is quite vivid, sparked ever so slightly by sentiment that won’t happen, but I did develop a and are, no doubt, enhanced by time. newfound respect for people who roThis year, oddly enough, one deo, people who help with the rodeo of the events that turned out to be a and people who announce at a rodeo. memory maker for me was the local And I appreciate the fact the fans are rodeo. smart enough to know attending a In actual fact, I would not have rodeo somewhere in downtown, Alattended said rodeo, except for my berta is not such a bad way to spend job. a summer afternoon.

As sometimes happens when we I’m thinking if I were rich, as in do something because we have to, dollars and cents rich, I would go on not because we want to, there are un- a vacation somewhere where “work” expected, unexplained surprises. was a four-letter word not to be used And unexplained delights. much, if at all.

I trudged into the rodeo grounds, Reality states I am not, nor will lugging this huge camera with a probably ever be, dollar and cents super-sized lens. I looked around rich, so I have to make do with what for the best place to stand, sit, kneel is here in my own sun-soaked or or crouch, which is what you need rain-drenched province. to do if you are a photographer tryAnd, in reality, that is not such a ing desperately to get an in-focus, bad thing. action-type photo.

There is lots to do right here, I was soon to discover the right right now, and it is amazing, how place to be was usually the place quickly one more crazy quilt square where I was not. of summer can be created simply by Despite that, I kept trying and I living in the moment. kept watching and somewhere inAnd, later, I can, of course, rebetween I wolfed down a corn dog. create the moment, sort of like that I felt momentarily better as I was good golf shot I had back in 2010. starving. I felt totally justified in Or was it 2008?

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Detroit is broke but it can rise again As it happens, I was in Detroit last month. It’s broken, and it’s broke, and now it’s officially bankrupt too. But bankruptcy is actually a device for escaping from unpayable debt — and although two-thirds of Detroit’s population have fled in the past 50 years, there are reasons to believe it could flourish again.

It was the race riots of 1967 that triggered the city’s decline. Large numbers of African-Americans from the southern states migrated to Detroit to meet the demand for factory workers during and after the Second World War. They started in the unskilled jobs — and even after they had acquired the skills, they stayed in low-paying jobs because of racial prejudice.

Spurned by the unions and victimized by a racist police force, they eventually rioted in the summer of 1967. Brutal policing made matters worse and hundreds were killed, but the worst consequence was the fear that the violence engendered. The great majority of the whites just left town.

The big automobile companies also took flight and the new car plants were built elsewhere. As the jobs disappeared and the population dropped, the tax base fell even faster. The city could no lon-

Gwynne Dyer Guest Columnist

ger afford to provide good police or medical services, so even more people left.

This vicious circle has lasted half a century but the bankruptcy might give the city’s government enough leeway to begin rebuilding public services. If they are restored, much else could follow.

Let me explain what brought me to Detroit early this month.

We were doing what we dubbed the “Rust Belt Art and Architecture Tour”: driving from Buffalo to Cleveland and then on to Detroit.

All these cities took a terrible beating as the industries they were built on died or moved overseas.

But three generations ago, when they were the industrial heartland of the United States, they were very rich — at just the right time.

The first decades of the 20th century were the heyday of art deco, the most beautiful architectural style of the modern era.

That was also the period when newly rich captains of industry could scoop up bucketloads of new European and American art: impressionist, expressionist, abstract,

the lot — and they lived mostly in what are now the Rust Belt cities.

So they put up dozens of art deco towers. They also filled their homes with best of modern art — and, in the end, donated most of it to the local art galleries. Even in Detroit, where so much has been lost, more than half of those buildings are still there. So is all of the art.

In a post-industrial economy where people have more choice about where they live, these are assets that can actually attract population — especially since, in Detroit’s case, the people who left didn’t go far. Most of them are still out there in the suburbs that surround Detroit.

The city of Detroit’s population has fallen from two million to 700,000 over the past 50 years but the metropolitan area’s population has stayed stable at around 4.5 million for all of that time. The job, really, is to bridge the devastated middle ring of low-income Detroit housing and reconnect the outer suburbs with the city centre.

Detroit can rise again. It just takes the right strategy.

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

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Noise barrier unnecessary Dear Editor: I read the article last week about the residents next to the new walking trail asking for a sound barrier to be put in place by the Town of Ponoka. I have walked this new trail and wonder why a sound barrier is needed. Highway 2A hasn’t been moved closer to the homes; the only change is the trail itself.

My wife and I have walked our trails for several years and we have never seen anyone being noisy or disruptive on any trail. People socialize and/or walk with their children on the trail and other than the children laughing and having fun as they go down the

trail, there isn’t any noise. Our trails are quiet and calming areas to walk. People respect our trails and seldom litter on them. (Garbage cans are provided.)

If privacy is an issue from having people walk by and admire houses and gardens, then I would suggest residents near the trail do what any other homeowner in town would do: put up a fence or trees at your own expense. The Town of Ponoka shouldn’t have to be responsible for the cost. I just don’t see how having a walking trail in that area increases noise to the point of needing a “sound barrier.�

Richard Welch

Respect native spirituality Dear Editor: Regarding that excellent column by Rev. Beatrix Schirner, “Church hopes to play part in aboriginal healing.�

So, churches ran the residential schools that tried their damnedest to make the native children into “civilized,� white English-speaking Christians. The children were conditioned to believe there was something very wrong with them if they didn’t adopt the language, manners, beliefs, religions, and culture of the English and French patriarchal authorities of the time.

It is now acknowledged the consequences of that determination had long-term devastating effects on natives and now churches want to prescribe more of the same as a way to be part of the healing of the dysfunction and sickness that resulted from being forced to ignore their native spiritual-

ity, language, myths and customs?  How exactly will continuing to push more of the same old elitist but erroneous Christian beliefs help anyone to heal? I don’t know of any Christian church that doesn’t promote the fallacy that asserts their Jesus is the only way.

After all, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost doesn’t seem to have done much for the children forced into Christian and Catholic residential schools.

I would think that the best way to support and encourage healing would be for Christians to admit that theirs is not the only way to connect with the higher powers of the universe and to witness, learn from, and respect a spirituality that is more attuned to nature, more protective of Mother Earth, and that is way older and more time-tested than Christianity.

Evone Monteith

Repeal liquor sales bylaw Dear Editor: Being slow on the uptake, I just recently heard that the Volstead Act, sorry, I mean the Henkelman Act — no sales after 10 p.m. of beer or liquor — was passed as a bylaw in the Town of Ponoka.

I doubt that a Temperance League had much to do with the passing of this bylaw and I suspect the residents of Ponoka had little or no say in its passing.

I know we elected the officials (a term loosely used by any and all) to act in our best interests but did we elect them to pass bylaws without some consultation with the taxpayers of Ponoka?

I realize caring for concerns of more than 6,000 people is of great and weighty importance but to disregard input from the electorate is to disregard

a democratic right to plebiscite, particularly in issues of bylaws such as the Henkelman Act of 2013.

This is a bylaw passed in a Mussolini manner and it is questionable as to whose interests it does serve and if it is even legal.

Repeal of this bylaw now must take place.

I can only sum this up by quoting, “government of the people, by the people for the people,� a statement applicable I believe, not only to federal government but to provincial and in this case municipal government, no matter that it’s origin was southern in nature.

For some reason council and the mayor remind me of the old song, “Money for Nothing.�

Randy White

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Be a Responsible Pet Owner With summer upon us, more residents will be out enjoying the days in our parks. Please keep in mind it is the owner’s responsibility to always pick up after your dog, regardless of where they decide to do their business. Our pets will want to spend more time in the backyard resulting in the possibility of increased barking. To assist us with barking complaints, please take the time to talk to the pet’s owner, it is likely they are unaware of their pets’ actions when not at home.

Please help keep Ponoka a safe and enjoyable community for all. Thank you for your cooperation.

Waste Transfer Station Hours Tuesday through Saturday - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm 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 403-783-8328 for more information. ** The LandďŹ ll that receives waste from the Town’s Waste Transfer Station has imposed a charge of $10.00 for each mattress and box spring received. As a result a $10 fee for each mattress and box spring will be charged at the Ponoka Waste Transfer Station.**

EVENTS AND RECREATION Splash Park Reminder Parents, please remember that the splash park is a Use at Your Own Risk Facility, and is non-supervised.

The cement pad can be very slippery and children should be reminded not to run, and be supervised at all times. Thank you for your cooperation.

Library Logo Ponoka Jubilee Library is YOUR place! We want to have your opinion on the future of the library’s logo.

Come down to the library and check out the logos in the display case and vote on your favourite one. There will be a draw from the ballots for a free one year library membership at the end of August.

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The Ponoka Jubilee Library invites teens and tweens to an awesome event this summer - NOT BORED BOARD GAMES! Come and play some of the best games ever created. Games include Lord of the RIngs, Risk, Settlers of Catan, Monopoly, Carcasssone, Cranium, Pictionary, Bang!, and many more! It will happen Thursday, August 22nd at 6:00 pm.

Community Information & Registration Night Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 5:00 - 8:00 pm, Kinsmen Community Centre Hosted by The Town of Ponoka Community Services Department. All local organizations are welcome to participate. Limited number of tables available and there is a minimal charge for each table. For more info and/or to reserve a spot, contact Melodie at 403-783-4431.

Aquaplex Update Afternoon public swim from1-3 pm daily! Aqua Zumba, Wednesdays 8:30 - 9:30 am. Splash Fest August 23, 1:00 - 4:00 pm - swimming, hotdogs, games and more! Advance tickets are $5.00 or 5 for $20.00, $7.00 at the door.

Ice Times Available Ice rental times are available September 3-8, and some late evening times available for adult user groups.

Please contact Wes at 403-783-0118 or Tamara at 403-783-0131 for more information.

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We reserve the right to edit for brevity, clarity and legal issues as well as to reject letters outright.

Letters shouldn’t exceed 500 words.

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Family Literacy donation: Doug Gill, FCSS board member, welcomes a donation of 50 books to the Ponoka Jubilee Library. Megan Vander Griend, Centre for Family Literacy coordinator, presented the books to the library and several of its young users on behalf the organization July 30. Vander Griend helps run the centre’s Classroom on Wheels program, which is geared toward caregivers and children up to six years old. The permanent donation also targets that age group.

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The Gary McPherson Leadership Award is presented to an exceptional individual who has helped enrich the lives of people with disabilities. The Marlin Styner Achievement Award will be presented to an individual living with a disability who has demonstrated outstanding achievement. The Awards of Excellence recognize individuals, teams or organizations that have shown a commitment to the full inclusion of persons with disabilities as demonstrated by their actions in one of the four award areas.

Nominations for all awards are open until Sept. 30. Recipients will be recognized in their communities, often at events coinciding with International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3.

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Driver charged in death Police have charged the driver in the fatal May long weekend rollover near the Menaik overpass on Highway 2 north of Ponoka.

The 26-year-old Red Deer woman has been charged with dangerous driving causing death and impaired driving causing death.

Dr. Hilgard Goosen poses with Ada Ashton, chairperson of the Ponoka and District Health Foundation and co-presidents of the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre’s Ladies Auxiliary Dorothy Ungstad and Irene Rausch July 25, who recently purchased a colonoscope for the hospital.

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New equipment keeps doctors busy

By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye New equipment at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre has kept doctors busier than ever and Dr. Hilgard Goosen could not be happier.

The hospital Ladies Auxiliary that runs the gift shop and other fundraisers bought a $35,000 colonoscope that has kept Goosen busy. “I am told that we are the second busiest endoscopy unit after Red Deer.”

There are now two scopes in Ponoka and he sees this as another way to ensure patients are healthy.

“It’s about cancer prevention,” said Goosen.

The colonoscope is used to inspect the inside of a colon and rectum using a long tube and camera equipment. Doctors can get a clear visual of the area through a monitor and can take samples of polyps for study.

This new piece of equipment was complemented with a gastroscope purchased by the Ponoka and District Health Foundation that manages funds donated or raised for bettering the hospital. Goosen feels the busier the hospital gets the more funds will come to support the centre. “So now we can make more procedures in a day.”

The care centre is also one of the few conducting quality controlled colonoscopies under a program by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology.

Patients take a questionnaire on detection, patient experience and satisfaction.

“We are very evidence-based,” says Lisa Barrett,

manager of acute care at the hospital.

Approximately 70 to 80 per cent of patients are from the Ponoka area but patients from Lacombe, Wetaskiwin and Rimbey have also taken the test.

“Our wait time is very short now,” said Goosen.

“If it’s an emergency I can usually get people in within a week or two.”

His goal is to continue providing high quality endoscopy services to patients. The Ladies Auxiliary wants to keep providing needed items to the hospital and Barrett welcomes their help. “I really think this is an excellent service for the community.”

Dorothy Ungstad, president of the auxiliary, is proud of the 2,000 volunteer hours a year the group puts in at the gift shop and for the other fundraiser they conduct to raise funds for the hospital. “They do a lot of work.”

For her a patient’s care and comfort are important. Ungstad wants them to be able to have treatment locally.

Co-president Irene Rausch enjoys meeting different people in the community at the gift shop and she wants to see good care at the hospital. “Just to continue patient comfort and care.”

Ada Ashton, chairperson of the foundation, is proud of the support they have been able to provide in conjunction with the Ladies Auxiliary. Her job is to ensure funds donated go to the right place.

“Money that’s made in the community stays in the community.”

A 25-year-old woman, a rear seat passenger, died in the May 18 crash, while the driver and a male passenger in the front seat of the 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt received minor injuries.

The driver is scheduled to appear in provincial court Sept. 9.

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Ponoka ag fair adds lumberjack show to menu

By Amelia Naismith Another year, another name and an even larger emphasis on honouring the rural and agricultural aspect of Ponoka County.

This year the Ponoka Agricultural Fair (formerly known as the Ponoka County Fair) will take place Aug. 9 and 10 at both the Calnash Ag Event Centre and the Ponoka Legion.

Ponoka Agricultural Society president Sherry Gummow says this year a number of new events are being added to the fair.

“One of the things the agricultural society, that we do in the community is promote particularly farm safety,” she said.

In conjunction with the fair, the society is offering a six-hour long course on ATV safety.

Three lumberjack performances will also be included with the price of admission. After another member saw performances at an event they brought the idea back to Ponoka.

“We decided we were going to do something different,” said Gummow.

This year, after the yard and garden category got off to a rocky start with lagging entries and an extended deadline, the home, hobby and horticultural show is being held at the legion hall. A shuttle, in the form of heavy-horse wagon rides, will run between

the legion and the Calnash Ag Event Centre during the Saturday leg of the fair.

Agility dog performances are returning to the fair and stock dog performances are also being included this year.

Another crowd-pleaser set to return is the ranch rodeo. “A lot of people like the ranch rodeo because it’s local people, not the professional cowboys,” said Gummow. The ranch rodeo also runs Saturday, Aug. 10.

Every year the fair includes many activities for the children who attend. This can range from face painting, to hobby horse races to hula hoop contests.

Although the fair this year had increased difficulties attracting the vendors it normally does, Gummow says there will be models of large farm equipment present.

“It’s more of a community thing, it’s all about celebrating the rural community,” said Gummow.

“It’s the ag fair and that’s what we decided we’re going with,” she added. “The theme is tradition meets innovation.”

That evening, at the ag centre, a community supper is being hosted at 5 p.m. Tickets are available at Busted Ladies Lingerie or by calling 403-783-0730.

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Author breathes new life into superhero genre

By Amelia Naismith A boy superhero finally escaped the clutches of a Ponoka author’s mind and is grabbing readers’ interest with his action-packed, cross-generational series.

The first installment of the Mik Murdoch Boy Superhero series was written in 2005 and author Michell Plested recently finished the final draft of the second book. “I wrote the end on Sunday (July 28) in the afternoon.”

The first book was a result of NaNoWriMo, a National Writers Month challenge encouraging writers to pen a 15,000-word manuscript in 30 days. Plested managed the feat in 22 days.

“When I decided to do the challenge Murdoch seemed like a natural fit,” Plested explained.

While the first Mik Murdoch book was finished eight years ago, it wasn’t published until Aug. 1, 2012.

Plested has gone through many rejections in his life and at one point gave up writing.

“I stopped writing cold for about two weeks.” His characters and family forced him to once again pick up the pen.

“When I signed the contract for the first one my publisher (Five Rivers Publishing, Ontario) asked me how many I had planned.” Plested has already written the first three in the series and expects there’ll be about six.

The publisher was originally interviewed for a podcast Plested hosts, and once the session was over Plested was told he could send some of his work.

At first Plested sent a different book, which was rejected, but he was encouraged to send another.

The first Mik Murdoch book has several elements loosely based on Plested’s childhood or stories told to him over the years by those in this life. “I grew up on a farm and was always a comic book fan.”

“It was one of those books that was always in the back of my mind,” he added.

Mik Murdoch Boy Superhero isn’t the first book Plested has written. Two weeks before he started it Plested finished another book, called The Goddess Renewed he’d been working on for seven years; it is yet to be published.

Writing the seven-year novel taught Plested many lessons, one being don’t revise until a manuscript is complete. “I wrote that first chapter 24 times . . . Eventually I just had to move on.”

“One of the big lessons I learned is yes, I can finish a book,” he added.

The writing flow then got a little easier. It took

only three years to write the first three Mik Murdoch books — one per year.

However, the process wasn’t without its challenges. Plested feels he, like many writers, face troubles remembering what a character might look like, or even their name.

Halfway through writing Mik Murdoch he realized he’d changed the named of Mik’s parents. “My writing tools now allow me to keep track of all my character names (and) what they look like.”

Plested uses both outlines and discovery writing.

“I actually like to have a basic understanding of what the characters are going to be.”

However, Plested’s characters seem to come to life with a will of their own, sometimes dictating their own stories and changing the outlines. “As I’m writing I let the characters carry the story.”

Plested says it wasn’t difficult putting pen to paper but the decisions became more difficult when deciding what was going to be included in the book and how they were going to be tied together.

“It was really a matter of thinking what a kid Mik’s age would do to get superpowers,” said Plested. “The veterinarian is from a story my dad used to tell me all the time.”

The tree house described in the book is an actual tree house Plested and his father built together.

Some of the characters found in the book are based on people in Plested’s life. “One of the teachers was actually based on one of my junior high teachers in Ponoka.”

The character was so accurate when a friend of Plested’s read the book he was able to figure out which teacher it was.

The two major antagonists of the novel however don’t come from people Plested knows. But he wrote them as an inspiration and lesson for his readers.

“I wanted to show even kids that are scared, if they believe in themselves and trust the people they know care about them, they will get through it.”

One of the biggest highlights of the book for Plested was when he finished the last chapter and knew the book was done.

Other highlights were when a publisher asked for a full manuscript the first time and when Five Rivers Publishing decided to take the novel; an act that came two years after another publisher first asked for the full manuscript.

“The biggest highlight for me with the book was when I got the box of first books I could actually hold

On July 13 author Michell Plested visited the Ponoka Jubilee Library to talk about his book Mik Murdoch Boy Superhero.

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in my hands,” said Plested.

Mik Murdoch Boy Superhero is a mixture of ‘normal’ reality and magic but Plested doesn’t see the two as separate entities. “There are places in the world that are so exceptional they almost feel magical.”

He put the magic in his book not for the sole reason Mik could get superpowers but so that he’d be able to see and appreciate that magic and wonder the world naturally holds.

The second Mik Murdoch book can be expected to be released sometime between Christmas and next year, depending on publisher availability, and while the first book was episodic, Plested says the next will run as more of a continuous novel.

“In the second he eats the berry

and he has no idea if it worked,” said Plested. The novel will contain a pivotal point that drastically changes Mik’s life.

Mik Murdoch has been shortlisted for a Prix Aurora Award, presented annually to honour the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works, artwork, and fan activities from the previous year.

Along with the Mik Murdoch series and his seven-year novel, Plested is also involved with podcasts, podcast novels and has a book called A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil. It’s an anthology consisting mainly of Canadian authors.

Plested can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and at www.michellplested.com.

High-wire love story captivates readers Queen of the Air by Dean Jensen c.2013, Crown $26./ $31 Canada 336 pages The bar was all of an inch in diameter but it was perfect.

You only needed to grab it and hang on, so it didn’t have to be Terri very big. It just had to hold your weight as you Schlichenmeyer swung hand-over-hand, The Bookworm hung upside down, and performed monkeyshines on the monkey bars when you were a kid.

It was so easy then. Those same moves look easy now, especially when done by a professional. But as you’ll see in the new book Queen of the Air by Dean Jensen, what’s on the trapeze isn’t what’ll keep you hanging.

Alfredo Codona didn’t believe in love at first sight — until he saw Leitzel.

He was just 16 years old, a relatively minor trapeze artist and soon-to-be heartthrob. She was 18, stunningly beautiful, a “darling with circus audiences everywhere...” Smitten, he pursued her with singlemindedness — but the Queen of the Air had her career

to think about and she ended the short romance.

Born to an unwed teenager in 1891, Leitzel definitely had circus blood in her veins: her father had owned a travelling troupe; her grandmother and aunts were all performers and her mother was a trapeze sensation.

It didn’t take long for Leitzel to upstage her.

Alfredo was the long-awaited son of Edward Codona, owner of a travelling circus. Born in Mexico, Alfredo spent most of his youth watching his sister, Victoria, receive tutoring on the high wire. It was her prowess that got him to Chicago. It was she who saw his heart break when Leitzel said their romance was over.

And so, in 1909, Leitzel went her way and Alfredo went his.

She married, divorced and married again but always had lovers on the side, powerful men who visited her tent after her performances. Her fame grew, and she made “Mister John” Ringling a lot of money.

On the trapeze, the grown-up Alfredo “had no peers.” His fame, too, was

growing and he had his sights set on a feat that everyone said was impossible.

He married a fellow troupe member but he never forgot his first love.

And then, 18 years after their last kiss, Alfredo Codona found himself working beneath the same roof as his beloved Leitzel…

So you say you love a good romance filled with drama. Add 1920s intrigue, period settings, elephants, and a dash of OMG, and you’ve got Queen of the Air. Author Dean Jensen, in fact, makes Leitzel and Alfredo’s story seem more like a novel, with rich settings and good character shaping. But it’s no novel, and in his afterword, Jensen explains how he researched this “epic” story. Long before you get that far, though, you’ll be treated to a few hours of stupendous feats under the Big Top, and back to an innocent time that wasn’t so innocent after all.

I could barely tear myself away from this book, and I think you’ll love it, too. For anyone who knows that stardust can be a tarnished and magic is an illusion, Queen of the Air absolutely soars.

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Classic novel captures student Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Philip K. Dick In a desperate attempt to get a review out before end of school, I had to marathon read this book, so I may be missing out on some details. Many readers may know this book by its movie name, Justin Kirk Blade Runner, but few Justin’s View may know of its 1968 precursor.

The book’s setting is in a post-war Earth. Many animals died from a mixture of masses of dust and radiation, resulting in mass extinctions. To compensate for this (and to prevent future war), a belief system called Mercerism was created, which revolved around the idea of empathy toward humans and animals. Humans could link in to an empathy box, which connected them to a man named Mercer, who was continuously walking up a hill while stone’s are thrown at him. While Mercerism was created, humanity was desperate to replace many of the animals that died.

Robotic animals were created, all of which were indistinguishable from their real counterparts. Robotic humans were created as well, to aid with menial labor on the fledgling colonies on Mars and other planets. Many androids desired to leave their awful living conditions, so they left for Earth. To combat this, all police departments hired bounty hunters to “retire” them.

The book begins with the creation of the Nexus 6 android, the most advanced type yet. This novel is definitely a classic. It is incredibly philosophical, with many interesting thoughts introduced to the reader. This first time through the book, it is likely you may miss many things that you could catch the second or third time around. The characters are interesting, although at times I found them to be incredibly cold and clinical, but that could just be to draw comparisons between them and the androids that lack empathy. The setting is bleak and very dystopian, presenting the best and worst of humanity.

If I could change anything about this book, it would be that I would have more information about Mercerism and the colonies on Mars.

I sincerely hope that most people who read this review read this book.

This book is a solid 9/10.

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By Amelia Naismith They’re bringing their ringing voices to light up lives in Ponoka.

The Nancy (Unsworth) Gospel Band is playing the Kinsmen Community Centre on Aug. 10. The concert starts at 7 p.m. and doors open at 6:30 p.m.

“What our band does is we come to different towns and we try to support the town in whatever they’re doing,” said Unsworth.

A portion of the concert’s ticket sales will be donated to the Rising Sun Clubhouse. Nancy and the Gospel Band are also having the sister act of Deanna and Jennifer Henderson as their opening act.

Unsworth says the band, in conjunction with their mission of support, likes to work with other singers to help foster their passions. “This is sort of a big break for them . . .We try to find groups that aren’t as well known.”

This year both Henderson sisters made it to the top 12 of the Ponoka Stampede talent show.

Unsworth has been travelling with her current band for almost two years,

since she moved back from the United States, and the band has always played with the purpose of giving back to host communities.

“It just gives gospel music a little vitality,” she explained.

The five-piece band consists not only of Unsworth’s fervent and trained voice but also a variety of instruments, including the drums, flute, whistle and guitar. “Our sound is blues gospel, southern gospel and country gospel.”

“All the music is live, we don’t use any recordings,” she added, referring to their mix of old, modern and original pieces.

The general admission includes refreshments during intermission and some of the band’s products will also be sold at the event. “All this goes to keeping costs down so we can continue to go on and do this.”

The concert is a family friendly event and Unsworth encourages everybody to come out and find a seat.

“Be prepared to have a good time; sing, clap along. If you need to get up and bust a move we’re OK with that too,” she said with a laugh.

Ponoka Drop-In Activities 5015 – 46 Avenue

Hope you are all enjoying summer but it is almost gone. Time to start thinking about getting back to our games and exercises, crafts and assorted Drop - In activities. Co-ordinators please inform your members.

Monday Billiards 9:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday.

Monday Bridge 1:15 p.m.- Marinus Huysmans, Albert Feirlbeck Monday Whist 1:30 p.m. - Pat Millar, Dorothy Houghton Tuesday and Thursday Exercise class 9:30 a.m. fun exercise Tuesday Shuffleboard 7:00 p.m. Not Active Wednesday Sewing Guild 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Very Active! Wonderfully Active!

Wednesday Cribbage 1:30 p.m - Leo Belanger, Ken Gascon Wednesday Duplicate Bridge 7:00 p.m. Not Available Wednesday Floor Curling 1:30 p.m. Completed for this season Thursday Weaving 1:00 p.m.

Thursday Partner Bridge 1:15 p.m. - Albert Fierlbeck, M. Huysmans Friday“500” 1:00 p.m. - Jimmy Rawji, George Stewart To rent our facility contact Dorothy @ 403-783-3027 or George @ 403-7833514 or leave a message @ 403-783-5012. Rentals are increasing and we would like to invite our town administration, business groups, and general public (Wedding and funeral group), to inquire about rental services and prices.

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Hiker catches breeze home from Big Valley Jamboree Police responded to a call of a man hitching a ride on Highway 2 southbound Aug. 3 at 6 a.m. with the bottoms of his pants cut out.

The man was trying to get home after the Big Valley Jamboree and was also wearing a cowboy hat and t-shirt. He was transported to Tim Hortons so he could call someone to give him a ride home.

Jeep crashes into Liquor Shoppe The right side of the Ponoka Liquor Shoppe on Highway 2A was rammed into by a vehicle Aug. 4 at 3 a.m.

Glass from the windows was smashed and the doorframe was pushed in. A portion of the vehicle broke off in the store. A partial vehicle identification number was found, which revealed a stolen Jeep Grand Cherokee

from Edmonton was involved.

There are no suspects.

Theft from a garage Police are looking for two men involved in a theft, Aug. 5, at noon from a garage on Range Road 261 and C and E Trail. A black Chevy pickup drove to a garage and two men are believed to have stolen a bike, a compound bow and four car rims.

One man is believed to have a cowboy hat and another was wearing sweatpants.

Break and enter on rural residence A homeowner on Township Road 423 and Range Road 255 arrived home Aug. 5 to see his home ransacked and the rear door pried open. Police are unsure if any-

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Artists to donate painting at powwow Submitted World famous visual artists Francisco Gazitúa and Angela Leible will travel from Santiago, Chile, in South America to attend the Samson Cree Nation Pow Wow Celebration Aug. 9 to 11.

This husband and wife team has exhibited in major galleries and museums in Chile, Canada, England, Germany, the United States and Mexico and their art works are part of museum collections throughout the world.

Gazitúa specializes in large scale sculptures made of steel, stone or wood. These artworks are displayed in front of large office towers and public areas. Recently he began a series of works based on feathers. Gazitúa said they carry many layers of meaning. The spiritual symbolism of the eagle feather in South American culture and that of First Nations in North America is similar. He believes indigenous ancestral roots and traditions bind us as members of a common family. The eagle feather is Chilean artists Francisco Gazitúa and his connection between North and South.

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Former students relive their school days

By Amelia Naismith Years after they left school, friends and classmates are still coming together to share stories and experiences.

The 65th school reunion of the class of 1948 from the Red Brick School swept through old haunts Aug. 2 and 3, bringing back graduates and students from across the country.

Part of the Hawaiian-themed reunion was spent playing a few games such as pineapple bowling but much of it was spent retelling old stories and laughing like schoolchildren.

On Aug 2. the returned students toured the Fort Ostell Museum, where a book featuring many of the woman of Ponoka’s history held Doreen McClaflin captivated.

As she flipped through, faces on every couple of pages stood out and evoked a memory.

McClaflin and husband Gordon have attended the reunions since the 40th reunion was held. “I still have my autograph books with all my chums,” said McClaflin.

On Aug. 3 a tour of the Red Brick School had the former students exclaiming as soon as they got inside how different everything was. “It’s changed completely,” said Lux. When she attended the school it housed all 12 grades with approximately 30 students per grade.

While a part of the tour involved looking around the unfamiliar building, more time was dedicated to telling old stories that still whispered through the halls.

McClaflin recalls one time when a teacher left the classroom and chaos ensued. “They got out the chalk As part of the 65th school reunion many former students of the Red Brick School toured Fort Ostell Museum, Aug. 2. rags and they started in . . . you could hardly see the kids Photo by Amelia Naismith in the room.”

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Shirley Paterson had a grand time touring her old school and reliving the years she spent there with classmates.

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Citizens benefit off big bank win

By Amelia Naismith

Along with winning $500 per month for the next year Heather Morrow donated $2,500 to Ponoka Big Brothers Big Sisters, represented by Tony Ruijsch.

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After almost walking away because she thought she was too busy to enter the contest, a Ponoka woman is celebrating as the grand winner of the Show Me Your Money Spring MasterCard campaign contest.

Heather Morrow is being awarded $500 per month for the next year.

After being told in person, “I think I said, ‘Are you kidding? Three or four times’,” she said with a laugh.

Morrow found out the exciting news a month and a half ago and already has a trip to Las Vegas planned.

“I’m going to do things for myself I’ve never been able to do . . . And I have a daughter, I’m sure I’ll splurge on her.”

As part of the contest, Morrow also has $2,500 to give to the charity of her

choice; Ponoka Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Last year Morrow signed up her daughter, an only child, for the program because, as an only child, she didn’t have the benefits other children with siblings have.

“It was the best thing I ever did. I support it 100 per cent.”

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Life-jacket loaners in provincial parks To support and encourage water safety, five new life-jacket loaner stations are opening at provincial parks across Alberta, making a total of 15.

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Tees Rodeo promotes western family fun

By Amelia Naismith Last weekend the Tees Rodeo took competitors and fans back to the simple roots of the rodeo sport.

“Tees is just very close-knit. It is the best rodeo in CARA I believe,” said rodeo judge Dennis Leis.

The rodeo, running Aug 2 to 4, has worked hard over the last 38 years to keep its message grounded; entertainment and support are what it’s all about.

Leis says the saddlebronc and bareback events saw many riders come out of retirement to carry that message.

“It’s good to see them come out of retirement just for mentorship.”

Leis says aiding the younger competitors is important because they’re the future of rodeo. “I believe in the talent necessary for them to grow in the sport of rodeo, and this is the foundation for it.”

The saddlebronc and bareback events, along with having more riders, provided a high quality of rides.

Although some of the young cowboys came down early, Leis says many were riding at a level that would have given them a score around 80 if they’d stayed on the full eight seconds.

Although all qualified rides in the bull riding event happened Sunday, Leis feels that event also went well.

Bull rider Cody Meyn came down early off his bull but still enjoyed his time at the Tees Rodeo. “Everything is a whole lot more organized here compared to other places.”

With roughstock contractors, Bar Thompson and Cal and Cody Meston, fuelling the rodeo Meyn says they’ll also usually buck bulls both Friday and Saturday night if there’s time.

Trevor Purdie provided the roping stock.

This year numbers at the gate and the dance were both up. The two family dance nights and the official beer gardens entertainment night featured a DJ, as well as Jordan Doell and the Coal Creek Boys.

Overall, in the 38 years the Tees Rodeo has been running, attendance has decreased in recent years. “It was the rodeo to go to. I remember going here 20 years ago, it was the place to be,” said Leis.

He remembers when the stands used to be so packed with people a small child wouldn’t have been able to squeeze between the spectators.

Having a smaller audience didn’t deafen the roar of the crowd or lessen their appreciation. “They’re a very responsive crowd this weekend.”

Many family members came out to cheer on the young competitors. One cowboy met up with his family after his ride, a huge smile splitting his face.

Easton Thorburn, a competitor in the 13-to-15-year-old steer riding event, rode at Tees for the first time this year; his second ride ever. He also rode at the Bowden Rodeo.

“I like hanging out with my friends and I get to watch the rodeo,” he said.

Thorburn is also attracted to the adrenaline rush that comes with rodeoing.

Although Thorburn came down early, there was no disappointment.

“Just realize you can cover it the next rodeo, you’ll get it eventually.”

Levit Root is thrown from his steer during the Tees Rodeo.

Chase Saunter slips sideways but continues to hang on tight to the fast moving sheep.

Jacob Stahl twists his legs to try and stay on the bucking bull.

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Luke Hromek ties a bright ribbon to the tail of a goat during the tiny mite goat tail tying event.

Alan and Keith Rowley (healer) came close to roping both ends of the steer.

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Water polo makes waves

By Amelia Naismith Two university water polo players are helping to spread the sport to pools across Alberta.

Summer intern students Raine Paul and Alynn Reade are travelling across the province with the Alberta Water Polo Association’s summer program, teaching the fundamentals of the sport to youths.

“We’re going all over Alberta and just hosting little intro to water polo things,” said Paul.

“It’s kind of a recruitment thing,” she added with a laugh.

Water polo is a popular sport in some of Alberta’s larger cities; Edmonton has several teams and the men’s national team trains in Calgary. However the sport hasn’t yet trickled into many of the smaller communities around the province.

Reade and Paul taught two sessions at the Ponoka Aquaplex on July 31, one for the Ponoka Youth Centre and another for the swim club.

“I think water polo gives kids swimming skills without just going back and forth,” said Paul.

As the summer progresses she’s noticed over and over that the players can improve with just a one-hour session. “In the beginning they’re kind of clumsy and they don’t know what to do with the ball. By the end you have to tell them to settle down. They get so into it.”

Reade and Paul have taught 45 sessions since they started in June and may teach as many as 70 before the end of August.

“I really just love watching little kids play,” said Paul. “It really gives kids another sport they can play.”

Reade and Paul used to both play for the same club team in Calgary and now play for different universities in California. Reade plays the position of utility player at Azusa Pacific University, and Paul is a driver at the California Baptist University.

Nathan Parker just misses as he tests out his water polo goalie skills.

Brittney Bulbeck races after the water polo ball as it bobs just beyond her fingertips.

Azusa Pacific University water polo player Alynn Reade looks for her young teammates as she partakes in the Alberta Water Polo Associations summer intern program, teaching the fundamentals of the sport to youth across the province.

Nathan Parker tries to overpower JS Dandurand and gain control of the ball.

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Jones, 12, joins Team Canada in World Series

By Amelia Naismith A young baseball star is on the rise.

Cooper Jones, 12, will play with 14 other boys on Team Canada in the Cal Ripken World series, in Aberdeen, Md. from Aug. 9 to 18.

“We were just playing a game, a regular season game. One of their scouts recommended me to go to tryouts,” Jones explained.

“At first I was nervous but when I started camp I was really excited,” he added.

The tryouts and training camps took place near the end of July. The camps were mainly drills and Jones says at first he was anxious of what the coaches would think of him.

However, it was the fun attitudes of those same coaches and the kindness of the other players that helped Jones overcome his qualms.

Unbeknownst to Jones, his mother, Barb Jones, received a n

email after the first night. “ ‘Don’t tell anybody but your kid is looking good.’ They identified that Cooper would be an asset,” said Mrs. Jones.

Jones, and the other children, weren’t allowed to know the coaches interest in him beCooper Jones will play with 14 other boys on cause they wanted Team Canada in the Cal Ripken World series the players to all try Aug. 9 to 18. Team Canada also includes a their hardest during teammate from Jones’ regular season team, the tryouts.

That wasn’t the the peewee AAA Dairy Queen Braves.

last time the coaches used the upcoming Word Series as more than just a tournament. Fair play, a fair chance and the idea that representing Canada is both an honour and a responsibility is routinely brought mentioned to the boys.

Jones found out about three weeks ago, in a phone call from one of the coaches, he’d made the team. “I was excited, ecstatic.”

“I think I was a little bit disbelieving . . . But not surprised Cooper made the team. It was an honour and exciting, but I wasn’t totally surprised,” said his mother.

“He told me making this team, he was on track for making his long term-goals.”

Jones is a mature player, able to keep cool under pressure, and Mrs. Jones says those skills helped him through tryouts.

By July 31 Jones and his new teammates had practiced together twice. Two of the boys are from Saskatchewan and the rest from across Alberta.

Team Canada also includes a teammate from Jones’ regular season team, the peewee AAA Dairy Queen Braves, Hunter Leslie.

Jones and the other players fly out together fours days before the tournament starts and are billeting with families there. “The billeting, they just feel it builds cohesiveness as a team,” said Mrs. Jones.

His family will travel down once the tournament begins but Jones will remain with the billet family.

Other teams playing in the World Series are from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Dominican Republic.

The championship games on Aug. 17 and 18 will be televised live on the CBS Sports Network.

Ponoka revs up for speedy airport drag races

By Amelia Naismith For the first time in Ponoka’s history, drag racing is taking place at the Labrie Industrial Airport.

The Elite Integrity Ponoka 1/8 Mile Drag Racing event revs up Aug. 10 and 11, beginning each day at 11 a.m.

“We’re just finalizing some loose ends. It looks like it’s going to be a pretty well received event,” said Craig Pateman, president of the Ponoka 1/8 Mile Drag Racing Association.

The bracket-type event will hold three time trials for each driver and they’re able to pick their

best time, their dialing time, out of the three. “You’re trying to achieve consistency,” Pateman explained.

Along with the races the event will include activities for children, such as face painting and monster truck rides. “It’s a family-oriented event,” said Pateman.

Exhibition cars are also being featured at the races, including the Blown Alcohol Funny Car and Cana-

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“We formed last December so that we could put this on, basically.

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Other communities around Alberta have taken to holding races at rural airports with reported positive results. When the idea was presented to the Town of Ponoka they jumped on board, says Pateman.

The Ponoka Horseshoe Club held a successful Tournament July 20th, with 38 pitchers coming from all over Alberta to participate.

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In Memoriam

Alvena Webster 1939 - 2013 Alvena Joy “Beanie” Webster was born on March 23, 1939 in Rimbey, Alberta and passed away on July 29, 2013 in Ponoka, Alberta at the age of 74 years, She will be lovingly remembered by her husband Murry of Ponoka; daughter Gail Webster (Barry Lemley) of Innisfail and son Doug Webster (Ann Garnett) of Spruce Grove; grandchildren: Mark Richmond, Ryan (Stephanie) Richmond, Jessica Webster and Michael Webster; great-granddaughter Kayla Richmond; brother Laverne (Kay) Hancher and sisters Phyllis Bjornson and Patricia Douglas; as well as numerous other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her parents Alve and Yola Hancher and an infant brother. A Funeral Service was held at the Ponoka Funeral Home on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Interment followed in the Bradshaw Cemetery. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Condolences to Alvena’s family may be made by visiting www.womboldfuneralhomes.com Arrangements entrusted to PONOKA FUNERAL HOME 403-783-3122 ~ A Wombold Family Funeral Home ~

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Frieda Kerik

September 12, 1931 - August 8, 2012 God looked around his garden And found an empty place He then looked down upon this earth And saw your tired face He put his arms around you And lifted you to rest Gods garden must be beautiful He always takes the best Thank you for the years you shared Thank you for the way you cared We loved you then and We love you still Forget you, we never will Mom you are missed by us all!

Join us as we celebrate the

50th Wedding Anniversary of

FRED & MARIAN HIEBERT Open House from 1 to 5 pm August 17, 2013 Ponoka United Church, Hall 1 5020 52 Avenue Ponoka, AB Your attendance is your gift.

Anniversaries You are invited to come and help Lew & Eunice Harbidge celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary When: Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 Tommy Dorchester Paddock at the Ponoka Stampede Grounds Time: 2-4 pm.

Come & go coffee and cake No gifts please.

Dress is casual

Celebrations

Congratulations

Henry & Eleanor White on your 60th Anniversary Love from your family

Just had a baby girl?

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Meetings

What’s Happening #50 - # 70

Arts & Crafts Shows ..................50 Class Registrations....................51 Coming Events ..........................52 Lost ............................................54 Found ........................................56 Companions ..............................58 Personals...................................60 Bingos........................................64 Fitness & Sports ........................66 Happy Ads .................................70

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BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS

Mentors difference 403-783-3112 Meetings

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

Open meetings first Thursday of the month, Everyone Welcome.

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Caregivers/Aides................710 Clerical ..............................720 Computer Personnel ..........730 Dental ................................740 Estheticians........................750 Hair Stylists ........................760 Janitorial ............................770 Legal ..................................780 Medical ..............................790 Oilfield ................................800 Professionals......................810 Restaurant/Hotel ................820 Sales & Distributors ..........830 Teachers/Tutors..................840 Trades ................................850 Truckers/Drivers ................860 Business Opportunities......870 Miscellaneous ....................880 Volunteers Wanted ............890 Positions Wanted ..............895 Employment Training ........900 Career Planning ................920

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AN ALBERTA OILFIELD construction company is hiring dozer and excavator operators. Lodging and meals provided.

Drug testing required.

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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.

T.O.S. IN WHITECOURT is looking for experienced Class 1 Fluid Haulers and Class 3 Vac Haulers.

Top wages paid.

To apply please call 780-268-4444 or email: t.o.s@hotmail.ca CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately.

All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, (No GDL licenses) and First Aid. We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits.

Please include 2 work reference names and numbers.

Please fax resume to: 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

770 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Dessert and Refreshments provided by Bob Hepp and Company

HOUSEKEEPING PERMANENT PT/CASUAL

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Weekly meetings Tuesdays @ 8 p.m.

Neighborhood Place 5115 49 Ave. Ponoka For more info.

403-783-4557 or 403-783-8371

INCLUDING HOLIDAY COVERAGE

Competitive wages & benefits

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

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Oilfield

LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

Must have safety tickets.

No experience necessary.

Will train. Fax resume to 403-746-5131 or email smittysoilfield@gmail.com Start your career!

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Thursday, August 8 2013 at 5:30pm

Coming Events

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Equipment Services Inc.ISOLATION an expanding Oil Service & Supply Services Inc. an expanding Oil Service Company is seeking quality & Supply Company is seeking Service Technicians and Trainees.quality Previous exp. with Service Technicians and Trainees. Previous exp. with service rigs, fracturing, or similar industry exp. with service rigs, fracturing, or similar industry oilfield tickets is an asset exp. with oilfield tickets is an asset Class 1 or 3 driver’s License applicants will get primacy Class 1 or 3 driver’s License applicants will get primacy (Drivers with Class 5 & 5Q will be considered if (Drivers with Class 5 & 5Q will be considered if Applicant has has relevant relevant oilfield oilfield experience) experience) Applicant current driver’s driver’s abstract abstract req’d req’d AA current Off-road driving driving exp. exp. isis an an asset. asset.

Off-road MUST HAVE HAVE valid valid H2S H2S and and MUST AB/BC First First Aid Aid Tickets Tickets AB/BC BENEFITS BENEFITS Exc. monthly monthly guarantee guarantee ** Exc. ** Exc. Exc. job job bonus bonus Northern Allowance Allowance ** Northern Program Program Excellent Benefit Benefit Plan Plan and and Travel Travel ** Excellent Expenses.

Expenses. ** Retirement Retirement Plan Plan Lucrative Quarterly Quarterly Safety Safety Bonus Bonus Program Program ** Lucrative Christmas Bonus Bonus ** Christmas Fax or or email email your your resume resume Fax and driver’s driver’s abstract abstract to: to: and Fax: (403) 347 3406 Fax: (403) 347 3406 Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com or drop drop off off at at 239 239 Clearview Clearview Drive, Drive, Red Red Deer Deer County County or ATTN: Lori Lori Enzie Enzie ATTN:

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WINCH TRACTOR OPERATORS. Must have experience operating a winch.

To apply fax, email or drop off resume at the office.

Phone 780-842-6444.

Fax 780-842-6581. Email: rigmove@telus.net.

Mail: H&E Oilfield Services Ltd., 2202 - 1 Ave., Wainwright, AB, T9W 1L7.

For more employment information see our webpage: www.heoil.com.

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STETTLER SALE & RENTALS LTD. is seeking a

F/T PERMANENT COUNTER SALES PERSON

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Successful applicant will have good computer and customer relationship skills. Previous counter experience and equipment or construction related experience will be an asset. We offer competitive wage and benefit packages.

To join our team please fax resume to 403-742-8777 or email darryl@ stettlerrentals.com

Christian Youth Minister

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is currently seeking a

This is a half-time paid position in Ponoka Alberta.

For more information please contact us at 403-783-4141 or see a full ministry description at http://trinityponoka.ca/ about-us/staff/job-opening/

Sales & Distributors

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OUTSIDE SALES PERSON for NAPA Store in Three Hills, Alberta. Automotive parts/service knowledge required and sales experience is valuable.

Resume to: dfox@napacanada.com

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Trades

JOURNEYMAN or 4th YEAR APPRENTICE Plumber/gas fitter for small shop Competitive wages and health plan.

Send resume to: jwillplmb@xplornet.ca or Fax: 780 312 2889 or call: 780 387 6087

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Oilfield

CJ Enterprises is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

• WELDERS • LABOURERS • PIPEFITTERS • SUBCONTRACT CREW TRUCK OPERATORS • SITE SAFETY REPS (Camp jobs start up September)

• SERVICE MECHANIC to work in Stettler shop. Some travel to worksites to service equipment as needed.

Please fax resume to 403-742-0241 or email to jobs@cjent.ca Drop off resumes to 4607 - 42 St., Stettler

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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Drs. Heimdahl, ZoBell, & Kallal, Optometrists of Ponoka EyeCare are proud to have been serving our patients in Ponoka and the surrounding central Alberta area for thirty five years. Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive and thorough vision and eye care service possible for patients of all ages. We offer one of the best selections of premium lenses, designer eye wear and contact lenses available anywhere.

We are currently looking for an energetic individual to fill a position as an Optometric Assistant.

This is a flex-time position and professional experience would be an asset. We will provide full training in required areas.

Some of the responsibilities include: • Repairing and adjusting glasses.

• Preliminary testing of patients.

• Reception and telephone answering.

• Assisting the optometrist.

Personal attributes would include: • Flexibility working in a team environment to deliver patient care.

• Ability to resource and work independently.

• Able to make decisions and accept responsibility.

Working as an Optometric Assistant is a gratifying and stimulating career choice. As a member of our team you will make a difference in people’s lives by providing an outstanding health care service.

Please provide a cover letter with your resume.

Resumes may be dropped off in person at 5120 51 Ave. Ponoka or email ponokaeye@gmail.com

APPLY NOW NOW HIRING G.M. Tech or ASEP. With good communications skill and work ethics to work with award winning G.M. dealership in Lacombe Alberta.

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Training provided .

Apply to confidential email: bert.rumsey@telus.net Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

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

Professionals

Trades

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HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC, Flagstaff County, Sedgewick, Alberta.

Please contact Kevin Kinzer at 780-384-4106 or kkinzer@flagstaff.ab.ca.

Competitive salary, benefits & pension plan.

In search of a

Material Handler

responsible for assembling job material bundles, performing a variety of administrative functions, projects and other assignments. This position requires the following competencies: Computer Literate, Attention to Detail, Good Communication/Customer Service skills, and Organizing/Planning ability. Our Company has an enthusiastic, fast paced working environment with advancement for motivated individuals, and an excellent benefit package.

Wage would be commensurate with experience/skills. Please email resume or fax to 403-742-1905 or e-mail tdonovan@petrofield.com INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. No Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

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1-866-399-3853 JOURNEYMAN MECHANIC WANTED. Neilson Mechanical (Acadia Valley, Alberta) is a growing heavy duty repair business specializing in shop/field service and repair for construction equipment and highway tractor/trailer units.

Competitive wages.

Valid driver’s licence necessary. Contact Brad 403-664-9185 or email: neilsonmechanical @netago.ca MECHANICAL Business in Central Alberta is Now hiring Journeyman HVAC Technicians. Experience in A/C, Residential and Commercial. Service background a must. Estimating an asset. Applicant must have valid drivers license and be willing to work on call rotation. Competitive Salary. Please submit resume to wcmltd@telus. net or fax 403 783-3531

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Ponoka Christian School 6300 50 Street Ponoka, AB T4J 1V3 office@ponokachristianschool.com Ponoka Christian School is accepting applications for an

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT

for the coming 2013-2014 school year.

Interested applicants may send resume to the address or email above by August 17, 2013

Restaurant/ Hotel

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PONOKA STAMPEDER INN Has openings for full or part-time:

FRONT DESK CHAMBERMAID Drop of resume to 4215 Hwy 2A Or fax 403-783-6688

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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

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OPENINGS in Alberta areas for Highway Maintenance Class 1 or 3 Operators. Full-time and part-time positions available. Fax resume to Carillion Canada at 780-449-0574 or email: mcroft@carillionalberta.ca.

Positions to start Oct. 15, 2013.

Please state what position you are interested in.

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Rimbey Implements Ltd.

Carpenters Carpenters Helpers & Site Foreman For local work.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Al York

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

Rimbey, AB

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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Fax: (403) 843-3430

Trades

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F/T Mechanic to service small and medium size equipment. Experience necessary.

Email resume to: darryl@stettlerrentals.com or fax to: 403-742-8777

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Brentridge Ford has 25 years of success on the famous auto mile in Wetaskiwin. We have an opportunity for a new/used vehicle sales person.

We offer a fun working environment, a management commitment to the success of our people and a track record of customer satisfaction second to none.

We are looking for an individual who is prepared to commit to the effort and enthusiasm that will result in a successful career in the auto industry.

Interested parties may respond by email or fax attention: Milt Hodgins at m-hodgins@brentridgeford.com or fax 780-352-8272

AUTO SALES

Truckers/ Drivers

BUYERS

860 Inland Concrete Ltd Requires

Stettler Sales & Rentals is seeking

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ANIMAL SERVICES

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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

DRIVERS

For their Ponoka & Lacombe locations Class 1 or Class 3 required No experience required. Will train suitable candidates.

Please fax resume to: 403-782-3134 ATTN: Leonard

or for more information call Leonard 403-588-2834

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

PILOT TRUCK DRIVER

Equipment Operators

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Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

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DENTISTRY

RIMBEYDENTALCARE DR. STEVE CALDER BS C DDS

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

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

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

Unplanned pregnancy may be difďŹ cult to face.

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DATING SERVICE. Long-term/short-term relationships. Free to try!

1-877-297-9883.

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Meet local single ladies.

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Pet Services

8AM - 12:30PM • 1PM - 5PM

CONCRETE SERVICES

1318

CLINKERS KENNELS

• Residential • Commercial • Agricultural OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY Ph: 587-786-3142 780-352-4301 Email: dmarkevich@wetaskiwinrm.com

HEATING

1350

Need RV or Self Storage?

8’ X 10’ mini storage units available for rent.

Also RV storage.

Secure compound.

Call Keith at

Auctions

1530

BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS SALES EVERY WED. @ 6 pm.

Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on 2A ESTATE SALE AUG. 7TH NO ANTIQUE SALES FOR THE SUMMER No weekly sales in Aug. Resuming Sept. 11

First Call Towing

403-304-4791 Check website for full listing

783-3636

www.bigstrapperauctions.net

Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

Welding

1410

HUGE FOOD Equipment Auction at an Edmonton’s Roadhouse location.

Sunday, August 11, 2013, 11 a.m., 11650 - 142 St., Edmonton.

Full ad at howardsauctions.ca or email: edmonton_auctionservice @shaw.ca 780-718-2274 or 780-432-8181

Welding

1410

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

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NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday

1315

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Well Drilling

1400

Well Drilling

1400

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Auctions

1530

COLLECTIBLE & HOUSEHOLD AUCTION Sunday August 11 Time 10 a.m.

Bowden Lions Hall, Bowden AB Coins, Collectibles, Art, Hockey memorabilia, Furniture, China cabinets, Dining room table/chairs, Piano, Household items, Yard & garden, Just too much to mention.

Everything is packed in trailers. Check the web for full listing & pictures, 5% admin fee applies.. Lunch available by Country Roads catering..

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

Misc. for Sale

1760

WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR? ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.

Don’t forget on Sunday August 18--The Olds Lions Club is hosting a Stars Helicopter Charity Auction-- All proceeds will be going to Stars‌.

Donations would be appreciated for this sale‌ Bring the whole family out for some fun and entertainment.. Location 3.5 miles north of Olds on Hwy 2A, for more information call John @ 403-556-5531 ESTATE AUCTION. August 17 & 18 - Saturday/Sunday.

Collection of oriental & Victorian antiques, art works, & guns! Athabasca, Alberta. Viewing: Fri. 4 - 6; Sat. 9 - 10 a.m.

Auction: 10 a.m. both days.

Detailed pictures: www.all-riteauctions.com.

780-374-3864; allriteauctions@syban.net.

Licence #194638.

Customizable and secure. From storage to workspace.

Steel containers from 8' to 53'.

20' & 40' skids with optional 4' landings available. Mount with twist locks.

HUGE UNRESERVED Antique Auction.

Saturday, Aug. 10.

John Deere 50 tractor & pedal tractor collection & much more!

10 a.m. Scribner Auction, 780-842-5666, Wainwright, Alberta; www.scribnernet.com.

MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, August 31, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton.

Over 150 guns - Handguns, rifles, shotguns, wildlife mounts, hunting and fishing equipment.

To consign 780-440-1860.

Building Supplies

1550

METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Very competitive prices!

Largest colour selection in Western Canada.

Available at over 25 Alberta Distribution Locations.

40 Year Warranty.

Call 1-888-263-8254 STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% off!

20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100, sell for balance owed!

Call 1-800-457-2206; www. crownsteelbuildings.ca

1720

New tub & shower with bath surround • 2 dressers

780 440 4037 | SEACAN.COM

3912 - 66 St Ponoka, AB T4J 1J8 www.wcmltd.ca

Ph: 403.783.3501 Fax: 403.783.3531 wcmltd@telus.net

ROOFING & SIDING

Phone/Fax

403-782-4771 Cellular

403-350-6571

Sterling Smith

CONCRETE

Specializing in: - Curbs/Sidewalks - Drive ways - Basement Floors - Stamped Concrete - Exposed Concrete

Leo Cabral

Serving Ponoka & Area

Household Furnishings

12345

Commercial - Residential Installations - Repair 24hr Emergency Service

Pilgrim Auction Service 403-556-5531 www.auctionsales.ca

www.1800bigiron.com robin@KlesAir.com www.KlesMechanical.com

HEATING & EAVESTROUGHING

403-704-5556

Ph: 403-783-6428 Cell: 403-783-1905

This space could be yours for $

30

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311 VETERINARY SERVICES

Southwest Industrial Park 4102-64 St., Ponoka 403-783-5200 8 a.m. - 5 p.m Mon. to Sat. • Open late Thursday 24-hour Emergency Call Dr. Bill Frischke • Dr. Kelly Loree • Dr. Leighton Coma Dr. Trevor Hook • Dr. Emily Ames

Reaching 6000 households weekly

For just

$30 per week this space could be yours!

403-783-3311

Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013

Misc. for Sale

1760

EVERY WATER WELL on earth should have the patented “Kontinuous Shok” Chlorinator from Big Iron Drilling! Why? Save thousands of lives every year. www.1-800bigiron.com.

Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON

Wanted To Buy

1930

TAMARACK

Lil Mule Logging Inc. is now buying standing Tamarack. Minimum 10 acres. 403-318-4346

Agricultural #2000 - #2290

Farm Equipment ..............2010 Haying Equipment ............2020 Tractors ............................2030 Combines & Headers ......2040 Fertilizer Equipment..........2050 Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060 Equipment Wanted ..........2070 Farm Custom Work ..........2080 Farm Auctions ..................2090 Livestock ..........................2100 Livestock - Exotic..............2110 Sheep ..............................2120 Poultry ..............................2130 Horses ..............................2140 Horse Boarding ................2150 Riding Supplies ................2160 Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170 Pasture Wanted ................2180 Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190 Seed Grain ......................2200 Seeding & Tillage ............2210

Farm Equipment

2010

1997 Case IH 8480

field ready Round Baler, hasn’t been used for a few years.

Taking reasonable†offers.

Phone 403-883-2381 AERATION HALF CIRCLE perforated duct work 24” system complete, have several sets, 403-728-3535

Grain, Feed Hay

PONOKA NEWS Page 29

2190

HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed.

Buying damaged or offgrade grain.

“On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252

AN EXCELLENT CHOICE WHERE YOUR AD REACHES RURAL READERS

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

Roommates Wanted

For Rent #3000 - #3200

Acreages/Farms ..............3010 Houses/Duplexes ............3020 Condos/Townhouses........3030 Manufactured Homes ......3040 Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050 Suites ..............................3060 Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070 Roommates Wanted ........3080 Rooms for Rent................3090 Motels/Hotels ..................3100 Offices ..............................3110 Stores/Commercial ..........3120 Industrial ..........................3130 Warehouse Space............3140 Garage Space..................3150 Storage Space ................3160 Land ................................3170 Pasture ............................3180 Mobile Lot ........................3190 Misc. for Rent ..................3200

Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390

Acreages/Farms ..............3255 Houses/Duplexes ............3260 Suites ..............................3270 Rooms..............................3280 Manufactured Homes ......3290 Housesitting Wanted ........3300 Garage Space..................3310 Storage Space ................3320 Stores/Commercial ..........3330 Office Space ....................3340 Industrial ..........................3350 Warehouse Space............3360 Resorts & Cottages..........3370 Pasture/Land....................3380 Mobile Lot ........................3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BEDROOM DUPLEX

4 appliances, no pets $850/month & DD Available Sept 1 Call Grant 403-783-6497

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

AVAIL. immed. in Ponoka 2 bdrm. spacious downstairs suite in 4 plex. 4 appls., N/S, NO PETS, $675 rent & d.d., Call 403-704-1706 Vicki or Mel

Suites

3060

AVAILABLE SEPT 1 2BDRM, 1 ½ BATH HEAT & WATER INCL

$850/MONTH PLUS D.D.

403-783-6011

FURNISHED BACHELOR SUITE FOR RENT IN PONOKA TV & utils. incld. $550/mo.

403-963-0204

3080

Looking for female, non-smoking roommate/ shared accommodation Furnished basement bedroom with own full three-piece bathroom Kitchen and laundry shared. $650 monthly rental includes all utilities, internet and parking.

Available September 1st Please call Amy at

Reached a Milestone?

Call Classifieds 1-877-223-3311

Well-designed 2 bdrm. home in Red Deer.

4 stainless steel appliances, great location close to amenities. $314,800.

Call Chris 403.392.7118

Acreages Rooms For Rent

4020

Why Rent, Buy New

780-806-9027

4050

3090

•Queen size bed, shared kitchen & laundry •Cable/Internet incl + parking •Must be clean, responsible & employed – no drugs $550/plus deposit & ½ of utilities 403-597-1247

Real Estate #4000 - #4190

Realtors & Services..........4010 Houses for Sale................4020 Houses Wanted ................4030 Condos/Townhouses ........4040 Acreages ..........................4050 Acreages Wanted ............4060 Farms/Land ......................4070 Farms/Land Wanted ........4080 Manufactured/ Mobile Homes ..................4090 Income Property ..............4100 Commercial Property ......4110 Industrial Property ............4120 Cottages/Resort Property ..4130 Businesses for Sale..........4140 Buildings for Sale ............4150 Lots for Sale ....................4160 Out of Town Property ......4170 Investment Opportunities ..4180 Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190

Houses For Sale

Farms/ Land

4070

ATHABASCA LAND AUCTION. 3400 sq. ft. executive house on 160 acres. Sunday, August 18, 1 p.m. Details see www.todaysauctionpage.com Alberta/All-Rite Auctions or www.all-riteauctions.com 780-374-3864.

Licence #194638.

HOMES & FARMLAND, Fawcett, Alberta. Ritchie Bros Unreserved Auction.

1 HQ, 1 country residential acreage, 4 parcels farmland. Jerry Hodge 780-706-6652; Greg Cripps - Remax 403-391-2648; rbauction.com/realestate

4090

Manufactured Homes

ROOM FOR RENT IN FINISHED BASEMENT

For Sale By Owner

Build your dream home on this beautiful treed 1.75 acres. Land is located just east of the Red Deer City limits near the Balmoral Golf Course.

Roads to property from Red Deer are paved.

Asking $329,000.

Call 403-227-6893 for more details.

Houses For Sale

14 x 70 3 bdrm. mobile, partially furnished, 5 appls, in Rimbey Town Mobile Home Park, very good cond, $29,900 780-465-7107 or 780-914-6032 70 HOMES BUILT and ready for delivery.

20 different 1520 square foot models, packed with options. Priced from $129,900, delivered.

Toll free 1-855-463-0084; www.jandelhomes.com.

4090

Manufactured Homes

GRANDVIEW MODULAR HOMES now open in Red Deer & Airdrie!

Showcasing high-end homes from Grandeur Housing and Palm Harbor Homes. Inquire about opening specials; www.grandviewmodular.com 1-855-347-0417; 7925B - 50 Ave., Red Deer HOMES, COTTAGES & More. RTMI - Ready to Move in.

Call 1-888-733-1411; rtmihomes.com.

Red Tag Sale on now!

PLUMBING SHANDALL PLUMBING LTD. JAMES AVERY “Reasonable rates on all your plumbing needs” Gas Fitting - Home Renovations - Drain Cleaning -24 HOUR SERVICE5306 - 60 ST, PONOKA, AB T4J 1K7 PH: (403) 783-6372 • FAX (403) 783-6345

PLUMBING

4130 PONOKA PLUMBING & HEATING

Cottages/Resort Property

ELINOR LAKE RESORT. 2.5 hours NE of Edmonton.

Fully serviced lake lots for sale. Suitable for cabin/house, RV, or investment. Unserviced lots available for lease.

1-877-623-3990; www.elinorlakeresort.com TELL it all! Tell it well! Make your ads sell for you by giving full description of goods or services offered. Include prices and terms. Phone 1-877-223-3311 for a friendly ad taker.

We now carry a complete line of Ritchie Stockwater parts Hours of Business: Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 5 pm

5110 -50 Street Box 4414 Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1R7

JESSE ZINTER Office - 403-783-5489

This space could be yours for $

4020

30

PER WEEK

Call 403-783-3311 PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

LittleJONS’ Hand Wash Stations Handicap Units Trailer Units New Solar Powered Units with Running Water

4020

Serving Central Today!

Alberta Book On-Line

403.783.8322 AMAZING VALUE

Move right into this brand new Laebon Home in Timberstone. 2,135 sq. ft.

3 bdrms., 2.5 baths.

OPEN CONCEPT $466,100.

Call Chris 403.392.7118

www.littlejons.ca

Reaching 6000 households weekly for just

$

30

PER WEEK

This space could be yours!

PONOKA Large 2 bdrm. basement suite, seperate entrance, 4 appls. Reno’d. No pets, N/S, non-drinker.

Quiet worker, rental only.

403-704-1645

Houses For Sale

Live the Sylvan Lifestyle

Brand New Laebon Home, 2 bdrms. 2 baths, Open concept floor plan for under $300,000.

Call Jennifer 403.392.6841

403-783-3311 TREE SALES & SERVICE

New 3 bdrm. home

in Sylvan Lake Move right into this popular Laebon floor plan 1,172 sq. ft. 4 stainless steel appliances, 2 baths Call Jennifer 403.392.6841

Ponoka- located 1.5 Miles North of High School Phone (403) 783-5072 Cell: (403) 704-5384 www.brtrees.com

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VETERINARY SERVICES

Ponoka Veterinary Clinic

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

Dr. Murray Jacobson Dr. Clayton West Dr. Ashley Shannon

Mon. - Fri. 8 am - 5 pm Sat. 9 am - 4:30 pm

24 Hr. Emergency 403-783-4348

5502 - Hwy 2A Ponoka, AB

T4J 1M1

THIS SPACE COULD BE YOURS FOR

$30

PER WEEK.

CALL 4037833311 WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

Your water well solution for over 30 years • Specializing in water wells with PVC casing • Government grants in effect for farmers • New pumps & pressure system installation • Same day service - on most pump & pressure system repairs

Money To Loan

Financial #4400 - #4430

LAKEFRONT HOUSE - BUFFALO LAKE ROCHON SANDS Built in 2010, 2560 sq ft of living, 6 bdrms, 3 bath, a/c, infloor heat, custom sound system, oversized dbl. det. garage & landscaping w/large fire pit, play structure & gazebo MLS CA0012577, PRICE $784,000 Brian Lynn Cell: 403.741.5060

Mortgages Bought/Sold

4190

BANK SAID NO? Bank on us! Equity Mortgages for purchases, debt consolidation, foreclosures, renovations.

Bruised credit, self-employed, unemployed ok.

Dave Fitzpatrick: www.albertalending.ca.

587-437-8437, Belmor Mortgage.

Public Notices

4430

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4430

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Get up to $25,000 on your vehicle, mobile home, land or equipment. 1st and 2nd mortgages; www.bhmcash.com.

1-877-787-1682.

Public Notice #6000

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

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LOW INTEREST FINANCING

Borrow up to 20K and pay $387./mo. at 8%. Personal & small business loans.

Bad credit OK. Call Toll Free 855-331-5322

1.877.223.3311

6010 Ponoka County

PUBLIC NOTICE

Call Cliff today for a free estimate (403) 350-0106

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

WATER WELL DRILLING SERVICES

The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Clifford Bollinger to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows:

Darcy’s Drilling Services • water wells drilled & serviced • new pump & pressure system installations • all types of pump repairs • well shocking Darcy Schmidt Ph: (403) 783-2220 Fax: (403) 783-8828 Email: darcysdrillingservices@hotmail.com

WATER WELL SERVICE

ECKLUND Water Well Service • Install & Service Pumps • Shock Wells • Pressure Systems Serviced & Installed Home: (403) 783-3712 Cell: (403) 704-3413

Advertise your business in the Business Directory!

6010 Ponoka County

PUBLIC NOTICE

Investments ......................4410 Money Wanted ................4420 Money to Loan ................4430

Money To Loan

Public Notices

Reclassify Pt N 1/2 SE 23-43-01-W5 (approximately 3.0 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future subdivision of the rezoned area.

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 Monday, August 12, 2013 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed bylaw 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: 403-783-3333 Fax: 403-783-6965 e-mail: PonokaCounty@PonokaCounty.com

Celebrate Your Marriage With a Milestone Announcement • 1.877.223.3311 Remember to share the news with your friends & family!

Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Thomas and Brenda Griffiths to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows: Reclassify Pt NE 20-42-24-W4 (approximately 10.0 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential Hobby Farm district to allow for creation of a farmsite separation.

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 10:30 a.m. on Monday, August 12, 2013 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed bylaw 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: 403-783-3333 Fax: 403-783-6965 e-mail: PonokaCounty@PonokaCounty.com

Ponoka County

PUBLIC NOTICE Amendment to Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU The Council of Ponoka County has been asked by Marrion Owen & Bill Spies to amend Land Use By-Law 7-08-LU as follows: Reclassify Pt NW 34-42-24-W4 (approximately 34.0 acres total) from Agricultural District to Country Residential to allow for future subdivision of the rezoned area into 3 lots.

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 Monday, August 12, 2013 in the Council Chambers of the County Administration Building.

A copy of the proposed bylaw 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: 403-783-3333 Fax: 403-783-6965 e-mail: PonokaCounty@PonokaCounty.com

Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013

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Make hay while the sun shines It is quite likely or shine, what I really most of us will not enjoy about this time soon forget the wrath of the year is browsing and the challenges that through the farmers’ our great province has markets and stores, and been faced so far this picking up all sorts of year by the forces of fresh fruits and vegnature. Yes, it was a gies just plucked off the long and cold winter, vine. Over the past two followed by a wet and weeks I have shown far Mike Rainone chilly spring, and now too much TLC for my Hammertime we are in the middle lone tomato plant on of a summer that really our deck, as well as sitdoesn’t want to kick into the full heat ting and shelling so many peas that and sunshine mode we love so much. my fingers have turned green. I do While British Columbia is currently believe this boring kitchen table punsweltering in the heat and Vancouver ishment is some sort of payback for is finally singing in the rain again, we the many gardens and berry patches are still shivering at night and wonder- that my buddies and I raided when ing what our weather prognosticators we were kids. I am sure we all had a hand in those sort of summer shenanare going to send our way next.

Always looking on the bright igans but the delicious rewards were side, we hardy Albertans have some- worth the tummy aches, and a scoldhow managed to survive the floods, ing from our mother for not wanting the hail, the wind, the rain, the noisy supper and having filthy knees. Anthunder storms and everything else other longstanding tradition but a lot that has blown our way. Along the of work for moms, is transforming way, those who suffered the worst the best of nature’s summer crop from natures’ wrath have been over- into sealed jars or frozen pies, not to whelmingly supported and uplifted be seen again until they appear as a by so many others, from the heart and table treat on the coldest days of next the pocketbook in so many ways, and winter.

On the same subject, some of the for that, everyone should be proud.

Now, as we head into August we season’s best efforts of our town and will hopefully be blessed with many county green thumbs, artists, and hobhours of warmth and sunshine, a byists of all ages will be on display bountiful harvest and beauty from on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9 and the rolling fields, gardens, flower 10 at the Ponoka Agricultural Fair. beds and berry patches, as well as a The Home, Hobby, and Horticultural chance to carry on the family fun and Show will be held at the Royal Canaactivities of summer holidays long dian Legion hall, while many other into September and beyond without displays and activities for the whole family will be featured at the same mosquitoes.

Next to getting outside and stroll- time over at the Calnash Ag Event ing through the sun and shade, rain Centre on both days.

Protect our environment.

Albertans recycled over 1.8 billion beverage containers last year – more than ever before. Let’s continue to do something good for the environment, and make 2013 another record-breaking year.

Now let’s have a little fun Whether we like it or not, some of the things we may have taken for granted for so many years have changed but then again, maybe we should always try to look on the bright side of progress?

• Most of us as kids, and long into adulthood have always had a great love for Oreo cookies, which have been around for a long time but now have adjusted to please the ever-changing taste buds of young and old. It was always an absolute yummy treat to dunk a chocolate Oreo cookie in hot chocolate or milk, or to split the two biscuits and eat the cream first. Now, believe it or not there are more than 20 flavours of Oreos available throughout the world, with many more to come, and of course also calorie counters.

• None of us really like those tiny little cold dressing rooms that we all have to try to squeeze into, then undress, and try slip on an article of clothing that we might like to buy, but only if it fits in all the right places. Soon to be released....a high tech in store mirror that will show how clothes will look on you, and all you need to do is stand in front of the special mirror and let your mate or the crowds decide the one that is just right for you.

Greatest Quotes • I never hated a man enough to give back his diamonds. (Zsa Zsa Gabor).

• Until I was 13 I thought my name was ‘Shut Up.’ (Joe Namath).

• I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap. (Bob Hope).

• Maybe it’s true that life begins at 50....but everything else starts to wear out, fall out, and spread out. (Phyllis Diller).

Time to turn that slightly sun-tanned body into a bronze statue, put on your best hot weather attire, and have a great week, all of you!

High tea: Mabel Klimec spends high tea at the Fort Ostell museum, Aug. 3, eating sweet treats and chatting with friends.

Photo by Amelia Naismith

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