Sylvan Lake News, April 10, 2014

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SYLVAN WINS! An excited crowd, which included members of Sylvan Lake’s Hockeyville organizing committee, gathered in front of the camera during CBC’s live broadcast of the Hockeyville reveal party at the multiplex Saturday. Among those were Mayor Sean McIntyre, Brenda Dale, NHL Alumni and former Calgary Flame player Craig Conroy, CBC reporter Carly Agro, Jas Payne, Graham Parsons, Kelly Edgecombe and Darcy Rosie.

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Wednesday, Apr. 16 - Sylvan Lake & District Archives Society annual meeting at 2 pm at the archives 5012-48 Ave. Open to the public.

Friday, Apr. 18 Good Friday prayer walk through downtown area followed by an inter-denominational service at Alliance Community Church.

Sunday, Apr. 20 - Easter sunrise service at the pier at 6:30 am, organized b Sylvan Lake Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Thursday, Apr. 24 - Benalto & Area Rural Crime Watch Society general meeting 7 pm at Benalto Leisure Centre. Guest speaker Cst. Bruce Mann, CN Police, Calgary. Topic: Metal theft awareness and role of CN Police. For info call Yvette 403-7463429.

Saturday, Apr. 26 - Central Alberta Singles dance 8:30 pm at Innisfail Legion Hall. Music by Lost Highway. For info call Elaine 403-341-7653 or Murray 403-357-8022. Everyone welcome.

The Community Calendar is an open bulletin board for non-profit community groups running free events open to the general public. Submissions must be received by Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. and should be kept as concise as possible. We will edit for content and length.

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Sylvan Lake Seniors’ Bus Association is looking for volunteer drivers approximately 3-4 times per month. For info call Don Lanterman 403-864-2230 or Rae Verity 403-887-6226.

HJ Cody School fundraising for band/choir trip to Vancouver in May through bottle donations at the bottle depot. Bottles may be dropped off in the group’s name.

Wednesdays - Sylvan Lake Community Food Bank issues hampers from 9:30 am to 12 noon. Located in basement of Seventh-day Adventist Church, 4607 47th Ave., Sylvan Lake. Contact 403-887-4534 in you are in need of assistance.

Sylvan Lake Al-Anon (for families and friends of alcoholics) 8 pm Sundays, Presbyterian Church (north door), Kathy 403-887-4470 or Robyn 403887-2961.

Sylvan Lake AA meetings. Tuesdays 7:30 pm Lions Hall; Sundays 8 pm Presbyterian Church (north door). For more information call male 403-8874470, 403-588-5491 or female 403-887-4297.

Narcotics Anonymous meetings Thursday nights at 7:30 pm at Bethany Sylvan Lake, 4700 47th Ave.

Special Events Friday, Apr. 11 and Saturday, Apr. 12 - Flea market at Sylvan Lake Royal Canadian Legion 11-5. All tables already booked. Come and find some treasures.

Friday, Apr. 11 and Saturday, Apr. 12 - Central Alberta Regional Science Fair in Bower Place Shopping Centre, Red Deer. Judging Friday evening and Saturday morning, presentation of awards Sat. 4 pm.

Friday, Apr. 11 - Sylvan Lake Volunteer Impact Gala at the community centre beginning at 5:30 pm. Join us as we celebrate deserving volunteers from our community with an evening of dinner, awards and entertainment by St. James Gate. Ticket deadline Apr. 2, available at FCSS office in the community centre.

Saturday, Apr. 12 - Jacob Moon solo concert at Sylvan Lake Alliance, 7 p.m. Stellar guitar and vocals. Tickets $15 adv or $20 door, 403-887-8811.

Great night - don’t miss it! www.jacobmoon.com Saturday, Apr. 12 - Dance to the music of Randy Hillman at Sylvan Lake Legion beginning at 8 pm.

Sunday, Apr. 13 - Crib tourney at Sylvan Lake Legion, open at 9:30 for registration, play begins 10:30. Includes lunch.

Tuesday, Apr. 15 - Poetry open mic. night at Sylvan Lake Library’s reading lounge. 5:30-7 pm. All ages welcome. Come and share your original poetry, or listen to local poets share theirs. Free, no registration required.

Tuesday, Apr. 15 - Free single parents family bowling from 6:30-7:30 pm at Railside Bowl. Designed to provide a meeting place for single parents and their children ages 0-17, so they can create new friendships, have family fun and explore different activities. Call Giselle at 403-887-9989 ext. 202 to sign

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Weekly events At the Seniors’ Centre: Mondays - Wii bowling; Tuesdays Sit & Be Fit, Whist, Beginner Bridge, Scrabble; Wednesdays - Drama troupe, lunches, Bible study, Beginner painting with oils; Thursdays - Alberta Senior Benefit Program; Fridays - Yoga, forums, bridge. Bus trips and foot care clinics. For more info call 403-887-5428.

Wednesdays - Seniors’ Drama Troupe meets from 10-11:30 am at the Seniors Centre. New members always welcome. You don’t have to be a senior to join the fun. Call Pam 403-864-2975.

Thursdays - Sylvan Lake Seniors Bus to Red Deer.

Pick-up starts at 9:15 am. Returning to Sylvan 1 pm from Parkland Mall. Call Don/Lydia Lanterman at 403-864-2230.

Thursdays - Community Bingo at Sylvan Lake Seniors’ Centre. Precall at 6:30 bingo starts at 7 pm.

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Members of Sylvan Lake Fire Department gathered at the Legion Saturday afternoon to honour their chief, Cliff Brausen (with five bands on his sleeve), for 20 years of service to Sylvan Lake, initially as a volunteer member, then progressing to volunteer deputy chief and volunteer chief before becoming the department’s first full time Fire Chief.

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Twenty years of service to the community was marked when firefighters, friends and family gathered to honour Fire Chief Cliff Brausen, on accomplishing the milestone Saturday.

The festivities were a little late getting started when Brausen and Deputy Fire Chief Steve Scanland got diverted by the Kraft Hockeyville parade and had to reach the Legion via 46th Street.

But firefighters stood patiently, lined up beside two fire engines which were parked in a V-formation in front of the Legion door. The event certainly caught Brausen by surprise, his emotion showing as he walked along the row of firefighters shaking everyone’s hand.

Inside several presentations took place.

Mayor Sean McIntyre praised Brausen’s “20 years of faithful service” to the Sylvan Lake Fire Department.

“When you think of important jobs, you scarcely think of one more important in keeping our community from peril,” he said. “To be served by a single person for this length of time is certainly significant.”

McIntyre added a little humour, stating, “I can’t believe you missed your own parade”.

He added, “sincere appreciation for your service, we’re sincerely grateful, thank you for all you do and will do.”

Family and friends were the next to make a presentation, giving Brausen a mounted firefighters hat.

Royal Canadian Legion President Steve Dills presented a donation to the department from money raised through the Legion’s gaming activities.

Then firefighters made the final presentation of the afternoon. Training Officer David Spencer outlined Brausen’s history before he was presented with a mounted firefighter’s axe. He was surrounded by members of the department who individually con1-800-222-TIPS gratulated their chief.

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Department in March 1994. He was appointed volunteer deputy chief in Dec. 1999, volunteer fire chief in Sept. 2000, and then in April 2005 became the town’s first ‘career fire chief ’.

Over the past 20 years, Brausen has attended approximately 2,000 incidents for a total of approximately 2,500 incident hours, said Spencer.

He also put in over 4,000 hours of volunteer time over and above that.

During the same period he completed National Fire Protection Association education courses to earn designations as a professional firefighter, professional inspector, professional investigator, pro-

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fessional instructor and industrial fire brigade leader, totalling 1,360 hours.

Spencer concluded, “we as the membership are very happy to have Cliff as our leader”.

Brausen received a standing ovation after thanking firefighters, his family and friends.

The afternoon ended with a slide show of Brausen and his firefighting activity over the past 20 years.

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A new season is just around the corner “Let’s go splash in some mud pudSpring is certainly out there somedles, boys,” I coaxed. “Then we can where!

TREENA MIELKE come in and eat cookies and ice cream.”

It’s an exciting season of hope and BLACK PRESS The last was an afterthought. I know newness. Soon our wondering eyes will their mom had said something about be able to feast on tender green shoots healthy snacks like fruit and yogurt, so of grass interspersed with yellow dandewe would have to eat fast before she lions playing a haphazard game of tickcame to pick them up, and caught us in the act. tacktoe all over our good old prairie soil.

The boys, who will willingly follow me anywhere, Of course, none of that has happened yet because we are all still buried under tons and tons of snow, just as because they think I am the grown up and should know what I’m doing because, after all, I am their grandma, we have been for far, far too long.

That’s all gonna change next week according to the did just that. They followed me.

I showed them how to jump hard on a mud puddle weatherman who just has to be right for once, I’m thinking. He told us, and I want desperately to believe covered with a thin veneer of ice and how satisfying it him, that spring, which has shown up on the calendar, is to hear and see the ice crackle, and in the process, get a little bit wet. but not in our lives, is about to descend.

We spent a satisfying half hour or so splashing about I, for one, am almost ridiculously happy about that.

The other day, I got tired of winter and doing the in all the mud puddles we could find and then we came dishes and being all grown up and mature, which, in in; cold, wet and completely delighted with ourselves.

Their mom came to get her two little mud puddle reality, happens more often than I care to admit.

But luckily, on that day I had a couple of playmates splashers while they were still digging their spoons into with me who didn’t have to worry about being all that chocolate chunk ice cream that is so creamy and grown up because they aren’t. They’re only five and two. delicious you just know it must have at least a day’s

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Tin full of memories and cherished personal items stolen; please return it Dear Editor, On Friday, April 4 someone entered my friend’s home in the country, just outside of Sylvan Lake, and robbed them. Not all that newsworthy.

I understand that circumstance sometimes plays a role in why a person would enter someone’s home and rob them of their valuable goods — drug addiction, financial desperation — but what they took was more than a TV and some tools.

They took items with no street value what-so-ever. They took items that meant only the world to two individuals — the homeowners.

Adoption papers, a lock of hair, a letter to a daughter from her birth parents, a camera with eight years worth of family photos, a passed grandmother’s ring.

I can’t imagine the type of sick sociopath it takes to knowingly steal a tin full of memories and cherished

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personal items like this, but I hope the individual(s) who DID take these items from the home of a long-time Sylvan Lake family on Friday night, is NOT a sick sociopath.

I hope that they would feel some guilt as they open up that little box full of a mother’s and a daughter’s past. I would hope they would reconsider tossing the items away and instead, maybe return them?

Maybe to Sylvan Lake Library, the Tourist Booth on 50th Ave., a local church — the Sylvan Lake Municipal Government Building has a nighttime drop box at the west entrance by the stairs. You’d look like any other member of the community paying their utility bill, but you’d be giving back the world to a family of three who are absolutely heartbroken. And restoring some faith (at least within me) in humanity.

Cathy Love, Red Deer County tion in 1935.

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worth of calories in every single spoonful.

I was appropriately apologetic about the type of childcare I had provided for the boys.

I apologized about their wet jeans and sodden boots. I shook my head mutely when one little guy (the one that is a tattletale) said they had three cookies each.

The mom gathered up her precious charges and took them home and I made a beeline for the couch.

My goodness, heaven knows I needed my rest.

But before I fell asleep I did a quick rewind in my mind of the afternoon.

And I smiled.

I smiled because even when the winter is long, the heating bill exorbitant, the sink plugged up and the car heater pathetic, one can be grateful that spring is waiting to be reborn.

And one can be grateful that as long as there are mud puddles there will be little boys to delight in splashing in them.

I must tell the mom to send rubber boots next time, I think, as I drift off to sleep. And, I must tell her to send a pair for grandma, too.

The passing of Charles William Jaminette occurred at Edmonton on Apr. 2, at the age of 76 years.

“Carl” Jaminette as he was more generally known to his friends, came to Sylvan Lake in 1924, as agent for the C.N.R. and retired from that posi-

♦ ♦ ♦ A Possible Post-War Sylvan Lake The past five years of war have shown us that if a decent standard of life is going to be maintained the products of agriculture and industry must have a ready market at reasonable prices.

The war market is doing that for Canadian production now, as well as very materially contributing to victory over German Fascism. War production developed more money, and more money developed greater production.

Is it reasonable to suppose that we are going to close down the immense and efficient industrial machine, instead of turning its production into producing goods for a higher standard of Canadian life? I do not think so. So why not Sylvan Lake as a community,

Taken at outdoor rink in 1947. In the back row are Bill Cameron, Henry Hussfeldt, Doug McCutcheon, Gerry Fisher, Ken Coutts, Earl Grimson, Stan Swainson, John Chatwood and Teddy May; in the second row are, Dave McCutcheon, Dennis Johanson, Les Perkinson, Dick Swainson and Gordon Keith; and in front with the trophy are Gaston Rosse and Wes Armeneau. This is one of a series of historic photos we’ll publish from time to time. If you’ve got a photo you’d like us to print, please get in touch with editor Steve Dills at 403-887-2331 or email it to editor@sylvanlakenews.com along with as much information as you can provide.

Photo courtesy Sylvan Lake & District Archives Society

Alberta as a province, and the dominion as a whole, benefit?

Can anyone deny, but that we have a mile and a quarter of sandy, publicly owned lakeshore that is second to none in Alberta, what great possibilities it holds in relation to post-war development? A long-term well drawn plan of building and developing recreational and health giving services would, I feel, meet with the approval and support of all the progressive minded leaders of our country … - J. A. Untinen

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From the issue of April 9, 1964

Sylvan Lake High School held a bonspiel on April 3rd, with 19 rinks attending from Rimbey, Red Deer, Bentley, Crestomere, Spruce View,

Penhold, Lacombe and Blackfalds. ♦ ♦ ♦ A fire alarm at about 7 p.m. last evening was for the purpose of giving the volunteer fire brigade a practice workout.

A pile of brush at 3rd Ave. and 2nd Street S.E. was set afire, and several test runs were made to time the boys in getting hoses into action. ♦ ♦ ♦ The federal government pier is undergoing repair work by the government Dept. of Public Works.

Pilings which were damaged by ice and other minor repairs are being carried out. ♦ ♦ ♦ The Evening Guild met April 6 in the church hall and gave $500 to the building fund.

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Upcoming Meetings COUNCIL MEETING April 14, 2014 Municipal Government Building 6:00 pm MPC MEETING April 22, 2014 Municipal Government Building 6:00 pm COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING May 7, 2014 Municipal Government Building 6:00 pm

Easter Notices WASTE COLLECTION NOTICE GOOD FRIDAY GARBAGE/RECYCLING/YARD Residences whose normal garbage/green box/yard waste collection day is Friday, April 18 (Good Friday) will have their items collected as scheduled.

Green boxes are available at no charge from the Municipal Government Building (5012 48 Avenue), the Municipal Operations Building (1 Industrial Drive), or we will deliver one to you by calling 403.887.2800.

WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY HOLIDAY HOURS The Waste Transfer Facility holiday weekend hours are as follows: Friday, April 18: CLOSED Saturday, April 19: OPEN Sunday, April 20: CLOSED Monday, April 21: CLOSED Tuesday, April 22: OPEN The facility is open from Monday to Saturday, 9 AM – 5 PM exclusive of statutory holidays.

The yard/kitchen waste receiving area is open 24/7 at no charge. The facility is located 1 km east of the round-about on Highway 11A and 0.5 km south on RR15.

Summer Employment Opportunities RECREATION, PARKS & CULTURE: SEASONAL LABOURERS – (25)

May 5 – September 2, 2014 (Tentative) Rate of Pay - $14.75/hour Responsibilities: . Assisting with maintenance of ball diamonds, soccer pitches, the skateboard park and other sport related facilities. . Assisting with parks cleanup, garbage control and park maintenance. . Assisting in maintaining pathways and bridges that are associated within parks. . Landscape and grounds maintenance duties.

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Qualifications: . Because of the responsibilities of this position, students should have physical strength and ability to perform moderate to heavy lifting, up to 50 pounds (22.73 kg), as well as working with landscaping material, refuse, etc. . Required to submit an original Police Information Search (criminal reference check), current Standard First Aid/CPR is required and a valid driver’s license and provide a driver’s abstract upon hiring.

Please submit cover letter and resume specifying the position you are applying for before April 18, 2014 to: Town of Sylvan Lake 4926 - 50 Avenue, Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1A1 Attention: Human Resources Fax: 403-887-3660, E-mail: dscott@sylvanlake.ca

BEACH AMBASSADORS (1) May 5 – September 2, 2014 (Tentative) Rate of Pay - $14.75/hour - $15.53/hour

(criminal reference check) and vulnerable sector check. . Maintain strong relationship with co-workers, volunteers and public.

Please submit cover letter and resume specifying the position you are applying for before May 11, 2014 to: Town of Sylvan Lake 4926 - 50 Avenue, Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1A1 Attention: FCSS Youth Services Supervisor Fax: 403-887-3660 E-mail: kcarlson@sylvanlake.ca

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Responsibilities: : . Regularly patrol the beach area, provide up-to-date and helpful information to all visitors. . Promote the town and tourism within and around the town. . Provide positive community relations in all activities . During inclement weather days or during May and June, in order to ensure full time hours you will work in the parks department pulling weeds and gardening as required. . Assist visitors who have special needs or disabilities, as well as those requiring particular support in accessing the park/beach. . Distribute brochures, flyers, and promotional information as required. . Must be available to work the majority of weekends during peak tourism season (July and August)

OPEN HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT: The public is welcome to attend the Lighthouse Park, and Ryders Ridge/Vistas Park Design Open House on Wednesday, April 16 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the Upper Mezzanine of the Multiplex. Input and feedback on design options for both parks are encouraged.

Qualifications: . Enthusiastic, friendly and outgoing personality. . Knowledge of town facilities, local attractions and current events. . Knowledge of regional tourism attractions . Current First Aid and CPR training. . Physical ability to be on foot patrol for a complete shift. . Ability to work effectively in a team environment. . Ability to work independently or with limited supervision. . Excellent communication skills both written and oral. . Excellent public relations skills.

The Sylvan Lake Municipal Library will be CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS from Sunday, April 20 to Sunday, May 4, 2014. No items will come due during this time, but feel free to continue to use our drop-box for your returns.

Please submit cover letter and resume specifying the position you are applying for by April 18, 2014 to: Town of Sylvan Lake 4926 - 50 Avenue, Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1A1 Attention: Human Resources Fax: 403-887-3660, E-mail: dscott@sylvanlake.ca YOUTH CENTRE DROP IN LEADER – 2 REQUIRED June 23-August 29, 2014 Rate of Pay - $14.75/hour Responsibilities: . Provide active leadership in the planning and facilitation of age appropriate drop in activities for children and youth ages 7-12. . Oversee physical and emotional safety of all participants in the Sylvan Lake Youth Centre and in community parks during program hours. . Build developmental assets by fostering meaningful relationships with program participants. . Provide excellent customer service and ensure that interactions, both with participants and their parents/ guardians, are conducted in a courteous and professional manner. . Work week consists of weekday afternoons June - August, approximately 20 hrs per week. . The position is located in the Sylvan Lake Youth Centre (2nd floor of the Family & Community Centre) but a great deal of the work is spent outdoors throughout the community.

Qualifications: . Team-oriented, energetic individuals. . Excellent communication and public relations skills. . Able to provide mature and enthusiastic leadership. . Current First Aid & CPR training. . Valid driver’s license and access to own vehicle. . Required to submit an original Police Information Search

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CEMETERY CLEAN-UP NOTICE Recreation & Parks staff, and their contractors, will be cleaning and maintaining the Lakeview and West Meadows cemeteries throughout the month of April. Personal belongings and other items that are strewn about will be collected and stored for a period of one month and then discarded if not claimed.

Please note that bylaw 1541/2010 (the Cemetery Bylaw) prohibits the placement of trees, shrubs, grave covers, markers, monuments, or any other permanent item without a cemetery permit.

Please contact the Recreation, Parks & Culture department at 403.887.2199 with your questions or concerns.

INDUSTRY ADVISORY GROUP The Town of Sylvan Lake is seeking to establish an Industry Advisory Group to work with the Planning and Development Dept. in order to achieve the following goal: To ensure the efficient, timely service to the development industry by: . Examining planning policies, procedures and systems with focus on development requirements and the permitting/ appeal process and bringing forward recommendations for change where warranted. . Establishing an on-going mechanism to facilitate communication and problem solving between the Town and development stakeholders.

Individuals from the development industry who are interested in joining this group may forward their names (including company name) to Ken Kalirai, Director of Planning and Development at kkalirai@sylvanlake.ca Submissions must be received no later than noon on Thursday, 24th April, 2014.

For more information about what’s going on in the Town of Sylvan Lake visit:

www.sylvanlake.ca

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BY STUART FULLARTON SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

Weeks of persistent voting and working tirelessly to raise awareness of their cause finally paid off for residents of Sylvan Lake, who celebrated their town’s triumph in the 2014 Kraft Hockeyville competition at the multiplex Saturday.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced during a live CBC broadcast that Sylvan Lake had won the competition after garnering 2,558,137 votes in the final round of voting, defeating runner-up Kingston N.S., which had 2,449,973.

On top of the $100,000 that had already been won for arena upgrades, the town, as a result of its win, will host an NHL pre-season game between Calgary Flames and Phoenix Coyotes Sept. 24.

News of the outcome was met with scenes of jubilation inside the multiplex, where Sylvan Lakers gathered to celebrate their hard work and community spirit.

“For everyone who has supported us, for everyone who has been there for Sylvan Lake — whether you’ve been here for 100 years, or you moved here last week — with the deepest of our hearts, thank you so much,” said Mayor Sean McIntyre, shortly after the announcement. “Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

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chair Graham Parsons, after being interviewed in a live CBC broadcast, took to the stage to offer his own words of gratitude to those who helped the town earn its new Kraft Hockeyville 2014 moniker.

“This has been one incredible journey,” he said.

“You dedicated three weekends to this cause — thank yous can’t be enough.”

Saturday’s celebrations began long before the announcement of Sylvan Lake’s win.

A Lions Club hosted pancake breakfast, attended by over 350 people plus children was held in the morning, and was followed by a road hockey tournament in the afternoon.

A people parade then made its way through town to the multiplex, arriving just in time for people to prepare for a party that included musical entertainment by West of the Fifth, the Boom Chucka Boys and St. James’ Gate.

During that time, and throughout the day, acknowledgements were made to many surrounding communities who offered Sylvan Lake ice time in wake of the arena’s collapse earlier this year.

Committee member Jared Waldo invited representatives from those communities onto the stage to receive a plaque recognizing their assistance.

“Without the fine folks of these towns and these cities helping us out this winter, we would not have been able to complete our hockey seasons and our skating clubs and everything that we do on the ice,” he said. “On behalf of the town of Sylvan Lake, a warm thank you.”

Continued on Page 7 Even animals joined in the fun around town as Sylvan Lake prepared for the Kraft Hockeyville final announcement Saturday.

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Hockeyville brought out “honorary Sylvan Lakers” Continued from Page 6 Parsons and Kevin Putnam also received special recognition for contributions to minor hockey, and for beginning the Hockeyville nomination process, respectively.

Dignitaries and elected officials from throughout Central Alberta took part in the festivities, and

McIntyre thanked the “honorary Sylvan Lakers across the country” for their votes and support.

He also acknowledged the dedication of volunteers and people who spent countless hours voting to help turn the town’s Hockeyville dreams into reality.

“As somebody who grew up in

Sylvan Lake, seeing us all work together for one purpose touches me so deeply,” he said. “I’m proud to stand among you as Sylvan Lakers.”

Shortly after Saturday’s announcement, representatives of both the Calgary Flames and the Phoenix Coyotes spoke of their excitement to be playing in Sylvan Lake this September.

“We are thrilled that Sylvan Lake has deservingly earned the title of Kraft Hockeyville for 2014,” said Flames president of hockey operations Brian Burke, in a news release. “The Calgary Flames are very proud of our Alberta roots and have made it a priority to be a strong supporter of

our community’s well-being.

“We look forward to celebrating the game of hockey with all the fans in Sylvan Lake and supporting this great hockey community.”

Coyotes general manager Don Maloney echoed that sentiment.

“We are very excited to participate in next season’s Kraft Hockeyville event in Sylvan Lake,” he said.

A record-breaking 532 communities were nominated in the 2014 Hockeyville competition, resulting in nearly 16 million votes being cast throughout three rounds of voting.

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Town officials, members of Sylvan Lake Multiplex Redevelopment Fundraising Committee, and NexSource Power Inc. employees and their families gathered to celebrate the announcement of NexSource’s $500,000 naming rights sponsorship of the future redeveloped multiplex last Friday. As a result of the sponsorship, the new complex will be named Sylvan Lake NexSource Centre.

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BY STUART FULLARTON SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

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Town officials, NexSource employees and their families, and members of Sylvan Lake Multiplex Redevelopment Fundraising Committee gathered last Friday to celebrate the announcement.

“With this contribution, NexSource is making a tremendous investment in our community,” said Mayor Sean McIntyre. “Their name will be synonymous in Sylvan Lake with vitality, youth and adult sports, and community.

“We are honoured to name this new facility after a proud local company and it’s naming sponsor.”

Amy Komarniski of the fundraising committee noted in a town media release that the contribution will have a positive impact on future fundraising efforts.

“We are so excited to announce this new partnership and, subsequently, the name of our future facility,” she said.

Fundraising efforts recently received another boost, garnering a $15,000 contribution by ATB Financial.

Sylvan Lake branch manager Nancy Numan announced that contribution to fundraising committee members earlier this month.

As well as a replacement ice surface, the complex will have a curling rink, a seniors’ centre, a running track, a children’s play room and conference space.

The town release noted that the facility will “offer a little bit of something for everyone”.

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5.5 per cent drop in electricity use during Earth Hour in Sylvan

BY STEVE DILLS SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

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- A home in Spruceline Trailer Park, south of 49th Avenue and west of 44th Street, was gutted by fire just after 7 p.m. Monday. Sylvan Lake Fire Department responded with 22 members and spent about an hour and a half extinguishing the blaze. The occupant of the residence was able to get out without suffering any injuries, reported Deputy Fire Chief Steve Scanland. Investigation into the cause is continuing.

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Several fires reported Following are calls responded to by Sylvan Lake’s volunteer firefighters, during the week ending April 6.

Thursday, Apr. 3 4:32 p.m. - structure fire, interior of house, Range Road 14, Lacombe County.

Friday, Apr. 4 - 3:15 p.m. - structure fire, house deck, Fern Glade Crescent.

Saturday, Apr. 5 1:13 p.m. - alarm, no fire, Bowman Circle.

Sunday, Apr. 6 10:03 a.m. - structure fire, fishing hut, Range Road 23 near Kuusamo Krest, Lacombe County Sunday, Apr. 6 - 7:13 p.m. - alarm, no fire, 47th Avenue.

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Power consumption dropped by 717 kW during Earth Hour on Mar. 29, according to FortisAlberta.

In a media advisory issued last Wednesday, the company said Sylvan Lake’s total electricity consumption between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Mar. 29 was 12,282 kW while the previous Saturday the total was 12,999 kW. “Sylvan Lake’s energy savings during Earth Hour was 717 kW (based on a comparison of the two days) which is equivalent to powering 47,800 15W CFL light bulbs or 797 houses for an hour.”

That’s a 5.5 percent decrease. A comparison of temperatures for the two days showed -11˚C on Mar. 22 and -4˚C on Mar. 29.

“Your community ranks 21st when compared to other communities in FortisAlberta’s service territory in regards to largest percentage of electricity reduction between Mar. 22 and Mar. 29,” stated the release from Jennifer Yip, a program specialist in energy efficiency with FortisAlberta.

She indicated small changes can make a huge difference. The total electricity saved during Earth Hour in the communities surveyed was enough electricity to power three per cent of Alberta households for an hour.

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BY JESSICA ROUTHIER SPECIAL TO SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

Sylvan Lake Memorial Presbyterian Church Easter Sunrise Service at the Pier - April 20, 2014 at 6:30 a.m.

Good Friday Prayer Walk & Worship Service - April 18, 2014 Prayer Walk 10:00 a.m. - Meet at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church-5033 47th Ave. Community Worship Service 11:00 a.m. - Meet at the Alliance Community Church - 4404 47th Ave

Everyone welcome!

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FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH Worshipping at Seventh–day Adventist Church 4607-47 Avenue

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

4:00 pm Services Last Sunday of each month.

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Worship Service 9:30 am & 11:00 am Sunday School during 9:30 am service Senior Pastor: Rev. Kevin Haugan Associate Pastor: Rev. Jim Rilling Youth Pastor: Rev. John Haazen Children’s Ministry Coordinators: Stacia Dyck & Lindsay Haugan

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Church of the Nazarene

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403-887-5687 Pastor Barry Sigurdson STEFFIE WOIMA SCHOOL - 4720 - 45 AVE.

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Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church Father Gabriel Udeh

Mass Times Parish Priest: Saturday Evening: Email: ourloa@telus.net 5033-47A Avenue Sylvan Lake 5:00 p.m.

Lenten Penitential Service April 9 @ 7pm Sunday Morning: Holy Thursday April 17 @ 7 pm Sylvan Lake 11:00 a.m.

Good Friday April 18 @ 3pm (Last Sunday of each Easter Vigil April 19 @ 9pm month 9:00 a.m.)

Rimbey 9:00 a.m.

Easter Sunday April 20 @ 11am Weekday mass Administration Office: Wednesdays and Fridays 9:00am Sylvan Lake 403-887-2398 | Rimbey 403-843-2126

Sylvan Lake 4-H Multi-Club had its seventh meeting of its inaugural year on Mar. 30.

In March we started volunteering at Bethany. We enjoyed playing bingo and cooking with the seniors.

We are planning to go there again to decorate Easter Eggs in April.

We are volunteering at Peavey Mart who will be donating the supplies for a BBQ. Money raised will go towards our club’s operating budget. We are planning to buy a banner for our club so that we can participate in the 1913 Days parade.

We are working hard to complete our record books which are due next meeting. Our year-end Achievement Day will be on May 24 at 2 p.m. at École H. J. Cody School. Please come and see what we’ve accomplished or to learn more about our club if you have a child who would like to join next year.

We also made a video that had our members answer the question “Why 4-H is Great”. Some of the answers talked about the photography and cooking project that we were working on while others talked about how much they love 4-H camps.

One of our members is interested in the scholarship opportunities and many have enjoyed our volunteer endeavours. Leaders mentioned that they were glad to see their children developing their public speaking and record keeping skills.

Overall, our club seemed to be enthusiastic about the 4-H project. If we win the contest, we will win a Gord Bamford concert, so keep your fingers crossed.

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Taking part in a trail clinic were Level 1-3 members of the 4-H Shadow Riders.

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It has been an exciting month for the 4-H Shadow Riders.

We had a meeting at the beginning of the month that went well.Then we had several rides and clinics that were very interesting.

One clinic that the Shadow Riders just completed, was a Showmanship/Trail Clinic for levels 1-3 and a Showmanship/Horsemanship Clinic for levels 4-7.

Thanks to a grant from Farm Credit Canada, our leaders brought in top notch instructors to help us gain skills for our coming show season.

The Shadow Riders are currently working hard to fundraise money for our new uniforms and the many lessons. We are selling pizzas and doing bottle drives.

A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Sylvan bottle drive a few weeks ago. We really appreciate the help!

Our members are getting very excited and working very hard to get ready for the coming horse shows. We are very lucky to have Senior and Junior Drill Teams this year and they are hard at work practising moves and putting together routines for the shows.

We are hoping that the warm weather will stay!

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

Random acts of kindness highlighted at Mother Teresa

BY STUART FULLARTON SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

Increasing the prevalence of random acts of kindness both inside and beyond school walls was the aim of a campaign at École Mother Teresa School recently.

As part of it, the school’s family groups, pairings of younger and older classes, worked on projects based on random acts of kindness (or RAKs, for short).

Some carried out kind gestures such as handing out notes with encouraging messages, while others created bulletin boards listing other simple acts that can be done to make someone’s day.

“Whatever they did, they posted,� said school counsellor Trevor Reinhart. “It could be just as simple as a bulletin board and just saying random acts of kindness of what you could do.�

At the end, Red Cross representatives were brought in to help evaluate what had been done, and the school recognized its efforts with a celebration complete with prizes.

The campaign was held in line with International Random Acts of Kindness Week Feb. 10 to 16.

Reinhard felt it would be effective in encouraging the school community to carry out such acts year-round, and not just in a school environment. “(It’s) to help and be positive in this world —

within the school, the community of Sylvan Lake, and wherever they may be,� he said. “If you helped pick up some garbage in the hallway, hopefully you would do that at a campground, or in town. “It’s just kind of giving those ethics and those morals that being nice goes a long way.�

The school took part in a celebra-

tion of another kind last Friday, when students and teachers donned hockey jerseys in support of Sylvan Lake’s Hockeyville bid.

A food drive was also held in conjunction, creating a stack of Kraft food products that members of the school community proudly posed with for a picture in the morning.

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École Mother Teresa Catholic School counsellor Trevor Reinhart pointed out some of the random acts of kindness (or RAKs) highlighted on one of the school’s bulletin boards created specifically to highlight the random acts initiative.

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Shouted

- Students and staff of École Mother Teresa Catholic School were in full voice as they showed their support for Sylvan Lake’s Hockeyville bid last Friday afternoon. A large part of the school community donned hockey jerseys throughout the day, and posed for a picture with a collection of Kraft food products headed for the food bank.

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Parent Place providing parenting support and bullying prevention resources

BY TREENA MIELKE BLACK PRESS

The face of the Town of Sylvan Lake’s Parent Place Program is changing and a concentrated effort has been made to close the gaps in parenting support services.

In response to a community social needs survey, new strategies are now in place to help support parents with children ages 0-17.

In addition to a new parent resource centre, slated to open later this year, oneon-one appointments are now available for parents interested in improving supportive

parenting strategies.

Also new to the program is a focus on bullying prevention initiatives including family consultations and support. Parents can access resources to teach children about empathy, friendship building and sharing.

“We are going back to our roots of the program,” said Family and Community Support Services Manager Kelly Smith.

Alissa McDonald, parent support/bullying prevention coordinator, said the social needs survey showed 16 per cent of respondents stated difficulties with everyday parenting was a concern.

The second largest area which needed to

be addressed, indicated by the survey, was bullying with 29 per cent of respondent households with children and youth expressing concern about this issue.

A total of 33 per cent of the respondents said they were ‘very likely’ or ‘somewhat likely’ to attend either large group or small group sessions about parenting skills.

Half of the respondents said they would like additional parenting help and support for children aged six to 18 years.

“After speaking to other agencies in town, it was determined that although there were programs and support for children in all the different age categories, the agencies

felt that they did not have the resources to support the parents,” said McDonald.

“FCSS (Family and Community Support Services) worked on a community inventory and found that there was a gap for parent support and parent education, especially for those parents with children ages seven to 17,” she added.

Bullying resources and supports for both parents and youth were also identified as service gaps.

“We concluded that it would be an excellent fit to incorporate parent support and bullying prevention into our changing face of Parent Place,” she said.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

Easter Eggstravaganza

Concentrating on their colouring were Jessie White and Savanna Zelantini while the attended the Easter Eggstravaganza at the community centre Sunday afternoon organized by kcs Association. On the wall behind them were some of the other entries in the colouring contest. Over 200 children attended the event with their parents.

Kristy Beck had a tattoo applied to the back of her hand by Lacey McFarlane at the Easter Eggstravaganza in the community centre Sunday afternoon.

Students from École Fox Run School’s Renaissance group were applying tattoos during the event which also included face painting, crafts, colouring contests, games and inflatable bouncers.

Over 200 youngsters enjoyed the afternoon.

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Budding actresses - Students at École Steffie Woima Elementar y School were entertained by a four person cast from Alberta Opera Society which performed Aladdin, a lively musical theatre rendition of the classic fairy tale, last Wednesday.

Several students were selected to join the actors or to help as stage crew.

In this scene were Gracey McBride, Aleah Belton, Jaryn Haugan and Jena Morgan.

Involved

- École Steffie Woima Elementary School students Abi Miller and Cassidy Caines fanned a pair of the actors during a performance of Aladdin, by Alberta Opera Society last Wednesday. The cast answered questions after their performance talking about how challenging it is to play different characters, their two and a half week rehearsal time and that they perform about 10 shows a week and were on about show 200. STEVE DILLS PHOTOS

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- Dave More, chair, 2014 Benalto Centennial and Dick Snook, president, Benalto Booster Club, accepted cheques from the Carvella Café team of Cheryll Cartwright, Cathy Pages and Sylvia Rosentreter. They were all smiles as they donated $110.51 to Benalto Train Station and $143.99 to the June 6 Benalto School Reunion. Carvella Café, located at the west end of 50th Avenue (Railway Ave.) in Benalto, opened on Feb. 5 and in true community spirit will continue to pledge ten per cent of their monthly coffee sales to a local non-profit group. Carvella Café is a most welcome ‘gem’ for Benalto and for Central Alberta.

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Honoured

- Elementary award winners at École Mother Teresa Catholic School, recognized Feb. 27, were (in random order): Hayden Cairney, Ayden Hoffos, Stuart Carde, Colton Ferguson, Ayla Jaap, Kessa Jardine, Adam De Gannes, Paige Goyan, Declan LaBelle, Alyssa Olson, Madison Johannesson, Isabella Herzog, Kaiden Reichert, Lauren Olson, Kian Killoran, Nathan Keating, Brooklyn Springinatic, Joshua St. Germain, Hannah Niemand, Gage Musseau, Kaylie Stone, Kya Pritchard, Riya Parmar, Trissa Tait, Heather Williams, Izabella Prete, Kolten Watson, Justin St. Germain, Peyton Chu, Austyn Boles, Ture Baker, Madison Boliko, Connor Claughton, Adonis Bullecer, Daniel Garcia-Hidalgo, Shayleigh Charrette, Dakota Downey, Owen Green, Zoen Killoran, Jetta Fulton, Karlee MacMillan, Gideon Haazen, Justyce MacFarlane, Taylor Martin, Sierra Piper, Denaisha Kraft, Toni MacLeod Rayeann Masters, Kimberly Priwall, Jessica Kraft, Rylee Resendes, Liam Smith, Logan O’Grady, Jensen Nielsen, Joey Sayers, Tyson Tisdale, Ethan Salsbury, Leah Williams and Jory Wilson.

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- Susan Samson and Nancy Numan, fundraisers for Sylvan Lake Lighthouse Project, accepted a large cheque from the Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake, presented by acting president Marla Maher last Friday. The club donated a total of $4,500 to the project. A portion of their donation has already been used to frame limited edition prints on display at various locations — another facet of the fundraising activities.

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An extensive review of Sylvan Lake’s history, published as a special section of Sylvan Lake News last May has won a national newspaper award for the team involved.

The 32-page section titled ‘Happy 100th Birthday Sylvan Lake!’ garnered first place in Newspapers Canada’s Great Idea Awards competition when winners were announced last week. It was entered in the special sections category for community newspapers with circulations 4,000 to 24,999.

The section featured a variety of

stories and pictures about the community’s history and was complemented with advertising from local merchants designed following an historic theme.

The annual awards program honours outstanding advertising and promotional campaigns produced by daily and community newspapers from across the country, stated the announcement of winners.

This year, 60 newspapers submitted over 260 entries in eight distinct award categories.

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Appreciation - École Mother Teresa Catholic School students posed with a banner they created to show their appreciation for the tremendous effort of Kingston, N.S.in the 2014 Kraft Hockeyville competition, won by Sylvan Lake on Saturday. Kingston tallied 2,449,973 votes — just 108,164 fewer than Sylvan Lake’s 2,558,137. Displaying the banner were Jaeden Simpson, Keagan Cooper, Nicholas Halwa, Parker Alexander, Drew Persson, Mme Irene Duazo-Cooper, Alicia Poffenroth, Kiana Cooper and Taylor Resendes.

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- Janaya Scott impressed with her piano playing skills during the first night of the 15th annual Sylvan Celebration of Music at the Alliance Church Monday. Adjudications run at the church all week, and wrap up tonight (Thursday). The festival concludes with an awards concert Sunday at the Memorial Centre in Red Deer.

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Lakers football players turned in outstanding performances in Fire win

BY CHRIS HALL SPECIAL TO SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

Prairie Fire football squad defeated the Calgary Midget League perennial power house, Calgary Hilltoppers 27-5 in opening weekend action last Friday.

Lakers players Landon Rosene, Kyle Eckenswiller and Sulley Larocque all turned in outstanding performances to help the Fire win their season opener.

Touchdowns were scored by DJ Neustaeter, Landon Rosene and Ben Pasiuk. Owen Smith added a field goal, three converts and a single.

The Fire defense was outstanding shutting down the Hilltoppers offense and containing them to a field goal. Linebackers Cody Hawkes, Connor Brace and Bryce Maki shut down the run while defensive backs Owen Smith and Kyle Eckenwiller (two interceptions) limited the Toppers to a couple of receptions. Next

game action for the Fire is Saturday against the Calgary Broncos at Shouldice Park in Calgary The Fire developmental team, comprised mostly of Grade 9 students, was in action on Saturday at ME Global as we hosted the Calgary Wildcats. It was a great afternoon of football for both sides as we started with a jamboree and finished with a scrimmage which allowed the players lots of developmental time plus some valuable experience at full speed in the scrimmage.

This was the first development game ever held in the 12 year history of the Calgary Midget League and the Fire is proud to be the organization that spearheaded this event and enjoyed the opportunity to host the inaugural game.

The Fire will play two more development games in Calgary on April 12 and Lacombe on April 26.

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HARRY BOOMER A special thanks goes out to Ed Stevenson and staff at the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home for their great care and kindness.

Thanks to Pastor Jim Rilling at the Alliance Church, for visitations, prayers and the lovely service.

The Legion Ladies Auxiliary prepared and served delicious lunch, and thanks to Branch 22 and L.A. for the Honour Guard.

The grandchildren gave a beautiful tribute to their grandfather, Eamon McCann payed a lovely tribute to Harry, and John “Butch” Bouchard played Harry’s favourite song “Amazing Grace.”

Nephew Kirby Boomer played beautiful piano music, and for all this, we are extremely grateful.

We have no words that can express our gratitude to the staff at Centennial Centre, Ponoka, especially Aurora House, for the wonderful care that Harry received.

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Welcoming remarks and shared remembrances will be held at 1:30 p.m. followed by musical selections and acknowledgements. There will be refreshments and light snacks.

Please dress casually and stop by to share memories, laughs and good times together.

If desired, donations in Garfield’s memory may be made at this event or forwarded directly to The Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6.

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Rental Equipment

1340

Auctions

1530

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Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990

Auctions

1530

ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLES DISPERSAL AUCTION FOR ALINE & RON COX. Saturday, April 12/14.

Starts 10 a.m. sharp!

Located west of Edmonton at Sand Hills Hall.

Directions & view items: www. spectrumauctioneering.com Phone 780-960-3370 / 780-903-9393.

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AUCTION SALE - Jim McBride.

Saturday, April 26 at 11 a.m., Springbank, Alberta.

Acreage equipment and shop supplies; www. theauctioncompany.ca.

MEIER-2 DAY CLASSIC CAR & TRUCK AUCTION. Saturday & Sunday, May 3 & 4, 11 a.m. both days.

6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton.

Consign today, call 780-440-1860.

BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS SALES EVERY WED. @ 6 pm.

Moose Hall 2 miles south of Ponoka on 2A

PREMIER SPRING PAPER MONEY & SILVER COIN AUCTION. Sunday, April 27, 11 a.m., Olds Cadet Hall, Olds, Alberta.

Check the web.

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

NEXT ANTIQUE SALE Sun. May 4, 1 pm WE BUY FOR CASH. 403-304-4791 Check website for full listing www.bigstrapperauctions.net

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Auctions

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION! 7th Annual Calgary Collector Car Auction, May 9 - 10, Indoors Convention Center Grey Eagle Casino.

Over 100 pieces of memorabilia selling No Reserve. All makes & models welcome. Consign today 1-888-296-0528 ext.

102; EGauctions.com.

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 4TH ANNUAL EDMONTON MOTOR SHOW CLASSIC CAR AUCTION. April 11 - 13.

Edmonton Expo Centre.

35 estate collector car collection selling no reserve to the highest bidder!

Over 75,000 spectators.

Consign today.

1-888-296-0528 ext. 102; EGauctions.com.

FARM AUCTION. Sat., Apr. 26/14, 10:30 a.m.

Richard & Donna Zabel, St. Michael, Alberta.

MF8570 combine, MF9220 swather, full line of other equipment, etc. Details: HOW can you make your phone ring and make some Andruchow Auctions Ltd.; www. quick cash? andruchowauctions.com Place your ad here . . .

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WHEATLAND AUCTIONS Consignment Auction.

May 3, 10 a.m. in Cheadle, Alberta. Farm equipment, vehicles, heavy equipment, RVs, etc. Consign now!

Phone 403-669-1109; www. wheatlandauctions.com.

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. Hot savings - spring sale!

20x24 $4348.

25x24 $4539.

30x30 $6197.

32x36 $7746.

40x46 $12,116.

47x72 $17,779.

One end wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca.

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

Firewood

1660

Livestock

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Garden Supplies

1680

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE: $1.49/each for a box of 270 ($402.30). Also full range of trees, shrubs, cherries & berries.

Free shipping.

Replacement guarantee.

1-866-873-3846 or treetime.ca.

Misc. for Sale

1760

FOR SALE: Sandy Ridge Ornamental Concrete.

380 moulds $17,000 in stock, production equipment, display shelving.

Asking $65,000.

Mike 1-306-768-2574, Carrot River, Sask.

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $4,897.

Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT. 1-800-566-6899 ext. 400OT.

Travel Packages

1900

CHURCHILL BELUGA WHALE TOUR. Experience Canada’s north, it’s wildlife and fur trade history on this Hudson Bay weekend.

Departs Calgary on Aug. 2.

1-866-460-1415; www. classiccanadiantours.com.

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

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Chip Tuning Safely gives you 15% more power.

AG equipment, semis.

1-888-920-1351; Dieselservices.com.

Livestock

2100

FLATLAND RANCH has on offer yearling and 2 year old Gelbvieh Bulls.

We have been selling reputable bulls for 15 years Chuck 403-854-6270 FOR SALE. Simmeron Simmentals, fullblood full Fleckvieh yearling bulls, polled and horned, A.I. bloodlines, very quiet, muscled.

Website: simmeronranch.ca.

Martin 780-913-7963.

PUREBRED red and black Angus bulls. 1 and 2 year olds. Semen tested and delivered.

Vicwin farms 403-784-3517, 403-318-7363.

2100

REGISTERED Yearling Red and Black Angus Bulls. Various bw’s, born Jan./Feb. quiet, semen tested & delivered. $2500.

Also: Unregistered Yearling Red Angus Heifer Bulls, born Apr. light bw’s, quiet & semen tested $1800.

Darrell & Lorraine Davidson, Lougheed 780-888-1374, 780-888-1087

Grain, Feed Hay

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2190

FORAGE SEED for sale.

Organic and conventional.

Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc.

Free delivery! Birch Rose Acres Ltd. 306-863-2900.

HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

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

Buying damaged or offgrade grain.

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

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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

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

Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390 Acreages/Farms ..............3255 Houses Houses/Duplexes ............3260 For Sale 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

Suites

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BACHELOR SUITES FOR RENT ranging $550-$650 $300 d.d. All rooms above Hazzard County Bar & Grill. Call 403-887-5235 ask for Char

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BUILT in 2013 Quality 3 bdrm., 2 bath + legal bsmt. suite, smoke free, back alley access, offstreet back & front parking, incld’s 2 set of appls. & all window covering, mature area/landscaping $339,000 5018 61 Ave. Close Ponoka, 403-704-1714

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$353 Positive cash flow, flexible terms Newer 3 bedroom home in Eckville 1200 sq ft, $94,900 Call 780-481-2583 Email: oberlematt@ hotmail.com

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SYLVAN LAKE BUSINESS DIRECTORY Get your business out there! Call Shannon or Joe at 403.887.2331!

Surgical Carpet Cleaning

JIM’S SEPTIC TANK Service

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www.jimsseptic.ca

Carpets & Furniture Professional Steam Cleaning Owner Operated

• Septic Tanks • Campgrounds

• Camps • RVs • Holding Tanks

We also offer PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

403-748-2628

Dwain Johnson 403.887.3499

B-RIGHT BOOKKEEPING CUSTOM SERVICES BASED ON YOUR NEEDS

• Barn Pits • Lagoons

Toll Free 1-877-292-6777 sales@jimsseptic.ca

OFFICE LOCATED IN SYLVAN LAKE, AB

- business set-up - weekly/monthly bookkeeping - accounts payable/receivable - bank reconciliation - payroll and gst reporting

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SKID STEER SNOW REMOVAL

DRIVEWAYS | WALKWAYS | ROOFS Fast, Reliable Service with Competitive Rates!

Quality Operators • Fully licensed & Insured SKID STEER RENTAL AVAILABLE Call Charlie for a FREE quote 403-887-2770 | 403-392-7464

For a WATER WELL Call the Local Experts FREE ESTIMATES • FREE ONSITE CONSULTATIONS Quality Workmanship Guaranteed

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403-887-5512 Toll Free 888-396-6389

Cell: 403.357.7678

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Serving Sylvan Lake & Surrounding Area Since 2008

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

4040

EXCLUSIVE LUXURY RIVERFRONT CONDOS FOR SALE in Downtown Red Deer.

Call Renee at 403-314-1687 for Inquiries.

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Manufactured Homes

REMARKABLE two-storey modular home must go!

All reasonable offers will be considered. 2025 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, loft area, and more.

Call today to view.

403-945-1272; www. grandviewmodular.com

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Cottages/Resort Property

ELINOR LAKE RESORT. Lots selling at 25% off listed price, or 5% down on a rent to own lot with no interest over 5 years.

1-877-623-3990; elinorlakeresort.com.

Transportation #5000-5300

Automotive Services ........5010 Antique & Classic Autos ....5020 Cars ..................................5030 SUV’s................................5040 Trucks ..............................5050 Heavy Trucks....................5060 Vans/Buses ......................5070 Motorcycles ......................5080 Campers ..........................5090 Motorhomes......................5100 5th Wheels........................5110 Holiday Trailers ................5120 Tent Trailers ......................5130 Utility Trailers ....................5140 ATV’s ................................5150 Boats & Marine ................5160 Snowmobiles ....................5170 Tires, Parts & Accessories ......................5180 Auto Wreckers ..................5190 Vehicles Wanted ..............5200 Car/Truck Rental ..............5210 Recreational Vehicle Rental ..............................5220 Trailer Rental ....................5230 Misc. Automotive ..............5240 RV’s ..................................5300

Tires, Parts Acces.

Financial #4400 - #4430

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

Money To Loan

4430

DO YOU NEED TO BORROW MONEY - NOW? If you own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lend you money - It’s that simple. 1-877-486-2161.

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Graham Parsons kept his emotions in check while Darcy Rosie rubbed his hands in anticipation of a win in the Kraft Hockeyville competition.

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WRECKING AUTO-TRUCKS. Parts to Àt over 500 trucks.

Lots of Dodge, GMC, Ford, imports.

We ship anywhere.

Lots of Dodge, diesel, 4x4 stuff. Trucks up to 3 tons.

North-East Recyclers 780-875-0270 (Lloydminster).

Within sight of the collapsed arena, a ball hockey game Saturday afternoon featured NHL alumni, former Calgary Flame Craig Conroy playing against several youngsters.

Public Notice #6000

Cooking pancakes, sausages and ham were Lions Club members Phil Norris, Don Hauk, Ken Van DeWark and Terry Juuti. The club served over 350 teens and adults and a multitude of youngsters.

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

LEGAL NOTICE SARA JOLEEN GRAY

you are required to appear in family court Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.

Courtroom #302, Calgary Court, Center # 601 5 St SW Calgary, Alberta.

Show Your Appreciation!

Three generations - Prepared to make noise with their KD shakers were Shayla Nelson, Nita Nelson and Karen Johnson.

Painting town - Brunhilde Baiker, Mary Grace and Carol Admussen added colourful rainbows to store windows in the downtown area last Friday afternoon in preparation for Saturday’s celebrations.

With a Classified Thank You Ad in the

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

1.877.223.3311

Stopping to have their picture snapped during Hockeyville festivities were RCMP Cst. Marty Reed, Peter Puck, Peter’s handler, referee Dave Dale and the Red Deer Rebels Wooly Bully.

Six year old Mikayla LaRocque kept the beat with her KD shakers while West of the Fifth band member (and her grandpa) Len Thompson performed during the Hockeyville ‘reveal’ party at the multiplex Saturday.

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RE/MAX real estate central alberta

MARKET UPDATE Outstanding Agents Oustanding Results®

Ramping Up! Sales in Sylvan Lake in March took off in spite of the weather. The number of active listings didn’t keep pace and the market moved quickly from favouring the buyer to the seller. Like other central Alberta markets, the most activity and the highest sales to listing ratio is in the $250,000 – $400,000 price range. A stronger US dollar and higher prices in the warm southern states may encourage folks looking for a second residence to consider the Sylvan Lake cottage market this summer.

Spring has been reluctant to arrive, but the spring real estate market is definitely here.

All the economic indicators – energy prices, population growth, manufacturing growth and oil sands development continue to point to a strong Alberta economy. When the good weather does arrive, we are likely to see the real estate market ramp up even more.

Call us for detailed market information for Sylvan Lake, Red Deer, Blackfalds, Lacombe or Ponoka.

CAROLINE BOIVIN 403.896.8500 cbrealestate.ca

GLEN GOODALL 403.318.0604 glengoodall.com

SANDI HALLGREN 403.887.2217 sandi@palmbay.ca

ALF MOORE 403.350.6193 www.alfmoore.ca

à MARKET STATISTICS FOR MARCH 2014 Ä Total number of MLS listings in the Sylvan Lake Area* in March:

Number of March:

Most Expensive Home Sold in March:

$550,000 Most Active Price Range:

44 Sylvan Lake Area is defined as the Town of Sylvan Lake and the Sylvan Lake Summer Villages.

$750,000+

ROBERT POPILCHAK 403.350.8708 robertpopilchak@remax.net

Market favours:

SELLERS Year-to-date Sales:

$300,000 - $350,000 Least Active Price Range:

403.318.4547 www.willardmorris.com

Sales in the Sylvan Lake Area* in

125 Sylvan Lake Area is defined as the Town of Sylvan Lake and the Sylvan Lake Summer Villages.

WILLARD MORRIS

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GORD STEINBACH 403.505.2004 gordsteinbach@remax.net www.gordsteinbach.com

CARL STEPP 403.358.9300 www.sylvanlakehouseguy.com

Sales to Listing Ratio:

34.4%

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